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“TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1034-H1205 on March 9, 2005.
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TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS
Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 140 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. Res. 140
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) 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 shall not exceed two hours and 20 minutes, with two hours and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including a final period of 10 minutes following consideration of the bill for amendment, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 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 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment shall be in order except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules or except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. Each amendment in part B 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 time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment or demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against amendments in part B are waived. After disposition of the amendments in part B, the Committee shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) is recognized for 1 hour.
Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, the Committee on Rules met and granted a structured rule for H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users, commonly referred to as TEA-LU. This rule provides for 2 hours and 20 minutes of general debate. The rule incorporates title VIII, the Transportation Discretionary Spending Guarantee, into H.R. 3, and makes in order 10 amendments printed in part B of the Committee on Rules report.
Madam Speaker, I would like to note that this rule is the first of two rules that the Committee on Rules will be granting for H.R. 3. Several Members submitted amendments yesterday, and it is the intention of the Committee on Rules to continue its consideration of these amendments later this afternoon and provide for additional amendment debate.
Madam Speaker, the rule we have before us is a fair rule that I believe all Members should be able to support.
Madam Speaker, by its own deadline, Congress must act to reauthorize federally funded surface transportation programs before the current extension runs out on May 31, 2005. As a former member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, I can appreciate the incredible bipartisan effort that goes into writing this legislation. I would like to applaud the efforts of the gentleman from Alaska
(Chairman Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Oberstar), for bringing this legislation to the floor in an expedient and bipartisan manner. I look forward to the passage of this bill and hope that our colleagues in the other body will take swift action.
Madam Speaker, the highway bill is a vitally important investment in our Nation's surface transportation system and fosters job growth across the country.
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In fact, it is estimated that for every $1 billion spent in highway funding, 47,500 jobs are created, quite an amount.
This is very much a jobs bill for America, containing various new projects and improvements. The highway bill provides $284 billion in funding for vital programs that would impact citizens across the States, improving safety and accessibility. The legislation reauthorizes highway and motor carrier safety programs, it authorizes
$3.2 billion for the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, which carries out highway safety programs. It authorizes $2.9 billion for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates truck safety.
The highway bill authorizes $6 billion for a new competitive grant program to fund projects of regional or national significance aiming to improve the movement of goods and people to designations beyond that immediate area.
In my district, the highway bill represents the strongest step forward ever made to replace U.S. Route 35, a two-lane basic death trap through West Virginia's Mason and Putnam Counties. U.S. Route 35 is dominated by tractor trailer and tanker trucks traveling south from Ohio or north from Interstate 64 in Charleston.
Far too often, the high volume of traffic swallows up local commuters, resulting in tragic motorist fatalities. With the passage of the highway bill, construction of a new four-lane highway appropriate to meet the demands will be built diverting traffic around dozens of residential neighborhoods.
Mr. Speaker, this is just one example from my home district. There are countless others from across the country. Mr. Speaker, I am a strong supporter of this legislation that provides for countless improvements to our Nation's surface transportation system. The numerous projects and programs authorized by this bill will improve our highway systems and the ability of our constituents to travel from State to State.
To this end, I urge my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
(Ms. SLAUGHTER, asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I am supportive of this first rule. And I say that I am a bit concerned that it only makes in order 10 of the amendments. As explained by the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) we will do the rest today. And I am fervently hoping that, since all of the amendments this morning are Republicans', that this afternoon we will do the Democratic amendments.
There is one bipartisan amendment, however, that is very important, we believe, and that is the one that is being brought up by the Members in the New Jersey Delegation, that is, the Pascrell Amendment that allows States to enact anti-corruption laws curbing the practice of pay-to-play contracting and not lose their Federal highway dollars.
These laws are critical to help stop the threat of real and apparent corruption resulting from large political contributions from contractors to influence the awarding of public contracts. Surely, we can help do that.
We are currently operating under the sixth temporary extension of TEA-21, which was originally set to expire on September 30, 2003. I know that State and local transportation offices are finding it very difficult for the long-term planning that is necessary to adequately address the growing transportation needs around the country.
As we in this body have been unable to agree on how to proceed with the critical legislation for some time, the significant infrastructure problems that plague the communities are worsening each day.
In fact, today, 32 percent of all major roads in America are in poor or mediocre condition. According to a new report released last month by TRIP, a national nonprofit transportation research group, the City of Rochester, which is in my district, received a grade of F for the conditions of its roads.
And according to that report, only 43 percent of Rochester's major roads are considered to be in good condition. To put that in proper perspective for everyone, I want to point out that a desirable goal for State and local organizations that oversee road maintenance is to keep 75 percent of major roads in good condition.
And I want to share with you even a more startling statistic about my home town. More than half of the bridges in Rochester, New York are substandard condition or are structurally deficient, as they are categorized by the Department of Transportation, which means they are potentially dangerous.
In fact, the bridges throughout my entire district in western New York are in desperate need of repair. This presents a serious safety issue for all of us to be concerned about, because this problem is not unique to Rochester or western New York, but is well documented in many areas around the country.
And every day that we delay the implementation of the full highway reauthorization bill, we put Americans at risk when they travel these roadways and bridges. This is just unacceptable.
The bill we are considering today, H.R. 3, also known as TEA-LU, would reauthorize the Federal highway, public transportation, highway safety and motor carrier safety programs for 6 years, from fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
The bill's funding represents 42 percent over the amount in the long-
expired highway bill, and $4.5 billion higher than the level in the 2004 House-passed version of TEA-LU.
How people and commerce move on our roadways is a concern for all Americans; it transcends party lines. And I want to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) for developing a bill that is truly a bipartisan product.
And I hope that other committees will follow their example.
This bill is not only a transportation infrastructure bill but also an economic infrastructure bill. Not only are we building roads with this legislation; we are creating jobs. And for every $1 billion invested in Federal highway and transit spending, 47,500 jobs are created or sustained. Transportation infrastructure generates up to a 6-to-1 net return on investment, and increased transportation investment also improves freight mobility. More than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moves on the highways, an annual value to the economy of more than $5 trillion, and there is no doubt that the economic impact of this transportation bill also touches our local communities.
In Niagara Falls, which I represent, we are advancing with the International Railway Station and Intermodal Transportation Center which will assist in revitalizing Main Street and also enable United States officials to efficiently inspect the Amtrak passengers who cross the U.S.-Canadian border on the New York State Empire Corridor and Amtrak's Maple Leaf Service to Toronto. The project aims to reduce the chronic delays that burden our strong trade relationship with Canada.
With record levels of trade moved across the northern border, including the bridges in my district, we must invest in our transportation infrastructure system to ensure the health of our economy, and I am pleased to see that TEA-LU provides $1.25 billion in funding for the Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program, which allocates funds to border States for highway projects that will improve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across the border between the United States and Mexico, and the United States and Canada.
But beyond our borders, we need a reliable national transportation system to move products and services.
As the process moves forward, I encourage my colleagues to focus on meeting each State's need. An adequately funded transportation system is good for each State's economy and its quality of life. I look forward to voting for the underlying bill as the first step toward meeting the next generation of the country's needs.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor at this time to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the chairman of our committee.
(Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule and want to begin by congratulating my good friend from West Virginia for her management of this rule and her stellar service on the Committee on Rules as one of our newest members, and also her commitment to deal with the very important transportation needs that exist in her State. We know that that is going to be an important aspect to this legislation.
I want to speak for just a couple of minutes, and first, I want to praise my good friends, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), and the fact that we have been able to proceed in a bipartisan way in dealing with this very important issue. I see this as a very, very national question for us.
My first choice, my first choice would be to keep the Federal Government out of the issue of transportation and have the decision-
making on this handled at the State and local level, have the funds handled at the State and local level. I realize that we are not there. We have an interstate system, and we have to recognize that there are very important national priorities when it comes to transportation, and that, in large part for me, relates to the issue of global trade.
We know that the United States of America is the single largest exporter and the single largest importer on the face of the earth. We have an $11 trillion economy. We know that there are all kinds of wonderfully innovative and creative new ideas and products that are emanating from the United States of America, and as we get ready to embark on what I hope will be a successful passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, prying open that market so that we are able to sell U.S. goods into Latin America, as we ultimately get to Ronald Reagan's vision of a free trade area of the Americas, we have to realize that, if we are going to remain the world's largest exporter and the world's largest importer, it is absolutely essential that we have an infrastructure that can handle that.
I happen to represent the southern California area, along with a great bipartisan delegation from southern California, and one of the things that we recognize is that we have the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, two of the busiest ports in the entire world. In fact, I like to describe southern California as the gateway to the Pacific Rim, Latin America. And as such, it is critical that products that are coming from West Virginia and Rochester, New York, and Ohio, and Texas, and other parts of the country that are headed to the Pacific Rim, it is absolutely essential that those products gain access to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
It is also very important that as we, I am happy to say, import from the Pacific Rim, allowing the single mother who has a hard time making ends meet, allowing her to have access to products that are available at Wal-Mart and Target and a wide range of other stores, we need to make sure that those products are able to get into the United States once they get to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
That is why I am very happy that, in this legislation, we deal with the important southern California infrastructure challenges that we have.
We have a big project in southern California known as the Alameda Corridor. The Alameda Corridor basically allows goods to get to and from those ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by way of rail and truck traffic. And the original Alameda Corridor concept was a great one, which I strongly, enthusiastically embraced. It allowed these products to move to downtown Los Angeles.
One of the big challenges is the fact that as we look at moving beyond downtown Los Angeles, there is a huge, heavily-populated area to the east of downtown. In fact, one of the fastest growing areas in the United States of America is what is known as the Inland Empire. I represent a small part of that. My colleagues, the gentlemen from California (Mr. Lewis) and (Mr. Baca), and others, represent, also the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), the San Bernardino Riverside, the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Bono), and these members have to deal with the challenge of seeing these goods move through their areas. That is why I believe that we are on the right track in this legislation as we deal with what is known as the Alameda Corridor East issue, which will allow us to focus on grade separations, which are going to be so key, and also the other transportation issues that affect southern California will again free up the interstate system, allowing for the movement of these goods.
So, for example, in the area that I represent, we have a very important project that is included known as the Gold Line Foot Hill Extension. We also have the Foot Hill Transit System in our area. Now, as we are able to see people move into these areas for mass transit, it will enhance the opportunity for us to see the very important goods move to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
So we see a very, very key nexus developed here that will deal with our Nation's commerce. And job creation and economic growth are critical for us. We are very pleased that we have been able to see that put into place following the implementation of President Bush's tax reduction plan, as we have looked at our goal of again opening up new markets so that we can move goods outside of our borders into other countries around the world.
So we are on the right track. This legislation is absolutely essential. So I am strongly supporting this rule which makes in order 10 amendments, a bipartisan amendment. As my friend from Boston pointed out the other day, or last night, we have Republican amendments; we in the Committee on Rules are going to be meeting later today to allow for consideration of further amendments so that we will be able to continue to work through this process tomorrow and then, we hope, finish, and, with a very strong, bipartisan vote, send this measure to the other body so that we can get it to the President's desk just as quickly as possible.
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I again, Mr. Speaker, congratulate all of those who have been involved in this important process. I thank again my very good friend from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and my friend from Rochester, New York
(Ms. Slaughter), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Rules, for the leadership she has shown on this.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague permitting me to speak on this rule.
I am pleased to follow my friend from Southern California (Mr. Dreier), the chairman of the Committee on Rules, because of one of the areas of concern I have with this bill, and I am hopeful that there will be some amendments made in order, speak specifically to some of the problems of Southern California.
I flew over recently the Alameda Corridor and looked at the problems down there. I have supported it in the past. But the area the gentleman speaks to is currently getting back over a billion dollars a year less from the highway fund than it puts in. There are some serious imbalances currently under our system.
There is a potential that this bill may be hung up at some point over the donor/donee argument, and we will watch as this moves along through the legislative process. But there is a much more fundamental problem in the country in terms of the distribution of transportation money, and that is between our metropolitan area, like my friend from Southern California (Mr. Dreier), where there is a vast amount of money that they put in and they get back a much, much smaller portion.
Orlando, Florida, 58 cents on the dollar; Tucson, 57 cents on the dollar; Dallas, Ft. Worth, 75 cents on the dollar: this is an imbalance for the vast majority of metropolitan areas in the country.
There has been an effort to get an amendment made in order by my friend, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson), that would require some of the CMAQ funding that is used to solve air quality problems to be spent by the States. And currently some of the States like Texas are withholding this money, not spending it on the area to solve the air quality problem which is actually the source of the money.
I am hopeful before we are through we will be able to have this rule amended, to be able to make that in order, and that we look at this overall imbalance.
I am also deeply concerned about an element that is coming forward from my friend, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy). Last year he had an amendment that is out that would restrict the ability of toll revenues just to be used for new construction. This is a horrific proposal. There is no reason to restrict State and regional areas on how they spend that money. This would allow them to spend the money to expand the road system, but not use the same money to maintain the road system. Even worse than that, it would not allow San Diego, Houston, New York, Minneapolis, or other communities which are currently doing valued pricing to continue to do this.
This is a bad idea. It is opposed by most of the State and local authorities who are going to have to live with this bill.
Now, I for one hope that we will be able to continue in the bipartisan spirit from which it came from our committee. We have the broadest coalition supporting our chairman, the gentleman from Alaska
(Mr. Young), assembled in the history of infrastructure that has been considered by this Congress, from the Chamber of Commerce to the environmental groups, from the bicyclists, to the asphalt folks, the Women's Federated Garden Club of America all are on board for this broad-based, bipartisan bill. I sincerely hope we do not have it hijacked by narrow special interests and that we are able to debate it fully, fairly, honestly to make it work best for the American people.
We have been in the infrastructure business for the Federal Government since the founding of the Republic. It is an important national issue. I hope we maintain it.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that this is the first rule for this bill. There will be further consideration of amendments later this afternoon and will continue into tomorrow with further consideration of additional amendments.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern).
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
TEA-LU extends Federal highway and transit programs guaranteeing nearly $284 billion over the next 6 years. This funding will provide for Federal highway aid, mass transit, and road safety programs.
I am concerned, Mr. Speaker, that the Committee on Rules did not make a single Democratic amendment in order last night. I know that the committee will be meeting again on this issue, and I hope that we can have a more open and bipartisan process.
Mr. Speaker, we need to reauthorize this funding for the sake of our crumbling infrastructure. Our transportation network requires technological improvements. Our road and bridges are in dire need of upgrades and maintenance. Our drivers and passengers deserve the best safety programs.
The number of deficient highways and bridges in our country is staggering. Nearly 30 percent of highways are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete; 600,000 bridges are considered deficient by the Federal Highway Administration standards. In my home State of Massachusetts more than half of the bridges rank below standards.
Mr. Speaker, reauthorization of TEA-21 will provide repair and maintenance that our highways and bridges so desperately need. Our highways and bridges are severely damaged each year by increased truck sizes and weights, and I plan to introduce the Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act, better known as SHIPA.
My bill would make our highways safer and prolong the life of our roads and bridges by extending the commonsense limits we already have on the interstate highways to the entire national highway system.
I am concerned about an amendment made in order by the Committee on Rules last night that grants exemptions for the size and limits of longer combination vehicles, LCVs. The amendment would grant an exemption from the LCV freeze for trucks hauling custom harvesters in Nebraska during the harvest season for wheat and soybeans. I can appreciate the needs and concerns of these farmers; but, Mr. Speaker, this amendment sets a dangerous precedent, and I encourage my colleagues to vote against it.
The underlying bill also addresses the growing problem of traffic by proposing funding for alternative modes of transportation. It authorizes $52.3 billion for mass transit and public transportation programs. By strengthening public transportation, we are able to extend services to those who need it most like the elderly and the disabled.
Allocating funding for public transportation programs is just the first step. We need to find ways to encourage people to use public transportation and mass transit. Congress needs to expand our public transportation network through increased ridership initiatives. The commuter benefit tax credit is one such initiative.
Currently, employers can offer $200 per month in pretax benefits for parking, but only $105 per month for transit or van pool benefits. This inequity has created a financial incentive for employees to drive alone to work rather than utilize public transit for van pools. As a consequence, we have seen a decrease in ridership and corresponding increase in commuter rail and transit cars.
Today I have sent to all my colleagues in the House a Dear Colleague letter that illustrates the need to equalize the commuter tax benefit with the parking benefit. This letter summarizes the costly commuter rail fares of our Nation's major transit systems, and I encourage all of my colleagues review this information, and emphasize the importance of the commuter tax benefit during debate this week.
Along with creating incentives for people to use public transportation, we need to address the issue of traffic. I want to express my appreciation to the work of the chairman and the ranking member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for including in this bill several initiatives to reduce congestion. For example, H.R. 3 requires States to obligate a portion of their annual highway formula funding to activities aimed at alleviating congestion. These initiatives will result in a reduction of automobile emissions and a corresponding increase in the efficiency of our highway system.
A significant amount of funding in H.R. 3 is dedicated to supporting transportation safety programs. Over $6 billion is authorized for programs carried out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This funding would provide for occupant protection grants, seatbelt incentive programs, motorcycle safety, driver fatigue, child booster seat initiatives, and alcohol impairment programs.
Another major problem that this bill targets is the transportation planning process. H.R. 3 consolidates the planning process for highways and public transportation projects for metropolitan areas and States. It designates the lead agency, the Transportation Department, to conduct reviews, set deadlines for public comment on projects, and resolve disputes among agencies.
The reauthorization of transportation funding needs to happen, Mr. Speaker. Reauthorization is not only necessary for our infrastructure, but also essential to our economic growth, international competitiveness, quality of life, and national security. Our transportation infrastructure is aging and the only way to keep up with the growing demand is to reauthorize our transportation systems and to make sure this bill gets completed and to the desk of the President in this Congress.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate the importance and congratulate not only my colleague, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), but the chairman of this committee, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), for their terrific efforts in seeing this bill brought to the floor; and I look forward to its swift passage.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McHugh). Pursuant to House Resolution 140 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 3.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill
(H.R. 3) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
The Chair designates the gentleman from New York (Mr. Fossella) as chairman of the Committee of the Whole, and requests the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) to assume the chair temporarily.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time.
General debate shall not exceed 2 hours and 20 minutes, with 2 hours and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including a final period of 10 minutes following consideration of the bill for amendment, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
At this time, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) each will control 1 hour, and the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) and the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Rangel) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young).
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
(Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, today I rise once again in support of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users, also known as TEA-LU.
I have been chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the last 4 years. These 4 years have convinced me that we face a crisis in this country because of our inadequate, crumbling, and congested highways. We are not taking the steps today to ensure the ability to move people and freight tomorrow. Continuing to underfund and undermaintain our highways and transit systems ensures more traffic fatalities and reduces economic opportunity for our citizens.
Congestion of our highways causes over $67 billion and probably higher than that because very frankly the cost of gasoline has gone up. It costs the average driver about $2,400 a year and more than a week and a half spent stuck in traffic, actually more days than they usually get for vacations.
I introduced H.R. 3, TEA-LU, on February 9, 2005, along with my colleague, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), our ranking minority member, as well as our subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), and another subcommittee ranking minority member, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).
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We were joined by 71 other committee members who sponsor this legislation.
H.R. 3 is substantially the same bill as H.R. 3550, which passed the House last year and which we conferenced with the Senate and, unfortunately, were unable to come to a decision. I am disappointed that the conference was not successful because of inaction of the other body. However, I am committed to getting H.R. 3 passed before our current extension expires.
The Department of Transportation and the highway, transit, highway safety, and motor carriers programs of DOT are all operating under the extension until May 31, 2005. After that date, DOT can no longer reimburse the States for the funds that the States are obligated to expend for highway, transit, and other programs covered by this legislation. My goal is to complete work on this legislation and send the bill to the President for signature before the end of May.
H.R. 3 will provide a funding level of 283, very frankly, $284 billion, in guaranteed funding over 6 years for Federal highways and transit programs, as well as highway safety and motor carrier safety programs. Fortunately, we have been able to increase the funding under H.R. 3 over last year's bill, and H.R. 3 represents a 42 percent increase in funding over TEA-21. The increased funding levels in H.R. 3 are supported by the administration.
H.R. 3 provides a new emphasis and a new program to relieve congestion, maximize roadway capacity, and remove bottlenecks.
H.R. 3 creates a new core program for the highway safety infrastructure improvements, a new high-risk rural roads safety program that promotes a number of new safety programs aimed at human factors that contribute to accidents.
H.R. 3 funds five programs designed to improve movement of freight, including funds for border infrastructure, intermodal connectors, projects of regional and national significance, and a new corridor infrastructure program.
The bill also provides funding for construction of dedicated truck lanes.
H.R. 3 continues our commitment to provide for public transportation both in our city and to man rural areas where the need is great.
Mr. Chairman, most significantly, H.R. 3 will put Americans to work by creating the kind of jobs that support families and increase our tax base. It is much-needed legislation that will move our country toward a stronger economy.
Mr. Chairman, before I close, I want to take one moment to thank all the Members and staff who have worked so hard to produce this legislation.
The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), our Democrat ranking member, has been one of the most ardent supporters of this legislation. His contributions to this bill have resulted in a much better bill.
The chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), has been the real workhorse on this bill. He has taken his subcommittee around the country to investigate the infrastructure needs of the United States.
We have a new subcommittee Democrat ranking member, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). He has begun his new term with energy and enthusiasm, and I want to thank him for his contribution.
We could not have found the increases in funding without the contributions and efforts of the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. He has been a strong and steadfast supporter.
The gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nussle), chairman of the Committee on the Budget, has worked hard with me to accommodate the increases in authorizations needed to produce this legislation.
I want to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the majority leader, for his help in getting the bill scheduled so quickly in this session and for helping us find solutions to some very difficult problems.
Last, but not least, I want to thank the Speaker of the House for the countless hours he has spent working for us to keep the process moving. Without his support, we would not be here today.
Also, at this time, I want to thank the hardworking staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure who have been here for many nights and weekends drafting this legislation. The subcommittee staff who have made this happen are Graham Hill, Jim Tymon, Joyce Rose, Derek Miller, Suzanne Newhouse, Bailey Edwards, Will Bland, Sharon Barkeloo; Debbie Gephart and Patrick Mullane on the gentleman from Wisconsin's (Mr. Petri) staff.
In addition, my chief of staff, Lloyd Jones, and chief counsel, Liz Megginson, Mark Zachares, Charles Ziegler, Fraser Verusio, as well as Debbie Callis and Kevin McColaugh.
I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), who is not here, but I see the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) over there. They have worked well with us. They have worked very hard. We have worked out a bill I believe that is good. His chief of staff, David Heymsfeld, and chief counsel, Ward McCarragher, as well as Kathy Zern, Art Chan, Ken House, Eric Vanschyndle, Stephanie Manning, and Kathie Dedrick of the gentleman from Oregon's (Mr. DeFazio) staff.
Last, but not least, I want to express my appreciation for the hard work of the legislative counsel who have made sure the proposal ended up on paper and in proper form. Our appreciation goes to David Mendelsogn, Curt Haensel, and Rosemary Gallagher.
This is a piece of legislation, Mr. Chairman, that is long overdue. It is important we pass this legislation so we can leave the legacy for users in the future.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The chairman has done a good job of talking about the people who do the real work around here, which is the staff, with good direction from the Members, and the chairman of the committee and the subcommittee chairman and the direction that I and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) have attempted to provide in this endeavor.
This, I believe, may be the signature accomplishment of this Congress, as it goes to positive accomplishments for the economy of the United States and domestic programs.
The investment in this bill, investment of taxes, paid by the American people at the pump, we are not creating new deficit or debt here; we are spending their tax money in the way it was intended when it was collected from them when they tanked up their car or their commercial vehicle.
For every billion dollars in this bill of investment, of mitigating congestion, of repairing cracked bridges, of resurfacing highways, for transit, for every billion we spend, the President's Department of Transportation estimates that it creates about 47,000 jobs, not just direct good-wage construction jobs, but jobs that spill over to the contractors, the small businesses that subcontract, the communities where the projects take place with the spending in those communities, with improvement in the movement of freight so trucks do not have to take lengthy detours, so the just-in-time delivery can work better for American businesses, putting people to work in companies that are more competitive. All of that flows from this $284 billion investment.
In an ideal world, I would invest more and I believe that the chairman has a similar position on that, but we are constrained by current budget reality, and this is a good step to be taken by the House of Representatives; and hopefully, this will move the process out of limbo in the Senate. In the last Congress, we could have gotten this job done had the Senate followed the lead of the House. They did not. Hopefully, this time they will be more amenable to getting this bill done and getting it done long before the temporary extension expires at the end of May.
Our departments of transportation across the country need certainty. Many of them are restricted legislatively or constitutionally from obligating funds into larger projects or projects that will go more than 1 year because we are in this series of temporary extensions of the Transportation Efficiency Act as we move toward TEA-LU.
With the adoption of TEA-LU and the certainty that will come with that, we will see a whole lot of on-the-shelf, ready-to-go vital projects across America, that will put tens of thousands to work this next summer, move forward. But only if they get that certainty. It is estimated in the last year $2 billion of necessary spending, investment in roads, bridges, highways, transit projects was foregone because of this uncertainty. I mean, everyone knows we are going to make these investments, but at what level and over what period of time and with what constraints on the spending. So the States themselves need this.
In my own State, we have a tremendous problem with cracked bridges on Interstate 5, and it is interfering with international commerce and interstate commerce, and we want to move ahead; but we need the certainty of this legislation, the investment in this legislation to do that.
I see that the ranking member of the full committee has come in.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of the time on this side since I believe we will probably hear from the other side of the aisle.
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the subcommittee chairman, who has done an outstanding job. As I mentioned in my opening statement, he has been the real workhorse on this bill.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I would like to say that here we go again, another transportation reauthorization bill before the House of Representatives.
Every Member of this body knows that this bill is long overdue, and I want to assure my colleagues that we struggled mightily during the last Congress to get a long-term reauthorization bill in place, but came up a bit short.
There is some good news in that the guaranteed funding in this bill is a bit higher than the bill authorized last year, and it is in line with the President's budget proposal. This $4 billion increase is largely due to the positive ethanol gas tax changes that were included in last year's corporate tax bill.
That being said, however, the fact remains that many of the challenges we faced during the 108th Congress we continue to face today. The simple fact is that we do not have the resources needed to meet our Nation's transportation needs, both infrastructure needs of our Nation as documented by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the needs of the Members as communicated to our committee, representing needs of areas all across our Nation.
I believe that this is very shortsighted and that all of us, Republicans and Democrats alike, can and should support a strong infrastructure program that pays back so much in terms of economic development, international competitiveness, safety, mobility, and improved quality of life. A first-rate infrastructure is essential to a vibrant, growing economy; and in fact, we as a Nation are in danger of falling behind since, in real terms, our Federal investment in infrastructure is falling behind.
Our Governors, mayors, county executives, business leaders, labor and other groups all know this. The Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with a diverse group of State and local governments, business and labor groups under the Americans for Transportation Mobility coalition to highlight the importance of transportation investment to businesses and, in fact, to local communities as well.
Across this country, we have seen at the State and local level citizens voting in referenda to increase State sales taxes or issue bonds to devote more resources to transportation. They see on a daily basis how we are falling behind.
Coincidentally, today the American Society of Civil Engineers issues its 2005 report card for America's infrastructure. For transportation, the grade for roads is worsened from D+, already rather low, to D. Transit decreases from a C- to a D+.
Currently, we rely on the 18.3 cent gas tax, which has not been increased for over 10 years since 1993, and truck taxes to fuel highway and most transit spending at the Federal level. I am pleased that the bill before us takes steps to look at the next generation of financing for the building of roads and transit.
As cars become more fuel efficient or use alternative fuels or other environmentally beneficial fuels, all of which are, of course, good things that should be encouraged, we see less revenue coming in to the Highway Trust Fund. The gas tax is meant to be a surrogate for road usage and is the standard for the user-pay system of our Federal highway program, but I am afraid that we are using a 20th-century benchmark in the 21st century. H.R. 3 takes real concrete steps to move us toward modernizing and updating how we finance our Nation's roads.
The bill before us does differ from H.R. 3550 in that we have made revisions relating to the donor State issue. The ``scope'' issue has been addressed so that, for example, high priority projects are now once again covered under the Minimum Guarantee program, a major change from the bill last year, and other improvements have been made as well.
As it has been noted, this issue will continue to be addressed as we are in conference, and this is not the final resolution for this particular issue. This is my fifth transportation bill since joining the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and this is always the most complicated issue to resolve.
While I wish the funding levels were higher, nevertheless every State will see an increase in its funding. The bill includes programs for safety: infrastructure safety on the road, work safety, motor carrier safety, and behavioral safety.
Harley Davidson is headquartered in my State, and we have several provisions addressing motorcycle safety.
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Motorcycle safety grants are authorized, and I encourage States to look at using these and section 402 funds to address impaired driving, which is a great cause of concern.
H.R. 3 will facilitate the movement of freight around our Nation, an important element of interstate commerce and a primary Federal interest in transportation. It will allow us to meet the needs of emerging trade corridors in the post-interstate construction era and other projects that have regional national significance yet overwhelm the financial capabilities of any one State.
We retain funding for transit at the traditional split and include programs that will help States meet the mobility needs of both urban and rural communities and improve transportation services for the elderly and disabled.
Mr. Chairman, I thank my chairman for giving me the opportunity to address these issues.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the ranking member of the committee and a champion of all modes of transportation.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, for yielding me this time.
Here we are again, hopefully, to the Floor with what I fervently hope will not result in yet another extension of current law for our surface transportation program. That we do not have in place a 5-year or 6-year extension of our surface transportation programs is certainly not attributable to the Members of this Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Both sides of the aisle have worked vigorously, Mr. Chairman, to craft a bill that meets the needs of America's reliance upon our highway and transit systems to move people and goods efficiently and effectively in America.
The very first version of this bill was introduced in the fall of 2003, in October, at $375 billion, the investment that the Department of Transportation recommended to the Congress and to the administration that the Nation needed to invest over the next 6 years, following on TEA-21, to address the needs of pavement condition, congestion and safety across America. We took them at their word. Together, we crafted a bill that reflected the $375 billion investment, and together, we introduced that bill under the leadership of our chairman, the gentleman from Alaska.
At the time we introduced that bill, gasoline was selling at $1.34 a gallon. Today, it is well over $2.04 across the Nation. Oil will soon be selling at $60 a barrel, according to current analysts' reports, and the price of gas will go higher. We are not getting any of the benefit of that increase in pricing here in America in our highway transit programs. The dollars are going overseas.
In an age in which we are so concerned about outsourcing of American jobs to low-wage countries, the one place that jobs are not outsourced is on our highway and transit program; the highway that is built in front of your home, in your community, between communities, the transit systems that are built are built with American labor and American materials. We require American steel to go in the Federal highway program and into the transit program. We have strengthened the Buy America provisions in this legislation and that have existed since 1982.
You know, you cannot build a highway in Shanghai and put it in place in Peoria. It's put in place in America with American labor. Those are American jobs. We created 1,300,000 net new jobs in TEA-21, and with a
$375 billion investment over the next 6 years, we would create 2 million net new jobs and $291 billion of total related net new economic activity in America.
But we are not here debating that bill, because the economic gurus downtown at the White House said, oh no, that is way too much. They do not understand this comes out of the Highway Trust Fund. It is a pay-
as-you-go system. American drivers are paying for this system. It is the most successful initiative we have had, except for Social Security, in our whole government structure. Since 1956, the Highway Trust Fund invests your dollars with your purchase at the pump, and you drive away on good roads. It is just that simple. And this committee has been faithful and true to that principle since 1956, going on 50 years.
But when we got that message that, oh no, that is not the number, we scaled our bill back; you did not hear any partisan bickering. What you saw was bipartisan cooperation. We brought a much lower bill to the floor, the Transportation Equity Act, a Legacy for Users, TEA-LU, and we took it through this House to the conference, where it stalled again over the level of investment that we need to make in America's transportation future. And it could not be resolved all the way through and up to the election, nor in the lame duck session afterward. So we are here again to make that effort.
Now, in the committee, we have agreed on the structure of the legislation, on the way in which those dollars are going to be invested, the programs, the allocated and allotted programs, the apportioned programs, and we bring to this body good investment in the future of transportation in America.
In safety alone, we invest $6 billion in the future of safe roads in America. In 1956, when the Highway Trust Fund was created and the interstate highway program launched, the projections were, if America did not move to a much safer highway system, a divided access controlled superhighway program, we would be killing 110,000 a year on America's roads. And because of the interstate highway, we are saving well over 50,000 lives a year.
We need to do better, however, and we can and will do better with the investments we are making in this legislation. For example, the $550 million investment in rural road safety. Forty-three percent of America's fatalities occur on rural roads. In our State of Minnesota, half of those fatalities are people from the metropolitan area driving in rural Minnesota who are killed on unsafe rural roads.
We need to make the investments to improve the quality of safety on our rural road system as well as in urban-suburban areas. We do that in this legislation. We make the right investments.
We need to move this bill forward, get it through this House. Unfortunately, we are delayed. And while discussions continue and negotiations continue on a term that is a term of art, not a term of law, over the scope and the percentage return on investment each State perceives it gets back from the Federal Highway Trust Fund, I hope that will be resolved today, and we can move on with the manager's amendment and settle the issue and go to conference.
Our chairman, the gentleman from Alaska, has led us through political storms over this issue. He has been a steady hand at the helm, and I applaud his leadership and his firmness. I hope that we will resolve this matter expeditiously, bring the manager's amendment to the floor and then proceed to conference with the Senate.
This is a tight time frame. Current law expires the end of May. The Senate is not expected, the other body, forgive me, is not expected to take up their version of the bill until after the Easter recess. That would mean mid April before we even get to conference. That leaves a month or so to negotiate all the differences in policy between the two bills. I certainly do not relish the prospect of the two of us coming back to the House floor sometime in May and saying, sorry, we cannot get there, we have to have another extension of current law.
We need to move ahead now. The Sand & Gravel Institute is reporting 43 percent unemployment among their membership because States are not letting long-term contracts. The Concrete Pavement Association, the Asphalt Pavement Association are all reporting unemployment levels in excess of 40 percent among their members because States are not letting long-term contracts. We can settle that by getting this bill through the House, through conference, and to the President for signature. Even at this lower level of $284 billion, that will mean a significant advancement in the cause of transportation, in jobs, in economic vitality and productivity in America.
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota. He has been a real ally in this legislation, and he knows how well we work together and how important to this Nation it is to pass this bill. This is a team effort within a committee that has been very, very bipartisan over the period of time that I have served on it, for the last, actually, 12 years, and even before that. This committee has a record of that, and he has continued that. I think it is crucially important for those watching this on television to know that there are committees that do work hand-
in-hand together for the betterment of this Nation, and for that, I thank the gentleman.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica).
Mr. MICA. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Alaska for yielding me this time and for the opportunity to address probably one of the most important pieces of legislation to be considered by this Congress, and that is our Federal policy in projects for funding transportation throughout our Nation.
Mr. Chairman, back in the 1950s, I believe it was in 1954, President Eisenhower sent Richard Nixon to Lake George, New York, for the National Governors Conference. And at that conference, Vice President Nixon proposed to the governors basically a $1 trillion interstate program, and that was when the Federal budget was somewhere in the $80 billion range. I wish that we were here today talking about a $1 trillion funding project to improve the infrastructure of our Nation.
If we look across the country, it certainly could be justified. Just in my district in Florida, from Orlando to Jacksonville, we probably have $4 billion or $5 billion in immediate project needs, and that just scratches the surface. I know traffic congestion is a problem across the Nation.
I compliment the chairman. He has had to deal with the White House, he has had to deal with varied interests. I compliment the ranking member. He has also had to deal with the fiscal constraints that we see ourselves under at this time and try to come up with a reasonable solution to funding our Nation's highway. So I thank everyone for getting us to this stage.
Now, I have not made up my mind whether I will vote for or against the final transportation and highway funding formula that we see. I say I have not made up my mind, I do support the proposal as it is brought forth here in the House today. I support it because it represents a
$48.6 billion increase. That is a 27 percent increase over TEA-21, its predecessor authorizing legislation.
I support this legislation today because the House passed a $275 billion bill, and this represents $284 billion additional spending that has been agreed upon by the White House and other participants, and also a $299 billion, almost $300 billion with contract authority piece of legislation, which is more than what we had last year. In fact, it is $9 billion more for highway funds over what we voted on last year in the House of Representatives.
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However, and here is a caveat, I still am not certain whether this is fair for Florida as a donor State, a donor State which in committee we heard that Florida received, for every dollar that it sent into the trust fund some years ago, 58 cents in return.
We have gone to 79 cents. We are now somewhere around 86 cents, that is, for every dollar we send here, we get back 86 cents. I do not know today, I do not know at this hour, and I do not when we pass the final bill what our net rate of return is. That is what I will have my eye on the ball for.
And I think that is what all of the donor States ask for. And we do not ask for anything that we are not entitled to. In fact, we would very much like to have 95 cents come back as a minimum. We will probably not get that. But all we ask for is fairness in this process.
I know at this time, and I have not seen all of the details of the manager's amendment, that there will be carved out projects of national significance; and I do support this.
But what we ask for is fairness, fairness to Florida, fairness to Illinois, fairness to Alaska, fairness to all of the States in the Union, and all of those who will benefit by this bill.
So we are going to try to support this bill. We had to sort of hold our nose and vote for the previous bill which was not as good as this piece of legislation that comes before us today
But we, the donor States, working with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) and others from across the Nation that are also donors to this fund, want to see fairness in the final bill. So it is in everyone's interest that we move this bill now forward to conference committee.
So I urge my colleagues to look very closely at the provisions of the manager's amendment and how it affects each of their individual States. I urge you to support this legislation and that we pass this bill and move it on to conference.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds. I have worked closely with my colleague from Florida and always enjoy working with him. I would be happy to go for a trillion dollars in this bill. And I think we could spend that money wisely and make the country more competitive. I can guarantee him, if we could get to a trillion dollars, we could get him back 99 cents or maybe even a dollar on a dollar.
So I am hopeful that as we move through the process we can increase the amount of money, which will allow us to accommodate States like Florida and others who need investments just like everyone else in this country.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell).
Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of TEA-LU. The gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), our ranking member, have done a remarkable job. It is a credit to their leadership that we are unified in our desire to pass such a major piece of legislation.
No bill in the Congress that I know of considered this year will do more to positively affect the quality of life of every single American than this surface transportation reauthorization.
This is the key bill. I know I am not alone in wishing that we had more funds to make the capital investments to meet the ever-growing need. After decades of investments to meet an expanding Nation in a growing population, the United States transportation system is unmatched anywhere else in the world. A vital transportation sector is a major reason for our Nation's high productivity and mobility.
But we cannot accept stagnation. Without continuing to grow the program, we will fall further behind. New Jersey has some of the oldest infrastructure in the Nation, Mr. Chairman. This bill will do wonders for helping rebuild decrepit bridges and bringing commercial and commuter corridors into the 21st century.
My home State has over 1,100 people per square mile going every which way. Without increases to meet our mass transportation needs included in this legislation, we will have to macadam our living rooms to reduce congestion on our roads.
There is one provision I am disappointed is missing from the legislation. The gentlemen from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez and Mr. LoBiondo) have joined with me in crafting a bipartisan amendment to address an important clean-government issue found not only in New Jersey but across our Nation. Throughout the country, States like Connecticut are in the process of enacting pay-to-play restrictions to address the threat of real and apparent corruption resulting from large political contributions from contractors to influence the awarding of public contracts.
Unfortunately in an interpretation of the Federal law, the Federal Highway Administration is withholding Federal aid highway dollars from States which choose to clean up corruption. The Pascrell amendment would clarify the law so that the rights of States are very clear.
Our amendment allows States to enact anticorruption laws curbing the practice of pay-to-play contracting without losing their Federal aid. Federal precedent is clear on our point as well. Section 441(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Laws that prohibits campaign contributions for government contractors, this is the Federal law, in the 1990s the SEC enacted a pay-to-play ban, prohibiting contributions by bond traders. That has been upheld by the Federal courts.
I would urge the Rules Committee to protect our simple bipartisan amendment within its second rule tomorrow.
I congratulate the chairman and ranking member on advancing this legislation. As the process moves forward, we must work together to fight for a better bill, a bill which will create needed middle-class jobs.
I thank the gentleman for yielding the time.
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to allow the Committee on Ways and Means to use their allotted time at this point.
I also ask unanimous consent that I yield my time to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) to control until I return. I have to go to another meeting.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Carter).
In response to the gentleman's first request, the Chair will advise that the chair is able to manage the sequence in which the committees use their time as a matter of recognition.
In response to the gentleman's second request, the Chair will recognize the members of the committee who are filling the roles of chairman and ranking minority member under the governing special order of business
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The members of the Committee on Ways and Means, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson) each control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley).
Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
On behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, I rise in support of the tax provisions that will finance H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
H.R. 3 extends the Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority for highway projects through fiscal year 2007. This bill addresses the need to upgrade our Nation's highways and infrastructure, to improve driver safety and reduce congestion.
The American highway system is a critical component of our economic growth in terms of job creation and the movement of goods. Unless we act, funding for the Highway Trust Fund will be cut off after May 31, 2005.
Last year the House and Senate did not complete negotiations on the 6-year reauthorization of the Federal highways programs.
This left Congress with no choice but to extend the authorization on a short-term basis, which is never an ideal solution. H.R. 3 would provide $284 billion of funding for the Federal highways programs through fiscal year 2009, the same amount proposed in the administration's budget, and $5 billion more than the House approved last year.
It is my hope that the House and the Senate will reach agreement on a reauthorization bill this year so that critical transportation needs can be addressed. The tax provisions before us today do more than extend the expenditure authority of the Highway Trust Fund through fiscal year 2009. They reauthorize transfers from the Highway Trust Fund to the Aquatic Resource Trust Fund to account for fuel taxes collected from motor boat use, but it does not extend the general fund retention of motor boat fuel taxes.
It also extends the excise tax to fund the Highway Trust Fund at current levels. Mr. Chairman, these tax provisions will fund new highway projects that will strengthen local economies and create local jobs.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this legislation.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I rise on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, and the committee approved the tax title to the highway reauthorization bill last week. The tax title of this bill appears to be noncontroversial.
To summarize, the tax provisions would extend current law highway-
related excise taxes until 2011 and the Highway Trust Fund expenditure authorities until 2009. These provisions under current law expire in 2005.
We need more transportation funding. This is a good bill, and I commend both the chairman and the ranking member and all of those on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure who have worked so hard to bring this bill to the floor today. Apparently, there has been agreement among the Republican leadership that H.R. 3 provides the right level of funding for our transportation systems in the coming years. However, I believe strongly that we still need to be doing more.
I know that the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), who has done so much on this for so long, will speak strongly on the need to do more to improve and to maintain our existing transportation system and to ensure adequate infrastructure investments nationwide; and I strongly agree with the gentleman.
Our Nation's long- and short-term needs have been specific and well documented by the Department of Transportation. All that needs to be done is for this Congress to act and to provide that adequate level of funding.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
To quickly summarize, this bill, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, provides new highway projects that will strengthen local economies and create local jobs; extends the authority to spend money from the Highway Trust Fund through September 30, 2009; provides $284 billion in needed funding for Federal highways; and extends the present law excise tax that finances Highway Trust Funds through September 30, 2011. It reauthorizes Highway Trust Fund transfers to the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund to account for fuel taxes collected for motorboat use, but it does not extend the general fund retention of motorboat fuel taxes. The administration supports the $284 billion funding level.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) is recognized for 5\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
I am pleased to rise in support of the bill. I think the Committee on Ways and Means is moving forward in a way that is reasonable with this. I personally am very pleased that the basic overall structural integrity of the bill has been maintained. It is a good bipartisan framework that builds on ISTEA. It has something for virtually every community in America.
I am particularly pleased that there is language in the bill that deals with small starts. I have had experience in my community with a street car development that is much less expensive; it is quick to build. It goes back and helps us reinvigorate the neighborhoods that were originally built around street cars decades, sometimes a century, ago. We have over 80 communities around the country that are interested in their opportunity to build a street car. The bill contains almost $1 billion over the next 5 years in projects that are termed ``small start,'' between $25 million and $75 million. It provides for an expedited process separate from the more expensive, more complex, more cumbersome new-starts provision.
I look forward to working with members on the committee to refine and move this forward. I hope we will have strong support from both sides of the aisle in conference to make sure that this is something that survives and is further enhanced.
And before I finish on the small-starts point, I would like to express deep appreciation to Joyce Rose and to Ken House for making it possible for this language to be there and to be as effective as it is.
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I did want to make one brief reference to the donor-donee that my friend from Florida was talking about, that they are up to 85, 86 percent. I have some sympathy for that. But as I pointed out on this floor, the big donor-donee disparity is not between a few States that win or lose, it is between the metropolitan areas across the country that are systematically shortchanged in the allocation of transportation money. It may be that part of that is because the way that the structures go with the MPO and the flow of Federal dollars, that metropolitan areas have only a say over 6 percent of the funding flow. I see my friend from southern California. There is over a $1 billion net outflow from southern California in the metropolitan area to deal with its transportation needs. There are any number of cities in Florida that get less than 60 and 70 percent on the dollar. I see my friend from Dallas here. Her metropolitan area gets only 75 cents on the dollar. Of the 276 metropolitan areas, the vast majority of them are shortchanged, and in most instances, it is far more than the level that we are talking about between the donor and donee States.
This is something that Congress is going to have to spend some time focusing on. How do we guarantee that the needs of our metropolitan areas, where the vast majority of our population live, are met? Whether you are in a red State, a blue State, south, east, north or west, people live in these metropolitan areas; and in community after community after community, they are shortchanged. We have people come to the Floor supporting this excellent bill. I join them. And I am pleased that people are concerned to reduce the problems of congestion, of air pollution, of an inability to move freight in this country. But where is the air pollution, the congestion, the problems with freight? It is in the metropolitan areas. And unless we spend the money where it is needed, we are never going to improve the air quality, we are never going to be able to reduce the congestion that is strangling our communities. We are having a situation where it takes less time for freight to move from Portland, Oregon, or from Long Beach/LA to Chicago than it takes to move that freight through Chicago. Longer than it took to get there in the first place.
Mr. Chairman, there is no more important environmental or economic development legislation before this Congress. I like the direction that we are moving. I hope that we maintain the balance, the structure, a bipartisan effort to meet the needs of all America's communities. I hope that we are going to be looking towards the future, however, to make sure that we not only maintain that structure but we look for ways to get the money where it is most needed.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Gary G. Miller), a valued member of the committee.
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, this bill has been a long time coming. I would like to commend Chairman Young and Ranking Member Oberstar for their work together on this bill. It is amazing how two individuals from different parties can get together and share a common cause, and that is to better the transportation system within our Nation.
I would also like to commend Chairman Young's staff, they have been very accessible trying to accomplish this bill, and Subcommittee Chairman Petri. I understand your passion, and I share that with you, but I have watched you work in recent years and your motivation towards providing a better transportation system for this country.
When this country was founded, we had basically two main areas of oversight. That was to ensure interstate commerce, and protect and defend our borders. This bill ensures interstate commerce. It is definitely not the amount of money a lot of us would like to see it be. Chairman Young, I know, fought very hard, and we all know what a kind and gentle man he is and an easy man to get along with, but he put that aside and was willing to be forceful, he is a forceful man by nature, and to really fight for what we believe is right and that is more money for our States.
California, as the previous speaker said, is probably the largest donor State in this Nation. Unless you go to California and you drive the freeways and you understand what working people go through, what truckers go through, the problem we face with the Alameda Corridor East which deals directly with the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, when that was funded originally in the mid-nineties, we funded 100 percent of the improvements from the harbors to commerce, but there was nothing done from commerce all the way through LA County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County and Orange County. The impact is incredible, and it is growing daily. How many people do you know that cannot afford to live within the communities within which they work so they have to buy in an area that is outside of their working areas, we see in California, and they spend hours each day driving back and forth to work, and it is getting worse. Unless we come up with the funds to improve our at-grade crossings for the trains, we are just going to sit there and watch trains go by. We are going to sit on the freeways and watch trucks coming back and forth from those harbors when people are trying to get back and forth to work to provide for their families.
Nothing has as great an impact on our economic development, growth patterns and quality of life as transportation. If you are going to have a good system, if you are going to have a system that is critical in keeping people moving and goods moving and cities and communities prosperous, you have to provide for the transportation needs that the American people are demanding and require.
In California, they have gone through some very difficult economic times. The State of California has been in deficit for recent years and is having to continue to cut back on their spending. One area they tend to focus on cutting back on seems to be transportation. I have never been as impacted by calls, letters and requests from my local communities, and those requests are for dollars to be able to meet the local transportation needs that they have, needs that, in the past, they have been able to accommodate themselves.
This year, in some of our communities in California, it is worse than others because we have been plagued by an incredible amount of rain, more rain than the sewers in California are able to accommodate. We have houses sliding off of hills, very severe economic problems and situations that our cities and counties have been put into. And dollars that would otherwise be placed in transportation to fulfill those needs locally are being placed to help people who are being impacted by the slides and the devastation that California has recently experienced. Then that puts the cities in a situation where they have to come back to Congress and say, we need some of our tax dollars back to be able to help move people, to repair the potholes, to improve the highways, the freeways that are impacted, the bridges that are deteriorating in California and throughout this country. We have to do something about that. That is what this bill does.
Again, I want to praise Chairman Young. He has done everything he can to provide the maximum amount of dollars we can through a bill. I would like to commend our leadership, Subcommittee Chairman Petri. I really appreciate everything he has done. The staff that are here in the room. They have always been accommodating and willing to listen to our needs, and they have always done what they can to help us. Chairman Young has gone out of his way to be understanding, cooperative and basically provide the resources that we need to better the people's lives in California. I am proud to be a part of this committee and be a part of this bill. I strongly support an ``aye'' vote.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson), a member of the committee and a leader on transportation issues.
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, let me commend the leadership of this committee and that of the Highway subcommittee for all of the hard work and bipartisan work that has gotten us to this point today. Today, this committee is sending a message to the American people that investment in the Nation's transportation system is our number one priority.
I do not have to tell you that the clock is working against the infrastructure of our country, my State and particularly my district. The longer we wait to enact a reauthorization bill, the more costly it becomes to adequately address the Nation's crumbling infrastructure. Our Nation's transportation system is the backbone of our economy and way of life, and we cannot afford to shortchange either one of those.
Late last year, the Texas Section of Civil Engineers released its 2004 infrastructure report card in which the State's infrastructure received a dismal cumulative assessment of below average. The Texas Transportation Commission can fund less than 40 percent of the worthy road and highway projects. Twelve thousand of the State's 48,000 bridges are structurally deficient. Seventeen are in my district. Congestion is on the rise in urban areas, and deterioration of air quality poses an even greater risk to the health of our residents, particularly seniors and children.
I have one amendment that was accepted but there is another one that is still in question where we really need to address congestion, urban congestion. Our constituents have spoken, and we must act. It is imperative that we commit ourselves to working together to passing a final bill today, or tomorrow, that addresses our Nation's crumbling infrastructure. This creates badly needed good-paying jobs which we need to give attention to. It addresses our congestion and poor air quality, expands inclusion of minority and women-owned businesses in Federal transportation contracting and makes donor highway funding equity close to a reality. We must get this bill through conference and to the President's desk as soon as we can.
I thank both of the leaderships, majority and minority. I support this bill and hope that we can move it along rapidly.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart), a hardworking member of our committee.
Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Chairman, first, I would like to thank Chairman Young for visiting Miami recently and spending time understanding the important transit issues that we are facing in Miami-
Dade County. The most important issue at this point, as the gentleman from Alaska knows, Mr. Chairman, is allowing $100 million committed by the Florida Department of Transportation for the Miami Intermodal Center, Earlington Heights connector to be used as part of the non-
Federal match towards other transit corridors in Miami-Dade County. I also want to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his interest, and I understand that he is also interested in even maybe going to Miami to look at that specific issue.
This provision, which would guarantee the release of the $100 million from the Florida Department of Transportation, requires legislative language that I have been working on with the gentleman from Wisconsin, also with Chairman Young and their talented staffs, I understand that negotiations are continuing on this issue and will continue to be worked on in conference after the gentleman from Wisconsin has had an opportunity to visit Miami in early April.
As the gentleman knows, the $100 million from Florida DOT will only be released if such language is included. This provision has strong bipartisan support among South Florida Members. Again, while this provision is not in the bill today, it is my understanding, Mr. Chairman, that we are continuing to work on it as the process continues.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I have met with the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart) and spoken with him several times on the issue of legislative language that would allow $100 million from the Florida Department of Transportation for the MIC to be used as part of the non-
Federal match for other transit corridors. He has expressed his strong commitment to this language. I will be traveling to Miami soon to see the project firsthand. We will continue to work on this issue during conference. I look forward to the chance to visit Miami and better understand the project and the need for this language.
Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings).
Mr. CUMMINGS. I thank the gentleman for yielding time.
Mr. Chairman, I want to thank our ranking member and chairman for all of their hard work and the chairman and the ranking member of the subcommittee. This bill has indeed been a long time coming. We all know that $283.9 billion is a lot of money but certainly not enough, but the fact is that this is a continuing process.
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Also, I want to express my sincere appreciation to our ranking member and our chairman and their staffs for working with me and my staff to include language in the floor manager's amendment that will expand research on critical issues in hazardous materials transportation. The hazardous materials title of the TEA-LU bill regulates hazardous materials transportation to ``protect against the risks to life, property and the environment that are inherent in the transportation of hazardous materials.'' TEA-LU's Research Title must set a research agenda that will support the accomplishment of these objectives.
In its Special Report 283, the Transportation Research Board found that perhaps the most notable gap in America's system for ensuring the safety and security of hazardous materials transportation is the lack of research that is cost-cutting and multi-modal in application.
My provisions amend TEA-LU's Research Title to require the administrator of a newly created Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to research nine crosscutting issues in hazardous materials transportation not adequately addressed by existing mode-
specific research programs.
Mr. Chairman, there are more than 1 million shipments per day in the United States of hazardous materials. Between 14,000 and 18,000 unintended releases of hazardous materials occur during transportation annually. Between 1994 and 2003, these incidents resulted in 210 fatalities.
Recent incidents in my district in Baltimore, in South Carolina, Texas, and South Dakota have dramatically reminded us of the danger that hazardous materials shipment can pose. In response to these findings, I introduced the Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2005, H.R. 909, which would establish an ongoing cooperative research program for hazardous materials transportation.
While not creating this permanent hazardous materials cooperative research program, the provisions included in today's bill respond to the Transportation Research Board's report by requiring research on crosscutting topics recommended for further study. In addition, the Secretary will be required to report on the need to establish a permanent cooperative research program for hazardous materials.
I again thank the committee's leaders and their staff for working with me to begin to create a hazardous materials research program that is truly comprehensive and multi-modal in scope. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster), a member of the committee.
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3. It has been a long time coming. I want to commend the gentleman from Alaska
(Chairman Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Oberstar), as well as the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), for their efforts on behalf of our Nation's transportation system.
As a Pennsylvanian who represents a broad geographic region, I know the issue of transportation is critical to all of our constituents. I am very pleased that the legislation before us today includes many initiatives to combat congestion on our Nation's highways and further relieve bottlenecks on our roads.
H.R. 3 contains innovative real-time and intelligent transportation initiatives that allow States to monitor and improve traffic flow and enhance safety. Building on these innovative programs, I also encourage support of an amendment that will be offered by my colleague, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy), to create voluntary toll or fast lanes. Drivers who chose to use these fast lanes will be charged electronically, eliminating the toll booths that add to backups and congestion. It will allow for our States to collect the funds necessary to increase the capacity on our highways. Congestion is a tremendous drag on our economy today, and it needs to be addressed.
One concern, Mr. Chairman, I do have with this bill is the rate of return States will receive under this measure. It has been the wise practice in surface transportation reauthorization to take into account that some regions are saddled with greater needs than others and need a larger rate of return to maintain our national transportation system.
My home State of Pennsylvania is unique in that we have more miles of State highway to maintain than all of New England and New York combined. Additionally, the Commonwealth ranks third in the amount of through truck traffic that neither originates nor terminates in the State. Pennsylvania receives little benefit from such commerce traveling through our State, yet States such as Florida, which is able to get its goods to the large Northeastern markets, benefit, while we still suffer from the constant pounding and damage caused by this through traffic.
As we move forward to conference, I would encourage my colleagues to continue returning funds to States based on needs so that we can continue to have a safe and efficient national highway system.
Lastly, Mr. Chairman, I want to take a minute to address an issue that has become of increasing concern to me and many of my fellow Pennsylvanians on the committee.
In recent weeks, the Governor of our State has continued to flex funds designated for highway projects to bail out the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia transit systems to the tune of $412 million, which is roughly one-third of what Pennsylvania will receive from the Federal Government in funding next year.
Mr. Chairman, transferring funds set aside by the government for highway projects to bail out troubled transit systems is wrong. The transit system in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia has continually had problems meeting its financial responsibility, and it is out of the pockets of rural Pennsylvanians that the funding shortfalls are met.
Critical highway projects in our region are put in jeopardy when highway moneys are transferred to transit. Our highway system weaves a thread of viability through our State and between our urban areas. Quite simply, you cannot travel from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia without going through rural central Pennsylvania.
To this end, I am pleased that included in the bill is language directing the Government Accountability Office to review this transfer authority and how it is being used. I want to thank my colleagues, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gerlach) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), for their support on our effort on this issue.
It is critical that Congress address this issue and examine the possible need of limiting Governors' ability to shift funds in the future. Rural Pennsylvanians, rural Americans should not have to continue to foot the bill for transit riders in the large metropolitan areas of this country.
Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the chairman again, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Petri), and the committee staff for all their hard work and efforts in getting H.R. 3 to the floor today.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Matheson).
Mr. MATHESON. Mr. Chairman, I think this H.R. 3 legislation is a good illustration of the old phrase that politics is the art of compromise. We have heard a lot of people talk about things that they like in this bill. You will also here a lot of speakers talk about things they wish were also included in this bill. I certainly have that list myself.
But the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has a great tradition of coming together in this House, and that tradition has been maintained again today. I commend the leadership on both sides of the aisle for their efforts to work together in the common interest of providing investment in basic infrastructure in this country.
This has always been an important issue for this country, but in some respects it is becoming more important now as we are in an ever-
changing world with an ever-increasingly competitive global economy.
I talk about that with my constituents back home, and sometimes they do not think what investment in a road out in Utah has to do with being competitive in a global economy. Then we talk about what it takes to move products around this country and the fact that other countries around the world are so aggressive in investing in their transportation infrastructure to make their economies more efficient.
This is good economic policy for our country. It is good investment. In the short run it is good for our economy, it creates a number of good jobs, but in the long run what it does is it develops an infrastructure that gives our economy greater efficiency, greater ability to compete, greater ability for us to succeed.
Now, every Congressman can tell you a story about what is in this bill that is important to their district. That is our job. This is the people's House. We represent a congressional district, and we need to advocate for the interests of that congressional district.
The major transportation route between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colorado, is primarily a two-lane highway called Highway 6 in Utah, subject to many fatalities, one of the most dangerous stretches of road in this country. I am please that in this legislation this highway will be designated as a high-priority corridor. That is in our interests, to make sure we invest in that, because in addition to having an efficient economy, investment in infrastructure creates more safety on our highways. That is the other good aspect of this job.
Mr. Chairman, I commend the leadership of the committee for this outstanding bipartisan bill.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hayes).
Mr. HAYES. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young), and my colleagues on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for their continued hard work to bring H.R. 3 to the floor. This bipartisan legislation invests in America's roadways and transportation infrastructure, bringing jobs and investment to every corner of our country.
This legislation is good news to the people of the Eighth Congressional District of North Carolina. My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands.
In 2002, I worked to launch the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Process in the eighth district. As part of this process, the CEDS Committee commissioned and received a report outlining some of the region's economic strengths and weaknesses. The report was approved by the Economic Development Administration.
One of the weaknesses cited was there were several areas of need regarding transportation infrastructure. Accelerating the construction of our transportation projects was particularly highlighted as one of the most likely places where improvements would translate into increased economic development and more jobs. Without easy access to areas of commerce and transport, potential for investment and increased economic development is hindered.
The legislation before this House today contains funding for many of the established CEDS goals and will jump-start my district's directed efforts to revitalize and support the region's economy.
Increasing the number of interstate miles, especially accelerating the construction of I-73/74, I-85 through Cabarrus County and increasing the multilane connections to interstate highways is vitally important.
Upgrading many of the existing roads to multilane highways of the highest standards is another top priority. This will serve to not only increase the probability of companies investing in eighth district communities, but will also improve public safety through providing safer roads.
In the Charlotte metropolitan area, a substantial population growth is severely taxing existing infrastructure. Through the widening of existing highways and increasing investment in alternative modes of transportation, we will work to decrease congestion, pollution levels, and urban sprawl. This will positively impact quality-of-life issues and economic opportunities for those who live in and around the city of Charlotte and all of our North Carolina and Southeastern region.
Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to support this legislation today, and I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of H.R. 3.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Millender-McDonald), an outstanding member of the committee.
Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Chairman, finally one of the most important bills, if not the most important bill, has come to this floor; and I would like to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), for their continued leadership in drafting a principled and balanced transportation bill, and also the subcommittee Chair, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), for their steadfast commitment to our Nation's transportation system.
As a senior member on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, representing Los Angeles County, the most congested and impacted county in the Nation, it has been my privilege and my pleasure to work with all of them.
It has been the priority of our committee to meet the many transportation needs of our cities, our States and our businesses, both large and small, that rely on our transportation system. Governors and local governments alike are crying out for relief from the congestion that chokes our highways and slows down our economy.
Our country needs more public transportation services to help in fighting congestion. We need more new transit buses and greater investment in rail systems so that the single-occupant automobile is not the only way to get to work. From coast to coast, our great Nation needs this bill. Our communities, our businesses, and our constituents all need this bill. Traffic congestion costs American motorists some
$67.5 billion a year in wasted time and fuel costs. Americans spend an additional 4.5 billion hours a year stuck in traffic.
This bill addresses the immediate needs of our communities, and our communities have spoken loud and clear: they want congestion relief. We have been asked to do more with less at $284 billion, but we have drafted an innovative bill that maximizes our resources to address our most glaring transportation needs.
I want to again thank this committee and especially the ranking member, the gentleman from Oregon
(Mr. DeFazio); the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar); the former ranking member, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski); the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young); and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Petri) for including and supporting the projects of national and regional significance.
This new program will go a long way in relieving our Nation's transportation choke points and help reduce the congestion that plagues our communities and slows down our national economy. We desperately need programs like this to address our Nation's growth in trade.
In 1970, the amount of U.S. trade in goods totaled $83 billion a year. Today, that figure has grown to $2.29 trillion, a nearly 28-fold increase in 35 years. Over the same period, the U.S. population has grown by 40 percent and the number of registered vehicles has increased by 100 percent, yet our road capacity has increased by only 6 percent.
Mr. Chairman, we must and we can do better.
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Think about this: In the last 35 years, we have revolutionized how we communicate and conduct commerce. We have transformed the size and scale of business in a global economy. Yet, how we get our goods and services is the one element we have not changed during that time. Our economy is evolving and our transportation infrastructure must be an integral part of this evolution.
A prime example of our economy's evolution is the emergence of just-
in-time delivery, which is the way that most major businesses run and grow their businesses. Just-in-time delivery minimizes the storage costs for businesses, allowing them to keep smaller inventories, which ultimately keeps consumer prices down across the country. We must have a transportation infrastructure that meets the many demands placed upon it.
The Projects of National and Regional Significance program and funding addresses the increasing importance of moving goods safely, securely, and efficiently, as well as the mobilization of people. This program does what only a transportation reauthorization bill can do; it makes sure that our transportation infrastructure is coordinated, balanced and national in scope.
In addition, I want to thank the committee for including another provision that speaks to goods movement, and that is the designation of the I-710 as a high-priority corridor. Fifteen percent of our Nation's total commerce of inbound and outbound containerized goods move along the I-710. This is truly a high-priority corridor.
Finally, this is a jobs bill, Mr. Chairman. Every $1 invested in public transportation infrastructure provides up to $6 in economic return, and every $1 billion invested in our transportation infrastructure creates and sustains 48,000 jobs.
This is a bill that we need. We must have this bill. I ask my colleagues to vote in support of TEA-LU. This is the most important bill we will see this year.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Mr. Fortuno) for 3 minutes.
Mr. FORTUNO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Don Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar), as well as the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the chairman of the subcommittee, and the gentleman from Oregon
(Ranking Member Mr. DeFazio) for their leadership in moving this legislation so quickly through this Congress.
As the name implies, TEA-LU is a bequest of the highest degree to our Nation. TEA-LU will have a positive impact on the Nation's economy through the creation of millions of new jobs in the transportation sector and other related industries. It will bring the highway and transit systems to a higher level as we continue to travel into the 21st century.
In my district, TEA-LU means an injection of infrastructure monies needed to integrate our transportation systems and alleviate problems of traffic congestion and road safety, while spurring economic development on the island. TEA-LU will take Puerto Rico to a new level of transportation based on an integrated transportation system. Tren Urbano, the bus system, trolleys, and our ferries will all integrate to promote public transportation, reducing the problem of traffic congestion.
For Puerto Rico, TEA-LU means the completion of an important highway project that will become one of the only two highways crossing Puerto Rico from north to south. It means the completion of a highway system that will cover the perimeter of the island. it also means promoting economic development across the board. It means giving access to towns and rural communities that, without the funding made available in TEA-
LU, would remain isolated. It means losing less lives to traffic accidents. It means moving Puerto Rico forward at a faster pace.
On behalf of the 4 million U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico whom I have the great honor to represent, I thank again the gentleman from Alaska
(Chairman Don Young) and my colleagues on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for this great legacy.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop), a member of the committee.
Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that Congress is again considering reauthorization of the transportation bill. Americans have waited too long and watched our roads and transit systems further deteriorate as Congress and the President stalemate at the expense of travelers and commuters.
Transportation spending is a win-win proposition. It creates jobs and improves safety and efficiency on our roads. While passage of this bill will go a long way towards improving our infrastructure, I, along with most of the members of our community, would have hoped for a larger bill that better reflects the Nation's need for transportation funding.
Real economic stimulus comes from real investment. And by increasing funding to a more appropriate level approaching $375 billion, the amount that the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure originally passed, we would begin to address our immediate needs to create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. We know that each $1 billion of Federal funds invested in infrastructure creates approximately 47,000 jobs and generates $6.2 billion in economic activity, and our economy could certainly use this type of boost.
This bill is first and foremost a jobs bill, and I would urge swift consideration of this legislation so that we do not deny tens of thousands of workers in New York and elsewhere nationwide good jobs. We especially need this boost in New York. The New York metropolitan area has some of the worst traffic in the country, despite a mass transit system that carries one-third of our Nation's transit riders.
I would also like to stress the importance of ensuring that the minimum guarantee formula stays at 90.5 percent. Our transportation policy now directs funding to the areas of the country where it is needed the most. It would be unwise to punish States with aging infrastructure and inefficient mass transit systems by cutting off their funding. There is simply no way to reach a 95 percent minimum guarantee in a $284 billion bill.
I would also like to thank my colleague, the gentleman from upstate New York (Mr. Kuhl), for his amendment naming a section of Interstate 86 after Amo Houghton, a former colleague and a true gentleman.
I would like to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) for bringing this important bill to the Floor. They and their staffs have produced the best bill possible, given the circumstances, to move our transportation system forward.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble), a valued member of our committee.
Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding me this time.
Let me start, Mr. Chairman, by using three components: vehicular congestion, infrastructure that continues to deteriorate daily, and, of course, each is directly involved with highway safety.
As my colleagues know, Mr. Chairman, I have been an avid supporter of H.R. 3, and I am pleased that this bill is able to be considered on the House Floor today. As both a member of the prior conference committee and a cosponsor of both House reauthorization bills during the last Congress, I realize that members and staff, Democrats and Republicans alike, have worked tirelessly and relentlessly to produce today the best product possible for Floor consideration and deliberation.
At a time when we have much work to do to address our Nation's critical infrastructure, and, as I said, which is currently in dire need of upgrade and repair, this legislation is also a jobs bill and is obviously a jobs creator.
Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young); the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri); our Majority Leader, our Ranking Member on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for their openness and demonstrated leadership regarding measurable progress on the donor funding situation. As a longtime supporter of the SHARE coalition, I fully realize that this remains a sensitive issue that has historically yielded divisiveness, but I am confident that this issue can be resolved appropriately.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, the highway and transit reauthorization bill is long overdue, and we must not lose sight of the big picture regarding the critical importance this legislation offers. As my constituents in North Carolina, as well as the State infrastructure planners from across the country remind me on a regular basis, we must get a suitable transportation bill passed by both bodies expeditiously, and I look forward to remaining actively involved in the legislative process to ensure that all States receive the necessary funding and important policy initiatives H.R. 3 authorizes.
As I said at the outset, Mr. Chairman, vehicular congestion. It costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year, and I do not suggest that the bill before us will automatically cure that problem, but it will certainly address it and assuage the discomfort that results therefrom.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Larsen), my colleague, a member of the committee and a neighbor to the north.
Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act, A Legacy For Users.
While I support this bill, it is important to note that it barely scratches the surface of America's transportation needs. Although someone claimed that the $284 billion is more than adequate, the funding in this bill is slightly more than an inflationary increase over TEA-21. We owe it to America's economy to invest in our highway and transit infrastructure to help keep freight and people moving.
As this bill moves through the House, I hope that we can secure a funding level that meets the needs of our transportation systems and that helps provide job opportunities for more Americans.
Having said that, I want to thank the chairman of the committee, the chairman of the subcommittee and the ranking members of the committee and subcommittee for their work on this bill which will help the Pacific Northwest with its critical freight corridors, border and congestion needs.
Specifically, TEA-LU doubles the funding for the Ferry Boat Discretionary program. The Puget Sound is home to the largest ferry system in the country. Washington State Ferries service 26 million passengers a year. That is more than Amtrak. These funds are vital to the Washington State Ferries' efforts to service and replace aging vessels and continue providing service to many island communities. I look forward to working with my colleagues in conference to increase these funds so that we can keep America's ferry systems afloat for years to come.
In addition, the bill includes funding for projects of national and regional significance. The Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, damaged by an earthquake in February 2001, is threatening to collapse and shut off the movement of goods from ports in Washington State and locations all across the country. I hope that as we pass this bill out of the House, we can further improve this new and exciting program that targets projects with huge impacts on freight congestion.
In conclusion, I hope the final version of this legislation will continue to invest in our freight corridors and transborder infrastructure needs.
In Washington State and along the West Coast, we are seeing record levels of NAFTA and Asian-Pacific freight. Federal funds are necessary in order to keep our West Coast ports and border crossings open and flowing smoothly. These Federal funds must target and maintain the trade arteries that bring goods from Seattle and Tacoma to Chicago, New York and destinations all across the country.
We have a great start in TEA-LU. I am confident that we will only make this bill better as it progresses through Congress.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Portman).
Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Chairman Petri) and want to congratulate him for his patience and persistence and for getting H.R. 3 to the Floor, again. I rise today, Mr. Chairman, in very strong support of the transportation bill and special support for something within it, and that is called the drug impaired driving legislation. It is something that is very critical for our Nation's future, along with having more roads and bridges and infrastructure.
It would probably surprise some of my colleagues to learn that for the most recent year for which we have data, almost 11 million Americans drove a car or a truck while under the influence of illegal drugs. Driving under the influence of illegal drugs, of course, caused thousands of accidents, fatalities, and property damage. Over the past decade, we have had a lot of success in getting at the problem of drunk driving. We successfully reduced the number of drunk drivers on the road by detecting and dealing with the issue. We have not done the same with regard to illegal drugs.
The nation's users of illegal drugs have faced no similar effort. They continue to drive under the influence of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana and other drugs that do impair your judgment and do create these accidents and fatalities.
A more effective public policy for detection and prosecution will not only involve traffic safety and create a deterrent, but it will also get those drivers off the road. They are already violating our laws; we need to get them off the road and get them into treatment.
The Drug Impaired Driving Research and Prevention Act is bipartisan legislation I introduced last year, along with the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Porter), the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Souder), the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Costello), the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LaTourette), the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ramstad), and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson). It provides critical guidance and assistance to the States as they begin to address drug impaired driving.
It calls on the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to craft a model State drug impaired driving law. It also enhances the training of police officers and prosecutors to be able to detect, enforce and prosecute drug impaired driving laws. It also funds research to develop field tests to be able to identify drug impaired drivers, which is a critical part of this.
This legislation, Mr. Chairman, will greatly improve traffic safety and will reduce traffic fatalities as we have seen with drunk driving laws. It is time to deal with these undetected dangers on our roads and highways before more danger occurs, before more damage occurs and before more lives are lost.
I thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar) for including it in this legislation, and I congratulate the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Petri), the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), and others for bringing this legislation to the Floor.
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Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), a senior member of the committee.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlemen for yielding me time. I begin by thanking the leadership of this committee, which is a real model for bipartisan leadership. They know how to get the job done. I hope the Congress finally follows suit.
Mr. Chairman, I rise to conduct a colloquy with my friend on the other side.
I want to bring the attention of the House to a transportation issue that affects every office of the Senate and the House and every Federal agency. Federal employees are the biggest users of the Metro subway and bus system, accounting for almost 50 percent of rush hour riders. Because Federal employees and the Federal presence itself are scattered throughout the region, the system is indispensable to the daily operations of the Federal Government. More than 300 Federal offices are served by Metro.
The Federal Government has encouraged ever greater use of Metro to help solve the congestion crisis on the roads of this region. Today, 150,000 military and civilian employees here get a Federal subsidy to use the system. Metro's homeland security benefit to the government was dramatically demonstrated when it moved hundreds of thousands of employees on 9/11. However, the large investment of the Federal Government in helping to build this system is at high risk because Metro riders have grown so rapidly, by one-third in just the past 8 years.
The regional delegation needs the Federal Government to do its fair share, beginning with helping to secure additional rail cars necessary to keep up with the astounding growth in ridership driven by Federal employees in the post 9/11 era. I ask that the committee work with me and regional Members from Virginia and Maryland to find ways to help the region bear the burden of expanded Federal use of the system.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
Ms. NORTON. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I would respond by saying we appreciate the gentlewoman bringing this to the attention of the chairman and myself. The chairman and I will continue to work with the gentlewoman on this issue as we continue to proceed to conference.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo).
Mr. POMBO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
I want to commend the chairman; the subcommittee chairman; the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), for their work on the environmental provisions in this bill to ensure that they could bring the best possible transportation bill to the floor.
The environmental provisions in this bill, especially those dealing with streamlining the National Historic Preservation Act, are some of the most important and challenging parts to this legislation. And I think the chairman deserves a great deal of credit for resisting the pressure to put in language weaker than what is in the bill before us.
Talking about streamlining, I know there will be those who oppose the House language in favor of the status quo. The problem with that is the status quo creates endless analyses and litigation roadblocks that reduce the purchasing power of the money collected from the gas tax. In other words, the status quo means fewer transportation projects.
I feel the need to point out that the Senate-passed bill advocates a number of natural-resource concepts that should not be included in the context of a transportation bill because they are complex and best left to the full discussion by the committees of jurisdiction. For example, there is language integrating natural-resource requirements into transportation planning without defining what those requirements are.
Another example is the language that will require the use of native plants for use of erosion control and vegetative seeding, even if non-
native plants would do a better job. Costs would escalate and erosion control will suffer.
The worst example of the Senate's overreaching is the language that creates a new fund that could be used for habitat, stream, and wetlands mitigation and give priority to the mitigation projects that restore and permit habitat for Federal- or State-listed endangered plants or animals. Needless to say, projects using Federal dollars, even those flowing through the DOT that are ESA-related, are best vetted through the committees with primary jurisdiction. There is no controlling what disastrous projects done under the guise of the ESA these dollars could fund.
I am working closely with Senator Inhofe and his committee to modernize and strengthen the ESA and would not want to mistakenly hinder those efforts by including the Senate-passed language in the highway bill. I thank the chairman for his fine work, and I look forward to working with him and the rest of the members of the committee to further this bill and help to improve it.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Costello), the next-most senior member on the committee.
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
Mr. Chairman, first let me say thank you for a job well done to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. They have labored many hours over many months in order to get us to the point where we are and without their leadership, dedication, and persistence we would not have a bill on the floor today.
Our interstate system is almost 50 years old; 32 percent of our major roads are in poor or mediocre condition; 29 percent of our bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete; and 36 percent of the Nation's urban rail vehicles and maintenance facilities are in substandard or poor condition.
The bill before us today is essential, for it increases investment in our roads and bridges, allowing States and local communities to not only maintain but to improve them. Despite an uphill battle, we are here today to consider what I think is a good 6-year bill. While I would have preferred to see a bill that provided the $375 billion funding level passed by the committee last year, I support the bill before us today in hopes that we can make it even better in conference.
H.R. 3 provides almost $284 billion over 6 years, which is about a 42 percent increase from the current spending levels, with highway funding receiving 38 percent more and the transit program receiving 51 percent more. I am pleased we have a section in the bill for projects of regional and national significance. These projects are extremely important to our Nation's transportation system that otherwise could not be funded out of the normal State funding formula.
Finally, it is important that we pass this bill out of the House today and get it out of conference quickly. Each billion dollars invested in the Federal highway and transit system creates 47,500 new jobs and $6.2 billion in economic activity. Further, transportation infrastructure generates up to a six to one net on return on our investment.
Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill before us today. I thank the leadership of the committee for bringing the bill to the floor, and I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on passage.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), a member of the committee.
Mr. DENT. Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this legislation, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
TEA-LU is an important piece of legislation. It is especially important to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It provides money for highways. It provides money for roadway safety. It authorizes money for road and highway congestion relief. For the millions of Pennsylvanians who depend on the Commonwealth roads for travel between work, school, home and business, this act provides the means to build better roadways and to ensure that existing thoroughfares and highways are safer, less congested, and properly maintained.
These funds are particularly important in a State like mine which has to maintain a much larger and older infrastructure than some others. The Department of Transportation in Pennsylvania maintains over 40,000 miles of highways.
Accordingly, I support the tradition of recent transportation authorizations in which funding is returned to the States on a need-
based approach. In my district, the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and its environs, the maintenance of existing and the creation of new infrastructure are of vital importance to the well-
being of the residents. Thus, as part of this bill, I have asked for an allocation of funds for a host of transportation projects including the construction of the bridge crossing the Lehigh River to connect both sides of the American Parkway in the city of Allentown, the expansion of State Route 412 from interstate 78 into the city of Bethlehem, the improvement of State Route 145 in Whitehall Township, and the construction of intermodal facilities in the cities of Easton and Allentown.
Members of the Pennsylvania delegation, myself included, all share in the conviction that highway improvements should be available to all people living in the Commonwealth. I thought we shared this goal with the Governor of my State. Recent actions by the Governor, however, have called into question this assumption.
On March 1, 2005, the Associated Press reported the Governor has decided to flex some $412 million of the approximately $1.2 billion in highway funds previously appropriated to the State. The Governor proposes to divert this money, about one-third of the total allocation, away from the highway system and over to the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, and the Port Authority of Allegheny County. These public transportation systems are drowning in a sea of debt partially of their own making, and they have been doing so for some time.
Given the foregoing, I applaud the inclusion in this bill of a provision which calls for the Government Accountability Office to determine the extent to which State government representatives, such as the Governor of my State, are appropriating large amounts of Federal highway dollars that are supposed to benefit all citizens of a State and how those officials are accounting for those dollars.
While no one objects to giving States some flexibility to the allocation of Federal highway money in order to benefit the common good, diverting these highway funds to a particular mass transit project or projects to such a significant extent is simply unacceptable to me and most Pennsylvanians.
Mr. Chairman, I support this legislation.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), a new member of the committee who has already made his mark.
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Transportation Equity Act and urge swift passage of the measure. I would like to recognize the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), as well as the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) and the gentleman from Oregon
(Mr. DeFazio), for their leadership in this historic bill.
Over the past couple of months I visited across the Third Congressional District of Colorado. From Grand Junction down to Durango and across the mountain to Pueblo, it is clear that rural America cannot afford to wait any longer.
For too long, Coloradans have put more money into the Highway Trust Fund than we have gotten out of it. As a Member of Congress, I have sworn to make sure Colorado receives its fair share of Federal tax dollars.
I am pleased with the progress that has been made on the rate-of-
return issue. I thank the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), for coming up to compromise on this important issue.
This funding is necessary to invest back in our own infrastructure. Increased truck traffic from I-70 and I-25 all throughout my district has put additional strain on the infrastructure already at capacity and in need of much improvement. Many of us view TEA-LU as an investment, as a stimulus for economic development and agree that we should have a higher funding level. But the reality of the budget constraints have hit hard. Rural communities have suffered most.
This legislation is a fair solution, a compromise with the total of
$284 billion in guaranteed funding, a 42-percent increase over the previous bill. With this new funding, we will create and protect millions of U.S. jobs within the transportation sector and related industries. It will allow us to direct critical resources to improve highways, roadways, and other forms of transit.
In Colorado alone, nearly 75 percent of the current interstate system was built before 1970, but our population has increased by 37 percent over the past decade, and we are projected to increase another 35 percent by the year 2020. Now is the time for us to start investing in the infrastructure that will bring and support growth.
TEA-LU is a bill that will touch people at all levels. It is about connecting communities. It is about ensuring that trade flows across this country and benefits rural communities.
I urge my colleagues to support the development of rural America and passage of this bill.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert), a senior member of our committee.
(Mr. BOEHLERT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
Mr. Chairman, I rise to proudly and enthusiastically endorse this measure. I will tell you what it is all about. It is about my favorite four-letter word and you can use this in polite company: jobs.
This is essentially a jobs bill that is using taxpayer money, users' money, for wise purposes to improve our basic infrastructure transportation network within the United States.
There is not a State or a county or a jurisdiction in America that does not already have preapproved plans for worthy, and let me emphasize worthy, transportation projects; but they do not have the resources to go forward with them. This bill provides the resources.
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Let me add as a co-leader of the Fair Coalition, along with the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), my colleague, Democrat he, Republican me, working very hard in support of the basic equity that is contained in the base bill, and that is to provide resources based upon need.
There are some that would change the formula rather dramatically, and I oppose that, not just because it would not work to New York's advantage, but it would not work to the Nation's advantage.
There are some who suggest we ought to distribute aid for highways and bridges and road projects based upon the number of miles of highways in the State or the number of gallons of gasoline purchased in a given State. Well, that is not the wisest choice for a formula. That rewards conspicuous consumption. That penalizes States, like my own State of New York, and we are not the only one who wisely have thought this thing through and move large amounts of people, millions of people, through public mass transit systems.
That makes sense to me, and I am going to work very hard to preserve the basic formula in this bill, but I urge my colleagues to support it in the interest of jobs for America.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Holden), a prominent member of the committee.
Mr. HOLDEN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
I want to commend and congratulate the chairmen and the ranking members of the committee and subcommittee for their hard work on this legislation for the past 18 months.
As many speakers have said previous to me today, Mr. Chairman, we all on this committee wish we could be at our original target of $375 billion, but it is important that we pass this legislation here today, and it is very important that we get to a conference with the other body as quickly as possible.
This legislation is important to all of our districts and all of our States. As my friend from Pennsylvania said two speakers previously, Pennsylvania has specific transportation needs. Pennsylvania has more road miles to maintain than our friends in New Jersey, New York and New England combined.
In addition to that, the majority of truck traffic travelling in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on our interstate system, particularly on Route 80, is not traffic that begins and ends in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania truly is the Keystone State when it comes to the economy of the northeast and of the Mid-Atlantic States. So this legislation is very important all across the country, but particularly to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
So I want to again commend the chairman and the ranking member for their hard work and look forward to a conference where we have as robust an investment as possible into our highway and transit systems.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I reserve my time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Corrine Brown), a friend and colleague and senior member of the committee.
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Petri) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) for their hard work in bringing this bill to the Floor. I do want to point out, it is 17 months late.
America's transportation infrastructure is in need of significant additional funding, and we need to act fast, but knowing how much money we truly need to fund the Nation's transportation infrastructure, I hope that the other body will pass the original bill of $318 billion so that we can get the best bill possible in conference.
I appreciate the hard work and compromise involved in drafting this bill, but the current funding formula is unfair to many of the States who need transportation dollars. Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved. States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
Unfortunately, we are unable to add rail to this bill, but that does not mean that rail infrastructure is taken care of. We have dangerously underfunded rail security and are now scrambling to protect our transit passengers. We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.
By far, the most important thing that this bill is missing is the funding for Amtrak. How do we write a comprehensive transportation bill that does not include passenger rail? Every civilized country in the world supports passenger rail but this country. Let me correct that, 66 percent of the American people support passenger rail.
It is just this Bush administration, along with Secretary Mineta, that is ignoring the needs of transportation, our friend, Secretary Mineta. We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq; that is $4 billion a month, but this administration is zeroing out funding for Amtrak.
Our committee needs to take passenger rail seriously and fund Amtrak at the level it is needed to provide service to thousands of citizens every day.
This bill is the first step in passing a real transportation funding bill that will meet the needs of the Nation's transportation and infrastructure and the citizens who need it, and I want to emphasize first step.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia). The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) has 12 minutes remaining.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Brown), a valuable member of the committee.
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar), the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Petri) and the gentleman from Oregon (Ranking Member DeFazio) for bringing this bill to the floor. I appreciate their continued leadership and the efforts to provide the necessary funds to meet the transportation infrastructure needs of this great Nation.
This bill will provide funding for projects that have been in extension funding for too long. In order for our transit needs to be addressed across the country, this bill must be passed with haste and due diligence.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will need nearly $2 billion in total funding to construct the I-73 corridor within South Carolina. Congress has previously identified this project as a high priority corridor in the ISTEA legislation, and there is tremendous support for I-73 throughout the State. In fact, the entire South Carolina congressional delegation has included this project as one of its main transportation priorities in South Carolina.
We also know that there is strong support for the I-73/I-74 interstate system from the North Carolina delegation, as well as the States of West Virginia and Virginia.
The Grand Strand region is one of the fastest growing areas in South Carolina. Annually, more than 14 million visitors come to the Myrtle Beach coastal area. Yet, there is currently no interstate facility to serve this vital sector of the State's economy. The lack of a direct interstate link to other interstate routes near Florence creates serious traffic problems during the peak tourist season and safety concerns during times of hurricane evacuation. In fact, a study showed that it could take nearly 26 hours to evacuate the population given the current transportation infrastructure.
Without a doubt, the vitality of South Carolina's economy is directly related to the continued financial success of the tourist industry of the Grand Strand area. Inclusive of this vital highway as a Corridor of National Significance will greatly expedite the completion of this project and will benefit our districts and South Carolina by reducing congestion and providing a much-needed hurricane evacuation route, increasing the safety of motorists and improving the opportunity for needed economic development.
The I-73 corridor, Mr. Chairman, will improve the quality of life of many of my constituents as well as the millions of Americans who come to my area.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) who is the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this legislation, and I thank the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar), as well as the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the subcommittee chair, and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the ranking member, for their excellent work.
Mr. Chairman, this legislation is critical to meeting the country's transportation infrastructure needs, but it also addresses a very serious problem that many of us who represent rural areas face, and that problem is the virtually total absence of broadband services in rural areas.
There can be no question that the availability of high speed Internet access would assist rural communities across the country to attract new employers with technology-oriented high-wage job opportunities.
The Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study included in this legislation will examine how fiber optic cable and wireless technology can be deployed in rural areas to establish high-speed broadband service to spur economic development and to serve Intelligent Transportation Systems and homeland security applications.
This important feasibility study is a step towards increasing the access to affordable high-speed Internet services in rural areas. The goal of the study is to provide assistance in attracting technology-based companies and information-age jobs to those rural communities.
I applaud the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young), the gentleman from Minnesota (Ranking Member Oberstar) and, indeed, the whole committee for their foresight.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, we reserve the balance of our time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the ranking Democrat on the full committee.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for the time.
I have been advised that the administration has again sent a statement of administration policy drawing a line, the familiar term is drawing a line in the sand, but in the context in which we are discussing I would say a line in the asphalt or a line in the concrete. I hope it is wet concrete, that ``should the obligation or net authorization levels in the final bill exceed $283.9 billion, the President's senior advisors would recommend he veto the bill.''
I am not quite clear who senior advisors are. We have not heard from the Secretary of Transportation. I thought he was a senior adviser. He has not said anything about this. He has not sent any message up here. Who are these shadowy figures? What is the $283.9 billion, not 284? Is this the basement version, the discount version of transportation? So we just cannot squeak over 283.9?
That is a magical number picked out of thin air. There is no justification for this number. We can invest more. The Highway Trust Fund will support more. Do not take it on my word; I have only been doing this for 40 years, but do not take my word. Take the Congressional Budget Office. If TEA-LU provides $283.9 billion, the Highway Trust Fund balance will be $17.5 billion in 5 years. That is
$7.5 billion in highway account balances and a $10 billion surplus in the transit account.
We are not being honest with the American public. We tell them: You buy the gas, you pay the tax, it goes into the trust, and we build the roads, we build the transit systems.
Now, last year, in the course of the campaign, a trucker in Missouri asked President Bush, ``My family is involved in trucking here in Missouri, and I was wondering what you, as President, could do with Federal money to upgrade our highways? Our trucks are falling apart because our highways are falling apart.''
The President said, ``Yes. I appreciate that. We are in the midst of a discussion on a highway bill. There will be a highway bill, and just want to make sure that the highway bill honors the Highway Trust Fund. The Highway Trust Fund is set up so that we use the money from the gasoline tax and not general revenues.'' He understands it, ``and I think it's very important that we guard that aspect of trust, keep the trust of the Trust Fund.'' He understands that, too.
Well, why not, Mr. President, tell your senior advisors to accept what the committee is doing, move ahead, let us get over this $283.9? Let us get to $375 billion. Let us do what is right for America as both sides of the aisle in the House and the Senate have agreed last year and again this year that is where we need to go, not building a $17 billion surplus in the Highway Trust Fund.
We are failing to keep trust with the American people. That is what this is about. This is not a partisan issue. This is trust with the American people. That Highway Trust Fund is one of the most successful investments we have made, except for Social Security, in the history of this country. It is pay-as-you-go, keep faith with the American people. No other country has anything like it, and America is productive because our roadways are productive.
When we do not keep pace, when we allow congestion to suffocate movement of people and goods, then it costs America. UPS, for every 5-
minute delay, costs them $40 million nationally.
We can fix that with the right investments that this committee has fashioned, and we need to move forward with a more robust bill.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I would just observe that this is a work in progress. As my colleague knows, in the last Congress, the line was $256, now it is $283.9. So it is a work in progress.
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And it is a recommendation of the President's advisors, it is not directly from the President. He has expressed a number of times his interest in working with us to help have a robust and affordable infrastructure investment here in our country, because we owe it to our children and to our economy to do that.
So I am hoping we can continue working on a tripartisan basis, as we have on our committee, but also with the administration and with the other body and their representatives as this process moves forward.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. PETRI. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that hopeful note. We are creeping in the right direction, at least.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), a member of the committee.
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3. This bill is an investment in our economy. For every $1 billion invested in transportation, 47,000 jobs are created.
I appreciate the work of the chairman, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), and our ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and others.
One aspect of the bill I would like to call particular attention to, that I think is so important, has to do primarily with rural America. In rural America, TEA-LU provides $590 million for a new high-risk rural road safety improvement program that targets funding for safety improvements on rural two-lane roads. And the reason this is so important is because reports indicate that nearly one-third of all fatal crashes each year are due to substandard road conditions and roadside hazards. Nearly 61 percent of all highway fatalities occur on rural roads. So this $590 million apportionment for rural road safety is critical, and I think it should save hundreds of lives each year.
Additionally, during later consideration of this bill, I will be offering an amendment that will enable the State of Nebraska to revisit, through the State legislative process, its length law for custom harvesters harvesting wheat, milo and soybeans. I hope this amendment will be added to the bill.
So I feel this is a good bill. I am a new member of the committee, and I really appreciate the work that has gone into it, the bipartisan effort. TEA-LU's passage is critical to our Nation's economy, and I urge its adoption.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
If this is to close the debate, the important message to the American people is that this is an investment that will pave their way, smooth their way to work and on their errands, in taking their kids to school, and make the kids safer going to school. It will put their friends, their neighbors and themselves to work. It will improve the efficiency of the United States economy. And these are all jobs and all investments that will be made 100 percent American, here at home in the United States of America.
I believe it resolves a lot of problems with our economy. It will put a lot of folks to work. Real jobs for real people on needed projects, investing their tax dollars in the way they were intended when they paid that tax at the pump.
As the ranking member pointed out, it could be more. If we keep full faith with the American people, we should invest that money now and not hold it back to create illusory deficit offsets. It cannot be spent on anything else but transportation infrastructure.
This is a good bill today. Hopefully, it will be a better bill tomorrow and when we come back, before the end of May with the conference from the Senate.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from East Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), a valued senior member of our committee.
Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding me this time, and I appreciate his recognition of my home area of East Tennessee. Native Tennesseans are more likely to tell you they are from East Tennessee or West Tennessee or Middle Tennessee than they are the State of Tennessee, and I am very proud of my section.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this very important legislation which will improve our transportation infrastructure and create millions of jobs. Our chairman, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), as well as our ranking members, the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Oberstar) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), all good friends of mine, are to be commended for their great leadership on this bill.
Mr. Chairman, this is the biggest jobs bill that we will vote on in this Congress. Every day, when we are travelling, we see men and women working on our highways and mass transit systems. By increasing our investment in transportation and infrastructure, we are increasing our investment in American jobs. In fact, the U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that every additional $1 billion invested by the Federal Government in transportation creates over 47,000 new jobs.
While many of us would have liked to have seen a larger bill brought to the House Floor for consideration, this legislation will do so many good things. I also want to stress the importance of maintaining and improving our system of ground transportation in this country. No member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure wants to pave over every inch of this country. However, if we are going to reduce congestion, improve safety and have a system where goods can be transported to market quickly and efficiently, we are going to have to make an investment and have to make improvements in our infrastructure.
I believe the investment that this bill makes will help reduce congestion on our Nation's highways. One of our leading national magazines said recently that ``congestion costs the Nation about $67 billion a year. Americans waste 3.6 billion hours and 5.7 billion gallons of gas sitting in traffic, all at an average cost of $1,160 per commuter year.''
We also need to improve the safety of our roads so that we can save lives. Every 4 months, more deaths occur on our highways than have occurred in all aviation accidents since the Wright Brothers started flying over 100 years ago.
I know some people have expressed their concerns about increasing the funding for transportation and infrastructure. However, we are now spending billions of dollars on terrorism due to the actions of just 19 terrorists in 2001. I believe we should do everything we can to protect this country from terrorism, but I also believe you can go overboard on almost anything. The very respected National Journal publication has pointed out that we are thousands of times more likely to die in an automobile accident than by an act of terrorism.
We are currently spending billions and billions, hundreds of billions of dollars in other countries, through all kinds of foreign aid and activities. The funding contained in this bill comes from American highway users and should be spent here in this country. I do not have anything against helping other countries. However, I believe we can only continue to do this if we remain economically strong in this Nation. One of the keys to our economic growth in this country is to have a reliable system of transportation.
I am urging my colleagues to support this bill. If you believe in job growth, safer highways, economic stimulation, cleaner air, less congestion and a strong America, then you should vote for this bill. Mr. Chairman, this is a bill that helps the economy, it helps the environment, and it saves lives. I do not see how we could do any better than that.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3. This is a jobs bill, a security bill and, most importantly, a lifesaving bill.
Unlike his predecessor, Chairman Young has not had the luxury of a new revenue stream to address the challenge of negotiating a new formula and numerous priorities. It has been a tough job, but I applaud the Chairman's tenacity and that of the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and the others on the committee leading to what I think is an excellent product.
I am pleased to say that Kentucky will be receiving a fairer share and more funding to address our substantial needs, and for that, I am very grateful. I would also like to thank Chairman Young for including
$35 million to continue work on the Interstate 66 projects in Kentucky, a vital national east-west corridor.
The eventual and inevitable completion of I-66 will create a seamless and safer expressway from the coal beds of West Virginia to the corn fields of Missouri. I-66 will fill gaps in our national highway system and open up commerce to the Appalachian areas. Most importantly, this route will reduce the dangers of everyday travel for my constituents and the increasing number of visitors to the mountains in my district.
Finally, I want to thank the committee for continuing our commitment to the Appalachian Development Highway System. The benefits of this road development program to communities in my district cannot be understated. Communities have been reborn, businesses started, and health care received because of this investment. Over $2 billion will be invested to a commitment made to the Appalachian communities over 40 years ago, and I thank the committee for including these monies, especially for the Appalachian region.
This is a good bill, Mr. Chairman. I urge all my colleagues to support this legislation and let us get on with it.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume just to urge all Members to vote for this bill when it reaches final passage.
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I would like to begin by commending Chairman Young, Subcommittee Chairman Petri, and Ranking Member Oberstar for working tirelessly over the past several months to produce a reauthorization bill that effectively addresses America's transportation needs. As we all know, nothing has as great an impact on our economic development, growth patterns, and quality of life as transportation. A reliable and efficient transportation system is critical to keeping people and goods moving and cities and communities prosperous. Our Founding Fathers believed that the free-flow of interstate commerce was one of the important foundations of this country. In this generation, ensuring interstate commerce means making sure that goods can move along our freeway and rail systems to provide the goods and services that we need in this nation. H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA-LU) will ensure that our transportation network continues to meet the demands of our nation's burgeoning economy and growing population.
As it is, congestion is choking our roadways, bridges are in dire need of restructuring, and public transportation is failing to effectively meet the needs of America's commuters. With a constrained budget in my home state of California, many of my state's communities do not have enough money to fix potholes, let alone expand capacity to keep pace with our growing population. Passage of this important bill will sustain our nation's economic growth and ensure our constituents are provided with the safest and most efficient transportation network possible.
Goods Movement
One of the most important aspects of TEA-LU is its attention to the infrastructure deficiencies facing our nation's freight corridors. Southern California serves as a vital conduit for transporting goods to the rest of the nation. Southern California is the largest gateway for trade in the country, with 25 percent of the nation's exports and imports flowing through our seaports and airports. People throughout the United States and the world count on shipping freight to and receiving freight from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are ranked as the nation's largest and the world's third largest deep-sea ports. Freight deliveries from California to the rest of the nation are expected to double by 2020.
Currently in my district, more than 50 trains per day travel from the ports through Orange County's Orangethorpe rail corridor, with rail traffic expected to increase to 135 trains per day by the year 2020. While the importance of this corridor to our nation's economy is indisputable, so too are the effects increased train traffic has had on local communities' quality of life. Traffic congestion, noise, air pollution and delays in emergency-response time are just some of the negative side effects that accompany heavy rail traffic. Our local freeways, highways, streets and railways are essentially subsidizing the transport of our nation's goods and services.
Projected rail delays will also prolong the delivery of vital goods and services to consumers across the nation. With a staggering $802 billion worth of goods shipped from California to the rest of the country each year, we simply cannot afford to ignore this issue any longer. Ensuring that these goods are transported across the country in a timely manner all depends on a fluid transportation system. Given that all of this multi-modal activity supports the national economy, Southern California's role must be recognized and supported at the national level.
Environmental Streamlining
We must act to ensure that we have policies and regulations conducive to swift and unencumbered project delivery. As it is, many transportation projects are unnecessarily delayed because of duplicative environmental requirements and administrative red tape. While I strongly believe that stewardship of the environment is critically important, I also believe that high-priority transportation projects must not be allowed to languish indefinitely in the federal environmental review process.
For this reason, I have submitted a proposal to allow states like California, which has a wealth of experience administering its own stringent environmental laws, the responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. This would go a long way toward ensuring that transportation projects are approved in a timely manner. Moreover, I am confident that environmental protection would be maintained and even enhanced under what would be a more centralized and efficient system of implementing transportation projects. I look forward to working with the chairman and ranking member between floor consideration and conference to incorporate an environmental streamlining pilot project into TEA-LU.
The reauthorization of TEA-21 will provide communities across the nation with the money needed to effectively address their transportation needs. TEA-LU will provide California, along with the rest of America, with a framework to alleviate congestion on our roadways, enhance, and modernize our public transportation system, and repair and build upon an aging transportation infrastructure. As a member of the Transportation Committee, I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and the Bush Administration to pass TEA-LU and ensure that America is provided with the funds and resources needed to maintain and grow our vital transportation infrastructure.
Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Chairman, I stand in support of H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA-LU).
In my congressional district, the rural highways that have served my constituents for years can no longer sustain the increased traffic levels they see every day. Many of these roads cannot meet the growing needs of the communities and economies that they serve. U.S. Route 30, the prime east-west truck route in my district, exemplifies this problem.
As the main alternative to the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 70, Route 30 has seen huge increases in truck traffic over the years--roughly 65 percent in the last decade. This has led to a tragic number of fatal accidents on the narrow two-lane segments of this road. Obviously, the need for a four-lane upgrade has never been more crucial.
Seven years ago, as part of TEA-21, I was able to secure more than
$11 million for the purchase of right-of-ways for the Route 30 modernization throughout my congressional district. Since that time, I have been honored to join my constituents at groundbreaking and ribbon-
cutting ceremonies to mark continuing progress on this lifesaving project, for which they have been waiting for more than four decades. The four-lane segment between Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus opened just last December, and completion of the Bucyrus-Ontario section is expected by August of this year. As soon as next week, construction work could begin on the longest uncompleted section in the Fourth District between State Route 235 and Upper Sandusky. I'm grateful that TEA-LU will provide an additional $10 million in direct funding for Route 30 modernization to bring much needed relief to those who drive and live near this major highway.
I'm also pleased that the bill provides $2.3 million to continue U.S. Route 68 bypass construction efforts in Urbana. Nearly fifty years ago, the State of Ohio launched this project to connect Interstate 70 to U.S. Route 33 west of Columbus, purchasing significant parcels of land for the new road. Little progress has been made on it, though, hindering economic development on the west side of the city. This bill will advance the second phase of the overall project by providing needed design and right-of-way funding.
In accord with TEA-LU's expansion of rail/highway crossing safety programs, I am grateful to the Committee for including important rail grade separation projects in the reauthorization as well. In the city of Lima, the construction of new grade separations will alleviate the potential dangers that arise when stopped trains cut off an entire sector of the populace from emergency services. A similar project in Urbana will allow for the rehabilitation of the rail bridge over U.S. Route 36.
Mr. Chairman, I salute the commitment of Chairmen Don Young and Tom Petri in setting a course toward meeting our nation's growing transportation needs. I applaud the continuing hard work of Steve LaTourette and Bob Ney in securing the best possible rate of return for Ohio and other donor states to the Highway Trust Fund. As we move to conference, their efforts in support of highway funding equity will help our state to complete the many vital infrastructure projects that have been on the shelf for years due to lack of funding. I also thank them and our outstanding senators, Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, for their leadership in fixing the ethanol tax penalty last year--a fix that will result in an additional $160 million in highway funds for Ohio each year. Their work is ensuring that our state and our nation have the best and most modern transportation systems in the world.
Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3, a bill to reauthorize our Nation's highway programs.
H.R. 3 is a significant piece of legislation for our Nation. Transportation needs have an impact on every aspect of our well-being. Inadequate roadway conditions cause crashes, cause congestion, drain money from the economy, and decrease the quality of life for people across the country.
Investing in transportation creates jobs, increases business productivity, makes the roads safer for our families, and keeps this country moving. We are now into our second year without reauthorization of the Nation's transportation programs.
In my own State of Missouri, there is an average of over 1000 traffic fatalities each year. The delay in passing a bill to reauthorize our highway programs has meant missed opportunities to reduce these tragedies. Passage of H.R. 3 will allow Missouri and other states to move forward with projects to create better, safer transportation systems.
I would like to thank Chairman Young and Ranking Member Oberstar for their leadership on this issue and for their efforts to pass a bill quickly. Their hard work will truly make a difference for transportation programs across the country.
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I would like to insert into the Record an exchange of letters between myself and Chairman Barton regarding H.R. 3.
House of Representatives,
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Washington, DC, March 3, 2005.Hon. Don Young,Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building,
Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Young: I am writing with regard to H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, which was ordered reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 2005. As you know, the Energy and Commerce Committee has jurisdiction over matters involving air quality planning and the air quality impact of transportation projects, the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Program, provisions involving energy production, supply and storage and other matters contained within H.R. 3 as reported.
I recognize your desire to bring this legislation before the House in an expeditious manner. Accordingly, I will not exercise my Committee's right to a referral. By agreeing to waive its consideration of the bill, however, the Energy and Commerce Committee does not waive its jurisdiction over H.R. 3. In addition, the Energy and Commerce Committee reserves its right to seek conferees on any provisions of the bill that are within its jurisdiction during any House-Senate conference that may be convened on this legislation. I ask for your commitment to support any request by the Energy and Commerce Committee for conferees on H.R. 3 or similar legislation.
I request that you include this letter as part of the Committee's Report on H.R. 3 and in the Record during consideration of the legislation on the House floor. Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Sincerely,
Joe Barton,
Chairman.
____
House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure,
Washington, DC, March 3, 2005.Hon. Joe Barton,Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rayburn Building,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your letter of March 3,2005 regarding H.R. 3, the Transportation. Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. Your assistance in expediting consideration of the bill is very much appreciated.
I agree that there are certain provisions in the bill that are of jurisdictional interest to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Commerce is not waving its jurisdiction. Be assured that I will support your request to be represented in the conference on those provisions in the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
As you have requested, I will include this exchange of letters in the Committee report on the bill and in the Record when the bill is on the Floor. Thank you for your cooperation and your continued leadership and support in surface transportation matters.
Sincerely,
Don Young,
Chairman.
Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3, the ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.''
As a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, I know firsthand the importance of having strong federal, state and local partnerships. By working together, we are able to better meet our responsibilities, and H.R. 3 will undoubtedly continue in this tradition--facilitating cooperation at all levels of government and helping us achieve our shared goals of improving our Nation's infrastructure, increasing safety, strengthening the economy and creating jobs.
Investments in our highway and transit infrastructure are ultimately investments in our future. We know, for instance, that for every $1 billion invested in federal and highway and transit spending, 47,500 jobs are created. These investments stimulate economic activity by reducing time wasted in traffic, allowing business to move their goods to market more efficiently and safely.
Additionally, modern, safe public infrastructure promotes private investments--both commercial and residential--and contributes to the growing vitality of the region.
I am proud to represent one of the Nation's most vibrant regions, one that is comprised of suburban and urban communities. And, there is no doubt that H.R. 3 will improve the quality of life for Pennsylvanians--
reducing residents' daily commute through much-needed roadway repairs, the reconfiguration of intersections and the installation of hi-tech traffic-monitoring systems. It will also expand access to mass-transit alternatives such as regional rail and bus systems, like SEPTA, through improved park-and-ride facilities and other vital infrastructure.
By reducing roadway congestion, improving road safety, stimulating commerce and creating jobs, H.R. 3 will help southeastern Pennsylvania and the Nation continue to thrive.
My colleagues, H.R. 3 represents years of hard work, long hours and tremendous compromise. I want to thank Chairman Young and Oberstar for working together to create a bill worthy of such strong bipartisan support.
I also want to recognize the hard work of the Transportation Committee staff, in particular Art Chan, Ken House, Jennifer Esposito, Stephanie Manning and Eric Van Schyndle. You've made this process seamless, and I am tremendously grateful for your help and guidance.
As an honored member of the Transportation Committee I want to encourage all of my colleagues to join me in supporting passage of this legislation.
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, the highway trust fund has been losing revenue due to fraudulent use of off-road untaxed diesel fuel as taxable on-road diesel. Estimates of the losses to the highway trust fund at $1 billion annually. Congress first addressed this fraud in 1994 by requiring the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to mark untaxed diesel fuel. The IRS began to mark the untaxed diesel fuel with red dye and saw a dramatic improvement of 22.5 percent higher collections of diesel fuel taxes in the first twelve months.
Unfortunately, criminals have figured out ways to remove the red dye from the diesel fuel and profit from the tax evasion. The IRS has been exploring exciting new nanotechnologies that can be used in conjunction with the red dye to more effectively combat this fraudulent activity.
I am concerned that the IRS has not yet employed these new technologies to improve compliance and increase revenues to the highway trust fund. I am hopeful that before this legislation is sent to the President for his signature that we will be able to find a suitable legislative solution to this problem facing the highway trust fund and all taxpayers.
Mr. PETRI. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia). All time for general debate, except for the final period contemplated in the rule has expired.
Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of House Report 109-14, is adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the 5-minute rule and shall be considered read.
The text of H.R. 3 as amended pursuant to House Resolution 140 is as follows:
H.R. 3
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the
``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(b) Secretary Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Transportation.
(c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title, table of contents.
TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Subtitle A--Authorization of Programs
Sec. 1101. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 1102. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 1103. Apportionments.
Sec. 1104. Minimum guarantee.
Sec. 1105. Project approval and oversight.
Sec. 1106. Use of excess funds.
Sec. 1107. Temporary traffic control devices.
Sec. 1108. Revenue aligned budget authority.
Sec. 1109. Emergency relief.
Sec. 1110. Surface transportation program.
Sec. 1111. Highway use tax evasion projects.
Sec. 1112. Appalachian development highway system.
Sec. 1113. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Sec. 1114. Interstate maintenance discretionary.
Sec. 1115. Highway bridge.
Sec. 1116. Transportation and community and system preservation program.
Sec. 1117. Deployment of magnetic levitation transportation projects.
Sec. 1118. Recreational trails.
Sec. 1119. Federal lands highways.
Sec. 1120. Conservation measures.
Sec. 1121. Pedestrian and cyclist equity.
Sec. 1122. National commissions.
Sec. 1123. Adjustments for the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2004, Part V.
Sec. 1124. Roadway safety.
Sec. 1125. Equity requirement.
Subtitle B--Congestion Relief
Sec. 1201. Motor vehicle congestion relief.
Sec. 1202. Transportation systems management and operations.
Sec. 1203. Real-time system management information program.
Sec. 1204. Expedited national intelligent transportation systems deployment program.
Sec. 1205. Intelligent transportation systems deployment.
Sec. 1206. Environmental review of activities that support deployment of intelligent transportation systems.
Sec. 1207. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects.
Sec. 1208. HOV facilities.
Sec. 1209. Congestion pricing pilot program.
Sec. 1210. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program eligibility.
Sec. 1211. Special rules for State assumption of responsibilities.
Sec. 1212. Opening of Interstate ramps.
Subtitle C--Mobility and Efficiency
Sec. 1301. National corridor infrastructure improvement program.
Sec. 1302. Coordinated border infrastructure program.
Sec. 1303. Freight intermodal connectors.
Sec. 1304. Projects of national and regional significance.
Sec. 1305. Dedicated truck lanes.
Sec. 1306. Truck parking facilities.
Subtitle D--Highway Safety
Sec. 1401. Highway safety improvement program.
Sec. 1402. Worker injury prevention and free flow of vehicular traffic.
Sec. 1403. High risk rural road safety improvement program.
Sec. 1404. Transfers of apportionments to safety programs.
Sec. 1405. Safety incentive grants for use of seat belts.
Sec. 1406. Safety incentives to prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons.
Sec. 1407. Repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated.
Sec. 1408. Repair or replacement of highway features on National
Highway System.
Subtitle E--Construction and Contract Efficiencies
Sec. 1501. Design-build.
Sec. 1502. Warranty highway construction project pilot program.
Sec. 1503. Private investment study.
Sec. 1504. Highways for LIFE pilot program.
Subtitle F--Finance
Sec. 1601. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. Sec. 1602. State infrastructure banks.
Sec. 1603. Interstate System reconstruction and rehabilitation toll pilot program.
Sec. 1604. Interstate System construction toll pilot program.
Sec. 1605. Special rules relating to State infrastructure bank program.
Subtitle G--High Priority Projects
Sec. 1701. High priority projects program.
Sec. 1702. Project authorizations.
Subtitle H--Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 1801. Budget justification.
Sec. 1802. Motorist information.
Sec. 1803. Motorist information concerning full-service restaurants.
Sec. 1804. High priority corridors on the National Highway System.
Sec. 1805. Additions to Appalachian region.
Sec. 1806. Transportation assets and needs of Delta region.
Sec. 1807. Toll facilities workplace safety study.
Sec. 1808. Pavement marking systems demonstration projects.
Sec. 1809. Work zone safety grants.
Sec. 1810. Grant program to prohibit racial profiling.
Sec. 1811. America's Byways Resource Center.
Sec. 1812. Technical adjustment.
Sec. 1813. Road user charge evaluation pilot project.
Sec. 1814. Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel.
Sec. 1815. Conforming amendment for transportation planning sections.
Sec. 1816. Distribution of metropolitan planning funds within States.
Sec. 1817. Treatment of off ramp.
Sec. 1818. Loan forgiveness.
Sec. 1819. Lead agency designation.
Sec. 1820. Use of debris from demolished bridges and overpasses.
Sec. 1821. Hubzone program.
Sec. 1822. Technical amendments to TEA 21 projects.
Sec. 1823. National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse.
Sec. 1824. Transportation conformity.
Sec. 1825. Eligibility to participate in western Alaska community development quota program.
Sec. 1826. Metropolitan regional freight and passenger transportation study.
Sec. 1827. Intermodal transportation facility expansion.
Sec. 1828. Advanced truck stop electrification system.
Sec. 1829. Technology.
Sec. 1830. Extension of public transit vehicle exemption from axle weight restrictions.
Sec. 1831. Motorcyclist Advisory Council.
Sec. 1832. Sharing of monetary recoveries.
Sec. 1833. Eligibility under CMAQ.
Sec. 1834. Sense of Congress regarding Buy America.
Sec. 1835. Community enhancement study.
Sec. 1836. Transportation and local workforce investment.
Sec. 1837. Special rule for fiscal year 2004.
TITLE II--HIGHWAY SAFETY
Sec. 2001. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2002. Occupant protection incentive grants.
Sec. 2003. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
Sec. 2004. State traffic safety information system improvements.
Sec. 2005. High visibility enforcement program.
Sec. 2006. Motorcycle crash causation study.
Sec. 2007. Child safety and child booster seat incentive grants.
Sec. 2008. Motorcyclist safety.
Sec. 2009. Driver fatigue.
Sec. 2010. Authorization of appropriations for highway safety research and development.
Sec. 2011. Safety data.
Sec. 2012. Driver performance study.
TITLE III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 3001. Short title; amendments to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 3002. Policies, findings, and purposes.
Sec. 3003. Definitions.
Sec. 3004. Metropolitan planning.
Sec. 3005. Statewide planning.
Sec. 3006. Planning programs.
Sec. 3007. Private enterprise participation.
Sec. 3008. Urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 3009. Clean fuels formula grant program.
Sec. 3010. Capital investment grants.
Sec. 3011. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 3012. Formula grants for other than urbanized areas.
Sec. 3013. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects.
Sec. 3014. Cooperative research program.
Sec. 3015. National research and technology programs.
Sec. 3016. National Transit Institute.
Sec. 3017. Job access and reverse commute formula grants.
Sec. 3018. New Freedom program.
Sec. 3019. Bus testing facility.
Sec. 3020. Bicycle facilities.
Sec. 3021. Transit in the parks pilot program.
Sec. 3022. Human resource programs.
Sec. 3023. General provisions on assistance.
Sec. 3024. Special provisions for capital projects.
Sec. 3025. Contract requirements.
Sec. 3026. Project management oversight and review.
Sec. 3027. Investigations of safety and hazards.
Sec. 3028. State safety oversight.
Sec. 3029. Controlled substances and alcohol misuse testing.
Sec. 3030. Employee protective arrangements.
Sec. 3031. Administrative procedures.
Sec. 3032. National transit database.
Sec. 3033. Apportionments based on fixed guideway factors.
Sec. 3034. Authorizations.
Sec. 3035. Over-the-road bus accessibility program.
Sec. 3036. Updated terminology.
Sec. 3037. Project authorizations for new fixed guideway capital projects.
Sec. 3038. Projects for bus and bus-related facilities.
Sec. 3039. National fuel cell bus technology development program.
Sec. 3040. High-intensity small-urbanized area formula grant program.
Sec. 3041. Allocations for national research and technology programs.
Sec. 3042. Relationship to other laws.
Sec. 3043. Cooperative procurement.
Sec. 3044. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 3045. Adjustments for the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2004, Part V.
Sec. 3046. Special rule for fiscal year 2004.
TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY
Subtitle A--Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Sec. 4101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4102. Motor carrier safety grants.
Sec. 4103. Border enforcement grants.
Sec. 4104. Commercial driver's license improvements.
Sec. 4105. Hobbs Act.
Sec. 4106. Penalty for denial of access to records.
Sec. 4107. Medical Review Board.
Sec. 4108. Increased penalties for out-of-service violations and false records.
Sec. 4109. Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment.
Sec. 4110. Safety fitness.
Sec. 4111. Pattern of safety violations by motor carrier management.
Sec. 4112. Motor carrier research and technology program.
Sec. 4113. International cooperation.
Sec. 4114. Performance and registration information System management.
Sec. 4115. Data quality improvement.
Sec. 4116. Driveaway saddlemount vehicles.
Sec. 4117. Completion of uniform carrier registration.
Sec. 4118. Registration of motor carriers and freight forwarders.
Sec. 4119. Deposit of certain civil penalties into Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 4120. Outreach and education.
Sec. 4121. Insulin treated diabetes mellitus.
Sec. 4122. Grant program for commercial motor vehicle operators.
Sec. 4123. Commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee.
Sec. 4124. Safety data improvement program.
Sec. 4125. Commercial driver's license information System modernization.
Sec. 4126. Maximum hours of service for operators of ground water well drilling rigs.
Sec. 4127. Safety performance history screening.
Sec. 4128. Intermodal chassis roadability rule-making.
Sec. 4129. Substance abuse professionals.
Sec. 4130. Interstate van operations.
Sec. 4131. Hours of service for operators of utility service vehicles.
Sec. 4132. Technical corrections.
Sec. 4133. Intrastate and foreign operations of interstate motor carriers.
Sec. 4134. Operators of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies.
Sec. 4135. Hours of service rules for operators providing transportation to movie production sites.
Sec. 4136. Special rule for fiscal year 2004.
Subtitle B--Household Goods Transportation
Sec. 4201. Federal-State relations relating to transportation of household goods.
Sec. 4202. Arbitration requirements.
Sec. 4203. Civil Penalties relating to household goods brokers and unauthorized transportation.
Sec. 4204. Civil penalty for holding household goods hostage.
Sec. 4205. Working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance Federal-State relations.
Sec. 4206. Consumer handbook on DOT web site.
Sec. 4207. Release of household goods broker information.
Sec. 4208. Consumer complaint information.
Sec. 4209. Insurance regulations.
Sec. 4210. Estimating requirements.
Sec. 4211. Application of State consumer protection laws to certain household goods carriers.
Sec. 4212. Applicability to household goods motor carriers.
Sec. 4213. Violations of Out-of-Service Orders.
Sec. 4214. Criminal penalty for holding goods hostage.
TITLE V--TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Subtitle A--Funding
Sec. 5101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 5102. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 5103. Findings.
Subtitle B--Research, Technology, and Education
Sec. 5201. Research, technology, and education.
Sec. 5202. Long-term bridge performance program; innovative bridge research and deployment program.
Sec. 5203. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research program.
Sec. 5204. Technology deployment.
Sec. 5205. Training and education.
Sec. 5206. Freight planning capacity building. Sec. 5207. Advanced travel forecasting procedures program.
Sec. 5208. National cooperative freight transportation research program.
Sec. 5209. Future strategic highway research program.
Sec. 5210. Transportation safety information management system project.
Sec. 5211. Surface transportation congestion relief solutions research initiative.
Sec. 5212. Motor carrier efficiency study.
Sec. 5213. Transportation research and development strategic planning.
Sec. 5214. Limitation on remedies for future strategic highway research program.
Sec. 5215. Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional
Development.
Subtitle C--University Transportation Research; Scholarship
Opportunities
Sec. 5301. National university transportation centers.
Sec. 5302. University transportation research.
Sec. 5303. Transportation scholarship opportunities program.
Subtitle D--Advanced Technologies
Sec. 5401. Advanced heavy-duty vehicle technologies research program.
Sec. 5402. Commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies.
Subtitle E--Transportation Data and Analysis
Sec. 5501. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Sec. 5502. Reports of Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Subtitle F--Intelligent Transportation Systems Research
Sec. 5601. Short title.
Sec. 5602. Goals and purposes.
Sec. 5603. General authorities and requirements.
Sec. 5604. National architecture and Standards.
Sec. 5605. Research and development.
Sec. 5606. Infrastructure development.
Sec. 5607. Road weather research and development program.
Sec. 5608. Definitions.
Sec. 5609. Rural interstate corridor communications study.
Sec. 5610. Centers for surface transportation excellence.
Sec. 5611. Repeal.
Sec. 5612. Special rule for fiscal year 2004.
TITLE VI--TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY
Sec. 6001. Transportation planning.
Sec. 6002. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.
Sec. 6003. Policy on historic sites.
Sec. 6004. Exemption of Interstate System.
Sec. 6005. Interstate compacts.
Sec. 6006. Development of transportation plan.
Sec. 6007. Interstate agreements.
Sec. 6008. Regulations relating to transportation planning.
Sec. 6009. Special rules relating to project development procedures.
TITLE VII--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 7001. Amendment of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 7002. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 7003. Definitions.
Sec. 7004. General regulatory authority.
Sec. 7005. Chemical or biological materials.
Sec. 7006. Representation and tampering.
Sec. 7007. Technical amendments.
Sec. 7008. Training of certain employees.
Sec. 7009. Registration.
Sec. 7010. Providing shipping papers.
Sec. 7011. Rail tank cars.
Sec. 7012. Unsatisfactory safety rating.
Sec. 7013. Training curriculum for the public sector.
Sec. 7014. Planning and training grants, monitoring, and review.
Sec. 7015. Special permits and exclusions.
Sec. 7016. Uniform forms and Procedures.
Sec. 7017. International uniformity of standards and requirements.
Sec. 7018. Administrative.
Sec. 7019. Enforcement.
Sec. 7020. Civil penalty.
Sec. 7021. Criminal penalty.
Sec. 7022. Preemption.
Sec. 7023. Relationship to other laws.
Sec. 7024. Judicial review.
Sec. 7025. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 7026. Determining amount of undeclared shipments of hazardous materials entering the United States.
Sec. 7027. Conforming amendments.
TITLE VIII--TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE
Sec. 8001. Policy.
TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Subtitle A--Authorization of Programs
SEC. 1101. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--The following sums are authorized to be appropriated from 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, $4,323,076,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$4,431,153,000 for fiscal year 2005, $4,541,932,000 for fiscal year, 2006, $4,655,480,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$4,771,867,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $4,891,164,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(2) National highway system.--For the National Highway System under section 103 of that title, $5,187,691,000 for fiscal year 2004, $5,317,383,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$5,450,318,000 for fiscal year 2006, $5,586,576,000 for fiscal year 2007, $5,726,240,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$5,869,396,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(3) Bridge program.--For the bridge program under section 144 of that title, $3,709,440,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$3,802,176,000 for fiscal year 2005, $3,897,231,000 for fiscal year 2006, $3,994,661,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$4,094,528,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $4,196,891,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) Highway safety improvement program.--For the highway safety improvement program under sections 130 and 152 of that title, $630,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $645,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $660,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$680,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $695,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Of such funds \1/3\ per fiscal year shall be available to carry out section 130 and \2/3\ shall be available to carry out section 152.
(5) Surface transportation program.--For the surface transportation program under section 133 of that title,
$6,052,306,000 for fiscal year 2004, $6,203,614,000 for fiscal year 2005, $6,358,704,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$6,517,672,000 for fiscal year 2007, $6,680,614,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $6,847,629,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(6) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.--For the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149 of that title,
$1,469,846,000 for fiscal year 2004, $1,506,592,000 for fiscal year 2005, $1,544,257,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$1,582,863,000 for fiscal year 2007, $1,622,435,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $1,662,996,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(7) Appalachian development highway system program.--For the Appalachian development highway system program under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, $460,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $470,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(8) Recreational trails program.--For the recreational trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States Code, $53,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(9) Federal lands highways program.--
(A) Indian reservation roads.--For Indian reservation roads under section 204 of title 23, United States Code,
$325,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $420,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$420,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Park roads and parkways.--For park roads and parkways roads under section 204 of that title, $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $215,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(C) Public lands highway.--For public lands highway under section 204 of that title, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$260,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $290,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(D) Refuge roads.--For refuge roads under section 204 of that title, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
(10) National corridor infrastructure improvement program.--For the national corridor infrastructure improvement program under section 1301 of this title,
$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(11) Coordinated border infrastructure program.--For the coordinated border infrastructure program under section 1302 of this title, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(12) Projects of national and regional significance program.--For the projects of national and regional significance program under section 1304 of this title,
$1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(13) Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.--For construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities under section 165 of title 23, United States Code, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(14) National scenic byways program.--For the national scenic byways program under section 162 of title 23, United States Code, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(15) Congestion pricing pilot program.--For the congestion pricing pilot program under section 1209 of this title,
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(16) Deployment of 511 traveler information program.--For the 511 traveler information program under section 1204(c)(7) of this title, $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(17) High priority projects program.--For the high priority projects program under section 117 of title 23, United States Code, $2,496,450,000 for fiscal year 2005, $2,244,550,000 for fiscal year 2006, $2,143,250,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$2,192,450,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $2,050,450,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(18) Freight intermodal connector program.--For the freight intermodal connector program under section 1303 of this title, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(19) High risk rural road safety improvement program.--For the high risk rural road safety improvement program under section 1403 of this title, $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$130,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(20) Highway use tax evasion program.--For highway use tax evasion projects under section 143 of title 23, United States Code, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(21) Pedestrian and cyclist equity.--
(A) Safe routes to school program.--For the safe routes to school program under section 1120(a) of this title,
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Nonmotorized pilot program.--For the nonmotorized pilot program under section 1120(b) of this title, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(22) Dedicated truck lanes.--For dedicated truck lanes under section 1305 of this title, $165,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008 and $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(23) Highways for life program.--For the Highways for LIFE program under section 1504 of this title, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(24) Commonwealth of puerto rico highway program.--For the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico highway program under section 1214(r) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(112 Stat. 209), $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(b) Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.--
(1) General rule.--Except to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available for any program under titles I, III, and V of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, shall be expended with small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
(2) Definitions.--In 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
$17,420,000, 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.
(3) Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprises.--Each State shall annually survey and compile a list of the small business concerns referred to in paragraph (1) and the location of such concerns in the State and notify the Secretary, in writing, of the percentage of such concerns which are controlled by women, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than women), and by individuals who are women and are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
(4) Uniform certification.--The Secretary shall establish minimum uniform criteria for State governments to use in certifying whether a concern qualifies for purposes of this subsection. Such minimum uniform criteria shall include, but not be limited to, on-site visits, personal interviews, licenses, analysis of stock ownership, listing of equipment, analysis of bonding capacity, listing of work completed, resume of principal owners, financial capacity, and type of work preferred.
(5) Compliance with court orders.--Nothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of an entity or person to receive funds made available under titles I, III, and V of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 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.
SEC. 1102. OBLIGATION CEILING.
(a) General Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject to subsections (g) and (h), the obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed--
(1) $33,643,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(2) $34,412,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(3) $36,287,100,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(4) $37,616,700,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(5) $38,876,400,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(6) $40,231,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(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 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978;
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981;
(4) under sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;
(5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987;
(6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;
(7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on June 8, 1998;
(8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2013), only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 per fiscal year; and
(9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, but only to the extent that such obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.
(c) Distribution of Obligation Authority.--For each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall--
(1) not distribute obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for such fiscal year for amounts authorized for administrative expenses and amounts authorized for the highway use tax evasion program and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount of obligation authority provided by subsection (a) that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs
(other than sums authorized to be appropriated for sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 117 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high priority projects program), section 14501 of title 40, United States Code
(relating to Appalachian development highway system), and
$2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to minimum guarantee) so that amount of obligation authority available for each of such sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for such section (except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under this Act and title 23, United States Code
(other than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for such program for such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than the minimum guarantee program, but only to the extent that amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under this Act and title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that--
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(d) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall after August 1 of each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 revise a distribution of the obligation authority made available under subsection (c) if an amount made available under this section will not be obligated during the fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year. In making the redistribution, the Secretary shall give priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code.
(e) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation Research Programs.--Obligation limitations imposed by subsection (a) shall apply to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and under title V of this Act; except that obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitations shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(f) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (1) that are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs, and (2) 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)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(g) Special Rule.--Obligation authority distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (c)(4) for a section set forth in subsection (c)(4) shall remain available until used for obligation of funds for such section and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
(h) Increase in Obligation Limit.--Limitations on obligations imposed by subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be increased by an amount equal to the amount determined pursuant to section 251(b)(1)(B)(ii)(I)(cc) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)(cc)) for such fiscal year. Any such increase shall be distributed in accordance with this section.
(i) Limitations on Obligations for Administrative Expenses.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of all obligations under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, shall not exceed--
(1) $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(2) $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(3) $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(4) $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(5) $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(6) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
SEC. 1103. APPORTIONMENTS.
(a) Administrative Expenses.--Section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for purposes described in paragraph (2) $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$395,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $395,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(2) Use of funds.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) are authorized for the following purposes:
``(A) To administer the provisions of law to be financed from appropriations for the Federal-aid highway program and programs authorized under chapter 2.
``(B) To make transfers of such sums as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to the Appalachian Regional Commission for administrative activities associated with the Appalachian development highway system.'';
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``sum deducted under'' and inserting ``amounts authorized to be appropriated by''; and
(3) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by striking ``sums deducted under'' and inserting
``amounts authorized to be appropriated by''; and
(B) by striking ``and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration''.
(b) National Highway System.--Section 104(b) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``the deduction authorized by subsection
(a) and''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(A) by striking ``$36,400,000 for each fiscal year'' and inserting ``$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009''; and
(B) by striking ``$18,800,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002'' and inserting ``$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009''.
(c) Report.--Section 104(j) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``submit to Congress a report'' and inserting ``transmit to Congress a report, and also make such report available to the public in a user-friendly format via the Internet,''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 104 of such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (f)(1)--
(A) by striking ``, after making the deduction authorized by subsection (a) of this section,''; and
(B) by striking ``remaining''; and
(2) in subsection (i) by striking ``deducted'' and inserting ``authorized to be appropriated''.
(e) Puerto Rico Highway Program.--Section 1214(r) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 209; 117 Stat. 1114; 118 Stat. 1149) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``1101(a)(15) for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2005'' and inserting ``1101(a)(24) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``1101(a)(15) of this Act'' and inserting ``1101(a)(24) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
SEC. 1104. MINIMUM GUARANTEE.
To be supplied.
SEC. 1105. PROJECT APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT.
Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:
``(h) Oversight Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an oversight program to monitor the effective and efficient use of funds authorized to carry out this title. At a minimum, the program shall be responsive to all areas related to financial integrity and project delivery.
``(2) Financial integrity.--
``(A) Financial management systems.--The Secretary shall perform annual reviews that address elements of the State transportation departments' financial management systems that affect projects approved under subsection (a).
``(B) Project costs.--The Secretary shall develop minimum standards for estimating project costs and shall periodically evaluate the States' practices for estimating project costs, awarding contracts, and reducing project costs.
``(C) Responsibility of the states.--The States are responsible for determining that subrecipients of Federal funds under this title have sufficient accounting controls to properly manage such Federal funds. The Secretary shall periodically review the States' monitoring of subrecipients.
``(3) Project delivery.--The Secretary shall perform annual reviews that address elements of a State's project delivery system, which includes one or more activities that are involved in the life cycle of a project from its conception to its completion.
``(4) Responsibility of the states.--The States are responsible for determining that subrecipients of Federal funds under this title have adequate project delivery systems for projects approved under this section. The Secretary shall periodically review the States' monitoring of subrecipients.
``(5) Specific oversight responsibilities.--Nothing in this section shall affect or discharge any oversight responsibility of the Secretary specifically provided for under this title or other Federal law. In addition, the Secretary shall retain full oversight responsibilities for the design and construction of all Appalachian development highways under section 14501 of title 40.
``(i) Major Projects.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project under this title with an estimated total cost of
$500,000,000 or more, or any other project in the discretion of the Secretary, shall submit to the Secretary a project management plan and an annual financial plan.
``(2) Project management plan.--The project management plan shall document the procedures and processes in place to provide timely information to the project decision makers to manage effectively the scope, costs, schedules, and quality, and the Federal requirements of the project and the role of the agency leadership and management team in the delivery of the project.
``(3) Financial plan.--The financial plan shall be based on detailed estimates of the cost to complete the project. Annual updates shall be submitted based on reasonable assumptions, as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in the cost to complete the project.
``(j) Other Projects.--A recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project under this title with an estimated total cost of $100,000,000 or more that is not covered by subsection (h) shall prepare an annual financial plan. Annual financial plans prepared under this subsection shall be made available to the Secretary for review upon the Secretary's request.''.
SEC. 1106. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.
Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Use of Excess Funds.--
``(1) Audits.--A State may audit projects funded with amounts apportioned under sections 104 and 144 to determine whether any amounts obligated for a project are excess funds.
``(2) Plans for use of excess funds.--If a State determines, after conducting an audit under paragraph (1), that funds obligated for a project are excess funds, the State may develop a plan for obligating the funds for the design and construction of--
``(A) with respect to excess funds derived from the surface transportation program under section 133(d)(1), 133(d) (2), or 133(d)(3), the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under section 144, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, or the recreational trails program under section 206, one or more projects that are eligible for funding under that program; and
``(B) with respect to excess funds derived from any other program under this title, one or more projects that are eligible for funding those programs or the surface transportation program under section 133.
``(3) Certification to the secretary.--A State that has developed a plan under paragraph (2) shall transmit to the Secretary a certification that the State has conducted an audit under paragraph (1) and developed the plan in accordance with paragraph (2).
``(4) Implementation of plans.--After transmitting a certification to the Secretary with respect to a plan under paragraph (3), the State may carry out the plan.
``(5) Applicability of requirements.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided by subparagraph (B), excess funds used to carry out a project under this section shall be subject to the requirements of this title that are applicable to the program under which the project is carried out.
``(B) Stp allocations.--Section 133(d) shall not apply to excess funds used to carry out a project under this section, unless such funds are derived from amounts apportioned under 104(b)(3).
``(6) Excess funds defined.--In this subsection, the term
`excess funds' means funds obligated for a project that remain available for the project after the project has been completed or canceled.''. SEC. 1107. TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
(a) Standards.--Section 109(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``(e) No funds'' and inserting the following:
``(e) Installation of Safety Devices.--
``(1) Highway and railroad grade crossings and drawbridges.--No funds''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Temporary traffic control devices.--No funds shall be approved for expenditure on any Federal-aid highway, or highway affected under chapter 2 of this title, unless proper temporary traffic control devices to improve safety in work zones will be installed and maintained during construction, utility, and maintenance operations on that portion of the highway with respect to which such expenditures are to be made. Installation and maintenance of the devices shall be in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.''.
(b) Letting of Contracts.--Section 112 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f);
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Temporary Traffic Control Devices.--
``(1) Issuance of regulations.--The Secretary, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, shall issue regulations establishing the conditions for the appropriate use of, and expenditure of funds for, uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and maintenance operations.
``(2) Effects of regulations.--Based on regulations issued under paragraph (1), a State shall--
``(A) develop separate pay items for the use of uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and maintenance operations; and
``(B) incorporate such pay items into contract provisions to be included in each contract entered into by the State with respect to a highway project to ensure compliance with section 109(e)(2).
``(3) Limitation.--Nothing in the regulations shall be construed to prohibit a State from implementing standards that are more stringent than those required under the regulations.
``(4) Positive protective measures defined.--In this subsection, the term `positive protective measures' means temporary traffic barriers, crash cushions, and other strategies to avoid traffic accidents in work zones, including full road closures.''.
SEC. 1108. REVENUE ALIGNED BUDGET AUTHORITY.
(a) Allocation.--Section 110(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2006'';
(2) by inserting after ``such fiscal year'' the following:
``and the succeeding fiscal year''.
(b) Reduction.--Section 110(a)(2) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2006'';
(2) by striking ``October 1 of the succeeding'' and inserting ``October 15 of such''; and
(3) by inserting after ``Account)'' the following: ``for such fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year''.
(c) General Distribution.--Section 110(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended by striking ``Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(d) Technical Amendment.--Section 110(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``for'' the second place it appears.
SEC. 1109. EMERGENCY RELIEF.
There is authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for allocations by the Secretary described in subsections (a) and (b) of sections 125 of title 23, United States Code, if the total of those allocations in such fiscal year are in excess of
$100,000,000.
SEC. 1110. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
Section 133(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``1998 through 2000'' and inserting ``2004 through 2006''; and
(2) by striking ``2001 through 2003'' and inserting ``2007 through 2009''.
SEC. 1111. HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS.
(a) Eligible Activities.--
(1) Intergovernmental enforcement efforts.--Section 143(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period the following: ``; except that of funds so made available for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, $2,000,000 shall be available only to carry out intergovernmental enforcement efforts, including research and training''.
(2) Conditions on funds allocated to internal revenue service.--Section 143(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in this section, the''.
(3) Limitation on use of funds.--Section 143(b)(4) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (F);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) to support efforts between States and Indian tribes to address issues related to State motor fuel taxes; and
``(I) to analyze and implement programs to reduce tax evasion associated with foreign imported fuel.''.
(4) Reports.--Section 143(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Reports.--The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and each State shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes the projects, examinations, and criminal investigations funded by and carried out under this section. Such report shall specify the annual yield estimated for each project funded under this section.''.
(b) Excise Fuel Reporting System.--
(1) In general.--Section 143(c)(1) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``August 1, 1998,'' and inserting ``90 days after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,'';
(B) by striking ``development'' and inserting ``completion, operation,''; and
(C) by striking ``an excise fuel reporting system (in this subsection referred to as `the system')'' and inserting ``an excise summary terminal activity reporting system''.
(2) Elements of memorandum of understanding.--Section 143(c)(2) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``the system'' the first place it appears and inserting ``the excise summary terminal activity reporting system'';
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``develop'' and inserting ``complete'';
(C) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
(D) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; and''; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall submit and the Secretary shall approve a budget and project plan for the completion, operation, and maintenance of the system.''; and
(3) Funding priority.--Section 143(c)(3) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service such funds as may be necessary to complete, operate, and maintain the excise summary terminal activity reporting system in accordance with this subsection.''.
(c) Registration System and Electronic Database.--Section 143 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Pipeline, Vessel, and Barge Registration System.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service for the purposes of the development, operation, and maintenance of a registration system for pipelines, vessels, and barges, and operators of such pipelines, vessels, and barges, that make bulk transfers of taxable fuel.
``(2) Elements of memorandum of understanding.--The memorandum of understanding shall provide that--
``(A) the Internal Revenue Service shall develop and maintain the registration system through contracts;
``(B) the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall submit and the Secretary shall approve a budget and project plan for development, operation, and maintenance of the registration system;
``(C) the registration system shall be under the control of the Internal Revenue Service; and
``(D) the registration system shall be made available for use by appropriate State and Federal revenue, tax, and law enforcement authorities, subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service such funds as may be necessary to complete, operate, and maintain a registration system for pipelines, vessels, and barges, and operators of such pipelines, vessels, and barges, that make bulk transfers of taxable fuel in accordance with this subsection.
``(e) Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Payment Database.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service for the purposes of the establishment, operation, and maintenance of an electronic database of heavy vehicle highway use tax payments.
``(2) Elements of memorandum of understanding.--The memorandum of understanding shall provide that--
``(A) the Internal Revenue Service shall establish and maintain the electronic database through contracts;
``(B) the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall submit and the Secretary shall approve a budget and project plan for establishment, operation, and maintenance of the electronic database;
``(C) the electronic database shall be under the control of the Internal Revenue Service; and
``(D) the electronic database shall be made available for use by appropriate State and Federal revenue, tax, and law enforcement authorities, subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service such funds as may be necessary to establish, operate, and maintain an electronic database of heavy vehicle highway use tax payments in accordance with this subsection.
``(f) Reports.--Not later than March 31 and September 30 of each year, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall provide reports to the Secretary on the status of the Internal Revenue Service projects funded under this section related to the excise summary terminal activity reporting system, the pipeline, vessel, and barge registration system, and the heavy vehicle use tax electronic database.''.
SEC. 1112. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion funds made available by section 1101(a)(7) of this Act for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 among the States based on the latest available cost to complete estimate for the Appalachian development highway system under section 14501 title 40, United States Code.
(b) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available by section 1101(a)(7) of this Act for the Appalachian development highway system 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 14501 of title 40, United States Code, and such funds shall be available to construct highways and access roads under such section and shall remain available until expended.
(c) Use of Toll Credits.--Section 120(j)(1) of title 23, United States Code is amended by inserting ``and the Appalachian development highway system program under section 14501 of title 40'' after ``section 125''.
SEC. 1113. CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL
FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 165. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities in accordance with section 129(c).
``(b) Federal Share.--The Federal share payable for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities under this section shall be 80 percent of the cost thereof.
``(c) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available to carry out this section shall remain available until expended.
``(d) Set-Aside for Projects on NHS.--
``(1) In general.--$20,000,000 of the amount made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be obligated for the construction or refurbishment of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities and approaches to such facilities within marine highway systems that are part of the National Highway System.
``(2) Alaska.--$10,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a fiscal year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the State of Alaska.
``(3) New jersey.--$5,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a fiscal year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the State of New Jersey.
``(4) Washington.--$5,000,000 of the $20,000,000 for a fiscal year made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the State of Washington.
``(e) Applicability.--All provisions of this chapter that are applicable to the National Highway System, other than provisions relating to apportionment formula and Federal share, shall apply to funds made available to carry out this section, except as determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``165. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.''.
(c) National Ferry Database.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shall establish and maintain a national ferry database.
(2) Contents.--The database shall contain current information regarding ferry systems, including information regarding routes, vessels, passengers and vehicles carried, funding sources and such other information as the Secretary considers useful.
(3) Update report.--Using information collected through the database, the Secretary shall periodically modify as appropriate the report submitted under section 1207(c) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 112 Stat. 185-186).
(4) Requirements.--The Secretary shall--
(A) compile the database not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and update the database every 2 years thereafter;
(B) ensure that the database is easily accessible to the public;
(C) make available, from the ferry boat and ferry terminal program authorized under section 165 of title 23, United States Code, not more than $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to establish the database.
SEC. 1114. INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE DISCRETIONARY.
(a) In General.--Section 118 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c);
(2) in subsection (e) by inserting ``Special Rules.--'' before ``Funds made''; and
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 103(d)(1) of such title is amended by striking ``or 118(c)''.
(c) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section 114.--Section 114(a) of such title is amended by striking ``Except as provided in section 117 of this title, such'' and inserting ``Such''.
(2) Section 116.--Section 116(b) of such title is amended by striking ``highway department'' and inserting
``transportation department''.
(3) Section 120.--Section 120(e) of such title is amended in the first sentence by striking ``such system'' and inserting ``such highway''.
(4) Section 126.--Section 126(a) of such title is amended by inserting ``under'' before ``section 104(b)(3)''.
(5) Section 127.--Section 127 of such title is amended by striking ``118(b)(1)'' and inserting ``118(b)(2)''.
(6) Bicycle and pedestrian safety grants.--Section 1212(i) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 196-197) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, and moving such paragraphs 2 ems to the left.
(d) Limitation.--The amendments made by this section shall not apply to, or have any affect with respect to, funds made available under section 118 of title 23, United States Code, before the date of enactment of this section.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall take effect on September 30, 2005.
SEC. 1115. HIGHWAY BRIDGE.
(a) Scour Countermeasures.--Section 144(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Applications for and Approval of Assistance.--
``(1) Bridge replacement or rehabilitation.--Whenever any State or States make application to the Secretary for assistance in replacing or rehabilitating a highway bridge which the priority system established under subsections (b) and (c) shows to be eligible, the Secretary may approve Federal participation in replacing such bridge with a comparable facility or in rehabilitating such bridge.
``(2) Preventive maintenance, scour measures, and applications of certain compositions.--Whenever any State makes application to the Secretary for assistance in painting, seismic retrofit, or preventive maintenance of, or installing scour countermeasures or applying calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions to, the structure of a highway bridge, the Secretary may approve Federal participation in the painting, seismic retrofit, or preventive maintenance of, or installation of scour countermeasures or application of acetate or sodium acetate/formate or such anti-icing or de-icing composition to, such structure.
``(3) Eligibility.--The Secretary shall determine the eligibility of highway bridges for replacement or rehabilitation for each State based upon the unsafe highway bridges in such State; except that a State may carry out a project for preventive maintenance on a bridge, seismic retrofit of a bridge, or installing scour countermeasures to a bridge under this section without regard to whether the bridge is eligible for replacement or rehabilitation under this section.''.
(b) Bridge Discretionary Set-Aside.--Section 144(g)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Fiscal years 2004 through 2009.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the bridge program under this section for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2009, all but $100,000,000 shall be apportioned as provided in subsection (e). Such $100,000,000 shall be available at the discretion of the Secretary; except that $25,000,000 shall be available only for projects for the seismic retrofit of bridges, and of which $10,000,000 shall be available only for the seismic retrofit of a bridge described in subsection
(l), and except as provided in subparagraph (E).
``(E) Gravina access.--
``(i) In general.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the bridge program under this paragraph, for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009,
$10,000,000 shall be set aside from the $100,000,000 available at the discretion of the Secretary under subparagraph (D) for the construction of a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the community of Ketchikan in Alaska.
``(ii) Scoring.--The project described in this subparagraph shall not be counted for purposes of the reduction set forth in the fourth sentence of subsection (e).''.
(c) Off-System Bridges.--Section 144(g)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``20 percent'';
(2) by striking ``1987'' and inserting ``2005'';
(3) by striking ``2004'' the first place it appears and all that follows through ``2005,'' and inserting ``2009 for the bridge program,'';
(4) by inserting ``, perform systematic preventive maintenance,'' after ``paint''; and
(5) by inserting a comma before ``to highway bridges''.
(d) Technical Amendment.--Section 144(i) of such title is amended by striking ``at the same time'' and all that follows through ``Congress''.
SEC. 1116. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM
PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
(a) Extension.--Section 1221(e)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 223; 118 Stat. 879; 118 Stat. 1149) is amended--
(1) by striking ``1999 and'' and inserting ``1999,''; and
(2) by striking ``2004'' the first place it appears and all that follows through ``2005'' and inserting the following:
``, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009''.
(b) Federal Share.--Section 1221(e)(2) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end ``; except that such funds shall not be transferable and the Federal share for projects and activities carried out with such funds shall be determined in accordance with section 120(b) of title 23, United States Code''.
(c) Planning Activities Pilot Program.--Section 1221 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Planning Activities Pilot Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot program using funds set aside under paragraph (4) to support planning and public participation activities related to highway and public transportation projects.
``(2) Eligible activities.--Activities eligible to be carried out under the pilot program may include the following:
``(A) Improving data collection and analysis to improve freight movement, intermodal connections, and transportation access and efficiency for all users, including children, older individuals, individuals with disabilities, low-income individuals, and minority communities.
``(B) Supporting public participation by holding public meetings using an interactive workshop format facilitated by design or planning experts (or both) to consider public input at the initial stages of project development and during other phases of a project.
``(C) Using innovative planning or design visualization and simulation tools to improve the evaluation of alternatives and their impacts and to enhance public participation in the transportation planning process, including tools having a structure that enables modifications to scenarios and assumptions in real time.
``(D) Enhancing coordination among transportation, land use, workforce development, human service, economic development, and other agencies to strengthen access to job training services, daycare centers, health care facilities, senior centers, public schools, universities, and residential areas, including the use of integrated planning and service delivery, especially for transit dependent and low-income individuals.
``(E) Contracting with nonprofit organizations, universities, and local agencies to deliver community-oriented transportation plans and projects, including public outreach, context sensitive design, transit-oriented development, multimodal corridor investments, commuter benefits deployment, and brownfield redevelopment.
``(F) Measuring and reporting on the annual performance of the transportation system (or parts of) relative to State or locally-established criteria regarding--
``(i) maintenance and operating costs of the transportation system, vehicle miles traveled, peak-period travel times, transportation choices, and mode shares;
``(ii) location of housing units, jobs, medical facilities, and commercial centers to transit;
``(iii) improvements directed to low-income families and older individuals;
``(iv) transportation-related pollution emissions into the air and water;
``(v) land consumption; and
``(vi) other locally-significant factors.
``(G) Improving regional travel and emission modeling to examine factors not currently considered, such as induced travel and land use effects of transportation alternatives, types of vehicles owned and used by households, time-of-day of travel and linkage of trips to each other throughout the day, effects of urban design and pedestrian and bicycle environment on travel behavior, and impacts of alternatives on the distribution of benefits and burdens among various groups protected under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.).
``(3) Federal share.--Notwithstanding subsection (e)(2), the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under the pilot program shall be 100 percent.
``(4) Set aside.--The Secretary shall make available
$1,500,000 of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out the pilot program under this subsection.''.
SEC. 1117. DEPLOYMENT OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Eligible project costs.--The term ``eligible project costs''--
(A) means the capital cost of the fixed guideway infrastructure of a MAGLEV project, including land, piers, guideways, propulsion equipment and other components attached to guideways, power distribution facilities (including substations), control and communications facilities, access roads, and storage, repair, and maintenance facilities, but not including costs incurred for a new station; and
(B) includes the costs of preconstruction planning activities.
(2) Full project costs.--The term ``full project costs'' means the total capital costs of a MAGLEV project, including eligible project costs and the costs of stations, vehicles, and equipment.
(3) MAGLEV.--The term ``MAGLEV'' means transportation systems employing magnetic levitation that would be capable of safe use by the public at a speed in excess of 240 miles per hour.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(b) In General.--
(1) Assistance for eligible projects.--The Secretary shall make available financial assistance to pay the Federal share of full project costs of eligible projects authorized by this section.
(2) Use of assistance.--Financial assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be used only to pay eligible project costs of projects authorized by this section.
(3) Applicability of other laws.--Financial assistance made available under this section, and projects assisted with such assistance, shall be subject to section 5333(a) of title 49, United States Code.
(c) Project Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive financial assistance under subsection (b), a project shall--
(1) involve a segment or segments of a high-speed ground transportation corridor;
(2) result in an operating transportation facility that provides a revenue producing service; and
(3) be approved by the Secretary based on an application submitted to the Secretary by a State or authority designated by 1 or more States.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(e) Applicability of Title 23, United States Code.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by 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 full project costs of an eligible project shall be 80 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1118. RECREATIONAL TRAILS.
(a) Recreational Trails Program Formula.--Section 104(h)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking
``research and technical'' and all that follows through
``Committee'' and inserting ``research, technical assistance, and training under the recreational trails program''.
(b) Permissible Uses.--Section 206(d)(2) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Permissible uses.--Permissible uses of funds apportioned to a State for a fiscal year to carry out this section include--
``(A) maintenance and restoration of existing recreational trails;
``(B) development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages for recreational trails;
``(C) purchase and lease of recreational trail construction and maintenance equipment;
``(D) construction of new recreational trails, except that, in the case of new recreational trails crossing Federal lands, construction of the trails shall be--
``(i) permissible under other law;
``(ii) necessary and recommended by a statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan that is required by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.) and that is in effect;
``(iii) approved by the administering agency of the State designated under subsection (c)(1); and
``(iv) approved by each Federal agency having jurisdiction over the affected lands under such terms and conditions as the head of the Federal agency determines to be appropriate, except that the approval shall be contingent on 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 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
``(E) acquisition of easements and fee simple title to property for recreational trails or recreational trail corridors;
``(F) assessment of trail conditions for accessibility and maintenance;
``(G) operation of educational programs to promote safety and environmental protection as those objectives relate to the use of recreational trails, but in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the apportionment made to the State for the fiscal year; and
``(H) payment of costs to the State incurred in administering the program, but in an amount not to exceed 7 percent of the apportionment made to the State for the fiscal year to carry out this section.''.
(c) Use of Apportionments.--Section 206(d)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (C);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) by striking
``(2)(F)'' and inserting ``(2)(H)''.
(d) Federal Share.--Section 206(f) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``and the Federal share of the administrative costs of a State'' after ``project''; and
(B) by striking ``not exceed 80 percent'' and inserting
``be determined in accordance with section 120(b)'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``80 percent of'' and inserting ``the amount determined in accordance with section 120(b) for'';
(3) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting ``sponsoring the project'' after ``Federal agency'';
(4) by striking paragraph (5);
(5) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
(6) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking ``80 percent'' and inserting ``the Federal share as determined in accordance with section 120(b)''; and
(7) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Use of recreational trails program funds to match other federal program funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under this section may be used toward the non-Federal matching share for other Federal program funds that are--
``(A) expended in accordance with the requirements of the Federal program relating to activities funded and populations served; and
``(B) expended on a project that is eligible for assistance under this section.''.
(e) Planning and Environmental Assessment Costs Incurred Prior to Project Approval.--Section 206(h)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Planning and environmental assessment costs incurred prior to project approval.--The Secretary may allow pre-approval planning and environmental compliance costs to be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of a project described under subsection (d)(2) (other than subparagraph (I)) in accordance with subsection (f), limited to costs incurred less than 18 months prior to project approval.''.
(f) 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. 1119. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.
(a) Contracts and Agreements With Indian Tribes.--Section 202(d)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Contracts and agreements with indian tribes.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any interagency agreement, program guideline, manual, or policy directive, all funds made available to an Indian tribal government under this title for a highway, road, bridge, parkway, or transit facility project that is located on an Indian reservation or provides access to the reservation or a community of the Indian tribe shall be made available, on the request of the Indian tribal government, to the Indian tribal government for use in carrying out, in accordance with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), contracts and agreements for the planning, research, engineering, and construction relating to such project.
``(B) Exclusion of agency participation.--In accordance with subparagraph (A), all funds for a project to which subparagraph (A) applies shall be paid to the Indian tribal government without regard to the organizational level at which the Department of the Interior has previously carried out, or the Department of Transportation has previously carried out under the Federal lands highway programs, the programs, functions, services, or activities involved.
``(C) Consortia.--Two or more Indian tribes that are otherwise eligible to participate in a project to which this title applies may form a consortium to be considered as a single Indian tribe for the purpose of participating in the project under this section.
``(D) Funding.--The amount an Indian tribal government receives for a project under subparagraph (A) shall equal the sum of the funding that the Indian tribal government would otherwise receive for the project in accordance with the funding formula established under this subsection and such additional amount as the Secretary determines equal the amounts that would have been withheld for the costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for administration of the project.
``(E) Eligibility.--An Indian tribal government may receive funding under subparagraph (A) for a project in a fiscal year if the Indian tribal government demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary financial stability and financial management capability as demonstrated in the annual auditing required under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) and, during the preceding fiscal year, had no uncorrected significant and material audit exceptions in the required annual audit of the Indian tribe's self-determination contracts or self-governance funding agreements with any Federal agency.
``(F) Assumption of functions and duties.--An Indian tribal government receiving funding under subparagraph (A) for a project shall assume all functions and duties that the Secretary of the Interior would have performed with respect to projects under this chapter, other than those functions and duties that inherently cannot be legally transferred under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.).
``(G) Powers.--An Indian tribal government receiving funding under subparagraph (A) for a project shall have all powers that the Secretary of the Interior would have exercised in administering the funds transferred to the Indian tribal government for such project under this section if such funds had not been transferred, except to the extent that such powers are powers that inherently cannot be legally transferred under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.).
``(H) Dispute resolution.--In the event of a disagreement between the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of the Interior and an Indian tribe over whether a particular function, duty, or power may be lawfully transferred under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450b et seq.), the Indian tribe shall have the right to pursue all alternative dispute resolutions and appeal procedures authorized by such Act, including regulations issued to carry out such Act.''.
(b) Alaska Native Village Inventory.--Section 202(d)(2) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Alaska native road inventory.--
``(i) In general.--For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, any allocation of sums authorized to be appropriated for Indian reservation roads in Alaska shall be based on an inventory of roads within the exterior boundaries of village corporation land selected pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that includes all routes previously included in such an inventory. The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Interior may include, in the inventory of roads, those proposed for inclusion by tribal village governments from among community streets within the village and those proposed primary access routes for inclusion by tribal village governments, including roads and trails between villages
(including links over water), roads and trails to landfills, roads and trails to drinking water sources, roads and trails to natural resources identified for economic development, and roads and trails that provide access to intermodal termini, such as airports, harbors, or boat landings.
``(ii) Limitation on primary access routes.--For purposes of this subparagraph, a proposed primary access route is the shortest practicable route connecting 2 points of the proposed route.''.
(c) Grants for Financing Transportation Debt.--Section 202(d)(2)(A) of such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``; except that, beginning October 1, 2004, the Secretary may use up to 3 percent of such funds for making grants to Indian tribes for the purpose of financing transportation debt for individual Indian reservation roads subject to all requirements governing Federal assistance for Indian roads under this section and section 204''.
(d) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Tribal Government Affairs.--Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs.--The Department of Transportation shall have, within the office of the Secretary, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs appointed by the President to plan, coordinate, and implement the Department of Transportation policy and programs serving Indian tribes and tribal organizations and to coordinate tribal transportation programs and activities in all offices and administrations of the Department and to be a participant in any negotiated rulemaking related to, or has impact on, projects, programs, or funding associated with the tribal transportation program.''.
(e) Alaska Native Village Transportation Program.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Denali Commission, in coordination with the Alaska Federation of Natives, shall establish an Alaska Native Village transportation program to pay the costs of planning, design, construction, and maintenance of road and other surface transportation facilities identified by Alaska Native Villages.
(2) Alaska native village defined.--In this subsection, the term ``Alaska Native Village'' has the same meaning such term has as used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in administering the Indian reservation road program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 1120. CONSERVATION MEASURES.
(a) Refuge Roads.--Section 204(k)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
(2) by redesigning subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) construction, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife observation infrastructure; and''; and
(4) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) by striking
``maintenance and improvements'' and inserting
``construction, maintenance, and improvements''.
(b) Forest Highways.--Of the amounts made available for public lands highways under section 1101--
(1) not to exceed $20,000,000 per fiscal year may be used for the maintenance of forest highways;
(2) not to exceed $2,500,000 per fiscal year may be used to repair culverts and bridges on forest highways to facilitate appropriate fish passage and ensure reasonable flows and to maintain and remove such culverts and bridges as appropriate; and
(3) not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year may be used for signage identifying public hunting and fishing access.
(c) Wildlife Vehicle Collision Reduction Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of methods to reduce collisions between motor vehicles and wildlife (in this subsection referred to as ``wildlife vehicle collisions'').
(2) Contents.--
(A) Areas of study.--The study shall include an assessment of the causes and impacts of wildlife vehicle collisions and solutions and best practices for reducing such collisions.
(B) Methods for conducting the study.--In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall--
(i) conduct a thorough literature review; and
(ii) survey current practices of the Department of Transportation.
(3) Consultation.--In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate experts in the field of wildlife vehicle collisions.
(4) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study.
(B) Contents.--The report shall include a description of each of the following:
(i) Causes of wildlife vehicle collisions.
(ii) Impacts of wildlife vehicle collisions.
(iii) Solutions to and prevention of wildlife vehicle collisions.
(5) Manual.--
(A) Development.--Based upon the results of the study, the Secretary shall develop a best practices manual to support State efforts to reduce wildlife vehicle collisions.
(B) Availability.--The manual shall be made available to States not later than 1 year after the date of transmission of the report under paragraph (4).
(C) Contents.--The manual shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(i) A list of best practices addressing wildlife vehicle collisions.
(ii) A list of information, technical, and funding resources for addressing wildlife vehicle collisions.
(iii) Recommendations for addressing wildlife vehicle collisions.
(iv) Guidance for developing a State action plan to address wildlife vehicle collisions
(6) Training.--Based upon the manual developed under paragraph (5), the Secretary shall develop a training course on addressing wildlife vehicle collisions for transportation professionals.
SEC. 1121. PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST EQUITY.
(a) Safe Routes to School Program.--
(1) Establishment.--Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish and carry out a safe routes to school program for the benefit of children in primary and middle schools.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program shall be--
(A) to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;
(B) to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and
(C) to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
(3) Apportionment of funds.--
(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), amounts made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that--
(i) the total student enrollment in primary and middle schools in each State; bears to
(ii) the total student enrollment in primary and middle schools in all the States.
(B) Minimum apportionment.--No State shall receive an apportionment under this subsection for a fiscal year of less than $2,000,000.
(C) Set-aside.--Before apportioning amounts made available to carry out this subsection under this paragraph for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside not more than 2 percent of such amounts for the administrative expenses of the Secretary in carrying out this subsection.
(D) Determination of student enrollments.--Determinations under this paragraph concerning student enrollments shall be made by the Secretary.
(4) Administration of amounts.--Amounts apportioned to a State under this subsection shall be administered by the State's department of transportation.
(5) Eligible recipients.--Amounts apportioned to a State under this subsection shall be used by the State to provide financial assistance to State, local, and regional agencies, including nonprofit organizations, that demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements of this subsection.
(6) Eligible projects and activities.--
(A) Infrastructure-related projects.--
(i) In general.--Amounts apportioned to a State under this subsection may be used for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure-related projects that will substantially improve the ability of students to walk and bike to school, including sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction improvements, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street bicycle facilities, off-street bicycle and pedestrian facilities, secure bicycle parking facilities, and traffic diversion improvements in the vicinity of schools.
(ii) Location of projects.--Infrastructure-related projects under subparagraph (A) may be carried out on any public road or any bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail in the vicinity of schools.
(B) Noninfrastructure-related activities.--
(i) In general.--In addition to projects described in subparagraph (A), amounts apportioned to a State under this subsection may be used for noninfrastructure-related activities to encourage walking and bicycling to school, including public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders, traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools, student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and environment, and funding for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to school programs.
(ii) Allocation.--Not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of the amount apportioned to a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used for noninfrastructure-related activities under this subparagraph.
(C) Safe routes to school coordinator.--Each State receiving an apportionment under this subsection for a fiscal year shall use a sufficient amount of the apportionment to fund a full-time position of coordinator of the State's safe routes to school program.
(7) Clearinghouse.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to a national nonprofit organization engaged in promoting safe routes to schools to--
(i) operate a national safe routes to school clearinghouse;
(ii) develop information and educational programs on safe routes to school; and
(iii) provide technical assistance and disseminate techniques and strategies used for successful safe routes to school programs.
(B) Funding.--The Secretary shall carry out this paragraph using amounts set aside for administrative expenses under paragraph (3)(C).
(8) Task force.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a national safe routes to school task force composed of leaders in health, transportation, and education, including representatives of appropriate Federal agencies, to study and develop a strategy for advancing safe routes to school programs nationwide.
(B) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2006, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted, and a description of the strategy developed, under subparagraph (A) and information regarding the use of funds for infrastructure-related and noninfrastructure-related activities under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (6).
(C) Funding.--The Secretary shall carry out this paragraph using amounts set aside for administrative expenses under paragraph (3)(C).
(9) 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 such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity under this section shall be 100 percent. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects assisted under this subsection shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid system under such chapter.
(10) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
(A) In the vicinity of schools.--The term ``in the vicinity of schools'' means, with respect to a school, the area within bicycling and walking distance of the school (approximately 2 miles).
(B) Primary and middle schools.--The term ``primary and middle schools'' means schools providing education from kindergarten through eighth grade.
(C) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(b) Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a nonmotorized transportation pilot program to construct, in 4 communities selected by the Secretary, a network of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure facilities, including sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, that connect directly with transit stations, schools, residences, businesses, recreation areas, and other community activity centers.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to demonstrate the extent to which bicycling and walking can carry a significant part of the transportation load, and represent a major portion of the transportation solution, within selected communities.
(3) Grants.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make grants to State, local, and regional agencies, that the Secretary determines are suitably equipped and organized to carry out the objectives and requirements of this subsection. An agency that receives a grant under this subsection may suballocate grant funds to a nonprofit organization to carry out the program under this subsection.
(4) 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 a project carried out under this subsection shall be 80 percent, and such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended.
(5) Statistical information.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall develop statistical information on changes in motor vehicle, nonmotorized transportation, and public transportation usage in communities participating in the program and assess how such changes decrease congestion and energy usage, increase the frequency of biking and walking, and promote better health and a cleaner environment.
(6) Reports.--The Secretary shall transmit to Congress an interim report not later than September 30, 2007, and a final report not later than September 30, 2010, on the results of the program.
SEC. 1122. NATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
(a) National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the Highway Trust Fund.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established a National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the Highway Trust Fund to conduct--
(A) a study evaluating alternative short-term sources of Highway Trust Fund revenue to support the requirements of section 1124; and
(B) a study evaluating alternative long-term sources of revenue to support the Highway Trust Fund, considering the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a recent study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences on alternatives to the fuel tax to support highway program financing and other relevant prior research.
(2) Functions.--The Commission shall--
(A) develop recommendations to generate Highway Trust Fund revenue necessary to accomplish the requirements of section 1124;
(B) oversee a comprehensive investigation of alternatives to replace the fuel tax as the principal revenue source to support the Highway Trust Fund over at least the next 30 years;
(C) consult with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Treasury to assure that their views concerning essential attributes of Highway Trust Fund revenue alternatives are understood;
(D) assure that State transportation agency views on alternative revenue sources to support State transportation improvement programs are appropriately considered and that any recommended Federal financing strategy take into account State financial requirements; and
(E) make specific recommendations regarding actions that need to be taken to develop alternative revenue sources to support the Highway Trust Fund and when those actions must be taken.
(3) Specific matters to be addressed.--The study under paragraph (1)(B) shall address specifically--
(A) advantages and disadvantages of alternative revenue sources to meet anticipated Federal surface transportation financial requirements;
(B) the time frame within which actions must be taken to transition from the fuel tax to alternative revenue sources to support the Highway Trust Fund;
(C) recommendations concerning the most promising revenue sources to support long-term Federal surface transportation financing requirements;
(D) development of a broad transition strategy to move from the current tax base to new funding mechanisms, including the time frame for various aspects of the transition strategy;
(E) recommendations for additional research that may be needed to implement recommended alternatives; and
(F) the extent to which revenues should reflect the relative use of the highway system.
(4) Matters to consider and evaluate.--To the maximum extent feasible, the Commission, in conducting the study under paragraph (1)(B), shall consider and evaluate other related work that has been done by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Transportation Research Board, and others. In developing recommendations under paragraph (2), the Commission shall consider--
(A) the ability to generate sufficient revenues to meet anticipated long term surface transportation financing needs;
(B) the roles of the various levels of government and the private sector in meeting future surface transportation financing needs;
(C) administrative costs, including enforcement, to implement each option;
(D) potential taxpayer privacy concerns;
(E) likely technological advances that could ease implementation of each option;
(F) the equity and economic efficiency of each option;
(G) the flexibility of different options to allow various pricing alternatives to be implemented; and
(H) potential compatibility issues with States tax mechanisms under each alternative.
(5) Membership.--
(A) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of nine members of whom--
(i) three members shall be appointed by the Secretary;
(ii) two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(iii) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(iv) two members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; and
(v) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
(B) Qualifications.--Members appointed under subparagraph
(A) shall have experience in public finance, surface transportation program administration, managing organizations that use surface transportation facilities, academic research into related issues, or other activities that provide unique perspectives on current and future requirements for revenue sources to support the Highway Trust Fund.
(C) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
(D) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(E) Travel expenses.--Members shall serve without pay but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
(F) Chairman.--The Chairman of the Commission shall be elected by the members.
(6) Staff.--
(A) In general.--The Commission may engage the services of an appropriate organization, agency, or firm to conduct the studies under this subsection, but the Commission shall provide strategic guidance for the studies.
(B) Detail staff.--Upon request of the Commission, the Secretary may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the Department of Transportation to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this subsection.
(C) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall cooperate with the Commission in conducting the studies under this subsection, including providing the Commission with such nonconfidential data and information as necessary for conducting and completing the study.
(7) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the Commission, the Secretary shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support and services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under this subsection.
(8) Reports and recommendations.--
(A) Revenue actions.--Not later than September 30, 2005, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report on revenue actions that would support the requirements of section 1124.
(B) Alternative long-term sources of revenue.--Not later than September 30, 2006, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1)(B), relating to alternative long-term sources of revenue to support the Highway Trust Fund, including recommendations to address the needs identified in the study.
(9) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on the 180th day following the date of transmittal of the report under paragraph (8)(B). By such 180th day, the Commission shall deliver all records and papers of the Commission to the Archivist of the United States for deposit in the National Archives.
(10) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out this subsection.
(11) 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 activities carried out under this subsection shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.
(b) Declaration of Policy Regarding Future of the Interstate Highway System Study.--Section 101(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the last paragraph and inserting the following:
``It is further declared that it is in the national interest to preserve and enhance the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways to meet the Nation's needs for the 21st century. The current urban and long distance personal travel and freight movement demands have surpassed the vision of the original Interstate System and travel demand patterns are expected to change. Continued planning for and investment in the Interstate System is critical to assure it adequately meets the changing travel demands of the future. Among the foremost needs that the Interstate System must provide are safe, efficient, and reliable (1) national and interregional personal mobility,
(2) flow of interstate commerce, and (3) travel movements essential for national security. To the maximum extent, actions under this title should address congestion, safety, and freight transportation to provide for a strong and vigorous national economy. The Interstate System is hereby declared to be the Nation's premiere highway system, essential for the Nation's economic vitality, national security, and general welfare. The Secretary of Transportation is directed to take appropriate actions to preserve and enhance the Interstate System to meet the needs of the 21st century in accordance with this title.''.
(c) National Commission on Future of Interstate Highway System.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established a National Commission on the Future of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (in this subsection referred to as the ``Interstate System'').
(2) Function.--The Commission shall--
(A) conduct a study of the current condition and future of the Interstate System and develop a conceptual plan with alternative approaches for the future of the Interstate System to assure that the Interstate System will continue to serve the needs of the Nation;
(B) assure that State transportation agency views are considered; and
(C) make specific recommendations regarding those design standards, Federal policies, and legislative changes that must be made to assure the national interests are served in meeting future Interstate System needs.
(3) Specific matters to be addressed.--The Commission shall assure that the study under this subsection specifically addresses the following:
(A) Current condition.--The current condition and performance of the Interstate System, including physical condition of bridges and pavements and operational characteristics and performance, shall be examined, relying primarily on existing data sources.
(B) Future assessment.--The future of the Interstate System, based on a range of legislative and policy approaches for 15-, 30-, and 50-year horizons.
(4) Specific issues and details to address.--The following specific issues and details shall be addressed as a part of the study under this subsection:
(A) Demographics.--Expected demographics and business uses that impact transportation.
(B) Usage.--Expected system use and effects of changing vehicle types, fleet size and weights, and traffic volumes.
(C) Natural disaster.--Seismic and other vulnerabilities and their potential impacts.
(D) Design standards.--Desirable design policies and standards for future improvements, including safety improvement and additional access points.
(E) System wide needs.--Identification of both urban and rural needs.
(F) Potential system expansion, upgrades, or other changes.--Deployment of advanced materials and intelligent technologies; critical multi-state rural corridors needing capacity, safety, and operational enhancements; urban and multi-state corridor additions; bypasses of major cities that ensure efficient long-haul travel; improvements to inter-modal linkages; strategies to enhance asset preservation; and implementation strategies.
(G) Community values.--Consideration of alternative approaches to maintaining or enhancing community values in those neighborhoods adjacent to the Interstate System.
(H) Environmental issues.--Consideration of alternative approaches to addressing environmental concerns relative to recommended alternatives.
(I) System performance.--Evaluation and assessment of the current and future capabilities for conducting system-wide real-time performance data collection and analysis, traffic monitoring, system operations and management.
(5) Alternatives.--A range of policy recommendations shall be developed as a part of the plan under this subsection to address identified future needs of the Interstate System. The alternatives shall include funding needs and potential approaches to provide those funds.
(6) Membership.--
(A) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of nine members of whom--
(i) three members shall be appointed by the Secretary;
(ii) two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(iii) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(iv) two members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; and
(v) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.
(B) Qualifications.--Members appointed under subparagraph
(A) shall be appointed from among individuals that have a concern for maintaining a strong role for the Interstate System in the future of the Nation and may include representatives from Federal, State, and local governments, other transportation authorities or agencies, and organizations representing surface transportation owners and operators.
(C) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
(D) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(E) Travel expenses.--Member shall serve without pay but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
(F) Chairman.--The Chairman of the Commission shall be elected by the members.
(7) Staff.--
(A) In general.--The Commission may engage the services of an appropriate organization, agency, or firm to conduct the study under this subsection, but the Commission shall provide strategic guidance for the study.
(B) Detail staff.--Upon request of the Commission, the Secretary may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the Department of Transportation to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this subsection.
(C) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall cooperate with the Commission in the study, including providing the Commission with such nonconfidential data and information as necessary for conducting and completing the study.
(8) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the Commission, the Secretary shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support and services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under this subsection.
(9) Report and recommendations.--Not later than September 30, 2006, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a final report on the results of the study conducted under this subsection, including recommendations to address the needs identified in the study.
(10) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on the 180th day following the date of transmittal of the report under paragraph (9). By such 180th day, the Commission shall deliver all records and papers of the Commission to the Archivist of the United States for deposit in the National Archives.
(11) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Funds (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006.
(12) Applicability of title 23, united states code.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by 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 activities carried out under this subsection shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 1123. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
EXTENSION ACT OF 2004, PART V. SEC. 1124. ROADWAY SAFETY.
(a) Road Safety.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement to assist in the activities of a national nonprofit organization that is dedicated solely to improving public road safety--
(A) by improving the quality of data pertaining to public road hazards and design features that affect or increase the severity of motor vehicle crashes;
(B) by developing and carrying out a public awareness campaign to educate State and local transportation officials, public safety officials, and motorists regarding the extent to which public road hazards and design features are a factor in motor vehicle crashes; and
(C) by promoting public road safety research and technology transfer activities.
(2) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this subsection.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds made available 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 funds shall remain available until expended.
(b) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to a national, not-for-profit organization engaged in promoting bicycle and pedestrian safety--
(A) to operate a national bicycle and pedestrian clearinghouse;
(B) to develop information and educational programs; and
(C) to disseminate techniques and strategies for improving bicycle and pedestrian safety.
(2) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account)
$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 to carry out this subsection.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds made available 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 funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 1125. EQUITY REQUIREMENT.
(a) General Provisions.--The Secretary may not apportion before August 1, 2006, any funds for any of the programs referred to in subsection (b) for fiscal year 2006 unless, after the date of enactment of this Act, a law has been enacted that--
(1) increases the guaranteed rate of return pursuant to section 105 of title 23, United States Code, to 92 percent in fiscal year 2006, 93 percent in fiscal year 2007, 94 percent in fiscal year 2008, and 95 percent in fiscal year 2009; and
(2) requires that each State receive apportionments for such programs for each of such fiscal years that in the aggregate are at least equal to the greater of--
(A) the State's minimum guaranteed rate of return required under paragraph (1); and
(B) the State's prior fiscal year's apportioned highway funds for programs referred in subsection (b) plus an amount equal to the State's prior year apportioned funds for such programs multiplied by the percentage increase in the consumer price index during the 12-month period ending June 30 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins.
(b) Applicability.--The withholding of apportioned funds under subsection (a) shall apply to the following programs:
(1) The National Highway System program under section 103(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(2) The high priority projects program under section 117 of such title.
(3) The Interstate maintenance program under section 119 of such title.
(4) The surface transportation program under section 133 of such title.
(5) Metropolitan planning under chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code.
(6) The highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program under section 144 of title 23, United States Code.
(7) The congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149 of such title.
(8) The recreational trails program under section 206 of such title.
(9) The Appalachian development highway system under subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code.
(10) The freight intermodal connectors program under section 1303 of this Act.
(11) The coordinated border infrastructure program under section 1302 of this Act.
(12) The high risk rural road safety improvement program under section 1403 of this Act.
(13) The safe routes to schools program under section 1120 of this Act.
(14) The minimum guarantee program under section 105 of title 23, United States Code.
(c) Consideration of Commission Findings.--In considering a law that increases the guaranteed rate of return referred to in subsection (a), Congress should consider the findings of the report on alternative short-term sources of Highway Trust Fund revenue to be published by the National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to section 1121 of this Act.
Subtitle B--Congestion Relief
SEC. 1201. MOTOR VEHICLE CONGESTION RELIEF.
(a) In General.--Title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 138 the following:
``Sec. 139. Motor vehicle congestion relief
``(a) In General.--Each State that has an urbanized area with an urbanized area population of over 200,000 individuals shall obligate in each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 a portion of the State's apportionments under section 104(b) in such fiscal year, as calculated under subsection (b), for congestion relief activities in such urbanized areas in accordance with this section.
``(b) Calculation of Amount.--The portion of a State's apportionments for a fiscal year to be obligated for congestion relief activities under subsection (a) shall be determined by multiplying--
``(1) the total of amounts apportioned to the State under each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) in such fiscal year; by
``(2) 10 percent; by
``(3) the percentage of the State's population residing in urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized area population of over 200,000 individuals.
``(c) Allocation Between Under One and Under Three Congestion Relief Activities.--Of the total amount of a State's apportionments to be obligated for congestion relief activities for a fiscal year as calculated under subsection
(b)--
``(1) 40 percent shall be obligated for under one congestion relief activities;
``(2) 35 percent shall be obligated for under three congestion relief activities; and
``(3) 25 percent shall be obligated at the discretion of the State department of transportation for 1 or more of the following:
``(A) Under one congestion relief activities.
``(B) Under three congestion relief activities.
``(C) Capital costs for transit projects that are eligible for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49.
``(D) Demand relief projects and activities that shift demand to non-peak hours or to other modes of transportation or that reduce the overall level of demand for roads through such means as telecommuting, ridesharing, alternative work hour programs, and value pricing.
``(d) Obligation of Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--In complying with the requirements of this section, the amounts obligated by a State for congestion relief activities under subsection (a) shall be allocated among the individual programs for which funds are apportioned under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4).
``(2) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring a State to obligate proportional or equal amounts under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) for any congestion relief activity under this section.
``(e) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the applicability of the requirements of this chapter (including requirements relating to the eligibility of a project for assistance under the program, the location of the project, and the Federal-share payable on account of the project) to amounts apportioned to a State for a program under section 104(b) that are obligated by the State for congestion relief activities under subsection (a).
``(f) Joint Responsibility.--Each State, each affected metropolitan planning organization, and the Secretary shall jointly ensure compliance with this section.
``(g) Transfers.--
``(1) In general.--A State may transfer a portion of the amount that the State must obligate for under one congestion relief activities in a fiscal year under this section to the amount the State must obligate for under three congestion relief activities under this section if the State certifies to the Secretary that there are no under one congestion relief activities for which such portion can be obligated in such fiscal year and the Secretary does not disapprove such transfer within 30 days after the date of such certification.
``(2) Limitation.--The amount that a State may transfer in a fiscal year under this subsection may not reduce the amount the State must obligate for under one congestion relief activities to less than 10 percent of the total amount of the State's apportionments to be obligated for congestion relief activities for such fiscal year as calculated under subsection (b).
``(3) Treatment.--Amounts transferred by a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be included in the amount of the State's apportionments allocated for under three congestion relief activities for such fiscal year under subsection (c)(2).
``(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Congestion relief activities.--
``(A) In general.--The term `congestion relief activity' means any activity, project, or program that has as its primary purpose, as determined by the State transportation department, the relief of motor vehicle congestion.
``(B) Inclusions.--Such term includes the following:
``(i) Relief of motor vehicle congestion through additional capacity, construction of additional lanes, improvements to interchanges, improved access to major terminals, construction of parallel roads, construction of truck only lanes, and major arterial improvements.
``(ii) Transportation systemwide operational improvements targeted at increasing motor vehicle travel reliability through such means as incident management programs, traffic monitoring and surveillance, and traveler information initiatives.
``(iii) Maximizing efficient use of existing motor vehicle travel capacity through such means as reversible lanes, coordinated traffic signalization, and managed lanes or other lane management strategies.
``(C) Exclusions.--Such term does not include demand relief projects and activities that shift demand to non-peak hours or to other modes of transportation or that reduce the overall level of demand for roads through such means as telecommuting, ridesharing, alternative work hour programs, and value pricing.
``(2) Under one congestion relief activities.--The term
`under one congestion relief activity' means a congestion relief activity that--
``(A) will be completed within one year after the date of commencement of onsite improvements;
``(B) has a total projected cost of less than $1,000,000; and
``(C) will improve conditions in the applicable urbanized area or is an element of the congestion management system of the applicable metropolitan planning organization.
``(3) Under three congestion relief activities.--The term
`under three congestion relief activities' means congestion relief activities that--
``(A) will be completed within 3 years after the date of commencement of onsite improvements; and
``(B) will improve conditions in the applicable urbanized area or is an element of the congestion management system of the applicable metropolitan planning organization.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter I of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 138 the following:
``139. Motor vehicle congestion relief.''.
(c) Motor Vehicle Defined.--Title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 154(a)(2), relating to the definition of motor vehicle, by inserting ``streets, roads, and'' before
``highways'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) of section 154(a) as paragraph (38);
(3) by moving such redesignated paragraph from section 154(a) to the end of section 101(a);
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 154(a) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
(5) in section 153(i)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively;
(6) in section 164(a)(4) by striking ``means'' and all that follows through ``rail line or'' and inserting ``does not include''; and
(7) in section 405(f)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5).
SEC. 1202. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) Operating costs for traffic monitoring, management, and control.--Section 101(a)(17) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``transportation systems management and operations and'' after ``associated with''.
(2) Operational improvement.--Section 101(a)(18)(A)(i) of such title is amended--
(A) by inserting ``transportation systems management and operations, including'' after ``for''; and
(B) by inserting ``equipment and programs for transportation response to natural disasters,'' after
``incident management programs,''.
(3) Transportation systems management and operations.--Section 101(a) of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(39) Transportation systems management and operations.--
``(A) In general.--The term `transportation systems management and operations' means an integrated program to optimize the performance of existing infrastructure through the implementation of multimodal and intermodal, cross-jurisdictional systems, services, and projects designed to preserve capacity and improve the security, safety, and reliability of Federal-aid highways.
``(B) Included activities and improvements.--The term includes regional operations collaboration and coordination activities between transportation and public safety agencies and improvements such as traffic detection and surveillance, arterial management, freeway management, demand management, work zone management, emergency management, electronic toll collection, automated enforcement, traffic operations measures to improve capacity, traffic signal coordination, optimization of traffic signal timing, traffic incident management, communications equipment related to traffic incident management (including integrated, interoperable, emergency communications equipment), roadway weather management, traveler information services, commercial vehicle operations, traffic control, freight management, and coordination of highway, rail, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian operations.''.
(b) Surface Transportation Program Eligibility.--Section 133(b) of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs
(12) and (13), respectively; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(14) Regional transportation operations collaboration and coordination activities that are associated with regional improvements, including activities for traffic incident management, technology deployment, emergency management and response, traveler information, and regional congestion relief.''.
(c) National Highway System Eligibility.--Section 103(b)(6) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(Q) Capital, operating, and systems maintenance costs for transportation systems management and operations.''.
(d) Transportation Systems Management and Operations.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 166. Transportation systems management and operations
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may--
``(1) encourage transportation system managers, operators, public safety officials, and transportation planners within an urbanized area, who are actively engaged in and responsible for conducting activities relating to day-to-day management, operations, public safety, and planning of transportation facilities and services, to collaborate and coordinate on a regional level in a continuous and sustained manner for improved transportation systems management and operations, including, at a minimum--
``(A) developing a regional concept of operations that defines a regional strategy shared by all transportation and public safety participants for how the region's systems should be managed, operated, and measured;
``(B) sharing of information among operators, service providers, public safety officials, and the general public; and
``(C) guiding, in a regionally-coordinated manner, the implementation of regional transportation system management and operations initiatives, including emergency evacuation and response, traffic incident management, technology deployment, and traveler information systems delivery, in a manner consistent with and integrated into the ongoing metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes and regional intelligent transportation system architecture, if required; and
``(2) encourage States to establish a system of basic real-time monitoring capability for the surface transportation system and provide the capability and means to share that data among agencies (including highway, transit, and public safety agencies), jurisdictions (including States, cities, counties, and areas represented by metropolitan planning organizations), private-sector entities, and the traveling public.
``(b) Execution.--To support the successful execution of transportation systems management and operations activities, the Secretary may undertake the following activities:
``(1) Assist and cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, State and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, private industry representatives, and other interested parties to improve regional collaboration and real-time information sharing between transportation system managers and operators, public safety officials, emergency managers, and the general public to increase the security, safety, and reliability of Federal-aid highways.
``(2) Issue, if necessary, new guidance or regulations for the procurement of transportation system management and operations facilities, equipment, and services, including equipment procured in preparation for natural disasters and emergencies, system hardware, software, and software integration services.''.
(e) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``166. Transportation systems management and operations.''.
(f) Intelligent Transportation System Procurement Policy.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall--
(A) conduct a study of the current policies and practices for the procurement of intelligent transportation system facilities, equipment, and services; and
(B) develop a conceptual plan with alternative approaches for expediting and streamlining such procurements at the State level.
(2) Recommendations.--Based on the results of the study, the Secretary shall make recommendations in the report under paragraph (4) regarding procurement standards, including recommendations regarding any changes in Federal and State statutes, regulations, and policies necessary to ensure that national interests are served in meeting future intelligent transportation system needs.
(3) Specific matters to be addressed.--The study under this subsection shall specifically address the following:
(A) Current condition.--The current practices and policies relating to procurement of intelligent transportation system facilities, equipment, and services, including equipment procured in preparation for natural disasters and emergencies, system hardware, software, and software integration services.
(B) Assessment of need for policy reform.--The ability of current practices and policies to achieve the successful implementation of intelligent transportation system goals and the need for national policy reform to expedite and streamline procurements necessary to meet such goals.
(C) Alternatives.--The range of legislative, regulatory, and policy alternatives to address identified needs and goals, including funding needs.
(D) Recommendations.--Recommendations regarding procurement standards, including recommendations regarding any changes in Federal and State statutes, regulations, and policies necessary for expedited and streamlined procurements.
(4) Report and recommendations.--Not later than March 31, 2006, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress a final report regarding the results of the study conducted under this subsection and recommendations to address the needs identified in such study.
(5) Initiation of rulemaking proceeding.--To the extent any recommendation made by the Secretary under this subsection may be implemented by regulation, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to address such recommendation not later than the 90th day following the date of submission of the report under paragraph (4).
(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 to carry out this subsection.
(7) 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 the study under this subsection shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 1203. REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a real-time system management information program to provide, in all States, the capability to monitor, in real-time, the traffic and travel conditions of the Nation's major highways and to share that information to improve the security of the surface transportation system, to address congestion problems, to support improved response to weather events and surface transportation incidents, and to facilitate national and regional highway traveler information.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the real-time system management information program are to--
(A) establish, in all States, a system of basic real-time information for managing and operating the surface transportation system;
(B) identify longer range real-time highway and transit monitoring needs and develop plans and strategies for meeting such needs; and
(C) provide the capability and means to share that data with State and local governments and the traveling public.
(b) National Steering Committee.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a national steering committee to assist in the development of data exchange formats under subsection (c).
(2) Representatives.--The national steering committee shall consist of representatives of State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, nonprofit entities, the private sector, and academia.
(3) Purpose.--The purpose of the national steering committee shall be to provide guidance regarding the content and uniformity of data exchange formats.
(c) Data Exchange Formats.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish data exchange formats based on recommendations of the steering committee established under subsection (b) to ensure that the data provided by highway and transit monitoring systems, including statewide incident reporting systems, can readily be exchanged across jurisdictional boundaries, facilitating nationwide availability of information.
(d) Regional Intelligent Transportation System Architecture.--
(1) Addressing information needs.--As State and local governments develop or update regional intelligent transportation system architectures, described in section 940.9 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, such governments shall explicitly address real-time highway and transit information needs and the systems needed to meet such needs, including addressing coverage, monitoring systems, data fusion and archiving, and methods of exchanging or sharing highway and transit information.
(2) Data exchange.--States shall incorporate the data exchange formats established by the Secretary under subsection (c) to ensure that the data provided by highway and transit monitoring systems may readily be exchanged with State and local governments and may be made available to the traveling public.
(e) Eligibility.--Subject to project approval by the Secretary, a State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), and 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, for activities related to the planning and deployment of real-time monitoring elements that advance the goals and purposes described in subsection (a).
(f) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the applicability of the requirements of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code (including requirements relating to the eligibility of a project for assistance under the program, the location of the project, and the Federal-share payable on account of the project), to amounts apportioned to a State for a program under section 104(b) that are obligated by the State for activities and projects under this section.
(g) Statewide Incident Reporting System Defined.--In this section, the term ``statewide incident reporting system'' means a statewide system for facilitating the real-time electronic reporting of surface transportation incidents to a central location for use in monitoring the event, providing accurate traveler information, and responding to the incident as appropriate.
SEC. 1204. EXPEDITED NATIONAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program to accelerate the integration, interoperability, and deployment of intelligent transportation systems in order to improve the performance of the surface transportation system in metropolitan and rural areas.
(b) Selection of Model Projects.--Under the program, the Secretary may make grants, through competitive solicitation, for projects that will serve as models to improve transportation efficiency, promote surface transportation safety (including safe freight movement), increase traffic flow (including the flow of intermodal travel at ports of entry), reduce emissions of air pollutants, improve traveler information, enhance alternative transportation modes, build on existing intelligent transportation system projects, and promote tourism.
(c) Other Projects, Programs, and Activities.--Under the program, the Secretary may make grants for projects, programs, and activities in metropolitan and rural areas that--
(1) contribute to national deployment goals and objectives outlined in the national intelligent transportation system program plan;
(2) promote cooperation among agencies, jurisdictions, and the private sector, as evidenced by signed memoranda of understanding that clearly define the responsibilities and relations of all parties to a partnership arrangement, including institutional relationships and financial agreements needed to support deployment of intelligent transportation systems;
(3) encourage private sector involvement and financial commitment to such deployment to the maximum extent practicable through innovative financial arrangements, especially public-private partnerships, including arrangements that generate revenue to offset public investment costs;
(4) enhance fully integrated intelligent transportation system deployment;
(5) create technical capacity for effective operations and maintenance of such systems;
(6) improve safety, mobility, geographic and regional diversity, and economic development in deployment of such systems;
(7) advance deployment of the 511 traveler information program; and
(8) advance deployment of other national systems, including a statewide incident reporting system, wireless e-911 system, and road weather information system.
(d) Applicability of Title 23, United States Code.--Funds authorized to be appropriated under section 1101(a)(16) of this Act shall be available for obligation to carry out subsection (c)(7) 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 projects carried out under subsection (c)(7) shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 1205. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that a minimum of $2,500,000,000 of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the National Highway System, Interstate maintenance, surface transportation, and congestion mitigation and air quality improvement programs for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 is utilized to expand deployment of intelligent transportation systems.
(b) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 149 the following:
``Sec. 150. Deployment of intelligent transportation systems
``(a) In General.--In each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, each State shall obligate a portion of the funds apportioned to the State under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) for such fiscal year, calculated under subsection (b), for projects described in subsection
(c) that support deployment of intelligent transportation systems in the State.
``(b) Calculation of Amount.--The portion of a State's apportionments to be obligated under subsection (a) for projects described in subsection (c) in a fiscal year shall be determined by multiplying $500,000,000 by the ratio that--
``(1) the aggregate of amounts apportioned to the State for such fiscal year under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4); bears to
``(2) the aggregate of amounts apportioned to all States for such fiscal year under such sections.
``(c) Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment Projects.--Projects for which funds must be obligated under this section include the following:
``(1) Performance.--Establishment and implementation of operations systems and services that improve performance in the areas of traffic operations, emergency response to surface transportation incidents, surface transportation incident management, weather event response management by State and local authorities, surface transportation network and facility management, construction and work zone management, and traffic flow information.
``(2) Networks.--Conducting activities that support the creation of networks that link metropolitan and rural surface transportation systems into an integrated data network, capable of collecting, sharing, and archiving transportation system traffic condition and performance information.
``(3) Safety.--Implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies that improve highway safety through linkages connecting the vehicle, the infrastructure, and information to the driver.
``(4) Operation and management.--Provision of services necessary to ensure the efficient operation and management of intelligent transportation systems infrastructure, including costs associated with communications, utilities, rent, hardware, software, labor, administrative costs, training, and technical services.
``(5) Interagency support.--Provision of support for institutional relationships between transportation agencies, police, emergency medical services, private emergency operators, freight operators, and shippers.
``(6) Planning.--Conducting cross-jurisdictional planning and deployment of regional transportation systems operations and management approaches.
``(d) Obligation of Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--In complying with the requirements of this section, the amounts obligated by a State for projects under subsection (c) that support deployment of intelligent transportation systems in such State under subsection (a) shall be allocated among the individual programs for which funds are apportioned under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4).
``(2) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring a State to obligate proportional or equal amounts under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) for any congestion relief activity under this section.
``(e) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the applicability of the requirements of this chapter (including requirements relating to the eligibility of a project for assistance under the program, the location of the project, and the Federal-share payable on account of the project) to amounts apportioned to a State for a program under section 104(b) that are obligated by the State for projects under this section.
``(f) Joint Responsibility.--Each State, each affected metropolitan planning organization, and the Secretary shall jointly ensure compliance with this section.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 149 the following:
``150. Deployment of intelligent transportation systems.''.
SEC. 1206. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT
DEPLOYMENT OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS.
(a) Categorical Exclusions.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking process to establish, to the extent appropriate, categorical exclusions for activities that support the deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems from the requirement that an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement be prepared under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (42 U.S.C. 4332) in compliance with the standards for categorical exclusions established by that Act.
(b) Nationwide Programmatic Agreement.--
(1) Development.--The Secretary shall develop a nationwide programmatic agreement governing the review of activities that support the deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems in accordance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and the regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
(2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall develop the agreement under paragraph (1) in consultation with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established under title II of the National Historic Preservation Act (26 U.S.C. 470i et seq.) and after soliciting the views of other interested parties.
(c) Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Defined.--In this section, the term ``intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems'' means intelligent transportation infrastructure and intelligent transportation systems, as such terms are defined in section 5607.
SEC. 1207. STATE ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 167. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects
``(a) Assumption of Secretary's Responsibilities Under Applicable Federal Laws.--
``(1) Pilot program.--
``(A) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish a pilot program under which States may assume the responsibilities of the Secretary under any Federal laws subject to the requirements of this section.
``(B) First 3 fiscal years.--In the first 3 fiscal years following the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary may allow up to 5 States to participate in the pilot program.
``(2) Scope of program.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary may assign, and a State may assume, any of the Secretary's responsibilities (other than responsibilities relating to federally recognized Indian tribes) for environmental reviews, consultation, or decisionmaking or other actions required under any Federal law as such requirements apply to the following projects:
``(A) Projects funded under section 104(h).
``(B) Transportation enhancement activities under section 133, as such term is defined in section 101(a)(35).
``(C) Projects as defined in section 101(a)(39) and section 5607 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
``(b) Agreements.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a State participating in the pilot program setting forth the responsibilities to be assigned under subsection (a)(2) and the terms and conditions under which the assignment is being made.
``(2) Certification.--Before the Secretary enters into a memorandum of understanding with a State under paragraph (1), the State shall certify that the State has in effect laws
(including regulations) applicable to projects carried out and funded under this title and chapter 53 of title 49 that authorize the State to carry out the responsibilities being assumed.
``(3) Maximum duration.--A memorandum of understanding with a State under this section shall be established for an initial period of no more than 3 years and may be renewed by mutual agreement on a periodic basis for periods of not more than 3 years.
``(4) Compliance.--
``(A) In general.--After entering into a memorandum of understanding under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall review and determine compliance by the State with the memorandum of understanding.
``(B) Renewals.--The Secretary shall take into account the performance of a State under the pilot program when considering renewal of a memorandum of understanding with the State under the program.
``(c) Selection of States for Pilot Program.--
``(1) Application.--To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application that contains such information as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, an application shall include--
``(A) a description of the projects or classes of projects for which the State seeks to assume responsibilities under subsection (a)(2); and
``(B) a certification that the State has the capability to assume such responsibilities.
``(2) Public notice.--Before entering into a memorandum of understanding allowing a State to participate in the pilot program, the Secretary shall--
``(A) publish notice in the Federal Register of the Secretary's intent to allow the State to participate in the program, including a copy of the State's application to the Secretary and the terms of the proposed agreement with the State; and
``(B) provide an opportunity for public comment.
``(3) Selection criteria.--The Secretary may approve the application of a State to assume responsibilities under the program only if--
``(A) the requirements under paragraph (2) have been met; and
``(B) the Secretary determines that the State has the capability to assume the responsibilities.
``(4) Other federal agency views.--Before assigning to a State a responsibility of the Secretary that requires the Secretary to consult with another Federal agency, the Secretary shall solicit the views of the Federal agency.
``(d) State Defined.--With respect to the recreational trails program, the term `State' means the State agency designated by the Governor of the State in accordance with section 206(c)(1).
``(e) Preservation of Public Interest Consideration.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the requirements under any applicable law providing for the consideration and preservation of the public interest, including public participation and community values in transportation decisionmaking.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``167. State assumption of responsibilities for certain programs and projects.''.
SEC. 1208. HOV FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 168. HOV facilities
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Authority of state agencies.--A State agency that has jurisdiction over the operation of a HOV facility shall establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating on the facility.
``(2) Occupancy requirement.--Except as otherwise provided by this section, no fewer than 2 occupants per vehicle may be required for use of a HOV facility.
``(b) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding the occupancy requirements of subsection (a)(2), the following exceptions shall apply with respect to a State agency operating a HOV facility:
``(1) Motorcycles and bicycles.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the State agency shall allow motorcycles and bicycles to use the HOV facility.
``(B) Safety exception.--A State agency may restrict use of the HOV facility by motorcycles or bicycles (or both) if the agency certifies to the Secretary that such use would create a safety hazard and the Secretary accepts the certification. The Secretary may accept a certification under this subparagraph only after the Secretary publishes notice of the certification in the Federal Register and provides an opportunity for public comment.
``(2) Public transportation vehicles.--The State agency may allow public transportation vehicles to use the HOV facility if the agency--
``(A) establishes requirements for clearly identifying the vehicles; and
``(B) establishes procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of the facility by such vehicles.
``(3) High occupancy toll vehicles.--The State agency may allow vehicles not otherwise exempt pursuant to this subsection to use the HOV facility if the operators of such vehicles pay a toll charged by the agency for use of the facility and the agency--
``(A) establishes a program that addresses how motorists can enroll and participate in the toll program;
``(B) develops, manages, and maintains a system that will automatically collect the toll; and
``(C) establishes policies and procedures to--
``(i) manage the demand to use the facility by varying the toll amount that is charged;
``(ii) enforce violations of use of the facility; and
``(iii) permit low-income individuals to pay reduced tolls.
``(4) Low emission and energy-efficient vehicles.--
``(A) Inherently low-emission vehicle.--Before September 30, 2009, the State agency may allow vehicles that are certified as inherently low-emission vehicles pursuant to section 88.311-93 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, and are labeled in accordance with section 88.312-93 of such title, to use the HOV facility if the agency establishes procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of the facility by such vehicles.
``(B) Other low emission and energy-efficient vehicles.--Before September 30, 2009, the State agency may allow vehicles certified as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles under subsection (e), and labeled in accordance with subsection (e), to use the HOV facility if the operators of such vehicles pay a toll charged by the agency for use of the facility and the agency--
``(i) establishes a program that addresses the selection of vehicles under this paragraph; and
``(ii) establishes procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of the facility by such vehicles.
``(C) Amount of tolls.--Under subparagraph (B), a State agency may charge no toll or a toll that is less than tolls charged under paragraph (3).
``(c) Requirements Applicable to Tolls.--
``(1) In general.--Tolls may be charged under subsections
(b)(3) and (b)(4) notwithstanding section 301 and, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), subject to the requirements of section 129.
``(2) HOV facilities on the interstate system.--Notwithstanding section 129, tolls may be charged under subsections (b)(3) and (b)(4) on a HOV facility on the Interstate System.
``(3) Excess toll revenues.--If a State agency makes a certification under the last sentence of section 129(a)(3) with respect to toll revenues collected under subsections
(b)(3) and (b)(4), the State, in the use of tolls revenues under that sentence, shall give priority consideration to projects for developing alternatives to single occupancy vehicle travel and projects for improving highway safety.
``(d) HOV Facility Management, Operation, Monitoring, and Enforcement.--
``(1) In general.--A State agency that allows vehicles to use a HOV facility under subsection (b)(3) or (b)(4) in a fiscal year shall certify to the Secretary that the agency will carry out the following responsibilities with respect to the facility in the fiscal year:
``(A) Establishing, managing, and supporting a performance monitoring, evaluation, and reporting program for the facility that provides for continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting on the impacts that such vehicles may have on the operation of the facility and adjacent highways.
``(B) Establishing, managing, and supporting an enforcement program that ensures that the facility is being operated in accordance with the requirements of this section.
``(C) Limiting or discontinuing the use of the facility by such vehicles if the presence of such vehicles has degraded the operation of the facility.
``(2) Degraded facility.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the operation of a HOV facility shall be considered to be degraded if vehicles operating on the facility are failing to maintain a minimum average operating speed 90 percent of the time over a consecutive 6-month period during morning or evening weekday peak hour periods (or both).
``(B) Minimum average operating speed defined.--In subparagraph (A), the term `minimum average operating speed' means--
``(i) 45 miles per hour, in the case of a HOV facility with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour or greater; and
``(ii) not more than 10 miles per hour below the speed limit, in the case of a HOV facility with a speed limit of less than 50 miles per hour.
``(e) Certification of Low Emission and Energy-Efficient Vehicles.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a final rule establishing requirements for certification of vehicles as low emission and energy-efficient vehicles for purposes of this section and requirements for the labeling of such vehicles.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Alternative fuel vehicle.--The term `alternative fuel vehicle' means a vehicle that operates on--
``(A) methanol, denatured ethanol, or other alcohols;
``(B) a mixture containing at least 85 percent of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols by volume with gasoline or other fuels;
``(C) natural gas;
``(D) liquefied petroleum gas;
``(E) hydrogen;
``(F) coal derived liquid fuels;
``(G) fuels (except alcohol) derived from biological materials;
``(H) electricity (including electricity from solar energy); or
``(I) any other fuel that the Secretary prescribes by regulation that is not substantially petroleum and that would yield substantial energy security and environmental benefits.
``(2) HOV facility.--The term `HOV facility' means a high occupancy vehicle facility.
``(3) Low emission and energy efficient vehicle.--The term
`low emission and energy-efficient vehicle' means a vehicle that--
``(A) has been certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting the Tier II emission level established in regulations prescribed by the Administrator under section 202(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(i)) for that make and model year vehicle; and
``(B)(i) has been certified by the Administrator to have a 45-mile-per-gallon or greater fuel economy highway rating; or
``(ii) is an alternative fuel vehicle.
``(4) Public transportation vehicle.--The term `public transportation vehicle' means a vehicle that provides public transportation (as defined in section 5302(a) of title 49).
``(5) State agency.--The term `State agency', as used with respect to a HOV facility, means an agency of a State or local government having jurisdiction over the operation of the facility and includes a State transportation department.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Program efficiencies.--Section 102 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and
(b), respectively.
(2) Chapter analysis.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``168. HOV facilities.''.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 102(b) of title 23, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended by striking ``10 years'' and all that follows through ``after'' and inserting ``10 years (or such longer period as the State requests and the Secretary determines to be reasonable) after''.
SEC. 1209. CONGESTION PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Section 1012(b)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 149 note; 105 Stat. 1938) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Establishment.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments to carry out not more than 25 congestion pricing pilot projects.
``(B) Previously approved projects.--Projects carried out under paragraph (1) shall include each project approved under this subsection before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and under which highway tolls are being collected as of such date of enactment.''.
(b) Low-Income Drivers.--Section 1012(b)(7) of such Act is amended to read as follows:
``(7) Reduced tolls for low-income drivers.--Any congestion pricing pilot project carried out under this subsection that involves the collection of highway tolls shall include a program to permit low-income drivers to pay a reduced toll amount.''.
(c) Set-Aside for Projects not Involving Highway Tolls.--At the end of section 1012(b)(8) of such Act add the following:
``(D) Set-aside for projects not involving highway tolls.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection,
$3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available only for congestion pricing pilot projects that do not involve highway tolls.''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1012(b) of such Act is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Value Pricing'' and inserting ``Congestion Pricing'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``(2) Notwithstanding'' and inserting the following:
``(2) Federal share; eligible costs.--Notwithstanding'';
(B) in the first sentence by striking ``programs'' and inserting ``projects''; and
(C) in the second sentence by striking ``program'' and inserting ``project'';
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``(3) Revenues'' and inserting the following:
``(3) Use of revenues.--Revenues'';
(4) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by striking ``(4) Notwithstanding'' and inserting the following:
``(4) Use of tolls on interstate system.--Notwithstanding'';
(B) by striking ``value pricing pilot program'' and inserting ``congestion pricing pilot project'';
(5) in paragraph (5)--
(A) by striking ``(5) The Secretary'' and inserting the following:
``(5) Monitoring.--The Secretary''; and
(B) by striking ``programs'' the first and second place it appears and inserting ``projects''; and
(6) in paragraph (6) by striking ``value pricing pilot program'' and inserting ``congestion pricing pilot project''.
SEC. 1210. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.
Section 149(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``improve transportation systems management and operations,'' after ``intersections,''.
SEC. 1211. SPECIAL RULES FOR STATE ASSUMPTION OF
RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Limitations.--Section 167(a) of title 23, United States Code, as added by section 1207(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Limitations.--
``(A) Procedural and substantive requirements.--A State that assumes the responsibilities of the Secretary under this section shall be subject to the same procedural and substantive requirements as would apply if the responsibilities were carried out by the Secretary. When a State assumes responsibilities for carrying out a Federal law under this section, the State assents to Federal jurisdiction and shall be solely responsible and solely liable for complying with and carrying out that law instead of the Secretary.
``(B) Assumption of responsibilities.--Any responsibility of the Secretary not assumed by the State in a memorandum of understanding shall remain a responsibility of the Secretary.
``(C) Powers of other agencies.--Nothing in this section preempts or limits any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority of an agency, other than the Department of Transportation, with respect to a project.''.
(b) Acceptance of Federal Courts Jurisdiction; Termination of Agreements.--Section 167(b) of title 23, United States Code, as added by section 1207(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Acceptance of federal courts jurisdiction.--A memorandum of understanding with a State under this section shall include a provision under which the State consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts for the compliance, discharge, and enforcement of any responsibility of the Secretary that the State may assume under the memorandum.
``(6) Termination of agreements.--A memorandum of understanding with a State under this section shall include a provision authorizing the Secretary to terminate the agreement if the Secretary, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, issues a finding that the State is not in compliance with the terms of the agreement.''.
(c) State Subject to Federal Laws.--Section 167 of title 23, United States Code, as added by section 1207(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) State Subject to Federal Laws.--For purposes of assuming responsibilities of the Secretary under this section, a State agency entering into a memorandum of understanding under subsection (b) is deemed to be a Federal agency to the extent the State is carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), this title, and any other provision of Federal law.''.
SEC. 1212. OPENING OF INTERSTATE RAMPS.
(a) In General.--Not later 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall open the ramp connecting Interstate Route 495 and Arena Drive in Prince George's County, Maryland, for the purpose of allowing motor vehicles to exit Interstate Route 495 in both northern and southern directions onto Arena Drive. Such ramp shall be open for 24 hours a day, every day during the calendar year.
(b) Fully Opening Arena Drive Ramp.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the most appropriate method for opening the ramps for allowing motor vehicles to enter Interstate Route 495 from Arena Drive.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study.
(c) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in the section shall be construed as altering current traffic management protocols to the Arena Drive ramps during stadium events.
Subtitle C--Mobility and Efficiency
SEC. 1301. NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to make allocations to States for highway construction projects in corridors of national significance to promote economic growth and international or interregional trade pursuant to the selection factors provided in this section. A State must submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive an allocation under this section.
(b) Selection Process.--
(1) Priority.--In the selection process under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects in corridors that are a part of, or will be designated as part of, the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways after completion of the work described in the application received by the Secretary and to any project that will be completed within 5 years of the date of the allocation of funds for the project.
(2) Selection factors.--In making allocations under this section, the Secretary shall consider the following factors:
(A) The extent to which the corridor provides a link between 2 existing segments of the Interstate System.
(B) The extent to which the project will facilitate major multistate or regional mobility and economic growth and development in areas underserved by existing highway infrastructure.
(C) The extent to which commercial vehicle traffic in the corridor--
(i) has increased since the date of enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.); and
(ii) is projected to increase in the future.
(D) The extent to which international truck-borne commodities move through the corridor.
(E) The extent to which the project will make improvements to an existing segment of the Interstate System that will result in a decrease in congestion.
(F) The reduction in commercial and other travel time through a major freight corridor expected as a result of the project.
(G) The value of the cargo carried by commercial vehicle traffic in the corridor and the economic costs arising from congestion in the corridor.
(H) The extent of leveraging of Federal funds provided to carry out this section, including--
(i) use of innovative financing;
(ii) combination with funding provided under other sections of this Act and title 23, United States Code; and
(iii) combination with other sources of Federal, State, local, or private funding.
(c) Period of Availability.--Funds allocated for a project to a State under this section shall remain available for obligation in that State until 6 months from the day on which they are allocated. Sums not obligated within 6 months of the day on which they are allocated shall be available to the Secretary to be allocated for other projects eligible under this section.
(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be determined in accordance with section 120(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(e) Applicability of Title 23.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), funds made available by section 1101(a)(10) of this Act 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.
(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. 1302. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary shall implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall distribute funds to border States to improve the safe movement of motor vehicles at or across the border between the United States and Canada and the border between the United States and Mexico.
(b) Eligible Uses.--A State may use funds apportioned under this section only for--
(1) improvements in a border region to existing transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border motor vehicle and cargo movements;
(2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities in a border region that facilitate motor vehicle and cargo movements related to international trade;
(3) operational improvements in a border region, including improvements relating to electronic data interchange and use of telecommunications, to expedite cross border motor vehicle and cargo movement;
(4) modifications to regulatory procedures to expedite safe and efficient cross border motor vehicle and cargo movements; and
(5) international coordination of transportation planning, programming, and border operation with Canada and Mexico relating to expediting cross border motor vehicle and cargo movements.
(c) Apportionment of Funds.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion among border States sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for such fiscal year as follows:
(1) 20 percent in the ratio that--
(A) the total number of incoming commercial trucks that pass through the land border ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the Secretary; bears to
(B) the total number of incoming commercial trucks that pass through such ports of entry within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) 30 percent in the ratio that--
(A) the total number of incoming personal motor vehicles and incoming buses that pass through land border ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the Secretary; bears to
(B) the total number of incoming personal motor vehicles and incoming buses that pass through such ports of entry within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) 25 percent in the ratio that--
(A) the total weight of incoming cargo by commercial trucks that pass through land border ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the Secretary; bears to
(B) the total weight of incoming cargo by commercial trucks that pass through such ports of entry within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) 25 percent of the ratio that--
(A) the total number of land border ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the Secretary; bears to
(B) the total number of land border ports of entry within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary.
(d) 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 such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be 80 percent.
(e) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Border region.--The term ``border region'' means any portion of a border State within 20 miles of an international land border with Canada or Mexico.
(2) Border state.--The term ``border State'' means any State that has an international land border with Canada or Mexico.
(3) Commercial truck.--The term ``commercial truck'' means a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 31301(4)
(other than subparagraph (B)) of title 49, United States Code.
(4) Motor vehicle.--The term ``motor vehicle'' has the meaning such term has under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has in section 101(a) of such title 23.
SEC. 1303. FREIGHT INTERMODAL CONNECTORS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a freight intermodal connector program to improve productivity and improve the efficiency of the transportation of freight, while mitigating congestion in the area of freight intermodal connectors.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program shall be--
(A) to facilitate and support intermodal freight transportation initiatives at the State and local levels in order to improve freight intermodal connectors and mitigate the impact of congestion in the area of such connectors; and
(B) to provide capital funding to address infrastructure and freight operational needs at freight intermodal connectors.
(b) State Responsibilities.--Under the program, each State shall ensure that intermodal freight transportation and trade facilitation and are adequately addressed integrated into the project development process, including transportation planning, through final design and construction of freight related transportation projects.
(c) Eligible Projects.--
(1) In general.--Projects eligible for funding under this section may include the construction of and improvements to publicly owned freight intermodal connectors, the provision of access to such connectors, and operational improvements for such connectors (including capital investment for intelligent transportation systems); except that a project located within the boundaries of an intermodal freight facility shall only include highway infrastructure modifications necessary to facilitate direct intermodal access between the connector and the facility.
(2) Special rule.--If a State that does not have any freight intermodal connectors within its boundaries or has only freight intermodal connectors within its boundaries that are in good condition and provide an adequate level of service, projects within the boundaries of the State that are eligible for assistance under section 103(b)(6) of title 23, United States Code, relating to the National Highway System, shall be eligible for funding under this section.
(d) Priority.--Under the program, a State shall give priority to projects on freight intermodal connectors to the National Highway System as identified according to the criteria set forth in the report of the Department of Transportation to Congress entitled ``Pulling Together: The NHS and its Connections to Major Intermodal Terminals''.
(e) Apportionment.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion among the States sums made available to carry out this section for such fiscal year as follows:
(1) 33.3 percent in the ratio that--
(A) the number of freight intermodal connectors identified in the most recent Intermodal Freight Connectors study of the Federal Highway Administration within the boundaries of a State; bears to
(B) the total number of such connectors within the boundaries of all the States.
(2) 33.3 percent in the ratio that--
(A) the total of each State's annual contributions to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) attributable to commercial motor vehicles; bears to
(B) the total of such annual contributions by all States.
(3) 33.4 percent in the same ratios as funds are apportioned for the National Highway System under clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of section 104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) 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 such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be 80 percent.
(g) Update Report.--Not later than August 1, 2005, the Secretary shall publish an update to the report entitled
``Pulling Together: the National Highway System and its Connections to Major Intermodal Terminals''.
(h) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Freight intermodal connectors.--The term ``freight intermodal connector'' means the roadway that connects to an intermodal freight facility that carries or will carry intermodal traffic.
(2) Intermodal freight facility.--The term ``intermodal freight facility'' means a port, airport, truck-rail terminal, and pipeline-truck terminal.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 1304. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Under current law, surface transportation programs rely primarily on formula capital apportionments to States.
(2) Despite the significant increase for surface transportation program funding in the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century, current levels of investment are insufficient to fund critical high-cost transportation infrastructure facilities that address critical national economic and transportation needs.
(3) Critical high-cost transportation infrastructure facilities often include multiple levels of government, agencies, modes of transportation, and transportation goals and planning processes that are not easily addressed or funded within existing surface transportation program categories.
(4) Projects of national and regional significance have national and regional benefits, including improving economic productivity by facilitating international trade, relieving congestion, and improving transportation safety by facilitating passenger and freight movement.
(5) The benefits of such projects described in paragraph
(4) accrue to local areas, States, and the Nation as a result of the effect such projects have on the national transportation system.
(6) A program dedicated to constructing projects of national and regional significance is necessary to improve the safe, secure, and efficient movement of people and goods throughout the United States and improve the health and welfare of the national economy.
(b) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to qualified entities for projects of national and regional significance.
(c) Definitions.--
(1) Eligible project costs.--The term ``eligible project costs'' means the costs of--
(A) development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and
(B) construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvements.
(2) Eligible project.--The term ``eligible project'' means any surface transportation project eligible for Federal assistance under title 23, United States Code, including freight railroad projects and activities eligible under such title.
(3) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means a State as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Eligibility.--To be eligible for assistance under this section, a project shall have eligible project costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed the lesser of--
(1) $500,000,000; or
(2) 75 percent of the amount of Federal highway assistance funds apportioned for the most recently completed fiscal year to the State in which the project is located.
(e) Applications.--Each qualified entity seeking to receive a grant under this section for an eligible project shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish.
(f) Competitive Grant Selection and Criteria for Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
(A) establish criteria for selecting among projects that meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (d);
(B) conduct a national solicitation for applications; and
(C) award grants on a competitive basis.
(2) Criteria for grants.--The Secretary may approve a grant under this section for a project only if the Secretary determines that the project--
(A) is based on the results of preliminary engineering;
(B) is justified based on the project's ability--
(i) to generate national economic benefits, including creating jobs, expanding business opportunities, and impacting the gross domestic product;
(ii) to reduce congestion, including impacts in the State, region, and Nation;
(iii) to improve transportation safety, including reducing transportation accidents, injuries, and fatalities;
(iv) to otherwise enhance the national transportation system; and
(v) to garner support for non-Federal financial commitments and provide evidence of stable and dependable financing sources to construct, maintain, and operate the infrastructure facility; and
(C) is supported by an acceptable degree of non-Federal financial commitments, including evidence of stable and dependable financing sources to construct, maintain, and operate the infrastructure facility.
(3) Selection considerations.--In selecting a project under this section, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which the project--
(A) leverages Federal investment by encouraging non-Federal contributions to the project, including contributions from public-private partnerships;
(B) uses new technologies, including intelligent transportation systems, that enhance the efficiency of the project.
(C) helps maintain or protect the environment.
(4) Preliminary engineering.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of preliminary engineering for the project.
(5) Non-federal financial commitment.--
(A) Evaluation of project.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall require that--
(i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that the Secretary determines to be reasonable to cover unanticipated cost increases; and
(ii) each proposed non-Federal source of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed project timetable.
(B) Considerations.--In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of non-Federal financing under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider--
(i) existing financial 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; and
(iv) the extent to which the project has a non-Federal financial commitment that exceeds the required non-Federal share of the cost of the project.
(6) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations on the manner in which the Secretary will evaluate and rate the projects based on the results of preliminary engineering, project justification, and the degree of non-Federal financial commitment, as required under this subsection.
(7) Project evaluation and rating.--A proposed project may advance from preliminary engineering to final design and construction only if the Secretary finds that the project meets the requirements of this subsection 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 ``highly recommended'', ``recommended'', or ``not recommended'' based on the results of preliminary engineering, the project justification criteria, and the degree of non-Federal 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 of the criteria established under the regulations issued under paragraph (6).
(g) Letters of Intent and Full Funding Grant Agreements.--
(1) Letter of intent.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary may issue a letter of intent to an applicant announcing an intention to obligate, for a project under this section, an amount from future available budget authority specified in law that is not more than the amount stipulated as the financial participation of the Secretary in the project.
(B) Notification.--At least 60 days before issuing a letter under subparagraph (A) or entering into a full funding grant agreement, the Secretary shall notify in writing the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of the proposed 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.
(C) Not an obligation.--The issuance of a letter is deemed not to be an obligation under sections 1108(c) and (d), 1501, and 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code, or an administrative commitment.
(D) Obligation or commitment.--An obligation or administrative commitment may be made only when contract authority is allocated to a project.
(2) Full funding grant agreement.--
(A) In general.--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 subsection (f)(7).
(B) Terms.--If the Secretary makes a full funding grant agreement with an applicant, the agreement shall--
(i) establish the terms of participation by the United States Government in a project under this section;
(ii) establish the maximum amount of Government financial assistance for the project;
(iii) cover the period of time for completing the project, including a period extending beyond the period of an authorization; and
(iv) make timely and efficient management of the project easier according to the laws of the United States.
(C) Agreement.--An agreement under this paragraph obligates an amount of available budget authority specified in law and may include a commitment, contingent on amounts to be specified in law in advance for commitments under this paragraph, to obligate an additional amount from future available budget authority specified in law. The agreement shall state that the contingent commitment is not an obligation of the Government. Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying out a part of the project within a reasonable time are a cost of carrying out the project under a full funding grant agreement, except that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.
(3) Amounts.--The total estimated amount of future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to incur obligations covered by all outstanding letters of intent and full funding grant agreements may be not more than the greater of the amount authorized to carry out this section or an amount equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of funding authorized to carry out this section less an amount the Secretary reasonably estimates is necessary for grants under this section not covered by a letter. The total amount covered by new letters and contingent commitments included in full funding grant agreements may be not more than a limitation specified in law.
(h) Grant Requirements.--
(1) In general.--A grant for a project under this section shall be subject to all of the requirements of title 23, United States Code, and chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code.
(2) Other terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall require that all grants under this section be subject to all terms, conditions, and requirements that the Secretary decides are necessary or appropriate for purposes of this section, including requirements for the disposition of net increases in value of real property resulting from the project assisted under this section.
(i) Government's Share of Project Cost.--Based on engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, and information on the expected use of equipment or facilities, the Secretary shall estimate the cost of a project receiving assistance under this section. A grant for the project is for 80 percent of the project cost, unless the grant recipient requests a lower grant percentage. A refund or reduction of the remainder may be made only if a refund of a proportional amount of the grant of the Government is made at the same time.
(j) Fiscal Capacity Considerations.--If the Secretary gives priority consideration to financing projects that include more than the non-Government share required under subsection
(i) the Secretary shall give equal consideration to differences in the fiscal capacity of State and local governments.
(k) Reports.--
(1) 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 Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that includes a proposal on the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance grants under this section.
(2) Recommendations on funding.--The annual report under this paragraph shall include evaluations and ratings, as required under subsection (f). 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.
(l) 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 such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be as provided in this section.
SEC. 1305. DEDICATED TRUCK LANES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program to make allocations to States for the construction of projects that separate commercial truck traffic from other motor vehicle traffic. A State must submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive an allocation under this section.
(b) Selection Process.--
(1) Priority.--In the selection process under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that provide additional capacity.
(2) Selection factors.--In making allocations under this section, the Secretary shall consider the following factors:
(A) The extent to which the project will improve the safe and efficient movement of freight.
(B) The extent to which the project provides positive separation of commercial trucks from other motor vehicle traffic.
(C) The extent to which the project connects an intermodal freight facility or an international port of entry to the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways by providing limited access lanes that allow commercial truck traffic to enter the Interstate System at the posted speed limit.
(D) The extent to which the project will remove truck traffic from surface streets.
(E) The extent to which travel time is expected to be reduced as a result of the proposed project.
(F) The extent of leveraging of Federal funds provided to carry out this section, including--
(i) use of innovative financing;
(ii) combination with funding provided under other sections of this Act and title 23, United States Code; and
(iii) combination with other sources of Federal, State, local, or private funding.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be determined in accordance with section 120(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Applicability of Title 23.--Except as provided in subsection (d), funds made available by section 1101(a)(22) of this Act 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.
(e) Definitions.--In this section the following definitions apply:
(1) Commercial truck.--The term ``commercial truck'' means a self-propelled or towed vehicle used on highways in commerce principally to transport cargo if the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds, whichever is greater.
(2) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 1306. TRUCK PARKING FACILITIES.
(a) Establishment.--In cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and local governments, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to address the shortage of long-term parking for commercial motor vehicles on the National Highway System.
(b) Allocation of Funds.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall allocate funds made available to carry out this section among States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments.
(2) Applications.--To be eligible for an allocation under this section, a State, metropolitan planning organization, or local government shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(3) Eligible projects.--Funds allocated under this subsection shall be used by the recipient for projects described in an application approved by the Secretary. Such projects shall serve the National Highway System and may include the following:
(A) Constructing safety rest areas, as defined in section 120(c) of title 23, United States Code, that include parking for commercial motor vehicles.
(B) Constructing commercial motor vehicle parking facilities adjacent to commercial truck stops and travel plazas.
(C) Opening existing facilities to commercial motor vehicle parking, including inspection and weigh stations and park-and-ride facilities.
(D) Promoting the availability of publicly or privately provided commercial motor vehicle parking on the National Highway System using intelligent transportation systems and other means.
(E) Constructing turnouts along the National Highway System for commercial motor vehicles.
(F) Making capital improvements to public commercial motor vehicle parking facilities currently closed on a seasonal basis to allow the facilities to remain open year-round.
(G) Improving the geometric design of interchanges on the National Highway System to improve access to commercial motor vehicle parking facilities.
(4) Priority.--In allocating funds made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that--
(A) demonstrate a severe shortage of commercial motor vehicle parking capacity in the corridor to be addressed;
(B) have consulted with affected State and local governments, community groups, private providers of commercial motor vehicle parking, and motorist and trucking organizations; and
(C) demonstrate that their proposed projects are likely to have positive effects on highway safety, traffic congestion, or air quality.
(c) Funding.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program.
(e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using amounts made available under this section shall be determined in accordance with sections 120(b) and 120(c) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Applicability of Title 23.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects funded under this section shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid system under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
Subtitle D--Highway Safety
SEC. 1401. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Safety Improvement Project Defined.--Section 101(a)(30) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting
``installs fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones,'' after ``call boxes,''.
(b) Operation Lifesaver.--Section 104(d)(1) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``subsection (b)(3) of this section'' and inserting ``section 130(f)''; and
(2) by striking ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$600,000''.
(c) Railway-Highway Crossing Hazard Elimination in High Speed Rail Corridors.--
(1) In general.--Section 104(d)(2) of such title is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``$5,250,000'' and inserting ``$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009''; and
(B) in subparagraph (E)--
(i) by striking ``Not less than $250,000 of such set-aside'' and inserting ``Of such set-aside, not less than
$875,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and $2,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009''; and
(ii) by striking ``per fiscal year''.
(2) Designation of corridors.--Of the rail corridors selected by the Secretary in accordance with section 104(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code--
(A) the Northern New England High Speed Rail Corridor is expanded to include the train routes from Boston, Massachusetts, to Albany, New York, and from Springfield, Massachusetts, to New Haven, Connecticut; and
(B) the South Central Corridor is expanded to include the train route from Killeen, Texas, to Houston, Texas, via Bryan-College Station.
(d) Railway-Highway Crossings.--
(1) Funds for protective devices.--Section 130(e) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``At'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--At''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Special rule.--If a State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has met all its needs for installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, the State may use funds made available by this subsection for other purposes by this section.''.
(2) Apportionment.--Section 130(f) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Apportionment.--
``(1) Formula.--Fifty percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be apportioned to the States in accordance with the formula set forth in section 104(b)(3)(A), and 50 percent of such funds shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio that total public railway-highway crossings in each State bears to the total of such crossings in all States.
``(2) Minimum apportionment.--Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), each State shall receive a minimum of \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds apportioned under paragraph (1).
``(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be 90 percent of the cost thereof.''.
(3) Biennial report to congress.--The third sentence of section 130(g) of such title is amended by striking ``not later than April 1 of each year,'' and inserting ``, not later than April 1, 2006, and every 2 years thereafter,''.
(4) Expenditure of funds.--Section 130 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Expenditure of Funds.--Not more than 2 percent of funds apportioned to a State to carry out this section may be used by the State for compilation and analysis of data in support of activities carried out under subsection (g).''.
(e) Surface Transportation Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 133(d) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and
(C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)--
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``80 percent'' and inserting ``90 percent'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``tobe'' and inserting
``to be''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (D) by adding a period at the end.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 133.--Section 133(e) is amended by striking
``(d)(2)'' and inserting ``(d)(1)'' in each of paragraphs
(3)(B)(i), (5)(A), and (5)(B).
(B) Section 126.--Section 126(b) of such title is amended--
(i) by striking ``to the last sentence of section 133(d)(1) or'';
(ii) by striking ``section 133(d)(3)'' and inserting
``section 133(d)(2)''; and
(iii) by striking ``or 133(d)(2)''.
(f) Hazard Elimination Program.--
(1) Purposes.--Section 152(a)(1) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' after ``bicyclists,''; and
(B) by inserting after ``pedestrians,'' the following:
``and the disabled, identify roadway safety improvement needs for such locations, sections, and elements,''.
(2) Hazards.--Section 152(a)(2)(A) of such title is amended by inserting ``the disabled,'' after ``pedestrians,''.
(3) Approval of projects.--Section 152(b) of such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``that reduces the likelihood of crashes involving road departures, intersections, pedestrians, the disabled, bicyclists, older drivers, or construction work zones''.
(4) Expenditure of funds.--Section 152(c) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) police assistance for traffic and speed management in construction work zones;
``(5) installation of barriers between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of motorists and workers;
``(6) installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings; and
``(7) compilation and analysis of data under subsections
(f) and (g) if the funds used for this purpose by a State do not exceed 2 percent of the amount apportioned to such State to carry out this section.''.
(5) Apportionment.--Section 152(d) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Apportionment.--
``(1) Formula.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be apportioned to the States in accordance with the formula set forth in section 104(b)(3)(A).
``(2) Minimum apportionment.--Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), each State shall receive a minimum of \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds apportioned under paragraph (1).
``(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be 90 percent of the cost thereof.''.
(6) Biennial report to congress.--
(A) In general.--Section 152 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Biennial Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, 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 results of the program under this section. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:
``(1) A summary of State projects completed under this section categorized by the types of hazards and a statement of the cost of such projects.
``(2) An analysis of the effectiveness of such categories of projects in reducing the number and severity of crashes at high hazard locations.
``(3) An assessment of the adequacy of authorized funding for the program and State use of such funding to address the national need for such projects.
``(4) Recommendations for funding and program improvements to reduce the number of high hazard locations.
``(5) An analysis and evaluation of each State program, an identification of any State found not to be in compliance with the schedule of improvements required by subsection (a), and recommendations for future implementation of the hazard elimination program.''.
(B) Conforming amendment.--Section 152(g) of such title is amended by striking the third sentence through the last sentence.
(g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections
(b)(1), (d), (e), and (f) shall take effect on September 30, 2005.
SEC. 1402. WORKER INJURY PREVENTION AND FREE FLOW OF
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code) to wear high visibility garments. Such regulations may also require such other worker-safety measures for workers with those duties as the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 1403. HIGH RISK RURAL ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a high risk rural road safety improvement program in accordance with this section.
(b) Eligible Projects.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a State may obligate funds apportioned to it under this section only for construction and operational improvement projects on high risk rural roads and only if the primary purpose of the project is to improve highway safety on a high risk rural road.
(2) Special rule.--A State may use funds apportioned to it under this section for any project approved by the Secretary under section 152 of title 23, United States Code, if the State certifies to the Secretary that it has no projects described in paragraph (1).
(c) State Allocation System.--Each State shall establish a system for allocating funds apportioned to it under this section 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 of title 23, United States Code, or a survey established pursuant to section 152(a) of such title.
(d) Apportionment of Funds.--On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion among States sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for such fiscal year as follows:
(1) \1/3\ in the ratio that--
(A) each State's public road lane mileage for rural minor collectors and rural local roads; bears to
(B) the total public road lane mileage for rural minor collectors and rural local roads of all States.
(2) \1/3\ in the ratio that--
(A) the population of areas other than urbanized areas in each State, as shown by the most recent Government decennial census of population; bears to
(B) the population of all areas other than urbanized areas in the United States, as shown by that census.
(3) \1/3\ in the ratio that--
(A) the total vehicle miles traveled on public roads in each State; bears to
(B) the total number of vehicle miles traveled on public roads in all States.
(e) 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 such funds shall not be transferable and shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall be 80 percent. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects assisted under this section shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid system under such chapter.
(f) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) High risk rural road.--The term ``high risk rural road'' means any roadway functionally classified as a rural major or minor collector or a rural local road--
(A) on which the accident rate for fatalities and incapacitating injuries exceeds the statewide average for these functional classes of roadway; or
(B) which will likely have increases in traffic volume that are likely to create an accident rate for fatalities and incapacitating injuries that exceeds the statewide average for these functional classes of roadway.
(2) State and urbanized area.--The terms ``State'' and
``urbanized area'' have the meaning such terms have under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 1404. TRANSFERS OF APPORTIONMENTS TO SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) Use of Safety Belts and Motorcycle Helmets.--Section 153(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking ``Thereafter.--'' and inserting ``Fiscal years 1995-2004.--''; and
(B) by inserting ``and ending before October 1, 2004,'' after ``September 30, 1994,'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Fiscal year 2005 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2004, and each October 1 thereafter, if a State does not have in effect a law described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall transfer from the funds apportioned to the State on that date under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and
(b)(3) of section 104 to the apportionment of the State under section 402 an amount equal to 3 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under such subsections for fiscal year 2003.''; and
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking ``which is determined by multiplying'' and inserting ``which, for fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, is determined by multiplying''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``such fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting ``fiscal year 2003''.
(b) Open Container Requirements.--Section 154(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking ``fiscal years thereafter'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2004'' ; and
(B) by striking ``and each October 1 thereafter,'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Fiscal year 2005 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2004, and each October 1 thereafter, if a State has not enacted or is not enforcing an open container law described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall transfer from the funds apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) an amount equal to 3 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under such paragraphs for fiscal year 2003 to be used or directed as described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph
(1).'';
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking
``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)'';
(5) in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) (as so redesignated) by striking ``paragraph (1) or (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph
(1), (2), or (3)''; and
(6) in paragraph (7)(B) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking ``The amount'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount''; and
(B) in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (ii) by striking
``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2003''.
(c) Minimum Penalties for Certain Repeat Offenders.--Section 164(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking ``and fiscal years thereafter'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2004'' ; and
(B) by striking ``and each October 1 thereafter,'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Fiscal year 2005 and thereafter.--On October 1, 2004, and each October 1 thereafter, if a State has not enacted or is not enforcing a repeat intoxicated driver law, the Secretary shall transfer from the funds apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) an amount equal to 3 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under such paragraphs for fiscal year 2003 to be used or directed as described in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of paragraph (1).'';
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking
``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)'';
(5) in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) (as so redesignated) by striking ``paragraph (1) or (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph
(1), (2), or (3)''; and
(6) in paragraph (7)(B) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking ``The amount'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount''; and
(B) in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (ii) by striking
``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2003''. SEC. 1405. SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR USE OF SEAT BELTS.
Section 157(g)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``for fiscal year 2004'' and all that follows through ``2005'' and inserting ``and for each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005''.
SEC. 1406. SAFETY INCENTIVES TO PREVENT OPERATION OF MOTOR
VEHICLES BY INTOXICATED PERSONS.
(a) Codification of Penalty.--Section 163 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Penalty.--
``(1) In general.--On October 1, 2003, and October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, if a State has not enacted or is not enforcing a law described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall withhold from amounts apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) an amount equal to the amount specified in paragraph (2).
``(2) Amount to be withheld.--If a State is subject to a penalty under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall withhold for a fiscal year from the apportionments of the State described in paragraph (1) an amount equal to a percentage of the funds apportioned to the State under paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) for fiscal year 2003. The percentage shall be as follows:
``(A) For fiscal year 2004, 2 percent.
``(B) For fiscal year 2005, 4 percent.
``(C) For fiscal year 2006, 6 percent.
``(D) For fiscal year 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, 8 percent.
``(3) Failure to comply.--If, within 4 years from the date that an apportionment for a State is withheld in accordance with this subsection, the Secretary determines that the State has enacted and is enforcing a law described in subsection
(a), the apportionment of the State shall be increased by an amount equal to the amount withheld. If, at the end of such 4-year period, any State has not enacted or is not enforcing a law described in subsection (a) any amounts so withheld from such State shall lapse.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 163(f)(1) of such title, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by striking ``for fiscal year 2004'' and all that follows through ``2005'' and inserting ``and for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005''.
(c) Repeal.--Section 351 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
(23 U.S.C. 163 note; 114 Stat. 1356A-34) is repealed.
SEC. 1407. REPEAT OFFENDERS FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
Section 164(a)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(A) receive (i) a driver's license suspension for not less than 1 year, or (ii) a combination of suspension of all driving privileges of an individual for the first 45 days of the suspension period followed by a reinstatement of limited driving privileges for the propose of getting to and from work, school, or an alcohol treatment program if an ignition interlock device is installed on each of the motor vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the individual;''.
SEC. 1408. REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF HIGHWAY FEATURES ON
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) Rulemaking Proceeding.--The Secretary shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine the appropriate conditions under which a State when choosing to repair or replace damaged highway features on the National Highway System with State funds (rather than with available Federal financial assistance) should be required to repair or replace such features with highway features that have been tested, evaluated, and found to be acceptable under the guidelines contained in the report of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council entitled ``NCHRP Report 350-Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features''.
(b) Matters to Be Considered.--The rulemaking proceeding shall cover those highway features that are covered by the guidelines referred to in subsection (a). The conditions to be considered by the Secretary in the rulemaking proceeding shall include types of highway features, cost-effectiveness, and practicality of replacement with highway features that have been found to be acceptable under such guidelines.
(c) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations regarding the conditions under which States when choosing to repair or replace damaged highway features described in subsection (a) will be required to repair or replace such features with highway features that have been tested, evaluated, and found to be acceptable as described in subsection (a).
Subtitle E--Construction and Contract Efficiencies
SEC. 1501. DESIGN-BUILD.
(a) Qualified Projects.--Section 112(b)(3)(C) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(C) Qualified projects.--A qualified project referred to in subparagraph (A) is a project under this chapter for which the Secretary has approved the use of design-build contracting under criteria specified in regulations issued by the Secretary.''.
(b) Experimental Procurement.--Section 112(b)(3) of such title is further amended--
(1) by redesigning subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (G); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) Experimental procurement.--As part of any experimental program carried out under this section, the Secretary shall evaluate the use of procurement procedures under this paragraph where subjective evaluation criteria account for the majority of the selection determination.
``(E) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as effecting the authority to carry out any experimental program concerning design-build contracting that is being carried out by the Secretary on the date of enactment of this subparagraph.
``(F) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of design-build contracting procedures in which the majority of the selection determinations are made based on subjective criteria in accordance with subparagraph (D).''.
SEC. 1502. WARRANTY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PILOT
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program designed to encourage States to incorporate warranties in the letting of contracts for highway construction projects.
(b) Maximum Number of Projects.--The Secretary may allow not more than 15 projects a year to be carried out under the pilot program.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of a project under the pilot program may not exceed 90 percent.
(d) Minimum Project Cost.--The estimated total cost of a project to be carried out under the pilot program must be greater than $15,000,000.
(e) Selection Process.--In the selection process for the pilot program, the Secretary shall select, to the extent possible, projects from several different regions of the United States in order to demonstrate the effects that different climates and traffic patterns have on warranty highway construction projects.
(f) Rulemaking.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a rule to implement the pilot program. The rule shall include the following factors for eligibility of a highway construction project to be included in the program:
(A) A requirement that the contract for the project must include a long-term limited warranty that is of a duration sufficient to ensure that--
(i) the cost to the State of the project that will be carried out is less than the estimated cost to construct the project without the warranty plus the estimated costs that would be incurred by the State and that would otherwise be covered during the proposed warranty period if a warranty were in effect; and
(ii) the estimated cost to road users during the warranty period is less than such estimated cost without a warranty.
(B) In determining the sufficient duration of a long-term limited warranty under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall establish separate sufficient durations for different types of projects, such as initial construction, pavement resurfacing and rehabilitation, and pavement markings.
(C) A requirement that the limited warranty must address, at a minimum--
(i) the responsibilities of the warranty provider;
(ii) the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation;
(iii) the terms of the warranty, including duration and, if applicable, traffic volumes and vehicle classification; and
(iv) performance criteria to be met to determine if maintenance is required.
(2) Factors to consider.--In issuing the rule, the Secretary may consider the following factors as requirements for the warranty contract for eligibility under the pilot program:
(A) A plan to account for inflation during the warranty period.
(B) The frequency of performance assessments performed.
(C) The response time for repairs.
(D) A plan for emergency repairs.
(E) Clearly set out limits of liability under the warranty, if any.
(F) Dispute resolution provisions.
(G) A severability provision.
(H) Other provisions the Secretary considers necessary for carrying out the program.
(g) Savings.--Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, shall apply to the projects carried out under this section unless the Secretary determines that applying such section to such projects is inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
(h) Reports.--Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, 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 outlining activities carried out under the program and the results of the program.
SEC. 1503. PRIVATE INVESTMENT STUDY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of private investment in surface transportation infrastructure.
(b) Matters to Be Evaluated.--Under the agreement, the National Academy of Sciences shall evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of private investment in surface transportation infrastructure and the impact of such investment on the ability of State and local authorities to use innovative financing, including--
(1) preconstruction funding requirements;
(2) integration of private investment in the transportation planning process;
(3) use of toll revenues by State and local authorities;
(4) use of toll credits by State and local authorities;
(5) requirements for debt financing instruments, reimbursable expenses, and conditions on payments;
(6) limitation on fees charged at federally funded fringe and corridor parking facilities;
(7) revenues needed to provide a reasonable rate of return to private investors;
(8) costs to users of facilities due to imposition of tolls;
(9) sales-in-lease-out arrangement of transportation assets; and
(10) such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Report.--
(1) To secretary.--Under the agreement, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the study by such date as the Secretary may require.
(2) To congress.--Not later than January 1, 2007, 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 copy of the report of the National Academy of Sciences, together with such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate.
SEC. 1504. HIGHWAYS FOR LIFE PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program to be known as the ``Highways for LIFE pilot program''.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot program shall be to advance longer-lasting highways using innovative technologies and practices to accomplish the fast construction of efficient and safe highways and bridges.
(3) Objectives.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide leadership and incentives to demonstrate and promote state-of-the-art technologies, elevated performance standards, and new business practices in the highway construction process that result in improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion from construction, and improved quality and user satisfaction.
(b) Projects.--
(1) Applications.--To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application that is in such form and contains such information as the Secretary requires. Each application shall contain a description of proposed projects to be carried by the State under the pilot program.
(2) Eligibility.--A proposed project shall be eligible for assistance under the pilot program if the project--
(A) constructs, reconstructs, or rehabilitates a route or connection on a Federal-aid highway eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code;
(B) uses innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, or contracting methods that improve safety, reduce congestion due to construction, and improve quality; and
(C) meets additional criteria as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Project proposal.--A project proposal submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain--
(A) an identification and description of the projects to be delivered;
(B) a description of how the projects will result in improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion due to construction, user satisfaction, and improved quality;
(C) a description of the innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, and contracting methods that will be used for the proposed projects; and
(D) such other information as the Secretary may require.
(4) Selection criteria.--In selecting projects for approval under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the projects provide an evaluation of a broad range of technologies in a wide variety of project types and shall give priority to the projects that--
(A) address achieving the Highways for LIFE performance standards for quality, safety, and speed of construction;
(B) deliver and deploy innovative technologies, manufacturing processes, financing, contracting practices, and performance measures that will demonstrate substantial improvements in safety, congestion, quality, and cost-effectiveness;
(C) include innovation that will lead to change in the administration of the State's transportation program to more quickly construct long-lasting, high-quality, cost-effective projects that improve safety and reduce congestion;
(D) are or will be ready for construction within 12 months of approval of the project proposal; and
(E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(5) Financial assistance.--
(A) Funds for highways for life projects.--Out of amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary may allocate to a State up to 20 percent, but not more than $15,000,000, of the total cost of a project approved under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds allocated to a State under this subparagraph may be applied to the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of a project under title 23, United States Code.
(B) Use of apportioned funds.--A State may obligate not more than 10 percent of the amount apportioned to the State under 1 or more of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, for a fiscal year for projects approved under this section.
(C) Increased federal share.--Notwithstanding sections 120 and 129 of title 23, United States Code, the Federal share payable on account of any project constructed with Federal funds allocated under this section, or apportioned under section 104(b) of such title, to a State under such title and approved under this section may amount to 100 percent of the cost of construction of such project.
(D) Limitation on statutory construction.--Except as provided in subparagraph (C), nothing in this subsection shall be construed as altering or otherwise affecting the applicability of the requirements of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code (including requirements relating to the eligibility of a project for assistance under the program and the location of the project), to amounts apportioned to a State for a program under section 104(b) that are obligated by the State for projects approved under this subsection.
(6) Project selections.--In the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall approve at least one project in each State for participation in the pilot program and for financial assistance under paragraph (5) if the State submits an application and the project meets the eligibility requirements and selection criteria under this subsection.
(c) Technology Partnerships.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants or enter into cooperative agreements or other transactions to foster the development, improvement, and creation of innovative technologies and facilities to improve safety, enhance the speed of highway construction, and improve the quality and durability of highways.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.
(d) Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a Highways for LIFE technology transfer program.
(2) Availability of information.--The Secretary shall ensure that the information and technology used, developed, or deployed under this subsection is made available to the transportation community and the public.
(e) Stakeholder Input and Involvement.--The Secretary shall establish a process for stakeholder input and involvement in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Highways for LIFE pilot program. The process may include participation by representatives of State departments of transportation and other interested persons.
(f) Project Monitoring and Evaluation.--The Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of any activity carried out under this section.
(g) Contract Authority.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(h) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' has the meaning such term has under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
Subtitle F--Finance
SEC. 1601. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND
INNOVATION ACT.
(a) Definitions.--Section 181 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``category''; and
(B) by striking ``offered into the capital markets'';
(2) by striking paragraph (7);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (15) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively;
(4) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8)(B)
(as so redesignated) and inserting a semicolon; and
(5) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated) by striking
``bond'' and inserting ``credit''.
(b) Determination of Eligibility.--Section 182(a) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
``(1) Inclusion in transportation plans and programs.--The project shall satisfy the applicable planning and programming requirements of sections 134 and 135 at such time as an agreement to make available a Federal credit instrument is entered into under this subchapter.
``(2) Application.--A State, a local government, public authority, public-private partnership, or any other legal entity undertaking the project and authorized by the Secretary, shall submit a project application to the Secretary.'';
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i) by striking ``$100,000,000'' and inserting ``$50,000,000'';
(3) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ``$30,000,000'' and inserting ``$15,000,000''; and
(4) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by striking ``Project financing'' and inserting ``The Federal credit instrument''; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end ``that also secure the project obligations''.
(c) Project Selection.--Section 182(b) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``criteria'' the second place it appears and inserting ``requirements''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting ``, which may be the Federal credit instrument,'' after ``obligations''.
(d) Secured Loans.--
(1) Agreements.--Section 183(a)(1) of such title is amended--
(A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by inserting ``of any project selected under section 602'' after ``costs''; and
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph
(B) and all that follows through ``under section 602''.
(2) Investment-grade rating requirement.--Section 183(a)(4) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``The funding'' and inserting ``The execution''; and
(B) by striking the first comma and all that follows through ``1 rating agency''.
(3) Terms and limitations.--Section 183(b) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``the lesser of'' after
``exceed'';
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``or the amount of the senior project obligations'' after ``costs'';
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(i) by inserting ``that also secure the senior project obligations'' after ``sources''; and
(D) in paragraph (4) by striking ``marketable''.
(4) Repayment.--Section 183(c) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively.
(e) Lines of Credit.--
(1) Terms and limitations.--Section 184(b) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking the first comma; and
(ii) by striking ``any debt service reserve fund, and any other available reserve'' and inserting ``but not including reasonably required financing reserves'';
(B) in paragraph (4)--
(i) by striking ``marketable'';
(ii) by striking ``on which'' and inserting ``of execution of''; and
(iii) by striking ``is obligated'' and inserting
``agreement''; and
(C) in paragraph (5)(A)(i) by inserting ``that also secure the senior project obligations'' after ``sources''; and
(2) Repayment.--Section 184(c) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``scheduled'';
(ii) by inserting ``be scheduled to'' after ``shall''; and
(iii) by striking ``be fully repaid, with interest,'' and inserting ``conclude, with full repayment of principal and interest,''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (3).
(f) Program Administration.--Section 185 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 185. Program administration
``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary shall establish a uniform system to service the Federal credit instrument made available under this chapter.
``(b) Fees.--The Secretary may establish fees at a level to cover all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing the Federal credit instrument.
``(c) Services.--The Secretary may identify a financial entity to assist the Secretary in servicing a Federal credit instrument. The services--
``(1) shall act as the agent for the Secretary; and
``(2) shall receive a servicing fee, subject to approval by the Secretary.
``(d) Assistance From Expert Firms.--The Secretary may retain the services of one or more expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments.''.
(g) Funding.--Section 188 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 188. Funding
``(a) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $140,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this chapter.
``(2) Administrative costs.--From funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use, for the administration of this subchapter, not more than $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
``(3) Availability.--Amounts made available under paragraph
(1) shall remain available until expended.
``(b) Contract Authority.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, approval by the Secretary of a Federal credit instrument that uses funds made available under this chapter shall be deemed to be acceptance by the United States of a contractual obligation to fund the Federal credit instrument.
``(2) Availability.--Amounts authorized under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for obligation on October 1 of the fiscal year.
``(c) Limitations on Credit Amounts.--For each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, principal amounts of Federal credit instruments made available under this chapter shall be limited to $2,600,000,000.''.
SEC. 1602. STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS.
(a) In General.--Section 189 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 189. State infrastructure bank program
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Capital project.--The term `capital project' has the meaning such term has under section 5302 of title 49, United States Code.
``(2) Other forms of credit assistance.--The term `other forms of credit assistance' includes any use of funds in an infrastructure bank--
``(A) to provide credit enhancements;
``(B) to serve as a capital reserve for bond or debt instrument financing;
``(C) to subsidize interest rates;
``(D) to insure or guarantee letters of credit and credit instruments against credit risk of loss;
``(E) to finance purchase and lease agreements with respect to transit projects;
``(F) to provide bond or debt financing instrument security; and
``(G) to provide other forms of debt financing and methods of leveraging funds that are approved by the Secretary and that relate to the project with respect to which such assistance is being provided.
``(3) State.--The term `State' has the meaning such term has under section 401 of this title.
``(4) Capitalization.--The term `capitalization' means the process used for depositing funds as initial capital into a State infrastructure bank to establish the infrastructure bank.
``(5) Cooperative agreement.--The term `cooperative agreement' means written consent between a State and the Secretary which sets forth the manner in which the infrastructure bank established by the State in accordance with this section will be administered.
``(6) Loan.--The term `loan' means any form of direct financial assistance from a State infrastructure bank that is required to be repaid over a period of time and that is provided to a project sponsor for all or part of the costs of the project.
``(7) Guarantee.--The term `guarantee' means a contract entered into by a State infrastructure bank in which the bank agrees to take responsibility for all or a portion of a project sponsor's financial obligations for a project under specified conditions.
``(8) Initial assistance.--The term `initial assistance' means the first round of funds that are loaned or used for credit enhancement by a State infrastructure bank for projects eligible for assistance under this section.
``(9) Leverage.--The term `leverage' means a financial structure used to increase funds in a State infrastructure bank through the issuance of debt instruments.
``(10) Leveraged.--The term `leveraged', as used with respect to a State infrastructure bank, means that the bank has total potential liabilities that exceed the capital of the bank.
``(b) Cooperative Agreements.--Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with States for the establishment of State infrastructure banks for making loans and providing other forms of credit assistance to public and private entities carrying out or proposing to carry out projects eligible for assistance under this section.
``(d) Funding.--
``(1) Highway account.--Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure bank to deposit into the highway account of the bank not to exceed--
``(A) 10 percent of the funds apportioned to the State for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and 144; and
``(B) 10 percent of the funds allocated to the State for each of such fiscal years under section 105.
``(2) Transit account.--Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure bank, and any other recipient of Federal assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of title 49, to deposit into the transit account of the bank not to exceed 10 percent of the funds made available to the State or other recipient in each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for capital projects under each of such sections.
``(3) Rail account.--Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure bank, and any other recipient of Federal assistance under subtitle V of title 49, to deposit into the rail account of the bank funds made available to the State or other recipient in each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for capital projects under such subtitle.
``(4) Capital grants.--
``(A) Highway account.--Federal funds deposited into a highway account of a State infrastructure bank under paragraph (1) shall constitute for purposes of this section a capitalization grant for the highway account of the bank.
``(B) Transit account.--Federal funds deposited into a transit account of a State infrastructure bank under paragraph (2) shall constitute for purposes of this section a capitalization grant for the transit account of the bank.
``(C) Rail account.--Federal funds deposited into a rail account of a State infrastructure bank under paragraph 3 shall constitute for purposes of this section a capitalization grant for the rail account of the bank.
``(5) Special rule for urbanized areas of over 200,000.--Funds in a State infrastructure bank that are attributed to urbanized areas of a State with urbanized populations of over 200,000 under section 133(d)(3) may be used to provide assistance with respect to a project only if the metropolitan planning organization designated for such area concurs, in writing, with the provision of such assistance.
``(6) Discontinuance of funding.--If the Secretary determines that a State is not implementing the State's infrastructure bank in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered into under subsection (b), the Secretary may prohibit the State from contributing additional Federal funds to the bank.
``(e) Forms of Assistance From Infrastructure Banks.--An infrastructure bank established under this section may make loans or provide other forms of credit assistance to a public or private entity in an amount equal to all or a part of the cost of carrying out a project eligible for assistance under this section. The amount of any loan or other form of credit assistance provided for the project may be subordinated to any other debt financing for the project. Initial assistance provided with respect to a project from Federal funds deposited into an infrastructure bank under this section may not be made in the form of a grant.
``(f) Eligible Projects.--Subject to subsection (e), funds in an infrastructure bank established under this section may be used only to provide assistance for projects eligible for assistance under this title and capital projects defined in section 5302 of title 49, and any other projects related to surface transportation that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
``(g) Infrastructure Bank Requirements.--In order to establish an infrastructure bank under this section, the State establishing the bank shall--
``(1) deposit in cash, at a minimum, into each account of the bank from non-Federal sources an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of each capitalization grant made to the State and deposited into such account; except that, if the deposit is into the highway account of the bank and the State has a non-Federal share under section 120(b) that is less than 25 percent, the percentage to be deposited from non-Federal sources shall be the lower percentage of such grant;
``(2) ensure that the bank maintains on a continuing basis an investment grade rating on its debt, or has a sufficient level of bond or debt financing instrument insurance, to maintain the viability of the bank;
``(3) ensure that investment income derived from funds deposited to an account of the bank are--
``(A) credited to the account;
``(B) available for use in providing loans and other forms of credit assistance to projects eligible for assistance from the account; and
``(C) invested in United States Treasury securities, bank deposits, or such other financing instruments as the Secretary may approve to earn interest to enhance the leveraging of projects assisted by the bank;
``(4) ensure that any loan from the bank will bear interest at or below market interest rates, as determined by the State, to make the project that is the subject of the loan feasible;
``(5) ensure that repayment of any loan from the bank will commence not later than 5 years after the project has been completed or, in the case of a highway project, the facility has opened to traffic, whichever is later;
``(6) ensure that the term for repaying any loan will not exceed 30 years after the date of the first payment on the loan; and
``(7) require the bank to make an annual report to the Secretary on its status no later than September 30 of each year and such other reports as the Secretary may require under guidelines issued to carry out this section.
``(i) United States not Obligated.--The deposit of Federal funds into an infrastructure bank established under this section shall not be construed as a commitment, guarantee, or obligation on the part of the United States to any third party, nor shall any third party have any right against the United States for payment solely by virtue of the contribution. Any security or debt-financing instrument issued by the infrastructure bank shall expressly state that the security or instrument does not constitute a commitment, guarantee, or obligation of the United States.
``(j) Management of Federal Funds.--Sections 3335 and 6503 of title 31, shall not apply to funds deposited into an infrastructure bank under this section.
``(k) Program Administration.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, a State may expend not to exceed 2 percent of the Federal funds contributed to an infrastructure bank established by the State under this section to pay the reasonable costs of administering the bank.''.
(b) Preparatory Amendments.--
(1) Section 181.--Section 181 of such title is further amended--
(A) by striking the section designator and heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 181. Generally applicable provisions'';
(B) by striking ``In this subchapter'' and inserting ``(a) Definitions.--In this chapter'';
(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ``184'' and inserting
``604'';
(D) in paragraph (11) (as redesignated by section 1601(a) of this Act) by striking ``183'' and inserting ``603''; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Treatment of Chapter.--For purposes of this title, this chapter shall be treated as being part of chapter 1.''.
(2) Section 182.--Section 182(b)(2)(A)(viii) of such title is further amended by inserting ``and chapter 1'' after
``this chapter''.
(3) Section 183.--Section 183(a) of such title is further amended--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``182'' and inserting
``602''; and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``182(b)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``602(b)(2)(B)''.
(4) Section 184.--Section 184 of such title is further amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``182'' and inserting
``602'';
(B) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ``182(b)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``602(b)(2)(B)''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(10) by striking ``183'' and inserting
``603''.
(5) References in subchapter.--Subchapter II of chapter 1 of such title is amended by striking ``this subchapter'' each place it appears and inserting ``this chapter''.
(6) Subchapter headings.--Chapter 1 of such title is further amended--
(A) by striking ``SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS'' preceding section 101; and
(B) by striking ``SUBCHAPTER II--INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE'' preceding section 181.
(c) Chapter 6.--Such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 6--INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
``Sec.
``601. Generally applicable provisions.
``602. Determination of eligibility and project selection.
``603. Secured loans.
``604. Lines of credit.
``605. Program administration.
``606. State and local permits.
``607. Regulations.
``608. Funding.
``609. State infrastructure bank program.''.
(d) Moving and Redesignating.--Such title is further amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 181 through 189 as sections 601 through 609, respectively;
(2) by moving such sections from chapter 1 to chapter 6 (as added by subsection (c)); and
(3) by inserting such sections after the analysis for chapter 6.
(e) Analysis for Chapter 1 and Table of Chapters.--
(1) Analysis for chapter 1.--The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended--
(A) by striking the headings for subchapters I and II; and
(B) by striking the items relating to sections 181 through 189.
(2) Table of chapters.--The table of chapters for such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 5 the following:
``6. Infrastructure Finance......................................601''.
SEC. 1603. INTERSTATE SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION AND
REHABILITATION TOLL PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and implement an Interstate System reconstruction and rehabilitation toll 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 the facility.
(b) Limitation on Number of Facilities.--The Secretary may permit the collection of tolls under this section on 3 facilities on the Interstate System. Each of such facilities shall be located in a different State.
(c) Eligibility.--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:
(1) An identification of the facility on the Interstate System proposed to be a toll facility, including the age, condition, and intensity of use of the facility.
(2) In the case of a facility that affects a metropolitan area, an assurance that the metropolitan planning organization designated under chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, for the area has been consulted concerning the placement and amount of tolls on the facility.
(3) An analysis demonstrating that financing the reconstruction or rehabilitation of the facility with the collection of tolls under the pilot program is the most efficient and economical way to advance the project.
(4) A facility management plan that includes--
(A) a plan for implementing the imposition of tolls on the facility;
(B) a schedule and finance plan for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of the facility using toll revenues;
(C) a description of the public transportation agency that will be responsible for implementation and administration of the pilot program;
(D) a description of whether consideration will be given to privatizing the maintenance and operational aspects of the facility, while retaining legal and administrative control of the portion of the Interstate route; and
(E) such other information as the Secretary may require.
(d) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary may approve the application of a State under subsection (c) only if the Secretary determines that--
(1) the State's analysis under subsection (c)(3) is reasonable;
(2) the facility has a sufficient intensity of use, age, or condition to warrant the collection of tolls;
(3) the State plan for implementing tolls on the facility takes into account the interests of local, regional, and interstate travelers;
(4) the State plan for reconstruction or rehabilitation of the facility using toll revenues is reasonable;
(5) the State will develop, manage, and maintain a system that will automatically collect the tolls;
(6) in developing the State plan for implementing tolls on the facility, the State includes a program to permit low income drivers to pay a reduced toll amount; and
(7) the State has given preference to the use of a public toll agency with demonstrated capability to build, operate, and maintain a toll expressway system meeting criteria for the Interstate System.
(e) Prohibition on Noncompete Agreements.--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 the State will not enter into an agreement with a private person under which the State is prevented from improving or expanding the capacity of public roads adjacent to the toll facility to address conditions resulting from traffic diverted to such roads from the toll facility, including--
(1) excessive congestion;
(2) pavement wear; and
(3) an increased incidence of traffic accidents, injuries, or fatalities.
(f) 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--
(1) all toll revenues received from operation of the toll facility will be used only for--
(A) debt service;
(B) reasonable return on investment of any private person financing the project; and
(C) 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
(2) regular audits will be conducted to ensure compliance with paragraph (1) and the results of such audits will be transmitted to the Secretary.
(g) Limitation on Use of Interstate Maintenance Funds.--During the term of the pilot program, funds apportioned for Interstate maintenance under section 104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, may not be used on a facility for which tolls are being collected under the program.
(h) Program Term.--The Secretary may approve an application of a State for permission to collect a toll under this section only if the application is received by the Secretary before the last day of the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(i) Interstate System Defined.--In this section, the term
``Interstate System'' has the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
(j) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2011, 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 traffic congestion on, pavement wear of, and incidence of accidents, injuries, and fatalities on public roads adjacent to toll facilities established under this section and section 1604.
(k) Repeal.--Section 1216(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 112 Stat. 212) is repealed.
SEC. 1604. INTERSTATE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION TOLL PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and implement an Interstate System construction toll pilot program under which the Secretary, notwithstanding sections 129 and 301 of title 23, United States Code, may permit a State or an interstate compact of States to collect tolls on a highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System for the purpose of constructing Interstate highways.
(b) Limitation on Number of Facilities.--The Secretary may permit the collection of tolls under this section on 3 facilities on the Interstate System.
(c) Eligibility.--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:
(1) An identification of the facility on the Interstate System proposed to be a toll facility.
(2) In the case of a facility that affects a metropolitan area, an assurance that the metropolitan planning organization designated under chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, for the area has been consulted concerning the placement and amount of tolls on the facility.
(3) An analysis demonstrating that financing the construction of the facility with the collection of tolls under the pilot program is the most efficient and economical way to advance the project.
(4) A facility management plan that includes--
(A) a plan for implementing the imposition of tolls on the facility;
(B) a schedule and finance plan for the construction of the facility using toll revenues;
(C) a description of the public transportation agency that will be responsible for implementation and administration of the pilot program;
(D) a description of whether consideration will be given to privatizing the maintenance and operational aspects of the facility, while retaining legal and administrative control of the portion of the Interstate route; and
(E) such other information as the Secretary may require.
(d) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary may approve the application of a State under subsection (c) only if the Secretary determines that--
(1) the State's analysis under subsection (c)(3) is reasonable;
(2) the State plan for implementing tolls on the facility takes into account the interests of local, regional, and interstate travelers;
(3) the State plan for construction of the facility using toll revenues is reasonable;
(4) the State will develop, manage, and maintain a system that will automatically collect the tolls;
(5) in developing the State plan for implementing tolls on the facility, the State includes a program to permit low-income drivers to pay a reduced toll amount; and
(6) the State has given preference to the use of a public toll agency with demonstrated capability to build, operate, and maintain a toll expressway system meeting criteria for the Interstate System.
(e) Prohibition on Noncompete Agreements.--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 the State will not enter into an agreement with a private person under which the State is prevented from improving or expanding the capacity of public roads adjacent to the toll facility to address conditions resulting from traffic diverted to such roads from the toll facility, including--
(1) excessive congestion;
(2) pavement wear; and
(3) an increased incidence of traffic accidents, injuries, or fatalities.
(f) 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--
(1) all toll revenues received from operation of the toll facility will be used only for--
(A) debt service;
(B) reasonable return on investment of any private person financing the project; and
(C) 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
(2) regular audits will be conducted to ensure compliance with paragraph (1) and the results of such audits will be transmitted to the Secretary.
(g) Limitation on Use of Interstate Maintenance Funds.--During the term of the pilot program, funds apportioned for Interstate maintenance under section 104(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, may not be used on a facility for which tolls are being collected under the program.
(h) Program Term.--The Secretary may approve an application of a State for permission to collect a toll under this section only if the application is received by the Secretary before the last day of the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(i) Interstate System Defined.--In this section, the term
``Interstate System'' has the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 1605. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO STATE INFRASTRUCTURE
BANK PROGRAM.
(a) Interstate Compacts.--Section 189 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1602(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Interstate Compacts.--
``(1) In general.--Congress grants consent to 2 or more of the States, entering into a cooperative agreement under subsection (a) with the Secretary for the establishment by such States of a multi-State infrastructure bank in accordance with this section, to enter into an interstate compact establishing such bank in accordance with this section.
``(2) Reservation of rights.--The right to alter, amend or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection is expressly reserved.''.
(b) Applicability of Federal Law.--Section 189 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1602(a) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Applicability of Federal Law.--
``(1) In general.--The requirements of this title and title 49 that would otherwise apply to funds made available under this title or such title and projects assisted with those funds shall apply to--
``(A) funds made available under this title or such title and contributed to an infrastructure bank established under this section, including the non-Federal contribution required under subsection (g); and
``(B) projects assisted by the bank through the use of the funds;
except to the extent that the Secretary determines that any requirement of such title (other than sections 113 and 114 of this title and section 5333 of title 49), is not consistent with the objectives of this section.
``(2) Repayments.--The requirements of this title and title 49 shall apply to repayments from non-Federal sources to an infrastructure bank from projects assisted by the bank. Such a repayment shall be considered to be Federal funds.''.
Subtitle G--High Priority Projects
SEC. 1701. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of High Priority Projects.--Section 117(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``1701 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(b) Allocation Percentages.--Section 117(b) of such title is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (6) and inserting the following:
``(1) 22.4 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2005;
``(2) 20.2 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2006;
``(3) 19.3 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2007;
``(4) 19.7 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2008; and
``(5) 18.4 percent of such amount shall be available for obligation beginning in fiscal year 2009.''.
(c) Federal Share.--Section 117(c) of such title is amended by striking ``; except'' and all that follows through ``cost thereof''.
(d) Advance Construction.--Section 117(e) of such title is amended by striking ``1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' each place it appears and inserting
``1701 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(e) Availability of Obligation Limitation.--Section 117(g) of such title is amended by striking ``Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(f) Federal-State Relationship.--Section 145(b) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``described in'' the following:
``section 1702 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,'';
(2) by inserting after ``for such projects by'' the following: ``section 1101(a)(17) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,''; and
(3) by striking ``117 of title 23, United States Code,'' and inserting ``section 117 of this title,''.
SEC. 1702. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.
Subject to section 117 of title 23, United States Code, the amount listed for each high priority project in the following table shall be available (from amounts made available by section 1101(a)(17) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out each such project:
HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS
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No. State Project Description Amount
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1 CA Construct safe access to streets for $500,000
bicyclists and pedestrians including
crosswalks, sidewalks and traffic calming
measures, Covina..........................
2 CA Develop and implement ITS master plan in $1,500,000
Anaheim...................................
3 TN Improve circuitry on vehicle protection $59,000
device installed at highway-RR crossing in
Athens, TN................................
4 CA Builds a pedestrian bridge from Hiller $2,450,000
Street to the Bay Trail, Belmont..........
5 OH Renovate and expand National Packard Museum $3,000,000
and adjacent historic Packard facilities..
6 IL Land acquisition for the widening of Rt. 47 $1,000,000
in Yorkville, IL..........................
7 NE Interstate 80 Interchange at Pflug Road, $1,400,000
Sarpy County, Nebraska....................
8 TX Construction of Segment #1 of Morrison Road $2,000,000
for the City of Brownsville...............
9 MI I-96 at Latson Road Interchange $6,000,000
Improvements..............................
10 IL Preconstruction and Construction of IL 83 $1,000,000
at IL 132.................................
11 TN Add third lane on US-27 (State Route 29) $6,000,000
for truck-climbing lane and realignment of
roadway at Wolf Creek Road to Old US-27
north of Robbins..........................
12 MI Reconfiguration of US-31 from the Manistee $750,000
Basquel Bridge to Lincoln Street in the
city of Manistee..........................
13 AR Bentonville, Arkansas--widen and improve I- $1,420,000
540 and SH-102 Interchange................
14 WA 41st St. Interstate 5 Interchange Project $2,600,000
in Everett................................
15 CA Reconstruct and deep-lift asphalt on $4,644,000
various roads throughout the district in
Santa Barbara County......................
16 OK Improving the I-35 Interchange at Milepost $2,000,000
1 Near Thackerville.......................
17 NJ Laurel Avenue Bridge replacement in Holmdel $1,000,000
Township..................................
18 OH Construct overpass over CSX Railroad on $460,000
Columbia Road (State Route 252), Olmsted
Falls.....................................
19 TN Reconstruct and widen US-72 from south of $1,000,000
State Route 175 to State Route 57, Shelby
County....................................
20 NY Construct roundabout at Oregon Road- $475,000
Westbrook Dr-Red Mill Road in Town of
Cortlandt.................................
21 IL Construct Bike, Pedestrian Paths, Orland $400,000
Hills.....................................
22 PA Construct I-79/Rte 3025 missing ramps at $1,150,000
Jackson Township, PA......................
23 PR Construction of PR 833 to PR 831. PR 831 to $6,000,000
PR 5. Bridge #667 PR 830, KM 2.40 PR 5
connector from PR 167 to intersection with
PR 5 and Las Cumbres Ave..................
24 TX Extension of SH349 to US 87 Relief Route in $2,500,000
Dawson County.............................
25 IL Parking facility in Peoria, IL............. $1,000,000
26 IL Construct Interchange on Interstate 255 at $19,000,000
Dupo/Columbia.............................
27 MN Construction and right-of-way acquisition $4,000,000
for interchange at TH65 and TH242 in
Blaine, MN................................
28 CA Huntington Beach, Remove off-ramp on I-405 $500,000
at Beach Blvd. Construct fourth lane on I-
405 North, at the Beach Blvd. interchange.
29 TN Addition of an interchange on I-40 in Roane $3,000,000
County at Buttermilk Road and I-40........
30 NY Purchase Three Ferries and Establish System $15,000,000
for Ferry Service from Rockaway Peninsula
to Manhattan..............................
31 IL Reconstruction of Mockingbird Lane and $1,500,000
Stratford St, Granite City................
32 FL Construction a new multi-lane tunnel below $500,000
the channel to link the Port of Miami on
Dodge Island with I-395 on Watson Island
and I-95 in Downtown Miami................
33 MD Rehabilitation of West Baltimore Trail and $900,000
Implementation of Pedestrian Improvements
Along Associated Roadways.................
34 TN Removal and Reconfiguration of Interstate $3,000,000
Ramps--I-240, Memphis.....................
35 CA Replace structurally unsafe Winters Bridge $2,000,000
for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians
between Yolo and Solano Counties..........
36 IL City of Havana, Illinois Upgrades to $952,572
Broadway Street...........................
37 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail $900,000
from Cascade River to Grand Marais........
38 LA Develop master transportation plan for the $500,000
New Orleans Regional Medical Center.......
39 VA Final Design and Construction for $1,000,000
improvements at I-64 and City Line Road,
Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.............
40 MA Replacement of Cross Street Bridge spanning $1,000,000
flood prone Aberjona River, Winchester....
41 NC Construction of and improvement to I-73, I- $11,000,000
74, US 220 in Montgomery and Randolph
Counties, NC..............................
42 IA Access and enhancements to access Lake $1,000,000
Belva Deer, Sigourney.....................
43 CA Roadway surface improvements, street $800,000
lighting, and storm drain improvements to
South Center Street from Baughman Road to
State Route 78/86, Westmorland............
44 TX Construct two connectors between SH 288 and $5,000,000
Beltway 8.................................
45 NY Implement Central NY highway grade crossing $2,000,000
and grade separation project..............
46 CA Douglas St. Improvements, El Segundo....... $4,000,000
47 MA Reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue $2,000,000
including safety improvements and related
pedestrian, bike way in Arlington.........
48 NY Reconstruction of Rt 5,8,12 (North South $1,000,000
Arterial) Burrstone Rd. to Oriskany
Circle, City of Utica.....................
49 OK Construction of Norman highway-rail Grade $1,000,000
Separation................................
50 PA Construction of the Montour Trail, Great $1,000,000
Allegheny Passage.........................
51 CA Route 1 San Pedro Creek Bridge replacement $3,000,000
in Pacifica...............................
52 MI South Lyon, 2nd St. between Warren and $125,000
Haggadorn.................................
53 PA Street improvements, Abington Township..... $2,000,000
54 IA Study of a direct link to I 80, Pella...... $500,000
55 TN Sweetwater, TN Improving Vehicle $96,000
Efficiencies at At-Grade highway-railroad
Crossings.................................
56 OR Construct bike/pedestrian path, Powers..... $440,000
57 IL IL 6 to I-180--Phase 2 study and land $2,000,000
acquisition...............................
58 FL Construct a new bridge at Indian Street, $1,000,000
Martin County.............................
59 GA Improve sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and $500,000
add landscaping in downtown Glennville....
60 LA Continue planning and construction of the $1,900,000
New Orleans Regional Planning Commission
Mississippi River trail in St. John,
Plaquemines St. Bernard and St. Charles
parishes..................................
61 MO Road widening and curb and gutter $3,000,000
improvements on Hwy 33 in Kearney.........
62 TX The SH146, Port Rd direct connectors allows $13,200,000
traffic bypass several rail lines &
traffic signals at, near intersection of
SH146 and Port Rd.........................
63 UT Reconstruct South Moore Cut-off Road in $4,500,000
Emery County..............................
64 PA Improvements to exits along Interstate 81 $8,200,000
in Franklin County, PA--Antrim Road.......
65 OH Plan and construct the Southeast Arterial $5,000,000
Connector highway at Delaware, Ohio.......
66 TN To construct transportation enhancements on $8,000,000
a multi-faceted greenway in downtown
Columbia on the Duck River................
67 RI New Interchange constructed from I-195 to $5,800,000
Taunton and Warren Avenue in East
Providence................................
68 NY Town of Chester reconstruction of Walton $80,000
Lake Estates subdivision and related roads
69 NC Extend M.L. King Jr. Boulevard in Monroe... $2,000,000
70 NY Town of Fishkill Old Glenham Road (aka $325,500
Washington Ave) reconstruction............
71 PA U.S. Route 13 Corridor Reconstruction, $2,000,000
Redevelopment and Beautification, Bucks
County....................................
72 NY Rochester & Southern Highway-Rail Grade $1,500,000
Crossing Bypass, Silver Springs, New York.
73 IL Upgrade streets in the City of Rushville, $1,000,000
IL........................................
74 MO Construct 2 lanes on Chouteau Trafficway $2,000,000
from MO 210 to I-35.......................
75 AZ US 60 to Gonzalez Pass..................... $2,000,000
76 LA Interstate lighting system (I 10 and LA 93) $300,000
77 GU Reconstruct Hagatna River Bridges, $6,600,000
Municipality of Hagatna...................
78 WA SR 704 Cross-Base Highway, Spanaway Loop $1,500,000
Road to SR 7..............................
79 NY Village of Brewster Main Street and Route 6 $975,000
related construction and improvements.....
80 PA Design and construct relocation of US 11 $5,680,000
between Ridge Hill and Hempt Roads........
81 VA Improve Route 42 (Main Street) in $500,000
Bridgewater, Virginia.....................
82 NY Construction of Route 59 Palisades $1,000,000
Interstate Parkway to Route 303...........
83 IL Improve University Drive, Macomb........... $500,000
84 CA Adams Street Rehabilitation Project, $388,000
Glendale..................................
85 NY Construct grade separation-interchange $1,450,000
between Taconic Parkway and Pudding Street
86 IA Construction of 100th St interchange on I $1,000,000
35-80, Urbandale..........................
87 MO Lewis and Clark Expressway................. $2,000,000
88 PA Mercer County, PA I-79 and PA 208 $2,000,000
Interchange Improvement Project...........
89 WA Plan to relieve traffic until North-South $550,000
freeway-HWY 2.............................
90 CA San Diego River Multiuse Bicycle and $500,000
Pedestrian Path...........................
91 PA Construction of the Lafayette Street $10,400,000
extension project in Montgomery County, PA
92 NJ Construct new ramps between I-295 and Route $5,000,000
42........................................
93 PA Construct S.R. 29 Wal-mart to River $1,700,000
Betterment, Eaton Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County....................................
94 WV Construct Shawnee Parkway.................. $1,100,000
95 FL Improve pedestrian and bicycle sidewalks, $600,000
lighting, and ADA ramps--Main Street,
Canal Street, Miramar.....................
96 MN Reconstruct CSAH 19 from CSAH 36 to CSAH 2, $200,000
Morrison County...........................
97 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational $250,000
facilities on Bird Mountain, Morgan County
for Cumberland Trail State Park...........
98 MN Lyndale Avenue Bridge, Richfield........... $13,000,000
99 MI Provide a bypass around the Village of $100,000
Almont during M-53 reconstruction which is
contiguous with Macomb County.............
100 NY Town of Wallkill new construction road- $1,000,000
tunnel under Rt. 17.......................
101 NY Village of Cold Spring Main Street and $820,000
ancillary road and sidewalk improvements..
102 IL West Ridge Nature Preserve, Chicago........ $3,000,000
103 TN widen Campbell Station Road in Knoxville, $1,800,000
TN........................................
104 AL Widen Hwy. 84 to 4 lanes west of I-65 from $4,000,000
Evergreen to Monroeville and beyond to the
State of AL line..........................
105 MS Widen State Highway 57 from I-10 through $5,000,000
Vancleave.................................
106 WA Widening SR527 from 2 lanes to 5 from $1,500,000
Bothell to Mill Creek.....................
107 OH Construct proposed connection SR 207, SR $2,000,000
104, and US 23 in Ross County.............
108 MI Construct improvements to Finkbeiner Road $4,400,000
from Patterson Road to Whitneyville Road
in Barry County, and new bridge over
Thornapple River..........................
109 PA York Road improvements from Horsham Road to $1,250,000
Summit Avenue, Borough of Hatboro.........
110 OH Intersection improvements at Highland and $612,000
Bishop Roads in the City of Highland
Heights, OH...............................
111 WI Reconstruct Wisconsin State Highway 21 at I- $3,000,000
94 interchange............................
112 MN Safety improvements and intersection $1,800,000
enhancements of TH 95 and TH 169,
Princeton.................................
113 NY Wading River Bicycle and Pedestrian Project $1,200,000
in Riverhead..............................
114 FL Widen County Line Road (CR 578) from $6,000,000
Suncoast Parkway to US41 to four lanes....
115 IL Improve Great River Road, Warsaw........... $750,000
116 NY Yonkers, New York, Trolley Bus Acquisition. $300,000
117 FL Construct East Central Regional Rail Trail $1,000,000
in Volusia County, Florida................
118 MO Y Highway US 71 to MO 58, Cass County...... $2,000,000
119 WY WYO 59 Reconstruction...................... $2,000,000
120 LA Plan and construct bike/pedestrian $4,000,000
crossings of Washington-Palmetto Canal in
the vicinity of Xavier University, New
Orleans...................................
121 NC Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, Eastern $5,000,000
Section and Extension, NC.................
122 CA Willow and Herndon Traffic Flow $300,000
Improvements, City of Clovis, California..
123 MO US 71 at Y Highway North and Southbound $2,000,000
Ramps.....................................
124 CA Will add landscaping enhancements along the $2,500,000
Ronald Reagan Freeway Route 118 for
aesthetic purposes........................
125 NC Widens US 29 Business Freeway Drive from $10,000,000
South Scales St. to NC 14 in Rockingham
County....................................
126 PA Widening, rechannelization, signalization $800,000
to 2nd Ave. and Bates Street, replace
Elisa Furnace bridge over Bates Street....
127 KS Resurfacing, grading, replacing guardrails $784,000
& adding shoulders to Highway 77 in Geary
Cty, to accommodate expected traffic
increase..................................
128 MO Widening, curb and gutter improvements as $3,000,000
part of Hwy 33 redevelopment project in
Kearney...................................
129 IL Construct streetscape along Morse avenue $2,000,000
from Clark street to Sheridan Road,
Chicago...................................
130 SC Build extension of North Rhett Boulevard $7,000,000
from Liberty Hall Road to US 176 in SC....
131 NH Construct and upgrade intersection of Route $1,000,000
3 and Franklin Industrial Drive in
Franklin..................................
132 GA Construct Waycross East Bypass from US 84 $2,200,000
in Pierce County, Georgia to US 1 in Ware
County, Georgia...........................
133 NY Design and Construction of a transportation $1,500,000
enhancement project at the Erie Canal
Aqueduct in downtown Rochester............
134 CA Improvement of intersection at Balboa Blvd. $500,000
and San Fernando Rd.......................
135 TN Impove Vehicle Efficiencies at highway At- $99,000
Grade Railroad Crossing in Athens, TN.....
136 WI Develop pedestrian and bike connections $2,100,000
that link to Hank Aaron State Trail in
Milwaukee.................................
137 AK Keystone Drive Road Improvements........... $1,000,000
138 GA Pedestrian and streetscape improvements, $400,000
Ellaville.................................
139 NY Construct and improve pedestrian access on $2,000,000
Main Street in Hempstead..................
140 IL Preconstruction activities IL 336 from $2,000,000
Macomb to Peoria..........................
141 OH Purchase of right-of-ways for construction $500,000
of pedestrian and bicycle improvements in
the City of Aurora, OH....................
142 IL Replacement of bridge on Harlem Avenue, The $1,000,000
Village of River Forest...................
143 CA State Route 86S and Ave 66 highway safety $4,500,000
grade separation..........................
144 IL Construct Bissel Street Roadway Connector, $850,000
Tri-City Regional Port District...........
145 CT Improve Route 1 between East Avenue and $2,000,000
Belden Avenue, Norwalk, CT................
146 IA Central IA Trail Loop, bicycle and $1,000,000
pedestrian, Ankeny to Woodward section....
147 MI Chippewa County, Upgrade Tilson Road $1,000,000
between M-28 South to intersection of M-48
at Rudyard................................
148 WA Coal Creek Parkway Bridge Replacement, $1,000,000
Newcastle WA..............................
149 PA Complete gaps in the Pittsburgh Riverfront $750,000
Trail Network including the Hot Metal
Bridge....................................
150 TX Construct passing lanes on Texas State $797,000
Highway 16 in Atascosa County.............
151 TX Construct street and drainage improvements $250,000
to road system in Encinal.................
152 MN Environmental assessment and right of way $2,000,000
acquisition at US52 and CSAH24
Interchange, Cannon Falls, Goodhue Cnty,
MN........................................
153 NY Construction for Peace Bridge Redevelopment $10,000,000
Project, Buffalo..........................
154 MN Construct recreational visitor center on $1,300,000
the Mesabi Trail, City of Virginia........
155 NE Engineering, right-of-way and construction $400,000
of the 23rd Street Viaduct in Fremont,
Nebraska..................................
156 MN Phase III of Devil Track Road Project, Cook $1,200,000
County....................................
157 ME Relocation of southbound on-ramp to I-95 at $1,500,000
exit 184, Bangor..........................
158 MA Construct access roads to Hospital Hill $2,000,000
project in Northampton, MA................
159 IN Construct interchange for 146th St. and I- $3,000,000
69, Hamilton County, Indiana..............
160 NY Design & Construct a Bicycle and Pedestrian $950,000
Walkway along the Decommissioned Putnam
Rail Line.................................
161 AK False Pass Road construction from small $3,000,000
boat harbor dock to airport and town......
162 IL Improve North Illinois St and related $6,500,000
roads, Belleville.........................
163 AR Construction of I-49, Highway 71: Arkansas $9,000,000
portion of Bella Vista Bypass.............
164 NM Coors-I-40 Interchange Reconstruction, $7,000,000
Albuquerque...............................
165 GA Extend the south Toccoa Bypass east of $2,900,000
Toccoa to CR 311, four lanes for
approximately 5.7 miles on new location...
166 TX Construct SH 183 from SH 360 to Belt Line $2,000,000
Road in Irving, Texas.....................
167 CA Construct pedestrian, bicycle and ADA $300,000
accessible boardwalks at the Pismo Beach
Promenade in San Luis Obispo County.......
168 TX SH 44 E of Alice near SH 359 to US 281, Jim $2,000,000
Wells County..............................
169 TX Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Regional Transit $2,000,000
Authority for maintenance facility
improvements..............................
170 PA For design, land & ROW acquisition, & $1,000,000
construction of a parking facility and
associated activities in the City of
Wilkes-Barre..............................
171 TN Hawkins County, Tennessee SR-31 $500,000
reconstruction............................
172 WI Reconstruct US Highway 41--STH 67 $650,000
interchange (Dodge County, Wisconsin).....
173 MA Reconstruct Route 24/Route 140 Interchange, $14,750,000
replace bridge and ramps, widen and extend
acceleration and deceleration lanes.......
174 OR Study landslides on U.S. Hwy. 20 between $1,000,000
Cascadia and Santiam Pass to develop long-
term repair strategy......................
175 MS Upgrade Alex Gates Road and Walnut Road in $1,750,000
Quitman County, and roads in Falcon,
Sledge and Lambert........................
176 IL Upgrades for Muller Road in the City of $280,000
Washington, IL............................
177 AL Construction of Valleydale Road Flyover, $5,000,000
Widening and Improvements.................
178 MS Upgrade roads in Beauregard (U. S. Hwy 51), $1,000,000
Crystal Springs (U.S. Hwy 51 and I-55),
and Hazelhurst (U.S. Hwy 51 and I-55),
Copiah County.............................
179 NY Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of $650,000
June Road Town of North Salem.............
180 CA Implement streetscape improvements on $1,200,000
segments of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and
Victory Blvd. in North Hollywood..........
181 OH Construct loop road along US 23 in City of $7,700,000
Fostoria, Seneca County...................
182 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, & $2,000,000
construction of street improvements,
parking, safety enhancements & roadway
redesign in Nanticoke.....................
183 LA Improve Ralph Darden Memorial Parkway $350,000
Between LA182 and Martin Luther King Road,
St. Mary Parish...........................
184 CA Reconstruct segments of Hollister Avenue $2,500,000
between San Antonio Road and State Route
154 in Santa Barbara County...............
185 NY Reconstruction of Schenck Avenue from $5,000,000
Jamaica Avenue to Flatlands Avenue,
Brooklyn..................................
186 CO Construct Wadsworth Interchange over US 36 $2,000,000
in Broomfield.............................
187 NY Enhance Battery Park Bikeway Perimeter, New $2,000,000
York City.................................
188 FL I-95 Interchange in the City of Boca Raton. $14,250,000
189 NJ Construct Long Valley Bypass............... $1,000,000
190 MI Alpena County, Resurface 3.51 miles of $640,000
Hamilton and Wessel Roads.................
191 CA Construct a 2.8 mile bikeway along Lambert $2,500,000
Road from Mills Ave. to Valley Home Ave.
in the City of Whittier, CA...............
192 TX Hidalgo County Loop........................ $1,000,000
193 ME Improvements to Route 108 to enhance access $1,500,000
to business park, Rumford.................
194 NY Installation of new turning lane from $375,000
Mohansic Ave onto eastbound Route 202, &
addition of new striped crosswalk.........
195 NY Rockland County Hudson River Greenway Trail $2,000,000
Project construction......................
196 TX Construct a segment of FM 110 in San Marcos $1,000,000
197 TX Big Spring, TX Construction of the Big $2,800,000
Spring Reliever Route.....................
198 NY Improvements to Intermodal Transportation $2,800,000
Facility and Construction of Waterfront
Esplanade at Fort Totten..................
199 PA Reconstruction and repair of Haverford Ave. $300,000
Between 68th St. and Lansdowne Ave........
200 ND Bismarck/Mandan Liberty Memorial Bridge $30,000,000
over the Missouri River...................
201 WI City of Glendale, WI. Develop and $3,000,000
rehabilitate exit ramps on I-43, and
improvements at West Silver Spring Dr. and
North Port Washington Rd..................
202 TX Construction of Lake Ridge and US67 $3,000,000
Project, Cedar Hill, TX...................
203 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 277.................
204 WI Resurface USH 8 between CTH C and Monico... $1,100,000
205 PA South Phila. Access Rd. Design and $3,000,000
construction of port access road from
South Phila Port and intermodal
facilities, Philadelphia..................
206 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to $100,000
enhance citywide truck route system on
Broadway to Irwin Ave between 232 to 231
in the neighborhood of Kingsbridge, NY....
207 PA SR 219 Purchase of Right of Way and $15,000,000
completion of four lane extension from the
Town of Somerset to the Maryland border...
208 WI Expand USH 41 between Oconto and Peshtigo, $2,000,000
Wisconsin (Oconto and Marinette Counties,
Wisconsin)................................
209 IA Study for NE Beltway, Polk Co.............. $500,000
210 NY This project involves a full reconstruction $3,400,000
of all the streets in Long Island City
surrounding 11th Street...................
211 AZ Upgrade and Widen SR85 to I-10 (Mileposts $1,500,000
120-141)..................................
212 MS Upgrade Dog Pen Road and Galilee Road in $1,000,000
Holmes County, and roads in Cruger,
Pickens, and Goodman......................
213 GA U.S. 19/SR92 median work from Ellis RD to $1,500,000
West Taylor ST, Griffin...................
214 MS Upgrade roads at Coahoma Community College, $1,500,000
and roads in Coahoma and Jonestown,
Coahoma County............................
215 IN Construction of Dixon Road from Markland $500,000
Avenue to Judson Road in Kokomo, Indiana..
216 CA Construction of Cross Vally Connector $4,000,000
between I-5 and SR 14.....................
217 MA State Street Corridor Redevelopment Project $6,000,000
includes street resurfacing, pedestrian
walkway improvements and ornate lighting
from Main Street to St. Michael's
Cemetery, Springfield.....................
218 MI Resurfacing of Stephenson Highway in $350,000
Madison Heights...........................
219 CA Soundwall construction on the 210 Freeway, $1,800,000
Pasadena..................................
220 GA Streetscape-Ashburn........................ $250,000
221 NY Design, Study and Construct Ferry Terminal $1,000,000
Facilities at Floyd Bennett Field.........
222 WI Improve Superior Avenue: Interstate 43 to $1,000,000
State Highway 32, Sheboygan County,
Wisconsin.................................
223 TX Design and construction streetscape $1,000,000
improvements to enhance pedestrian access,
pedestrian access to bus services and
facilities................................
224 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Berkeley..... $1,000,000
225 GA Upgrade sidewalks and lighting, $400,000
Wrightsville..............................
226 PA Upgrades to Bedford Route 220 at the $2,100,000
entrance of the Bedford Business Park to
Beldon Ridge intersection.................
227 MI Widen Baldwin Road from Morgan to Waldon in $4,000,000
Orion Township............................
228 FL Construct Saxon Boulevard Extension, $2,100,000
Volusia County, Florida...................
229 NY Construction and rehabilitation of East and $930,000
West Gates Avenues in the Village of
Lindenhurst, NY...........................
230 TN Widen Interstate 240 from Interstate 55 to $1,000,000
Interstate 40 West of Memphis, Shelby
County....................................
231 NJ Rahway River Corridor Greenway Bicycle and $500,000
Pedestrian Path, South Orange.............
232 CT Reconstruct Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, $2,000,000
New Haven.................................
233 PA Development of Northwest Lancaster County $250,000
River Trail...............................
234 CA Widen SR89 at existing mousehole two lane $3,000,000
RR underpass..............................
235 LA Construct Mississippi River Trail and $500,000
Bikepath, New Orleans.....................
236 NY Utica Marsh-Reestablish Water Street....... $2,650,000
237 AR Widen to 5 lanes, improvement, and other $3,200,000
development to U.S. Highway 79B/Univeristy
Ave. in Pine Bluff........................
238 WA SR 9 & 20th St. SE Intersection $1,000,000
Reconstruction in Snohomish County........
239 OH Streetscape and related safety improvements $350,000
to US 20 in Painesville Township, OH......
240 PA Design, construct intersection and other $1,000,000
upgrades on PA 24 and 124 in York County,
PA........................................
241 WA Issaquah Historical Society, Issaquah $250,000
Valley Trolley Project....................
242 IL Construct new bridge on Illinois Prairie $300,000
Path over East Branch River in Milton
Township, IL..............................
243 TN Plan and construct improvements, Livingston $50,000
public square.............................
244 GA Construction on US 82 from Dawson to $1,000,000
Alabama Line..............................
245 IA Construct I-74 Bridge in Bettendorf, IA.... $1,500,000
246 CA Operations and management improvements, $1,000,000
including ITS technologies, on U.S.
Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County.......
247 OH Plan and construct new interchange on $5,000,000
Interstate 71 at Big Walnut Road in
Delaware County, Ohio.....................
248 PA Design and construct access to intermodal $2,000,000
facility in York County...................
249 WA Complete preliminary engineering and $1,000,000
environmental analysis for SR14 through
Camas and Washougal.......................
250 UT Construct Bingham Junction Boulevard in $5,000,000
Midvale City..............................
251 MD Construct Centreville, MD spur of Queen $382,000
Annes County Cross Island Trail,
Centreville to US Route 301...............
252 MN Polk, Pennington, Marshall County 10-Ton $5,600,000
Corridor in Northwestern Minnesota........
253 CA Quincy-Oroville Highway Rehabilitation in $1,000,000
Plumas County.............................
254 CA Construct Coyote Creek Trail Project from $2,000,000
Story Road to Montague Expressway in San
Jose......................................
255 TX Construct Depression of Belt Line Road at I- $6,000,000
35E Intermodal Transportation Project in
Carrollton, TX............................
256 AL Construct Anniston Eastern Bypass from $12,500,000
Golden Springs Road to US Hwy 431.........
257 NY Construct transportation enhancements on $1,250,000
greenway along East River waterfront
between East River Park (ERP) and Brooklyn
Bridge, and reconstruct South entrance to
ERP, in Manhattan.........................
258 NE Construction of I-80-Cherry Avenue $8,000,000
Interchange and East Bypass, Kearney,
Nebraska..................................
259 MN Design, engineering, ROW acquisition and $1,000,000
construction for the French Rapids Bridge,
City of Brainerd..........................
260 CA Escondido, CA Construction of Bear Valley $2,000,000
Parkway, East Valley Parkway..............
261 AR Junction Bridge--rehabilitation & $800,000
conversion from rail to pedestrian use....
262 WA Port of Tacoma Rd.--Construct a second left $500,000
turn lane for traffic from westbound Pac.
Hwy E. to Port of Tacoma Rd. and I-5......
263 NY Realign Union Valley Road in Town of Carmel $330,000
264 MO Roadway improvements to U.S. 67 in St. $2,000,000
Francois County...........................
265 FL Homestead, FL Widening of SW 328 from SW $7,000,000
137 Ave to 152 Ave........................
266 CA Reconstruct I-710 southern terminus off $1,000,000
ramps, Long Beach.........................
267 GA SR 4 widen from Milledgeville Road to $4,000,000
Government Street, Richmond County........
268 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational $250,000
facilities on Western Slope of Black
Mountain, Cumberland County for Cumberland
Trail State Park..........................
269 NJ Routes 1 & 9 Secaucus Road to Broad Avenue $1,000,000
in Hudson and Bergen Counties.............
270 MA Massachusetts Avenue Reconstruction, Boston $5,000,000
271 NY Improve Ashburton Ave. from the Saw Mill $1,500,000
River Parkway to the waterfront, Yonkers..
272 MN Trail extensions to Mesabi Trail, City of $294,745
Aurora....................................
273 LA I-10 Ryan Street exit ramp to include $5,000,000
relocation and realignment of Lakeshore
Drive to include portions of Front Street
and or Ann Street, and to include
expansion of Contraband Bayou Bridge......
274 MI Van Buren, Belleville Road widen to 5 lanes $1,100,000
between Tyler and Ecorse..................
275 IA Widening University Blvd, Clive............ $1,000,000
276 HI Construct Waimea Bypass.................... $1,000,000
277 IL Widening two blocks of Poplar St from Park $480,000
Ave to 13th Street, Williamson County.....
278 CA Widening the highway and reconstructing off $5,000,000
ramps on Hwy 101 between Steele Lane and
Windsor, CA to reduce traffic and promote
carpools..................................
279 WA Granite Falls Alternate Freight Route in $2,930,000
Granite Falls.............................
280 NY Construction and rehabilitation of North $680,000
Queens Avenue and Grand Avenue in the
Village of Lindenhurst, NY................
281 SC Extension & Expansion of Lower Richland $1,000,000
Roads Phase I.............................
282 OR Kuebler Boulevard improvements, Salem...... $1,500,000
283 NC Upgrade US 1 in Rockingham................. $10,000,000
284 CA Implement Southwest San Fernando Valley $2,300,000
Road and Safety Improvements..............
285 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467662S to constant $201,800
warning time devices......................
286 TX Construct new location highway & $16,000,000
interchanges on Inner Loop, from Global
Reach to Loop 375 including the Global
Reach ext., El Paso.......................
287 CA Rehabilitation, repair, and/or $3,500,000
reconstruction of deficient two-lane roads
that connect to Interstate 5, SR 180, SR
41 and SR 99 countywide, Fresno County....
288 OH Relocate SR 149 from 26th Street to Trough $650,000
Run in Bellaire...........................
289 WA Auburn, Washington--M Street SE $500,000
rehabilitation between 29th Street SE and
37th Street SE............................
290 KY Replace Bridge over Stoner Creek, 2 Miles $1,000,000
East of US 27 Junction, Bourbon County....
291 NM Development of Paseo del Volcan corridor $2,000,000
located in Sandoval County from Iris Road
to U.S. Highway 550.......................
292 OH Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens to restore, $180,000
expand, construct, and improve pedestrian
paths and bike trail system...............
293 MS Construct bicycle path, Petal.............. $200,000
294 NJ Construction of Route 206 Chester Township, $1,000,000
NJ........................................
295 IL For IDOT to conduct Phase II engineering $1,000,000
for reconstruction of 159th St-US 6-IL 7
in Will and Cook Counties.................
296 IL For Will County to begin Phase II $2,000,000
engineering and preconstruction activities
for a high level bridge linking Caton Farm
Road with Bruce Road......................
297 CA Study of Thomas Bridge to meet future cargo $2,000,000
and passenger traffic needs of the ports
of Long Beach and Los Angeles.............
298 TX US377 Hood Co., TX--From BU377H east of $1,500,000
Granbury to the new location of FM 4......
299 IL Construct Citywide bicycle path network, $250,000
city of Evanston..........................
300 CA Mount Vernon Avenue grade separation and $2,000,000
bridge expansion in Colton................
301 NJ Widening Routes 1 and 9, Production Way to $500,000
East Lincoln Avenue, Union County.........
302 PA Design, construct and upgrade interchange $4,000,000
of US 15 and US 30 in Adams County........
303 OH State Route 8 Improvements in Northern $3,000,000
Summit County.............................
304 CO US 50 East, State Line to Pueblo........... $7,500,000
305 IN Widening road (along Gordon Road, Sixth $10,000,000
Street, and West Shafer Drive) to 3-lane
street, with sidewalk and improvements to
existing bridge--White County/Monticello,
Indiana...................................
306 OH Widening Pleasant Valley Bagley Road (Rte $1,000,000
27), Parma and Middleburg Heights.........
307 MA Rehabilitation of I-95 Whittier Bridge-- $2,000,000
Amesbury and Newburyport..................
308 CA Streetscape improvements at East 14th St- $750,000
Mission Blvd in Alameda County............
309 NY Construct W. 79th St Rotunda, New York City $2,000,000
310 TX Acquire Kelly Parkway Corridor Right-of-way $2,000,000
through San Antonio.......................
311 NC Construct new route from US 17 to US 421 in $1,000,000
Brunswick and New Hanover Counties........
312 PA Construct safety and capacity improvements $250,000
to Route 309 and Old Packhouse Road.......
313 OR Delta Ponds Bike/Pedestrian Path........... $2,880,000
314 FL Hollywood US Route 1 Young Circle Safety $2,300,000
Improvement...............................
315 MI Houghton County, Gravel and paving of $430,000
remaining 3.2 miles in 5.5 mile stretch of
Jacobsville Rd............................
316 PA Improve access to Airport Connector from PA $500,000
283 to the terminus of the Airport
Connector at State Route 230 and adjacent
access roads..............................
317 CA Construct one additional all purpose lane $1,210,000
in each direction on I 405 and provide
additional capital improvements from SR 73
through the LA County line................
318 IL Improve Roads and Bridges, Cook County..... $4,000,000
319 CA Improve traffic safety, including $1,400,000
streetlights, from Queen to Barclay to Los
Angeles River to Riverside in Elysian
Valley, Los Angeles.......................
320 MI Construction and improvements to Western $2,300,000
Avenue and associated streets betweeen
Third Street and Terrace Street in
Muskegon..................................
321 IL Construct Reed Station Parkway Extension to $2,000,000
IL Rt 3, Carbondale.......................
322 AL Construction of Patton Island Bridge $10,000,000
Corridor..................................
323 MI Highland, Clyde Road from Hickory Ridge to $125,000
Strathcona................................
324 MI Alger County, Repaving a portion of H-58 $1,600,900
between Sullivan Creek towards Little
Beaver Road...............................
325 TX Improvements to US 183 in Gonzales County.. $500,000
326 CA Construct a raised landscaped median on $400,000
Alondra Blvd between Clark Ave and
Woodruff Ave in Bellflower................
327 MN Right of way acquisition for TH23 $2,500,000
Paynesville Bypass........................
328 FL Construct interchange improvements at I-75 $500,000
and University Parkway....................
329 CO For construction and architectural $4,000,000
improvements of Wadsworth Bypass (SH121)
Burlington Northern Railroad and Grandview
Grade Separation..........................
330 KS Construction of 4-lane improvement on K-18 $2,000,000
in Riley County, Kansas...................
331 NJ Replace Rockaway Road Bridge, Randolph $1,000,000
Tonwhsip, New Jersey......................
332 FL Construction of paved road over existing $3,000,000
unpaved roadway on SE 144th Ave from SR
100 to US 301, distance of 1.2 miles......
333 FL Construct I-4 Frontage Rd, Volusia County, $2,000,000
Florida...................................
334 MD Construction of Fringe and Corridor Parking $4,000,000
Facility at intersection of Clinton Street
and Keith Avenue in Baltimore.............
335 OH Purchase of Right of Way for transportation $1,440,000
enhancement activities in Bainbridge
Township, OH..............................
336 NJ Rowan Boulevard Parking adjacent to Highway $1,000,556
322 Corridor in Glassboro Township........
337 CA Construct interchange on US 50 at Empire $1,800,000
Ranch Road in Folsom......................
338 FL Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements in the $300,000
Town of Windermere, Florida...............
339 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $3,000,000
trail, Smyrna.............................
340 CA Santa Anita Avenue Corridor Improvement $3,000,000
project, Arcadia, California..............
341 AS Shoreline protection and drainage $1,000,000
mitigation for Nuuuli village roads.......
342 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, & $600,000
construction of a connector road between
Pennsylvania Rt. 93 & Pennsylvania Rt. 309
in Hazle Township.........................
343 GA South Tifton Bypass from US 82/SR 520 west $500,000
to US 319/SR 35 east, Tift County.........
344 NJ Streetscape and Traffic Improvement Project $1,000,000
to Downtown West Orange...................
345 NJ Bergen County, NJ--On Route 17, address $4,500,000
congestion, safety, drainage, maintenance,
signing, access, pedestrian circulation
and transit access........................
346 CA Road widening, construct bike path, $6,500,000
lighting, and safety improvements on road
leading to Hansen Dam Recreation Area, Los
Angeles...................................
347 TX Construct additional 2 lanes to Loop 335 in $2,000,000
Amarillo from .3 miles West of Western
street to .5 miles West of Broadway.......
348 NY Reconstruct a historic bridge crossing $580,000
Maxwell Creek in the Town of Sodus, NY....
349 NJ Safety and operation improvements on Route $1,200,000
73 in Berlin, Voorhees and Evesham........
350 NJ Study and preliminary engineering designs $1,000,000
for a boulevard on State Route 440 and
U.S. Highway Route 1 & 9, Jersey City.....
351 VA Construction of Route 17-Dominion $6,000,000
Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA.................
352 LA Installation of proper lighting standards $200,000
to illuminate inbound and outbound ramps
of I 10 and portions of HWY 95............
353 IN Cyntheanne Rd. Interchange and Corridor $500,000
Improvements, Town of Fishers, Indiana....
354 ME Plan and construct North-South Aroostook $4,000,000
highways, to improve access to St. John
Valley, including Presque Isle Bypass and
other improvements........................
355 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $1,500,000
trail, LaVergne...........................
356 TX Build Arkansas Street Grade Separation in $1,000,000
Laredo....................................
357 CA Construct new left turn lane at State Route $700,000
19 and Telstar in El Monte................
358 NY Meadow Drive Extension--North Tonawanda, $2,000,000
New York..................................
359 CA Reconstruct I-880 & Coleman Avenue $8,000,000
Interchange & implement other I-880
Corridor operational improvements in Santa
Clara County..............................
360 OR Improve Millican, West Butte Road which $2,000,000
connects U.S. Highway 20 with U.S. Highway
126.......................................
361 VA Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Regional $2,000,000
Transportation Coordination Program.......
362 NY Brooks Landing Transportation Improvements $500,000
and Enhancement project, Rochester........
363 NJ Construct CR 538 Coles Mill Road Bridge $500,000
over Scotland Run, Gloucester County......
364 TX Convert discontinuous two-way frontage $5,000,000
roads to continuous one-way frontage roads
on IH 30 in Texarkana, TX.................
365 TX Regional bicycle routes on existing $1,000,000
highways in Austin, TX....................
366 IN Construct Interchange at I-65 and 109th $7,454,219
Avenue, Crown Point.......................
367 GA Intersection improvement at Harris Drive at $600,000
SR 42.....................................
368 IL Engineering and construction of the East $100,000
Branch DuPage River Greenway Trail in
central DuPage County, IL.................
369 NY Rehabilitate a historic transporation- $600,000
related warehouse on the Erie Canal in the
Town of Lyons, NY.........................
370 NY Relocating Miller Highway W 59th-72 St. $2,500,000
Manhattan under future expansion of
Riverside Park; demolishing existing
elevated road over park...................
371 MI Allen Road under the CN Railroad Grade $4,450,000
Separation, Woodhaven.....................
372 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Larksville Borough, Luzerne County.....
373 AR Northeast Arkansas Connector (relocation of $3,000,000
Highway 226)..............................
374 NJ Reconstruct Route 168 from Route 41 to 6th $658,000
Avenue in Runnemede.......................
375 NY Renovation of Metropolitian Avenue center $1,700,000
islands...................................
376 PA Rt 60 Millennium Park Interchange, $800,000
construct new interchange on Rt 60 to
provide access to new Lawrence County
Industrial Park...........................
377 AR Bentonville, Arkansas--widen Arkansas $1,500,000
Highway 102 between U.S. 71B and the west
city limits...............................
378 PA Purchase of right-of-way, utilities and $3,000,000
construction for Northern Access to
Altoona from Interstate 99, Blair County,
PA........................................
379 CA Construct Class I bike and pedestrian path $400,000
from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach.......
380 MN Reconstruct CSAH 61 from south county line $316,000
to TH 73, Moose Lake......................
381 AZ Improving Lone Pine Dam Road in Navajo $1,500,000
County....................................
382 MI Construct Road Improvements to North Henry $2,700,000
St. from Vermont Ave. to Wilder Rd. Bay
City......................................
383 TX Reconstruct I-35E Trinity River Bridge, $15,000,000
Dallas....................................
384 NY Town of Greenville rehabilitation of $125,000
Grahamtown Rd. & Burnt Corners Rd.........
385 NJ Completion of Hudson River Waterfront $1,000,000
Walkway through Stevens Institute of
Technology in Hoboken.....................
386 NC Construct US 74 Bypass, Shelby, NC......... $3,000,000
387 WA Tukwila Urban Access Improvement Project-- $1,000,000
address necessary improvements to
Southcenter Parkway in Tukwila to relieve
congestion................................
388 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the $125,000
intersection of Independence Avenue and
Sherman Way...............................
389 NH Design and construction of intersection of $1,000,000
Rte 101A and Rte 13 in Milford............
390 NJ Construct Rte 30--Pomona Road Intersection $5,000,000
Improvements, Atlantic County.............
391 CA I-10 and Indian Ave Interchange, Palm $2,750,000
Springs, CA...............................
392 NY Reconstruction of street, sidewalks and $500,000
curbs outside of Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA)....................................
393 KY Right of way for and construction of $3,200,000
Pennyrile Parkway Extension from 41A S. to
I-24......................................
394 TN Sevier County, Tennessee SR-66 widening.... $1,750,000
395 TN Plan and construct interchange $400,000
improvements, I-65 at Highland Road.......
396 IA Reconstruction of NW Madrid Dr, Polk Co.... $500,000
397 NH Relocation and Reconstruction of $1,300,000
intersection at Route 103 and North Street
in Claremont..............................
398 IL To construct a new 2-lane road extending $500,000
1650 feet north from intersection with
University Park Drive, Edwardsville.......
399 NY Town of Highlands reconstruction of bridge $225,000
on School Street..........................
400 AK Unalaska, AK Construction of AMHW ferry $7,500,000
terminal including approach, staging, and
upland improvements.......................
401 PA Design and construct interchange and $3,500,000
related improvements to I 83 Exit 4.......
402 OR U.S. 101 Improvements, Bandon.............. $3,300,000
403 MI Northwestern Highway Extension projects in $5,000,000
Oakland County............................
404 PA PA Route 61 safety improvements, Leesport $2,468,300
Borough and Ontelaunee and Muhlenburg
Townships.................................
405 OH Improve Rt 62 (Main and Town Streets) $3,000,000
Bridges over Scioto River, Columbus.......
406 AK Planning, design, and construction of a $3,000,000
bridge joining the Island of Gravina to
the Community of Ketchikan................
407 MN U.S. Trunk Highway 14 from Waseca to $12,000,000
Owatonna, Minnesota.......................
408 TX Construct Mission Trails Project Packages 4 $5,500,000
& 5 in San Antonio........................
409 MS Upgrade Roads in Carthage, Leake County.... $200,000
410 MI Construct access road at intersection of $26,000
Doerr Road and Schell Street to Develop 65-
Acre of Municipal Tract of Industrial
Land. Village of Cass City, Tuscola County
411 MS Upgrade roads in Humphreys County Districts $850,000
1 and 5 and Isola.........................
412 IN 126th Street Project, Town of Fishers, $1,250,000
Indiana...................................
413 HI Construct Puanaiko Street.................. $1,000,000
414 AZ Burro Creek section between Wikieup and the $1,000,000
Santa Maria River.........................
415 PA Conduct Environmental Impact Statement $1,000,000
study for Parkway West corridor...........
416 SC Build Railroad Avenue Extension in Berkeley $2,000,000
County, SC--SCDOT.........................
417 MD Construct a visitors center and related $4,700,000
roads serving Ft. McHenry.................
418 OH Construction of Gracemont Street Exchange $3,000,000
Interstate 77--Bethlehem Township and Pike
Township, Ohio............................
419 MI Design, Right-of-Way and Construction of $21,400,000
the I-196 Chicago Drive (Baldwin Street)
Interchange Modificaiton, Michigan........
420 CA Folsom Blvd. Transportation Enhancements, $7,000,000
City of Rancho Cordova....................
421 TN improve streetscape and pavement repair, $300,000
Monroe County, TN.........................
422 TX IH37 frontage roads in Mathis.............. $2,000,000
423 WV Construct New River Parkway................ $4,500,000
424 NY Construct sidewalk and improvements on $330,000
Broadway in the Town of Cortlandt.........
425 PA Erie, PA Powell Avenue Bridge Replacement, $3,000,000
Asbury Road Improvement Project...........
426 VA Liberty Street Construction in $1,000,000
Martinsville, Virginia....................
427 CA Implement streetscape project on Central $3,000,000
Avenue from 103rd Street to Watts/103rd
Street Station, Watts.....................
428 MA Realignments and reconstruction of a $3,200,000
section of Route 32 in Palmer to the Ware
town line.................................
429 CA Seismic retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge. $10,000,000
430 CA Upgrade and extend Commerce Avenue, City of $1,750,000
Concord...................................
431 MA Somerville Roadway Improvements............ $2,000,000
432 LA Replace Almonaster Bridge, New Orleans..... $500,000
433 IN Upgrade Traffic Signals Phase III in the $640,000
City of Muncie, Indiana...................
434 FL Sharpes Ferry Bridge replacement in Marion $800,000
County....................................
435 IA US 34 Missouri River bridge relocation and $2,500,000
replacement...............................
436 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and $150,000
sidewalk construction of Oak Avenue.......
437 MN Interchange Reconstruction at CSAH4 and $1,000,000
US169.....................................
438 IL Development and construction of an $6,000,000
interchange at Brisbin Rd and Interstate
80........................................
439 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of $15,000,000
rail-grade separations throughout Nebraska
as identified by Nebraska Dept. of Roads..
440 MO Redesign & Reconstruction of the I-270 $2,000,000
Dorsett Road Interchange Complex in the
City of Maryland Heights..................
441 SC Build Berlin Myers Extension in $8,000,000
Summerville, SC...........................
442 IN Improve 100 South, Porter County........... $1,000,000
443 NY Improve safety measures at the railroad $1,600,000
grade crossings on the West Short River
Line, Rockland County.....................
444 NJ Street Improvements and Traffic Signal $800,000
Replacement in Union City Central Business
District..................................
445 GA Streetscape project to replace sidewalks in $300,000
downtown Forsyth..........................
446 AK Westside development Williamsport-Pile Bay $5,000,000
Road......................................
447 NV Construct Interstate 15--Las Vegas Beltway $9,000,000
Interchange...............................
448 NY Palisades Trailway Phase 2--Rockland $200,000
County, New York..........................
449 PA Replace a Highway Rail Grade crossing in $500,000
Jeanette, PA at Wegleys Road..............
450 CA Conduct project design and environmental $2,500,000
analysis of Heritage Bridge on Heritage
Road linking Chula Vista to Otay Mesa.....
451 MA Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, MA, $500,000
Design and Construction of parking areas..
452 NY Reconstruct Main Street in the Town of $90,000
Lewisboro.................................
453 MA Study and analysis of Lowell Westford St.- $600,000
Wood St. Rourke Bridge Corridor, Lowell...
454 OR Highway 20, Lincoln County................. $7,000,000
455 MN Construction of 8th Street North: Stearns $2,000,000
C.R. 120 to T.H. 15 in St. Cloud, MN......
456 IL Construction of a pedestrian sidewalk along $145,000
S. Chicago Street in Geneseo, IL..........
457 OH Construct Bike and Walking Path from West $450,000
210 St to Metroparks Fairview Park........
458 NY Improve Bronx River Greenway 180th St Park $800,000
Link to Bronx Park........................
459 MN City of East Grand Forks Construct 13th St $1,200,000
SE Extension..............................
460 NY Improvements to Clark Pl and Cherry Ln-Rt. $370,000
6 and 6N in Putnam County.................
461 NJ Construct Garden State Parkway Grade $40,000,000
Separation, Cape May County...............
462 VA High Knob Horse Trails--construction of $750,000
horse riding trails and associated
facilities in High Knob area of Jefferson
National Forest...........................
463 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $2,500,000
trail, Cookeville.........................
464 UT Provo, Utah Westside Connector from I-15 to $1,000,000
Provo Municipal Airport...................
465 CA I-5 Santa Clarita-Los Angeles Gateway $1,500,000
Improvement Project.......................
466 NY Project will revitalize staircases used as $1,000,000
streets due to steep grade of terrain in
areas in which they are located, the Bronx
467 TX Construct and rehabilitate pedestrian $1,000,000
walkways along the Main Street Corridor to
improve transit-related accessibility.....
468 MD Reconstruct East North Avenue (US Route 1) $3,200,000
in Baltimore..............................
469 CT Reconstructoin of Lakeville Center to $895,000
improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at
the intersection of Routes 41 and 44......
470 NY Rehabilition of Bay Ridge 86th Street $2,000,000
Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY..............
471 CA San Gabriel Blvd Rehabilitation Project-- $300,000
Mission Rd to Broadway, San Gabriel.......
472 NC To plan, design, and construct the 10th $8,000,000
Street Connector Project in Greenville, NC
473 OH To widen Western Reserve Road from SR 7 to $2,500,000
Hitchcock Road, Mahoning Co...............
474 NY Binghamton, Improve Front Street........... $5,000,000
475 FL U.S. Highway 19 Bayside Segment............ $2,000,000
476 MI Arenac County, Upgrade Maple Ridge Road $1,646,000
from Briggs Road east to M-65.............
477 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and $225,000
sidewalk construction of Mearns Ave.......
478 NY Village of Nelsonville improvements, paving $250,000
& sidewalk installation to North Pearl St,
Crown St, Pine St, & Wood Ave.............
479 CA Widen Firestone Blvd between Ryerson Blvd $2,000,000
and Stewart and Gray Road in Downey.......
480 CA Construct Air Cargo Access Road to Oakland $900,000
International Airport.....................
481 MD Peer review study of conflicts between road $100,000
system and light rail operations in
Linthicum, MD.............................
482 GA Resurface and widen Jac-Art Road as part of $200,000
the Bleckley County Development Authority
project...................................
483 VA Construction of Virginia Blue Ridge Trail $300,000
in Amherst County, VA.....................
484 FL Implement NE 6th Street/Sistrunk Boulevard $1,000,000
Streetscape and Enhancement Project, City
of Ft. Lauderdale.........................
485 CA Widen Lakewood Blvd between Telegraph Rd $2,000,000
and Fifth St in Downey....................
486 TX Widen Motor Street thoroughfare in Dallas $2,500,000
to improve accessibility to Southwestern
Medical District..........................
487 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail, $500,000
Lutsen Phase, CR 34 to Lockport store.....
488 PA Widen of SR 309 through the Borough of $3,000,000
Coopersburg to create left-turn lanes and
complete the Rt. 309 Corridor Improvement
Project...................................
489 CA Pasadena Ave/Monterey Rd Partial Grade $300,000
Separation--Preliminary Engineering--
Feasibility, South Pasadena...............
490 OH Intermodal Bikeway, Independence........... $500,000
491 MO Widen shoulder and resurface US 136 and $2,000,000
replace 2 deficient bridges between Rock
Port and Bethany, Missouri................
492 FL S.R.43 (U.S.301) Improvement Project-- $3,000,000
Ellentown to Parrish, Florida.............
493 GA Bike and pedestrian paths and other $800,000
transportation enhancements at Georgia
Veterans Memorial Park....................
494 AK Citywide pavement rehabilitation in City of $1,000,000
North Pole................................
495 GA Replace and upgrade sidewalks, Glenwood.... $50,000
496 NY Bruckner blvd along Bronx River Ave, Story $1,600,000
Ave to Soundview Park Greenway............
497 GA Widen SR 133 from Spence Field to SR 35 in $2,000,000
Colquitt County, Georgia..................
498 CA Mariposa County, CA Improve 16 roads, $2,500,000
bridge and one bike path..................
499 LA Upgrade highway-rail crossings at Madison $200,000
Street, City of Gretna....................
500 PA Two-lane Extension of Bristol Road, Bucks $1,000,000
County....................................
501 TN Widen SR30 From Athens to Etowah, Tennessee $5,758,000
502 MI Iosco County, Reconstruct Bissonette Road $322,500
from Lorenz Road to Chambers Road.........
503 TX Development of one-story 300-vehicle $1,200,000
parking facility..........................
504 WA Design and construct improved I-182 $2,000,000
interchange ramps at Broadmoor Blvd. in
Pasco, WA.................................
505 NY Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in $3,250,000
Lockport, NY--Transportation Enhancements.
506 MI M-6 Paul Henry Freeway trail design and $2,780,000
construction..............................
507 CT Reconstruction and conversion of Union $1,705,000
Station in North Canaan to establish a
transportation museum.....................
508 OR Construct passing lanes on U.S. 199, $1,107,000
Josephine County..........................
509 CA Scenic preservation and run-off mitigation $1,500,000
in the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area near PCH and US101........
510 IL South Shore Drive and 67th Underpass....... $1,300,000
511 CA Mission Boulevard / State Route 71 $4,200,000
Interchange--Corridor Improvements........
512 OR For purchase of right of way, planning, $11,000,000
design and construction of a highway,
Newberg...................................
513 VA Smith River Trail--construction of trail $500,000
along Smith River in Henry County.........
514 IL Resurface Clifton Park Ave. and S. Louis $400,000
Ave., Village of Evergreen................
515 NJ University Heights Connector for $637,000
improvements to First Street in Newark
from Sussex Street to West Market Street..
516 GA Broad Avenue Bridge: Albany................ $500,000
517 CA Caelsbad, CA Construction of Poinsettia $2,000,000
Lane......................................
518 CA Construct pedestrian enhancements on $2,500,000
Broadway in Los Angeles...................
519 NJ Construct Rt 56 Maurice River Bridge $2,000,000
Replacement, Salem & Cumberland Counties..
520 WA Conduct route analysis for community $50,000
pathway through Chehalis..................
521 WA Construct a multi-jurisdictional non- $2,000,000
motorized transportation project parallel
to SR99 called the Interurban Trail.......
522 FL Construct Downtown Bypass Roadway $500,000
Connector, Lake Mary, Florida.............
523 NY To study, design and construct $5,800,000
transportation enhancements on the
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway in Red Hook,
Greenpoint, and the Navy Yard in Brooklyn.
524 NY Update all county and town traffic signage $75,000
in Wayne County, NY.......................
525 CA Construct Route 101 Auxiliary Lanes 3rd Ave $5,000,000
in the City of San Mateo to Millbrae Ave
in Millbrae...............................
526 CA Undertake Cordelia Hill Sky Valley $3,000,000
transportation enhancement project,
including upgrade of pedestrian and
bicycle corridors, Solano County..........
527 MS Construct I-20 Interchange at Hawkins $2,000,000
Crossing, Lauderdale County...............
528 TN Sevier, Jefferson, Cocke Counties, $1,750,000
Tennessee SR-35&US411 widening............
529 GA Upgrade Safety of Bicycle and Pedestrian $3,000,000
Access to Public Schools, Dekalb County...
530 OH Construction of Safety and related $120,000
improvements on Rutlege Transfer Road in
Vernon Township, OH.......................
531 WI Reconstruct USH 45 in Antigo............... $2,020,000
532 WA SR 2/Main Street/Old Owen Road Intersection $480,000
in Monroe.................................
533 GA Install landscaping and upgrade lighting on $350,000
Fall Line Freeway, Reynolds...............
534 WA Congestion relief on I-405 with added lanes $1,000,000
from SR520-SR522 including 2 lanes each
way from NE 85th-NE 124th.................
535 NY Conduct NYS 5 construction study........... $80,000
536 PA Widen lanes, add left turn lanes and update $1,500,000
& install traffic signals at SR309, SR
4010 interchange in North Whitehall
Township..................................
537 KY Reconstruct I-64-KY 180 Interchange, Boyd $2,000,000
County, Kentucky..........................
538 TX Widen US 271 from a 2-lane facility to a 4- $1,500,000
lane divided facility from Paris, TX to
Pattonville, TX...........................
539 TN Carter County, Tennessee SR-362 $500,000
reconstruction............................
540 OH Construct Ohio River Trail, Anderson $150,000
Township..................................
541 MI Delta County, CR 515 from US 2 and US 41 in $320,000
Rapid River to County Road 446 at Days
River Road-Bituminous overlay and joint
repair....................................
542 FL Fund design phase for widening US 41 north $1,000,000
of Dunnellon to four lanes................
543 TN Construction of Elizabethton Connector in $500,000
Carter County, Tennessee..................
544 NJ Newark Waterfront Pedestrian and Bicycle $1,500,000
Access project............................
545 ME Plan and construct Lewiston/Auburn Downtown $5,800,000
Connector.................................
546 OH Conduct Miami St along SR Route 53 safety $1,000,000
enhancement project to improve access to
railroad crossing.........................
547 AK Planning, design, and construction of $15,000,000
Juneau access roads in Juneau, Alaska.....
548 TN Construction of an intersection/interchange $2,400,000
in the City of Cleveland along I-75.......
549 FL Construct Flagler Avenue Improvements, City $1,000,000
of Key West, Florida......................
550 CA Rehabilitate street surface of Cedros $43,000
Avenue between Burbank Blvd. and Magnolia
Blvd......................................
551 VA Engineering and Right of Way to widen Route $1,000,000
221 in Forest, Virginia...................
552 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 200.................
553 TX SH146 grade separation over Red Bluff Rd... $17,000,000
554 TN construction of park access road and $300,000
adjacent trails at the Athens Regional
Park in Athens, TN........................
555 IL State Street Road Improvements from 43rd $2,945,000
Street to IL Rt 157, East St. Louis.......
556 GA Streetscape-Dawson......................... $200,000
557 SC Build Carolina Bays Parkway Segment from $3,000,000
SC544 to US 17 in Myrtle Beach, SC........
558 GA US 341 US 41 SR 7 from Barnesville to SR 3, $4,000,000
Georgia...................................
559 OH Reconstruct and widen State Route 82 in $1,000,000
North Royalton............................
560 FL Acquisition, engineering, and construction $1,500,000
of West Avenue Connector Bridge, City of
Miami Beach, FL...........................
561 ME Safety Enhancements on Routes 11, 6, and 16 $400,000
for Piscataquis County Industrial
Development...............................
562 IL Study, design, and construction of a $1,132,000
designated truck route through the City of
Monticello................................
563 CA Improvement of intersection at Aviation $2,000,000
Blvd. and Rosecrans Ave. to reduce
congestion................................
564 WI Preliminary engineering for upgrading I94 $9,000,000
between Illinois State Line and Mitchell
Interchange in SE Wisconsin...............
565 MI Cogshall Road Crossing Improvement and Life $1,200,000
Safety Access Project in Holly, MI........
566 MI Ontonagon County, Improve Fed Forest Hwy 16 $500,000
from M-38 to Houghton County Line.........
567 UT Forest Street Improvements, Brigham City, $2,000,000
UT........................................
568 NC I40 Union Cross Road Interchange in Forsyth $1,000,000
County, NC................................
569 NJ Construct Sea Isle Boulevard Reconstruction $2,000,000
from Garden State Parkway to Ludlams
Thoroughfare, Cape May County.............
570 CA I-5 HOV Improvements from Route 134 to $500,000
Route 170.................................
571 NY Reconfiguration of intersection and $475,000
redesign of traffic signal timing at
Mohegan Ave and Lakeland St...............
572 CA Shoal Creek Pedestrian Bridge (San Diego).. $1,000,000
573 GA Streetscape-Cordele........................ $250,000
574 CA Construct I-605 Interchange Capacity $2,000,000
Improvements in Irwindale.................
575 SC Construction of interchange at I-385 and SC $2,200,000
14, Exit 19, in Laurens County, South
Carolina..................................
576 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of $4,000,000
Nebraska Highway 35 between Norfolk and
South Sioux City..........................
577 MO Complete impact study for North Oak Highway $500,000
corridor redevelopment....................
578 MA Design and construct the 1.5 mile East $1,500,000
Longmeadow Redstone rail Trail bike path..
579 NY Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety on $100,000
Main Street, Holbrook.....................
580 CA Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced Counties $2,500,000
Upgrade existing county highway, J59......
581 FL U.S. 19 Continuous right turn lanes in $7,000,000
Pasco County..............................
582 NJ Union Boulevard Revitalization and $500,000
Streetscape Enhancements, Totowa..........
583 IL Improve roads, The Village of Westchester.. $1,000,000
584 IN Reconstruct 45th Avenue from Colfax Street $2,700,000
to Grant Street, Lake County..............
585 IN Construct Grade Separation Underpass on $1,000,000
Main Street in Mishawaka, Indiana.........
586 UT Construct two-lane divided highway from the $4,000,000
Atkinville Interchange to the new
replacement airport access road in St.
George....................................
587 CA Diamond Bar On-Off Ramp at Lemon Ave on SR- $12,000,000
60........................................
588 NY Harlem Hospital Parking Garage............. $10,000,000
589 MA Downtown revitalization for Pleasant $1,900,000
Street, Malden............................
590 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of Prospect Park Yeshiva..
591 NY Emergency vehicle preemption system at $500,000
traffic signals, Smithtown................
592 CA Reconstruct interchange for south-bound $3,000,000
traffic entering I-80 from Central Avenue,
City of Richmond..........................
593 KY Reconstruct KY 393, Oldham County, Kentucky $2,000,000
594 CA Reduce Orange County Congestion Program.... $250,000
595 CA Street Closure at Chevy Chase Drive, $800,000
Glendale..................................
596 PA Allegheny City Urban Runoff Mitigation- $1,000,000
eliminate urban highway runoff and the
discharge of culverted streams into
municipal combined sewers.................
597 SC Construct Briggs-Pearson-DeLaine Connector. $25,000,000
598 NM Construct an interchange on I-25 to provide $4,000,000
access to Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque.....
599 OR Short Haul Intermodal Pilot Project, Eugene $2,500,000
600 VA Rivermont Ave. (Lynchburg) Bridge $1,700,000
improvements..............................
601 MA Construct new interchange on I-95 between $500,000
existing Route 1A ramp to the north and
Route 123 ramp to the south, Attleboro....
602 OH Construct Waverly, Ohio South Connector $3,200,000
from US 23 to SR 104 to SR 220............
603 VA Craig County Trail--improvements to trail $150,000
in Craig County...........................
604 CO US 160, State Highway 3 to East of the $6,000,000
Florida River.............................
605 AS Village road improvements for Ta'u, Ofu, $1,400,000
and Olosega-Sili counties in Manu'a
district..................................
606 PR Construction of 4 lane connector serving PR $1,950,000
9922, PR 9939 and PR 183..................
607 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking, garage & roadway
redesign in Duryea Borough, Luzerne County
608 OK SH-33, Widen SH-33 from the Cimarron River $8,000,000
East to US-177 Payne County, OK...........
609 TX Washington Boulevard Improvements in $2,600,000
Beaumont, Texas...........................
610 FL Widen Midway Road from South 25th Street to $2,000,000
U.S. 1 in St. Lucie County................
611 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities $5,000,000
in the vicinity of W. 65th St and
Broadway, New York City...................
612 LA Construct Kansas-Garrett Connector and I-20 $5,000,000
Interchange Improvements..................
613 PA Construct the SR 1058 Connector between PA $1,600,000
309 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Northeast Extension in Montgomery County..
614 OK Reconstruct the Interstate 44 193rd street $3,000,000
interchange...............................
615 NY Roadway improvements to Woodbury Rd at $2,000,000
intersection with Syosset-Woodbury Rd.....
616 RI Construct a handicapped accessible trail $200,000
and platform at Kettle Pond Visitor Center
Administrative Facility...................
617 NJ Construct Great Swamp National Wildlife $250,000
Refuge Road...............................
618 CA Grade Separation at 32nd Street between I- $1,000,000
15 and Harbor Drive, San Diego............
619 IN Widen Old Meridian Street from 2 to 4 $1,000,000
lanes, City of Carmel, Indiana............
620 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, City $2,200,000
of Portage................................
621 VA Widen Route 17 in Stafford................. $4,000,000
622 VA Widen Route 820 in Bergton, Virginia....... $1,200,000
623 IL Construction of 2 North/South Blvds. and 2 $7,500,000
East/West Blvds. in the vicinity of
Northern Illinois University..............
624 CA Begin construction of road from US-395 west $1,000,000
towards SR-14.............................
625 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Old Forge Borough, Lackawanna County...
626 PA Improvements to Amtrak Keystone Corridor $500,000
grade crossings at Irishtown Rd., New
Comer Rd., and a new bridge at Ebychiques
Rd........................................
627 TN Acquire and construct trail and bikeway $1,600,000
along S. Chickamauga Creek in Chattanooga,
TN........................................
628 TX Interchange improvements IH-30 Arlington at $2,000,000
FM 157 (Collins Street) and Center Street.
629 MO Highway 350 Access Management Study from $1,000,000
I435 to I470..............................
630 TX Mile 6 W from US83 to SH 107, Hidalgo $1,000,000
County....................................
631 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting $433,000
on Haddon Avenue from Albertson Avenue to
Glenwood Avenue, Haddon Township..........
632 NY Rehabilitate highway bridges--Ithaca $2,500,000
secondary line............................
633 WA Buckley, WA; New Road alignments on 112th $2,000,000
Street Corridor...........................
634 ID Construct Washington Street North from $4,500,000
Addison Avenue to Pole Line Road..........
635 SC Construction of the US-15/SC-341 connector $4,500,000
parallel to I-20, Lee County..............
636 PA Construct Recreational Trail from Oil City $1,000,000
to Rynd Farm (Venango County).............
637 TX FM 1637 from FM 3051 to FM 185, Waco....... $2,000,000
638 VA Green Cove Station--improvements to $100,000
existing Forest Service facility located
at trailhead of Virginia Creeper Trail....
639 NJ South Essex Street Bridge Pedestrian Access $578,000
Improvements, Orange......................
640 TX FM 3391 (East Renfro St.) from I-35W to CR $1,500,000
602, Burleson.............................
641 WI Replace Wisconsin Street Bridge (STH 44) in $10,000,000
Oshkosh, Wisconsin........................
642 CT Construct Route 11 Extension and Greenway $16,000,000
from Salem to Waterford...................
643 TX Drainage Study and Engineering for US 83 in $1,000,000
Starr County..............................
644 TN widen SR-62 in Knox County, TN............. $6,500,000
645 GA Widen US 17 SR 25 from Yacht Drive to Harry $2,000,000
Driggers Boulevard, Glynn County, Georgia.
646 KY Widen US 25 from US 421 North to KY 876, $1,000,000
Madison County............................
647 GA Widen US 280/SR 30 from east of Flint River $1,000,000
to SR 300 Connector west of Cordele.......
648 MS Upgrade roads in Gunnison, Mound Bayou, $2,000,000
Beulah, Benoit, and Shaw, Bolivar County..
649 NY Construct and enhance Fillmore Avenue and $1,500,000
traffic down-grade and infrastructure
improvements to Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo.
650 NJ Construct Route 46 & Main Street $2,000,000
intersection in Lodi......................
651 MN Phase III construction of Trunk Highway 610- $5,000,000
10 Minnesota..............................
652 NM NM 128 JCT NM 31 East to Texas State Line.. $3,000,000
653 NJ Replacement of Prospect Avenue Culvert, $400,000
City of Summit, County of Union...........
654 FL US 441 Traffic Improvements----Road $900,000
surface, road access, curb, gutter, and
right of way, Miami Gardens...............
655 MN Environmental studies and right of way $5,000,000
acuisition for Trunk Highway 55 Corridor
Protection Project........................
656 NY Roadway improvements on Woodbine Avenue $800,000
between 5th Avenue and Beach Avenue.......
657 NY Saugerties, Improve downtown streets....... $1,200,000
658 IN Widen US 31 Hamilton County, Indiana....... $1,000,000
659 GA Build a bridge across Big Indian Creek, $1,500,000
Perry.....................................
660 MI Carpenter Road Reconstruction--700 feet $2,000,000
South of Textile Road to I-94, Washtenaw
County....................................
661 IN Resurface and widen Shelby County Indiana $500,000
400 North Phases IV and V.................
662 SC Widen West Georgia Road from Neely Ferry $2,000,000
Road to Fork Shoals Road..................
663 TX Construct Phase II of City of Killeen SH- $4,000,000
201.......................................
664 MN Interchange improvements at I-94 and CSAH $1,000,000
19 and at CSAH 37 in the city of
Albertville, MN...........................
665 KY Construction of bypass between KY 55 and US $1,000,000
68 at Lebanon in Marion County............
666 NY Peruville Road. Creating overpass to $2,000,000
address intersection safety issue.........
667 OR Add a southbound lane to section of I-5 $5,000,000
through Portland, OR between Delta Park
and Lombard...............................
668 MN 10th Street Bridge Expansion in St. Cloud, $1,000,000
MN........................................
669 NJ Intermodal Access Improvements to the $2,000,000
Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor...............
670 TX Nolana Loop from FM 1426 to FM 88, Hidalgo $2,000,000
County....................................
671 OH Perry Park Road Improvements and Pedestrian $67,000
Trail Expansion at Call Road in the
Village of Perry, OH......................
672 NV Implement Regional Transportation of $3,000,000
Southern Nevada FAST system...............
673 NY Bronx River Greenway 233rd Street $1,000,000
Connection................................
674 PA Construction of turn lanes, increase curve $435,000
radius at the intersection of SR 3041 and
Industrial Park Road, Somerset, Pa........
675 FL Planning and design for development of $500,000
future highway connections to the
Southwest Florida International Airport...
676 WI Reconstruct and rebuild St. Croix River $7,000,000
Crossing, connecting Wisconsin State
Highway 64 in Houlton, Wisconsin to
Minnesota State Highway 36 in Stillwater
Minnesota.................................
677 TN Conduct study for SR45 to SR386 Connector.. $500,000
678 IN Reconstruct and widen Shelby County Indiana $1,000,000
500 East from 1200 N to US 52.............
679 MO Removal and Replacement of the Grand Avenue $3,500,000
Bridge in the City of St. Louis...........
680 TX Conduct reconstruction and managed lanes $5,000,000
project on Airport Freeway (SH 183-SH 121)
from IH 820 to the Dallas County Line.....
681 FL Reconstruction of Hanford Boulevard, North $2,750,000
Miami Beach...............................
682 MA Commonwealth Ave/Kenmore Sq. Roadway & $5,000,000
Pedestrian Improvements...................
683 NY Pedestrian walkway and bikeway improvements $3,200,000
along the NYC Greenway System in Coney
Island....................................
684 PA Restore Route 222 in Maxatawny and Richmond $2,500,000
Townships, Berks County, PA...............
685 OH Study and design of modifications to I-75 $1,500,000
interchanges at M.L. King-Hopple, I-74,
and Mitchell in Cincinnati................
686 VA Widen Route 10 to six lanes from Route 1 to $1,000,000
Meadowville Road, Chesterfield............
687 GA Rebuild sidewalks, install sidewalks, and $250,000
add speed monitoring system, Alamo........
688 CA Widen Wilmington Ave from 223rd street $3,000,000
including ramp modifications, Carson......
689 WI Construct STH 32 (Claude Allouez) bridge in $500,000
DePere, Wisconsin (Brown County,
Wisconsin)................................
690 NY Construction of drainage improvements and $430,000
aethetic enhancements to Oak Beach Road in
the Town of Babylon, NY...................
691 WI Construct an alternative connection to $4,000,000
divert local traffic from I-90, a major
highway, and allow movement through the
Gateway commercial development project....
692 WA East Marine View Drive Widening in Everett. $3,500,000
693 OH Construction of safety improvements at $300,000
intersection of US 422 and SR 700 in
Geauga County, OH.........................
694 WV Upgrade Route 10, Logan Co................. $5,000,000
695 TX Conduct Preliminary Engineering for Funnel $4,000,000
Project on SH 114 from BS 114L to Dallas
County Line and on SH 121 from SH 360 to
Dallas Co Line............................
696 NC Install ITS on US70 Clayton Bypass......... $1,000,000
697 PA Brighton Road Extension-add new street to N $1,000,000
Shore roadway network to facilitate access
to amphitheater...........................
698 NJ Broad Street Streetscape Project in $700,000
Elizabeth to provide physical improvements
and to enhance transportation flow and
efficiency................................
699 FL Construction of 4 lane highway around $3,000,000
Jacksonville connecting US1 to Route 9A...
700 WA 510-507 Loop--Conduct engineering, design, $2,500,000
and ROW acquisition for alternative route
to two existing highways that bisect Yelm,
WA........................................
701 CA Develop and implement traffic calming $1,000,000
measures for traffic exiting the I-710
into Long Beach...........................
702 CA San Diego, CA Construction of the I-5 and $4,000,000
SR-56 Connectors..........................
703 IL Upgrade Ridge Avenue, Evanston............. $3,000,000
704 SC Widening and Improvements for Highway 901, $2,000,000
York County...............................
705 IA Widening and Reconstruction, I 235, Des $6,500,000
Moines....................................
706 CA Bay Road improvements between University $6,000,000
Avenue to Fordham, and from Clarke Avenue
to Cooley Landing. Northern access
improvements between University and
Illinois Avenues, East Palo Alto..........
707 NC Project to widen US 501 from NC 49 in $4,000,000
Roxboro to the VA state line with part on
new location..............................
708 NY Congestion reduction, traffic flow $640,000
improvement and intermodal transfer study
at Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street in Queens.
709 CA Construct bicycle and pedestrian bridge $750,000
between Oyster Bay Regional Park in San
Leandro and Metropolitan Golf Course in
Oakland...................................
710 TX For construction of Seg 5 and 6 of SH 130 $5,000,000
from 183 to Seguin, TX....................
711 NJ Construct the Airport Circle Elimination at $1,000,000
Tilton and Delilah Roads, Atlantic County.
712 KY Construct North Somerset Bypass in Pulaski $7,000,000
County from Nunn Parkway to KY 80.........
713 NV Construct US Highway 95--Las Vegas Beltway $8,000,000
Interchange...............................
714 NY Repair and repave the north side of the $150,000
Mineola train station.....................
715 IL Repair of CH 29 and reconstruction of CH 8 $1,000,000
at interchanges with Interstate 55 at
Towanda and Lexington Illinois............
716 CA Conduct a Project Study Report for new $500,000
Highway 99 interchange between SR 165 and
Bradbury Road, serving Turlock/Hilmar
region....................................
717 PA Construction of US-22 to I-79 Section of $1,000,000
Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
718 MN Construction of new highway between the $3,000,000
bridge over Partridge River on CR 565 in
Hoyt Lakes to the intersection of CSAH 21
and 70, Babbitt...........................
719 CA State Route 1 improvements between Soquel $3,670,000
and Morrissey Blvd including merge lanes
and the La Fonda overpass, Santa Cruz.....
720 WA The West Corridor Coalition in Washington $500,000
state.....................................
721 WA North Sound Connecting Communities $1,000,000
Transportation Project Planning...........
722 FL West Relief Bridge Rehabilitation, Bay $1,500,000
Harbor Islands............................
723 NE Western Douglas County Trails Project, $5,500,000
Nebraska..................................
724 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway-RR grade $100,000
Crossing improvement--Hazelwood Street....
725 GA Extend East Greene Street, install street $400,000
lights, utilities, and landscaping,
Milledgeville.............................
726 CA Grade Separation at Vanowen and Cliveborne, $1,000,000
Burbank...................................
727 MA Improve traffic signal operations, pavement $1,500,000
markings & regulatory signage, Milton-
Boston City Line..........................
728 NY Port Jervis, NY downtown pedestrian mall $650,000
and promenade.............................
729 MN Construct Soo Line Trail from north of $495,000
Bowlus to the east side of Mississippi
River.....................................
730 WI Construct traffic mitigation signals, $400,000
signs, and other upgrades for Howard Ave,
St. Francis...............................
731 NH Reconstruction of NH 11 and NH 28 $700,000
Intersection in Alton.....................
732 CA Riverside Drive Improvements, Los Angeles.. $400,000
733 CA Upgrade CA SR 4 East from the vicinity of $15,000,000
Loveridge Road to G Street, Contra Costa
County....................................
734 TX Widen SH 24 from a 2-lane facility to 4- $1,500,000
lane divided facility from SH 19 to
Cooper, TX................................
735 PA Rail crossing signalization upgrade, Willow $325,400
Street, Fleetwood, Berks..................
736 IL 25th Avenue Grade Separation, Melrose Park. $500,000
737 SC Construct Hub City Connector Passage (12.5 $1,000,000
miles of bicycle-pedestrian improvements,
176-SC 56), part of state-wide Palmetto
Trail Project.............................
738 FL Construct US 1/SR 100 Connector, Bunnell, $2,500,000
Florida...................................
739 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail $700,000
from Gooseberry Falls State Park Trail
Head parking lot to 2.3 miles east........
740 CA Design and environmental analysis for State $1,000,000
Route 11 connecting State Route 905 to the
new East Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San
Diego.....................................
741 NY Improve North Fork Trail, Southold......... $200,000
742 HI Interstate Route H1 Deck Repair, Airport $4,770,000
Viaduct...................................
743 OH Replace Grade Separation at Eastland and $750,000
Sheldon Road, Berea.......................
744 WA Widen I-5 through Lewis County............. $3,500,000
745 SC Engineering design and construction of I-73 $10,000,000
from the North Carolina State Line to I-95
746 OH Planning and construction of a bicycle $2,500,000
trail adjacent to the I-90 and SR 615
Interchange in Lake County, OH............
747 SC Widening of Boiling Springs 9 from Rainbow $5,000,000
Lake Rd. to SC 292........................
748 IL Construct Streetscape Project, Orland Hills $400,000
749 IL Widening of Lake Cook Road ITS in $500,000
Deerfield, IL.............................
750 OR Widening of Oregon Hwy 217 between Tualatin $10,000,000
Valley Hwy and the US 26 interchange,
Beaverton.................................
751 PR Widening of PR 111 at the intersections of $6,000,000
PR-444 through PR-423.....................
752 MI Widen M-72 from US-31 easterly 7.2 miles to $2,500,000
Old M-72..................................
753 PA Widening of Rt.22 and SR.26 in Huntingdon. $3,375,000
Upgrades to the interchange at US RT 22
and SR26..................................
754 MN Widening of US Highway 61 at Frontenac $800,000
Station, MN...............................
755 KS Construction and reconstruction of four $4,000,000
interchanges on I-435, I-35 and US-69 in
Johnson Co................................
756 MA Melnea Cass Blvd Reconstruction............ $2,000,000
757 NH Improve Meredith Village Traffic Rotary.... $1,000,000
758 FL Implement Blue Heron Boulevard Streetscape $2,500,000
Improvements, City of Riviera Beach.......
759 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 114.................
760 WI Reconstruct STH 181 between Florist Ave and $4,500,000
North Milwaukee County Line...............
761 LA Replace the Prospect Street Bridge (LA $3,000,000
3087), Houma..............................
762 GA Streetscape improvements along LaVista Road $200,000
in the Northlake business district of
DeKalb County, Georgia....................
763 MD Study Greater Towson Area traffic flow and $200,000
future needs..............................
764 FL Construct US 1 Improvements, Cities of $400,000
Holly Hill and Ormond Beach, Florida......
765 OH Transportation Enhancements to the downtown $700,000
area of the Village of Chagrin Falls, OH..
766 MA Pedestrian Walkway for the Town of Norwood. $780,000
767 NJ Restoration of Route 35 in Ocean County, $1,500,000
New Jersey................................
768 PA Extension of Third Street from Interstate $4,800,000
83 to Chestnut Street, Harrisburg.........
769 TX Carlton road grade separation, Laredo, TX.. $5,000,000
770 OH Construct connector roadway between SR13 13 $250,000
and Horns Hill Road in north Newark.......
771 TN Construct new lighting on Veterans Memorial $250,000
Bridge, Loudon County, Tennessee..........
772 NY Roadway improvements on CR3 between Ruland $2,220,000
Rd and I-495..............................
773 TN Construct State Route 385 (North and East) $3,150,000
around the city of Memphis................
774 NY Waterloo, NY by-pass project............... $7,000,000
775 IN Extend Everbrook Drive from SR 332 to $640,000
Bethel Avenue in the City of Muncie,
Indiana...................................
776 TN Construct Proposed SR397 extension from $2,225,000
SR96 West to US 431 North to Franklin
WIlliamson County.........................
777 AK Construct linking road from airport to port $1,500,000
in Akutan.................................
778 PA Uniontown to Brownsville section of $5,000,000
Pennsylvania Mon/Fayette Expressway.......
779 NY Ashburton Avenue Reconstruction, Yonkers, $1,000,000
New York..................................
780 OR Highway 22, Polk County.................... $1,000,000
781 FL I-75 Widening and Improvements in Collier $45,000,000
and Lee County, Florida...................
782 WI Pioneer Road Rail Grade Separation (Fond du $4,000,000
Lac, Wisconsin)...........................
783 FL Design and construction of double-deck $4,000,000
roadway system exiting FLL airport
connecting Y.S. 1 and I-595...............
784 MI Wayne, Reconstruct one quarter of a mile $125,000
stretch of Laurenwood.....................
785 GA Construct the West Cleveland Bypass from US $2,900,000
129SR 11 near Hope Road exteding west of
Cleveland, on new and existing locations
to SR75...................................
786 IL Eliminate Highway-Railway crossing over US $2,000,000
14 and realignment of US 14, Des Plaines..
787 OR Highway 22-Cascade Highway interchange $500,000
improvements, Marion County...............
788 VA Widen Route 29 between Eaton Place and $3,000,000
Route 123 in Fairfax City, VA.............
789 WI Reroute State Hwy 11 near Burlington, WI $2,000,000
(Kenosha County, WI)......................
790 IL East Peoria, Illinois Technology Blvd. $1,000,000
upgrades..................................
791 DC Metro Branch Trail Construction............ $2,000,000
792 MA Study and design I-93 / Mystic Ave. $500,000
Interchange at Assembly Sq................
793 NM Widening of US 491 from Navajo 9 to $2,000,000
Colorado state border.....................
794 FL Construct access road to link Jacksonville $5,000,000
International Airport to I-95.............
795 FL Widening of SR 60 from 66th Avenue to I-95 $1,000,000
in Indian River County, FL................
796 GA Widening of SR 133: Colquitt Co./Daughtery $1,000,000
Co........................................
797 PA Rail Bridge Removal and intersection $1,300,000
improvements, Cameron and Paxton Streets,
Harrisburg................................
798 PA Widening of SR 1001 Section 601 in Clinton $1,000,000
County....................................
799 PA Widening of Route 40 in Wharton Township, $2,000,000
Fayette County, Pa........................
800 NJ Widening of Route 1 and intersection $1,000,000
improvements in South Brunswick...........
801 PA construct PA 706 Wyalusing Bypass Bradford $1,000,000
County, Pennsylvania......................
802 IL Construct four lane extension of IL RT29 $600,000
from Rochester to Taylorville.............
803 IL Widening of Old Madison Road, St. Clair $2,000,000
County....................................
804 NY Construction of Bicycle Path and Pedestrian $500,000
Trail in City of Dunkirk..................
805 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Plains Township, Luzerne County........
806 CA Replace I-880 overpass at Davis St in San $750,000
Leandro...................................
807 PA DuBois-Jefferson County Airport Access Road $1,000,000
Construction..............................
808 GA Streetscape project to improve $500,000
accessibility and safety for pedestrians,
Mount Vernon..............................
809 IL Replacement of Fullerton Avenue Bridge and $4,800,000
Pedestrian Walkway........................
810 NH Construct intersection at US 3 and Pembroke $700,000
Hill Road in Pembroke.....................
811 FL A new interchange with the Pineda Causeway $11,000,000
Extension and I-95........................
812 CT Make Improvements to Groton Bicycle and $380,000
Pedestrian Trails and Facilities..........
813 MN TH36--Stillwater Bridge; cut-and-cover $500,000
approach to river crossing................
814 NM US 54 Reconstruction, Tularosa to Santa $2,000,000
Rosa......................................
815 VA Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Corridor-- $3,200,000
acquire site; design and construction of
interpretative center, enhancement of
trail corridor............................
816 MI Widening of M-24 from two lanes to four $1,000,000
lanes with a boulevard from I-69 to the
county line...............................
817 IN Construct US231 in Spencer and Dubois $6,000,000
Counties in Indiana.......................
818 TN Construct overpass at Highway 321 and $6,500,000
Highway 11 Loudon County, Tennessee.......
819 SD Improve the SD Advanced Traveler $1,400,000
Information System........................
820 NV Construct I-15 Widening--US 95--I 515 $6,000,000
Interchange to Apex Road..................
821 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to $100,000
enhance citywide truck route system on
Avenue P between Coney Island Avenue and
Ocean Avenue in the 9th District of New
York......................................
822 GA Install sidewalks, trails, lighting, and $500,000
amenities in Balls Ferry Park, Wilkinson
County....................................
823 CA Construct Inland Empire Transportation $1,500,000
Management Center in Fontana to better
regulate traffic and dispatch personnel to
incidents.................................
824 IL Reconstruct Milwaukee Avenue, including Six $17,000,000
Corners...................................
825 TX Implementation and quantification of $18,496,000
benefits of large-scale landscaping along
freeways and interchanges in the Houston
region....................................
826 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $250,000
construction of a connector road between
PA 115 & Interstate 81 in Luzerne County..
827 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Homewood, AL... $100,000
828 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $665,000
trail, Gallatin...........................
829 MA Conduct design, feasibility and $2,000,000
environmental impact studies of proposal
to relocate New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge..
830 IA Iowa City, IA Construction of arterial $2,500,000
extension project connecting Coralville to
west and south Iowa City..................
831 NJ Rehabilitate Route 139 in Jersey City-- $2,000,000
Portway...................................
832 NJ Route 605 extension to US-206.............. $1,000,000
833 OH Widen SR 170 Calcutta...................... $2,500,000
834 IA Widening of Hwy 44, Grimes................. $500,000
835 VA Widening of Highway 15 in Farmville, $5,000,000
Virginia..................................
836 MA Design and construct intersection $1,000,000
improvements at Memorial Park II on
Roosevelt Ave from Bay St to Page
Boulevard, Springfield....................
837 SC Widening of Frontage Road from U.S. 72 to $2,800,000
U.S. 56, Laurens, SC......................
838 NY Mill Road: NY Rte 261 to North Avenue in $2,500,000
the Town of Greece........................
839 NC Widening of Beckford Drive, City of $960,000
Henderson.................................
840 NY Realignment of Clove Road and Rt 208, $1,200,000
access management improvements in Orange
County....................................
841 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing $52,000
Program--Brown Street.....................
842 FL Fund advanced Right-of-Way Acquisition $3,700,000
along SR 52 in Pasco County, Florida......
843 MA Design, engineer, permit, and construct $1,000,000
``Border to Boston Bikeway'' rails-trails
project, from Salisbury to Danvers........
844 FL Soutel Drive Road Enhancements, $1,500,000
Jacksonville..............................
845 NJ Bicycle facilities in West Deptford $115,000
Township..................................
846 PA Create a direct connection between State $3,000,000
Road 29 and State Route 113...............
847 MA Design and construction of the north and $1,500,000
southbound ramps on Interstate 91 at Exit
19........................................
848 IA NW 70th Ave reconstruction, Johnston....... $4,500,000
849 NY Town of Minisink South Plank Road.......... $275,000
850 VA Town of St. Paul--restoration of historic $150,000
Hillman House to serve as trail system
information center and construction of
stations on trails........................
851 PA Conduct environmental review and acquire $4,000,000
right of way for preferred alternative to
improve PA 41.............................
852 FL Acquire Right-of-Way for Ludlam Trail, $750,000
Miami, Florida............................
853 NY Construct Safe Routes to Schools projects $3,000,000
in New York City..........................
854 CO Construction of US 24--Tennessee Pass, $6,000,000
Colorado..................................
855 CA Implement Riverside Avenue Railroad Bridge $500,000
improvements, south of Interstate 10 in
Rialto....................................
856 MA Longwood Ave/Urban Ring Tunnel Study....... $450,000
857 IL Traffic Signal Coordination at US 45 at IL $100,000
132 (Grand Avenue) and IL 132 at Rollins
Road and US 45 at Rollins Road............
858 IA US 63 improvement near New Hampton, Iowa... $8,700,000
859 NY Village of Unionville reconstruction of $80,000
Main Street...............................
860 TX Widening from two lanes to four of SH 36 $7,000,000
from Bellville, TX to Sealy, TX...........
861 KY Comprehensive Traffic Study for $600,000
intersection of Main Street and Berea
College Campus, Berea.....................
862 TN Improve State Route 62 in Morgan County $2,000,000
near US-27 in Wartburg to Petit Lane from
existing two lane highway to four lanes...
863 IL Construct West Corbin Overpass over $5,000,000
Illinois 255, Bethalto....................
864 OR Improvements for intersections heavily $250,000
traveled through which include Beaverton
Hillsdale Hwy Scholls Ferry and Oleson,
Beaverton.................................
865 FL Improvements to I-75 in the City of $9,750,000
Pembroke Pines, Florida...................
866 CA Planning, design, engineering and $5,000,000
construction of Naval Air Station, North
Island access tunnel on SR 75-282
corridor, San Diego.......................
867 CA Construct road from Mace Blvd in Yolo $1,000,000
County to federally supported Pacific
Flyway wildlife area......................
868 PA Construction of ramps on I-95 and US 322, $3,000,000
widening of streets and intersections.....
869 NY Construct and restore pedestrian and $1,000,000
residential roadways in downtown business
district in Rockville Centre..............
870 LA Plan, design and construct Pointe Clair $3,000,000
Expressway in Iberville Parish............
871 MA Construction of East Milton Parking Deck $1,000,000
over Interstate/Rt. 93....................
872 PA Reconstruction of I-176 in Cumru and $5,000,000
Robeson Townships, Berks County...........
873 MI Resurfacing of Masonic Boulevard in Fraser. $1,160,000
874 OH Construct Ohio River Trail from Downtown $1,400,000
Cincinnati, Ohio to Salem Road............
875 PA Realignment and reconstruction of SR60 $1,000,000
interchange with US22-30 and reconstruct
adjacent Tonidale-Bayer intersection......
876 NY Construtction and rehabilitation of East $930,000
and West John Streets in the Village of
Lindenhurst, NY...........................
877 NY Construct Northern State Parkway and Long $6,000,000
Island Expressway access at Marcus Avenue
and Lakeville Road and associated Park and
Ride......................................
878 PA Deployment of an Intelligent Transportation $2,500,000
System along I-476 Pa Tpke NE Ext/Pa-309
and I-76 Schuylkill Exwy in Montgomery
County....................................
879 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 153.................
880 TX Build 36th Street Extension in San Antonio. $2,000,000
881 CA North Atlantic Pedestrian Bridge, Monterey $600,000
Park......................................
882 CA Reconstruct Eastern Ave from Muller St to $1,000,000
Watcher St in Bell Gardens................
883 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in West Pittston, Luzerne County..........
884 CA Design Traffic Flow Improvements Azusa and $1,250,000
Amar, City of West Covina.................
885 MI Reconstruction of Nine Mile Road in $1,120,000
Eastpointe................................
886 WA Redmond, WA City-wide ITS.................. $1,000,000
887 IL Reconstruction and realignment of Baseline $2,080,000
Rd, Montgomery, IL........................
888 NY Transportation Enhancements to support $750,000
Development of Erie Canal in Niagra and
Orleans Counties..........................
889 CO US 160, East of Wolf Creek Pass............ $7,500,000
890 MA Design, engineering and construction at I- $2,500,000
93 The Junction Interchange, Andover,
Tewksbury and Wilmington..................
891 CA Rosemead Boulevard/Highway 19 Renovation $100,000
Project, Pico Rivera......................
892 PA Intersection improvements at PA Route 209 $500,000
and Water Company Road, construction of a
bridge and access enhancements to Nature
and Arts Center, Upper Paxton Township....
893 TX Improvements to FM 1979 in Caldwell County. $300,000
894 HI Interstate Route H1 guard rail and shoulder $3,800,000
improvements, Waikele Bridge to Airport
Interchange, Honolulu.....................
895 MI M-168 Reconstruction in the village of $2,200,000
Elberta...................................
896 CA Colima Road at Fullerton Road Intersection $1,000,000
Improvements..............................
897 OH Design and construct Youngstown State $2,500,000
University Roadway and Pedestrian Safety
Improvements, Youngstown..................
898 MO Reconstruct Interstate 44 and Highway 39 $5,000,000
Interchange...............................
899 WA Complete final Columbia River crossing $800,000
Environmental Impact Statement for SR35 in
Klickitat County..........................
900 KY Reconstruct US 127 at Bellows Road, Mercer $600,000
County....................................
901 NY Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements for $2,000,000
Times and Duffy Squares in New York City..
902 FL Six lane expansion of State Road 200 (A1A) $4,000,000
from Interstate 95 east to Amelia Island..
903 MI Widen and reconstruct Tienken Road in $4,000,000
Rochester Hills from Livernois to Sheldon.
904 NV Design and Construct I-580 Meadowood $2,000,000
Complex Improvements, Washoe County.......
905 NY Town of Chester reconstruction of 13 $200,000
independent town roads....................
906 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to $100,000
enhance citywide truck route system at 9th
Street and 3rd Avenue intersection in
Kings County..............................
907 TX Construction of highway infrastructure to $1,000,000
provide flood protection for Nueces County
908 FL Widen State Road 80, Hendry County......... $3,500,000
909 NE Construction of the Columbus, Nebraska $4,500,000
North Arterial Road.......................
910 KY Extension of Newtown Pike from West Main $16,500,000
Street to South Limestone Street,
Lexington.................................
911 OH Road construction and related improvements $500,000
in the Village of Gates Mills, OH.........
912 IL Widening and Reconstruction of 55th Street $1,000,000
from Holmes Avenue to Williams Street in
Westmont and Clarendon Hills..............
913 IL Road upgrades for the Village of Oreana, IL $884,000
914 ID Widen Amity Road from Chestnut Street to $2,000,000
Robinson Road in Nampa, Idaho.............
915 TX Widening FM 60 (University Drive) from SH6 $3,000,000
to FM 158, College Station................
916 GA Widening Cedarcrest Road from Paulding $3,150,000
County line to Governors Towne............
917 CA Widening Avenue 416 in Dinuba California... $1,500,000
918 MA Design and construction of streetscape $600,000
improvements on Main and Maywood Streets,
Worcester.................................
919 TX Extend Munn Street from Demaree Ln to $1,000,000
Gellhorn Drive............................
920 MN City of Moorhead SE Main GSI, 34th St. and $3,000,000
I94 Interchange and Moorhead Comprehensive
Rail Safety Program.......................
921 AL Widening and safety improvements to SR-216 $3,000,000
between SR-215 and I-59, I-20.............
922 WA Improve 13.5 mile section of Klickitat $250,000
bicycle and pedestrian trail between Lyle
and Klickitat.............................
923 IL Improve safety of culvert replacement on $320,000
250th Rd between 460th St and Cty Hwy 20
in Grandview Township, Edgar County, IL...
924 NY Kingston, Improve uptown streets........... $1,000,000
925 PA Replace Blair Creek Bridg over the Little $1,600,000
Lehigh Creek, just west of the Maple Grove
Bridge, in Longswamp Township, Berks
County....................................
926 CA Construct highway connecting State Route 78/ $9,500,000
86 and State Route 111, Brawley...........
927 GA Widening and improvements on Colerain Road $1,000,000
in St. Marys, Georgia.....................
928 MD Implement Pedestrian and Roadway $2,000,000
Improvements Contained in the Druid Hill
Park Neighborhood Access Program in
Baltimore.................................
929 AZ Kabba Wash project between I-40 and Wikieup $2,000,000
930 ME Route 2 Improvements from Bethel to Gilead. $500,000
931 FL Widening and Improvements for I-75 in $27,000,000
Collier and Lee County....................
932 TX Widening 349 Dawson and Martin County...... $2,000,000
933 WI Widen Wisconsin State Highway 64 between $4,000,000
Houlton and New Richmond..................
934 IN Widen Wheeling Avenue from Centennial to $960,000
McGalliard Road in the City of Muncie,
Indiana...................................
935 MN Construct a bike trail along the north side $540,000
of TH 11 to the Voyageurs National Park
Visitor Center on Black Bay of Rainy Lake.
936 FL Construct pedestrian underpass and safety $1,600,000
improvements at SR A1A and Castillo Drive,
City of St. Augustine.....................
937 CA Rehabilitate street surfaces in Sherman $124,000
Oaks......................................
938 CA Repair and realignment of Brahma Dr. and $300,000
Winnetka Ave..............................
939 NJ Riverwalk in Millburn along the West Branch $750,000
of the Rahway River.......................
940 AL I-20 widening and safety improvements in $4,000,000
St. Clair County..........................
941 TN Plan and construct Rutherford County $500,000
visitor's center/ transportation
information hub...........................
942 UT Streetscape a two-lane road and add turning $500,000
lanes at key intersections on Santa Clara
Drive in Santa Clara......................
943 CA US 101 Operational Improvements, San Jose.. $5,000,000
944 IL Upgrade traffic signal system on 87th $500,000
Street, Chicago...........................
945 LA Water Well Road Gateway Cooridor (LA 478)-- $5,650,000
Design, Right of Way, and Construction of
3.6 miles from I-49 to LA 1...............
946 CO East 104th and US85 Intersection: Study, $1,000,000
design and construction of needed
improvements to intersection..............
947 FL Widen West Virginia Drive from Floresta $3,000,000
Drive to US 1 in St. Lucie................
948 ID Widen US-95 in Idaho from Jct. SH-1 to $3,000,000
Canadian Border...........................
949 IL Engineering of the Willow Creek Trail $200,000
Extension from Rock Cut State Park to the
Long Prairie Trail........................
950 CA Widen Interstate 8 overpass at Dogwood $2,122,500
Road, Imperial County.....................
951 CA Improve bridge 58-7 on SR 115 that crosses $1,000,000
the Alamo River in Holtville and also
project design and environmental analysis
of a new bridge over the same river.......
952 ID Widen US-95 from Worley to Mica Creek, $3,000,000
Idaho.....................................
953 MI Complete the 2 segments of US-127 from $5,000,000
Ithaca to St. Johns to a limited access
freeway...................................
954 CA Construct a new interchange where I-15 $10,000,000
meets Cajalco Road in Corona, CA..........
955 OH Construct interchange at CR 80 on IR 77 $5,000,000
near Dover................................
956 TX US 67, widening from Nolan River to West $3,000,000
Buffalo Creek, Cleburne...................
957 NC Widen and improve I 85 through Cabarrus $8,000,000
County from US 29--49 to 29--601..........
958 NC US401 from Raleigh to Fayetteville......... $4,000,000
959 GA Construct and Improve Westside Parkway, $4,000,000
Northern Section, in Fulton County........
960 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing $130,000
Program. Hudson Avenue....................
961 CA Construction of CA 101 Auxiliary Lanes, $2,250,000
Marsh Rd. to Santa Clara County Line......
962 NY For the acquisition of ferry boats and $1,500,000
ferry terminal facilities and operation of
ferry service from Rockland County-Yonkers-
Manhattan.................................
963 IL For engineering, right-of-way acquisition $1,750,000
and reconstruction of two existing lanes
on Arsenal Road from Baseline Rd to Rt 53.
964 PA For the Scranton City Redevelopment $2,500,000
Authority to design, engineer, acquire ROW
& construct streetscaping enhancements,
paving, lighting & safety improvements,
parking & roadway redesign................
965 FL Construct landscaped sidewalks, bus lanes, $1,536,041
pedestrian/bicycle paths, vehicular lanes,
City of Plantation........................
966 NY Improve Route 17--Access Control, Elmira to $2,500,000
Chemung...................................
967 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Plymouth Borough, Luzerne County.......
968 ID Improve SH-75 from Timmerman to Ketchum.... $5,000,000
969 OR Improve U.S. 97 from Modoc Point to Algoma. $2,000,000
970 SD Construct an interchange on I-90 at Marion $1,400,000
Road west of Sioux Falls..................
971 CA Realign First St between Mission Rd and $1,250,000
Clarence St in Los Angeles................
972 MO Relocation of Route 13 Branson West Bypass. $5,200,000
973 IL Resurfacing Congress Parkway, The Illinois $500,000
Department of Transportation..............
974 RI Establish interchange between Route 4 and $6,000,000
Interstate 95.............................
975 TX Improvements to FM 676 in Alton............ $500,000
976 MA Reconstruction of Goddard Memorial Drive $2,000,000
from State Route 9 to Airport Drive,
Worcester.................................
977 FL Homestead, FL Widening of SW 320 Street $2,500,000
(Mowry Drive) from Flagler Avenue to SW
187 Avenue................................
978 CT Broad Street Reconstruction Project in New $1,800,000
Britain...................................
979 PA Construct Johnsonburg Bypass............... $4,400,000
980 CT Construct Valley Service Road Extension, $2,000,000
North Haven...............................
981 VA Construction of transportation related $1,000,000
enhancements and infrastructure of the
VMFA project..............................
982 MI Reconstruct and Widen I-94 in Kalamazoo, MI $14,000,000
983 MD Land Acquistion for Highway Mitigation in $19,500,000
Cecil and Worcester Conties, MD...........
984 CA Construct overpass on Central Ave at the $750,000
railroad crossing in Newark...............
985 IL City of Bartonville, Street widening and $952,572
improvements and sidewalk improvements....
986 OH Construct Williamsburg, Ohio to Batavia, $250,000
Ohio Hike & Bike Trail....................
987 IL The continuation of US Route 12 from the $3,000,000
Wisconsin state line to the intersection
of Tryon Grove Road, Route 12 and Illinois
State Route 31............................
988 FL US17-92 and French Ave. Roundabout, Sanford $500,000
989 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Hanover Township, Luzerne County.......
990 MI Reduction from 3.5 miles of travel to 1.0 $3,000,000
miles of travel crossing over the
Tittabawassee River on Meridian Road......
991 ID Widen US-95 from Top of Lewiston Hill to $2,000,000
Moscow, Idaho.............................
992 TX Construct a pedestrian/bicycle trail in the $750,000
Sunnyside area of Houston.................
993 TX Construct remaining 800-foot 4-lane divided $1,160,000
thoroughfare for Preston Rd segment
between Beltway 8 and Genoa Red Bluff Rd..
994 AS Shoreline protection and drainage $1,000,000
mitigation for Aua village roads..........
995 SC Medical University of South Carolina $4,000,000
Roadway Enhancement.......................
996 PR Replacement ferries on Culebra and Vieques $2,000,000
routes....................................
997 MI Livonia, reconstruct Stark Rd. between $1,000,000
Plymouth Rd. and I-96.....................
998 PA PA Route 309 roadway construction and $2,000,000
signalization improvements in Tamaqua
Borough...................................
999 MA Union Square Roadway & Streetscape $500,000
Improvements..............................
1000 TX Improvements to South McColl Road in $2,400,000
Hidalgo County............................
1001 MS Widen US Hwy 61 and improve major $2,000,000
intersections, Natchez....................
1002 TX Widen US 82 from 2-lane facility to 4-lane $4,000,000
facility from FM 1417 in Sherman, TX to US
69 in Bells, TX...........................
1003 TX Widen US 79, from FM 1512 near Jewett to IH- $2,000,000
45 to a four-lane divided highway.........
1004 TN Construct shoulder and turn lane on SR 35 $1,500,000
in Seymour, Tennessee.....................
1005 NE Construction of Heartland Expressway $7,500,000
between Alliance and Minatare, NE.........
1006 WA Pedestrian Sidewalk Construction in $175,000
Snohomish.................................
1007 TN North Second Street Corridor Upgrade, $2,000,000
Memphis...................................
1008 OH Purchase High Speed Ferries for Black River $750,000
Excursion Boat Service, Lorain............
1009 MD MD4 at Suitland Parkway.................... $4,000,000
1010 OK Widen US 60 from approximately 2 miles east $1,000,000
of the US 60-US 75 interchange east
approximately 5.5 miles...................
1011 NC Widen US 401 from Wake County to Louisburg. $3,000,000
1012 PA CUPSS, Pennsylvania, Urban Maglev $5,000,000
Demonstration Test Project................
1013 TX Widen US 287 Bypass at Ennis from two to $7,000,000
four lanes................................
1014 KY Widen US 27 from KY 34 to US 150 Bypass, $2,000,000
Garrard County and Lincoln County.........
1015 MN Right of way acquisition for Mississippi $1,000,000
River Bridge connecting I94 and US10
between US169 and TH101...................
1016 WI Rehabilitate Highway 53 between Chippewa $4,000,000
Falls and New Auburn......................
1017 IL Widen U.S. Route 67 from Macomb to Illinois $2,000,000
101.......................................
1018 IL Widen U.S. Route 51 from Pana to Vandalia.. $3,000,000
1019 IL Widen U.S. Route 34 from U.S. 67 to Carmen $4,000,000
Road......................................
1020 WA Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall............ $14,000,000
1021 NJ East Coast Greenway bicycle and pedestrian $1,000,000
path from New Brunswick to Hudson River...
1022 FL Construct bicycle and pedestrian undperpass $1,500,000
and park under I-95, Miami................
1023 CA Implement Van Nuys Road and Safety $500,000
Improvements..............................
1024 FL New systems interchange ramps at SR 417 and $6,000,000
Boggy Creek Road in Orange County, FL.....
1025 NY Reconstruction of Tappan Street Bridge in $1,000,000
Town of Newark Valley.....................
1026 IL Widen Rakow Road from Ackman Road to IL Rt $6,400,000
31 in McHenry County, Illinois............
1027 IL Widen U.S. Route 30 from Rock Falls to $500,000
Round Grove, Whiteside County.............
1028 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway-RR grade $50,000
crossing improvement--Cedar Street........
1029 IL Perform Broadway and Sheridan Road signal $1,500,000
interconnect project, Chicago.............
1030 IL Widen U.S. Highway 30 in Whiteside County, $1,000,000
Illinois..................................
1031 WI Rehabilitate existing bridge and construct $5,000,000
new bridge on Michigan Street in Sturgeon
Bay, Wisconsin............................
1032 ME Replacement of the Route 201-A ``covered'' $1,000,000
bridge, Norridgewock......................
1033 AR Widen to four lanes, improvement, and other $5,000,000
development to U.S. Highway 167 from LA
state line north to I-530.................
1034 PA Widen the Route 412 corridor from I-76 into $10,000,000
the City of Bethlehem.....................
1035 HI Construct access road for Kahului Airport.. $1,000,000
1036 IL Improve Highway-Railroad Crossings, $750,000
Galesburg.................................
1037 MN Sauk Rapids Bridge and Roadway Replacement $6,000,000
in Sauk Rapids, MN........................
1038 TN Construct Transportation and Heritage $1,000,000
Museum in Townsend, Tennessee.............
1039 CA Widen State Route 98, including storm drain $3,000,000
developments, from Kloke Road to State
Route 111, Calexico.......................
1040 CA Widen State Route 98 from Route 111 to $5,000,000
State Route 7, Calexico...................
1041 GA Construction of bypass around town of $2,500,000
Hiram, from SR 92 to US 278, Paulding
County, Georgia...........................
1042 TX Construction of the interchanges at BI20 $2,500,000
and IH20 for JBS Parkway..................
1043 CA Widen State Route 46 between Airport Road $33,461,000
and the Shandon Rest Stop in San Luis
Obispo County.............................
1044 TN Widen State Route 4 (US-78) from $1,000,000
Mississippi State Line to Getwell Road (SR-
176) in Memphis, Shelby County............
1045 MI Baraga County, Reconstruction of county $750,000
primary road on Bayshore Drive from
Haanpaa Road northerly 1.7 miles to
Whirligig Road............................
1046 NY Town of Warwick, NY walking and biking $500,000
trail.....................................
1047 AK Bridge over Fish Creek in Matanuska-Susitna $1,000,000
Borough...................................
1048 GA GA 400 and McGinnis Ferry Road Interchange, $3,900,000
Forsyth County, GA........................
1049 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian $1,000,000
Safety in Kings County....................
1050 NY Reconfigure road through FDR VA Hospital to $395,000
provide access to Battery Place in Town of
Cortlandt.................................
1051 CA Widen State Route 262, replace two railroad $4,000,000
overpass structures, and rebuild on and
off ramps between SR 262 and Kato Rd in
Fremont...................................
1052 TN Widen State Route 101 in Cumberland County $8,000,000
from two lane highway to five lanes
between State Routes 282 (Dunbar Road) and
392 in Crossville.........................
1053 FL Widen State Road 50 in Lake County, Florida $7,000,000
1054 AZ Widen SR 95 through Lake Havasu City....... $2,000,000
1055 GA Widen SR 85 from SR 74 to County Route 126 $3,000,000
Bernhard Road, Fayette County, Georgia....
1056 CT Construct New arterial roadway from Boston $10,000,000
Avenue north to proposed Lake Success
Business Park in Bridgeport, CT...........
1057 MI M-13 Washington Avenue Streetscape Project. $1,500,000
Phase II of High Priority Project 192 in
PL 105-550. City of Saginaw...............
1058 TX Improvements to FM 716 in Duval County..... $1,000,000
1059 NY Town of Chester Surrey Meadow subdivision $300,000
road improvements.........................
1060 PA Cresheim Valley Drive Revitalization $1,100,000
project involving scenic enhancements &
pedestrian safety improvements from
Lincoln Drive to Navajo Street............
1061 NC Transportation Improvements at Piedmont $2,000,000
Triad Research Park, Winston-Salem, NC....
1062 MO Upgrade and partially relocate MO Rt 141 $2,600,000
from I-64 to Rt 340.......................
1063 NY Construct Millennium Parkway in the Towns $10,500,000
of Dunkirk and Sheridan...................
1064 AZ Construct the Rio Salado Parkway to connect $8,000,000
I-10 and Loop 202 freeways to 7th Street
in downtown Phoenix.......................
1065 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade $104,000
highway-Railroad Crossing in Lenoir City,
TN........................................
1066 NJ Replacement of Monmouth County bridges W-7, $2,000,000
W-8, and W-9..............................
1067 OK US-54, Widen US-54 from North of Optima $1,000,000
Northeast to Kansas State Line, Texas
County, OK................................
1068 FL Widen Palm Coast Parkway and I-95 $2,900,000
interchange and overpass, Flagler County,
Florida...................................
1069 FL Delray Beach Federal Highway pedestrian $2,000,000
improvements SE 4th Street to NE 4th
Street....................................
1070 WI Expand Highway 10 between Marshfield and $20,000,000
Stevens Point.............................
1071 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of IS 72/PS 69............
1072 TN Upgrade roads for Slack Water Port facility $1,875,000
and industrial park Lake County...........
1073 AK Emergency evacuation road at Point Hope in $3,000,000
North Slope Borough.......................
1074 MI Construct railroad grade separation on M-85 $2,000,000
(Fort Street) North of Van Horn Road,
Trenton...................................
1075 IL Land acquisition, engineering, and $1,000,000
construction for the initial 2-lane
segments of the Corridor between IL31 to
IL25 and other segments of the Corridor as
appropriate...............................
1076 PA Modernize traffic signals, complete minor $480,000
roadway realignment, and improve
channelization at US322 and PA10
intersection..............................
1077 KS Construction of a four-lane access $10,686,000
controlled improvement for 4 miles on US-
54/400 in Pratt County....................
1078 IN Upgrade rail crossing at 93rd Avenue, St. $200,000
John......................................
1079 FL Widen SR 710 by 2 lanes from Congress $3,000,000
Avenue to US-1............................
1080 GA Widen SR 234/Gillionville Road from Eight $1,000,000
Mile Road to Lockett Station, Dougherty
County....................................
1081 CA Widen SR 12 to four lanes through Jamieson $5,000,000
Canyon (between I-80 and SR 29) for safety
concerns and economic growth..............
1082 GA Widen SR 104 from SR 383/Belaire Road to CR $4,000,000
515/Cumberland Drive (including bridges)
in Columbia County........................
1083 IN Study Traffic on Muncie By-Pass from $120,000
Centennial Avenue to McGalliard Road in
the City of Muncie and Delaware County,
Indiana...................................
1084 FL Construct US 17-92 improvements, Maitland, $1,500,000
Florida...................................
1085 CA Widen South Main St.-Soda Bay Rd. between $3,000,000
CR 400A (mile marker 0.0-miler marker and
0.7) and CR 502 (mile marker 0.0 and 0.9).
1086 VA Replacement of the 635 Bridge in Orange $500,000
County, VA................................
1087 TX Construct Loop 20 in Laredo................ $16,000,000
1088 IA Construct SE Connector/MLK Pkwy, Des Moines $7,500,000
1089 FL Construction and Design of Miami River $2,000,000
Greenway Road Improvements and 5th Street
Improvements..............................
1090 TX Widen SH 317 from two lanes to four lane $2,000,000
divided facility..........................
1091 TX Widen SH 205 from two lanes to a six lane $1,000,000
urban divided highway from North of SH 66
to proposed SH 276........................
1092 CA Widen Santa Maria River Bridge on U.S. $3,400,000
Highway 101 between Santa Barbara County
and San Luis Obispo County................
1093 CA Widen San Fernando Road North, including $1,060,000
streetscape projects, Sylmar..............
1094 PA Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation $4,100,000
Project US 15: $5 million for the final
design....................................
1095 NJ Construct Rt 49 Cohansey River Bridge $3,000,000
Replacement, Cumberland County............
1096 ME Construction and snowmobile safety $4,000,000
accommodations for Route 116 Bridge,
Medway....................................
1097 MI Construct pedestrian trail and bridge in $100,000
Kearsley Park in Flint....................
1098 IA Coralville, IA Implementation of final $900,000
phase of Safety Improvements Project from
12th Ave to 22nd Ave......................
1099 IL Expand and improve Illinois Route 47 $6,400,000
Roadway from Reed Road to Kreutzer Road in
Huntley, Illinois.........................
1100 NY Build Route 15, Pennsylvania to Presho..... $10,000,000
1101 GA I-285 Riverside interchange reconstruction, $1,500,000
Fulton County, Georgia....................
1102 MN Construct 3 segments of Cuyuna Lakes $1,200,000
Trails, Crow Wing County..................
1103 WA Improve I-5 interchange at 134th Street in $11,350,000
Clark County..............................
1104 GA Construct Pedestrian Safety Improvements on $3,000,000
Buford Hwy (SR-13), Dekalb County.........
1105 DC 11th St. Bridges, Rehabilitation of $32,000,000
structures as well as new ramps to provide
for traffic at Navy Yard, Southeast
Federal Ctr., and Gateway Government Ctr..
1106 MO Improve U.S. 36 to divided four lane $8,000,000
expressway from Macon to Route 24.........
1107 VA Mill Road Slip Ramp........................ $500,000
1108 NY Construct sidewalks and curbing on Tate $375,000
Avenue in Village of Buchanan.............
1109 MI Delta County, Widen, pulverize, improve $575,000
drainage at County Rd 497 from US 2 at
Nahma Junction southerly 4.75 miles to the
village of Nahma..........................
1110 UT Construction of 200 North Street highway- $4,000,000
rail graded crossing separation,
Kaysville, Utah...........................
1111 FL Kennedy Blvd. Reconstruction, Eatonville... $2,000,000
1112 VA Improvements to public roadways within the $2,000,000
campus boundaries of the Virginia
Biotechnology Park, Richmond, VA..........
1113 VA Install Transporation Critical Incident $400,000
Mobile Data Collection Device in
Charlottesville...........................
1114 NY Ithaca, Design and construct pedestrian and $544,000
bicycle path..............................
1115 AZ Navajo Mountain Road on the Navajo Nation.. $1,000,000
1116 PA Expansion of existing PA Turnpike ITS $4,100,000
System....................................
1117 TX Construction of ferryboat for City of Port $400,000
Aransas...................................
1118 NY Project will rehabilitate and reopen $5,000,000
historic High Bridge, which crosses the
Harlem River between Manhattan and the
Bronx.....................................
1119 NJ Route 17 Congestion Improvements and $12,000,000
Widening, from Williams Avenue to the
Garden State Parkway and Route 4 in Bergen
County....................................
1120 IN Design and construct Tanner Creek Bridge on $1,240,000
US50, Dearborn County Indiana.............
1121 NC Environmental studies and construction of $5,000,000
US 74 Monroe Bypass Extension.............
1122 OH Construct Pedestrian Bridge from east of $2,140,000
Dock 32 to Voinovich Park southwest
corner, Cleveland.........................
1123 GA Extension of Sugarloaf Parkway, Gwinnett $1,000,000
County....................................
1124 ME Construct bicycle and pedestrian bridge $1,000,000
over Stillwater River, Orono..............
1125 IL For widening from two to four lanes, the $750,000
Brookmont Boulevard Viaduct in Kankakee,
IL and adjusting approach grades..........
1126 GA I-285 SR 400 interchange reconstruction and $1,000,000
HOV interchange, Fulton County, Georgia...
1127 MN Construct a road between Highway 332 and TH $300,000
11 including a signalized rail road
crossing, Koochiching County..............
1128 MO Hanley Road from I-64 to south of State $4,000,000
Route 100, St. Louis County...............
1129 AL Expand SR-167 from Troy, AL to Enterprise, $3,000,000
AL........................................
1130 MN Construction of primary and secondary $4,250,000
access roadways to the Duluth Air National
Guard Base, City of Duluth................
1131 CT Construct high-speed rail crossing to bike $2,300,000
and pedestrian trails--Enfield, CT........
1132 TX Expansion of Port Rd at Northbound Frontage $7,340,000
Rd of SH146 east to intersection with
Cruise Terminal Rd to 6-lane section with
raised median.............................
1133 TN Constuct Western Bipass from Zinc Plant $3,400,000
Road to Dotsonville Road, Montgomery
County....................................
1134 CA Improvements to SR-67, Mapleview to Dye $5,000,000
Road (San Diego)..........................
1135 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $250,000
trail, Springfield........................
1136 TX Expansion of Daniel McCall Dr., Lufkin, TX. $3,220,000
1137 NY Rehabilitate the Pines Bridge Road and Lake $2,765,000
Avenue and Ryder Road, in Ossining,
Yorktown, and New Castle..................
1138 CA Construct Valley Boulevard Drainage $750,000
Improvements, El Monte....................
1139 NJ Route 82 Union County Streetscape and $1,000,000
Intersection Improvements.................
1140 NY Short Clove Road Rail Overpass, Haverstraw. $1,000,000
1141 FL Construct Atlantic Boulevard Improvements, $1,000,000
Key West, Florida.........................
1142 CA Implement intelligent management & $3,000,000
logistics measures to improve freight
movement, Gateway Cities..................
1143 WI Expand USH 45 between CTH G and Winchester, $5,000,000
Winnebago County, WI......................
1144 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to $100,000
enhance citywide truck route system on LIE
Eastbound Service Road at 74th Street to
Caldwell Ave, Grand Ave from 69th Street
to Flushing Ave, and Eliot Ave from 6.....
1145 IA Construct IA-32 Arterial from US 20 in $19,000,000
Dubuque Co, IA to US 61 and US 151........
1146 HI Kapolei Transportation Improvements, Island $1,000,000
of Oahu...................................
1147 MA Quincy Avenue Bridge Replacement........... $900,000
1148 CA Los Angeles Regional Diesel Emissions $500,000
Reduction Program For Engine Retrofit,
Gateway Cities............................
1149 IL Reconstruct intersection of Wood Dale and $12,300,000
Irving Park roads in DuPage County, IL....
1150 GA Social Circle bypass completion, from $3,000,000
Stanford Road to SR 11, Social Circle.....
1151 GA Streetscape Project to install sidewalks $500,000
and bicycle trails, Gray..................
1152 MO Reconstruction of the Tucker Street Bridge $7,000,000
in the City of St. Louis..................
1153 PA Bethlehem Pike improvements from Valley $1,000,000
Green Road to South of Gordon Lane,
Springfield Township......................
1154 GA Construct I-75 I-575 HOV interchange, Cobb $600,000
County, Georgia...........................
1155 IL Construct multi-use pedestrian path between $250,000
Oakton St. and Dempster St., Skokie.......
1156 AZ Construct link from Twin Peaks Road to I-10 $5,000,000
and Linda Vista Blvd. including bridge
over Santa Cruz River and overpass of
Union Pacific Rail Road...................
1157 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Newport Township, Luzerne County.......
1158 VA Fries Train Station and Trail--restoration $1,000,000
of former train station for use as
visitors center and construction of trail
along New River...........................
1159 PA Construction SR 3024, Middle Creek Bridge $700,000
II, South Canaan, Wayne County............
1160 WI Expand USH 141 between STH 22 and STH 64 $2,000,000
(Oconto and Marinette Counties, Wisconsin)
1161 IL Development of a coordinated trail system, $3,200,000
parking and trial systems in Dixon, IL....
1162 PA Installation of comprehensive signage $900,000
system across 1700 acres of urban parks in
Pittsburgh................................
1163 GA Interstate 75/ Windy Hill Road Interchange. $2,000,000
1164 NJ Bridge replacement and SR31 widening over $1,000,000
the Raritan Valley Line in Glen Garnder,
Hampton, Hunterdon County.................
1165 VA Bristol Train Station--historic $500,000
preservation and rehabilitation of former
Bristol, VA train station.................
1166 CO I-25 Improvements--Douglas-Arapahoe County $4,000,000
Line to El Paso County Line...............
1167 TN Reconstruct connection with Hermitage $500,000
Avenue to Cumberland River Bluff in
Nashville.................................
1168 IL For Village of Lemont to construct a bridge $100,000
over Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal
linking Centennial Trail to I&M Canal
Trail.....................................
1169 OH Construct roadway improvement along State $100,000
Route 62 in Berlin........................
1170 NY Reconstruction and improvements of $2,000,000
University Avenue and the extension of the
ARTWalk project, Rochester................
1171 NH Reconstruction and Improvements to NH Route $2,000,000
110 in Berlin.............................
1172 PA Route 6 Resurfacing from Mansfield Borough $1,000,000
in Richmond Township to the Village of
Mainesburg in Sullivan Township...........
1173 WA SR 167--Right of way acquisition for a new $2,500,000
freeway connecting SR 509 to SR 161.......
1174 MD I-70: Frederick............................ $3,000,000
1175 NY Planning and Construction of Fort Drum $6,000,000
Connector Rd..............................
1176 CA Study and construct highway alternatives $10,000,000
between Orange and Riverside Counties,
directed by RCTC, working with local
transp. authorities, and guided by the
current MIS...............................
1177 CA Fresno County, CA Widen Friant Road to four $1,500,000
lanes with class II bicycle lanes.........
1178 MO Study for Highway 160 & Kansas Expressway $2,000,000
Corridor..................................
1179 FL Construct Route 9B from US 1 to Route 9A (I- $5,000,000
295) to the Duval County line.............
1180 PA Design, const. widening of PA 94 from York- $3,000,000
Adams County line to Elm Street in
Hanover, PA...............................
1181 CA Improvement of intersection at Burbank $160,000
Blvd. and Woodley Ave.....................
1182 NY I-81 Corridor Improvements in Syracuse, NY. $2,000,000
1183 WA Perform final interchange design and $1,050,000
property acqusition at Fleshman Way where
it crosses SR 129, that enhances safety
and passenger and freight mobility and
reduces congestion........................
1184 WA Roosevelt Extension at Urban Avenue to $4,000,000
Cameron Way in Mount Vernon...............
1185 NJ Hazel Street reconstruction, Passaic County $2,250,000
1186 FL Improvements to Eller Drive including right- $1,000,000
of-way acquisition and construction of
return loop connector.....................
1187 MO Study Highway 37-60 Entire Corridor........ $2,500,000
1188 TX The District-Tyler Outer Loop 49 $5,880,000
Construction..............................
1189 PA Tidal Schuylkill Riverfront project $1,680,000
consists of an eight mile bike and
pedestrian recreation trail from Locust
Street to Historic Bartram's Gardens......
1190 NY Town of Fishkill reconstruct Maple Ave..... $24,500
1191 IL For IDOT to expedite pre-construction and $3,500,000
construction to widen I-55 from Naperville
Road south to I-80........................
1192 UT 200 East Minor Arterial, Logan City, Utah.. $900,000
1193 NJ Construct I-287, I-80, Route 202 $1,000,000
Interchange...............................
1194 NY Design and construction of Fulton Street $5,600,000
from Clinton Avenue to Bedford Avenue in
Brooklyn, New York........................
1195 TX Port of Corpus Christi Joe Fulton $500,000
International Trade Corridor for
congestion and safety enhancements........
1196 MO Renovations and Enhancements on the Bicycle $800,000
Pedestrian Facility on the Old Chain of
Rocks Bridge spanning the Mississippi
River.....................................
1197 CT Construct Shoreline Transportation $2,000,000
Enhancement Projects, Guilford, Branford,
East Haven................................
1198 NJ Highway Improvements in Liberty Corridor... $5,000,000
1199 OH Construct SR 104 into a 4 lane facility $6,000,000
with a turning lane in Ross County........
1200 MO Construct 2 lanes on Hwy 45 from Hwy 9 to $3,000,000
Graden Road in Platte County..............
1201 MS Plan and Construct Highway 45 Bypass in $4,000,000
Columbus..................................
1202 PA Reconstruct hwy & replace of bridge on US $1,500,000
422 between the Berks County Line and the
Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Chester
Counties..................................
1203 FL Construct SR 20 connection to SR 100 via CR $4,300,000
309-C, Putnam County, Florida.............
1204 OH Road and related pedestrian improvements at $100,000
SR 283 in the Village of Grand River, OH..
1205 NY Road infrastracture projects to improve $8,150,000
commercial access in the Towns of Malta
and Stillwater and the Village of Round
Lake, Saratoga County, New York...........
1206 NY Replace structurally deficient bridge over $1,000,000
the Pocantico River, the Village of
Pleasantville.............................
1207 IL Complete Heavy Truck Loop for DuQuoin $625,000
Industrial Park...........................
1208 MD Construction and dualization of US 113..... $15,000,000
1209 GA Streetscape-Quitman........................ $200,000
1210 NY Town of New Windsor Toleman & Station Roads $715,000
Reconstruction and area Improvements......
1211 IL Turning lanes to US Rt. 14 (Northwest $700,000
Highway) at the Arthur Ave Union Pacific
Grade in Arlington Heights................
1212 WA Design and construct pedestrian land bridge $1,354,000
spanning SR14.............................
1213 MI Construction of Greenways in Pittsfield $299,000
Charter Township--2.5 miles to existing
Ann Arbor Greenways, Pittsfield Charter
Township..................................
1214 CA Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy-- $5,200,000
Plan and Implement Trails & Bikeways Plan
for the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area and Presidio.........................
1215 NY State of NY Village of Kiryas Joel sidewalk $750,000
project...................................
1216 OH Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio. $800,000
Improvements to Alabama Ave...............
1217 NE Resurfacing of Bellevue Bridge, City of $500,000
Bellevue, Nebraska........................
1218 CA Upgrade and reconstruct I-580/ Vasco Road $2,500,000
Interchange, City of Livermore............
1219 TX Build Bike Trail at Chacon Creek in Laredo. $3,300,000
1220 UT 3200 South Project, Nibley, Utah........... $1,000,000
1221 NJ Expand Route 440--State Street Interchange $5,000,000
in Perth Amboy............................
1222 GA Improvement and construction of SR 40 from $2,000,000
east of St. Marys cutoff at mile post 5.0,
Charlton County to County Route 61, Camden
County, Georgia...........................
1223 PA Erie, PA Regional upgrades to urban-rural $800,000
corridors.................................
1224 GA Georgia Construct Three Greenway Trail $2,000,000
Project, Dekalb County....................
1225 FL Croos Creek Boulevard Widening............. $1,000,000
1226 MD Implement Intelligent Transportation System $500,000
in Baltimore..............................
1227 OH Construct an access road into the $800,000
industrial park near SR 209 and CR 345 in
Guernsey County...........................
1228 CA Improve the Rosecrans Ave and Alondra Blvd $50,000
bridges over the San Gabriel River in
Bellflower................................
1229 PA Independence National Historic Park scenic $4,500,000
enhancement and pedestrian walkways
improvement project in conjunction with
the park's Executive Mansion Exhibit......
1230 CA Modesto, Riverbank & Oakdale, CA Improve $2,000,000
SR219 to 4-lanes..........................
1231 ME Modifications to Exit 7/I-295 and to $3,380,000
Franklin Arterial, Portland...............
1232 KY Replace Bridge and Approaches on Searcy $875,000
School Road over Beaver Creek, Anderson
County....................................
1233 NJ Route 22 Sustainable Corridor Plan......... $5,750,000
1234 NY Conduct studies, if necessary, and $5,000,000
construct the High Line Trail Project, New
York City.................................
1235 WA Install dual left turn lanes and $1,750,000
intersection signal modifications at SR432
and Columbia Blvd.........................
1236 OK Transportaion enhancements for Highway 19 $3,000,000
from Ada to Stratford.....................
1237 CA Interstate 15-Base Line Road Interchange $5,000,000
Project, Rancho Cucamonga, California.....
1238 SC Build Interchange at US 17 and Bowman Road $6,000,000
in Mount Pleasant, SC.....................
1239 CA Complete Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic $6,000,000
Trail between Monterey and Santa Cruz
counties..................................
1240 NY Improve Hospital Road Bridge between CR99 $6,000,000
and CR101, Patchogue......................
1241 NV Construct Martin Luther King Blvd.-- $6,000,000
Industrial Rd. Connector..................
1242 MI I-96 Beck, Wixom Road Interchange, design, $1,000,000
ROW, and construction.....................
1243 IA Muscatine, IA Construction of 4.2 mile $500,000
multi-purpose trail from Musser Park to
Weggens Road..............................
1244 GA Historic preservation of a city bus station $134,917
in downtown Eastman.......................
1245 TX Construction of internal roads at Port of $1,000,000
Brownsville to make roads safer with less
wear and tear.............................
1246 NY NYSDOT Route 55 turning lane at Gardner $400,000
Hollow Road...............................
1247 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $100,000
trail, Lewisburg..........................
1248 TX Reconstruct Danieldale Rd from I-35E to $2,000,000
Houston School Rd in Lancaster............
1249 CT Relocation of Edmond Road in Newtown and $600,000
construction of additional turning lanes
at Rte 6 and Commerce and Edmond Rds......
1250 OH Construction of Interchange at State Route $3,000,000
8 and Seasons Road, Stow, OH..............
1251 NJ North Avenue-Route 1 Elizabeth Pedestrian $75,000
and Bicycle Project.......................
1252 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Morris, AL..... $100,000
1253 NY Preliminary design and environmental impact $7,360,000
study for a collector-distributor road
along I-95 from Westchester Ave. to Bartow
Ave.......................................
1254 NJ Replacement of Signals at the Intersections $490,000
of Centennial Ave @ Lincoln Ave and Walnut
Ave @ Lincoln Ave, Cranford, NJ...........
1255 KS Replacement or rehabilitation of the Amelia $2,000,000
Earhart US-59 Bridge in Atchison County,
Kansas....................................
1256 CA San Diego, CA Interstate 15 Managed Lanes.. $1,000,000
1257 CA Central Galt & State Route 99 Interchange $3,000,000
and Access Improvements...................
1258 OH Springfield, OH Relocation of North Street. $2,500,000
1259 KY Reconstruct KY 89 from Irvine Bypass to $750,000
2000 Feet North of Estill County High
School, Estill County.....................
1260 NY Town of East Fishkill new construction $800,000
Bypass road...............................
1261 CA Establish new grade separation at Sunset $2,000,000
Ave in Banning............................
1262 CT Construct and Widen Stamford Rail Underpass $1,000,000
& Road Realignment Project................
1263 TN Hamblen County, Tennessee US11E (SR34) $1,000,000
interchange improvements..................
1264 IL Implement ITS and congestion Mitigation $4,000,000
Project on I-294 and I-90.................
1265 AZ Bridge at 59Th Ave and Glendale Ave........ $2,000,000
1266 TX Hike and bike trail will tie into the $1,000,000
Gellhorn Dr. project providing an improved
multi-modal transportation facility.......
1267 OH Jackson Township, Ohio--Hill and Dales Road $2,000,000
widening..................................
1268 SC Build 701 Connector (Southern Conway $5,000,000
Bypass) in SC.............................
1269 MN Reconstruct I-694 White Bear Avenue (CSAH $500,000
65) Interchange in White Bear Lake........
1270 WI Replace 17th Street Lift Bridge, Two $6,000,000
Rivers, Wisconsin.........................
1271 MA Route 116 and Bay Road Intersection $4,000,000
Improvements--Amherst.....................
1272 IL Streetscape improvements on Blue Island $1,000,000
from 19th--21st St, Chicago...............
1273 TN Construct and improves intersections in $100,000
Niota, Tennessee..........................
1274 CA Upgrade Bellflower intersections at Alondra $350,000
Blvd and at Rosecrans Ave in Bellflower...
1275 NJ Construct Riverbank Park Bike Trail, Kearny $2,500,000
1276 NC Install ITS on US 52 in Forsyth County..... $400,000
1277 MD Construction and dualization of MD 404 in $7,000,000
Queen Anne, Talbot and Caroline Counties..
1278 NY Dutchess County, NY Replace County Bridge $250,000
BIN 3358440 on DeGarmo Road CR43, Town of
Poughkeepsie..............................
1279 IL Upgrade connector road from IL Rt I-255 to $2,400,000
IL Rt 3, Sauget...........................
1280 NJ Reconstruction of Route 46/Route 3/Valley $12,000,000
Rd/Notch Rd Interchange...................
1281 MS Upgrade roads in Attala County District 4 $1,000,000
(Roads 4211 and 4204), Kosciusko, Ward 3
(U.S. Hwy 16), and Ethel (U.S. Hwy 12),
Attala County.............................
1282 TX Construction of streets in the White $9,250,000
Heather area of Houston...................
1283 MS Upgrade roads in Canton (U.S. Hwy 51, 22, $400,000
16 and I-55), Madison County..............
1284 IA Reconstruction of the Neal Smith Trail, $1,000,000
bicycle and pedestrian, Polk Co...........
1285 CA Rehabilitate pavement on Azusa Avenue and $500,000
San Gabriel Avenue in Azusa...............
1286 CA South Bay Cities COG Coastal Corridor $2,000,000
Transportation Initiative, Phase 3, El
Segundo...................................
1287 MS Upgrade roads in Terry, Edwards, Utica and $1,250,000
Bolton, Hinds County......................
1288 FL US 1 six laning from St. Lucie County line $1,000,000
to south of 4th St in Indian River County,
FL........................................
1289 MD Expand Route 29 in Howard County........... $5,000,000
1290 WA Issaquah SE Bypass......................... $5,000,000
1291 NY Town of Patterson Couch Road project....... $75,000
1292 MD US 220 MD 53 North South Corridor.......... $1,000,000
1293 NJ Improvements to Clove Road and Long Hill $2,750,000
Road in Little Falls and Upper Mountain
Ave. in Montclair.........................
1294 HI Study of East Hawaii Alternative Road, $200,000
Island of Hawaii..........................
1295 FL Town of Southwest Ranches Urban Interchange $2,000,000
1296 CA Long Beach Intelligent Transportation $2,000,000
System: Integrate functioning traffic
management center that includes the port,
transit, airport as well as the city's
police and fire departments, Long Beach...
1297 CA Almaden Expressway Improvements between $3,500,000
Branham Lane and Blossom Road, San Jose...
1298 AR Construct and rehabilitate University of $1,200,000
Arkansas Technology Corridor Enhancement
Project...................................
1299 CO US 550, New Mexico State Line to Durango... $6,000,000
1300 TX Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails in $750,000
Houston's historic Third Ward.............
1301 NY Village of Cold Spring Main St. sidewalk $250,000
and lighting improvements.................
1302 NY Village of Goshen Hatfield Lane $250,000
reconstruction............................
1303 SC Plan and build Interstate 73 from NC line $10,000,000
to Myrtle Beach, SC.......................
1304 TX IH-35E Bridge Reconstruction over Lake $1,000,000
Lewisville................................
1305 FL Construct College Road Improvements, Key $500,000
West, Florida.............................
1306 NY West Harlem Waterfront-ferry, intermodal $14,000,000
and street improvements...................
1307 CA Construct sound barriers at the I-805/S.R. $850,000
54 Interchange, National City.............
1308 NY Road projects that develop Access to Port $1,250,000
Byron and Erie Canal......................
1309 FL West Palm Beach, Florida, Flagler Drive $1,000,000
Reconfiguration...........................
1310 AL Construct extension of I-565 westward $5,000,000
fromexisting interchange to existing
Tennessee River bridges at Decatur, AL....
1311 CT Construct Farmington Canal Greenway $2,500,000
enhancements, New Haven and Hamden........
1312 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and $400,000
install landscaping, Helena...............
1313 IA Upgrade US 30 Liberty Square in City of $9,500,000
Clinton, Iowa.............................
1314 HI Study of Waianae Coast Emergency Access $500,000
Road......................................
1315 NY Westchester County, NY Rehabilitation of $500,000
Lexington Ave, Mt. Kisco..................
1316 CA Widen and Improve County Line Road in $2,000,000
Calimesa..................................
1317 OH Construct turn lane, install traffic light, $600,000
and reorient traffic on SR 146 near
Bussemer Lane in Muskingum County.........
1318 RI Restore and Expand Maritime Heritage site $1,000,000
in Bristol................................
1319 OH City of Green, Ohio. Lauby Road exit $1,500,000
improvements..............................
1320 NY Construct Bicycle Path in Town of Bedford.. $500,000
1321 CA Compton Arterial Reconstruction and $4,000,000
Improvement Program, Compton..............
1322 MT Construction of S. 323 from Alzada to $12,000,000
Ekalaka in Carter County..................
1323 IL Improve Great River Road, Mercer County.... $500,000
1324 FL Normandy Blvd. & Cassat Ave. Transportation $500,000
Enhancements, Jacksonville................
1325 OH North Canton, OH Applegrove St. road $3,000,000
widening..................................
1326 MA Design & Build Cape Cod Bike Trail, with $4,000,000
Shining Sea Bikeway, to link core with
outer Cape communities & heavily visited
national sites............................
1327 TN Plan and construct N. Tennessee Boulevard $500,000
enhancements..............................
1328 NJ Quinn Road realignment, Clifton............ $3,000,000
1329 MO Reconstruct Interstate 44 and Highway 65 $16,300,000
Interchange...............................
1330 MN Reconstruct TH61 from Beaver Bay to Silver $6,800,000
Bay. Construction of Gitchi-Gami Spur
Trail between main trail and Silver Bay
Marina along TH61 roadway segment.........
1331 KY Reconstruction of KY259 in Edmonson County $1,000,000
from Green River Bridge at Brownsville to
Kyrock Elementary School..................
1332 LA Construction of a merge lane at the $500,000
intersection of I-10 and US 190...........
1333 AL Expand SR-210 (Ross Clark Circle) from $3,000,000
US231 North to US231 South in Dothan, AL..
1334 MD Construct interchange at MD Route 355 at $2,000,000
Montrose and Randolph Roads in Montgomery
County....................................
1335 CA Construct new interchange and related road $3,670,000
improvements on US101 near Airport Blvd,
Salinas...................................
1336 PA COnstruct the French Creek Parkway in $5,000,000
Phoenixville, PA..........................
1337 MN Capacity and safety improvements to TH 8, $7,200,000
west of 306th St. to eastern city limits,
Lindstrom.................................
1338 VA Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation $1,500,000
Applications Center (ESITAC) in Hampton
Roads.....................................
1339 IL Construct underpass at intersection of $5,500,000
Damen/Fullerton/Elston Avenues, Chicago...
1340 AR Highway 165: Railroad Overpass............. $2,000,000
1341 FL Implement Snake Road (BIA Route 1281) $1,000,000
Widening and Improvements.................
1342 CA Construction of freeway between I-15 and US- $5,000,000
395.......................................
1343 OH Lake Township, Ohio. Market Avenue-Lake $2,200,000
Center intersections improvement..........
1344 CT Construct Quinnipiac Linear Trail, $1,000,000
Wallingford...............................
1345 MI Construction of a hike and bike path from $500,000
Riverbends Park, 22 Mile Road, to Stony
Creek Park, 25 Mile Road in Shelby
Township..................................
1346 IN Reconstruct Boston Street, from State Road $500,000
2 to Bach St., Larson-Whirlpool St. in
LaPorte, Indiana..........................
1347 OR Improvements to Bandon-Charleston State $4,200,000
Scenic Tour on Randolph Road and North
Bank Lane.................................
1348 VA Conduct study of Route 460 Corridor, $2,000,000
Virginia..................................
1349 NJ Construct Sparta Stanhope Road Bridge (AKA $1,000,000
Bridge K-07)..............................
1350 KY Reconstruct Turkeyfoot Road, Kenton County, $3,000,000
Kentucky..................................
1351 OH Construct additional lane to alleviate $800,000
traffic congrestion on US 40 in and
adjacent to St. Clairsville...............
1352 CO CO 56th Avenue & Quebec Street Improvements $6,500,000
Phase I, Denver...........................
1353 OH Construct Truck Bypass--Orville, Ohio...... $6,004,400
1354 PA Conversion of Penn and Park Bridges located $50,000
over Spring Run in Altoona, Pa into
pedestrian bridges........................
1355 CA Coyote Creek Trail Project--Story Road to $2,500,000
Montague Expressway.......................
1356 PA Construct Cameron Street Bridge $1,000,000
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.......
1357 OH Construct upgrade of SR 16 to 4 lanes from $3,000,000
SR 60 to SR 16 in Coschocton County.......
1358 OH Medina, Ohio. Guilford Avenue urban road $1,960,000
collector pavement reconstruction.........
1359 TN Improvements to I-40 interchange at I-240 $3,000,000
East of Memphis (Phase II)................
1360 WY Casper Bypass: Reconstruct Old Yellowstone $5,000,000
Hwy and 2nd St............................
1361 NY Construct sidewalks and roadway $600,000
improvements on Oscawana Lake Road in the
Town of Putnam Valley.....................
1362 LA Engineering and right of way acquisition $10,000,000
for I-49 Corridor.........................
1363 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Edwardsville Borough, Luzerne County...
1364 IL Foster Avenue at Kedzie Avenue Streetscape. $2,000,000
1365 WV Construct I-73/74 High Priority Corridor, $11,200,000
Mercer Co.................................
1366 NY Improve Long and Short Beach Road, $2,100,000
Southampton...............................
1367 CA Modify I-880 & Stevens Creek Boulevard $12,000,000
Interchange to ease traffic congestion in
San Jose..................................
1368 NY Improve road and streetscape along Prospect $1,000,000
Avenue in North Hempstead.................
1369 CA Palm Drive & Interstate 10 interchange $2,750,000
project...................................
1370 MN Reconstruct TH 36 from expressway to $6,000,000
freeway in North St. Paul.................
1371 CA Construct I-580 Interchange Improvements in $1,200,000
Castro Valley.............................
1372 AL Expand US331 from Luverne, AL to $3,000,000
Montgomery, AL............................
1373 TX Construction of highway medians, pedestrian $500,000
walkways for City of South Padre Island...
1374 NY Construct Rt. 12 intersection between $2,400,000
Pamela Drive-River Road-Located in the
Town of Chenango..........................
1375 IL Construct Streetscape Project, Village of $800,000
Robbins...................................
1376 GA Effingham Parkway to Connect SR119 to SR30. $3,000,000
1377 MD Construct Phase 2 of the Jones Falls Trail $4,000,000
from Baltimore Penn Station to the
Maryland Science Center on the Inner
Harbor....................................
1378 IL For Will County for engineering and right- $500,000
of-way acquisition to extend 95th Street
from Plainfield-Naperville Road east to
Boughton Road.............................
1379 PA Construct Valley Business Park Access Road $2,700,000
C, Bradford County........................
1380 LA Improve by widening, realigning, & $2,000,000
resurfacing 3.2 miles of LA Hwy 820 btwn
LA Hwy 145 & LA Hwy 821...................
1381 IN 45th Street Improvements, Munster.......... $500,000
1382 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 124.................
1383 VT Construction and engineering for the $1,085,514
Vermont Smugglers Notch Scenic Highway
Corridor Southern Gateway and Notch Proper
Facilities................................
1384 OH Planning and construction of a network of $950,000
recreational trails in Perry Township.....
1385 GA Construction of the Truman Linear Park $1,260,000
Trail-Phase II............................
1386 NJ Pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and $750,000
street lighting in Haddon Heights/
Barrington................................
1387 CA Reconstruct interchange at I-10 and $2,000,000
Riverside Avenue to improve traffic in
Rialto....................................
1388 CA Reconstruct Bloomfield Av. with medians $400,000
from Carson St. to north city limits in
Hawaiian Gardens..........................
1389 SC Extension of Wells Highway, Oconee County, $2,000,000
South Carolina............................
1390 CA Reconstruct Paramount Bl. with medians and $600,000
improve drainage from Artesia Bl. to
Candlewood St. in Long Beach..............
1391 IL Reconstruction of 5th Street Road (FAS $952,570
569)in Logan County, IL...................
1392 WA Reconstruction of SR99 (Aurora Ave N) $2,000,000
between N 145th St and N 205th St.........
1393 NY Page Green--Phase III--Reconstruction of $3,600,000
2.6 miles. Town of Virgil, Cortland County
1394 MI Gogebic County, Reconstruct Lake Road in $805,000
Ironwood from Margaret Street to Airport
Road......................................
1395 GU Piti, GU Construct Cabras Island Intermodal $6,000,000
Facility..................................
1396 IN Redevelop and Complete the Cardinal $3,000,000
Greenway and Starr-Gennett Area in the
City of Richmond, Indiana.................
1397 NY Rehabilitate and redesign Erie Canal Museum $400,000
in Syracuse, NY through the Erie Canalway
National Heritage Corridor Commission.....
1398 OH Construction of 6.25 mile bicycle project $500,000
in Mahoning County........................
1399 NM I-40/Munoz Reconstruction in the City of $1,500,000
Gallup....................................
1400 TX Rehabilitate Yale Street between IH10 to $1,000,000
IH610.....................................
1401 CA Reconstruct Long Beach Bl. with medians and $3,000,000
improve drainage from Palm Av. to Tweedy
Bl. in Lynwood............................
1402 CA Expand carsharing pilot program to serve $2,000,000
low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in
the City and County of San Francisco......
1403 FL Implement Kennedy Boulevard corridor $2,500,000
improvements to improve safety in Tampa...
1404 MD Construct Broadneck Peninsula Trail, Anne $1,500,000
Arundel County, Maryland..................
1405 MO Relocation and reconstruction of Rt MM from $15,680,000
Rt 21 to Rt 30............................
1406 MN Replace three at-grade highway-railroad $2,000,000
crossings with grade-separated crossings
adjacent to Winona State University.......
1407 CA Construct Traffic flow improvements Vincent $750,000
and Lakes Drive, West Covina..............
1408 CA Construction of an interchange located at $3,000,000
the intersection of future State Route 65
and Ferrari Ranch Road-Westwood in Placer
County....................................
1409 KS Construct highway-rail grade separation $14,000,000
from Douglas Avenue to 17th Street North
in Wichita, KS............................
1410 OH Conduct Phase II of U.S. Route 68 bypass $2,300,000
project in Urbana.........................
1411 GA Construct sidewalks and install $500,000
landscaping, Vienna.......................
1412 TX Extension of FM 1427 in Penitas............ $700,000
1413 MD MD 124, Woodfield Road, from Midcounty $2,000,000
Highway to Warfield Road..................
1414 CA Rio Vista Bridge Realignment Study & Street $700,000
Sign Safety Program.......................
1415 CO SH 121--Bowles Ave Intersection and Roadway $2,000,000
Improvements, Jefferson County Colorado...
1416 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian $1,000,000
Safety in Queens County...................
1417 NY Repair and improve Jericho Turnpike (NYS $2,000,000
HWY 25) and construct streetscapes along
the Turnpike in New Hyde Park.............
1418 GA SR 316/SR 20 interchange construction $500,000
Gwinnett, County..........................
1419 IL Construct Pedestrian walkways and $4,210,000
streetscaping projects in the Village of
Western Springs...........................
1420 WA SR 518 corridor--Improvements to SR 518-509 $1,000,000
interchange and addition of eastbound
travel lane on a portion of the corridor..
1421 CA Development and construction of $3,000,000
improvements to State Route 79 in the San
Jacinto Valley............................
1422 MN Construct roadway improvements on the Great $6,960,000
River Road on CSAH 10 and CSAH 21, Aitkin
County....................................
1423 WA Conduct preliminary engineering and EIS for $10,000,000
Columbia River Crossing in WA and OR......
1424 NC Greensboro Signal System Replacement ITS $12,500,000
Enhancement Project.......................
1425 MN Reconstruction of 1 mile of CR 107 from $500,000
CSAH 2 to Highway 11 and 71, Koochiching
County....................................
1426 OH Plain Township, Ohio. Market Avenue $5,000,000
widening..................................
1427 LA Construct right of way improvements from $2,000,000
Third St. at James St. to LA. Hwy. One at
Broadway St. Acquire property at Third St.
and Winn St...............................
1428 PA State Street Bridge Rehabilitation, Hamburg $1,500,000
1429 OH Construct Flats East Bulkhead and $4,150,000
Riverwalk: construct bulkhead and
riverwalk connecting Front and Maine Ave..
1430 NY Construct/reconstruct Lincoln Road: $900,000
Commercial Street to Route 31F in the Town-
Village of East Rochester.................
1431 OH Acquire land and construct Portage Bike and $1,000,000
Hike Trail, Portage Co....................
1432 NC Continued development of Cary, NC $1,500,000
pedestrian bike paths.....................
1433 TX Cottonflat Road overpass at Interstate 20.. $1,500,000
1434 NY Improve Rt. 17M access, safety and traffic $750,000
management................................
1435 OH Safety improvements to Paris Avenue $1,500,000
intersections and Meese Rd. and Easton
St.--Nimishillen Township, Ohio...........
1436 CA Alameda Corridor-East Construction $300,000
Authority, San Gabriel Valley.............
1437 WA Construct a tunnel as part of the Bremerton $21,000,000
Pedestrian-Bremerton Transportation Center
Access Improvement project................
1438 NC Expand Derita Road......................... $2,000,000
1439 NJ Hoboken Observer Highway Operational and $2,500,000
Safety Improvements.......................
1440 CA Reconfigure San Fernando Road from Fletcher $7,000,000
Drive to I-5 Fwy, Los Angeles.............
1441 NY Construction of an access road, drainage $2,430,000
improvements, and aesthetic enhancements
adjacent to Ocean Parkway in the Town of
Babylon, NY...............................
1442 TX Construct highway improvements on E. $2,800,000
Tidwell, Ley Rd, and E. Little York Rd....
1443 AZ Construct pedestrian and bicycle overpass $3,000,000
at McDowell Road & 35th Avenue in Phoenix.
1444 TX Reconstruct I-30 Trinity River Bridge, $20,000,000
Dallas....................................
1445 PA Armstrong and Indiana County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000
U.S. 422 Improvements.....................
1446 TX Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Network in $9,600,000
East Austin...............................
1447 NV Construct I-15 Cactus Avenue............... $10,000,000
1448 AL I-65 Widening from U.S. 31 in Alabaster $8,000,000
(Exit 238) to AL 25 in Calera (Exit 228)..
1449 NY Improve Route 4 Streetscape and replace $4,350,000
waterlines, Town and Village of Fort
Edward, Washington County.................
1450 OH Planning and construction on bike paths and $1,000,000
trails as part of Phases III-VI in
Ashtabula Metroparks Western Reserve
Greenway..................................
1451 CO Construction of Powers Boulevard and $8,000,000
Woodman Road interchange, Colorado Springs
1452 MN Environmental review for TH8 upgrade, $600,000
Forest Lake to Chisago City...............
1453 MD Construct Pedestrian Bridge and Garage at $2,100,000
Coppin State University in Baltimore......
1454 MD Historic Preservation and Traffic $1,800,000
Improvements along Liberty Heights Ave.
and in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore.......
1455 NC I-85 in Vance County....................... $1,000,000
1456 PA Design and construct interchange and $6,000,000
related improvements at I 83 Exit 19......
1457 IL Preconstruction and Construction at IL 31 $2,420,000
from Bull Valley Road to IL 176...........
1458 MS Replace Popps Ferry Road Bridge, Biloxi.... $4,000,000
1459 IL Reconstruct Lakeshore Drive Overpass over $1,500,000
Wilson avenue, Chicago....................
1460 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Moody, AL...... $100,000
1461 MA Design and construct Canal and Union Street $800,000
Corridor improvements, Lawrence...........
1462 OH Construct new two lane road to Sycamore $1,250,000
Street in Gallia County...................
1463 AL Construct interchange on Interstate 85 at $500,000
Beehive Road in Auburn, AL................
1464 ME Improvements to the Interconnecting Trail $500,000
System for bike/pedestrian trails near
Baxter State Park.........................
1465 TX ROW acquisition for 87 Relief Route........ $1,500,000
1466 WA Restore and construct historic Naches Depot $500,000
and Trail project.........................
1467 GA S.R. 20 widening from I-575 to S.R. 369, $1,000,000
Cherokee County...........................
1468 IL Road Construction and reconstruction in the $2,300,000
Village of Hampshire: Keyes Ave.,
Industrial Drive Overlay, and Mill Avenue.
1469 IL Conduct study and design of Chicago North $1,000,000
lakefront path expansion project..........
1470 MS I-59 interchange at US 84 and SR 15, Laurel $2,000,000
1471 TX Improvements to IH-35E from US 77 North of $3,000,000
Waxahachie to US 77 South of Waxahachie...
1472 MO Scudder Road and I-170 Interchange $2,000,000
Improvements, St. Louis County............
1473 GA Construct and Improve Cobb County Trails... $1,500,000
1474 MS Extend SR 590 from US 11 to SR 29 near $3,500,000
Ellisville................................
1475 IN Improve Intersection at Jackson Street and $560,000
Morrison Road in the City of Muncie,
Delaware County, Indiana..................
1476 CO Construction of McCaslin Boulevard US 36 $1,000,000
Interchange in Superior...................
1477 MA Route 128 Improvements--Route 114 in $2,000,000
Peabody to Route 62 in Danvers............
1478 TX Lubbock, Texas Construction for Marsha $5,600,000
Sharp Freeway main lanes between Chicago
and Salem Avenues.........................
1479 NH South Road Mitigation in Londonderry....... $1,000,000
1480 NY Paul Road--Fisher Road Improvements, Town $4,000,000
of Chili, Monroe County...................
1481 CA Construct truck lane on Keystone Road from $2,500,000
State Route 111 to Austin Road, Imperial
County....................................
1482 MS Construct East Metropolitan Corridor $5,000,000
linking I-20 at Brandon to Hwy 25 at
Flowood...................................
1483 LA Leeville Bridge, Port Fourchon to Golden $5,000,000
Meadow....................................
1484 GA National Infantry Museum Transporation $3,000,000
Network...................................
1485 AL Interchange at I-65 and Limestone County $1,000,000
Road 24 Constuction.......................
1486 PA Project to realign intersection of King of $1,649,000
Prussia Road and Upper Gulph Road to
provide turning lanes and signalization...
1487 MO Construct diamond interchange at US 71 and $2,000,000
Business 71 in Maryville..................
1488 SD Construction of four-lane highway on US 79 $7,500,000
between Maverick Junction, and the
Nebraska border...........................
1489 IL 130th and Torrance Avenue Intersection $9,000,000
Improvement, Chicago......................
1490 OK Improvements to Hereford Lane and US69 $1,000,000
Interchange, McAlester....................
1491 GA Athens-Clarke County Bike Trail Project.... $1,400,000
1492 CT Construct UCONN Storrs Campus-Hillside Road $5,000,000
1493 NM I-25, Tramway North to Bernalillo, $2,000,000
Reconstruction............................
1494 NJ Planning for Liberty Corridor.............. $500,000
1495 OR Sellwood Bridge Replacement,--Multnomah $2,000,000
County....................................
1496 NM Statewide ITS Deployment................... $200,000
1497 FL Acquire Land and Construct the Englewood $3,000,000
Interstate Connector in Sarasota County,
Florida...................................
1498 NY Elevate and construct drainage improvements $3,000,000
to Beach Road, Canal Road, and Sea Breeze
Road in Massapequa, New York..............
1499 TX Design and construction streetscape $1,000,000
improvements in Midtown, enhance
pedestrian access.........................
1500 NY Replace sidewalk along Route 9A in Hamlet $330,000
of Montrose, Town of Cortlandt............
1501 MN Construction and widening of TH241 in the $2,000,000
city of St. Michael, MN...................
1502 GA I-75 lanes from Aviation Boulevard to SR $1,500,000
54, Clayton County........................
1503 VT Construction and rehabilitation of the $1,386,000
Cross Vermont Trail for the Cross Vermont
Trail Association.........................
1504 NY Construction of a new ramp from 9A $1,775,000
Southbound to Taconic State Parkway
Southbound, Westchester County............
1505 NY Restore vehicular traffic to Main Street in $5,000,000
Downtown Buffalo..........................
1506 MI Construction of 5 lane concrete pavement $8,000,000
with curb, gutter and sewer on Romeo Plank
Road from M-59 to 23 Mile Road in Macomb
Township..................................
1507 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities $50,000
in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Children's
Museum....................................
1508 IL Construct and expand Northwest Illinois US $3,000,000
Rte 20 from Freeport to Galena, IL........
1509 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on $1,000,000
major transportation corridors in the
Southwest San Fernando Valley.............
1510 MO Construct Interstate flyover at Hughes Road $18,000,000
and Liberty Drive to 76th Street. Part of
Liberty Parkway Project...................
1511 CA Freeway 180 Improvements Fresno............ $9,500,000
1512 NY Construct sidewalks and curbs on Valley $450,000
Road in Town of Bedford...................
1513 OK Construction of rail crossing in Claremore $2,000,000
at Blue Star Drive and SH66...............
1514 IL Improve U.S. Route 34 from Kewanee to $500,000
Kentville Road............................
1515 IL For Naperville Township to fund $200,000
improvements to North Aurora Road.........
1516 WA Kent--Construct a single point urban $1,000,000
interchange (SPUI) under I-5 at South
272nd St..................................
1517 TN Construct Interpretive Visitor Center for $1,000,000
the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Trail
of Tears site in Meigs County, TN.........
1518 GA Create a greenway trail along the Oconee $2,000,000
River connecting parks, preserving
historic sites, and promoting economic
development...............................
1519 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, & $400,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Dunmore Borough, Lackawanna County.....
1520 PA Add turn lane, modify signals and install $2,430,000
pavement markings at intersection of PA422
and PA662 in Amity Township...............
1521 WI Construct bicycle/pedestrian path and $3,500,000
facilities in the Central park area of
Madison...................................
1522 VA Expand Route 15 29 in Culpeper, Virginia... $2,000,000
1523 WV Fairmont Gateway Connector System to $22,000,000
provide an improved highway link between
downtown Fairmont and I-79 in the vicinity
of Fairmont...............................
1524 OR Construct Barber Street extension, $3,000,000
Wilsonville...............................
1525 FL Four-laning SR 281 (Avalon Boulevard) in $12,500,000
Santa Rosa County from Interstate 10 to
north of CSX RR Bridge....................
1526 OR Interstate 5 Interchange at City of Coburg. $9,000,000
1527 IL Construction of a bridge at Stearns Road in $2,000,000
Kane County, Illinois.....................
1528 TX East 7th Street Improvements in Austin..... $525,000
1529 GA Rebuild SR-10 Memorial Drive for bicycle $2,000,000
and pedestrian safety, from Mountain Drive
to Goldsmith Road, Dekalb County..........
1530 NJ Provide an alternative route for traffic $2,000,000
passing though congested SR31 corridor in
Flemington NJ.............................
1531 CA Construction of a smart crosswalk system at $50,000
the intersection of Arminta St. and Mason
Ave.......................................
1532 WI Reconstruct U.S. Highway 41 north of Lake $15,400,000
Butte des Morts Bridge, Wisconsin.........
1533 PA Improvements to 8th and 9th Street bridges $490,000
between Pleasant Valley Blvd. and Valley
View Blvd, Altoona, Pa....................
1534 LA Construction of a direct intermodal truck $13,000,000
access road from Interstate 210 to the
City Docks of the Port of Lake Charles....
1535 TX Construct Links Hike & Bike Trail Project. $500,000
2.2 mile trail project connecting Gaylord
Texan to Grapevine Mills Mall. Grapvine,
TX........................................
1536 GA Construct sidewalks between Marion Middle $300,000
School, City Park, and Community Center,
Buena Vista...............................
1537 IL Construct a four lane connection between $1,000,000
Rt. 13 and Rt. 45.........................
1538 MI Plymouth, Haggerty Road from Plymouth Rd. $500,000
to Schoolcraft Rd.........................
1539 TN Provide streetscape improvements and $250,000
pavement repair, Greenback, Tennessee.....
1540 IA Reconstruction of NE 56th St, eastern Polk $1,000,000
Co........................................
1541 IL Relocate Pocket Road for Access to $500,000
Racehorse Business Park, Alorton..........
1542 CT Construct roadway on East Commerce Drive, $500,000
Oxford, CT................................
1543 TN Niota, TN Improve vehicle efficiencies at $57,000
highway At-Grade Railroad Crossing........
1544 FL Plan and Construct 17th Street connector in $2,000,000
the City of Sarasota, FL..................
1545 VT Reconstruction and widening of U.S. Route 5 $1,500,000
for the Town of Hartford..................
1546 MO Relocate the entrance to the Shaw Nature $500,000
Reserve that is being altered due to a
redesign of the Gray Summit I-44
interchange project.......................
1547 DC Replace and reconstruct South Capitol $30,000,000
Street/Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
1548 MI Complete 13.8 miles of nonmotorized $2,000,000
pedistrain Fred Meijer Heartland Trail of
30.1 miles................................
1549 MO Roadway improvements on U.S. 60 from Willow $10,000,000
Springs to the Van Buren Area.............
1550 UT Construct Parley's Creek Trail............. $5,000,000
1551 ME Construction of Calais/St. Stephen Border $5,000,000
Crossing Project..........................
1552 FL Alleviate congestion at Atlantic Corridor $2,000,000
Greenway Network, City of Miami Beach, FL.
1553 MD Construction of MD 331 Dover Bridge........ $4,318,000
1554 NY Improve Traffic Flow on Noel Road between $1,000,000
Church and Crossbay Boulevard Including
Work Necessary to Demolish and Reconstruct
the Firehouse Facility....................
1555 PA Construct 9th and 10th Street bridges over $7,000,000
Norfolk Southern Tracks, Lebanon..........
1556 AS Drainage mitigation in Malaeloa-Leone $1,400,000
village roads.............................
1557 CA Improve I-8 off ramp at Ocotillo to the $1,000,000
Imperial Valley College Desert Museum/
Regional Traveler Visitor Center, Imperial
County....................................
1558 CA Install new grade separation at Ranchero $5,000,000
Road in Hesperia..........................
1559 NY Bartow Ave Ramp and Reconstruction at the $1,600,000
Hutchinson Parkway........................
1560 FL Airport Access Rd., Gainesville............ $1,000,000
1561 WA Intersection project at South Access-522 $3,000,000
beginning and ending at the UWB-CCC campus
to improve access and alleviate congestion
1562 NJ Reconstruction of CR 530 from RT 206 to CR $10,000,000
644. Construct shoulders, travel lanes,
center turn lane, drainage improvements &
traffic signal............................
1563 NY Improve SCCC roads, Fallsburg.............. $1,500,000
1564 CA Add turn lane and adaptive traffic control $1,600,000
system at intersection of San Tomas
Expressway and Hamilton Avenue in Campbell
1565 CA Interchange improvements at Rice Avenue and $3,300,000
U.S. Highway 101 in the City of Oxnard....
1566 GA Northside Drive Multi Modal Corridor....... $2,000,000
1567 GA Replace sidewalks, meet ADA guidelines, and $400,000
install a crosswalk, McRae................
1568 TX Ritchie Road from FM 1695 to US 84, Waco... $3,000,000
1569 AR Maumelle Interchange--for third entrance $500,000
into Maumelle.............................
1570 CT Construct bike/pedestrian path, Shelton.... $1,000,000
1571 MD Rehabilitate Roadways Around East Baltimore $5,500,000
Life Science Park in Baltimore............
1572 AL City of Vestavia Hills Pedestrian Walkway $1,000,000
to Cross U.S. 31..........................
1573 IN Replace Samuelson Road Underpass, Portage.. $3,162,890
1574 IL Construct Commuter Parking Structure in the $3,700,000
Central Business District in the vicinity
of La Grange Road.........................
1575 PA Design and construct inner loop roadway $500,000
around Shippensburg Boro..................
1576 WV Construct I-73/74 High Priority Corridor, $12,000,000
Mingo Co..................................
1577 NY Roadway improvements to Jackson Avenue $2,250,000
between Jericho Turnpike and Teibrook
Avenue....................................
1578 OR Rogue River Bikeway/Pedestrian Path, Curry $600,000
County....................................
1579 CA San Gabriel Blvd Intersection Improvements $200,000
at Broadway and at Las Tunas, San Gabriel.
1580 NY Improvements to Erie Station Road, Town of $1,000,000
Henrietta, Monroe County..................
1581 IA Sioux City, Iowa Hoeven Corridor--Outer $1,500,000
Drive Project.............................
1582 KY Study & rehabilitate the I-471 corridor, $2,000,000
Campbell County, Kentucky.................
1583 WA Construct railroad overpass spanning three $1,000,000
mile section of SR501 from MP 0 and MP 3..
1584 NY Construction and rehabilitation of North $780,000
and South Delaware Avenues in the Village
of Lindenhurst, NY........................
1585 NY Study on extending Rt. 5 to Auburn......... $150,000
1586 AL Expand US-84 from Andalusia, AL to $3,000,000
Enterprise, AL............................
1587 NJ Susse County, NJ Safety and Operational $3,800,000
Improvements on Route 23 in Hardyston
Township and Franklin Borough.............
1588 PA State Street and Mulberry Street Bridge $4,000,000
Lighting project, Harrisburg..............
1589 AS To upgrade, repair and continue $1,600,000
construction of Ta'u harbor/ferry terminal
facility on Manu'a island.................
1590 CA Interstate 15 and State Route 79 South $2,000,000
Freeway Interchange and Ramp Improvement
Project...................................
1591 OH Road Improvements, streetscapes, and $1,000,000
pedestrian safety additions in Ashtabula
Harbor....................................
1592 NY Town of East Fishkill improvements to $500,000
Robinson La & Lake Walton Road at NYS
Route 376.................................
1593 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, $2,000,000
Wisconsin Dells...........................
1594 NY Construct improvements in Sight Distance at $200,000
Road Grade and Trail Corssings in Oneida
and Herkimer Counties.....................
1595 NY Repair Silver Mine Bridge in the Town of $150,000
Lewisboro.................................
1596 IL River walk Reconstruction, City of Chicago. $600,000
1597 AR Rogers, Arkansas--Construct new interchange $4,400,000
on I-540 near the existing Perry Road
overpass..................................
1598 IN Design and construct Indiana Ohio River $20,000,000
Bridges Project on I-65 and 265...........
1599 RI Transportation Enhacements at Blackstone $500,000
Valley Heritage Corridor..................
1600 TX Reconstruction of US 79 from FM 1460 to $2,000,000
Williamson County Road 195................
1601 CA Transportation enhancements to Children's $1,200,000
Museum of Los Angeles.....................
1602 IN Construct Shelby County Indiana Shelbyville $500,000
Parkway...................................
1603 NY Reconstruct the Niagara Street culvert/ $400,000
bridge which crosses over Two Mile Creek,
City of Tonawanda.........................
1604 MA Reconstruction of Main Street and Lebanon $700,000
Street in Melrose.........................
1605 OH Construct the existing IR 70 interchange at $11,550,000
US 40, SR 331 west of St. Clairsville.....
1606 GA Install traffic lights and pedestrian $500,000
walkways on Highway 441 at MLK, Jr.
Boulevard, Dublin.........................
1607 OH Pike County, OH Fog Road Upgrade........... $1,000,000
1608 CA Project design, environmental assessment, $500,000
and roadway construction of Lonestar Road
from Alta Road to Enrico Fermi Drive San
Diego County..............................
1609 CA Project Study Reports for I-105 and I-405 $400,000
Interchanges at Los Angeles International
Airport...................................
1610 CA Reconstruct Whittier Blvd. and improve $1,700,000
parkway drainage from Philadelphia Av. to
Five Points in Whittier...................
1611 NY Rockland County Railroad Grade Crossings $1,400,000
Safety Study..............................
1612 TX San Angelo Ports-to-Plains Route Loop 306 $1,500,000
at F.M. 388...............................
1613 MN City of Hutchinson School Road Underpass of $1,000,000
TH7 and TH22 Improvements.................
1614 TN construct and widen SR-33 in Monroe County, $5,000,000
TN........................................
1615 PA Construct the realignment of Cool Creek $1,000,000
Road in York County, PA...................
1616 NJ Construct Waterfront Walkway from North $2,000,000
Sinatra Drive and 12th St. south to
Sinatra Drive in Hoboken..................
1617 TX Add shoulders to FM 156 from Ponder, Texas $1,000,000
to Krum, Texas............................
1618 NJ Bridge replacement on Section 6V of Route 1 $2,000,000
from Ryders Lane to Milltown Road, North
Brunswick.................................
1619 MN Construct Two Harbors High School Trail $891,600
connecting Two Harbors High School to Two
Harbors City..............................
1620 SC Construct I-85 Brockman-McClimon $1,000,000
Interchange between Greenville Spartanburg
Airport and SC Highway 101 interchanges...
1621 IA Fort Madison, IA Construction of US 61 $2,500,000
bypass around Fort Madison to create a
safer and faster route....................
1622 PA Germantown Avenue Revitalization with Mt. $2,320,000
Airy USA for landscaping, scenic
enhancements and pedestrian safety
improvements along the heavily traveled
thoroughfare..............................
1623 NM I-10 Reconstruction, Las Cruces to Texas $3,000,000
State Line................................
1624 TX IH 820 Widening Project.................... $2,000,000
1625 IL For Naperville Township to fund $600,000
improvements to Diehl Road between Eola
Road and Route 59.........................
1626 KS Remove and Replace Topeka Blvd. Bridge over $6,000,000
the Kansas River..........................
1627 VA Clifton, VA Main Street parking and $250,000
sidewalk improvements.....................
1628 SC Replace Milford Road Bridge, Anderson, SC.. $500,000
1629 LA Improvements to Essen Lane at I-12; and to $30,000,000
Perkins Rd.; and to Central Thruway; and
to O'Neal Lane; an to Burbank Dr.; and to
Essen Park Extension; and for LA408 study.
1630 GA Streetscape project for lighting and $300,000
landscaping on Main Street along Georgia
Highway 231, Davisboro....................
1631 IA City of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie $1,000,000
county East Beltway Roadway and Connectors
Project...................................
1632 OR U.S. 199/Laurel Road Intersection.......... $2,000,000
1633 CA Conduct project report study on Old River $500,000
School Rd--Firestone Blvd intersection
reconfiguration...........................
1634 FL Conduct study for Port of Miami Tunnel, $2,000,000
Miami, FL.................................
1635 NY Ithaca, Design and construct pedestrian and $1,200,000
bicycle path (Cayuga Waterfront Trail)....
1636 NC Rails to Trails Project, Elizabeth City.... $640,000
1637 IL Reconstruct Lakeshore Drive overpass over $1,500,000
Lawrence Avenue...........................
1638 SC Replace Murphy Road West Bridge, Anderson, $235,000
SC........................................
1639 CA Resurface and construct truck lane at CA $3,000,000
Hwy 94 and Interstate 8 interchange,
Boulevard.................................
1640 CT Undertake road improvements associated with $2,000,000
Coltsville Area Redevelopment, Hartford...
1641 AZ Upgrade and Re-opening of Main Street in $1,200,000
Yuma......................................
1642 NJ Pedestrian facilities, street lighting and $596,324
streetscaping improvements in downtown
Laurel Springs............................
1643 MS Upgrade Blue Cane Road in Tallahatchie $750,000
County, and roads in Webb and Tutwiler....
1644 OH Upgrade circuitry on vehicle protection $140,000
device at Sheldon Road rail crossing in
Berea.....................................
1645 NY Design and construct Upper Delaware Scenic $500,000
Byway Visitor Center, Cochecton...........
1646 NY Construct sidewalks and curbing on $275,000
Westchester Avenue in Village of Buchanan.
1647 NC Downtown Redevelopment Project, City of $6,336,000
Rocky Mount...............................
1648 TX Construction of divided four lane concrete $1,000,000
arterial with drainage improvements--Sandy
Lake Road: Denton Tap Rd to North Coppell
Road......................................
1649 IL Preconstruction and Construction at IL 120 $1,365,000
at Bacon Road and Cedar Lake Road.........
1650 GA Revitalization project will extend and $500,000
resurface the Roberta Walking Trail,
Roberta...................................
1651 KY Construct Westbound Access to Mountain $2,900,000
Parkway from Exit 18 (KY 1057), Powell
County....................................
1652 NC Development of 2 miles of road parallel to $1,500,000
I-95 located approximately between the I-
95/NC-125 interchange and I-95/US-158
interchange...............................
1653 CA Engineering, right of way and construction $5,000,000
of HOV lanes on I-580 in the Livermore
Valley, California........................
1654 IL Construct Streetscape Project, City of $500,000
Markham...................................
1655 CA Landscape south side of the 91 fwy at $250,000
Bellflower Blvd in Bellflower.............
1656 MA Southwick and Westfield Rail Trail, Design $5,000,000
& Construction............................
1657 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467665M to constant $194,600
warning time devices......................
1658 TX Reconstruct and add two lanes to US 287 $3,000,000
from the Oklahoma State line to US 54 in
Stratford.................................
1659 WY Casper West Belt Loop...................... $2,000,000
1660 MN Munger Trail extension, City of Duluth..... $3,200,000
1661 AK Bogard/Sheldon Extension in Matanuska- $4,000,000
Susitna Borough...........................
1662 CA City of Redondo Beach Esplanade Improvement $1,000,000
Project...................................
1663 MN Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties Hwy 7 between $2,000,000
TH 71 and TH 22...........................
1664 NJ Construction of Rowan Boulevard from US $600,000
Route 322 to Main Street, Glassboro.......
1665 CA Conduct Study of SR 130 Realignment $2,000,000
Project, San Joaquin County & Santa Clara
County, CA................................
1666 CA Passons Grade Separation in the City of $3,700,000
Pico Rivera...............................
1667 MD Construct South Shore Trail, Anne Arundel $1,000,000
County, MD................................
1668 NJ Realignment of the Routes35/36 intersection $2,000,000
in Eatontown..............................
1669 IN Construct Hoosier Heartland Highway in Cass $2,000,000
and Carroll County, Indiana...............
1670 MI Oscoda County, Reconstruction and surfacing $960,000
of Valley Road from M-33 west to Mapes
Road......................................
1671 TX Reconstruct Precinct Line Road 2-lane $1,000,000
bridge as 4-lane bridge and widen Precinct
Line Road to 4-lane roadway from SH 10 to
Trammel Davis Rd..........................
1672 CT Reconstruct Waterfront Street Corridor, New $1,500,000
Haven.....................................
1673 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade $99,000
highway-Railroad Crossing in Philadelphia,
Tn........................................
1674 TX Mile 2 W from Mile 12 N to US83, Hidalgo $1,000,000
County....................................
1675 NY Reconstruction of West Neck Road from $3,000,000
Huntington-Lloyd Harbor boundary to the
end of the Village-maintained road........
1676 GA Rehabilitate sidewalks and replace street $500,000
lights, Swainsboro........................
1677 SC Replace Murphy Road East Bridge, Anderson, $265,000
SC........................................
1678 MO Access improvements and safety and mobility $5,000,000
upgrades along US 7 as part of the Highway
7 Corridor Development Plan in Blue
Springs...................................
1679 OH Construct Stearns Road Grade Separation, $3,750,000
Olmsted Township..........................
1680 CA Implement Grove Avenue Corridor Interstate $3,000,000
10 interchange improvements in Ontario....
1681 MA Construct & Replace West Corner Bridge & $1,000,000
Culvert, Rte 228, spanning Weir River
Estuary & Straits Pond Inlet..............
1682 OK Complete Reconstruction of the I-35-SH 9 $4,000,000
West Interchange..........................
1683 NJ Construct Rte 50 Tuckahoe River Bridge $4,000,000
Replacement, Cape May and Atlantic
Counties..................................
1684 NY Rt. 12 reconstruction--Town and Village of $4,110,000
Greene....................................
1685 MN Becker County CR 143 and CR 124 $960,000
Improvements..............................
1686 NY Construct and extend existing pedestrian $1,350,000
streetscape areas in Valley Stream........
1687 MI Construct Interchange at I-675 and M-13 $2,300,000
(Washington Avenue). Northbound Exit.
Phase I of Construction. City of Saginaw..
1688 OH Construct Cleveland Towpath Trail. 6-mile $4,000,000
extension towards downtown. Cleveland.....
1689 FL Construct widening of US 17 to 4 lanes from $16,300,000
San Mateo to Volusia County line, Putnam
County, Florida...........................
1690 MD Construct Phase 1 of the South Shore Trail $1,000,000
in Anne Arundel County from Maryland Route
3 at Millersville Road to I-97 at
Waterbury Road............................
1691 MI Construction of 5 lane concrete pavement $2,079,500
with curb, gutter and storm sewer on Van
Dyke Ave. from 23 Mile Road to 26 Mile
Road, Macomb Co...........................
1692 FL Design and construct replacement for A. Max $10,000,000
Brewer Bridge, Titusville.................
1693 NY Implement ITS system and apparatus to $100,000
enhance citywide truck route system on
Victory Blvd Between Travis Ave and West
Shore Expressway Travis Section of SI.....
1694 MI Purchase and implementation of various $12,430,000
Intelligent Transportation System
technologies in the Grand Rapids metro
region....................................
1695 WI Recondition USH 45 between New London and $2,000,000
Clintonville, Wisconsin (Waupaca County,
Wisconsin)................................
1696 CA Reconstruction of The Strand in the City of $2,000,000
Manhattan Beach to improve beach access
and accommodate increased pedestrian
traffic...................................
1697 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on $500,000
major transportation corridors in the
Northeast San Fernando Valley.............
1698 MD Rehabilitate Hanover Street Bridge in $1,500,000
Baltimore.................................
1699 NY Rehabilitation of Hornbeck Road in the Town $426,000
of Poughkeepsie...........................
1700 CA Rehabilitation of Tulare County Farm to $4,000,000
Market road system........................
1701 GA Riverside Drive Streetscape Project, Macon. $500,000
1702 GA South Lumpkin Road Trail-Columbus.......... $500,000
1703 CA Implement Northeast San Fernando Valley $200,000
Road and Safety Improvements..............
1704 NY Big Ridge Road: Spencerport Village Line to $2,500,000
Gillet Road in the Town of Ogden..........
1705 TX Build south bound ramp from east bound I-20 $5,000,000
to Clark Road at the southern terminus of
Spur 408. Duncanville, TX.................
1706 MS Plan and construct intermodal connector $1,000,000
linking I-20 to Hwy 49, Pearl-Richland....
1707 TN Reconstruct US 64 from west of Bolivar to $5,225,000
the Lawrence County Line in Hardemant,
McNairy, Hardin, Wayne Counties...........
1708 PA Improve safety of Route 145 in Whitehall $2,225,000
Township..................................
1709 GA Construct Stone Mountain-Lithonia road Bike $1,000,000
Lane and Sidewalks, Dekalb County.........
1710 OK Texanna Road improvements around Lake $1,000,000
Eufaula...................................
1711 PR To build an extension of PR-53 between $5,000,000
Yabucoa and Maunabo.......................
1712 IL To contruct a new intersection of a public $550,000
road and US Route 50 and a new street.....
1713 NC To plan, design and construct the Northwest $1,000,000
Corridor--Western Blvd. Project in
Jacksonville, NC..........................
1714 CT Upgrade Mark Twain Drive, Hartford......... $2,000,000
1715 CO CO I-70 East Multimodal Corridor (Highway $2,500,000
Expansion), Denver........................
1716 MS Upgrade roads in Indianola, Ruleville, $2,000,000
Moorehead, Doddsville, Sunflower and Drew,
Sunflower County..........................
1717 MS Upgrade roads in North Carrollton (U.S. Hwy $400,000
35 and 82) McCain Street, South Street,
Love Street, and Colver Street, Carroll
County....................................
1718 NJ Passaic-Bergen intermodal transportation $10,000,000
deployment initiative.....................
1719 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Maywood...... $1,000,000
1720 PA Upgrade Route 30 Corridor and Airport $1,000,000
Access....................................
1721 GA Upgrade sidewalks and lighting, Lyons...... $500,000
1722 CA State Route 88--Pine Grove Corridor $500,000
Improvement Project.......................
1723 WA Tacoma--Lincoln Avenue Grade Separation.... $1,000,000
1724 NY Improve NY112 from Old Town Road to NY347.. $10,000,000
1725 NJ Construct I-195 Noise Barrier, Hamilton $750,000
Twp, Mercer County........................
1726 AR Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation........... $1,000,000
1727 WA Kent, WA Willis Street BNSF Railroad Grade $500,000
Separation Project........................
1728 MI Menominee, Ogden Street Bridge $200,000
rehabilitation project-replacement of
deck, expansion joints, sidewalks, railing
and all other joints......................
1729 VA Pochantas Trail--development and $500,000
construction of trail from Bluestone
Junction to Pochantas adjacent to
abandoned rail line.......................
1730 NY Suffolk County ITS arterial monitoring and $1,500,000
performance measures......................
1731 LA Conduct study for Highway 25 in Washington $500,000
Parish....................................
1732 IL Construction of the 43rd Street Bicycle $600,000
Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive,
City of Chicago...........................
1733 NY To design and reconstruct Nassau Avenue, $2,400,000
improve sidewalks and include pedestrian
amenities in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.........
1734 OH Upgrade the I-480 and Tiedman Road $500,000
interchange, Brooklyn.....................
1735 NJ Interchange improvements and bridge $5,000,000
replacement, Route 46, Passaic County.....
1736 PR Construction of community bridge at Los $500,000
Lopez Sector, Quebrada Arenas Community...
1737 IA Construction of a Four Lane U.S. Highway 20 $9,000,000
between Moville in Woodbury County,
through Ida County and Sac County to U.S.
71 at Early, IA...........................
1738 AZ Paving of Navajo Route 9010--off of I-40 at $2,000,000
Houck, AZ (Exit 348) to Pine Springs Day
School....................................
1739 OH Red Bank Road Improvements from I-71 to $3,600,000
Fair Lane in Eastern Hamilton County, Ohio
1740 CA Construct earthen berm along Esperanza Road $2,000,000
from Yorba Linda Blvd. to the west city
limits to mitigate noise..................
1741 TX Construct 6 mainlines from east of Mercury $2,000,000
to east of Wallisville....................
1742 NY Town of Chester Trout Brook road $70,000
improvements and reconstruction...........
1743 OR Upgrade the I-5 Fern Valley Interchange $3,000,000
(Exit 24).................................
1744 CA Construct I-80 Gilman Street interchange $1,500,000
improvements in Berkeley..................
1745 NJ Construct Vineland Boulevard and Sherman $1,750,000
Avenue Intersection Improvements,
Vineland, Cumberland County...............
1746 WA Terry's Corner Park and Ride on Camano $1,400,000
Island....................................
1747 OR Upgrade U.S. 101 and Utility Relocation, $200,000
Gold Beach................................
1748 WI Upgrade USH 41 from DePere to Suamico, $2,500,000
Wisconsin (Brown County, Wisconsin).......
1749 IL Upgrade Veterans Drive in Pekin Illinois... $1,000,000
1750 NY Saugerties, Improve Tissle Road-Old Kings $500,000
Highway intersection......................
1751 TX Design and Construct the Cottonwood Trail $1,000,000
pedestrian-bicycle connection.............
1752 NY Rehabilitation of the Ashford Ave. bridge $2,600,000
over I-87 in the Villages of Dobbs Ferry
and Ardsley...............................
1753 OH Streetscape completion along US 40 in $100,000
Bridgeport................................
1754 SD Design and construct new Meridian Bridge $4,500,000
across the Missouri River at Yankton......
1755 MD Upgrade MD 210 from MD 228 to I-495........ $5,000,000
1756 IL For DuPage County to construct certain $100,000
segments of Southern DuPage County
Regional Trail............................
1757 IA US 20 relocated, Webster, Sac and Calhoun $3,000,000
Counties, Iowa............................
1758 NJ Construction of new access roads along $1,000,000
Route 42/Blackhorse Pike in Washington
Township..................................
1759 CA Highways 152--156 Intersection $1,000,000
improvements, CA..........................
1760 AK Coffman Cove IFA ferry terminal............ $3,200,000
1761 MA Acquisition, engineering design, and $2,000,000
construction of the Assabet River Rail
Trail, Acton, Hudson, Maynard, and Stow...
1762 MI Conduct Feasibility Study to Extend I-475 $800,000
to US 23 in Genesee County................
1763 TX Construct a reliever route on US 287 South $3,000,000
of Dumas to US 287 North of Dumas.........
1764 TN construct new exit on I-75 and connect US- $4,500,000
11, US-411, and SR-30.....................
1765 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $1,750,000
construction of street improvements,
parking, safety enhancements & roadway
redesign in Pittston......................
1766 TX Dowlen Road Imprvements for Beaumont, Texas $3,456,000
1767 CA Construct Hwy 101 bicycle-pedestrian $500,000
project in Marin and Sonoma Counties from
north of Atherton Ave to south of Petaluma
River bridge..............................
1768 TX Construct raised median from Loop 224 to $3,220,000
Sradley St. in Nacogdoches, TX............
1769 OH Construction of bicycle trail extension in $500,000
Geauga Park District in Chardon, OH.......
1770 CA Extension of a regional Class I bikeway $400,000
from the West City limits to the East City
limits along leased railroad right-of-away
1771 AR For rail grade separations identified by $10,000,000
the MPO for the Little Rock/North Little
Rock metropolitan area, (which may
include: Edison Ave.; Springer Blvd; Hwy
89 Extension; McCain/Fairfax; Salem Road;.
1772 NY Court Street & Smith Street Shopping $800,000
District Enhancements.....................
1773 MA Hampshire County Bike Paths, Design & $5,500,000
Construction..............................
1774 NV Construct I-15 Starr Interchange........... $10,000,000
1775 CA Construct full-access interchange at SR 120- $4,000,000
McKinley Avenue, with the necessary SR120
auxiliary lanes, Manteca, CA..............
1776 CA Install emergency vehicle preemption $500,000
equipment along major arterials in the I-
880 corridor, Alameda County..............
1777 OH Construct a proposed relocation of US 22 $10,000,000
and SR 93 from the current IR 70, US 40
west of Zanesville........................
1778 CA Conduct Study and Construct I 205 Chrisman $1,000,000
Road Interchange Project, Tracy, CA.......
1779 IL Construction of part of a 230 mile corridor $1,700,000
extending from I-280at Rock Island to I-
270 south of Alton........................
1780 CA Construction of Campus Parkway from State $500,000
Route 99 to Yosemite Ave., Merced County..
1781 MI Construction of Superior Road Roundabout, $750,000
Superior Township.........................
1782 OR Construction and preliminary engineering of $200,000
a railroad crossing at the intersection of
Havlik Road and Hwy 30, Scappoose.........
1783 FL Clark Road Clover Leaf at I95, Jacksonville $5,500,000
1784 PA Construct and widen PA 94 from the Adams $1,500,000
and York County line north to Appler Road.
1785 IL For the reconstruction and realignment of 2 $2,000,000
miles of Evergreen Ave. located west of
the City of Effingham.....................
1786 IN Improve State Road 332 and Nebo Road $2,930,000
Intersection in Delaware County, Indiana..
1787 LA LA 18 Widening (Avondale to US 90), $800,000
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana...............
1788 WI Construct Lake Butte des Morts Bridge, US $25,600,000
Highway 41, Winnebago County, Wisconsin...
1789 MA North Worcester County Bike Paths, Design & $5,000,000
Construction..............................
1790 TX Old Reliance Road Overpass at SH6 (Earl $2,500,000
Rudder Freeway)--widening project in
Brazos Co.................................
1791 IA Phase III of Main St project, Amana........ $1,000,000
1792 MN Re-align Vadnais Boulevard at interchange $1,000,000
of I-694/Highway 49, Ramsey County........
1793 CA Reconfigure intersection at Highways 152 $10,650,000
and 156 in Santa Clara County.............
1794 KY Construct Georgetown Northwest Bypass from $3,000,000
US 460 West to I-75 North, Scott County...
1795 AZ Grand Canyon Greenway Trails............... $1,500,000
1796 NY Remediate road runoff in vicinity of $1,000,000
Peconic Estuary watershed.................
1797 MS Construct I-55 Interchange at Madison- $5,000,000
Ridgeland, Madison County.................
1798 OH Construction of road improvements from $150,000
Richmond Road to new Cuyahoga Community
College in Warrensville Heights, OH.......
1799 MI Construction of the I-696 and Northwestern $2,000,000
Highway Interchange Freeway Ramps at
Franklin Road in Southfield...............
1800 OH Construct access improvements to I-680 and $2,000,000
internal roadways for Corridor of
Opportunity, Mahoning Co..................
1801 NY Mount Vernon Railroad Cut.................. $2,250,000
1802 TX Reconstruct and add two lanes to IH 27 from $3,000,000
Western Street in Amarillo to Loop 335....
1803 CO SH83-SH88 Interchange Reconstruction-- $4,000,000
Arapahoe County, CO.......................
1804 NY Town of Pawling Old Rt 55.................. $500,000
1805 IL Upgrade Curtis Road in conjunction with $7,000,000
state plan for I-57 interchange; from
Duncan Rd to 1st Street in Champaign......
1806 MO Upgrade Rt. 249 [Range Line] from Rt. 171 $10,000,000
to I-44...................................
1807 VA Bland County Trails and Visitor Center-- $1,000,000
establishment of multi-use trail network,
associated facilities and begin work on
visitors center...........................
1808 NH Upgrade Sewalls Falls Road bridge over $1,000,000
Merrimack River in Concord................
1809 IL Perform Old Orchard Road Expansion and $1,000,000
improvement project between harms road and
US 41, Cook County........................
1810 MN Design engineering and ROW acquisition to $1,000,000
reconstruct TH 95 bridge, North Branch....
1811 NY Tappan Zee Bridge to I287 Transportation $1,000,000
Corridor..................................
1812 CA Upgrade and reconstruct the I-80/I-680/SR12 $21,000,000
Interchange, Solano County................
1813 MD US 219 Oakland Bypass...................... $1,000,000
1814 NC US 221 widening from US 421 to Jefferson, $2,000,000
NC........................................
1815 IL Complete 80,000lb truck route between CH2 $3,000,000
(Burma Rd) and IL Rte 130 in Cumberland
County....................................
1816 CA Improvement of intersection at Burbank $400,000
Blvd. and Hayvenhurst Ave.................
1817 OH Construct pedestrain bridge over I77; $2,000,000
tunnel underneath railroad; bridge over
Tuscarawas River along OH and Erie Canal
in Tuscarawas County......................
1818 MN Lake Street Access to I-35W, Minneapolis... $6,000,000
1819 WI Upgrade USH 2 in Ashland County............ $4,000,000
1820 OR Construct an urban arterial street between $3,700,000
NE Weidler and NE Washington on NE 102nd,
Portland..................................
1821 CA Construct an Interchange on Highway 70 at $2,000,000
Georgia Pacific Road in Oroville..........
1822 AZ Construct or Modify Railroad Grade $13,300,000
Separations on 6th St. and 22nd St. and
Reconstruct Speedway Blvd. Underpass in
Tucson....................................
1823 FL Construct North Ormond Beach Business Park $1,100,000
Interchange at I-95 between U.S. 1 and SR
40, Volusia County........................
1824 MN Environmental review for improvement along $1,300,000
the entire US 10 corridor.................
1825 NY Construct visitor center, access road, and $750,000
parking at Sam's Point Preserve,
Ellenville................................
1826 OH Installation of road improvements on Old $100,000
State Road-SR 608 in Middlefield, OH......
1827 WA To replace BNSF trestle, Sammamish River $2,000,000
bridge and reconstruct SR202/127th Pl NE
and SR202/180th Ave NE intersections......
1828 PA Completion of beltway interchanges along $1,000,000
Business Route 60 in Moon Township,
Allegheny County..........................
1829 TX US 290 Improvements in Austin, TX.......... $3,000,000
1830 CA City of Madera, CA Improve SR99-SR145 $2,000,000
Interchange...............................
1831 AL Construct a new interchange on I-65 at $1,000,000
Cullman, AL County Road 222...............
1832 VA Improve transportation projects for $3,750,000
Jamestown 2007............................
1833 MI Design and construction of West Michigan $3,000,000
Regional Trail Network connector to link
two trail systems together and to Grand
Rapids....................................
1834 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $9,000,000
trail including enhancements, Murfreesboro
1835 AZ Replacement of Safford Bridge which crosses $3,500,000
the Gila River directly north of Safford,
AZ on North 8th Avenue....................
1836 TX Design & construct streetscape improvements $1,000,000
to Old Spanish Trail--SH 288 to Griggs,
Griggs to Mykawa..........................
1837 TN For each rail-highway crossing: Improve $57,000
circuitry on vehicle protection device
installed at crossing in Knoxville, TN....
1838 OH Reconstruct Broadway Ave in Lorain......... $750,000
1839 OH Road Widening and related improvements to $3,410,000
SR 82 in Macedonia OH.....................
1840 MN Reconstruct CSAH 4 and CSAH 5 ( Forest $1,740,000
Highway 11) between CSAH 15 and TH 61,
Silver Bay................................
1841 CA Ramona Avenue Grade Separation, Montclair, $2,000,000
California................................
1842 MN Roadway improvements, City of Federal Dam.. $1,000,000
1843 VA Rocky Knob Heritage Center-- planning, $1,500,000
design, site acquisition and construction
for trail system and visitors center on
Blue Ridge Parkway........................
1844 FL Design and construct capacity and safety $2,000,000
improvements for State Road 426-County
Road 419 in Oviedo from Pine St to west of
Lockwood Blvd.............................
1845 FL Coordinated Regional Transportation Study $1,500,000
of US 98 from Pensacola Bay Bridge,
Escambia County to Hathaway Bridge, Walton
County, Florida...........................
1846 PA Paving and reconstruction in the townships: $2,000,000
North and South Eldorado, North Altoona,
Fairview, Juniata, East End, Pleasant
Valley, South Tracks, Lyswen-Altoona, PA..
1847 AK Construct access road connection from $3,000,000
Seward Highway to rail and airport
facilities in Seward......................
1848 AZ Realign Davis Road from State Route 80 to $3,300,000
State Route 191...........................
1849 PA Reesdale Street roadway reconfiguration to $1,000,000
allow HOV access to new parking facility..
1850 WA SR 538 (College Way) and North 26th St. $175,000
Signal in Mount Vernon....................
1851 TX Acquisition of right of way and $12,000,000
environmental preservation from I-45 to
U.S. 59 for Grand Parkway.................
1852 ID Reconstruct Grangemont Road (Idaho Forest $2,000,000
Highway 67) from Orofino to Milepost 9.3..
1853 VA Expansion of South Airport Connector Road $7,000,000
(Clarkson Road to Charles City)...........
1854 NY Design and Construction of bicycle and $480,000
pedestrian facilities in the area of the
Roosevelt Avenue Bridge...................
1855 NC Construct Endor Iron Furnace Greenway $1,000,000
enhancements from Deep River to Sanford...
1856 CO Improve and widen State Highway 44 from $4,000,000
Colorado Boulevard to State Highway 2.....
1857 FL Fund improvement of US 301 corridor in $2,000,000
Sumter and Marion Counties................
1858 TN complete construction and landscaping of $100,000
visitor center on Cherohala Skyway in
Monroe County, TN.........................
1859 OR Construction of the East Burnside Street $3,700,000
improvements, Portland....................
1860 AL Expand to 4 lanes US Highway 278 from $1,000,000
Sulligent to Guin.........................
1861 IL Francis Cabrini/W. Green Homes CHA Street $600,000
Construction, City of Chicago.............
1862 NY Plan and construct bicycle path, esplanades $10,000,000
and ferry landing along New York Bay in
Sunset Park, Brooklyn.....................
1863 PA Construct Dubois Regional Medical Center $600,000
Access Road...............................
1864 NY To design and construct safe route to $550,000
school projects in Brooklyn, Queens and
Manhattan, NY.............................
1865 PA US 30 corridor improvements from PA 896 to $3,000,000
PA 897. Connects PA 41....................
1866 MD US 40 Alternate, Middletown Bypass......... $5,000,000
1867 CA Construction of a smart crosswalk system at $50,000
the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd.
and Gault St..............................
1868 WI Expand USH 51 & STH 29 in Marathon County.. $8,000,000
1869 PA Construct 2 flyover ramps and S Linden St $7,000,000
ext for access to industrial sites in the
cities of McKeesport and Duquesne.........
1870 NY Construct 4-lane bypass roadway along US $130,000
Route 6 in Lake Mohegan parallel to
Strawberry Road in Yorktown ending in Town
of Cortlandt Manor........................
1871 NY Construct pedestrian walkway along Route 9A $5,000,000
in Hudson River Park, New York City.......
1872 IN Design engineering, right-of-way $2,000,000
acquistion, and construction for the Grant
County Economic Corridor..................
1873 MN City of Marshall TH 23 4-Lane Extension.... $3,288,000
1874 IL Henry Horner Homes CHA Street Construction, $1,000,000
City of Chicago...........................
1875 TN Improve circuitry on vehicle protection $158,000
device installed at highway-RR crossing in
Knoxville, TN.............................
1876 NJ Construct Intersection at Route 46 and $1,500,000
Little Ferry Circle in Little Ferry.......
1877 AR Improve State Highway 88 (Higdon Ferry $4,000,000
Road) in Hot Springs......................
1878 MD Improve US 1, Washington Boulevard Corridor $1,000,000
in Howard County..........................
1879 NY Downtown Flushing Traffic and Pedestrian $1,000,000
Improvements..............................
1880 FL Arlington Expressway Access Rd., $1,500,000
Jacksonville..............................
1881 CO Construct arterial on W side of Montrose to $7,500,000
ease traffic congestion on SH 550 between
Grand Avenue, N/S of city.................
1882 CO North I-25: Denver to Fort Collins Colorado $8,000,000
1883 CA Planning for Orange Line Mag Lev from $350,000
downtown Los Angeles to central Orange
County....................................
1884 NJ Rahway Streetscape Replacement Project..... $500,000
1885 CT Reconstruct I-95/I-91 interchange and $2,000,000
construct pedestrian walkway, New Haven...
1886 VA Blue Ridge Music Center--install lighting/ $1,500,000
steps, upgrade existing trail system and
equip interpretative center with visitor
information...............................
1887 VA Ceres Recreation Trail and Center--design $150,000
and construct pedestrian/bicycle trail in
community of Ceres and establish trail
center....................................
1888 ME Construction of trails within the Eastern $1,000,000
Trail Management District.................
1889 GA 1-75 interchanges from north of Tifton to $1,000,000
Turner County line........................
1890 GA City of Savannah, Construct bike and $200,000
pedestrian paths along Heritage Rail......
1891 FL Implementation of the Advanced Traffic $2,000,000
Managament System, Boca Raton, FL.........
1892 TX Construct reliever route on US 287 South of $3,000,000
Stratford to US 287 North of Stratford....
1893 WI Construct HSH 151 between CTH D and STH $3,000,000
175, Fond du Lac County, WI...............
1894 OH Construct transportation enhancement $10,500,000
projects, Toledo..........................
1895 TX Contruct grade separation at US59 and SH99. $5,000,000
Replace the proposed interim cloverleaf
ramps at the intersection.................
1896 MS Gateways Transportation Enhancement $250,000
Project, Hancock County...................
1897 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of IS 194.................
1898 OK Improvements to SH412P at I-44 Interchange. $4,500,000
1899 FL Acquire right-of-way and construct East- $3,000,000
West Connector from SR 37 to SR 563 in
Lakeland, FL..............................
1900 WA Design Valley Mall Blvd for Main St to I-82 $6,400,000
and two I-82 interchanges at Mileposts 36
and 38 in Union Gap, WA...................
1901 WA Extension of Waaga Way west to Old Frontier $500,000
Rd and construction of a ramp from SR3 to
SR303.....................................
1902 ME Plan and construct highway access between $1,000,000
US Route 161 and US Route 1 in Madawaska..
1903 CA Randolph St improvements between Wilmington $1,200,000
Ave and Fishburn Ave in Huntington Park...
1904 CA Reconstruct Azusa Ave and San Gabriel Ave $2,500,000
for two-way traffic in Azusa..............
1905 KS Construction of a 1.5 mile alternate truck $500,000
route in Downs, Kansas....................
1906 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Columbiana, AL. $100,000
1907 MN Reconstruct CSAH 91 from the D.M. and I.R. $5,000,000
Railroad crossing at 8th Street in Duluth
to CSAH 56, St Louis County...............
1908 NY Construct Wayne County, NY rails to trails $345,000
initiative................................
1909 MA Design and construct signal crossing and $750,000
other safety improvements to Bicycle/
Pedestrian Path...........................
1910 MI Construction of Nonmotorized Pathway, City $300,000
of Rockwood...............................
1911 WA Purchase of scenic easement at I-90 and $600,000
Highway 18................................
1912 PA Reconstruct the SR 33, 512 interchange in $2,500,000
the Borough of Wind Gap...................
1913 NY Access improvements for terminal located on $4,000,000
12th Ave between W. 44th and W. 54th St in
Manhattan.................................
1914 IL Completion of the Grand Illinois Trail, $1,292,500
Cook County...............................
1915 CA Construct and improve medians and drainage $1,700,000
on Imperial Highway from west border to
east border of city in La Mirada..........
1916 CT Construct Pomfret Pedestrian Bridge........ $120,000
1917 NV Construct Laughlin Bullhead City Bridge.... $2,000,000
1918 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition, & $1,000,000
construction of the widening of
Pennsylvania Rt. 443 Corridor in Carbon
County....................................
1919 NY Palisades Interstate Parkway Mitigation $600,000
Measures for New Square...................
1920 CA Reconstruct and widen Del Amo Blvd to four $3,000,000
lanes between Normandie Ave and New
Hampshire Ave, Los Angeles County.........
1921 MN Reconstruct Unorganized Township Road 488 $1,025,000
from CSAH 138, Koochiching County.........
1922 NY Reconstruction of Empire Boulevard......... $6,400,000
1923 PA Reconstruction of PA 309 from Greenwood $2,500,000
Avenue to Welsh Road......................
1924 TN Construction of I-69 in Obion, Dyer, $14,125,000
Lauderdale & Tipton Counties..............
1925 IL Design, land acquistion, and construction $2,000,000
of South Main St (IL 2) Corridor from
Beltline Rd to Cedar Street in Rockford,
IL........................................
1926 OH Grading, paving, roads for the transfer of $12,500,000
rail to truck for the intermodal facility
at Rickenbacker Airport...................
1927 MA Reconstruction of Pleasant Street, $2,000,000
Watertown.................................
1928 MN Lake Wobegon Trail corridor from Sauk $352,000
Centre to the Stearns County line.........
1929 RI Replace Sakonnet Bridge.................... $2,000,000
1930 CA Conduct study and construct CA State Route $5,000,000
239 from State Route 4 in Brentwood area
to I-205 in Tracy area....................
1931 MA Geometric improvements, safety enhancements $1,500,000
and signal upgrades at Rt. 28 & Rt.106,
intersection West Bridgewater.............
1932 WA Fife--Widen 70th Ave. East and Valley Ave. $1,000,000
East......................................
1933 CA Construct two right hand turn for Byzantine $400,000
Latino Quarter transit plazas at Normandie
and Pico, and Hoover and Pico, Los Angeles
1934 WA I-90 Two-Way Transit-HOV Project........... $4,000,000
1935 AL Construct Talladega Mountains Natural $500,000
Resource Center--an educaational center
and hub for hikers, bicyclists, and
automobiles...............................
1936 MD Gaithersburg, MD Extension of Teachers Way- $1,400,000
Olde Towne Gaithersburg Revitalization....
1937 IL Intersection Reconstruction and Bridge $2,500,000
Rehabilitation at IL 60 and Peterson Road.
1938 AK Planning, design, and EIS of Bradfield $2,300,000
Canal Road................................
1939 TX Reconstruct Clinton Dr. from Federal Rd. to $14,000,000
N. Wayside Dr.............................
1940 GA Pave portions of CR 345, CR 44, and CR 45, $370,000
Hancock County............................
1941 NY Deer Avoidance System, to deter deer from $250,000
milepost marker 494.5, Ripley, PA, to
304.2., Weedsport, NY along I-90..........
1942 CA El Camino Real Grand Blvd Initiative in San $3,500,000
Mateo County..............................
1943 CA Construct Guadalupe River Trail from I-880 $7,000,000
to Highway 237 in Santa Clara County......
1944 TN Cocke County, Tennessee SR-32 $500,000
reconstruction............................
1945 IL Construct I-80, Ridgeland Ave. $1,000,000
Improvements, Tinley Park.................
1946 KY Construct Pedestrian Mall and Streetscape $3,905,000
Improvements, Wilmore.....................
1947 PA PA 23 corridor improvements from US 30 to $2,450,000
US 322....................................
1948 NJ Replacement and realignment of Amwell Road $555,000
Bridge over Neshanic River................
1949 FL City of Wilton Manors Powerline Road $375,000
Streetscape Enhancement Project...........
1950 TX Construct SH 199 (Henderson St.) through $7,000,000
the Trinity Uptown Project between the
West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity
River in Fort Worth.......................
1951 IN Construction of multi-use paths, Town of $250,000
Fishers, Indiana..........................
1952 OH Construct White Pond Dr. project in Akron.. $1,000,000
1953 MN Design and right of way acquisition for I- $1,000,000
35E-CSAH 14 Main Street Interchange, city
of Lino Lakes, Minnesota..................
1954 OR Expand storage facilities in Eugene to $2,500,000
support transportation enhancement
activities throughout the state...........
1955 CA Improvements to US-101 ramps between $400,000
Winnetka Ave. and Van Nuys Blvd...........
1956 IN Acquire right of way for and construct $3,000,000
University Parkway from Upper Mt. Vernon
Road to SR 66.............................
1957 CA Pine Avenue extension from Route 71 to $8,500,000
Euclid Avenue in the City of Chino,
California................................
1958 MO Confluence Greenway Land Acquisition for $700,000
Riverfront Trail development in St. Louis.
1959 TN Retrofit noise abatement walls in Davidson $2,500,000
County....................................
1960 MA Road Improvements between Museum Road & $4,000,000
Forsyth Way...............................
1961 MI Commerce, Haggerty Road from 14 Mile to $1,500,000
Richardson................................
1962 WI Expand STH 23, County Highway OJ to US $15,000,000
Highway 41, WI............................
1963 FL Construct interchange at I-95 and Matanzas $1,000,000
Woods Parkway, Flagler County.............
1964 IL Miller Road Widening and Improvement, $7,955,000
McHenry...................................
1965 NC Construct Neuse River Trail in Johnston $2,000,000
County....................................
1966 TX Construct landscaping and other pedestrian $2,000,000
amenities in segments of the Old Spanish
Trail and Griggs Road rights-of-way.......
1967 NY Construction of and improvements to Union $1,000,000
Road and Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga.....
1968 LA Construction of West Covington Bypass-LA 21 $4,000,000
Widening..................................
1969 MS Construct Byrd Parkway Extension, Petal.... $1,000,000
1970 NY Intermodal transportation improvements in $3,300,000
Coney Island..............................
1971 MN Construct one mile of new roadway and a $3,280,000
bridge crossing the DM&IR railroad tracks,
and construct connector between CSAH 14
and CSAH 284, Proctor.....................
1972 NH Construct Park and Ride, Exit 5 on I-93-- $2,000,000
Londonderry, NH...........................
1973 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Exeter Borough, Luzerne County.........
1974 PA Extension of River Road in Reading, PA to $1,500,000
provide access to major industial and
brownfields sites.........................
1975 AK Point MacKenzie in Matanuska-Susitna $1,000,000
Borough plan and design road access.......
1976 TX Repair 4.35 miles of Lake Ridge Parkway. $6,000,000
Widen roadway along with 2 bridges from 4
lanes to 6 across Joe Poole Lake in Grand
Prairie, TX...............................
1977 IL Robert Taylor Homes CHA Street $550,000
Construction, City of Chicago.............
1978 OR Rockwood Town Center for Stark Street from $1,750,000
190th to 197th for pedestrian, bicycle and
transit facilities and safety mitigation..
1979 PA Route 89 Curve Realignment one mile north $300,000
of Titusville on Route 89.................
1980 FL Sand Lake Road Improvements between $6,000,000
Presidents Drive and I-4..................
1981 MI Sault Ste. Marie, Reconstruct East Spruce $950,000
Street with drainage, curb, gutter,
pavement, traffic control devices.........
1982 MI Study and construct I-96/US31-Sternberg $6,000,000
Road area improvements....................
1983 PA Provide access to HOV ramp from Reedsdale $2,000,000
Street with traffic signals, pavement
markings, lane control and fast acting
gates.....................................
1984 IL The extension of MacArthur Blvd. from $1,500,000
Wabash to Iron Bridge Road. Springfield...
1985 IL Construct Cedar Creek Linear Park Trail, $500,000
Quincy....................................
1986 IN Conduct study for US50 Corridor $300,000
Improvements, Dearborn County Indiana.....
1987 IL Design, land acquistion, and construct West $2,000,000
State St (US Business 20) from Meridan Rd
to Rockton Ave in Rockford, IL............
1988 CA The Foothill South Project, construct 16 $10,000,000
miles of a six-lane limited access highway
system....................................
1989 MI Construct Road Improvements to Miller Rd. $3,000,000
from I-75 to Linden Rd. Flint Township....
1990 CA State Route 99 improvements at Sheldon Road $4,000,000
1991 KY The Kentucky Multi-Highway Preservation $1,600,000
Project...................................
1992 NY Town of Warwick, NY. Bridge replacement on $175,000
Buttermilk Falls Rd.......................
1993 TN Improve existing two lane highway to a four $5,500,000
lane facility along the US-412 Corridor
west of Natchez Trace to US-43 at Mt.
Pleasant..................................
1994 NY Town of Warwick, NY East Shore Road $800,000
reconstruction............................
1995 FL Traffic Reconfiguration of SR 934 and US 1 $1,000,000
Route, Miami..............................
1996 PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, $300,000
and construction of the third phase of the
Marshalls Creek Bypass Project in Monroe
County, Pennsylvania......................
1997 MI Construct North Central Muskegon County $2,300,000
Corridor Improvements at US31 and Russell
Road......................................
1998 OH Reconstruct I-75/I-475 Interchange, Toledo. $3,000,000
1999 NY College Point 20th Avenue Streetscapes $700,000
Improvements Project in Queens............
2000 OH Construct a 4 lane limited access road to $750,000
link Newcomerstown and Cadiz..............
2001 CO Construct trail to extend the Pequonnock $500,000
Valley rail-trail through Trumbull and
into Bridgeport, CT.......................
2002 MS Plan and Construct Star Landing Corridor $2,000,000
from US 78 to US 61.......................
2003 TX I Road Between Nolana Loop and FM 495 in $1,900,000
Hidalgo County............................
2004 NC North Carolina. Add passing lanes and $2,000,000
safety improvements to US Hwy. 64 in
Transylvania County.......................
2005 TN improve streetscape and pavement repair, $300,000
Blount County, TN.........................
2006 CT Reconstruction of State Route 111 from $1,500,000
Purdy Hill Road to Fan Hill Road, Monroe,
CT........................................
2007 IL Resurface Trumbull Ave. and Homan Ave., $400,000
Evergreen Park............................
2008 GA HWY 78 Corridor Improvement Gwinnett County $500,000
2009 TX Construct Southwest Bypass in Georgetown, $4,000,000
Texas, between SH29 and Ranch Road 2243...
2010 MO To improve U.S. 54 to a four lane highway $1,000,000
from the Osage River to MO Route KK.......
2011 MS Upgrade roads in Mayersville (U.S. Hwy 14 $200,000
and 1), Issaquena County..................
2012 MA Gainsborough St & St. Botolph St. $750,000
Improvements..............................
2013 IN Construct US 31 Kokomo Corridor Project for $1,000,000
Kokomo Howard County, Indiana.............
2014 OH Construction of Tri-State Outer Belt in $2,000,000
Lawrence County...........................
2015 PA Completion of I-79-Kirwin Heights $2,000,000
Interchange and construction of retaining
walls, bridge and new ramps...............
2016 OH Construction of the Carroll Area $3,000,000
Interchange in Fairfield County...........
2017 CA Construct the Silicon Valley Transportation $2,500,000
Incident Management Center in San Jose....
2018 CA Design and Construction Camino Tassajara $1,000,000
Crown Canyon to East Town Project,
Danville, CA..............................
2019 NY Dutchess County, Replace County Bridge BIN $400,000
3343110 over Fishkill Creek, Philips Road,
Town of East Fishkill.....................
2020 WI North 28th Street Phase 2 roadway safety $1,280,000
improvements from Weeks Avenue to Hill
Avenue in Superior........................
2021 NC Upgrade US 74 in Columbus County........... $7,000,000
2022 MS Upgrade US 78 to Interstated Standards from $4,000,000
the MS-TN state line to the MS-AL state
line......................................
2023 IN Improve Bailie Street, Kentland............ $320,000
2024 CA Realignment of La Brea Avenue to reduce $3,640,000
congestion................................
2025 IL Resurface Elston Avenue from Milwaukee to $2,000,000
Pulaski, Chicago..........................
2026 TN Sullivan, Washington Counties, Tennessee SR- $2,000,000
75 widening...............................
2027 GA US 17/SR 404 Spur, Back River bridge $4,000,000
replacement, Savannah.....................
2028 MS US 98 access improvements & new I-59 $4,000,000
interchange, Lamar County.................
2029 VA Construct South Airport Connector, Richmond $500,000
International Airport.....................
2030 NY City of Peeskill, NY Street Resurfacing $130,000
Program. Riverview Avenue.................
2031 GA SR 400 at SR 120 Old Milton Parkway $1,000,000
intersection improvement Fulton County
Georgia...................................
2032 MA East Boston Haul Road Construction......... $6,000,000
2033 NY Town of Goshen Orzeck Road reconstruction.. $400,000
2034 VA Revitalize Main Street in Dumfries......... $725,000
2035 FL Replace Platt Street Bridge................ $3,000,000
2036 FL Access Rd. Streetscaping, Sanford Airport.. $500,000
2037 NY Rockland County and City of Yonkers to $1,000,000
Lower-Manhattan Ferry Boat project........
2038 SC Complete construction of Palmetto Parkway $6,000,000
(I-520) Extension (Phase II) to I-20......
2039 NM US 62-180 Reconstruction, Texas State Line $5,000,000
to Carlsbad...............................
2040 IL US Rt 30 between Williams Street and IL Rt $6,000,000
43 for signals, turn & or deceleration
lanes at 80th Ave, Wolf Rd, Lincoln Way HS
and Locust St.............................
2041 OH Construct Orchard Lane to Factory Road $500,000
Connector, Greene County..................
2042 TX Construction of vessel impact protection $500,000
system for TXDOT..........................
2043 NC Design and construction of the Airport Area $5,000,000
Roadway Network, High Point, North
Carolina..................................
2044 VA Repair Colorado Street bridge in Salem, $1,500,000
Virginia..................................
2045 CA Project to evaluate air quality and $100,000
congestion mitigation benefits of a Hybrid
Utility Vehicle in Santa Barbara County...
2046 PA Mill Street improvements, Borough of $900,000
Lansdale..................................
2047 MN Construction of County State Aid Highway $3,200,000
21, Scott County, MN......................
2048 PA Safety improvement to Chesnuts Turn-SR 475, $2,600,000
Fulton County, Pa.........................
2049 TX Two direct connectors in Houston, Texas $5,000,000
between IH 10 and SH 99, The Grand Parkway
2050 MO Upgrade of Rt. 71 from Pineville to $15,000,000
Arkansas State Line.......................
2051 CA Improve interstates and roads part of the $25,000,000
Inland Empire Goods Movement Gateway
project in and around the former Norton
Air Force Base............................
2052 IL Preconstruction activities for Sangamon $500,000
Valley Bicycle Trail (IL).................
2053 MI St. Clair County Parks is working with 13 $500,000
local units to develop the 54-mile Bridge-
to-Bay trail..............................
2054 NJ New Jersey Underground Railroad for $320,000
preservation, enhancement and promotion of
sites in New Jersey.......................
2055 CA Construction of an interchange at Lammers $1,000,000
Road and I-205, Tracy, CA.................
2056 MN Right of way acquisition for St. Cloud $3,000,000
Metro Area Project Development Studies....
2057 NY Improve CR39 from NY27 to NY27A, Suffolk $3,000,000
County....................................
2058 PA Street improvements, Borough of Ambler..... $650,000
2059 KY Reconstruction of KY61 from Greensburg in $1,000,000
Green County to Columbia in Adair County..
2060 TX Construct Loop 12-IH 35E and SH 183 west $1,000,000
extension to MacArthur, Irving, Texas.....
2061 NC To plan, design, and construct the segment $1,000,000
of Berkeley Blvd. from Royal Avenue to Hew
Hope Rd (SR 1003) in Goldsboro, NC........
2062 OH Upgrade Manchester Rd. in Akron............ $4,000,000
2063 IL St. Charles Road, The Village of Bellwood.. $1,000,000
2064 TN Engineer, design & construction of $9,000,000
connector rd from I-75 interchange across
Enterprise South Industrial Park to Hwy 58
in Hamilton County........................
2065 TX Construct 4 lane divided roadway along SH $1,000,000
71 from the Perdernales River to Bee Creek
2066 CT I-84 Danbury Exits 1-11 Upgrade $1,500,000
Interchanges..............................
2067 CA Complete the engineering design and acquire $5,000,000
the right-of-way needed for the Arch-
Sperry project in San Joaquin County......
2068 UT Increase lane capacity on bridge over $3,000,000
Virgin River on Washington Fields Road in
Washington................................
2069 NY Installation of Utica Traffic Signal System $3,000,000
2070 NC To construct an interchange at an existing $4,000,000
grade separation at SR 1602 (Old
Stantonsburg Rd.) and U.S. 264 Bypass in
Wilson County, NC.........................
2071 WA US12 Burbank to Walla Walla: Construct new $3,300,000
four lane highway for portion of US 12....
2072 TX Construct direct connectors on US 59 $1,500,000
Intersection of US 59, Business 59 and US
77 (previously Loop 463)..................
2073 OH Structural improvements to two bridges over $500,000
the Zimber Ditch between 38th St. and
Whipple Ave. in Canton, Ohio..............
2074 OK US-281, Widen US-281 from the new US-281 $1,000,000
Spur North to Geary Canadian County, OK...
2075 MI City of Negaunee, Croix Street $1,125,000
reconstruction-Streetscape and resurfacing
from US 41 to Maas Street.................
2076 KS Construct I-35 and Lone Elm Road $5,000,000
interchange and widen I-35 from 51st St.
to 59th St., Olathe.......................
2077 MI Integrated highway realignment and grade $500,000
separations at Port Huron, MI to eliminate
road blockages from NAFTA rail traffic....
2078 OK US-60, Widen US-60 between Bartlesville and $3,000,000
Pawhuska, Osage County, OK................
2079 WA Construct an off-ramp from I-5 to the $500,000
intersection of Alderwood Mall Blvd and
Alderwood Mall Pkwy.......................
2080 CA Reduce congestion and boost economies $5,000,000
through safer access to the coast by
realigning Hwy 299 between Trinity and
Shasta Counties...........................
2081 IL Pre-construction and construction $1,000,000
activities on US 45/LaGrange Road from
131st Street to 179th Street..............
2082 AR Van Buren, Arkansas--Widen and reconstruct $3,000,000
Rena Road.................................
2083 GA Construction of infrastructure for inter- $6,500,000
parcel access, median upgrades, lighting,
and beautification along Highway 78
corridor..................................
2084 CA Construct Alviso Bay Trail from Gold Street $1,000,000
in historic Alviso to San Tomas Aquino
Creek in San Jose.........................
2085 MS Construct bicycle and trolley path, $850,000
Hattiesburg...............................
2086 WI Construct a bike and pedestrian bridge $300,000
across STH 100 at the 1800 block of S.
108th Street, West Allis..................
2087 IL Increasing the height on the IL Rt. 82 $3,000,000
Railroad Underpass in Geneseo, IL.........
2088 NC US-70 Goldsboro Bypass..................... $1,000,000
2089 CA Vasco Road Safety Improvements, Contra $1,000,000
Costa Transportation Authority and the
County of Alameda Public Works, California
2090 NY Downtown Flushing Multi-Modal Connection $1,100,000
Project, Queens...........................
2091 MD Construct Safety and Operations $1,700,000
Improvements at MLK Jr. Blvd. and W.
Baltimore Street in Baltimore.............
2092 NY Rehabilitate Riis Park Boardwalk........... $300,000
2093 TX Construct 25 mile stretch of the 177-mile $11,500,000
loop, between IH-45 south and SH-288......
2094 UT Construction of Midvalley Highway, Tooele $1,000,000
County, Utah..............................
2095 WA Improve Willapa Hills bicycle and $200,000
pedestrian trail between Rainbow Falls
State Park and Adna.......................
2096 PA Design and construct interchange and $6,000,000
related improvements at I 83 Exit 18......
2097 VA Northern Virginia Potomac Heritage National $1,000,000
Scenic Trail..............................
2098 NC Construct new traffic path to receive and $3,000,000
dispatch trucks from US 74, US 76, US 421,
and US 17S................................
2099 OK Construction of Midwest City Pedestrian $1,000,000
Walkway...................................
2100 TX Construct parallel bridge for SH 35 over $1,000,000
Capano Bay................................
2101 GA Construct access roads on Airport Loop road $2,000,000
in Hapeville..............................
2102 TN Construct 2nd Creek Greenway, Knoxville, $685,700
Tennessee.................................
2103 NE Design, right-of-way and construction for $1,000,000
the Louisville Bypass, Nebraska...........
2104 HI Construct Honoapiilani Highway Realignment. $3,000,000
2105 TN Hamblen County, Tennessee US25E interchange $1,000,000
improvements..............................
2106 IL Construction of a new bicycle-pedestrian $1,200,000
bridge in Wayne, IL.......................
2107 PA David Lawrence Convention Center Phase IV- $1,200,000
reconstruction of roadways assoc. with HQ
hotel project.............................
2108 CO I-70 and SH58 Interchange: Reconstruction $4,000,000
of existing ramps, building of missing
ramps and ROW acquisition.................
2109 OH Reconstruct U.S. Route 6 (Lake Road). Rocky $2,000,000
River.....................................
2110 WA Construct .6 mile span over I-5 in Thurston $4,300,000
County to connect Chehalis Western Trail..
2111 IL Extend Frank Scott Parkway East Road to $2,800,000
Scott AFB, St. Clair County...............
2112 OH Reconfigure I-480 and Transportation Blvd. $750,000
Interchange, Garfield Heights.............
2113 NY Rehabilitation of Route 100 from Virginia $1,100,000
Road to Westchester Community College.....
2114 TN Restoration of historic L&N Depot, McMinn $20,000
County, Tennessee.........................
2115 SD Resurface 10 miles of US18 from Okreek to $2,300,000
Carter on the Rosebud Indian Reservation..
2116 CA Route 198 Expansion, from SR 99 to SR43.... $3,000,000
2117 WA SR 543 Interstate 5 to International $2,500,000
Boundary Enhancement in Blaine............
2118 MD Rockville, MD Construction of Maryland $4,000,000
Avenue and Market Street Intermodal Access
Project...................................
2119 MN US Highway 212 expansion from Carver Cnty $1,000,000
Rd 147 to Cologne and from Cologne to
Norwood Young America.....................
2120 VA Vienna, VA Maple Avenue improvement project $1,650,000
2121 IL Village of South Jacksonville--West $952,572
Vandalia Road upgrades....................
2122 AS Village road improvements for Launiusaelua $3,000,000
and Ituau counties in the Central district
2123 AS Village road improvements for Tualauta, $3,000,000
Tualatai, Aitulagi, Fofo, and Alataua
counties in the Western district..........
2124 FL Destiny Rd Reconstruction, Eatonville...... $1,000,000
2125 KY Construct New Technology Triangle Access $2,000,000
Road, Campbell County, Kentucky...........
2126 NY Town of Wawayanda reconstruction of McVeigh $400,000
Road......................................
2127 VA Virginia Creeper Trail--trail needs, $850,000
including construction of restroom
facilities at Watauga and Alvarado and
parking expansion at Watauga..............
2128 CA Construct grade separation on State College $14,000,000
Blvd. at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe
railroad, Fullerton.......................
2129 MA Warren Street--Blue Hill Avenue............ $2,000,000
2130 FL Design and construct Dunn Avenue Extension, $2,000,000
Volusia County............................
2131 CA Construct operational and safety $2,500,000
improvements to I-880 N at 29th Ave in
Oakland...................................
2132 WA U.S. 395, North Spokane Corridor $3,300,000
Improvements..............................
2133 NY Route 531 Expansion Spencerport-Brockport, $7,400,000
4-lane Highway is a project to extend Rt.
531.......................................
2134 OR Columbia Intermodal Corridor for rail $11,150,000
congestion relief, improved intersections
and access to Interstate-5 for trucks, and
grade-separate road from rail, Portland...
2135 OH Interchange and related road improvements $3,000,000
to SR 44 in Painesville, OH...............
2136 GA Greene County, Georgia conversion of I-20 $1,200,000
and Carey Station Road overpass to full
interchange...............................
2137 IL Pioneer Parkway upgrade in Peoria-- $2,000,000
Extension from Allen Road to Route 91.....
2138 MS Construct historic bicycle path, Pascagoula $150,000
2139 PA Crows Run Relocation from SR 65 to Freedom $2,350,000
Crider Road...............................
2140 OH Replace the Edward N. Waldvogel Viaduct in $6,000,000
Cincinnati................................
2141 NC Construct I-540 from NC 55 South to NC 55 $11,000,000
North.....................................
2142 NY Roadway, streetscape, pedestrian, and $4,000,000
parking improvements to the Buffalo
Niagara Medical Campus, Buffalo...........
2143 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #470515H to constant $150,000
warning devices in Halifax................
2144 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Avoca Borough, Luzerne County..........
2145 WA Bridge Modification and Interstate Highway $4,000,000
Protection Project, Skagit River, in
Skagit County.............................
2146 TN Construct welcome center, Macon County..... $200,000
2147 CA Construction of new roadway lighting on $1,000,000
major transportation corridors in the
Northwest San Fernando Valley.............
2148 MO Interchange design and construction for the $1,000,000
Main Street Extension at I-55, Cape
Girardeau County..........................
2149 CA Replace SR22 interchanges, construct HOV $6,000,000
lanes, and lengthen bridges in Garden Gove
2150 IL Construct I290, The Village of Oak Park.... $1,000,000
2151 RI Rehabilitation of Bridge Number 550 In $5,500,000
Pawtucket.................................
2152 WA Complete analysis, permitting and right of $500,000
way procurement for I-5/SR501 Interchange
replacement in Ridgefield.................
2153 CA Design and construct new interchange at $2,000,000
Potrero Blvd and State Route 60 in
Beaumont..................................
2154 TN construction of a pedestrian bridge in $1,000,000
Alcoa, TN.................................
2155 WV Construct 4 lane improvements on U.S. Route $14,000,000
35 in Mason County........................
2156 OH Construct Grade Separation at Front Street, $500,000
Berea.....................................
2157 CA Crenshaw Blvd. Rehabilitation, 182nd St.-- $800,000
190th St.; and Crenshaw Blvd. at 182nd St.
Fwy on-off Ramp Capacity Enhancement, City
of Torrance...............................
2158 CA Construct Interchange at Intersection of SR $8,000,000
44 and Stillwater Road....................
2159 MN CSAH 61 improvements, City of Coleraine.... $490,000
2160 KY Expansion to four lanes of Hwy 55 and Hwy $10,000,000
555 Heartland Parkway in Taylor County....
2161 KS Interchange improvement at K-7 and 55th St. $5,000,000
in Johnson Co.............................
2162 CA Construct truck lane on Baughman Road from $550,000
State Route 78/86 to Forrester Road,
Westmorland...............................
2163 AZ Construct bridges at Aspen St., at Birch $1,500,000
St., at Cherry St., at Bonito St., at
Thorpe St.................................
2164 CT Construct Putnam curb cuts................. $50,000
2165 OH Canton, OH Cleveland Ave. bridge $400,000
replacement over the Nimishilen Creek.....
2166 MN Design and right of way acquisition for I- $3,000,000
35 and CSAH2 interchange in Forest Lake,
MN........................................
2167 PA Complete the connection of the American $10,000,000
Parkway between the east and west sides of
the Lehigh River with bridge and
interchanges..............................
2168 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $250,000
construction of street improvements,
parking & safety enhancements Main &
Parsonage Streets in Pittston.............
2169 TX Grade separation bridges at Wintergreen Rd. $8,200,000
and Millers Ferry Rd. in Hutchins and
Pleasant Run Rd. and Millers Ferry Rd. in
Wilmer....................................
2170 GA I-20 HOV lanes from Evans Mill Road to $1,500,000
Salem Road, Dekalb and Rockdale Counties..
2171 NV Improve Las Vegas Beltway-Airport Connector $4,000,000
Interchange...............................
2172 CA Oregon-Page Mill expressway Improvements $4,000,000
between US101 and SR 82, Palo Alto........
2173 MA Design and construct the Quinebaug River $1,000,000
Rail Trail Bikeway........................
2174 CA Park Boulevard-Harbor Drive Rail Grade $1,000,000
Separation, San Diego.....................
2175 MN Paul Bunyan Trail, Walker to Bemidji $700,000
segment...................................
2176 CA Construct road surface improvements, and $1,400,000
improve road safety from Brawley Water
plant to HWY 86 to 9th Street to 18th
Street, Brawley...........................
2177 TX Improvements to FM 1017 in Hebbronville.... $500,000
2178 CA Alameda Corridor East Gateway to America $15,500,000
Trade Corridor Project, Highway-Railgrade
separation along 35 mile corridor from
Alameda Corridor (Hobart Junction) to Los
Angeles/San Bernardino County Line........
2179 GA Phase III Streetscape-Columbus............. $1,000,000
2180 IL Pre-construction and construction IL 15 $6,960,000
over Wabash River at Mt. Carmel...........
2181 NY Queens and Brooklyn County Graffiti $4,000,000
Elimination Program including Kings
Highway from Ocean Parkway to McDonald
Avenue....................................
2182 IA Improvements at the IA 146 and I 80 $1,000,000
interchange, Grinnell.....................
2183 TX Construct Grade separation at US 277 in $5,000,000
Eagle Pass................................
2184 LA Plan, design, land acquisition, and $2,750,000
construction for improved access to I-10
and US61/River Road in St. John the
Baptist and in Ascension Parish on the
LA22 Corridor.............................
2185 KS Construction of a two-lane on a four-lane $12,800,000
right of way bypass with controlled access
on US-400 at Dodge City...................
2186 MN Reconstruct CR 203 between US 10 and CSAH $336,000
1, Morrison County........................
2187 NY Reconstruction of York Street Industrial $3,500,000
Corridor Project, Auburn, NY..............
2188 NY Construction of and improvements to Route $1,000,000
62 in the Village of Hamburg..............
2189 IN Downtown road improvements, Indianapolis... $10,000,000
2190 AL Construct pedestrian urban-edge riverwalk $500,000
in Montgomery, AL.........................
2191 PA Johnstown, Pennsylvania, West End bypass $5,000,000
safety improvements.......................
2192 CA Construction of traffic and pedestrian $2,000,000
safety improvements in Yucca Valley.......
2193 CA 710 Freeway Study to Evaluate Technical $3,000,000
Feasibility and Impacts of a Tunnel
Alternative to Close 710 Freeway Gap......
2194 CA Greenleaf Right of Way Community $3,000,000
Enhancement Project-design and construct
bikeways, pedestrian walkways and upgrade
signalization Compton.....................
2195 KY Improve Prospect Street Pedestrian Access, $2,750,000
Berea.....................................
2196 OH Construct Crocker Stearns Connection, North $700,000
Olmsted and Westlake......................
2197 NY Construction of and improvements to Seneca $600,000
Street in Buffalo.........................
2198 CA Avalon Boulevard/I-405 Interchange $4,000,000
modification project, Carson..............
2199 IL Construct Illinois Route 336 from Macomb to $2,000,000
Peoria....................................
2200 NC North Carolina. Pack Sqaure Pedestrian and $4,000,000
Roadway Improvements, Asheville...........
2201 PA Provide pedestrian and water access to $1,100,000
Convention Center from surrounding
neighborhoods.............................
2202 NY Reconstruction of Times and Duffy Squares $1,500,000
in New York City..........................
2203 LA Construction of I-10 Access Road (Crowley). $1,100,000
2204 NY Repaving of I-86 in towns of Coldspring, $10,000,000
Randolph, Allegany, and Olean; City of
Olean; Village of Randolph in Cattaraugus
County....................................
2205 PA Replace Bridge, S.R. 106, Tunkhannock Creek $800,000
Bridge 2, Clifford Township, Susquehanna
County....................................
2206 NJ Replace Route 7--Wittpen Bridge, Hudson $1,000,000
County....................................
2207 MN Right-of-Way acquisition for 8th Street $4,000,000
North & Pinecone Road.....................
2208 IL For Village of Lemont to modernize and $350,000
improve the intersection of McCarthy Road,
Derby Road, and Archer Avenue.............
2209 CA Construct I-80 HOV lanes and interchange in $1,000,000
Vallejo...................................
2210 PA Rail Crossing signalization upgrade, East $206,300
Wesner Road, Maidencreek Twp, Berks County
2211 OH Construct road projects and transportation $4,480,000
enhancements as part of RiverScape Phase
III, Montgomery County, Ohio..............
2212 TN Riverside Drive Cobblestone Restoration and $1,000,000
Walkway, Memphis..........................
2213 TX Road grade separation at Fairmont Parkway $5,000,000
over Southern Pacific Rail road...........
2214 PA Construct additional northbound lane on Rte $1,650,000
28 between Harmar and Creighton
Interchange...............................
2215 NJ Roadway and intersection modifications on $1,000,000
New Jersey Route 82.......................
2216 OH Jackson Township, Ohio. Intersection $2,000,000
improvements at Fulton Dr. and Wales......
2217 GA Rockdale County Veteran's Park-- create $500,000
park trails...............................
2218 MA Construct the Blackstone River Bikeway and $2,000,000
Worcester Bikeway Pavilion between
Providence, RI and Worcester, MA..........
2219 OH Improvements to SR 91 in City of Twinsburg, $1,950,000
OH........................................
2220 TX Completion of US 77 relief route around $2,000,000
City of Robstown..........................
2221 NY Improve Maple Avenue, Smithtown............ $1,000,000
2222 HI Replace and Rehabilitate Kamehameha Highway $1,000,000
Bridges, Island of Oahu...................
2223 TX SH71 from W of FM 20 to Loop 150, Bastrop $2,000,000
County....................................
2224 IN Construct US 31 Plymouth to South Bend $8,000,000
Freeway Project in Marshall and St. Joseph
Counties, Indiana.........................
2225 LA Plan and develop a four-lane roadway, $200,000
Jeanerette to US 90 connection............
2226 LA Construct I-12 and LA 1088 Interchange..... $3,000,000
2227 CA 4 lane widening/safety improvements on $3,660,000
State Route 25 from Hollister to Gilroy...
2228 NY Comprehensive traffic congestion mitigation $750,000
study of Hauppauge Industrial Park and
surrounding area..........................
2229 NY Develop an identity and signage program for $1,000,000
the Erie Canalway National Heritage
Corridor..................................
2230 CO Dillon Drive Overpass at Interstate 25 in $4,000,000
Pueblo....................................
2231 NY Improvements at highway-rail crossings $1,000,000
along the Southern Teir Extension Railroad
in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Steuben
Counties..................................
2232 FL Depot Ave. Enhancements, Gainesville....... $6,000,000
2233 CA Interstate 15 and Winchester Road $1,000,000
Interchange Project.......................
2234 PA Construct the Eastern Inner Loop in Centre $1,000,000
County around State College, PA...........
2235 NJ Streetscape Improvements along Berlin road $1,000,000
between Gibbsboro Road and White Horse
Road in Lindenwold Borough................
2236 FL Conduct planning and engineering for SR 70 $2,000,000
widening in Hardee, DeSoto and Okeechobee.
2237 GA Streetscape-Albany......................... $500,000
2238 GA Streetscape-Richland....................... $200,000
2239 MO Construct four lanes for Route 5 in Camden $10,000,000
County....................................
2240 IL Improve Cottage Grove intersection, South $1,000,000
Chicago Avenue and 71st Street............
2241 NY Study, design and reconstruction of $1,000,000
pedestrian walkways, the Bronx............
2242 MS Upgrade roads in Anguilla and Rolling Fork, $750,000
Sharkey County............................
2243 TX For center to center communication link $1,000,000
between highway traffic transportation
management centers........................
2244 OH Upgrade the interchange of Interstates 270 $2,000,000
and 71 in Franklin County, Ohio...........
2245 CA US 101 Corridor Improvements--Route 280 to $5,000,000
the Capitol-Yerba Buena Interchange.......
2246 CA Rancho Vista Blvd Widening Project......... $3,000,000
2247 NJ Newark Access Variable Message Signage $500,000
System....................................
2248 IA Construct SW Connector, West Des Moines.... $2,000,000
2249 IA US 30 reconstruction, near Tama............ $4,000,000
2250 GA Construction of interchange on I-985 north $5,000,000
of SR-13, Hall County Georgia.............
2251 MI Marquette County, Realignment of 3200 feet $500,000
of County Road 492 from US-41 north to
County Road HD............................
2252 WI Realign USH 8 near Cameron, Barron County.. $2,000,000
2253 PA Restoration of PA422, in Berks County, $1,000,000
including slab repair and diamond grinding
2254 CA Monte Vista Avenue Grade Separation, $2,000,000
Montclair, California.....................
2255 NY Deploy intermodal chassis ITS project in $2,000,000
New York..................................
2256 NY Reconstruction of Route 590 in the Town of $5,000,000
Irondequoit, NY...........................
2257 NY Design and Construction of Downtown $2,000,000
Jamestown Connector Trail.................
2258 LA Further construction to improve draining at $3,300,000
Clearview Parkway (LA 3152) and Earhart
Expressway (LA 3139)......................
2259 MI Houghton County, Rehabilitate 2 piers and $270,000
remove old bridge caissons for Sturgeon
River Bridge..............................
2260 AK Make necessary improvements to Indian River $2,000,000
Road in City and Borough of Sitka.........
2261 MN Reconstruct CSAH 61 from Barnum to TH 210 $1,680,000
at Carlton, and improve Munger Trail......
2262 TX Build I-30 Trinity River Bridge, Dallas, $1,000,000
Texas.....................................
2263 AK Realign rail track to eliminate highway- $5,000,000
rail crossings and improve highway safety
and transit times.........................
2264 MS Relocate SR 44 from SR 198 to Pierce Road, $3,500,000
Columbia..................................
2265 AL Interstate 565 west extension towards $2,000,000
Decatur...................................
2266 MO Roadway Improvements on Rte. 21 from Hayden $5,000,000
Road to Lake Lorraine.....................
2267 IL Halsted Bridge over North Branch Canal $600,000
Reconstruction, City of Chicago...........
2268 VA Town of Pound Riverwalk--construction of $100,000
pedestrian riverwalk in Town of Pound.....
2269 IL US 67 west of Jacksonville, IL Bypass to $2,000,000
east of IL 100............................
2270 NY Village of Wappingers Falls North Mesier $750,000
Ave.......................................
2271 AR War Eagle Bridge Rehabilitation--Benton $640,000
County, Arkansas..........................
2272 WI Build additional staircases, landscape, and $800,000
other improvements to the municipal bridge
at the Holton St. Viaduct in Milwaukee....
2273 TN Washington County, Tennessee SR-36 widening $1,000,000
2274 MI Westland, Ann Arbor Trail between $3,150,000
Farmington and Merriman...................
2275 MI White Lake, pave Cooley Lake Road Between $500,000
Hix and Newburgh Roads....................
2276 GA Bridge replacement on County Road 183-FAS $425,000
Route 1509, Peach County..................
2277 NC I40 I-77 Interchange in Iredell County, NC. $4,000,000
2278 CA Construct safe routes to school in $1,000,000
Cherryland and Ashland....................
2279 CA Install Central Ave Historic Corridor $2,000,000
comprehensive streetscape improvements
thus improving traffic, ped safety, and
economic development, Los Angeles.........
2280 VA Whitetop Station--completion of renovation $100,000
of Whitetop Station (which serves as
trailhead facility) including construction
of trail..................................
2281 CT Make Improvements to Montville-Preston $3,000,000
Mohegan Bridge............................
2282 IL Widen and improve Pulaski Road, Alsip...... $700,000
2283 AK For Completion of the Shotgun Cove Road, $4,000,000
from Whittier, Alaska to the area of
Decision Point, Alaska....................
2284 NY Study and Implement Intelligent $1,000,000
Transportation System Sensor Technology to
Improve Safety at Bridges and Tunnels in
Metropolitan New York City................
2285 NY Warburton avenue Bridge over Factory Lane, $1,000,000
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York..............
2286 NY Improve intersection of Old Dock and Church $500,000
Street, Kings Park........................
2287 TN Widen and improve State Route 33, Knox $6,500,000
County, Tennessee.........................
2288 CA Reconstruct Paramount Bl. with medians and $1,350,000
improve drainage from north border to
south border of city in Lakewood..........
2289 NY Upgrade Metro North stations in the Bronx $3,000,000
and construct station at Yankee Stadium...
2290 OH Construct the existing industrial park road $4,100,000
from local to state standards near Cadiz..
2291 LA Upgrade LA 28 to four lanes from LA 121 to $2,000,000
LA 465....................................
2292 NY Reconstruction of Historic Eastern Parkway. $2,400,000
2293 CA Widen and make ITS improvements on $1,000,000
Paramount Blvd between Telegraph Rd and
Gardendale St in Downey...................
2294 VA Conduct planning and engineering for $3,000,000
Hampton Roads Third Crossing and
Interconnected Roadways...................
2295 IL Widen Annie Glidden Road to five lanes with $4,000,000
intersection improvements. DeKalb, IL.....
2296 CA Widen California State Route132 from $18,000,000
California State Route 99 west to Dakota
Avenue....................................
2297 NC Widen Derita Road from Poplar Tent Road in $2,000,000
Concord to the Cabarrus Mecklenburg County
line......................................
2298 TX Widen from 4 to 6 lanes Interstate 35 East $6,000,000
from Lake Lewisville to Loop 288..........
2299 CA Widen Haskell Avenue between Chase St. and $200,000
Roscoe Blvd...............................
2300 TX Widen Hempstead Highway from 12th Street to $1,000,000
Washington Avenue from four lanes to six
lanes.....................................
2301 NH Reconstruction and relocation of the $500,000
intersection of Maple Avenue and
Charleston Road in Claremont..............
2302 OH Construct highway-rail crossing safety $300,000
upgrades at 3 grade crossings in Madison
Village, OH...............................
2303 WA Rebuild Yakima Valley Highway within city $1,600,000
limits of Sunnyside, WA...................
2304 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian $1,000,000
Safety in New York County.................
2305 NY Construction of and improvements to Main $400,000
Street in the Town of Eden................
2306 GA SR 85 widening from Adams DR to I-75 and $1,500,000
reconstruct the Forest Parkway
interchange, Clayton County...............
2307 GA Jogging, and Bicycle Trails around CSU, $500,000
Columbus..................................
2308 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Throop Borough, Lackawanna County......
2309 IL Reconstruct Winter Ave, existing 1 lane RR $5,400,000
subway, and 1 lane bridge to provide
access to Winter Park in Danville.........
2310 OR Construct highway and pedestrian access to $9,000,000
Macadam Ave and street improvements as
part of the South Waterfront development,
Portland..................................
2311 TX Relocation of 10th Street near McAllen- $750,000
Miller International Airport..............
2312 IL Construct pedestrian tunnel at railroad $1,000,000
crossing in Winfield, IL..................
2313 IN Construct Margaret Avenue Safety and $3,000,000
Capacity Enhancement Project..............
2314 TX Construct Loop 574 from BU77 to I-35 in $2,000,000
McLennan Co...............................
2315 NY Construction of a bicycle / pedestrian off $2,300,000
road scenic pathway from the Niagara Falls
City Line to the southerly Lewiston Town /
Village Line along the Niagara Gorge, Town
of Lewiston, Village of Lewi..............
2316 FL Construct new bridge from West--Florida $5,000,000
Turnpike to CR 714 to 36th Street--cross
S. Fork of St. Lucie River--Indian Street
to US 1 on east side......................
2317 WI Recondition STH 16 from Columbus to STH 26 $4,000,000
(Dodge County, Wisconsin).................
2318 VI Christiansted By-Pass Highway, St. Croix... $8,000,000
2319 NY Riverwalk in Irvington development......... $200,000
2320 OH Road resurfacing and improvements in the $700,000
Village of Bentleyville, OH...............
2321 PA Improvements to Stella Street rail-highway $750,000
crossing in Wormleysburg, PA..............
2322 CT Construct Entrance Ramp at Route 8 Exit 11, $1,000,000
Shelton, CT...............................
2323 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Leeds, AL...... $100,000
2324 WA Federal Way Triangle--Conduct final $2,000,000
engineering work for the reconstruction of
the I-5--SR 18 interchange................
2325 MI Garden City, Reconstruct Maplewood between $1,225,000
Inkster and Merriman......................
2326 OR Lake Road Reconstruction and Safety $2,850,000
Improvements, Milwaukie...................
2327 NY Resurface Grade Crossing at Old State Road. $250,000
2328 MN Construction of Cedar Avenue Busway, MN.... $6,000,000
2329 IL Resurfacing of aprrox 30 miles of roadway $7,000,000
in Village of Oak Lawn....................
2330 GA Streetscape-Thomasville.................... $300,000
2331 PR To build the missing central segment of PR- $5,000,000
10, to complete one of only two highways
crossing Puerto Rico North to South.......
2332 PA To enhance existing directional markers & $500,000
increase wayfinding signage infrastructure
in Monroe County..........................
2333 CA Construct and repair lining in four tunnels $3,000,000
on Kanan, Kanan Dume, and Malibu Canyon
Roads between US1 and US101...............
2334 GA Sidewalk revitalization project in downtown $500,000
Eastman...................................
2335 TX Port of Corpus Christi Up River Road for $500,000
upgrade of roadway to and from docks & IH
37........................................
2336 GA Construct US 411 Connector from US 41 to I- $21,350,000
75, Bartow County, Georgia................
2337 NY Construction of US Route 219 Expressway: $8,000,000
Sections V and VI.........................
2338 PA Engineering, design and construction of an $2,000,000
extension of Park Avenue north to Lakemont
Park in Altoona...........................
2339 MN Reconstruct I-35E from I-94 to Maryland $3,500,000
Avenue in St. Paul........................
2340 CA Construct truck ramp linking Interstate 5 $1,500,000
to the National City Marine Cargo
Terminal, National City...................
2341 GA Reconstruct the interchange at Interstate $1,806,000
185 and Victory Drive (SR 520), Columbus,
GA Victory Drive (SR 520), Columbus, GA...
2342 OH Streetscaping, bicycle trails, and related $3,500,000
improvements to the I-90--SR 615
Interchange in Mentor, OH.................
2343 IN Preliminary engineering, right-of-way, and $10,000,000
construction for Perimeter Parkway--West
Lafayette/Purdue University, Indiana......
2344 TN Reconstruct Interchange 55 at Mallory $1,000,000
Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County............
2345 CA Upgrade first responders signal pre-emption $32,000
hardware, Culver City.....................
2346 IN Construction of Maplecrest Rd Extension-- $11,000,000
Allen County, Indiana.....................
2347 MS Upgrade roads in Arcola, Greenville, and $1,750,000
Hollandale (U.S. Highway 61 and 18),
Washington County.........................
2348 MS Canal Road Intermodal Connector, Gulfport.. $5,000,000
2349 PR Construction of community bridge for Los $500,000
Navarros Sector, Quebrada Arenas Community
2350 NY Construct the Auburn Connector Road $1,000,000
Corridor, Auburn, NY......................
2351 MA Engineering and construction of Blackstone $6,400,000
Valley Visitors Center at intersection of
State Route 146 and Millbury Street,
Worcester.................................
2352 CA Improve I-8 off ramp to the Desert Farming $1,000,000
Institute, Imperial County................
2353 KS Construct bike and pedestrian path along K- $500,000
10 between Douglas and Johnson Counties...
2354 HI Construct Bike Lanes on Kalanianaole $300,000
Highway, vicinity of Makapuu to Keolu
Drive.....................................
2355 TX Donna/Rio Bravo International Bridge....... $2,000,000
2356 IL Improve Sheridan Road, Evanston............ $2,000,000
2357 MD Intercounty Connector...................... $4,000,000
2358 MI Resurfacing of Ten Mile Road in St. Clair $896,000
Shores....................................
2359 NY Conduct studies to consider transportation $1,000,000
planning and community involvement for
infrastructure projects that address
congestion relief in New York City........
2360 MO Construct an extension of MO 740 from U.S. $2,500,000
63 to the 1-70 Lake of the Woods
Interchange...............................
2361 LA Improvements for LA 1148 in Iberville $4,000,000
Parish; and LA/I-10 Connector Study; and
improvements to LA 10/Zachary Taylor
Parkway...................................
2362 NY Monroe County ITS project.................. $900,000
2363 MO Roadway improvement on I-44 in Phelps $1,000,000
County Missouri...........................
2364 MA Rt128/95 ramp Northbound to Kendrick $2,000,000
Street, Needham...........................
2365 IN Realign State Road 312, Hammond............ $4,162,891
2366 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $250,000
construction of surface improvements to
the area adjacent to Exit 168 of
Interstate 81 at the Wachovia Arena in
Wilkes-Barre Township.....................
2367 GA SR 92 relocation from Durelee Road to SR 92 $8,000,000
at Malone, including grade separation,
Douglas County, Georgia...................
2368 IN Construct I69 Evansville to Indianapolis, $14,000,000
Indiana...................................
2369 CA Construct fourth bore of Caldecott Tunnel $1,000,000
on SR 24, California......................
2370 TN Construct interchange on I-40 in Wilson $1,000,000
County....................................
2371 IN Construct service road parallel to I-69 in $3,000,000
the City of Anderson, Indiana.............
2372 NY Croton-on-Hudson, NY Restoration of Van $2,500,000
Cortlandt Manor entrance road.............
2373 OH Construction and repair of pedestrian $289,000
walkways along Lake Shore Blvd. in
Lakeline Village, OH......................
2374 MD Reconstruct MD 32 from MD 108 to I-70 in $2,000,000
Howard County.............................
2375 NY Reconstruct Streets and Sidewalks in Middle $1,000,000
Village...................................
2376 MI Reconstruct two bridges over Black Creek $712,500
Drain in Sanilac County...................
2377 FL Construction of Little Venice Road, $1,000,000
Marathon, FL..............................
2378 CA Make traffic and safety improvements to $500,000
Atlantic Blvd in Maywood..................
2379 MN Stearns County Bridge no. 73501 $400,000
Improvements..............................
2380 LA Construct LA 16 Interchange at I-12 and $13,000,000
improvements, and Cook Road improvements..
2381 MO Reconstruct Highway 60 and Highway 65 $2,000,000
Interchange...............................
2382 CO I-70, Havana, Yosemite Street Interchange $1,500,000
Reconstruction Project, Denver............
2383 CO Reconstruct C470-US85 Interchange.......... $4,000,000
2384 VA Reconstruction of the entranceway to $1,000,000
Montpelier on Orange County, Virginia.....
2385 TN construct and widen underpass at $494,300
intersection of Boydstation, Harvey, and
McFee Roads, Knox County, TN..............
2386 GA Extend sidewalks, upgrade landscaping in $500,000
downtown Hawkinsville.....................
2387 OH Conduct Sarah St along SR 18 and 101 $2,600,000
enhancement project to calm traffic in the
City of Tiffin............................
2388 LA Improvements to Zachary Taylor Parkway..... $2,000,000
2389 CA Las Tunas Drive Pedestrian Enhancement, San $150,000
Gabriel...................................
2390 OH Reconstruction, widening, and bicycle $3,000,000
improvements to Pettibone Road in the City
of Solon, OH..............................
2391 NH Replacement of Ash Street and Pillsbury $1,400,000
Road Bridge...............................
2392 PA Swamp Road Corridor Safety and Roadway $1,000,000
Improvements, Bucks County................
2393 FL Construct St. Augustine to Palatka Rail $2,900,000
Trail, Florida............................
2394 IL Construction of a traffic circle to reduce $2,000,000
traffic congestion, Museum Campus Chicago.
2395 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Gardendale, AL. $100,000
2396 PA Extension of Second Street from Race to the $1,100,000
intersection of Lehigh and Poplar Street
in the Borough of Catasauqua..............
2397 NE Cuming Street Transportation Improvement $4,000,000
Project, Omaha, Nebraska..................
2398 TN Construct State Route 1 (US-70) to a four $11,500,000
lane divided highway on new alignment from
Centertown to McMinnville in Warren County
2399 CA Improve access to I-80 at Eureka Road $2,000,000
Interchange...............................
2400 LA Expand existing South Central Planning and $1,800,000
Development Commission Intelligent
Transportation System program in Houma-
Thibodaux area by installing signals,
sensors and systems.......................
2401 IL Install traffic control devices on traffic $240,000
signals in Village of Oak Lawn............
2402 CA Interstate 15, California Oaks Road $2,000,000
Interchange Project.......................
2403 TX Choate Road overpass to eliminate at-grade $9,800,000
intersection between Choate Rd and SH146..
2404 OH Construction of I-75 Austin Road $7,500,000
Interchange, Montgomery County, Ohio......
2405 CA Acquire lands adjacent to US 101 as part of $250,000
Southern Santa Clara County Wildlife
Corridor Protection and Scenic Enhancement
Project...................................
2406 TX Construct US Business 287 through the $7,000,000
Trinity Uptown Project from 7th St. NE to
11th St. NE in Fort Worth.................
2407 KS Construct K-10 and Lone Elm Road $5,000,000
interchange, Lenexa.......................
2408 OH Construct connector road between SR 79 and $5,000,000
Thornwood Drive in Licking County.........
2409 NH Construct Pedestrian, Bicycle bridge in $800,000
Keene.....................................
2410 FL Coral Way, SR 972 Highway Beautification, $1,000,000
Phase One, Miami, Florida.................
2411 TN Develop historic preservation $135,000
transportation enhancement project, Sumner
Co. and surrounding counties..............
2412 NY Develop terminal facilities for water taxi $3,000,000
projects in New York City.................
2413 WI Expand USH 151 between Dickeyville and $2,000,000
Belmont...................................
2414 NY Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, $300,000
NY25, Jamesport...........................
2415 PA PA Route 183 widening and ramp enhancement, $1,600,000
Bern Township.............................
2416 IN Reconstruct Hoosier Heartland Highway, $750,000
Wabash, Huntington and Miami County
Indiana segments..........................
2417 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting, and $500,000
install landscaping, Soperton.............
2418 LA Lafayette, LA Implementation of Intelligent $11,000,000
Transportation System.....................
2419 NY Conduct improvements to I87--Exit 18 $2,500,000
Interchange...............................
2420 IL To construct an extension of US-51 from .9 $2,000,000
miles south of Moweaqua to 4.6 miles south
of Moweaqua...............................
2421 IL Upgrade roads, The Village of Hillside..... $1,000,000
2422 MS Upgrade safety devices at Front Street rail $50,000
crossing, Ellisville......................
2423 CO US 287--Ports-to-Plains Corridor in $3,000,000
Colorado..................................
2424 OH Deconstruct the Bellaire Highway Bridge $1,700,000
which connects Bellaire, Ohio and Benwood,
WV........................................
2425 VA Construct I-95 Interchange at Temple Ave, $5,000,000
Colonial Heights..........................
2426 KS Route designation, environmental clearance, $4,000,000
final design and right-of-way acquisition
for Crawford County, KS corridor of U.S.
Highway 69................................
2427 CA US-395 Realignment and Widening Project.... $500,000
2428 IL To connect about a two-mile segment through $1,500,000
Collinsville at two or three lanes........
2429 IL Construct Parking Facility and pedestrian $200,000
walkways at 94th an S. Oak Park Ave, Oak
Lawn......................................
2430 UT I-15 Freeway Reconstruction--Springville $4,500,000
200 South Interchange.....................
2431 MA Washington St. from High St. to Water St., $2,000,000
Walpole...................................
2432 VA White's Mill Trail and Renovation--design $500,000
and construction of recreational trail and
preservation of watermill for use as
visitors center...........................
2433 CA Implement San Francisco Street Improvements $8,000,000
Program...................................
2434 MA Design, engineering and construction of $1,000,000
Methuen Rotary alternative at I-93 and
Routes 110 and 113, Methuen...............
2435 IL Improve Mill Street, Rock Island........... $500,000
2436 PA For the Nanticoke City Redevelopment $7,000,000
Authority to design, acquire land, and
construct a parking garage, streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting & safety
improvements, & roadway redesign in Nanti.
2437 MI Widen and reconstruct Walton Boulevard $5,000,000
Bridge in Auburn Hills between Opdyke and
Squirrel Road.............................
2438 OR Widen Delaura Beach Lane and add a bike $150,000
lane both directions, Warrenton...........
2439 MA Design and construct the 3 mile long Grand $700,000
Trunk Trail bikeway from Sturbridge to
Southbridge...............................
2440 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational $250,000
facilities on the Crest of Black Mountain,
Cumberland County for Cumberland Trail
State Park................................
2441 NY Study and Improve Traffic Flow Improvement $3,000,000
at Atlantic Yard/ NETS Arena Development..
2442 MD Upgrade and widen MD237 from Pegg Road to $10,000,000
MD235.....................................
2443 PA Main Street improvements from Broad Street $700,000
to Richardson Avenue and Main Street to
Madison Avenue, Borough of Lansdale.......
2444 CA Widen Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma $15,000,000
Counties from Hwy 37 in Novato to Old
Redwood Highway in Petaluma...............
2445 NY Road and pedestrian safety improvements $1,400,000
Main Street, Village of Patchogue.........
2446 UT Widen Highway 92 from Lehi to Highland..... $5,000,000
2447 AZ Widen I-10 to 3 lanes in each direction $1,700,000
north of Tucson from Marana Interchange to
Cortato Interchange.......................
2448 CA Widen I-238 between I-580 & I-880 in $1,000,000
Alameda County............................
2449 VA Widen I-66 westbound inside the Capital $7,000,000
Beltway from the Rosslyn Tunnel to the
Dulles Connector Road.....................
2450 NC Construction of I-74 between I-40 and US $5,000,000
220, High Point, North Carolina...........
2451 MD Widen I-695, Baltimore Beltway, Southwest.. $3,000,000
2452 GA Replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting in $500,000
downtown Vidalia..........................
2453 MN Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails in $700,000
Cuyuna Recreation Area....................
2454 HI Construct Kapaa Bypass..................... $3,000,000
2455 FL Temple Terrace Highway Modification........ $3,000,000
2456 TN Widen Interstate 240 from Poplar Avenue (SR- $1,000,000
57) to near Walnut Grove Road (SR-23) East
of Memphis, Shelby County.................
2457 IL For the Village of Woodridge to resurface $100,000
Internationale Parkway....................
2458 OR I-5 Trade Corridor, Portland Oregon to $5,700,000
Vancouver, Washington segment.............
2459 GA Streetscape, Pedestrian Improvements in $5,000,000
City Center, City of Clarkston............
2460 KY Widen KY 1991 from Maysville Road to $1,250,000
Midland Trail Industrial Park, Montgomery
County....................................
2461 NC Construct new Route from Beach Drive (SR $4,000,000
1104) to NC 211 in Brunswick County.......
2462 NJ International Trade and Logistics Center $1,000,000
Roadway Improvements at Exit 12 of the New
Jersey Turnpike, Carteret.................
2463 IL Interstate 41 and Route 176 Interchange $500,000
replacement...............................
2464 MA Northern Avenue Bridge rehabilitation, $3,000,000
Boston....................................
2465 AK Planning, design, and construction of Knik $3,000,000
Arm Bridge................................
2466 IN North Calumet Avenue Improvements, $1,200,000
Valparaiso................................
2467 OR I-205-Highway 213 interchange improvements. $1,000,000
2468 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at highway $57,000
At-Grade Railroad Crossing in Loudon, TN..
2469 AZ Construct I 10 Collector Distributor $4,000,000
Roadway from 40th Street to Baseline
Maricopa County, Arizona..................
2470 LA Improvements to LA 42 in Ascension Parish; $10,000,000
and LA 73 improvements in Ascension Parish
2471 MN Construct Paul Bunyan trail from $775,000
Mississippi River Bridge Trail to Crow
Wing State Park...........................
2472 MN Construct Mesabi Trail from Grand Rapids to $2,700,000
City of Ely...............................
2473 GA Install sidewalks on Highway 23 from Dykes $300,000
Street to Sarah Street, Cochran...........
2474 AK Kodiak, AK Construction of AMHW ferry $7,500,000
terminal and approach.....................
2475 OK Reconstruction of SH66 from Craig and $1,000,000
Rogers Counties to SH66 and US60
intersection..............................
2476 CA Enhance pedestrian environment and increase $2,000,000
safety along Olympic Blvd between Vermont
and Western Avenues, Los Angeles..........
2477 NY Enhancement of the Michigan Avenue $2,000,000
Corridor, Buffalo.........................
2478 NJ Kapkowski Road Area Improvements in $4,500,000
Elizabeth.................................
2479 CA Construct landscape medians along Skyline $1,000,000
Drive from Sears Avenue to 58th Street,
San Diego.................................
2480 NY Jamaica Air Train Station Area $5,000,000
Infrastructure Improvements...............
2481 MO Construct Highway 465 to Highway 376 south $6,000,000
from HWY 76 to HWY 376....................
2482 WA New Country Road on Whidbey Island......... $1,200,000
2483 NM Chaco Wash Bridge and Road Improvements on $2,000,000
Navajo Route 46...........................
2484 CA Reconstruct Interstate 880-Route 92 $1,750,000
interchange in Hayward....................
2485 MA Relocate Rt. 79 in Fall River to create 4- $5,000,000
lane urban boulevard with landscaped
median and developable waterfront.........
2486 IL Road extension for Highway 22 in Macon $668,000
COunty, IL................................
2487 NY Portageville Bridge--purchase existing $1,500,000
bridge to convert to pedestrian bridge....
2488 PA Rt.422 complete preliminary engineering and $3,000,000
four lane expansion from Ebensburg to
Kittanning................................
2489 CA Upgrade essential road arterials, $2,000,000
connectors, bridges and other road
infrastructure improvements in the Town of
Desert Hot Springs, CA....................
2490 KY Construct the Heartland Parkway in Adair $1,200,000
County....................................
2491 NV Horse-US-95 Interchange Project............ $6,000,000
2492 CT Make Improvements to Plainfield Moosup Pond $300,000
Road......................................
2493 FL Construction design ROW US 27 from SR 540 $10,000,000
to SR544 & from I-4 to US 192 in Polk
County, FL................................
2494 IA Construction of approaches and viaduct on $1,600,000
Edgewood Rd SW over the UP Railroad,
Prairie Creek, and the CRANDIC railroad...
2495 NJ Construct Hackensack River Walkway in $2,000,000
Bergen County.............................
2496 TX Hwy 80/123 Overpass at Hwy 181 in Karnes $300,000
County....................................
2497 NM Improvements to U.S. Highway 87 from $2,000,000
Clayton, NM to Raton, NM..................
2498 VA Route 11 Interchange improvements in $1,000,000
Lexington, Virginia.......................
2499 CA Improvements to Ben Maddox Way Bridge...... $2,000,000
2500 WA SR 18 Widening, Maple Valley to I-90....... $7,500,000
2501 NY City of Beacon construction of pedestrian & $315,000
Bicycle trail.............................
2502 TX FM 544, widen 2-lane roadway to 6-lane $2,000,000
roadway from SH 121 to Dozier-Parker Road.
2503 TX Construct an alternate truck route to $500,000
Interstate 35 in Buda.....................
2504 NY Improvements on the Cross Island Bridge $4,220,000
Overpass / 212th Street and vicinity,
Queens....................................
2505 MI Novi, Reconstruct Grand River between Novi $1,000,000
and Haggerty..............................
2506 SD Resurface US Hwy 18 from Lake Andes to US $1,200,000
Hwy 50 on Yankton Sioux Reservation.......
2507 PR To revitalize Old San Juan Historic $3,000,000
District streets..........................
2508 WY U.S. 85 Passing Lanes...................... $2,000,000
2509 MA Construct Blackstone River Bikeway and $2,000,000
Worcester Bikeway Pavilion between
Providence, RI and Worcester..............
2510 NY Little Falls Access: Repair and reconstruct $240,000
High School and Lower School Road.........
2511 FL Replace Columbus Drive Bridge.............. $4,000,000
2512 AS Village road improvements for Sua and $2,600,000
Vaifanua counties in the Eastern district.
2513 MI Construction of two railroad-highway grade $2,300,000
separations on Farm Lane north of Mount
Hope Road.................................
2514 CA Widen Atlantic Bl bridge over the Los $1,000,000
Angeles River in Vernon...................
2515 CA Widen Bundy Drive between Wilshire and $4,250,000
Santa Monica Boulevards in the City of Los
Angeles...................................
2516 AL To provide four lanes on US-80, Perry $14,000,000
County, Marengo County, and Sumter County.
2517 CA Widen Maine Avenue in Baldwin Park......... $375,000
2518 NM Ease traffic congestion and improve $2,000,000
intersection safety by identifying
alternative alignment to US 84/285 and NM
68 through Espanola.......................
2519 MS Widen MS Hwy 19 between Philadelphia and $10,000,000
Collinsville, MS..........................
2520 NY Construct the Fire Island ferry terminal $2,000,000
facility, Patchogue.......................
2521 IL IL 8 from East Peoria to Washington, IL.... $952,570
2522 NJ Preliminary engineering for missing $1,500,000
connections of NJ 23 and I-80.............
2523 ME Penobscot Riverfront Development for $2,000,000
bicycle trails, amenities, and traffic
circulation improvements, Bangor and
Brewer....................................
2524 IL Restoration and reconstruction of the $1,200,000
central business district street.
Cambridge, IL.............................
2525 NC Widen NC 150 from Cherryville to Lincolnton $1,000,000
2526 NY Second phase of the Grand Concourse $10,000,000
improvements from East 166th St. to East
171st St..................................
2527 VT U.S. Route 7 and U.S. Route 4 road $3,560,000
improvements for the City of Rutland......
2528 IL Improve 63rd Street, Chicago............... $2,000,000
2529 MI Alcona County, Reconstruction of Ritchie $813,000
Road from Village of Lincoln to Hubbard
Lake road.................................
2530 SC Construct roadway btwn I-26 and US 1 in $2,000,000
Lexington County. Intermodal connector
from US 1 to I-26 and I-77. SC 302 and SC
602 improvements..........................
2531 OR Agness Road, Curry County.................. $1,000,000
2532 NY Rehabilitation of Sharon Drive in the Town $325,000
of Poughkeepsie...........................
2533 TX Conduct study of I-10 and U.S. 190 with a $200,000
focus on congestion relief and the need
for a military & emergency relief
transportation corridor...................
2534 MD MD 85 at I270.............................. $6,000,000
2535 GA SR 36 passing lanes north of Jackson to $3,050,000
Newton County line, Butts County, Georgia.
2536 VA I-66 and Route 29 Gainesville Interchange $9,000,000
Project...................................
2537 NY Construct and extend existing pedestrian $1,000,000
streetscape areas in Lynbrook.............
2538 CA Construct traffic intersection island $200,000
improvements on North side of Olympic Blvd
where Irolo St. and Normandie Ave. split
in Koreatown, Los Angeles.................
2539 WA Improvements in the SR9 corridor in $1,500,000
Snohomish County..........................
2540 PA Replace a highway railcrossing in Osborne $2,150,000
Borough, PA...............................
2541 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Centerpoint, AL $100,000
2542 CA Replace twin 2 lane bridge with single 4 $500,000
lane bridge on SR 138 over Big Rock Wash..
2543 CA State Route 86S and Ave 50 highway safety $1,000,000
grade separation..........................
2544 TX Construct Fredericksburg Road-Medical Drive $3,800,000
grade separation in San Antonio...........
2545 PA For design, engineering, ROW acquisition, & $500,000
construction of a connector road between
the Valmont Industrial Park & Pennsylvania
Rt. 924 at Cranberry Creek................
2546 AR Interstates 30/440/530 Interchanges--for $1,500,000
interchange improvements, Little Rock.....
2547 NJ Rehabilitation of Benigno Boulevard from I- $400,000
295 to Route 168 in Bellmawr..............
2548 PA Preconstruction studies for improvement to $1,000,000
US 22.....................................
2549 IL Establish transportation museum on Navy $540,000
Pier, Chicago.............................
2550 WA Continuing construction of I 90, Spokane to $3,300,000
Idaho State Line..........................
2551 VA Improve transportation infrastructure for $531,900
visitors to Jamestown 2007................
2552 AR Highway 67: Kiehl Avenue--Vandenberg $2,000,000
Boulevard: rehabilitating and widening
Highway 67 from four to six lanes from
Kiehl Ave. to Vandenberg Blvd.............
2553 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of PS 81..................
2554 GA Memorial Drive Corridor.................... $2,000,000
2555 VA Route 11 improvements in Maurertown, $1,000,000
Virginia..................................
2556 PA Street improvements, Whitemarsh Township... $1,500,000
2557 VT Construction of the Lamoille Valley Rail $7,268,486
Trail for the Vermont Association of Snow
Travelers.................................
2558 CO I-76: Colorados Northeast Gateway.......... $3,000,000
2559 VA Construct Maersk Terminal interchange in $2,000,000
Portsmouth................................
2560 GA I-75 Welcom Project........................ $250,000
2561 PA Improve handicapped accessibility and $3,000,000
provide pedestrian overpass in Villanova..
2562 NY Install Two Permanent Variable Message $500,000
Signs (VMS) on Belt Parkway...............
2563 MI Re-surfacing Sebewaing Road in Huron County $416,000
2564 IN Complete construction of paths at Hamilton $375,000
County Riverwalk, Noblesville, Indiana....
2565 NY Study and Implement Safety Enhancement to $500,000
Avenue U from Mill Avenue to East 38th
Street and Flatbush Avenue from Avenue T
to Avenue V...............................
2566 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at $275,000
Sixth Street in Emmaus, PA USDOT crossing
number 592402P to constant warning time
devices...................................
2567 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $200,000
trail, Eagleville.........................
2568 NY Improvements for pedestrian and vehicular $600,000
access to Baychester Avenue and Bartow
Avenue....................................
2569 GA SR 400 reconstruction from I285 to $1,000,000
McFarland Road, Fulton and Forsyth
Counties..................................
2570 MI Construct pedestrian and bicycle pathway at $80,000
Chippewa Landing River Park in the Village
of Caro...................................
2571 GA Upgrade sidewalks, replace street lights, $500,000
and landscaping, Metter...................
2572 AR Highway 412: Baxter Co. to Ash Flat........ $2,000,000
2573 NY Town of North Salem improvements and $200,000
repaving to Hawley Road...................
2574 IA US 20 Mississippi River Bridge and $25,000,000
approaches, Dubuque Co, IA................
2575 NY Construct access road and exit lanes for $1,500,000
Center for Advanced Medicine: North Shore
LIJ Health System.........................
2576 NY Improve key intersections and highway $750,000
segments along Rt. 32 between Route 17-6-
NYS Thruway interchange in Harriman and
Highland Mills............................
2577 CA Widen I-5 to 10 Lanes and Improve Corridor $5,200,000
Arterials, SR 91 to I-710.................
2578 IL For the construction of the Grand Avenue $1,160,000
Underpass, Village of Franklin Park.......
2579 NY Rehabilitation of North and South Ridge $2,160,000
Street and Wappanocca Avenue in the
Village of Rye Brook and City of Rye......
2580 NY NYSDOT Route 55 construction over Fishkill $1,400,000
Creek and left turn lane construction.....
2581 AL Alabama Hwy 36 Extension and Widening-Phase $1,000,000
II........................................
2582 OH Construct Eagle Avenue Viaduct-Demolition $500,000
bridge, realignment of roadway to replace
bridge and reconstruction of two other
bridges, Cleveland........................
2583 NV Construct US 93 Corridor--Boulder City..... $10,000,000
2584 NY Reconstruction of NYS 5, 8, 12. Viaduct and $1,000,000
Rt 5A and 5S: City of Utica...............
2585 CT Street and streetscape improvements along $1,500,000
Campbell Ave., West Haven.................
2586 MA Reconstruct North Washington Street Bridge $6,000,000
to connect Boston and Charlestown.........
2587 MS Upgrade roads in Fayette (U.S. Hwy 61 and $400,000
33), Jefferson County.....................
2588 MN Heritage Center at the Grand Portage $1,400,000
National Monument.........................
2589 NY Redesign and reconstruction of the Putnam $650,000
Rail-Trail, Bronx.........................
2590 OR Highway 34/Corvallis Bypass Intersection... $2,100,000
2591 CA Install traffic signal on Balboa Blvd. at $120,000
Knollwood Shopping Center.................
2592 MA Chelsea Street Bridge Reconstruction....... $8,000,000
2593 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Northport, AL.. $100,000
2594 NV Construct widening of US50A from Fernley to $5,000,000
Leeteville Junction.......................
2595 WA Rebuild & widen Cemetery Road bridge over $200,000
US Bureau of Reclamation canal near
Othello, WA...............................
2596 FL Roadway construction of SW 62-SW 24 Avenue $2,000,000
in Gainesville............................
2597 WA SR 2/Kelsey Street Intersection $1,040,000
Improvements in Monroe....................
2598 NY Town of Southeast construction and repaving $300,000
of town roads.............................
2599 MI Reconstruct Third Ave. from Saginaw St. to $3,000,000
Flint River, City of Flint................
2600 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at $275,000
31st Street in Allentown, PA USDOT
crossing number 592410G to constant
warning time devices......................
2601 NV Construct US 95 Widening from Rainbow Blvd $4,750,000
to Kyle Canyon............................
2602 IN Improve campus streets to increase $2,000,000
pedestrian safety and ease vehicular
congestion in the City of Anderson,
Indiana...................................
2603 PA Schaefferstown Bypass, PA Route 501, $1,000,000
Lebanon...................................
2604 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Dupont Borough, Luzerne County.........
2605 GA Intersection improvement at Lake Dow Road $600,000
and SR 81 Harris Dr at SR 42..............
2606 CA Replace South Access to the Golden Gate $6,000,000
Bridge--Doyle Drive.......................
2607 IL Resurface Yellow Banks Road, Franklin $400,000
County....................................
2608 AL Widen CR-52 from Helena to US-31........... $15,000,000
2609 IL Intersection Reconstruction at US 12-IL31- $900,000
Tryon Grove Road..........................
2610 NY Streetscape of Herald and Greeley Squares $500,000
in New York City..........................
2611 NJ Construct Cape May and Supawna Meadows $750,000
National Wildlife Refuges Roadway and
Parking Improvements......................
2612 TX Del Rio-Laughlin Air Force Base Relief $4,000,000
Route.....................................
2613 NC Study feasibility of widening US 221-NC 226 $3,000,000
from Woodlawn to Spruce Pine, start
planning and design, and make upgrades to
improve safety............................
2614 NY Transportation improvements to the Far $2,400,000
Rockaway Business District, Queens, New
York......................................
2615 VI Upgrade West-East Corridor through $8,000,000
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas..............
2616 NH Hampton Bridge Rehabilitation--Hampton, NH. $1,500,000
2617 CA Gale Avenue widening between Fullerton Road $100,000
and Nogales Street, and Nogales Street
widening at Gale Avenue...................
2618 CA Grade Separation at Cesar Chavez Parkway $500,000
and Harbor Drive, San Diego...............
2619 MO Improve access to I-55 at River Des Peres.. $10,000,000
2620 PA PA Route 61 enhancements, Schuylkill Haven. $10,000,000
2621 MO Kansas City SmartPort ITS for highways..... $5,000,000
2622 PA City of Philadelphia in conjunction with $4,000,000
American Cities Foundation for
neighborhood transportation enhancement
and pedestrian safety projects............
2623 DE Reconstructing I-95/SR-1 interchange, $5,000,000
adding a fifth lane, and replacing toll
plaza on Delaware's portion of I-95
corridor..................................
2624 OH Study possible road upgrades in Tuscarawas $100,000
County due to flood issues based on dams
in Muskingum Watershed District...........
2625 OR Sunrise Corridor, Clackamas County......... $2,850,000
2626 CA Construct Cabot-Camino Capistrano Bridge $838,690
Project and related roadway improvements
in Cities of Mission Viejo and Laguna
Niguel, California........................
2627 TX Construction of mainlanes and interchanges $14,000,000
on SH 121 from Hillcrest to US 75.........
2628 WA Enumclaw, WA Welcome Center................ $1,500,000
2629 PA Upgrade narrow existing roads, Plank, Otts, $1,000,000
Meyers, Seitz Roads, along 1 mile corridor
to 2 lane road with shoulders, improve
intersections.............................
2630 GA Widen Old Petersburg Road-Old Evans Road $4,000,000
from Baston Road to Washington Road,
Columbia County, Georgia..................
2631 CA Widen Peyton Dr. from Grand Ave. to Chino $7,036,110
Hills Pky., construct Eucalyptus Ave. from
Peyton Dr. to Galloping Hills, improve
English Channel...........................
2632 TX New construction for the SH 349 Reliever $2,500,000
Route beginning at the SH 191 intersection
in Midland................................
2633 PA Widen Route 22 between Export and Delmont.. $1,450,000
2634 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the $125,000
intersection of Hamlin St. and Corbin Ave.
2635 NY Design/Environmental work on the Inner Loop $2,400,000
from Clinton Avenue to East Main Street,
Rochester.................................
2636 MO I-35 access modification planning, city of $1,500,000
Kearney...................................
2637 PR Construction of community bridge at Los $425,000
Olvidados Sector, Quebrada Arenas
Community.................................
2638 MN North-South Corridor with Railroad $1,500,000
Overpass, City of Staples.................
2639 CA Port of Hueneme Intermodal Access $4,700,000
Improvement Project, including grade
separation at Rice Avenue and State Route
34; widen Hueneme Road....................
2640 CA Reconstruct and deep-lift asphalt on $4,856,000
various roads throughout the district in
Ventura County............................
2641 GA Upgrade sidewalks, parking, street $500,000
lighting, and landscaping, Claxton........
2642 MS Upgrade roads in Itta Bena (U.S. Hwy 82 and $1,500,000
7) and in vicinity of Viking Range Corp.
(U.S. Hwy 7 and 49), Leflore County.......
2643 VA Widen Route 262 in Augusta County.......... $1,000,000
2644 CA Forest Highway 171 Upper Skyway Improvement $7,250,000
2645 NV Rehabilitate Lake Mead Parkway............. $3,000,000
2646 IL Construct Bridge Overpass, DuSable Museum- $1,000,000
Chicago...................................
2647 WA Expand size and improve safety Lewis and $146,000
Clark Discovery Trailhead and Scenic
Overlook..................................
2648 PA Construction of access improvement at the $650,000
I79 SR 228 interchange in vicinity of
Cranberry Town Center.....................
2649 PA Development of bicycle and pedestrian $10,000,000
trails and access links along North
Delaware Riverfront.......................
2650 OH Highway--railroad grade separation over the $300,000
Norfolk Southern Rail Line for the Hines
Hill Road--Milford Connector project in
Hudson, Ohio..............................
2651 CA Construct crosswalk bump-outs and related $400,000
streetscape improvements on Temple St
between Hoover St and Glendale Blvd, Los
Angeles...................................
2652 NC Improve SR1023 from US70 Business to US301 $5,000,000
in Smithfield.............................
2653 MA Improvements to Mass. Ave, Andover Street, $1,000,000
Osgood Street, Salem Street, and Johnson
Street in the Old Town Center of North
Andover...................................
2654 KY Reconstruct US 127 at US 127 South, Mercer $600,000
County....................................
2655 CA Construct truck lane from Britannia Blvd. $4,000,000
to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San Diego
County....................................
2656 PA Beford, Pa--Relocation of Old Route 220 and $9,000,000
Sweet Road. Complete preliminary
engineering, purchase right-of-way,
construction..............................
2657 GA Design and construction of 2.2 miles of $200,000
multi-use trail in the City of Douglas,
Georgia...................................
2658 IL Entry Road to SIU Research Park............ $1,600,000
2659 NY Kingston, Construct pedestrian waterfront $1,600,000
walkway...................................
2660 MN Reconstruct TH 61 north of Split Rock River $5,280,000
to Chapins Curve, bridges number 8285 and
8286, Lake County.........................
2661 KS Replacement of US-169 bridge in Kansas City $8,500,000
2662 PA Route 313 Turning Lanes and Truck Climbing $1,000,000
Lanes, Bucks County.......................
2663 CA Purchase of Rosemead Blvd ROW, Temple City. $1,000,000
2664 NY Reconfiguration of Bay Avenue and Polaris $8,000,000
Street in Newark, NJ......................
2665 MI Reconstruct highway under a railroad $1,000,000
bridge, Wyoming Ave. from Eagle Pass to
Michigan Avenue, Wayne County.............
2666 OK Construct vehicular bridge over the $1,000,000
Burlington Northern RR at War Bonnet
Crossing, Mannford, OK....................
2667 UT Construction and Rehabilitation of 13th $6,300,000
East in Sandy City........................
2668 VA Construct 3.6 miles of Interstate 73 near $2,000,000
Martinsville..............................
2669 WA Maple Valley SR 169 and SR 516 improvements $1,000,000
2670 FL Construct access road to entrances to Opa- $2,000,000
Locka Airport at Opa-Locka Airport at N.W.
135th Street and N.W. 47th Avenue,
including improvements to N.W. 47th Avenue
with median strip, City of Opa-Locka......
2671 UT Expand Redhills Parkway from 2 to 5 lanes $6,000,000
and improve alignment within rights-of-way
in St. George.............................
2672 OH Bethlehem Township, Ohio. Riverland Avenue $1,300,000
Bridge Replacement........................
2673 MD MD295, BWI Access Improvements............. $4,740,000
2674 OR Connect Boeckman Road to Tooze Road, $1,000,000
Wilsonville...............................
2675 LA Construct I-20 interchanges at US 167 and $5,000,000
Tarbutton Rd. Construct East West frontage
roads along I-20..........................
2676 TX FM 937 from SH164 to FM 3371, Limestone Co. $2,000,000
2677 MO Construct additional exit ramp access lane $4,820,000
from I-44 to Kingshighway and enhance Shaw
Ave. corridor.............................
2678 IN Construdtion of I64 Interchange, Harrison $5,310,000
County, Indiana...........................
2679 OH Bridge Replacement at SR 84 and I-90 on $500,000
Bishop Road in Willougby Hills, OH........
2680 TN Continue Shelby Avenue--Demonbreun Street $6,500,000
project in Nashville......................
2681 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path from $2,000,000
Waunakee to Westport......................
2682 CT Construct bike and pedestrian paths along $100,000
Salem Greenway--Salem, CT.................
2683 TX Construct I-635/35E Interchange in Dallas, $5,500,000
TX........................................
2684 CA Hwy 199 Narrow Enhancement to reduce active $2,000,000
slides that cause significant road
closures on primary connecting route from
US 101 to I-5.............................
2685 MD Construction of New Interchange at MD5, $10,000,000
MD373, and Brandywine Road................
2686 GA I-20 West from SR 5 Bill Arp to SR 6--HOV $7,250,000
Lanes.....................................
2687 PA Install and construct signals, calming $450,000
devices and signs in Mechanicsburg and
surrounding municipalities................
2688 FL 44th St. Extension to Golfair Blvd, $1,500,000
Jacksonville..............................
2689 NJ Passaic River-Newark Bay Restoration and $1,000,000
Pollution Abatement Project, Route 21,
River Road, CR 510........................
2690 CA San Gabriel Blvd and Mission Road $200,000
Intersection Improvements, San Gabriel....
2691 NY Rehabilitate 125th Street Corridor from Old $2,000,000
Broadway to Marginal Street/Waterfront....
2692 MI Repair M-10 corridor from I-696 to downtown $1,000,000
Detroit...................................
2693 FL Capital Circle Northwest, Tallahassee...... $10,000,000
2694 TN Installation of Intelligent Transportation $2,000,000
System on various major routes in Memphis.
2695 MI Planning and Engineering for The American $1,500,000
Road, The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.....
2696 TX Reconstruct Ella/Wheatley from Little York $1,250,000
to West Gulf Bank.........................
2697 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian $1,000,000
Safety in Richmond County.................
2698 FL Palm Bay Parkway from Emerson Drive to US $1,000,000
192, Palm Bay, FL.........................
2699 CA Construct the Los Angeles River bicycle and $575,000
pedestrian path in the San Fernando Valley
2700 TX Construct Santa Fe Trail DART LR overpass $1,400,000
from Hill St. to Commerce St. along
abandoned Santa Fe Rail right of way in
Dallas....................................
2701 CA Construct Route 101 bicycle/pedestrian $1,000,000
overpass at Millbrae Ave for the San
Francisco Bay Trail.......................
2702 GU Guam Mass Transit Authority Acquisition of $400,000
transit vehicles for disabled persons.....
2703 LA New Iberia Rail Grade Separation........... $2,000,000
2704 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Ashley Borough, Luzerne County.........
2705 MN Reconstruct Grand Avenue (from Central Ave $750,000
to 59 Ave W), Central Ave (from Grand Ave
to I-35) and Bristol Street (from Central
Ave to Grand Ave), Duluth.................
2706 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $100,000
trail, Cannon County......................
2707 TX Develop, deploy and integrate municipal ITS $3,200,000
in San Antonio............................
2708 TN Jefferson, Hamblen Counties, Tennessee SR- $2,000,000
66 relocation.............................
2709 MD Rehabilitate Pennington Avenue Drawbridge $1,500,000
in Baltimore..............................
2710 PA Construction of I-79 to Mon-Fayette Section $1,000,000
of Southern Beltway, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania..............................
2711 FL Springfield Rd. Improvements, Jacksonville. $1,500,000
2712 LA Elimination of highway-rail grade crossings $1,000,000
along Louisiana and Delta railroad........
2713 CA Conduct necessary planning and engineering $1,400,000
and implement comprehensive Corridor
Management Plan for Arroyo Seco Historic
Parkway, Los Angeles......................
2714 FL Plant City Traffic Management System....... $2,000,000
2715 GA SR 347 widen-new construction from I-985 to $10,000,000
SR 211, Hall County, Georgia..............
2716 WA SR28 and SR285 Sellar Bridge Improvements: $5,000,000
ramp & roadway network improvements at the
west end and a new lane on the Sellar
Bridge....................................
2717 NY Stabilize Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and $1,092,500
construct a pedestrian walkway linking the
two sides of the Hudson River,
Poughkeepsie..............................
2718 WA International Mobility and Trade Corridor $1,100,000
Project for Whatcom County................
2719 CA State Route 76 Road Widening, Melrose Drive $5,000,000
to Interstate 15..........................
2720 NJ Streetscape Improvements to Clements Bridge $500,000
Road from Newton Avenue to New Jersey
Turnpike, Barrington......................
2721 FL Construct Eastern Connector from SR 417 to $1,000,000
I-95, Volusia & Seminole Counties Florida.
2722 GA Construction of the McIntosh Path on SR 99, $200,000
7.15 miles between Darien, Georgia and the
Sapelo Island Visitor Center..............
2723 AL Construction of Sulphur Springs Road Bypass $5,000,000
in City of Hoover, Alabama................
2724 AZ Pliocene Cliffs reconstruction between $1,000,000
Wikieup and the Santa Maria River.........
2725 MN Construct roadway improvements to CSAH 76, $1,064,000
Little Falls..............................
2726 IN Study alternatives along 2 miles of $150,000
railroad to eliminae in-town highway-rail
crossings to improve safety and reduce
congestion in Delaware County.............
2727 NV Design and construct separation of rail- $1,000,000
highway crossings in downtown Reno........
2728 NJ Maple Shade Township Streetscape $1,000,000
Improvements of Mill Road, Rudderow Ave.,
North & South Coles Ave. and Schoolhouse
Lane......................................
2729 WA Conduct study for I-5 and SR503 interchange $300,000
2730 WA Construct Webber Canyon Road realignment at $3,500,000
I-82 Kiona-Benton interchange.............
2731 TX Downtown Streetscape Improvements in $640,000
Beaumont, Texas...........................
2732 NY Improve Traffic Flow on Lefferts Boulevard $500,000
by Rehabilitating Facilities Surrounding
LIRR/Kew Gardens Eastbound Station........
2733 NM Perform highway beautification to the $800,000
recently reconstructed Interstate 40
Interstate 25 Interchange.................
2734 TX Reconstruct interchange at IH 10 and FM $1,000,000
364, Chambers County, Texas...............
2735 CA SR 52 East Improvments (San Diego)......... $6,000,000
2736 OR Study to evaluate alternatives in support $250,000
of an eventual Astoria bypass, Astoria....
2737 GA Commission a study and report regarding the $400,000
construction and designation of a new
Interstate linking Savannah, Augusta, &
Knoxville.................................
2738 VT Construction of the St. Albans, Vermont $1,200,000
intermodal connector roadway with I-89 for
the City of St. Albans....................
2739 OR I-5-Highway 214 interchange improvements, $1,000,000
Woodburn..................................
2740 OR Construction of transportation facilities $800,000
at the Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge.....
2741 WY I-80 Rock Springs Marginal................. $1,900,000
2742 PA Improvements to Route 11 and access to I-81 $1,000,000
2743 IL Improve safety of a horizontal curve on $88,000
Clarksville St. .25 mile north of 275th
Road in Grandview Township, Edgar County,
Illinois..................................
2744 UT Provo Reservoir Canal Trail, Utah.......... $1,000,000
2745 MO South County Riverfront Access and Trails $4,000,000
Project, Lemay............................
2746 AK Road improvements in the City of Fairbanks. $5,000,000
2747 MD Construct Ferry Terminal, Somerset County, $1,000,000
Maryland..................................
2748 MS Plan and Construct two lanes to SR-6 from $4,000,000
SR 342 to Alabama state line..............
2749 CA Construct bypass along Hwy 101 around $5,000,000
Willits, CA to reduce congestion, improve
air quality and enhance economic lifeline
of No. Coast..............................
2750 CA Engineering support to I-5 Joint Powers $150,000
Authority to widen I-5 freeway and improve
corridor arterials from I-710 to Orange
County line...............................
2751 LA Kerner Bridge, Bayou Barataria............. $2,100,000
2752 WA Renton, WA SR 167 HOV, Strander Boulevard $1,000,000
Connection................................
2753 NJ Sussex County, NJ Vernon Township, Mountain $3,000,000
Creek Rt. 94 Traffic Calming, Ped. Safety
and Traffic Congestion, Circulation
Improvement...............................
2754 PA Linglestown Square, roadway and $2,800,000
intersection improvements, Lower Paxton
Township..................................
2755 MD Rehabilitate road including bridges over $3,000,000
CSX tracks in Baltimore...................
2756 WA Extend 18th Street between 87th Avenue and $1,000,000
NE 192nd Avenue in Vancouver..............
2757 TX Implement repairs on Old Pleasanton Road $403,000
Bridge in Atascosa County.................
2758 CA Hazel Avenue Improvements, U.S. Highway 50 $3,000,000
to Madison Avenue.........................
2759 MI Menominee County, County Road 557 Bridge $280,000
Replacement over the Big Cedar River......
2760 OH Massillon, Ohio. Tremont Avenue Bridge $720,000
Rehabilitation............................
2761 MI Montmorency County, Reconstruction of $800,000
County Road 612 from W. County Line to
County Road 491...........................
2762 CA Conduct traffic study of proposed $500,000
realignment of Nutwood Ave in Fullerton...
2763 NM Planning, design and construction of $2,000,000
bikeways and walkway at the City of Santa
Fe's downtown railyard redevelopment
project...................................
2764 GA Streetscape-Bainbridge..................... $250,000
2765 PA Construct S.R. 706 Corridor, Susquehanna $2,000,000
County, Pennsylvania......................
2766 NY Town of North Salem reconstruction and $150,000
repaving of Keeler Lane...................
2767 FL Conduct planning and engineering for US 17 $3,000,000
widening and improvements in Hardee
County, Florida...........................
2768 IL Traffic Signalization, Matteson............ $907,500
2769 MS Upgrade roads in Kilmichael, Montgomery $400,000
County....................................
2770 NC Upgrade US 220 to I 73 74 interstate $2,000,000
standards in Montgomery County............
2771 WA US 2/Sultan Basin Road Improvements in $600,000
Sultan....................................
2772 TX Add 2 lanes to existing facility from $1,000,000
Victoria County Line to 1.9 Miles West of
SH 35 in Port Lavaca......................
2773 FL A1A Transportation Enhancements, Daytona $1,000,000
Beach.....................................
2774 MI City of Menominee, Resurface Hattie Street $225,000
Bridge deck 250 feet from 9th avenue in
Menominee to Riverside Avenue in
Marinette, WI.............................
2775 TN eliminate blockage of two lanes on Gay $2,000,000
Street in Knoxville, TN, to accomodate
loading dock..............................
2776 MI Emmet County, Ultra thin demonstration $60,000
project resurfacing of Mitchell Road from
the City of Petoskey limits east to
Division..................................
2777 NY Gowanus Expressway Project................. $500,000
2778 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County......
2779 AL Expand to 4 lanes on US-278 from I-65 to US- $3,000,000
231.......................................
2780 IL Preconstruction and construction McCarthy $600,000
Road, Bell Road to US 45 and 123rd Street
US 45 to 86th Avenue in Palos Park........
2781 WY Riverton: Reconstruct HWY 26--Main St...... $1,100,000
2782 MA Somerville Bicycle Path Improvements--Cedar $1,000,000
Street to Central Street..................
2783 MI US 31 improvements and relocation between $9,450,000
Holland and Grand Haven...................
2784 PA Replace Messinger Street Bridge in the $1,000,000
Borough of Bangor.........................
2785 NY Owego, Construct pedestrian waterfront $1,250,000
walkway...................................
2786 KY Reconstruct US 127 from Hustonville Road to $1,500,000
the Mercer County Line, Boyle County......
2787 PA Construction of an intermodal facility in $1,500,000
Altoona, Pa...............................
2788 CA Design and construct access improvements in $8,000,000
North Central Business District,
Sacramento................................
2789 NC Construction of the southbound lane of US $6,000,000
321 bridge replacement over the Catawba
River.....................................
2790 FL Grand Lagoon Bridge Replacement Project. $6,500,000
The replacement of a two lane bridge with
a four lane bridge........................
2791 FL Construct SR 9B Extension, St. Johns $4,400,000
County, Florida...........................
2792 AL Design and construct a 4-lane highway from $1,000,000
Muscle Shoals, AL to I-10.................
2793 IN Improve SR 9 Greenfield Corridor, Indiana.. $500,000
2794 NJ Interstate 280 Interchange Improvements, $9,000,000
Harrison..................................
2795 KY Construct I-66 east of Somerset, Kentucky $7,000,000
in Pulaski County to I-75 at London,
Kentucky..................................
2796 VA Plan, Design, and Construct improvements to $500,000
Virginia Beach Blvd in Virginia Beach and
Norfolk...................................
2797 PA Fayette County, Pennsylvania, State Road 21 $2,000,000
Improvements..............................
2798 ME Replacement of Waldo-Hancock Bridge........ $16,000,000
2799 CT Reconstruct and widen Homer St and Chase $1,500,000
Ave in Waterbury from Waterville Ave to
Nottingham Terrace........................
2800 FL Construct new east-west road from the $1,000,000
intersection of Beeline Highway and PGA
Boulevard west to Seminole Pratt Whitney
Road......................................
2801 WI Enhance West Silver Spring Ave with $400,000
lighting enhancement, crosswalk
improvements, signage, landscaping,
Milwaukee.................................
2802 NY Completion of 1.6 mi trail network in the $124,000
Utica Marsh, NY...........................
2803 TX Construct I635-I30 Interchange, Dallas, $12,000,000
Texas.....................................
2804 IL Establish transportation museum on Navy $500,000
Pier, Chicago.............................
2805 CA Establish I-15 Interchange at Nisqualli and $1,500,000
Mojave River crossing in San Bernardino
County....................................
2806 MA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority $1,000,000
Secure Station, Boston....................
2807 FL Construct bridges on SR710 in Palm Beach $2,000,000
County....................................
2808 PA Reconstruct intersection of SR 51 and $2,150,000
Franklin Ave, Beaver County...............
2809 NJ Rehabilitation existing structure at the $500,000
Bridge Street bridge over the CSX Railroad
Trenton Line in Manville, NJ..............
2810 OR Repair and recoat logging bridge over $150,000
Highway 99E, Canby........................
2811 CA San Gabriel Blvd Rehabilitation Project-- $200,000
Broadway to Las Tunas, San Gabriel........
2812 CA Signal upgrades on Avenida de las Flores, $125,200
Melinda Road, Avenida de las Banderas, and
Alma Aldea, Rancho Santa Margarita,
California................................
2813 CA Construct State Route 905 to connect the $9,000,000
Otay Mesa Port of Entry to Interstate 805,
San Diego.................................
2814 MA Crosby Drive Improvement Project........... $1,000,000
2815 WI Construct North Shore Extension of $350,000
Friendship State Trail, Calumet and
Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin.............
2816 AR Construct and rehabilitate Fayetteville $5,000,000
Expressway Economic Development Corridor..
2817 PA Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000
construction of the Freeport Bridge.......
2818 IL Road extension for Redco Drive to Skyline $1,000,000
Dr, Williamson County.....................
2819 CA Rosecrans Avenue and Bridge Arterial $3,000,000
Reconstruction Project, Compton...........
2820 MA Canalside Rail Trail Construction of the $1,000,000
Canalside Rail Trail, Deerfield & Montague
2821 CA Conduct study and construct Daggett Road, $5,000,000
Port of Stockton, CA, Access Project......
2822 WI Construct a bicycle/pedestrian path, and $2,000,000
two bridges across Starkweather Creek,
Madison...................................
2823 GA Construct City of Fayetteville, Ga. School $625,000
Access Bike Ped Project...................
2824 TN Sevier County, Tennessee SR 449 extension.. $500,000
2825 GA SR 133 south bound lane bridge replacement $1,000,000
over the Georgia Florida Railnet line,
Dougherty County..........................
2826 CA Construct grade separation on State Street $2,000,000
and Cajon Boulevard along BNSF tracks in
San Bernardino............................
2827 WA Construct SR 9 Pedestrian Overpass in $800,000
Arlington.................................
2828 CA Implement streetscape improvements along $100,000
Wilbur Avenue to enhance traffic and
pedestrian safety.........................
2829 MD I95, I495, MD5 Branch Avenue Metro Access.. $4,000,000
2830 TN Improving Vehicle Efficiencies at At-Grade $57,000
highway-Railroad Crossing in Loudon, TN...
2831 MO I-470, I-435 & Rt 71 Completion of $3,000,000
Interstate realignment....................
2832 PA Ridge Avenue Revitalization project in $1,000,000
conjunction with Roxborough Dev. Corp. for
scenic enhancements & pedestrian safety
improvements along a heavily traveled
thoroughfare..............................
2833 PA Corridor improvements for PA 72 from PA 283 $600,000
to PA Turnpike............................
2834 AR Construction of I-49, Highway 71: Highway $5,000,000
22 to Highway 71 near Jenny Lind..........
2835 CA Provide landscape enhancement of an $500,000
existing open culvert on Atherton Street,
Long Beach................................
2836 NY Rehabilitate Guy Lombardo Avenue and $1,000,000
construct drainage improvements and new
sidewalks and curb cuts in Freeport, NY...
2837 IA I 35 interchange improvements, Ankeny...... $4,500,000
2838 PA Improve Freemansburg Avenue and its $2,000,000
intersections at Route 33.................
2839 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting $400,000
on Route 551 from Route 130 to Chestnut
Street, Brooklawn.........................
2840 IL I-57 and I-294 Interchange................. $3,000,000
2841 FL New Kings Rd. Pedestrian Overpass & $1,000,000
Enhancements, Jacksonville................
2842 TX Grimes Co., TX Bridge Improvement Project.. $500,000
2843 CA Crenshaw Blvd. Rehabilitation, Maricopa St. $1,000,000
to Sepulveda Blvd., City of Torrance......
2844 VA Engineering and Right of Way for Interstate $1,500,000
73 in Roanoke County......................
2845 GA Johnson Ferry Road Glenridge Drive $2,000,000
Widening, Abernathy Road to Hammond Drive.
2846 GA Install walkways, bridges, lighting, $6,020,083
landscaping in Water Works Park and south
along river through Ocmulgee Monument and
Central City Park.........................
2847 OH Intersection improvements and related road $612,000
improvements in the City of Chardon, OH...
2848 WV Construct Coalfields Expressway............ $7,200,000
2849 CA Improve pedestrian and biking trails within $1,000,000
East Bay Regional Park District, Contra
Costa County..............................
2850 MA Berkshire County Bike Paths, Design & $5,000,000
Construction..............................
2851 MI Ogemaw County, Overlay of Fairview Road to $369,600
improve network of all-season truck routes
2852 VA Old Mill Road Extension.................... $1,000,000
2853 PA Construct Campbelltown Connector, Lebanon $2,000,000
County....................................
2854 NJ Construct Rt 40 Reconstruction from Rt 77 $3,000,000
to Elmer Lake, Elmer, Salem County........
2855 OH Design and Construct Riverwalk and adjacent $1,500,000
facilities, Warren, Trumbull Co...........
2856 CA Realign SR 4 within the City of Oakley..... $2,000,000
2857 IL Construct recreational trail from Spring $400,000
Creek Forest Preserve to Greene Valley
Forest Preserve in DuPage County, IL......
2858 MN Construct trail link between Bruce Vento $1,500,000
Regional Trail and Mississippi River
Corridor in St. Paul......................
2859 FL Construct Interstate-4/ Crosstown Connector $1,000,000
2860 UT Add lights to road from Halchita to Mexican $200,000
Hat on Navajo Mountain....................
2861 CA Construct off ramp at Interstate 8/Imperial $3,000,000
Avenue Interchange, El Centro.............
2862 VA Cranesnest Trail--construction of hiking, $650,000
biking, horse trail from Route 83 to
Cranesnest Campground.....................
2863 NC Durham and Chatham Counties, NC Completion $2,000,000
of American Tobacco Trail.................
2864 TX Austin to Manor Rail Trail, Texas.......... $2,000,000
2865 PA Eliminate existing rail line in Indian, PA $4,000,000
to eliminate 37 at grade crossings and
reconstruct the line outside the town from
Glenn Lock to Middletown..................
2866 MN Extend Cuyuna Range and Great River Road $400,000
Trails, Aitkin............................
2867 NY Conduct planning, engineering, and eventual $500,000
construction of Rte. 5 in City of Oneida,
from Seneca St. to county line............
2868 NY Great Neck Road Traffic Calming Project.... $400,000
2869 NJ Design and construct new streetscape $1,000,000
through Irvington Center..................
2870 IL Construct connector road between $6,000,000
Collinsville Rd to IL3/North 1st St, St.
Clair County..............................
2871 NJ Carteret, NJ Ferry Service Terminal........ $2,100,000
2872 AL Construct I10-US231 Connector from Dothan, $2,000,000
AL to Florida.............................
2873 OH Bicycle Paths for the Magic Mile in $800,000
Willougby, OH.............................
2874 NC Construct Interstate 73 74 in Montgomery $18,000,000
County and Richmond County, North Carolina
2875 NY Construct Phase II I-90 Connector ITS $6,000,000
Laboratory in Rensselaer County...........
2876 NC Design and construct Airport Area Roadway $2,800,000
Network...................................
2877 WA Engineering and Construction of the $1,000,000
Centennial Trail in Snohomish.............
2878 OR I-5 Beltline Interchange................... $20,000,000
2879 IL Extension North from Rt. 30 to Wheeler Road $4,760,000
and Galena Boulevard extension west of Rt.
47 in Sugar Grove, IL.....................
2880 NY Newburgh, Improve East End Roads........... $1,863,500
2881 ME Construction of the Kennebec River Rail $400,000
Trail.....................................
2882 CA Construct Bristol Street multi-modal $3,000,000
corridor in Santa Ana.....................
2883 CA Construct pedestrian sidewalk enhancements $500,000
in Bellflower.............................
2884 KS Improvement and expansion for 2.7 miles of $14,500,000
K-18 in Geary County......................
2885 CA I-110/SR 47/Harbor Blvd. Interchange $5,000,000
Improvements, San Pedro...................
2886 MA Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Design and $2,000,000
construction of a Visitor Contact Station.
2887 AL Pedestrian Improvements for Pell City, AL.. $200,000
2888 WI Rehabilitate Highway 51 between CTH S and $2,000,000
USH 8 in Lincoln County...................
2889 OH Rehabilitate tunnel and bridge on National $700,000
Road Bikeway in St. Clairsville...........
2890 MD Pennington Ave Drawbridge, Baltimore....... $1,000,000
2891 MA Rehabilitation and paving of Parker River $250,000
Road......................................
2892 MN Reconstruct CSAH 17 between Itasca CR 341 $3,200,000
and the Scenic State Park entrance to
improve safety and structural integrity...
2893 OH Grading, paving, roads for the transfer of $5,000,000
rail to truck for the intermodal facility
at Rickenbacker Airport...................
2894 PA Relocation of PA 52 at Longwood Gardens.... $1,000,000
2895 TX Construct Interstate 35 improvements in $1,000,000
Buda......................................
2896 TN improve streetscape and signage, McMinn $300,000
County, TN................................
2897 OR Culvert Replacement, Sweet Home............ $130,000
2898 AL AL 5 Widening in Bibb County............... $3,000,000
2899 CO Design and build a multimodal corridor on $5,000,000
US 36.....................................
2900 WA Development of highway-rail crossings in $1,000,000
Spokane County, WA and Kootenai County, ID
2901 OH Acquire right of way land along US 24, $1,000,000
Lucas County..............................
2902 IL Improve Streets, Westchester............... $150,000
2903 NY Enhance road and transportation facilities $3,000,000
in the vicinity of W. 65th St and
Broadway, New York City...................
2904 TN Construction of Knob Creek Road in $500,000
Washington County, Tennessee..............
2905 TN improve streetscape and pavement repair, $300,000
Loudon County, TN.........................
2906 CA Improvement of intersection at Inglewood $3,600,000
Ave and Marine Ave to reduce congestion...
2907 HI Interstate Route H1 rehabilitation, $7,430,000
Kaahumanu Street to Kaimakani Street......
2908 ID Construct Interchange on I-84 at Ten Mile $2,000,000
Rd, Meridian, Idaho.......................
2909 NJ Pedestrian facilities and street lighting $347,120
on Haddon Avenue from Voorhees Township
Line to Bate Avenue, Berlin Township......
2910 WA 267th Street NW Pedestrian Path in Stanwood $400,000
2911 KY Replace US 68 and US 150 Bridge over $750,000
Chaplin River, Perryville.................
2912 UT Geveva Rd-Provo Center Street, Orem 1600 $7,500,000
North to I-15 FWY, Provo-widen from 2 to 4
lanes.....................................
2913 IL Construction of a new roadway and grade $7,000,000
separation of the UP West Line east of
Elburn....................................
2914 VA Haymarket, VA. Washington Street $500,000
improvements..............................
2915 NJ Improvements to implement the Readington $500,000
Tewksbury Transportation Improvement
District..................................
2916 IL Allow IDOT to proceed with engineering and $1,750,000
construction of Airport-Lockport Rd and
Illinois Route 126 interchanges on I-55...
2917 AR Caraway Bridge Overpass.................... $7,000,000
2918 OH Construction of an Intermodal Facility at $500,000
University Circle in the City of Cleveland
2919 PA Jeannette Truck Route...................... $500,000
2920 MD MD45, Cavan to Ridgley Roads............... $5,520,000
2921 MD MD 30 Hampstead Bypass..................... $1,000,000
2922 MI Monroe Area Highway-Railway Crossing $6,400,000
Improvements, City of Monroe..............
2923 OH Obtain right-of-way and construct the $2,000,000
161,37 widening project in Franklin and
Licking Counties, Ohio....................
2924 CT Enfield, Connecticut Make improvements to $1,910,000
South Maple Street Bridge.................
2925 NY Conduct studies, if necessary, and $2,000,000
construct infrastructure projects for
Governor's Island.........................
2926 NY Harlem River Park and Bikeway.............. $1,000,000
2927 CT Make Improvements to Plainfield Cemetary $300,000
Road......................................
2928 SC Construct grade separation and interchange $1,000,000
improvements at U.S. 521, Lancaster County
2929 NJ Replacement of the Magnolia Avenue Bridge $1,000,000
over Route 1 & 9..........................
2930 IL Resurfacing and restriping Euclid Ave $300,000
between Walnut Ave and Douglas Ave in
Arlington Heights.........................
2931 MI Resurfacing of Frazho Road in Roseville.... $1,280,000
2932 CA Construct 213th Street pedestrian bridge to $1,000,000
provide safe passage for pedestrians and
wheelchairs, Carson.......................
2933 MO Conduct impact studies for Missouri River $5,000,000
Bridge siting in Kansas City, MO..........
2934 CA Construction of Lenwood Road Grade $1,500,000
Separation in Barstow, CA.................
2935 PA Improvements to Frankford Avenue from $1,250,000
Cottman Avenue to Harbison Avenue.........
2936 IN Revelop Hazeldell Road, Hamilton County, $500,000
Indiana...................................
2937 AK Road Improvements and upgrades to service $5,000,000
road areas and miscellaneous projects
within Northstar Borough..................
2938 OH Rehabilitation or replacement of highway- $610,000
rail grade separations along the West
Central Ohio Port Authority route in
Champaign and Clark Counties..............
2939 MI Otsego County, Resurfacing and widening of $368,000
Parmater Rd...............................
2940 WA Realign West Main Street through Kelso..... $2,000,000
2941 TN Reconstruct State Route 109 from I-40 in $1,000,000
Wilson County to Portland in Sumner County
2942 PA Redesigning the intersection of US322/High $1,000,000
Street and Rosedale Ave...................
2943 DE Replacement of the Indian River Inlet $4,000,000
Bridge, Sussex County Delaware............
2944 FL Construct link from I-95 to I-10 through $3,000,000
Clay County with terminus points SR23 to
CAR739B...................................
2945 MN Construct ramps and new bridge over $900,000
Interstate 35 at CSAH 17, and reconstruct
CSAH 17 from west County Line to CSAH 30,
Chisago County............................
2946 CT Conduct multi-modal study of Route 8 $1,000,000
corridor between Beacon Falls-Seymour town
line and exit 40..........................
2947 AR Hwy 65 improvements in Van Buren County, $1,200,000
including construction of passing lanes,
bridge improvements, intersection
improvements and other roadway
improvements..............................
2948 AZ Construct sidewalks along White Spar Road-- $500,000
Prescott, AZ..............................
2949 NY Construction of Pedestrian and Bike Trail $500,000
campus access & improvements, St.
Bonaventure, NY...........................
2950 NY Eastern Laurelton Area Improvements, $8,600,000
Queens, New York..........................
2951 NY Bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements, $1,200,000
Main Street, Riverhead....................
2952 AL Construct County Road 83 corridor from $10,000,000
Foley Beach Express to I-10...............
2953 PA Design and construct improvements to PA 465 $3,870,500
from Walnut Bottom Rd. to PA 641 and at I
81 Exit 44................................
2954 IL Reconstruct and Widen Route 60 Bridge over $8,000,000
I-94 in Lake Forest.......................
2955 VA Improve Downtown Staunton, Virginia, $1,500,000
Streetscape...............................
2956 PA Route 322 Halls Run Upgrades from the $1,700,000
intersection of Horsecreek Road to
Mapleshade Road--Venango County...........
2957 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $2,500,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Wilkes-Barre...........................
2958 IN SR56 Reconstruction, Aurora, Indiana....... $5,120,000
2959 MI Study and implement transportation system $4,000,000
alternatives in the vicinity of US31/M46..
2960 MA Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation........... $2,500,000
2961 IL For Village of Bolingbrook to construct $500,000
Remington Blvd. extension.................
2962 AZ Construction of Rio Salado Pedestrian $3,000,000
Bridge in Tempe, AZ.......................
2963 MI Study to determine replacement options for $4,000,000
obsolete and structurally deteriorating
bridge (Trenton-Grosse Ile Bridge)
including approach roadways, Charter
County of Wayne...........................
2964 PA Mount Joy Bridge Replacement on Route 230.. $250,000
2965 CA Modifies 9 traffic signals between Willow $300,000
Road and Middlefield Road and Hamilton
Avenue, Menlo Park........................
2966 OH Summit County Engineer Reconstruct Access $500,000
Roads to Cuyahoga Valley National Park....
2967 OR To study the feasibility of widening Hwy 26 $1,000,000
from the Hwy 217 interchange to the
Cornelius Pass exit.......................
2968 GA Athens-Clarke County Greenway Enhancement $2,320,000
Project...................................
2969 WA Improve Wahkiakum County Ferry landing..... $200,000
2970 IL Irving Park Bridge over the Chicago River.. $4,000,000
2971 MI Design, right-of-way and construction of $2,200,000
passing relief lanes and improvements
necessary on M-55, between M-37 and M-115.
2972 NE Design, right-of-way and construction of $3,000,000
South and West Beltway in Lincoln,
Nebraska..................................
2973 TX Tower 55 CMAQ Congestion and Preliminary $2,000,000
Engineering Study.........................
2974 NY Town of Chester Lake, Hill Farms $150,000
subdivision road improvements.............
2975 MN Improvements on TH 169 east and west of $2,216,000
East Two Rivers Crossing and TH 135 from
Enterprise Drive to TH 169................
2976 IN Reconstruct Standard Avenue, Whiting....... $1,300,000
2977 TX Barron Rd. Interchange at SH6 (Earl Rudder $3,000,000
Freeway) College Station..................
2978 CA Develop conceptual master plan to improve $215,000
the efficiency of transportation
facilities, Covina........................
2979 PA Transportation enhancements along the $1,000,000
Delaware Canal between Yardley, PA and
Bristol, PA...............................
2980 VA Upgrade DOT crossing #467661K to constant $171,700
warning time devices......................
2981 UT Add lighting on Highway 262 on the Navajo $175,000
Nation in Aneth...........................
2982 VA Chestnut Mountain Road--feasibility study, $500,000
design and construction start for road
improvement on National Forest lands......
2983 MI Construction of roads and trails Humbug $1,100,000
Marsh Unit Linked Greenways System,
Detroit International Wildlife Refuge.....
2984 TX Construct access road connecting Port of $3,120,000
Beaumont property on east bank of Neches
River to I-10 access road east of the
Neches River..............................
2985 AR Develop U.S. Highway 71 (I-49) to $3,160,000
Interstate standards on new location
between Mena, AR and LA state line........
2986 SC Lexington County, widen US 1 and SC 6, and $2,000,000
improve US 1, SC 6, and US 378............
2987 IL Midlothian Road Signalization, Lake Zurich. $600,000
2988 VA Glen Alton--design and construction of $1,000,000
recreation trails, access and visitor
information center........................
2989 MI Expansion of Cass Avenue in Clinton $9,194,000
Township..................................
2990 CO Bromley Lane and US 85 interchange $1,000,000
feasibility study and construction of
needed improvements.......................
2991 MD Constructing Chestertown Trail, $300,000
Chestertown, MD...........................
2992 IL Eastern Peoria Bypass...................... $3,000,000
2993 VA Conduct planning and engineering for Mayo $2,000,000
Bridge in Richmond........................
2994 NY Elevation of road and construction of $620,000
drainage improvements on Sequams Lane
Center and Sequams Lane West in the Town
of Islip, NY..............................
2995 NM Improvements to San Juan County Road 7950.. $1,000,000
2996 WA 116th St/Interstate 5 Interchange $1,000,000
Reconstruction in Marysville..............
2997 SC Construction of public roads at the $5,000,000
International Center for Automotive
Research and reconstruction of Fairforest
Way in Greenville, South Carolina.........
2998 PA Provide 4 through-lanes on PA100 by $5,000,000
constructing two thru lanes to the east of
Ludwigs Corner............................
2999 PA Completion of construction of final 2 ramps $2,000,000
of I-79 interchange with Parkway West;
widening of 1 mile of Parkway West leading
to ramps..................................
3000 CA Diamond Bar, CA Grand Avenue Rehabilitation $1,600,000
3001 NY Reconfigure intersection of Ridge Street $725,000
and Hallocks Mill Road & install new
traffic signal............................
3002 WA Guard Street Reconstruction Project in $800,000
Friday Harbor.............................
3003 CO Roadway widening and interchange rebuilding $4,000,000
on I-225 from I-70 to Parker Road.........
3004 PA Roosevelt Boulevard improvements by the $2,500,000
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
3005 MN Construct Paul Bunyan Trail Walker to $700,000
Bemidji Segment...........................
3006 HI Upgrades to Farrington Highway............. $1,000,000
3007 KY US 41A Phase II Design and Right of Way.... $3,000,000
3008 NM US 54 Corona, Tularosa, and Vaughn Bridges $1,000,000
Replacement and Rehabilitation............
3009 OH Construction of access road along east side $1,000,000
of SR 8 in Summit County, OH..............
3010 TX US281 from Brooks County Line to FM 3066, $2,000,000
Brooks County.............................
3011 FL Construction of an interchange at Florida's $5,538,959
Turnpike & Stirling Rd. in Broward County.
3012 NY Construction of the City of Watertown $2,500,000
Streetscape Enhancement Project...........
3013 IL Install countdown devices on pedestrian $500,000
crossing signals on US Routes 12/20 and 50
in Oak Lawn...............................
3014 NY Install Improvements for Pedestrian Safety $250,000
in the vicinity of St. Roberts Bellarmine.
3015 NY Rebuild Queens Plaza, a 250-foot wide $8,000,000
roadway on the eastern end of the
Queensborough Bridge......................
3016 PA Upgrade circuit for gates and lights at $275,000
Seventh Street in Emmaus, PA USDOT
crossing number 592401H to constant
warning time devices......................
3017 UT SR-158 Improvements, Pine View Dam, Weber $1,100,000
County, Utah..............................
3018 CA Valley Boulevard Capacity Improvement $2,000,000
between 710 Freeway and Marguerita Avenue,
Alhambra..................................
3019 IL Offramp and overpass from I-57 outside of $5,000,000
Marion and necessary connector roads......
3020 AK Construction of and improvements to roads $3,000,000
at Alaska Pacific University..............
3021 SC Upgrade of the I-95/SC 327 Interchange near $7,500,000
Florence..................................
3022 CA Valley View/Stage Grade Separation Project, $900,000
La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs, California
3023 OR Renewal of Wooden Bridge West of Albany.... $8,000,000
3024 MI Northville, Taft Road from 8 Mile North to $500,000
city limits...............................
3025 NY Village of Pawling Rehabilitation of $100,000
Grandview Ave from Lakeside to end........
3026 SD Regrade and resurface BIA Route #5 south of $1,500,000
Dupree on the Cheyenne River Reservation..
3027 FL Church Street Improvements, Orlando........ $13,000,000
3028 MI Walled Lake, Widen Maple Road, west of $125,000
Decker to Welch...........................
3029 AR Washington County, Arkansas--replace and $800,000
rebuild Tilly Willy Bridge................
3030 AR Russellville Intermodal Facility construct $2,000,000
access roads from AR Hwy 247, purchase
Right-of-Way..............................
3031 TX Construct IH 30 Monty Stratton Parkway $1,000,000
Interchange in Greenville, TX.............
3032 PA Design and Construction of Portzer Road $2,000,000
Connector, Bucks County...................
3033 IL For Plainfield Township Park District to $100,000
construct DuPage River Bike & Pedestrian
Trail linking Grand Illinois, Midewin, &
I&M Canal Trails..........................
3034 TX Pedestrian Path and Sidewalk Improvements $500,000
along US 83 in Rio Grande City............
3035 MS Upgrade roads at Tougaloo College.......... $500,000
3036 IL Washington Street Widening, Gurnee......... $3,360,000
3037 LA Belle Chasse Tunnel........................ $500,000
3038 FL Implement Busch Boulevard corridor $2,500,000
improvements to improve safety in Tampa...
3039 MI Construction of Pittsfield Greenways $201,000
Bridge--nonmotorized bridge enhancement
onto existing Bemis Road Bridge,
Pittsfield Charter Township...............
3040 NC North Carolina. Repair and improve safety $8,000,000
features on US Hwy 19 from Maggie Valley
to Cherokee...............................
3041 NC Northern Loop Project, City of Wilson...... $1,000,000
3042 OR Weaver Road Extension and Bridge Project, $17,500,000
Douglas County............................
3043 MI Complete 58 miles of White Pine Trail from $1,500,000
Grand Rapids to Cadillac..................
3044 NY Elmira Congestion Mitigation............... $2,000,000
3045 IL Improve Roads and Bridges, Cicero.......... $1,500,000
3046 MI John-Daly Road Reconstruction--2.5 miles $2,500,000
from northern city limit to southern city
limit, Inkster............................
3047 UT Construct pedestrian safety project on the $325,000
Navajo Nation in Montezuma Creek..........
3048 MD Construct MD5, Hughesville Bypass.......... $10,000,000
3049 OH Repair & Construct Rock Spring Bridge, $500,000
Portage County............................
3050 RI Replace I-195 Washington Bridge Eastbound.. $2,000,000
3051 UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access $4,000,000
Road Improvements, Box Elder County, UT...
3052 MA Reconstruction of Union St. and Rt. 138W, $1,720,000
Holbrook..................................
3053 MI Replacement of the interchange at 44th $9,000,000
Street and U.S. 131 in Grand Rapids.......
3054 OH Construct interchange improvements at SR 46 $1,000,000
and 82 in Howland Township, Trumbull Co...
3055 GA Widen and construct US 84 Connector Bypass $2,000,000
from west of US 84 SR 119 west of
Hinesville to US 84 SR 196 south of
Flemington, Liberty County, Georgia.......
3056 IL Project is a stand-alone roadway $1,000,000
improvement consisting of the complete
reconstruction of the roadway, The Village
of Forest Park............................
3057 MI Jackson Freeway Modernization Project. I-94 $15,000,000
Modernization Project from Michigan State
Route 60 [M60] easterly to Sargent Road...
3058 VA Smart Travel and Traffic Management Systems $300,000
in Salem and Staunton District, Virginia..
3059 OH Construct Great Miami River Multi-Use $1,270,000
Trail, Miami County, Ohio.................
3060 DC Rock Creek Recreational Trail study to $1,000,000
assess feasibility of constructing
recreation trail..........................
3061 MI Study road runoff in Little Black Creek $400,000
between U.S. 31 and Seaway Drive..........
3062 CA Conducts environmental review of proposed $500,000
improvements related to the connection of
Dumbarton Bridge to Highway 101...........
3063 NY Construction of and improvements to Union $1,000,000
Road in West Seneca.......................
3064 WI Upgrade I43 between State Highway 140 and $3,000,000
East County Line in Rock County, Wisconsin
3065 NJ Separation of the intersection of 13th $555,000
Street and the Lehigh Rail Line through
bridge or tunnel in Manville, NJ..........
3066 CA Construct parking facility and improve $377,500
access to Imperial Valley Expo............
3067 CA Develop bicycle paths and pedestrian access $300,000
to Third Avenue, Chula Vista..............
3068 IL Upgrade County Highways 18 and 22 in $2,000,000
conjunction with state I-57 interchange
plan north of Mattoon.....................
3069 CA Widen & Reconfigure Sepulveda & Culver $2,740,000
Boulevards, Culver City...................
3070 OH Construct interchange or other appropriate $6,935,000
access on IR 70 west of existing mall road
exit in Belmont County....................
3071 AZ Widen and expand the existing roadway and $4,000,000
railroad overpass in the Houghton Road
Corridor..................................
3072 OK Construction of Duncan Bypass Grade $3,000,000
Separation................................
3073 SC Pine Needles Widening & Bridge Replacement. $3,000,000
3074 CA Olsen Road widening and roadway improvments $2,000,000
in Simi Valley, California................
3075 GA Streetscape project to upgrade sidewalks, $500,000
lighting and streets, Jeffersonville......
3076 NY Implement Diamond Grinding Measures on I- $700,000
95, I-278, Mosholu Parkway, I-495, Grand
Central Parkway, and Richmond Parkway.....
3077 MD Upgrade Conduit System for Traffic Signal $1,300,000
Systems, Street Lighting, and Traffic-
related Video Cameras for Baltimore.......
3078 WA 5th Street/US 2 Signalization Improvements $100,000
in Sultan.................................
3079 WI Implementation of recommendations contained $600,000
in 2005 Safe Routes to School in Superior
plan......................................
3080 LA Widen and improve LaPlaco Boulevard from $4,000,000
Bayou Segnette to US90, Jefferson Parish..
3081 NY Realign Kirk Lake Drive in Carmel.......... $110,000
3082 NY Town of Somers road reconstruction......... $500,000
3083 OH Upgrade grade crossing safety devices in $952,000
Elyria and North Ridgeville...............
3084 MS Widen and improve Martin Bluff Road, $3,000,000
Gautier...................................
3085 CA Widen and reconstruct Washington Blvd from $3,000,000
westerly city boundary at Vernon to I-5
Fwy at Telegraph Rd in Commerce...........
3086 CA San Diego, CA Interstate 5, Sorrento Valley $2,000,000
Road and Genesee Avenue Interchange
Project...................................
3087 OR Widen I-5 between Portland, Oregon and $4,750,000
Vancouver, Washington.....................
3088 LA North-South Corridor from Houma/Thibodaux $5,000,000
to I-10...................................
3089 GA Warren County I-20 Frontage Road........... $3,000,000
3090 KY Widen KY 11 from US 460 to the Mt. Sterling $2,500,000
Bypass, Montgomery County.................
3091 OH Traffic and safety improvements to county $1,070,000
roadways in Geauga County, OH.............
3092 CA Develop bicycle paths and public park space $5,000,000
adjacent to the New River, Calexico.......
3093 TN Constructiion of the Foothills Parkway in $7,500,000
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park...
3094 PA Improvements to Torresdale Avenue from $1,250,000
Harbison Avenue to Cottman Avenue.........
3095 GA Butner Road and Stonewall Tell Road, Fulton $1,000,000
County....................................
3096 OH Construction of highway-rail grade $1,250,000
separations at intersections in Lima to
improve motorist and pedestrian safety....
3097 OR Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence............. $4,250,000
3098 CA Construct Cypress Avenue over-pass to $3,000,000
separate Interstate 10 and Union Pacific
Railroad tracks in Fontana................
3099 CA Modify and reconfigure Kanan Road $5,000,000
interchange along US101 in Agoura Hills...
3100 OH Upgrade and widen intersection for SR 14 in $1,000,000
Washingtonville...........................
3101 NM Upgrade NM 434 from Mora north to Black $1,500,000
Lake......................................
3102 NJ Upgrade of Turnpike/Route 440 Interchange $4,000,000
in Bayonne................................
3103 LA Widen LA 18 from Northrup Grumman/Avondale $2,500,000
Shipyards to US 90, Jefferson Parish......
3104 PA Widen PA 896 between Strasburg Borough and $1,000,000
US 30.....................................
3105 MI Eliminate major roadway on Cleary $500,000
University campus and establish a new
roadway...................................
3106 PA Reconstruction of 11 mile segment of the $500,000
Lower Trail between Williamsport and Mt
Edna, Blair County, Pa....................
3107 KY Construction of interchange connecting $1,000,000
US31W to I65 at mile marker 32 in Warren
County....................................
3108 AS Drainage mitigation for Pago Pago village $1,000,000
roads.....................................
3109 NC Install Sugar Creek Grade Separation....... $3,000,000
3110 LA Improvements to LA46 in St. Bernard Parish. $400,000
3111 IN Construct Hoham Drive Extension in $500,000
Plymouth, Indiana.........................
3112 OR Construct turn lane on Gateway Boulevard, $90,000
Cottage Grove.............................
3113 TN Replace Unitia Bridge in Loudon County, TN. $900,000
3114 VA Replacement of Robertson Bridge in Danville $5,450,000
3115 MA Public Improvements to Springfield Symphony $300,000
Hall......................................
3116 NY Realign Union Valley Road in Town of Carmel $550,000
3117 NY Village of Pawling Improvements to $125,000
Reservoir Road from State Rt 22 to
Prospect St...............................
3118 MS Build connector between SR 609 and State $3,000,000
Highway 15 near I-10, Jackson and Harrison
Counties..................................
3119 CO I-70 West Mountain Corridor, Denver to $4,000,000
Garfield County...........................
3120 CA Completion of Interstate 5 and Interstate 8 $6,000,000
Connectors, San Diego.....................
3121 FL Construct US 1 interchange at CR 210, St. $6,600,000
Johns County, Florida.....................
3122 OH Construct roadway improvement project along $250,000
State Routes 37 and 78 through Fairfield,
Perry, Morgan, Noble, Monroe Counties.....
3123 IL Construct I-57 Bridge Overpass, City of $600,000
Markham...................................
3124 NJ Design, plan and build a permanent $500,000
pedestrian/bicycle path along the banks of
the Elizabeth River.......................
3125 NJ Improve the US Interstate 78 Interchange at $1,000,000
exit 15 in Franklin Township, Union
Township, and Town of Clinton.............
3126 CA Reconstruct Rosecrans Av. and construct bus $400,000
pads from Garfield Av. to Century Bl. in
Paramount.................................
3127 TN Bristol, Tennessee highway-RR crossing $100,000
grade improvement--USDOT#731120J..........
3128 CO Glenwood Springs South Bridge (new, off- $6,500,000
system bridge)............................
3129 NJ Improvements of Newark and First Streets in $300,000
Hoboken...................................
3130 OH Construct I-70 interchange at Burnett Road, $1,250,000
Springfield...............................
3131 MN Construction of Gitchi-Gami State Trail $1,500,000
from Silver Bay to Tettegouche State Park.
3132 CA Improvements/Widening of SR 99 from Goshen $6,200,000
to Kingsburg in Tulare County, California.
3133 CA Design and implement Harbor Boulevard ITS $1,000,000
in Garden Grove...........................
3134 WI Complete the Glacial Drumlin Trail, from $300,000
Madison to Waukesha.......................
3135 PA Design and construct turn lanes, signal $580,000
upgrades and improvements at PA 34 and 174
intersection..............................
3136 PA Design, engineering, ROW acquisition & $200,000
construction of streetscaping
enhancements, paving, lighting, safety
improvements, parking & roadway redesign
in Wright Township, Luzerne County........
3137 PA I-70-I-79 South Interchange Redesign and $2,000,000
Upgrade...................................
3138 PA Chicora, PA Butler County, PA Rail Bridge $1,200,000
Replacement Project.......................
3139 CA Improve Access Road to Beale Air Force Base $3,750,000
(Smartville Road).........................
3140 CA Interstate 215, Los Alamos Road Interchange $2,000,000
Project...................................
3141 NE Missouri River Bridges between US-34, I-29 $4,200,000
in Iowa and US-75 in Nebraska.............
3142 AL Huntsville Southern Bypass planning and $3,000,000
engineering...............................
3143 MO Redesign and reconstruct I-170 interchange $400,000
at Ladue Rd...............................
3144 NY Construct Interstate 87 Exit 3 Airport $3,000,000
Connector in Albany.......................
3145 CA Citywide traffic signal upgrades requiring $500,000
the installation of hardware and software
at 9 major intersections, Palo Alto.......
3146 OH Construct replacement of Morgan Township $3,300,000
Road 209 between SR 60 and SR 78 in Morgan
County....................................
3147 GU Construct Route 3A Extension, Municipality $3,000,000
of Yigo...................................
3148 NY Construct the Setauket/Port Jefferson $5,000,000
Greenway Trail Project....................
3149 AR Develop a railroad overpass connecting U.S. $2,640,000
Highway 67 and U.S. Highway 371 in
Prescott..................................
3150 FL Construct SR 312 Extension Bypass, St. $5,300,000
Johns County, Florida.....................
3151 GA Construct Welcome Center, and pedestrian $500,000
trail, Abbeville..........................
3152 VA Improve Erickson Avenue and Stone Spring $750,000
Road connection...........................
3153 TX Reconstruct Loop 12 IH 35E and SH 183 west $5,000,000
extension to MacArthur, Irving, Texas.....
3154 OR Completion of the first of three phases of $4,800,000
trails in the Regional Trails Program.....
3155 MN Construct bridge for Paul Bunyan Trail over $1,500,000
Excelsior Road, Baxter....................
3156 KY Reconstruct US-127 at the US-127 and US-127 $600,000
North Bypass, Mercer County...............
3157 CA Rehabilitate street surface of Addison St. $47,000
between Kester Ave. and Lemona Ave........
3158 IL City of Springfield, IL for improvements to $952,572
Cockrell Lane.............................
3159 OH Repair/Construct Mill Street Bridge, Akron. $1,800,000
3160 MI Resurface Caseville Road in Huron County... $192,000
3161 PA River Trail and Esplanade Development at $750,000
the Southside Riverfront Park.............
3162 IL Construct access roads to National Great $1,400,000
Rivers Research Center....................
3163 IL Construct Roadway from Mississippi River $1,750,000
Barge Dock to IL Rt 3-IL Rt 157, Cahokia..
3164 PA Context Sensitive Design Elements for the $1,000,000
Market Street Bridge, Lycoming County, PA.
3165 NY Implement Pedestrian Safety Improvements on $500,000
Queens Boulevard..........................
3166 NV Design and construct interchange on I-15 $1,000,000
from mile post 117.5 to mile post 118.5 in
Mesquite..................................
3167 CA Construct grade separations at Washington $500,000
Ave & UPRR crossing east and Washington
Ave & La Cadena Drive in Colton...........
3168 MD Intercounty Connector...................... $6,000,000
3169 MA Charlemont Bridge, Route 2, Charlemont..... $4,800,000
3170 MN CSAH 47 rehabilitation from 165th Ave to TH $440,000
25, Morrison County.......................
3171 MS Improve Old Augusta Road and construct $3,500,000
Kaiser Road, Perry County.................
3172 PA Reconstruction of US30 from PA10 to $5,000,000
Business US30 including travel lanes,
shoulders, etc............................
3173 NY Route 78 (Transit Road), Genesee Street to $3,000,000
Main Street, Towns of Amherst, Cheektowaga
and Clarence in Erie County...............
3174 NY Southtowns Connector--Construct $10,000,000
improvements to NY Route 5 from Coast
Guard Base to Ohio Street, including
Fuhrmann Boulevard........................
3175 CA SR 91 I 605 Needs Assessment Study, $16,000
Whittier, CA..............................
3176 GA SR70/Fulton Industrial Boulevard widening $1,500,000
from Camp Creek Parkway to the SCL RR,
Fulton County.............................
3177 MO Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri Rt. 61 bridge $1,500,000
replacement over Establishment Creek......
3178 MN Construction of intersection at County Road $1,000,000
5 and TH13 in City of Burnsville..........
3179 GA SR 307 overpass over Georgia Port Authority $4,000,000
rail line, Savannah.......................
3180 MO Study railroad reconfiguration to eliminate $1,000,000
highway crossings in and around
Springfield, MO...........................
3181 NC Construct relocated NC 16 in Lincoln and $1,000,000
Catawba Counties, NC......................
3182 IL Construction of highway approaches to the $1,600,000
Sullivan Road bridge in Aurora, IL........
3183 IL Engineering and construction of 15.1 mile $1,000,000
Alliance trail between Lock 14 in LaSalle
and Lock 2 in Bureau Junction.............
3184 CA Construct parking facility and improve $1,000,000
museum pedestrian access from trolley
station, San Diego........................
3185 PA Relocation and upgrade of Beaner Hallow Rd, $1,650,000
Beaver County, PA.........................
3186 MN TH36-Stillwater Bridge; Acquisition of ROW. $5,000,000
3187 IL To construct Veterans Memorial Drive $1,000,000
Extension. Will link Mt. Vernon on the
east side of I-57 with incorporated area
lying west................................
3188 MN I-494 US169 Interchange Reconstruction, $5,000,000
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota..
3189 AL Jackson County Industrial Park Access Road, $1,000,000
Hollywood.................................
3190 FL 4 lane Archer Road from SW 62nd to SW 24th $3,000,000
Ave., Gainesville.........................
3191 AK Construct access road and a bridge crossing $3,000,000
the Naknek River terminus points in South
Naknek-King Salmon Highway................
3192 NY Route 303 Orangeburg Road and Route 340 and $1,000,000
Erie Street intersection..................
3193 MS Upgrade roads in Port Gibson (U.S. Hwy 61), $400,000
Claiborne County..........................
3194 GA Construct Horsestamp Road Interchange on I- $1,000,000
95 in Camden County, Georgia..............
3195 MO Upgrade Route 94 in St. Charles County from $11,000,000
East of Harvester road to West of Mid-
Rivers Drive..............................
3196 OH Upgrade Rt. 665 Bridge over I-71 and widen $5,000,000
I-71 between Rt. 665 and I-270 by one
lande in each direction in Grove City, OH.
3197 NY Village of Highland Falls repaving and $75,000
sidewalk construction of Berry Hill Road..
3198 PA Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, four $2,000,000
lane limited access facility connecting
State Road 119 to the Pennsylvania
Turnpike (Sony Connector).................
3199 NJ Edison National Historic Site Traffic $240,000
Improvement Project to improve traffic
flow and promote safety...................
3200 IL Construction of Eldamain Road over the Fox $2,500,000
River.....................................
3201 CA Construction of a traffic signal at the $125,000
intersection of Oso Ave. and Vanowen St...
3202 OR Reroute U.S. 97 at Redmond, OR and improve $5,000,000
the intersection fo U.S. 97 and Oregon 126
3203 CA Widen & realign Cherry Avenue from 19th $3,000,000
Street to one block south of Pacific Coast
Highway, Signal Hill......................
3204 AR Ft. Smith, Arkansas: Improvements to Jenny $6,000,000
Lind Rd. and Ingersoll Rd.................
3205 OH Widen Pearl Road in Strongsville........... $1,000,000
3206 CA Interstate 5 and State Route 78 Interchange $4,000,000
Improvements..............................
3207 OK Improvements to SH3 from Antlers to Broken $6,250,000
Bow.......................................
3208 KY Construct the Albany Bypass in Clinton $5,000,000
County....................................
3209 CA Highway 74 and Interstate 215 Interchange $1,000,000
Project...................................
3210 SC Improve intersection and corridor on US 278 $10,000,000
to improve safety. Poss build frontage
roads widen road & change traffic controls
3211 WA Port of Bellingham Transportation $2,500,000
Enhancement Projects......................
3212 OH Rehabilitation of SR 53 from Miami St to $1,000,000
North city limits including approaches to
the CSX railroad bridge, City of Tiffin...
3213 OH Upgrade U.S. Route 30 between State Route $10,090,000
235 and Upper Sandusky in Hancock and
Wyandot Counties..........................
3214 MN Main Street streetscape reconstruction, 2nd $1,900,000
Street from Ash Ave. to State Hwy 2, and
Grand Utley Ave from 2nd Street to 6th
Street N. across State Hwy 2, Cass Lake...
3215 NJ Warren County, NJ Route 57 and County Route $2,700,000
519 Intersection Improvements.............
3216 HI Widen Queen Kaahumanu Highway.............. $3,000,000
3217 CT Widen Route 34, Derby...................... $3,000,000
3218 IN Construction of County Road 17--Elkhart, IN $3,000,000
3219 PA Widen Route 666 in Forest County........... $1,000,000
3220 CA Upgrade Jepson Parkway at North and South $2,000,000
Gates of Travis Air Force Base and widen
Vanden Road segment, Solano County........
3221 CT Widen Route 67, Seymour.................... $1,000,000
3222 PR Widen Route 835 to provide ready access to $6,000,000
Guaynado and facilitate housing,
industrial, commercial, & recreational
development...............................
3223 CT Widen Canal Street, Shelton, CT............ $500,000
3224 NJ Construct CR 521-Ocean Drive & Middle $2,000,000
Thoroughfare Bridge Replacement, Cape May
County....................................
3225 OR I-205 widening, Clackamas County........... $2,000,000
3226 OK Construct interchange south of I-40 along $250,000
Indian Nation Turnpike near Henryetta.....
3227 MO Complete upgrade of U.S. 40-61 to $2,000,000
interstate status on two section, from I
70 to Lake St. Louis exit and Highway K to
Highway DD................................
3228 TX Abilene, TX, Dyess Air Force Base North $5,600,000
Entry Access Project with related
improvments...............................
3229 CA Construction and enhancements of trails in $1,000,000
the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area...........................
3230 KY Construct South Airfield Road, Boone $3,000,000
County, Kentucky..........................
3231 LA Construction of pedestrian and bike path $200,000
adjacent to Tammany Trace Rails-to-Trails
Corridor..................................
3232 NY Construction of pedestrian walkways in $100,000
Village of Northport......................
3233 NV Design and Construction of I-80 interchange $1,000,000
in Fernley................................
3234 OH Eastgate Area Improvements, I-275 & SR 32, $3,600,000
Clermont County...........................
3235 PA Pennsylvania Turnpike-Interstate 95 $4,000,000
Interchange Project, Bucks County, PA.....
3236 GA Commission a study & report regarding $400,000
construction & desgnation of a new
Interstate linking Augusta, Macon,
Columbus, Montgomery, & Natchez...........
3237 CT Construct Shoreline Greenway Trail, Madison $1,000,000
3238 NE New roads and overpasses to relieve $3,000,000
congestion and improve traffic flow--
Antelope Valley--Lincoln, NE..............
3239 CA Reconstruct Atlantic Av. and improve $3,250,000
drainage from Ardmore St. to Imperial Hwy.
in South Gate.............................
3240 SD Construct Railroad Underpass on Hwy 35 in $1,100,000
Pierre....................................
3241 AR I40-Highway 89 Interchange................. $3,000,000
3242 WA Kent, WA Willis Street UP Railroad Grade $500,000
Separation Project........................
3243 IL Replace Interstate 74 Bridge, Moline....... $4,000,000
3244 CA Implement SFgo Van Ness Corridor $5,000,000
Improvements..............................
3245 NC Battleground Avenue Rail to Trail Project, $1,000,000
Guilford County, NC.......................
3246 IL Construction of an Extension of Atkinson $6,000,000
Road to Intersect with IL 120 and IL 137..
3247 OH I-70, I-71 Split reconfiguration, Columbus. $5,000,000
3248 MI Delta County, CR 186 from M-35 at Brampton $240,000
to US2 and US41-bituminous overlay with
super elevation, correction, curb, and
gutter....................................
3249 TN Niota, TN Improving Vehicle Effiecies at At- $99,000
Grade highway-Railroad Crossings..........
3250 NY Construct access to the NYS Thruway-- $1,500,000
Montezuma National Wildlife Reserve.......
3251 MN Corridor design work, I-94 and Radio Drive, $500,000
Woodbury, MN..............................
3252 TN Develop trails, bike paths and recreational $250,000
facilities on Brady Mountain, Cumberland
County for Cumberland Trail State Park....
3253 WA Access Downtown Phase II: I-405 Downtown $11,500,000
Bellevue Circulation Improvements.........
3254 PA Reconstruct PA Route 274, at PA Route11/15, $1,000,000
Duncannon.................................
3255 PA Road and pedestrian improvements and $1,500,000
reallignment, through construction, in
York City NW Triangle.....................
3256 NY Rockland County highway railroad grade $1,750,000
crossing safety improvements..............
3257 OH Calm traffic on Greenfield St in City of $1,700,000
Tiffin and improve intersection of
Greenfield St with Routes 18 and 101......
3258 IA Construction of NW 26th St interchange on I $1,000,000
35, Polk Co...............................
3259 NY To conduct scoping studies along proposed $5,000,000
Northern Tier Expressway..................
3260 IL Undertake Traffic Mitigation and $2,000,000
Circulation Enhancements on 57th and Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago......................
3261 IL For the the construction of a highway on $1,250,000
new alignment to create a cross town route
across Godfrey............................
3262 MI Construct Industrial Park Service Road and $494,000
Caine Road Bridge Replacement. Village of
Millington, Tuscola County................
3263 TX Loop 281 Mobility and Safety Improvements, $1,680,000
Longview, TX..............................
3264 TX Upgrade Fulghum Road Bridge on I-45 in $3,100,000
Dallas County (TX) to provide safety and
access for expanded intermodal traffic....
3265 MN Edge of Wilderness Discovery Center, $471,000
Marcell...................................
3266 IN Construction of Star Hill Road, Clark $2,215,000
County, Indiana...........................
3267 TN Plan and construct a bicycle and pedestrian $400,000
trail, Shelbyville........................
3268 TX Construct Park Row bypass from Texas State $2,000,000
Highway 6 to the Eldridge Parkway in
Houston, TX...............................
3269 CA Implement Northwest San Fernando Valley $3,056,000
Road and Safety Improvements..............
3270 KY Construct two bridges across the Ohio River $14,000,000
from Louisville to southern Indiana.......
3271 ME Construction of the Gorham Village Bypass, $11,220,000
Gorham....................................
3272 OK Reconstruction of the I-40 Crosstown $14,000,000
Expressway from I-44 to I-35 in downtown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...................
3273 MD I-695, MD147 to I-695...................... $4,740,000
3274 SC Upgrade Hwy. 21 Bypass Grade Crossings..... $1,000,000
3275 MD Upgrade MD 175 in Anne Arundel County $1,000,000
between MD 170 and the Baltimore
Washington Parkway........................
3276 OK Construct and widen six lanes on Interstate $10,000,000
44 from the Arkansas River extending east
approximately 3.7 miles to Yale Avenue in
Tulsa, OK.................................
3277 OR North Bend Waterfront District Boardwalk $992,000
Construction..............................
3278 CT Make Improvements to North Stonington, CT $500,000
Westerly, R.I. Pawcatuck River Bridge.....
3279 VA Construct improvements at I-264 Witchduck $10,750,000
Road interchange in Virginia Beach........
3280 CA Construct Western Placerville Interchanges $3,000,000
on State Route 50.........................
3281 CT Construction of Housatonic River Walk, $1,000,000
Shelton, CT...............................
3282 NY NYS Route 5,8, 12 Interchange $1,000,000
reconstruction: Town of New Hartford......
3283 NY Implement Improvements for Pedestrian $1,000,000
Safety in Bronx County....................
3284 CA Improve West Adams Blvd Streetscape in West $200,000
Adams Historic District, Los Angeles......
3285 CA Improve access from I-8 and construct $1,000,000
parking lot for the Imperial Sand Dunes
Recreation Area Visitor's Center, Imperial
Valley....................................
3286 PA Construction of low-impact, spine roadway $10,000,000
serving the North Delaware Riverfront
corridor, City of Philadelphia............
3287 AL Construct interchange on I-59 between I-59 $3,000,000
and 49th Street in Fort Payne, AL.........
3288 FL Coordinated Regional Transportation Study $1,500,000
of US 98 from Pensacola Bay Bridge,
Escambia County, to Hathaway Bridge,
Walton County, Florida....................
3289 GA Leesburg North Bypass from US 19 to SR 195, $500,000
Lee County................................
3290 LA Peters Road improvements in Plaquemines $1,000,000
Parish....................................
3291 GA Upgrade sidewalks, lighting, landscaping $500,000
from Cherry Street to Hampton Street,
Industrial Park to Dooly Street, Montezuma
3292 NY Intermodal transportation facility just off $1,000,000
of the Bronx River Parkway's exit 6.......
3293 GA US 27 Reconstruction from Colquit to CR 279 $1,000,000
3294 TX Loop 180 (Project code 1190-01-035) in $1,000,000
Whitney, TX from FM 933/ FM 1713 to FM
933S of Whitney...........................
3295 IA US 30 widening, reconstruction in Story and $2,300,000
Marshall Counties, Iowa...................
3296 TX US 377 interchange construction (at B377 $1,500,000
and Hwy 144) Hood Co......................
3297 NY Construct and improve pedestrian $500,000
streetscapes along Sunrise Highway in
Freeport..................................
3298 IA Construct Principal Riverwalk, Des Moines.. $4,000,000
3299 NY Construct access ramps to Rt. 32-6-17-CR $8,000,000
105 in Orange County......................
3300 IL Resurface Shawnee College Road, Pulaski $1,250,000
County....................................
3301 MI Canton, Pave Cherry Hill Rd. between Canton $2,000,000
Ctr., and Haggerty........................
3302 AR Springdale, AR--Improvements to Johnson $7,000,000
Road. From Hwy 412 to I-540 through
Springdale and Johnson....................
3303 NC Environmental studies and construction of $5,000,000
Garden Parkway............................
3304 AZ US 60 and US 93 connection on the eastern $2,000,000
edge of central Wickenburg................
3305 GA Construction of I-575 HOV Lanes from Sixes $1,000,000
Road to S.R. 20, Cherokee County, Georgia.
3306 WA I-405-SR 167 interchange--rebuild the $2,000,000
interchange and add additional lanes to
relieve congestion........................
3307 MN US10 corridor improvement between Blaine $2,500,000
and St. Cloud: design and ROW acquisition.
3308 CA Walnut Grove at Broadway Intersection $250,000
Capacity Enhancements, San Gabriel........
3309 KY Widen and Reconstruct KY 698 at Mason Gap $1,200,000
Road, Lincoln County......................
3310 OR Medford, OR to construct sidewalks and $1,000,000
improve storm drainage and gutters for the
Citys Safe Walk Plan......................
3311 MN Construct a pedestrian and bicycle bridge $1,097,600
across TH 169, Onamia.....................
3312 NY Improve Montauk Highway from CR46 to Barnes $8,000,000
Road, Suffolk County......................
3313 CA San Diego, CA Construction of North Coast $1,000,000
Interstate 5..............................
3314 AR Study and construction of 8th Street, in $3,000,000
Bentonville, AR from Interstate 540,
(including direct access to I-540) to SW
Elm Tree Road.............................
3315 MN Cedar Lake Regional Trail, Minneapolis..... $3,000,000
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Subtitle H--Miscellaneous Provisions
SEC. 1801. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.
The Department of Transportation and each agency therein shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a budget justification concurrently with the President's annual budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 1802. MOTORIST INFORMATION.
Section 124 of of title I of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (118 Stat. 296-297) is repealed.
SEC. 1803. MOTORIST INFORMATION CONCERNING FULL-SERVICE
RESTAURANTS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initate a rulemaking to determine whether or not--
(1) full-service restaurants should be given priority on not more than 2 panels of the camping or attractions logo specific service signs in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the Department of Transportation when the food logo specific service sign is fully utilized; and
(2) full service restaurants should be given priority on not more than two panels of the food logo specific service signs in such Manual when the camping or attractions logo specific service signs are fully utilized.
SEC. 1804. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
SYSTEM.
Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (23) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and the connection from Wichita, Kansas, to Sioux City, Iowa, which includes I-135 from Wichita, Kansas to Salina, Kansas, United States Route 81 from Saline, Kansas, to Norfolk, Nebraska, Nebraska State Route 35 from Norfolk, Nebraska, to South Sioux City, Nebraska, and the connection to I-29 in Sioux City, Iowa'';
(2) by striking paragraph (34) and inserting the following:
``(34) The Alameda Corridor-East and Southwest Passage, California. The Alameda Corridor-East is generally described as the corridor from East Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda Corridor) through Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, to termini at Barstow in San Bernardino County and Coachella in Riverside County. The Southwest Passage shall follow I-10 from San Bernardino to the Arizona State line.'';
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(46) Interstate Route 710 between the terminus at Long Beach, California, to California State Route 60.
``(47) Interstate Route 87 from the Quebec border to New York City.
``(48) The Route 50 High Plains Corridor along the United States Route 50 corridor from Newton, Kansas, to Pueblo, Colorado.
``(49) The Atlantic Commerce Corridor on Interstate Route 95 from Jacksonville, Florida, to Miami, Florida.
``(50) The East-West Corridor commencing in Watertown, New York, continuing northeast through New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and terminating in Calais, Maine.
``(51) The SPIRIT Corridor on United States Route 54 from El Paso, Texas, through New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas.
``(52) The route in Arkansas running south of and parallel to Arkansas State Highway 226 from the relocation of United States Route 67 to the vicinity of United States Route 49 and United States Route 63.
``(53) United States Highway Route 6 from Interstate Route 70 to Interstate Route 15, Utah.
``(54) The California Farm-to-Market Corridor, California State Route 99 from south of Bakersfield to Sacramento, California.
``(55) In Texas, Interstate Route 20 from Interstate Route 35E in Dallas County, east to the intersection of Interstate Route 635, north to the intersection of Interstate Route 30, northeast through Texarkana to Little Rock, Arkansas, Interstate Route 40 northeast from Little Rock east to the proposed Interstate Route 69 corridor.
``(56) In the State of Texas, the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor consisting of the following highways and any portion of a highway in a corridor on 2 miles of either side of the center line of the highway:
``(A) State Route 349 from Lamesa to the point on that highway that is closest to 32 degrees, 7 minutes, north latitude, by 102 degrees, 6 minutes, west longitude.
``(B) The segment or any roadway extending from the point described by subparagraph (A) to the point on Farm-to-Market Road 1788 closest to 32 degrees, 0 minutes, north latitude, by 102 degrees, 16 minutes, west longitude.
``(C) Farm-to-Market Road 1788 from the point described by subparagraph (B) to its intersection with Interstate Route 20.
``(D) Interstate Route 20 from its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1788 to its intersection with United States Route 385.
``(E) United States Route 385 from Odessa to Fort Stockton, including those portions that parallel United States Route 67 and Interstate Route 10.
``(F) United States Route 67 from Fort Stockton to Presidio, including those portions that parallel Interstate Route 10 and United States Route 90.
``(57) United States Route 41 corridor between Interstate Route I-94 near Milwaukee and Interstate Route I-43 near Green Bay in the State of Wisconsin.''; and
(4) by aligning paragraph (45) with paragraph (46).
SEC. 1805. ADDITIONS TO APPALACHIAN REGION.
(a) Kentucky.--Section 14102(a)(1)(C) of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``Nicholas,'' after ``Morgan,''; and
(2) by inserting ``Robertson,'' after ``Pulaski,''.
(b) Ohio.--Section 14102(a)(1)(H) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``Ashtabula,'' after ``Adams,'';
(2) by inserting ``Fayette,'' after ``Coshocton,'';
(3) by inserting ``Mahoning,'' after ``Lawrence,''; and
(4) by inserting ``Trumbull,'' after ``Scioto,''.
(c) Tennessee.--Section 14102(a)(1)(K) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``Giles,'' after ``Franklin,''; and
(2) by inserting ``Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,'' after
``Knox,''.
(d) Virginia.--Section 14102(a)(1)(L) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``Henry,'' after ``Grayson,''; and
(2) by inserting ``Patrick,'' after ``Montgomery,''.
SEC. 1806. TRANSPORTATION ASSETS AND NEEDS OF DELTA REGION.
(a) Agreement.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Delta Regional Authority (referred to in this section as the ``DRA'') to conduct a comprehensive study of transportation assets and needs for all modes of transportation (including passenger and freight transportation) in the 8 States comprising the Delta region
(Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee).
(b) Consultation.--Under the agreement, the DRA, in conducting the study, shall consult with the Department of Transportation, State transportation departments, local planning and development districts, local and regional governments, and metropolitan planning organizations.
(c) Report.--Under the agreement, the DRA, not later than 24 months after the date of entry into the agreement, shall submit to the Secretary and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a final report on the results of the study, together with such recommendation as the DRA considers appropriate.
(d) Plan.--Under the agreement, the DRA, upon completion of the report, shall establish a regional strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report.
(e) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out this section.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized by 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 such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1807. TOLL FACILITIES WORKPLACE SAFETY STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the safety of highway toll collection facilities, including toll booths, to determine the safety of the facilities for the toll collectors who work in and around the facilities, including consideration of--
(1) the effect of design or construction of the facilities on the likelihood of vehicle collisions with the facilities;
(2) the safety of crosswalks used by toll collectors in transit to and from toll booths;
(3) the extent of the enforcement of speed limits in the vicinity of the facilities;
(4) the use of warning devices, such as vibration and rumble strips, to alert drivers approaching the facilities;
(5) the use of cameras to record traffic violations in the vicinity of the facilities;
(6) the use of traffic control arms in the vicinity of the facilities;
(7) law enforcement practices and jurisdictional issues that affect safety in the vicinity of the facilities; and
(8) the incidence of accidents and injuries in the vicinity of toll booths.
(b) Data Collection.--As part of the study, the Secretary shall collect data regarding the incidence of accidents and injuries in the vicinity of highway toll collection facilities.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 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 a report on the results of the study, together with recommendations for improving toll facilities workplace safety.
(d) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),
$500,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by 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; expect that the Federal share of the cost of the project shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1808. PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a demonstration project in the State of Alaska, and a demonstration project in the State of Tennessee, to study the safety impacts, environmental impacts, and cost effectiveness of different pavement marking systems and the effect of State bidding and procurement processes on the quality of pavement marking material employed in highway projects. The demonstration projects shall each include an evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of increasing the width of pavement marking edge lines from 4 inches to 6 inches and an evaluation of advanced acrylic water-borne pavement markings.
(b) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2009, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration projects, together with findings and recommendations on methods that will optimize the cost-benefit ratio of the use of Federal funds on pavement marking.
(c) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),
$1,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by 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; expect that the Federal share of the cost of the demonstration projects shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1809. WORK ZONE SAFETY GRANTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a work zone safety grant program under which the Secretary may make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide training to prevent or reduce highway work zone injuries and fatalities.
(b) Eligible Activities.--Grants may be made under the program for the following purposes:
(1) Training for construction craft workers on the prevention of injuries and fatalities in highway and road construction.
(2) Development of guidelines for the prevention of highway work zone injuries and fatalities.
(3) Training for State and local government transportation agencies and other groups implementing guidelines for the prevention of highway work zone injuries and fatalities.
(c) Funding.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall not be transferable.
(d) Construction Work in Alaska.--Section 114 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Construction Work in Alaska.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that a worker who is employed on a remote project for the construction of a highway or portion of a highway located on a Federal-aid system in the State of Alaska and who is not a domiciled resident of the locality shall receive meals and lodging.
``(2) Lodging.--The lodging under paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with section 1910.142 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to temporary labor camp requirements).
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
``(A) Remote.--The term `remote', as used with respect to a project, means that the project is 75 miles or more from the United States Post Office in either Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juno, or Ketchikan, Alaska, or is inaccessible by road in a 2-wheel drive vehicle.
``(B) Resident.--The term `resident', as used with respect to a project, means a person living within 75 miles of the midpoint of the project for at least 12 months.''.
SEC. 1810. GRANT PROGRAM TO PROHIBIT RACIAL PROFILING.
(a) Grants.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to a State that--
(1) (A) has enacted and is enforcing a law that prohibits the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways; and
(B) is maintaining and allows public inspection of statistical information for each motor vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer on a Federal-aid highway in the State regarding the race and ethnicity of the driver and any passengers; or
(2) provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State is undertaking activities to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1).
(b) Eligible Activities.--A grant received by a State under subsection (a) shall be used by the State--
(1) in the case of a State eligible under subsection
(a)(1), for costs of--
(A) collecting and maintaining of data on traffic stops;
(B) evaluating the results of the data; and
(C) developing and implementing programs to reduce the occurrence of racial profiling, including programs to train law enforcement officers; and
(2) in the case of a State eligible under subsection
(a)(2), for costs of--
(A) activities to comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(1); and
(B) any eligible activity under paragraph (1).
(c) Racial Profiling.--To meet the requirement of subsection (a)(1), a State law shall prohibit, in the enforcement of State laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways, a State or local law enforcement officer from using the race or ethnicity of the driver or passengers to any degree in making routine or spontaneous law enforcement decisions, such as ordinary traffic stops on Federal-aid highways. Nothing in this subsection shall alter the manner in which a State or local law enforcement officer considers race or ethnicity whenever there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality or time frame, that links persons of a particular race or ethnicity to an identified criminal incident, scheme, or organization.
(d) Limitations.--
(1) Maximum amount of grants.--The total amount of grants received by a State under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed 5 percent of the amount made available to carry out this section in the fiscal year.
(2) Eligibility.--A State may not receive a grant under subsection (a)(2) in more than 2 fiscal years.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out using such funds shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1811. AMERICA'S BYWAYS RESOURCE CENTER.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall allocate funds made available to carry out this section to the America's Byways Resource Center established pursuant to section 1215(b)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 209).
(b) Technical Support and Education.--
(1) Use of funds.--The Center shall use funds allocated to the Center under this section to continue to provide technical support and conduct educational activities for the national scenic byways program established under section 162 of title 23, United States Code.
(2) Eligible activities.--Technical support and educational activities carried out under this subsection shall provide local officials and organizations associated with National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads with proactive, technical, and on-site customized assistance, including training, communications (including a public awareness series), publications, conferences, on-site meetings, and other assistance considered appropriate to develop and sustain such byways and roads.
(c) 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 section
$3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
(d) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by 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 any project or activity carried out under this section shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1812. TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.
(a) In General.--The donee of the vessel with the Unit Identification Code number 13862 is deemed to be the owner of that vessel free and clear as of September 1, 2000.
(b) Federal Claims.--All Federal claims arising from the donation or use of the vessel described in subsection (a) are permanently extinguished. SEC. 1813. ROAD USER CHARGE EVALUATION PILOT PROJECT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a national evaluation pilot project to assess how intelligent transportation system technology can be applied to assess mileage-based road user charges for the purposes of collecting revenues for the Highway Trust Fund.
(b) Matters to Be Evaluated.--The following matters shall be evaluated under the pilot project:
(1) Technical feasibility of imposing mileage-based road user charges, including cost, reliability, and security of on-board and intelligent transportation systems.
(2) Compatibility of technology for imposing such charges with automobile and truck design.
(3) Design and testing of a collection system for such charges that is secure, low cost, and easy to use.
(4) Methods of ensuring privacy of road users and assessing public attitudes and views of motorists who participate in field tests of the equipment and system.
(c) Reports.--The Secretary shall transmit annual reports on the status of the pilot project and, not later than June 30, 2009, a final report on the results of the pilot project, together with findings and recommendations, to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
(d) Authorization of Appropriation.--
(1) In general.--There is authorize from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 and
$3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except the Federal share of the cost of the pilot project shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1814. THOMAS P. ``TIP'' O'NEILL, JR. TUNNEL.
(a) Designation.--In honor of his service to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States of America, and in recognition of his contributions toward the construction of Central Artery Tunnel project in Boston, the northbound and southbound tunnel of Interstate Route 93, located in the city of Boston, which extends north of the intersection of Interstate Route 90 and Interstate Route 93 to the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, is designated as the ``Thomas P. `Tip' O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel''.
(b) References.--Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the tunnel referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Thomas P. `Tip' O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel''.
SEC. 1815. CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
SECTIONS.
(a) Metropolitan Planning.--Section 134 of title 23, United States Code is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 134. Metropolitan planning
``Metropolitan transportation planning programs funded under section 104(f) shall be carried out in accordance with the metropolitan planning provisions of chapter 52, title 49, United States Code.''.
(b) Statewide Planning.--Section 135 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 135. Statewide planning
``Statewide transportation planning programs funded under section 104(f) shall be carried out in accordance with the statewide planning provisions of chapter 52, title 49, United States Code.''.
SEC. 1816. DISTRIBUTION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING FUNDS WITHIN
STATES.
Section 104(f)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Such distribution of funds to metropolitan planning organizations shall be made within 30 days of the date of receipt of such funds from the Secretary.''.
SEC. 1817. TREATMENT OF OFF RAMP.
The Harbor Boulevard off ramp from Interstate Route 405 in Costa Mesa, California, is deemed to satisfy the requirements of title 23, United States Code, that govern the approval of the placement of ramps off of a Federal-aid highway.
SEC. 1818. LOAN FORGIVENESS.
Debt outstanding as of the date of enactment of this Act for project number Q-DPM-0013(001) carried out under section 108(c) of title 23, United States Code, is deemed satisfied.
SEC. 1819. LEAD AGENCY DESIGNATION.
The public entity established under California law in 1989 to acquire rights-of-way in northwestern California to maintain surface transportation infrastructure is hereby designated as the lead agency for the purpose of accepting Federal funds authorized under item 13 of the table contained in section 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2061).
SEC. 1820. USE OF DEBRIS FROM DEMOLISHED BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.
The project agreement for a Federal-aid highway project shall provide that any debris from demolition of a bridge or overpass that is on the Federal-aid highway must be made available for beneficial public use by Federal, State, and local governments. Any additional cost associated with making available the debris shall be borne by the recipient of the debris.
SEC. 1821. HUBZONE PROGRAM.
Section 3(p)(4)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(B)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I) by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subclause (II) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or'' ; and
(3) by adding after subclause (II) the following:
``(III) there is located a difficult development area, as designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with section 42(d)(5)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, within Alaska, Hawaii, or any territory or possession of the United States outside the 48 contiguous States.''.
SEC. 1822. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TEA 21 PROJECTS.
The table contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 257) is amended--
(1) in item number 35 by adding ``and for other related purposes'' after ``Yard'';
(2) in item number 78 by striking ``Third'' and all that follows through ``Bridge'' and inserting ``Bayview Transportation Improvements Project'';
(3) in item number 312 by inserting ``through construction'' after ``engineering'';
(4) in item number 800 by striking ``Fairview Township'' and inserting ``or other projects selected by the York County, Pennsylvania MPO'';
(5) in item number 820 by striking ``Conduct'' and all that follows through ``interchange'' and inserting ``Conduct a transportation needs study and make improvements to I-75 interchanges in the Grayling area'';
(6) in item number 897 by striking ``Road upgrade'' and all that follows through ``Hills'' and inserting ``Engineering and construction of a new access road to a development near Interstate 57 and 167th Street in Country Club Hills'';
(7) in item number 1121 by striking ``Construct'' and all that follows through ``Douglaston Parkway'' and inserting
``Provide landscaping along both sides of the Grand Central Parkway from 188th Street to 172nd Street'';
(8) in item 1225 by striking ``Construct SR 9 bypass'' and inserting ``Study, design, and construct transportation solutions for SR 9 corridor''; and
(9) in item number 1375 by striking ``Preliminary'' and all that follows through ``Emmet County'' and inserting
``Petoskey area transportation needs study and trunkline preservation and safety in the Petoskey area'';
(10) in item number 1392 by striking ``Construct'' and all that follows through ``multimodal center'' and inserting
``Improve the ramp configuration at the I-476 PA Turnpike Landsdale Interchange''; and
(11) in item number 1447 strike ``Extend'' and all that follows through ``Valparaiso'' and insert ``Design and construction of interchange at I-65 and 109th Avenue, Crown Point''.
SEC. 1823. NATIONAL WORK ZONE SAFETY INFORMATION
CLEARINGHOUSE.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to a national nonprofit foundation for the operation of the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, authorized by section 358(b)(2) of Public Law 104-59, created for the purpose of assembling and disseminating, by electronic and other means, information relating to improvement of roadway work zone safety.
(b) 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 section
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(c) Contract Authority.--Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out using such funds shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 1824. TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY.
(a) Conformity Redeterminations.--Section 176(c)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(E) The appropriate metropolitan planning organization shall redetermine conformity for existing transportation plans and programs not later than 2 years after the date on which the Administrator--
``(i) finds a motor vehicle emissions budget in a submitted implementation plan to be adequate in accordance with section 93.118(e)(4) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2003); or
``(ii) approves an implementation plan under section 110(k) or promulgates an implementation plan under section 110(c) that establishes a motor vehicle emissions budget where there was no prior budget or that establishes a budget that significantly varies from any motor vehicle emissions budget in effect pursuant to an adequacy determination in accordance with section 93.118(e)(4) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2003) or as part of an implementation plan approved or promulgated under section 110.''.
(b) Frequency of Conformity Determination Updates.--Section 176(c)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(4)) is amended follows:
(1) In subparagraph (A) by striking ``one year after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990'' and inserting ``one year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''.
(2) In subparagraph (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
``(ii) provide that conformity determinations for transportation plans and programs be determined every 4 years in areas designated as nonattainment or redesignated to attainment (unless a metropolitan planning organization as designated in section 5213(b) of title 49, United States Code, elects to update a transportation plan and program more frequently or is required to determine conformity in accordance with paragraph (2)(E)).''.
(c) Time Horizon for Conformity Determinations in Nonattainment Areas.--Subsection (c) of section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
``(7) Time horizon for determinations.--Each conformity determination required under this section for a transportation plan under section 5213(g) of title 49 of the United States Code shall require a demonstration of conformity during the period ending on either the final year of the transportation plan or, at the election of the metropolitan planning organization and an air pollution control agency, as defined in section 302(b), if such air pollution control agency is responsible for developing plans or controlling air pollution within the area covered by the transportation plan on the later of the following dates
(hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the `final transportation conformity date'):
``(A) The tenth year of the transportation plan.
``(B) The attainment date set forth in the applicable implementation plan for the air pollutant concerned.
``(C) The year after the completion of a regionally significant project, if the project will be programmed in the transportation improvement program or requires approval before the subsequent conformity determination.
Such conformity determination shall be accompanied by a regional emissions analysis for any years of the transportation plan that extend beyond such final conformity date. In the case in which an area has a revision to an implementation plan under section 175A(b) and the Administrator has found the motor vehicle emissions budgets from that revision to be adequate in accordance with section 93.118(e)(4) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect October 1, 2003), or has approved the revision, the demonstration of conformity (at the election of the metropolitan planning organization and an air pollution control agency, as defined in section 302(b), if such air pollution control agency is responsible for developing plans or controlling pollution within the area covered by the transportation plan) and the metropolitan planning organization shall be required to extend only through the last year of the implementation plan required under section 175A(b).''.
(d) Substitution of Transportation Control Measures.--Subsection 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amended by adding at the end the end the following new paragraph:
``(8)(A) Transportation control measures that are specified in an implementation plan may be replaced in the implementation plan with substitute transportation control measures if--
``(i) the substitute measures achieve equivalent or greater emission reductions than the control measures to be replaced, as determined by the Administrator;
``(ii) the substitute measures utilize an emissions impact analysis that is consistent with the current methodology used for evaluating replaced control measures in the implementation plan;
``(iii) the substitute control measures are implemented not later than the date on which such emission reductions are necessary to achieve the purpose of the implementation plan;
``(iv) the substitute control measures were developed with reasonable public notice and the opportunity for comments; and
``(v) the metropolitan planning organization finds that adequate funding is included in the transportation improvement program to ensure timely implementation of the substitute control measures.
``(B) After the requirements of subparagraph (A) are met, a State may adopt the substitute measures in the applicable implementation plan within a reasonable period of time.
``(C) The substitution of a transportation control measure in accordance with this paragraph shall not be contingent on the existence of any provision in the applicable implementation plan that expressly permits such substitution.
``(D) The substitution of a transportation control measure in accordance with this paragraph shall not require--
``(i) a new conformity determination for the transportation plan, or
``(ii) a revision of the applicable implementation plan.
``(E) A control measure that is being replaced by a substitute control measure under this paragraph shall remain in effect until the substitute control measure is adopted.
``(F) Adoption of a substitute control measure shall constitute rescission of the previously applicable control measure.
Transportation control measures may be added to an implementation plan subject to subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D), on the same basis as if such measures were substitute transportation control measures if such measures do not increase emissions for which limitations have been established in an implementation plan, and such measures meet the requirements of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of subparagraph (A).''.
(e) Lapse of Conformity.--Subsection (c) of section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amended by adding the following new paragraphs at the end thereof:
``(9) Lapse of conformity.--If a conformity determination required under this subsection for a transportation plan under section 5213(g) of title 49 of the United States Code or a transportation improvement program under section 5213(h) of title 49 of the United States Code is not made by the applicable deadline and such failure is not corrected by additional measures to either reduce motor vehicle emissions sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this subsection within 12 months after such deadline or other measures sufficient to correct such failures, the transportation plan shall lapse.
``(10) Lapse.--The term `lapse' means that the conformity determination for a transportation plan or transportation improvement program has expired, and thus there is no currently conforming transportation plan or transportation improvement program.''.
SEC. 1825. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WESTERN ALASKA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM.
A community is deemed to be eligible to participate in the western Alaska community development quota program established under section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)) if the community--
(1) is listed in table 7 to part 679 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on March 8, 2004; or
(2) was determined to be eligible participate in such program by the National Marine Fisheries Service on April 19, 1999.
SEC. 1826. METROPOLITAN REGIONAL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a partnership comprised of 2 institutions of higher learning to study metropolitan regional freight and passenger transportation and system-wide performance utilizing an interdisciplinary technique of supply chain management, geographic information systems, and urban/suburban planning and management.
(b) Contents of Study.--The study under this section shall include, at a minimum, evaluations of--
(1) best practices for regional transportation operations and management;
(2) relationships among truck trip generation and economic activities;
(3) spatial analysis of the distribution of economic activity and transportation investments;
(4) congestion mitigation and management of air quality through the concentration of modeling and technology;
(5) supply chain management and geographic information systems; and
(6) infrastructure management and renewal.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the study under this section shall be 100 percent.
(d) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out section 1305 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009,
$1,800,000 shall be made available to carry out this section.
SEC. 1827. INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY EXPANSION.
Any Federal and non-Federal share provided for the Port of Anchorage for an intermodal transportation marine facility or for access to that facility shall be transferred to and administered by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration.
SEC. 1828. ADVANCED TRUCK STOP ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM.
(a) Definition.--Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1202 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(40) Advanced truck stop electrification system.--The term `advanced truck stop electrification system' means a stationary system that delivers heat, air conditioning, electricity, and communications, and is capable of providing verifiable evidence of use of those services, to a heavy-duty vehicle and any occupants of the heavy-duty vehicle without relying on components mounted onboard the heavy-duty vehicle for delivery of those services.''.
(b) Eligibility Under STP.--Section 133(b)(6) of such title is amended by inserting ``, including advanced truck stop electrification systems'' before the period at the end.
SEC. 1829. TECHNOLOGY.
States are encouraged to consider using a non-destructive technology able to detect cracks including sub-surface flaws as small as 0.005 inches in length or depth in steel bridges.
SEC. 1830. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE EXEMPTION FROM
AXLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
Section 1023(h)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 106 Stat. 1552) is amended by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2009''.
SEC. 1831. MOTORCYCLIST ADVISORY COUNCIL.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, shall appoint a Motorcyclist Advisory Council to coordinate with and advise the Administrator on infrastructure issues of concern to motorcyclists, including--
(1) barrier design;
(2) road design, construction, and maintenance practices; and
(3) the architecture and implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies.
(b) Composition.--The Council shall consist of not more than 10 members of the motorcycling community with professional expertise in national motorcyclist safety advocacy, including--
(1) at least--
(A) 1 member recommended by a national motorcyclist association;
(B) 1 member recommended by a national motorcycle riders foundation;
(C) 1 representative of the National Association of State Motorcycle Safety Administrators;
(D) 2 members of State motorcyclists' organizations;
(E) 1 member recommended by a national organization that represents the builders of highway infrastructure;
(F) 1 member recommended by a national association that represents the traffic safety systems industry; and
(G) 1 member of a national safety organization; and
(2) at least 1, and not more than 2, motorcyclists who are traffic system design engineers or State transportation department officials.
SEC. 1832. SHARING OF MONETARY RECOVERIES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, monetary judgments accruing to the Government from judgments in Federal criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings pertaining to fraud in Federally funded highway and public transportation projects and programs shall be treated as follows:
(1) Any amount less than or equal to the single damages incurred as the result of such fraud shall be credited to the Federal account from which the funds for the project or program that is at issue in the fraud came, except to the extent that such Federal account has been credited as the result of any judgment in favor of a grant recipient.
(2) Any amount in excess of the amount credited pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be shared with the State or other recipient involved if--
(A) the State or other recipient enters into a legally binding agreement with the Secretary to use the funds for a purpose eligible for Federal assistance under title 23 or chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, as the case may be;
(B) the amount to be shared with the State or other recipient is determined by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary; and
(C) the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, determines that the fraud did not occur as a result of negligent oversight or actual involvement in the fraud by the State or other recipient or any senior official of the State or other recipient.
SEC. 1833. ELIGIBILITY UNDER CMAQ.
Section 149(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code is amended by inserting ``, including advanced truck stop electrification systems,'' after ``facility or program''.
SEC. 1834. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BUY AMERICA.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Buy America test required by section 165 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) needs to be applied to an entire bridge project and not only to component parts of such project;
(2) the law clearly states that domestic materials must be used in Federal highway projects unless there is a finding that the inclusion of domestic materials will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent;
(3) uncertainty regarding how to apply Buy America laws for major bridge projects threatens the domestic bridge industry;
(4) the Nation's unemployment rate continues to hover around 5.6 percent, steps are needed to protect American workers and the domestic bridge building industry; and
(5) the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) was designed to ensure that, when taxpayer money is spent on direct Federal Government procurement and infrastructure projects, these expenditures stimulate United States production and job creation.
SEC. 1835. COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on--
(1) the role of well-designed transportation projects in--
(A) promoting economic development;
(B) protecting public health, safety and the environment; and
(C) enhancing the architectural design and planning of communities; and
(2) the positive economic, cultural, aesthetic, scenic, architectural, and environmental benefits of such projects for communities.
(b) Contents.--The study shall address the following:
(1) The degree to which well-designed transportation projects have positive economic, cultural, aesthetic, scenic, architectural, and environmental benefits for communities.
(2) The degree to which such projects protect and contribute to improvements in public health and safety.
(3) The degree to which such projects use inclusive public participation processes to achieve quicker, more certain, and better results.
(4) The degree to which positive results are achieved by linking transportation, design, and the implementation of community visions for the future.
(5) Facilitating the use of successful models or best practices in transportation investment or development to accomplish each of the following:
(A) Enhancement of community identity.
(B) Protection of public health and safety.
(C) Provision of a variety of choices in housing, shopping, transportation, employment, and recreation.
(D) Preservation and enhancement of existing infrastructure.
(E) Creation of a greater sense of community through public involvement.
(c) Report.--Not later than September 20, 2006, 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 results of the study.
(d) Administration.--To carry out this section, the Secretary shall make a grant to, or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with, a national organization representing architects who have expertise in the design of a wide range of transportation and infrastructure projects, which include the design of buildings, public facilities, and surrounding communities.
(e) Authorization.--Of the amounts made available to carry out section 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note), $1,000,000 shall be available for each of fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2006 to carry out this section; except that notwithstanding section 1221(e)(2) of such Act, the Federal share of the cost of the study shall be 100 percent.
SEC. 1836. TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Federal-aid highway programs provide State and local governments and other recipients substantial funds for projects that produce significant employment and job-training opportunities.
(2) Every $1,000,000,000 in Federal infrastructure investment creates an estimated 47,500 jobs.
(3) Jobs in transportation construction, including apprenticeship positions, typically pay more than twice the minimum wage, and include health and other benefits.
(4) Transportation projects provide the impetus for job training and employment opportunities for low income individuals residing in the area in which a transportation project is planned.
(5) Transportation projects can offer young people, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, the opportunity to gain productive employment.
(6) The Alameda Corridor, a $2,400,000,000 transportation project, is an example of a transportation project that included a local hiring provision resulting in a full 30 percent of the project jobs being filled by locally hired and trained men and women.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Federal transportation projects should facilitate and encourage the collaboration between interested persons, including State, Federal, and local governments, community colleges, apprentice programs, local high schools, and other community based organizations that have an interest in improving the job skills of low-income individuals, to help leverage scarce training and community resources and to help ensure local participation in the building of transportation projects.
SEC. 1837. SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.
In any case in which an amount is authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for a program, project, or activity in any provision of this title, including an amendment made by this title, that is different than the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for such program, project, or activity in any provision of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (Public Law 108-310), including any amendment made by such Act, the amount referred to in such Act shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation.
TITLE II--HIGHWAY SAFETY
SEC. 2001. 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) Highway safety programs.--For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code, $164,027,000 for fiscal year 2004, $163,680,000 for fiscal year 2005, $229,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $232,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$238,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $245,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(2) Occupant protection incentive grants.--For carrying out section 405 of title 23, United States Code, $19,882,000 for fiscal year 2004, $19,840,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$136,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $139,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $143,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(3) Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grant program.--For carrying out section 410 of title 23, United States Code, $39,764,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$39,680,000 for fiscal year 2005, $129,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $138,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $144,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) State traffic safety information improvements.--For carrying out section 412 of title 23, United States Code,
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(5) National driver register.--For carrying out chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, $3,976,000 for fiscal year 2004, $3,968,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(6) High visibility enforcement program.--For carrying out section 2005 of this title, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(b) Applicability of Title 23.--Except as otherwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this title, amounts made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(c) Transfers.--In each fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer any amounts remaining available under paragraph (2),
(3), or (4) 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, 410, and 412 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 2002. OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.
(a) General Authority.--Section 405(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users'';
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``1997'' and inserting
``2003''; and
(3) in paragraphs (4)(A), (4)(B), and (4)(C) by inserting after ``years'' the following: ``beginning after September 30, 2003,''.
(b) Grant Eligibility.--Section 405(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ``A State shall become eligible'' and inserting the following: ``A State shall be eligible for a grant under this section if the State has a seat belt usage rate of 85 percent or greater as of the date of the grant, as determined by the Secretary. A State shall also become eligible''.
(c) Grant Amounts.--Section 405(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``25 percent'' and inserting ``100 percent''; and
(2) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2003''.
SEC. 2003. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.
(a) General Authority.--Section 410(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users'';
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``1997'' and inserting
``2003''; and
(3) in paragraphs (4)(A), (4)(B), and (4)(C) by inserting after ``years'' the following: ``beginning after September 30, 2003,''.
(b) Basic Grant a.--Section 410(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``A State shall become eligible'' and inserting the following: ``A State shall be eligible for a grant under this paragraph if the State has an alcohol-related fatality rate per 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled of 0.5 or less as of the date of the grant, as determined by the Secretary using the Fatality Analysis Reporting System of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A State shall also become eligible'';
(2) by striking ``at least 5 of the following'' and inserting ``at least 6 of the following for fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2006 and at least 7 of the following for each fiscal year thereafter'';
(3) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i)(II);
(B) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) the suspension referred to under clause (i)(I) may allow an individual to operate a motor vehicle, after the 15-day period beginning on the date of the suspension, to and from employment, school, or an alcohol treatment program if an ignition interlock device is installed on each of the motor vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the individual; and
``(iv) the suspension and revocation referred to under clause (i)(II) may allow an individual to operate a motor vehicle, after the 45-day period beginning on the date of the suspension or revocation, to and from employment, school, or an alcohol treatment program if an ignition interlock device is installed on each of the motor vehicles owned or operated, or both, by the individual.'';
(4) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ``may include the issuance'' and inserting the following:
``may include--
``(i) the issuance''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and'' and the following:
``(ii) a program provided by a nonprofit organization for training point of sale personnel concerning, at a minimum, the following:
``(I) the clinical effects of alcohol;
``(II) methods of preventing second party sales of alcohol;
``(III) recognizing signs of intoxication;
``(IV) methods to prevent underage drinking;
``(V) Federal, State, and local laws that are relevant to such personnel.'';
(5) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following:
``(F) Outreach program.--A judicial and prosecutorial education, training, and outreach program that provides information on the appropriateness and effectiveness of sentencing options.''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) Self-sustaining drunk driving prevention program.--A self-sustaining drunk driving prevention program under which a significant portion of the fines or surcharges collected from individuals apprehended and fined for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol are returned to those communities that have comprehensive programs for the prevention of such operations of motor vehicles.
``(I) Programs for effective alcohol rehabilitation.--A program for effective inpatient and outpatient alcohol rehabilitation based on mandatory assessment and appropriate treatment for repeat offenders described in subparagraph
(A)(i)(II).
``(J) Program for the impoundment of vehicles.--A program to impound a vehicle operated by a person who is arrested for operating that vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.''.
(c) Basic Grant B.--Section 410(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Basic grant b.--A State shall become eligible for a grant under this paragraph if the State--
``(A) has an alcohol-related fatality rate per 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled of 0.8 or more as of the date of the grant, as determined by the Secretary using the Fatality Analysis Reporting System of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and
``(B) establishes, subject to such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe, a task force to evaluate and recommend changes to the State's drunk driving programs.''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``25 percent'' and inserting ``100 percent''; and
(B) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2003''.
(d) Supplemental Grants.--Section 410(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Allocation for Basic Grant B.--Not more than
$20,000,000 per fiscal year of amounts made available to carry out this section shall be available for making grants under subsection (b)(2).''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on September 30, 2005.
SEC. 2004. STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 412. State traffic safety information system improvements
``(a) General Authority.--
``(1) Authority to make grants.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that adopt and implement effective programs to--
``(A) improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of the safety data of the State that is needed to identify priorities for national, State, and local highway and traffic safety programs;
``(B) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to make such improvements;
``(C) link these State data systems, including traffic records, with other data systems within the State, such as systems that contain medical, roadway, and economic data; and
``(D) improve the compatibility and interoperability of the data systems of the State with national data systems and data systems of other States and enhance the ability of the Secretary to observe and analyze national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances.
``(2) Use of grants.--A State may use a grant received under this section only to implement such programs.
``(3) Model data elements.--The Secretary, in consultation with States and other appropriate parties, shall determine the model data elements necessary to observe and analyze State and national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances. In order to become eligible for a grant under this section, a State shall certify to the Secretary the State's adoption and use of such model data elements.
``(4) 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 ensuring 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 the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this section.
``(5) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of implementing in a fiscal year a program of a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed 80 percent.
``(b) First-Year Grants.--To be eligible for a first-year grant under this section, a State shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has--
``(1) established a highway safety data and traffic records coordinating committee with a multidisciplinary membership that includes, among others, managers, collectors, and users of traffic records and public health and injury control data systems; and
``(2) developed a multiyear highway safety data and traffic records system strategic plan that addresses existing deficiencies in the State's highway safety data and traffic records system and is approved by the highway safety data and traffic records coordinating committee and--
``(A) specifies how existing deficiencies in the State's highway safety data and traffic records system were identified;
``(B) prioritizes, based on the identified highway safety data and traffic records system deficiencies, the highway safety data and traffic records system needs and goals of the State, including the activities described in subsection
(a)(1);
``(C) identifies performance-based measures by which progress toward those goals will be determined;
``(D) specifies how the grant funds and any other funds of the State will be used to address needs and goals identified in the multiyear plan; and
``(E) includes a current report on the progress in implementing the multiyear plan that documents progress toward the specified goals.
``(c) Succeeding-Year Grants.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year in which the State receives a grant under subsection (b) if the State, to the satisfaction of the Secretary--
``(A) submits an updated multiyear plan that meets the requirements of subsection (b)(2);
``(B) certifies that its highway safety data and traffic records coordinating committee continues to operate and supports the multiyear plan;
``(C) specifies how the grant funds and any other funds of the State will be used to address needs and goals identified in the multiyear plan;
``(D) demonstrates measurable progress toward achieving the goals and objectives identified in the multiyear plan; and
``(E) includes a current report on the progress in implementing the multiyear plan.
``(d) Grant Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of a grant made to a State for a fiscal year under this section shall equal an 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 2003 bears to the funds apportioned to all States under section 402 for fiscal year 2003.
``(2) Minimum amount.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)--
``(A) a State eligible for a first-year grant under this section shall not receive less than $300,000; and
``(B) a State eligible for a succeeding-year grant under this section shall not receive less than $500,000.
``(e) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of administering the provisions of this section.
``(f) Applicability of Chapter 1.--The provisions contained in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``412. State traffic safety information system improvements.''.
SEC. 2005. HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
The Secretary shall establish a program to support national impaired driving mobilization and enforcement efforts and national safety belt mobilization and enforcement, including the purchase of national paid advertisement (including production and placement) to support such efforts.
SEC. 2006. MOTORCYCLE CRASH CAUSATION STUDY.
(a) In General.--Using funds made available to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall conduct a study of the causes of motorcycle crashes.
(b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study.
SEC. 2007. CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT INCENTIVE
GRANTS.
(a) General Authority.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that enact or have enacted and are enforcing a law requiring that children riding in passenger motor vehicles who are too large to be secured in a child safety seat be secured in a child restraint that meets the requirements prescribed by the Secretary under section 3 of Anton's Law (116 Stat. 2772).
(b) Maintenance of Effort.--No grant may be made to a State under this section in a 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 child safety seat and child booster seat programs at or above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of implementing and enforcing in a fiscal year a law adopted by a State under subsection (a) shall not exceed--
(1) for the first 3 fiscal years for which a State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent; and
(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent.
(d) Grant Eligibility.--
(1) In general.--A State is eligible for a grant under this section if the State has in effect and enforces a law described in subsection (a).
(2) Maximum period of eligibility.--No State may receive grants under this section in more than 4 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2005.
(e) Eligible Uses of Funds.--A State may use a grant under this section only to carry out child safety seat and child booster seat programs, including the following:
(1) A program to educate the public concerning the proper use and installation of child safety seats and child booster seats.
(2) A program to train child passenger safety professionals, police officers, fire and emergency medical personnel, and educators concerning all aspects of the use of child safety seats and booster seats.
(3) A program to purchase and distribute child safety seats, child booster seats, and other appropriate passenger motor vehicle child restraints to families that cannot otherwise afford such seats or restraints.
(4) A program to support enforcement of child restraint laws.
(f) Grant Amount.--The amount of a grant to a State for a fiscal year under this section may not exceed 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State for fiscal year 2003 under section 402 of title 23, United States Code.
(g) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be subject to a deduction not to exceed 2.5 percent for the necessary costs of administering the provisions of this section.
(h) Applicability of Chapter 1.--The provisions contained in section 402(d) of title 23, United States Code, apply to this section.
(i) Report.--Each State to which a grant is made under this section shall transmit to the Secretary a report documenting the manner in which grant amounts were obligated and expended and identifying the specific programs carried out with or supported by grant funds. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary and may be combined with other State grant reporting requirements under of chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.
(j) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Child restraint.--The term ``child restraint'' means any product designed to provide restraint to a child
(including booster seats and other products used with a lap and shoulder belt assembly) that meets applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards prescribed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(2) Child safety seat.--The term ``child safety seat'' has the meaning such term has in section 405(f) of title 23, United States Code.
(3) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term ``passenger motor vehicle'' has the meaning such term has in such section 405(f).
(4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning such term has in section 101 (a) of such title.
(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008 and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
SEC. 2008. MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.
(a) Authority to Make Grants.--Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to States that adopt and implement effective programs to reduce the number of single- and multi-vehicle crashes involving motorcyclists.
(b) Maintenance of Effort.--No grant may be made to a State under this section in a 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 the other sources for motorcyclist safety training programs and motorcyclist awareness programs at or above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Maximum Period of Eligibility.--No State may receive grants under this section in more than 4 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2005.
(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal year a program adopted by a State in accordance with subsection
(a) shall not exceed--
(1) for the first 3 years for which a State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent; and
(2) for the fourth fiscal year for which a State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent.
(e) Grant Eligibility.--
(1) In general.--A State becomes eligible for a grant under this section by adopting or demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary--
(A) for the first fiscal year for which the State will receive a grant under this section, at least 1 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2);
(B) for the second, third, and fourth fiscal years for which the State will receive a grant under this section, at least 2 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2); and
(C) for any subsequent fiscal years for which the State will receive a grant under this section, at least 3 of the 6 criteria listed in paragraph (2).
(2) Criteria.--The criteria for eligibility for a grant under this section are the following:
(A) Motorcycle rider training courses.--An effective motorcycle rider training course that is offered throughout the State, provides a formal program of instruction in accident avoidance and other safety-oriented operational skills to motorcyclists, and may include innovative training opportunities to meet unique regional needs.
(B) Motorcyclists awareness program.--An effective statewide program to enhance motorist awareness of the presence of motorcyclists on or near roadways and safe driving practices that avoid injuries to motorcyclists.
(C) Reduction of fatalities and crashes involving motorcycles.--A reduction for the preceding calendar year in the number of motorcycle fatalities and the rate of motor vehicle crashes involving motorcycles in the State (expressed as a function of 10,000 motorcycle registrations).
(D) Impaired driving program.--Implementation of a statewide program to reduce impaired driving, including specific measures to reduce impaired motorcycle operation.
(E) Reduction of fatalities and accidents involving impaired motorcyclists.--A reduction for the preceding calendar year in the number of fatalities and the rate of reported crashes involving alcohol- or drug-impaired motorcycle operators (expressed as a function of 10,000 motorcycle registrations).
(F) Fees collected from motorcyclists.--All fees collected by the State from motorcyclists for the purposes of funding motorcycle training and safety programs are used for motorcycle training and safety programs.
(f) Eligible Uses.--
(1) In general.--A State may use funds from a grant under this section only for motorcyclist safety training and motorcyclist awareness programs, including--
(A) improvements to motorcyclist safety training curricula;
(B) improvements in program delivery of motorcycle training to both urban and rural areas, including--
(i) procurement or repair of practice motorcycles;
(ii) instructional materials;
(iii) mobile training units; and
(iv) leasing or purchase of facilities for classroom instruction and closed-course skill training;
(C) measures designed to increase the recruitment or retention of motorcyclist safety training instructors; and
(D) public awareness, public service announcements, and other outreach programs to enhance motorcyclist awareness.
(2) Suballocations of funds.--An agency that receives a grant under this section may suballocate funds from the grant to a nonprofit organization incorporated in that State to carry out under this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Motorcyclist safety training.--The term ``motorcyclist safety training'' means a formal program of instruction that--
(A) provides accident avoidance and other safety-oriented operational skills to motorcyclists; and
(B) is approved for use in a State by the designated State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist safety issues.
(2) Motorcyclist awareness.--The term ``motorcyclist awareness'' means individual or collective awareness of--
(A) the presence of motorcycles on or near roadways; and
(B) safe driving practices that avoid injury to motorcyclists.
(3) Motorcyclist awareness program.--The term
``motorcyclist awareness program'' means an informational or public awareness program designed to enhance motorcyclist awareness that is developed by or in coordination with the designated State authority having jurisdiction over motorcyclist safety issues.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' has the same meaning such term has in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(h) Maximum Grant Amount.--The amount of a grant made to a State for a fiscal year under this section may not exceed 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State for fiscal year 2003 under section 402 of title 23, United States Code.
(i) Administrative Expenses.--Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be subject to a deduction by the Secretary not to exceed 5 percent for the necessary costs of administering the provisions of this section.
(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008 and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(k) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized under this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall not be transferable.
SEC. 2009. DRIVER FATIGUE.
Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' before ``(6)''; and
(2) by inserting before the period the following: ``; and
(7) to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from persons driving motor vehicles while fatigued''.
SEC. 2010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for carrying out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $71,575,000 for fiscal year 2004, $71,424,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(b) Applicability of Title 23.--Except as otherwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this title, amounts made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 2011. SAFETY DATA.
(a) In General.--Using funds made available to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall collect data and compile statistics on accidents involving motor vehicles being backed up that result in fatalities and injuries and that occur on public and nonpublic roads and residential and commercial driveways and parking facilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2009, 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 accidents described in subsection (a), including the data collected and statistics compiled under subsection (a) and any recommendations regarding measures to be taken to reduce the number of such accidents and the resulting fatalities and injuries.
SEC. 2012. DRIVER PERFORMANCE STUDY.
(a) In General.--Using funds made available to carry out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall make $1,000,000 available to conduct a study on the risks associated with glare to oncoming drivers, including increased risks to drivers on 2-lane highways, increased risks to drivers over the age of 50, and the overall effects of glare on driver performance.
(b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 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 results of the study and any recommendations regarding measures to reduce the risks associated with glare to oncoming drivers.
TITLE III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES
CODE.
(a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005''.
(b) 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. 3002. POLICIES, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Section 5301(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Development and Revitalization of Public Transportation Systems.--It is in the interest of the United States to foster the development and revitalization of public transportation systems that--
``(1) maximize the safe, secure, and efficient mobility of individuals;
``(2) minimize environmental impacts; and
``(3) minimize transportation-related fuel consumption and reliance on foreign oil.''.
(b) Preserving the Environment.--Section 5301(e) is amended--
(1) by striking ``an urban'' and inserting ``a''; and
(2) by striking ``under sections 5309 and 5310 of this title''.
(c) General Purposes.--Section 5301(f) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``mass'' the first place it appears and inserting ``public''; and
(B) by striking ``public and private mass transportation companies'' and inserting ``both public transportation companies and private companies engaged in public transportation'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``urban mass'' and inserting ``public''; and
(B) by striking ``public and private mass transportation companies'' and inserting ``both public transportation companies and private companies engaged in public transportation'';
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``urban mass'' and inserting ``public''; and
(B) by striking ``public or private mass transportation companies'' and inserting ``public transportation companies or private companies engaged in public transportation''; and
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ``urban mass'' and inserting ``public''.
SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Lead-in.--Section 5302(a) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``In this chapter'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise specifically provided, in this chapter''.
(b) Capital Project.--Section 5302(a)(1) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ``construction, renovation, and improvement of intercity bus stations and terminals,'' before ``and the renovation and improvement of historic transportation facilities,'';
(2) in subparagraph (G)(ii) by inserting ``(other than an intercity bus station or terminal)'' after ``commercial revenue-producing facility'';
(3) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (H);
(4) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (I) and inserting a semicolon; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(J) crime prevention and security--
``(i) including--
``(I) projects to refine and develop security and emergency response plans;
``(II) projects aimed at detecting chemical and biological agents in public transportation;
``(III) the conduct of emergency response drills with public transportation agencies and local first response agencies; and
``(IV) security training for public transportation employees; but
``(ii) excluding all expenses related to operations, other than such expenses incurred in conducting activities described in subclauses (III) and (IV);
``(K) establishment of a debt service reserve made up of deposits with a bondholders' trustee in a noninterest bearing account for the purpose of ensuring timely payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by a grant recipient for purposes of financing an eligible project under this chapter; or
``(L) mobility management--
``(i) consisting of short-range planning and management activities and projects for improving coordination among public transportation and other transportation service providers carried out by a recipient or subrecipient through an agreement entered into with a person, including a governmental entity, under this chapter (other than section 5309); but
``(ii) excluding operating public transportation services.''.
(c) Individual With a Disability.--Section 5302(a)(5) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Handicapped individual'' in the heading and inserting ``Individual with a disability''; and
(2) by striking ``handicapped individual'' and inserting
``individual with a disability''.
(d) Mass Transportation.--Section 5302(a)(7) is amended to read as follows:
``(7) Mass transportation.--The term `mass transportation' means public transportation.''.
(e) Public Transportation.--Section 5302(a)(10) is amended to read as follows:
``(10) Public transportation.--The term `public transportation' means transportation by a conveyance that provides regular and continuing general or special transportation to the public, but does not include schoolbus, charter, or sightseeing transportation.''.
(f) Urbanized Area.--Section 5302(a)(17) is amended to read as follows:
``(17) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means an area encompassing a population of at least 50,000 people that has been defined and designated in the latest decennial census as an urbanized area by the Secretary of Commerce.''.
(g) Authority to Modify Definition.--Section 5302(b) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Handicapped Individual'' in the heading and inserting ``Individual With a Disability''; and
(2) by striking ``handicapped individual'' and inserting
``individual with a disability''.
SEC. 3004. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.
Section 5303 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5303. Metropolitan planning
``(a) In General.--Grants made under sections 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, and 5317 shall be carried out in accordance with the metropolitan planning provisions of chapter 52.
``(b) Certification.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure and certify that each metropolitan planning organization in each transportation management area is carrying out its responsibilities under applicable laws of the United States. The Secretary may make the certification only if the organization is complying with chapter 52 and other applicable requirements of laws of the United States and the organization and chief executive officer have approved a transportation improvement program for the area.
``(2) Limitation on withholding certification.--The Secretary may not withhold certification based on the policies and criteria a metropolitan planning organization or mass transportation grant recipient establishes under section 5306(a) for deciding the feasibility of private enterprise participation.''.
SEC. 3005. STATEWIDE PLANNING.
(a) In General.--Section 5304 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5304. Statewide planning
``Grants made under sections 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, and 5317 shall be carried out in accordance with the statewide planning provisions of chapter 52.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5304 and inserting the following:
``5304. Statewide planning.''.
SEC. 3006. PLANNING PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 5305 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5305. Planning programs
``(a) State Defined.--In this section the term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
``(b) General Authority.--
``(1) Assistance.--Under criteria to be established by the Secretary, the Secretary may provide assistance for--
``(A) the development of transportation plans and programs;
``(B) planning, engineering, designing, and evaluating a public transportation project; and
``(C) for other technical studies.
``(2) Grants, agreements, and contracts.--The Secretary may provide assistance under paragraph (1)--
``(A) by making grants to States, authorities of States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities; or
``(B) by making agreements with other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government.
``(3) Eligible activities.--Activities eligible for assistance under paragraph (1) include the following:
``(A) Studies related to management, planning, operations, capital requirements, and economic feasibility.
``(B) Evaluating previously financed projects.
``(C) Peer reviews and exchanges of technical data, information, assistance, and related activities in support of planning and environmental analyses among metropolitan planning organizations and other transportation planners.
``(D) Other similar and related activities preliminary to and in preparation for constructing, acquiring, or improving the operation of facilities and equipment.
``(c) Purpose.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that amounts appropriated or made available under section 5338 to carry out this section and sections 5303 and 5304 are used to support balanced and comprehensive transportation planning that considers the relationships among land use and all transportation modes, without regard to the programmatic source of the planning amounts.
``(d) Metropolitan Planning Program.--
``(1) Apportionment to states.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall apportion 80 percent of the amounts made available under subsection (g)(1) among the States to carry out sections 5303 and 5306 in the ratio that--
``(i) the population of urbanized areas in each State, as shown by the latest available decennial census of population; bears to
``(ii) the total population of urbanized areas in all States, as shown by that census.
``(B) Minimum apportionment.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
(A), a State may not receive less than 0.5 percent of the amount apportioned under this paragraph.
``(2) Allocation to mpo's.--Amounts apportioned to a State under paragraph (1) shall be made available within 30 days after allocation to metropolitan planning organizations in the State designated under this section under a formula that--
``(A) considers population of urbanized areas;
``(B) provides an appropriate distribution for urbanized areas to carry out the cooperative processes described in this section;
``(C) the State develops in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organizations; and
``(D) the Secretary approves.
``(3) Supplemental amounts.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall apportion 20 percent of the amounts made available under subsection (g)(1) among the States to supplement allocations made under paragraph (1) for metropolitan planning organizations.
``(B) Formula.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) under a formula that reflects the additional cost of carrying out planning, programming, and project selection responsibilities under sections 5303 and 5306 in certain urbanized areas.
``(e) State Planning and Research Program.--
``(1) Apportionment to states.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall apportion the amounts made available under subsection (g)(2) among the States for grants and contracts to carry out sections 5303 through 5306, 5312, 5315, and 5322 in the ratio that--
``(i) the population of urbanized areas in each State, as shown by the latest available decennial census; bears to
``(ii) the population of urbanized areas in all States, as shown by that census.
``(B) Minimum apportionment.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
(A), a State may not receive less than 0.5 percent of the amount apportioned under this paragraph.
``(2) Supplemental amounts.--A State, as the State considers appropriate, may authorize part of the amount made available under this subsection to be used to supplement amounts made available under subsection (d).
``(f) Government's Share of Costs.--The Government's share of the cost of an activity funded using amounts made available under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the activity unless the Secretary determines that it is in the interests of the Government not to require a State or local match.
``(g) Allocation of Funds.--Of the funds made available by or appropriated to carry out this section under section 5338(c) for fiscal years 2004 through 2009--
``(1) 82.72 percent shall be available for the metropolitan planning program under subsection (d); and
``(2) 17.28 percent shall be available to carry out subsection (e).
``(h) Availability of Funds.--Funds apportioned under this section in a State shall remain available for obligation in that State for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized. Any amounts so apportioned that remain unobligated at the end of that period shall be reapportioned among the States.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5305 and inserting the following:
``5305. Planning programs.''.
SEC. 3007. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5306 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5306. Private enterprise participation in planning; relationship to other limitations''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5306 and inserting the following:
``5306. Private enterprise participation in planning; relationship to other limitations.''.
SEC. 3008. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.
(a) Technical Amendments.--Section 5307 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (h) and (k); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (i), (j), (l), (m), and
(n) as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively.
(b) Definitions.--Section 5307(a)(2)(A) is amended--
(1) by striking ``a person'' and inserting ``an entity''; and
(2) by striking ``section 5305(a) of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 52''.
(c) General Authority.--Section 5307(b) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants under this section for--
``(A) capital projects and associated capital maintenance items;
``(B) planning;
``(C) transit enhancements; and
``(D) operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000.'';
(2) in the heading to paragraph (2) by striking ``fiscal years 2003 and 2004 and for the period of october 1, 2004, through may 31, 2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2003 through 2005'';
(3) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``fiscal years 2003'' and all that follows through ``2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005'';
(4) in paragraph (3) by striking ``section 5305(a) of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 52''; and
(5) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``section 5303 of this title'' and inserting ``chapter 52''.
(d) Grant Recipient Requirements.--Section 5307(d)(1) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``, including safety and security aspects of the program'' after ``program'';
(2) in subparagraph (H) by striking ``sections 5301(a) and
(d), 5303-5306, and 5310(a)-(d) of this title'' and inserting
``subsections (a) and (d) of section 5301 and sections 5303 through 5306'';
(3) in subparagraph (I) by striking ``and'' at the end; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(K) in the case of a recipient for an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000--
``(i) will expend one percent of the amount the recipient receives each fiscal year under this section for projects for transit enhancements, as defined in section 5302(a); and
``(ii) will submit an annual report listing projects carried out in the preceding fiscal year with those funds; and''.
(e) Government's Share of Costs.--Section 5307(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project
(including associated capital maintenance items) under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost of the project. The recipient may provide additional local matching amounts.
``(2) Operating expenses.--A grant for operating expenses under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the net project cost of the project.
``(3) Remainder.--The remainder of the net project cost shall be provided--
``(A) in cash from sources other than amounts of the Government or revenues from providing public transportation
(excluding revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions);
``(B) from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital; and
``(C) from amounts received under a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or private social service organization.''.
(f) Reviews, Audits, and Evaluations.--Section 5307(h)(1)(A) (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) is amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting
``may''.
(g) Relationship to Other Laws.--Section 5307(l) (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);
(3) by inserting ``This chapter.--'' before ``Sections 5302'';
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Chapter 15 of title 5.--The provision of assistance under this chapter shall not be construed as bringing within the application of chapter 15 of title 5 any nonsupervisory employee of a public transportation system (or any other agency or entity performing related functions) to which such chapter is otherwise inapplicable.''; and
(5) by aligning the left margin of paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) with paragraph (2) (as added by paragraph (4) of this subsection).
(h) Treatment.--At the end of section 5307, add the following:
``(m) Treatment.--For purposes of this section, the United States Virgin Islands shall be treated as an urbanized area, as defined in section 5302.''.
SEC. 3009. CLEAN FUELS FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 5308 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5308. Clean fuels formula grant program
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Clean fuel bus.--The term `clean fuel bus' means a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that--
``(A) is powered by--
``(i) compressed natural gas;
``(ii) liquefied natural gas;
``(iii) biodiesel fuels;
``(iv) batteries;
``(v) alcohol-based fuels;
``(vi) hybrid electric;
``(vii) fuel cell;
``(viii) clean diesel, to the extent allowed under this section; or
``(ix) other low or zero emissions technology; and
``(B) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has certified sufficiently reduces harmful emissions.
``(2) Eligible project.--The term `eligible project'--
``(A) means a project in a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (4)(A) for--
``(i) purchasing or leasing clean fuel buses, including buses that employ a lightweight composite primary structure;
``(ii) constructing or leasing clean fuel buses or electrical recharging facilities and related equipment for such buses; or
``(iii) constructing new or improving existing public transportation facilities to accommodate clean fuel buses; and
``(B) at the discretion of the Secretary, may include a project located in a nonattainment or maintenance area described in paragraph (4)(A) relating to clean fuel, biodiesel, hybrid electric, or zero emissions technology buses that exhibit equivalent or superior emissions reductions to existing clean fuel or hybrid electric technologies.
``(3) Maintenance area.--The term `maintenance area' has the meaning such term has under section 101 of title 23.
``(4) Recipient.--
``(A) In general.--The term `recipient' means a designated recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for an area that, and a recipient for an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 that--
``(i) is designated as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)); or
``(ii) is a maintenance area for ozone or carbon monoxide.
``(B) Smaller urbanized areas.--In the case of an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000, the State in which the area is located shall act as the recipient for the area under this section.
``(b) Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants in accordance with this section to recipients to finance eligible projects.
``(c) Apportionment of Funds.--
``(1) Formula.--The Secretary shall apportion among recipients amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year. Of such amounts--
``(A) two-thirds shall be apportioned to recipients serving urbanized areas with a population of at least 1,000,000, of which--
``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned so that each such recipient receives a grant under this section in an amount equal to the ratio that--
``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment for the area served by the recipient; bears to
``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of all such recipients, weighted by severity of nonattainment for all areas served by such recipients; and
``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned so that each such recipient receives a grant under this section in an amount equal to the ratio that--
``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as defined in section 5336(c)) of the recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment of the area served by the recipient; bears to
``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles (as defined in section 5336(c)) of all such recipients, weighted by severity of nonattainment of all areas served by such recipients; and
``(B) one-third shall be apportioned to recipients serving urbanized areas with a population of less than 1,000,000, of which--
``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned so that each such recipient receives a grant under this section in an amount equal to the ratio that--
``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment for the area served by the recipient; bears to
``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of all such recipients, weighted by severity of nonattainment for all areas served by such recipients; and
``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned so that each such recipient receives a grant under this section in an amount equal to the ratio that--
``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as defined in section 5336(c)) of the recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment of the area served by the recipient; bears to
``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles (as defined in section 5336(c)) of all such recipients, weighted by severity of nonattainment of all areas served by such recipients.
``(2) Weighting of severity of nonattainment.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), subject to subparagraph (B), the number of buses in the bus fleet, or the number of passenger miles, shall be multiplied by a factor of--
``(i) 1.0 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is a maintenance area for ozone or carbon monoxide;
``(ii) 1.1 if, at the time of the 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 (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.);
``(iii) 1.2 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a moderate ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of such part;
``(iv) 1.3 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a serious ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of such part;
``(v) 1.4 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as a severe ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of such part; or
``(vi) 1.5 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is classified as an extreme ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of such part.
``(B) Additional adjustment for carbon monoxide areas.--If, in addition to being classified as a nonattainment or maintenance area for ozone under subpart 2 of such part, the area was also classified under subpart 3 of such part as a nonattainment area for carbon monoxide, the weighted nonattainment or maintenance area fleet and passenger miles for the recipient, as calculated under subparagraph (A), shall be further multiplied by a factor of 1.2.
``(d) Clean Diesel Buses.--Not more than 35 percent of the amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338 in each fiscal year to carry out this section may be made available to fund clean diesel buses.
``(e) Grant Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--A grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307.
``(2) Government's share of costs for certain projects.--Section 5323(i) applies to projects carried out under this section.
``(f) Availability of Funds.--Any amount made available or appropriated under this section--
``(1) shall remain available to a project for 1 year after the fiscal year for which the amount is made available or appropriated; and
``(2) that remains unobligated at the end of the period described in paragraph (1) shall be added to the amount made available in the following fiscal year.''.
SEC. 3010. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5309 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5309. Capital investment grants''.
(b) Loans for Real Property Interests.--Section 5309 is amended--
(1) in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) by striking ``and loans'';
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b).
(c) Project as Part of Approved Program of Projects.--Section 5309(b) (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Except as provided in subsections (b)(2) and (e) of the section, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
(2) by striking ``or loan''.
(d) Criteria and Funding.--Section 5309 is amended by striking subsections (e) through (p) and inserting the following:
``(c) Major Capital Investment Grants of $75,000,000 or More.--
``(1) Full funding grant agreement.--A major new fixed guideway capital 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.
``(2) Approval of grants.--The Secretary may approve a grant under this section for a major new fixed guideway capital project only if the Secretary, based upon evaluations and considerations set forth in paragraph (3), determines that the proposal 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, operating efficiencies, and transit supportive policies, and existing land use; 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.
``(3) Considerations.--
``(A) Results of alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.--In evaluating a proposed project for purposes of making the finding required by paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of the alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for the project.
``(B) Project justification.--In evaluating a proposed project for purposes of making the finding required by paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall--
``(i) consider the direct and indirect costs of relevant alternatives;
``(ii) 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 and recognize reductions in local infrastructure costs achieved through compact land use development;
``(iii) identify and consider public transportation supportive existing land use policies and future patterns and the cost of suburban sprawl;
``(iv) consider the degree to which the project increases the mobility of the public transportation dependent population or promotes economic development;
``(v) consider population density and current transit ridership in the corridor;
``(vi) consider the technical capability of the grant recipient to construct the project;
``(vii) adjust the project justification to reflect differences in local land, construction, and operating costs; and
``(viii) consider other factors that the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out this chapter.
``(C) Local financial commitment.--In evaluating a proposed project under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall require that--
``(i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that 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 public transportation system (including essential feeder bus and other services necessary to achieve the projected ridership levels) without requiring a reduction in existing public transportation services to operate the proposed project.
``(D) Assessment of local financing.--In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of local financing under paragraph (2)(C), 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 public 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.
``(4) Evaluation and rating of projects.--A proposed project under this subsection 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 the findings, the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project as `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 of the criteria established by regulation.
``(5) Major defined.--In this section, the term `major', as used with respect to a new fixed guideway capital project, means the Federal assistance provided or to be provided under this section for the project is $75,000,000 or more.
``(d) Capital Investment Grants Less Than $75,000,000.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this subsection, if the Federal assistance provided or to be provided under this section with respect to a new fixed guideway capital project is less than $75,000,000, and not less than $25,000,000, the project shall be subject to the requirements in this subsection. A new fixed guideway capital project is not subject to the requirements of this subsection if the assistance provided under this section with respect to the project is less than $25,000,000.
``(2) Selection criteria.--The Secretary may provide Federal assistance under this subsection with respect to a proposed project only if the Secretary finds that the project is--
``(A) based on the results of planning and alternatives analysis;
``(B) justified based on a review of its public transportation supportive land use policies, cost effectiveness, and effect on local economic development; and
``(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial commitment.
``(3) Planning and alternatives.--In evaluating a project under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall analyze and consider the results of planning and alternatives analysis for the project.
``(4) Project justification.--For purposes of making the finding under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall--
``(A) determine the degree to which the project is consistent with local land use policies and is likely to achieve local developmental goals;
``(B) determine the cost effectiveness of the project at the time of the initiation of revenue service;
``(C) determine the degree to which the project will have a positive effect on local economic development;
``(D) consider the reliability of the forecasts of costs and ridership associated with the project; and
``(E) consider other factors that the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out this subsection.
``(5) Local financial commitment.--For purposes of paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall require that each proposed local source of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed project timetable.
``(6) Advancement of project to development and construction.--
``(A) General rule.--A proposed project under this subsection may advance from planning and alternatives analysis to project development and construction only if--
``(i) the Secretary finds that the project meets the requirements of this subsection and there is a reasonable likelihood that the project will continue to meet such requirements; and
``(ii) the metropolitan planning organization has adopted the locally preferred alternative for the project into the long-range transportation plan.
``(B) Evaluation.--In making the findings under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project as `recommended' or `not recommended' based on the results of the analysis of the project justification criteria and the degree of local financial commitment, as required by this subsection.
``(7) Contents of project construction grant agreement.--A project construction grant agreement under this subsection shall specify the scope of the project to be constructed, the estimated net project cost of the project, the schedule under which the project shall be constructed, the maximum amount of funding to be obtained under this subsection, the proposed schedule for obligation of future Federal grants, and the sources of funding from other than the Government. The agreement may include a commitment on the part of the Secretary to provide funding for the project in future fiscal years.
``(8) Limitation on entry into construction grant agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a project construction grant agreement for a project under this subsection only if the project is authorized for construction and has been rated as `recommended' under this subsection.
``(9) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall issue regulations establishing an evaluation and rating process for proposed projects under this subsection that is based on the results of project justification and local financial commitment, as required under this subsection.
``(10) Fixed guideway capital project.--In this subsection, the term `fixed guideway capital project' includes a corridor-based public transportation bus capital project if the majority of the project's corridor right-of-way is dedicated alignment for exclusive use by public transportation vehicles for all or part of the day.
``(e) Previously Issued Letter of Intent or Full Funding Grant Agreement.--Subsections (c) and (d) do 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 enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005. Subsection (d) also does not apply to projects for which the Secretary has received an application for final design before such date of enactment.
``(f) Letters of Intent, Full Funding Grant Agreements, and Early Systems Work Agreements.--
``(1) Letters of intent.--
``(A) Amounts intended to be obligated.--The Secretary may issue a letter of intent to an applicant announcing an intention to obligate, for a capital project under this section, an amount from future available budget authority specified in law that is not more than the amount stipulated as the financial participation of the Secretary in the project. When a letter is issued for fixed guideway projects, the amount shall be sufficient to complete at least an operable segment.
``(B) Treatment.--The issuance of a letter under subparagraph (A) is deemed not to be an obligation under sections 1108(c), 1108(d), 1501, and 1502(a) of title 31 or an administrative commitment.
``(2) Full funding grant agreements.--
``(A) Terms.--The Secretary may make a full funding grant agreement with an applicant. The agreement shall--
``(i) establish the terms of participation by the Government in a project under this section;
``(ii) establish the maximum amount of Government financial assistance for the project;
``(iii) cover the period of time for completing the project, including a period extending beyond the period of an authorization; and
``(iv) make timely and efficient management of the project easier according to the law of the United States.
``(B) Special financial rules.--
``(i) In general.--An agreement under this paragraph obligates an amount of available budget authority specified in law and may include a commitment, contingent on amounts to be specified in law in advance for commitments under this paragraph, to obligate an additional amount from future available budget authority specified in law.
``(ii) Statement of contingent commitment.--The agreement shall state that the contingent commitment is not an obligation of the Government.
``(iii) Interest and other financing costs.--Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying out a part of the project within a reasonable time are a cost of carrying out the project under a full funding grant agreement, except that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.
``(iv) Completion of operable segment.--The amount stipulated in an agreement under this paragraph for a fixed guideway project shall be sufficient to complete at least an operable segment.
``(3) Early system work agreements.--
``(A) Conditions.--The Secretary may make an early systems work agreement with an applicant if a record of decision under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) has been issued on the project and the Secretary finds there is reason to believe--
``(i) a full funding grant agreement for the project will be made; and
``(ii) the terms of the work agreement will promote ultimate completion of the project more rapidly and at less cost.
``(B) Contents.--
``(i) In general.--A work agreement under this paragraph obligates an amount of available budget authority specified in law and shall provide for reimbursement of preliminary costs of carrying out the project, including land acquisition, timely procurement of system elements for which specifications are decided, and other activities the Secretary decides are appropriate to make efficient, long-term project management easier.
``(ii) Period covered.--A work agreement under this paragraph shall cover the period of time the Secretary considers appropriate. The period may extend beyond the period of current authorization.
``(iii) Interest and other financing costs.--Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying out the work agreement within a reasonable time are a cost of carrying out the agreement, except that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.
``(iv) Failure to carry out project.--If an applicant does not carry out the project for reasons within the control of the applicant, the applicant shall repay all Government payments made under the work agreement plus reasonable interest and penalty charges the Secretary establishes in the agreement.
``(4) Limitation on amounts.--
``(A) Major capital investment grants contingent commitment authority.--The total estimated amount of future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to incur obligations covered by all outstanding letters of intent, full funding grant agreements, and early systems work agreements under this subsection for major new fixed guideway capital projects may be not more than the greater of the amount authorized under sections 5338(b) and 5338(h)(1) for such projects or an amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal years of funding allocated under subsections (m)(1)(B) and
(m)(2)(B)(ii) for such projects, less an amount the Secretary reasonably estimates is necessary for grants under this section for those of such projects that are not covered by a letter or agreement. The total amount covered by new letters and contingent commitments included in full funding grant agreements and early systems work agreements for such projects may be not more than a limitation specified in law.
``(B) Other contingent commitment authority.--The total estimated amount of future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to incur obligations covered by all project construction grant agreements and early system work agreements under this subsection for small capital projects described in subsection (d) may be not more than the greater of the amount allocated under subsection (m)(2)(A) for such projects or an amount equivalent to the last fiscal year of funding allocated under subsection (m)(2)(A) for such projects, less an amount the Secretary reasonably estimates is necessary for grants under this section for those of such projects that are not covered by an agreement. The total amount covered by new contingent commitments included in project construction grant agreements and early systems work agreements for such projects may be not more than a limitation specified in law.
``(C) Inclusion of certain commitments.--Future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments made against the contingent commitment authority under section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(106 Stat. 2125) for the San Francisco BART to the Airport project for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 shall be charged against section 3032(g)(2) of that Act.
``(D) Appropriation required.--An obligation may be made under this subsection only when amounts are appropriated for the obligation.
``(5) Notification of congress.--At least 60 days before issuing a letter of intent or entering into a full funding grant agreement or project construction grant agreement under this section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of the proposed 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) Government's Share of Net Project Cost.--
``(1) Federal share.--Based on engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, and information on the expected use of equipment or facilities, the Secretary shall estimate the net project cost. A grant for the project shall be for 80 percent of the net capital project cost, unless the grant recipient requests a lower grant percentage.
``(2) Remainder of net project cost.--The remainder of net project costs shall be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.
``(3) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this section, including paragraph (1) and subsections
(c)(3)(D)(iv) and (c)(4), shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to require a non-Federal financial commitment for a project that is more than 20 percent of the net capital project cost.
``(4) Special rule for rolling stock costs.--In addition to amounts allowed pursuant to paragraph (1), a planned extension to a fixed guideway system may include the cost of rolling stock previously purchased if the applicant satisfies the Secretary that only amounts other than amounts of the Government were used and that the purchase was made for use on the extension. A refund or reduction of the remainder may be made only if a refund of a proportional amount of the grant of the Government is made at the same time.
``(5) Limitation on applicability.--This subsection does not apply to projects for which the Secretary has entered into a full funding grant agreement before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.
``(h) Fiscal Capacity Considerations.--If the Secretary gives priority consideration to financing projects that include more than the non-Government share required under subsection (g), the Secretary shall give equal consideration to differences in the fiscal capacity of State and local governments.
``(i) Reports on New Starts.--
``(1) Annual dot 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) a proposal of allocations of amounts to be available to finance grants for new fixed guideway capital projects among applicants for these amounts;
``(B) evaluations and ratings, as required under subsection
(c), for each such project that is authorized by the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005; and
``(C) recommendations of such 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) Annual gao review.--The Comptroller General shall--
``(A) conduct an annual review of--
``(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating, rating, and recommending new fixed guideway capital projects; and
``(ii) the Secretary's implementation of such processes and procedures; and
``(B) report to Congress on the results of such review by May 31 of each year.
``(j) Undertaking Projects in Advance.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may pay the Government's share of the net capital project cost to a State or local governmental authority that carries out any part of a project described in this section without the aid of amounts of the Government and according to all applicable procedures and requirements if--
``(A) the State or local governmental authority applies for the payment;
``(B) the Secretary approves the payment; and
``(C) before carrying out the part of the project, the Secretary approves the plans and specifications for the part in the same way as other projects under this section.
``(2) Financing costs.--
``(A) In general.--The cost of carrying out part of a project includes the amount of interest earned and payable on bonds issued by the State or local governmental authority to the extent proceeds of the bonds are expended in carrying out the part.
``(B) Limitation on amount of interest.--The amount of interest under this paragraph may not be more than the most favorable interest terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing.
``(C) Certification.--The applicant shall certify, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financial terms.
``(3) Capital project cost indices.--The Secretary shall consider changes in capital project cost indices when determining the estimated cost under paragraph (2).
``(k) Bus and Bus Facilities Projects.--In making grants under subsections (m)(1)(C) and (m)(2)(B)(iii), the Secretary shall consider the age of buses, bus fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities.
``(l) Availability of Amounts.--An amount made available or appropriated under section 5338(b), 5338(g), or 5338(h) for replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and construction of bus-related facilities or for new fixed guideway capital projects shall remain available for 3 fiscal years, including the fiscal year in which the amount is made available or appropriated. Any of such amounts that are unobligated at the end of the 3-fiscal-year period shall be deobligated and may be used by the Secretary for any purpose under this section.
``(m) Allocating Amounts.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--The total amount of funds made available by or appropriated under section 5338(b) for fiscal year 2004 shall be allocated as follows:
``(A) 40 percent for fixed guideway modernization;
``(B) 40 percent for major new fixed guideway capital projects; and
``(C) 20 percent to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities.
``(2) Fiscal years 2005-2009.--The total amount of funds made available by section 5338(g), and appropriated under section 5338(h), for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be allocated in the fiscal year as follows:
``(A) Small capital projects.--From funds appropriated under section 5338(h) for new fixed guideway capital projects described in subsection (d)--
``(i) $135,000,000 in fiscal year 2005;
``(ii) $175,000,000 in fiscal year 2006;
``(iii) $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2007;
``(iv) $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008; and
``(v) $225,000,000 in fiscal year 2009.
``(B) Remainder.--After the allocation under subparagraph
(A), the remainder of such total amount shall be allocated as follows:
``(i) 40 percent for fixed guideway modernization, to be derived from funds made available under section 5338(g).
``(ii) 40 percent for major new fixed capital guideway projects, to be derived from funds appropriated under section 5338(h).
``(iii) 20 percent to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities, to be derived from funds made available under section 5338(g).
``(3) Funding for ferry boat systems.--Of the amounts made available under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B)(ii), $10,400,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 for new fixed guideway capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii that are for ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities or that are for approaches to ferry terminal facilities. Of the amounts made available under paragraphs (1)(C) and
(2)(B)(iii), $10,000,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities.
``(4) Fuel cell bus program.--Of the amounts made available under subsections (m)(1)(C) and (m)(2)(B)(iii) for a fiscal year, the following amounts shall be set aside for the national fuel cell bus technology development program under section 3039 of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005:
``(A) $4,849,950 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
``(C) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
``(D) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
``(E) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
``(F) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(n) New Fixed Guideway Capital Project Defined.--In this section, the term `new fixed guideway capital project' means a minimum operable segment of a capital project for a new fixed guideway system or extension to an existing fixed guideway system.''.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Chapter analysis.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5309 and inserting the following:
``5309. Capital investment grants.''.
(2) Section 5328.--Section 5328(a) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``5309(e)'' and inserting
``5309(c)''; and
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ``under section 5309(o)(1)'' and inserting ``under section 5309(i)(1)''.
SEC. 3011. FORMULA GRANTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF ELDERLY
INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 5310 is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5310. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities'';
(2) by striking subsections (a) through (g) and inserting the following:
``(a) General Authority.--
``(1) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to States and local governmental authorities under this section for public transportation capital projects, and operating costs associated with public transportation capital projects, planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.
``(2) Subrecipients.--A State that receives a grant under this section may allocate the amounts of the grant to--
``(A) a private nonprofit organization if the public transportation service provided under paragraph (1) is unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate; or
``(B) a governmental authority that--
``(i) is approved by the State to coordinate services for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities; or
``(ii) certifies that there are not any nonprofit organizations readily available in the area to provide the services described under paragraph (1).
``(3) Acquiring public transportation services.--A public transportation capital project under this section may include acquisition of public transportation services as an eligible capital expense.
``(4) Administrative expenses.--A State or local governmental authority may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the State under this section to administer, plan, and provide technical assistance for a project funded under this section.
``(b) Apportionment and Transfers.--
``(1) Apportionment.--
``(A) Formula.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section under a formula the Secretary administers that considers the number of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities in each State.
``(B) Low density adjustment.--In administering the apportionment formula under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) in the case of a State with a population density of 10 or fewer persons per square mile, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 2 the number of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities in the State (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census); and
``(ii) in the case of a State with a population density of more than 10 but equal to or fewer than 30 persons per square mile, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.25 the number of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities in the State (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census).
``(2) Transfers.--Any State's apportionment remaining available for obligation at the beginning of the 90-day period before the end of the period of availability of the apportionment is available to the State for transfer to supplement amounts apportioned to the State under section 5311(c) or 5336(a)(1), or both. Any funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available only for eligible projects as described in this section.
``(c) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary; except that in the case of a State described in section 120(b)(1) of title 23, such percentage shall be increased in accordance with such section.
``(2) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Remainder.--The remainder of the net project costs--
``(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization, or new capital; and
``(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation.
``(4) Use of certain funds.--For purposes of paragraph
(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation purposes.
``(d) Grant Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--A grant under this section shall be subject to all requirements of a grant under section 5307. A grant to a subrecipient under this section shall be subject to such requirements to the extent the Secretary considers appropriate.
``(2) Coordination with nonprofit providers.--A recipient that transfers funds to an apportionment under section 5336(a)(1) pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall certify that the project for which the funds are requested under this section has been coordinated with nonprofit providers of services.
``(3) Project selection and planning.--Beginning in fiscal year 2007, a recipient of funds under this section shall certify that--
``(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally developed, coordinated public transit-human services transportation plan; and
``(B) the plan was developed through a process that included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.
``(4) Fair and equitable distribution.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall certify that allocations of the grant to subrecipients are distributed on a fair and equitable basis.
``(e) State Program.--
``(1) In general.--Amounts made available to carry out this section may be used for transportation projects to assist in providing transportation services for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities that are included in a State program of projects.
``(2) Submission and approval.--A program shall be submitted annually to the Secretary for approval and shall contain an assurance that the program provides for maximum feasible coordination of transportation services assisted under this section with transportation services assisted by other Government sources.
``(f) Leasing Vehicles.--Vehicles acquired under this section may be leased to local governmental authorities to improve transportation services designed to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.''; and
(3) by redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (g) through (i), respectively.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5310 and inserting the following:
``5310. Formula grants for special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.''.
SEC. 3012. FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 5311(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Recipient.--The term `recipient' means a State that receives a Federal transit program grant directly from the Government.
``(2) Subrecipient.--The term `subrecipient' means a State or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a Federal transit program grant indirectly through a recipient.''.
(b) General Authority.--Section 5311(b) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) General Authority.--
``(1) Grants.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may make grants to other than urbanized areas under this section for the following:
``(A) Public transportation capital projects.
``(B) Operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation.
``(C) Acquisition of public transportation services, including service agreements with private providers of public transportation services.
``(2) State program.--
``(A) In general.--Amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used for projects included in a State program for public transportation projects, including service agreements with private providers of public transportation.
``(B) Submission.--The program shall be submitted annually to the Secretary for approval.
``(C) Approval.--The Secretary may approve the program only if the Secretary finds that the program provides a fair distribution of amounts in the State, including Indian reservations, and the maximum feasible coordination of public transportation service assisted under this section with transportation service assisted by other Federal sources.
``(3) Rural transportation assistance program.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a rural transportation assistance program in other than urbanized areas.
``(B) Grants and contracts.--In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of the amount made available to carry out this section to make grants and contracts for transportation research, technical assistance, training, and related support services in other than urbanized areas.
``(C) Projects of a national scope.--Not more than 15 percent of the amounts available under subparagraph (B) may be used by the Secretary to carry out projects of a national scope, with the remaining balance provided to the States.''.
(c) Apportionments.--Section 5311(c) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Apportionments.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section among the States in the ratio that--
``(A) the population of other than urbanized areas in each State, as shown by the most recent Government decennial census of population; bears to
``(B) the population of all other than urbanized areas in the United States, as shown by that census.
``(2) Low density adjustment.--In administering the apportionment formula under paragraph (1)--
``(A) in the case of a State with a population density of 10 or fewer persons per square mile in other than urbanized areas of the State, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.5 the population of such other than urbanized areas (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census); and
``(B) in the case of a State with a population density of more than 10 but equal to or fewer than 12 persons per square mile in other than urbanized areas of the State, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.25 the population of such other than urbanized areas (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census).
``(3) Availability.--The amount apportioned to a State under this subsection may be obligated by the State for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the amount is apportioned. An amount that is not obligated at the end of that period shall be reapportioned among the States for the next fiscal year.''.
(d) Use for Administration, Planning, and Technical Assistance.--Section 5311(e) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by inserting ``, planning,'' after ``administration'';
(2) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary'';
(3) by striking paragraph (2); and
(4) by striking ``recipient'' and inserting
``subrecipient''.
(e) Intercity Bus Transportation.--Section 5311(f) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``after September 30, 1993,''; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``A State'' and inserting
``After consultation with affected intercity bus service providers, a State''.
(f) Government's Share of Costs.--Section 5311(g) is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary; except that in the case of a State described in section 120(b)(1) of title 23, such percentage shall be increased in accordance with such section.
``(2) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Remainder.--The remainder of net project costs--
``(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization, or new capital; and
``(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation.
``(4) Use of certain funds.--For purposes of paragraph
(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation purposes.
``(5) Limitation on operating assistance.--A State carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government grant for the payment of operating expenses.''.
(g) Relationship to Other Laws.--Section 5311 is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (h); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections
(h) and (i), respectively.
(h) Correction to Chapter Analysis.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5311 and inserting the following:
``5311. Formula grants for other than urbanized areas.''.
SEC. 3013. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND
DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5312 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking the first parenthetical phrase;
(B) by striking ``or contracts'' and inserting ``, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions'';
(C) by striking ``help reduce urban transportation needs, improve mass transportation service,'' and inserting
``improve transportation service'';
(D) by striking ``urban'' each place it appears; and
(E) by striking ``and demonstration projects'' and inserting ``, demonstration or deployment projects, or evaluation of technology of national significance'';
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(b) and (c), respectively;
(4) in subsection (b)(2) (as so redesignated) by striking
``other agreements'' and inserting ``other transactions''; and
(5) in subsection (c)(2) (as so redesignated) by striking
``public and'' and inserting ``public or''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--Section 5312 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5312. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects''.
(2) Chapter analysis.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5312 and inserting the following:
``5312. Research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects.''.
SEC. 3014. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 5313 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(1) The amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(d) of this title'' and inserting ``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1)(C)(iv) and (2)(C) of section 5338(d)'';
(2) by striking subsection (b);
(3) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``(2) The'' and inserting ``(b) Federal Assistance.--The''; and
(4) in subsection (c) by striking ``subsection (a) of''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Section 5313 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5313. Cooperative research program''.
(2) Chapter analysis.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5313 and inserting the following:
``5313. Cooperative research program.''.
SEC. 3015. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 5314 is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5314. National research and technology programs'';
(2) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) by striking ``subsections (d) and (h)(7) of section 5338 of this title'' and inserting ``section 5338(d)'';
(B) by striking ``and contracts'' and inserting ``, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions'';
(C) by striking ``5303-5306,''; and
(D) by striking ``5317,'';
(3) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``Of the amounts'' and all that follows through ``$3,000,000 to'' and inserting
``The Secretary shall'';
(4) by striking subsection (a)(4)(B);
(5) by redesignating subsection (a)(4)(C) as subsection
(a)(4)(B); and
(6) in subsection (b) by striking ``or contract'' and all that follows through ``section,'' and inserting ``, contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction under subsection (a) or section 5312,''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5314 and inserting the following:
``5314. National research and technology programs.''.
SEC. 3016. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.
Section 5315 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``public mass transportation'' and inserting ``public transportation''; and
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ``mass'' each place it appears.
SEC. 3017. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE FORMULA GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 53 is amended by inserting after section 5315 the following:
``Sec. 5316. Job access and reverse commute formula grants
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Access to jobs project.--The term `access to jobs project' means a project relating to the development and maintenance of transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and from jobs and activities related to their employment, including--
``(A) transportation projects to finance planning, capital, and operating costs of providing access to jobs under this chapter;
``(B) promoting public transportation by low-income workers, including the use of public transportation by workers with nontraditional work schedules;
``(C) promoting the use of transit vouchers for welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals; and
``(D) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation, including the transit pass benefit program under section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(2) Eligible low-income individual.--The term `eligible low-income individual' means an individual whose family income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as that term is defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any revision required by that section) for a family of the size involved.
``(3) Recipient.--The term `recipient' means a designated recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) and a State that receives a grant under this section directly.
``(4) Reverse commute project.--The term `reverse commute project' means a public transportation project designed to transport residents of urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities, including any projects to--
``(A) subsidize the costs associated with adding reverse commute bus, train, carpool, van routes, or service from urbanized areas and other than urbanized areas to suburban workplaces;
``(B) subsidize the purchase or lease by a nonprofit organization or public agency of a van or bus dedicated to shuttling employees from their residences to a suburban workplace; or
``(C) otherwise facilitate the provision of public transportation services to suburban employment opportunities.
``(5) Subrecipient.--The term `subrecipient' means a State or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a grant under this section indirectly through a recipient.
``(6) Welfare recipient.--The term `welfare recipient' means an individual who has received assistance under a State or tribal program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act at any time during the 3-year period before the date on which the applicant applies for a grant under this section.
``(b) General Authority.--
``(1) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants under this section to a recipient for access to jobs and reverse commute projects carried out by the recipient or a subrecipient.
``(2) Administrative expenses.--A recipient may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the recipient under this section to administer, plan, and provide technical assistance for a project funded under this section.
``(c) Apportionments.--
``(1) Formula.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section as follows:
``(A) 60 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among designated recipients (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in each such urbanized area; bears to
``(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in all such urbanized areas.
``(B) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in each State; bears to
``(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in all States.
``(C) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in other than urbanized areas in each State; bears to
``(ii) the number of eligible low-income individuals and welfare recipients in other than urbanized areas in all States.
``(2) Use of apportioned funds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)--
``(A) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(A) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more;
``(B) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000; and
``(C) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(C) shall be used for projects serving other than urbanized areas.
``(3) Exceptions.--A State may use funds apportioned under paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C)--
``(A) for projects serving areas other than the area specified in paragraph (2)(B) or (2)(C), as the case may be, if the Governor of the State certifies that all of the objectives of this section are being met in the specified area; or
``(B) for projects anywhere in the State if the State has established a statewide program for meeting the objectives of this section.
``(d) Competitive Process for Grants to Subrecipients.--
``(1) Areawide solicitations.--A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall conduct, in cooperation with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization, an areawide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient and subrecipients under this section.
``(2) Statewide solicitation.--A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C) shall conduct a statewide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient and subrecipients under this section.
``(3) Application.--Recipients and subrecipients seeking to receive a grant from funds apportioned under subsection (c) shall submit to the recipient an application in the form and in accordance with such requirements as the recipient shall establish.
``(4) Grant awards.--The recipient shall award grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) on a competitive basis.
``(e) Transfers.--
``(1) In general.--A State may transfer any funds apportioned to it under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C), or both, to an apportionment under section 5311(c) or 5336, or both.
``(2) Limited to eligible projects.--Any apportionment transferred under this subsection shall be made available only for eligible job access and reverse commute projects as described in this section.
``(3) Consultation.--A State may make a transfer of an amount under this subsection only after consulting with responsible local officials and publicly owned operators of public transportation in each area for which the amount originally was awarded under subsection (d)(4).
``(f) Grant Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--A grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307.
``(2) Fair and equitable distribution.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall certify to the Secretary that allocations of the grant to subrecipients are distributed on a fair and equitable basis.
``(g) Coordination.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section with related activities under programs of other Federal departments and agencies.
``(2) With nonprofit providers.--A State that transfers funds to an apportionment under section 5336 pursuant to subsection (e) shall certify to the Secretary that any project for which the funds are requested under this section has been coordinated with nonprofit providers of services.
``(3) Project selection and planning.--A recipient of funds under this section shall certify to the Secretary that--
``(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally developed, coordinated public transit-human services transportation plan; and
``(B) the plan was developed through a process that included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.
``(h) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(2) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Remainder.--The remainder of the net project costs--
``(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization, or new capital; and
``(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation.
``(4) Use of certain funds.--For purposes of paragraph
(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation purposes.
``(5) Limitation on operating assistance.--A recipient carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government grant for the payment of operating expenses.
``(i) Program Evaluation.--
``(1) Comptroller general.--Beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, and every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General shall--
``(A) conduct a study to evaluate the grant program authorized by this section; and
``(B) 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 describing the results of the study under subparagraph (A).
``(2) Department of transportation.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary shall--
``(A) conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the grant program authorized by this section and the effectiveness of recipients making grants to subrecipients under this section; and
``(B) transmit to the committees referred to in paragraph
(1)(B) a report describing the results of the study under subparagraph (A).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5315 the following:
``5316. Job access and reverse commute formula grants.''.
(c) Repeal.--Section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5309 note; 112 Stat. 387) is repealed.
SEC. 3018. NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 53 is further amended by inserting after section 5316 the following:
``Sec. 5317. New Freedom program
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Recipient.--The term `recipient' means a designated recipient (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) and a State that receives a grant under this section directly.
``(2) Subrecipient.--The term `subrecipient' means a State or local governmental authority, nonprofit organization, or operator of public transportation services that receives a grant under this section indirectly through a recipient.
``(b) General Authority.--
``(1) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants under this section to a recipient for new public transportation services and public transportation alternatives beyond those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) that assist individuals with disabilities with transportation, including transportation to and from jobs and employment support services.
``(2) Administrative expenses.--A recipient may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the recipient under this section to administer, plan, and provide technical assistance for a project funded under this section.
``(c) Apportionments.--
``(1) Formula.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this section as follows:
``(A) 60 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among designated recipients (as defined in section 5307(a)(2)) for urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in each such urbanized area; bears to
``(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities in all such urbanized areas.
``(B) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in each State; bears to
``(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 in all States.
``(C) 20 percent of the funds shall be apportioned among the States in the ratio that--
``(i) the number of individuals with disabilities in other than urbanized areas in each State; bears to
``(ii) the number of individuals with disabilities in other than urbanized areas in all States.
``(2) Use of apportioned funds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)--
``(A) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(A) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more;
``(B) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(B) shall be used for projects serving urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000; and
``(C) funds apportioned under paragraph (1)(C) shall be used for projects serving other than urbanized areas.
``(3) Low density adjustment.--
``(A) Smaller urbanized areas.--In administering the apportionment formula under paragraph (1)(B)--
``(i) in the case of a State with a population density of 10 or fewer persons per square mile in other than urbanized areas of the State, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 2 the number of individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas of the State with a population of less than 200,000 (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census); and
``(ii) in the case of a State with a population density of more than 10 but equal to or fewer than 30 persons per square mile, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.25 the number of individuals with disabilities in urbanized areas of the State with a population of less than 200,000 (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census).
``(B) Other than urbanized areas.--In administering the apportionment formula under paragraph (1)(C)--
``(i) in the case of a State with a population density of 10 or fewer persons per square mile in other than urbanized areas of the State, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.5 the number of individuals with disabilities in other than urbanized areas of the State (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census); and
``(ii) in the case of a State with a population density of more than 10 but equal to or fewer than 12 persons per square mile in other than urbanized areas of the State, the Secretary shall multiply by a factor of 1.25 the number of individuals with disabilities in other than urbanized areas of the State (as determined using the most recent decennial United States Census).
``(4) Transfers.--
``(A) In general.--A State may transfer any funds apportioned to it under paragraph (1)(B) or (1)(C), or both, to an apportionment under section 5311(c) or 5336, or both.
``(B) Limited to eligible projects.--Any funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available only for eligible projects selected under this section.
``(C) Consultation.--A State may make a transfer of an amount under this subsection only after consulting with responsible local officials and publicly owned operators of public transportation in each area for which the amount originally was awarded under subsection (d)(4).
``(d) Competitive Process for Grants to Subrecipients.--
``(1) Areawide solicitations.--A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall conduct, in cooperation with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization, an areawide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient and subrecipients under this section.
``(2) Statewide solicitation.--A recipient of funds apportioned under subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(1)(C) shall conduct a statewide solicitation for applications for grants to the recipient and subrecipients under this section.
``(3) Application.--Recipients and subrecipients seeking to receive a grant from funds apportioned under subsection (c) shall submit to the recipient an application in the form and in accordance with such requirements as the recipient shall establish.
``(4) Grant awards.--The recipient shall award grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) on a competitive basis.
``(e) Grant Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a grant under this section shall be subject to all the requirements of section 5307.
``(2) Employee protective arrangements.--Section 5333(b) shall apply to grants under this section, except that the Secretary of Labor shall utilize, for urbanized areas with a population of less than 200,000 and for other than urbanized areas, a special warranty described in section 215.7 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005), that provides a fair and equitable arrangement to protect the interest of employees.
``(3) Fair and equitable distribution.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall certify that allocations of the grant to subrecipients are distributed on a fair and equitable basis.
``(f) Coordination.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section with related activities under programs of other Federal departments and agencies.
``(2) With nonprofit providers.--A recipient that transfers funds to an apportionment under section 5336 pursuant to subsection (c)(2) shall certify that the project for which the funds are requested under this section has been coordinated with nonprofit providers of services.
``(3) Project selection and planning.--Beginning in fiscal year 2007, a recipient of funds under this section shall certify that--
``(A) the projects selected were derived from a locally developed, coordinated public transit-human services transportation plan; and
``(B) the plan was developed through a process that included representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation and human services providers and participation by the public.
``(g) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--A grant for a capital project under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(2) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) Remainder.--The remainder of the net project costs--
``(A) may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization, or new capital; and
``(B) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation.
``(4) Use of certain funds.--For purposes of paragraph
(3)(B), the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(vii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(vii)) shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be used for transportation purposes.
``(5) Limitation on operating assistance.--A recipient carrying out a program of operating assistance under this section may not limit the level or extent of use of the Government grant for the payment of operating expenses.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5316 the following:
``5317. New freedom program.''.
SEC. 3019. BUS TESTING FACILITY.
(a) In General.--Section 5318 is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) Facility.--The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain one facility for testing a new bus model for maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (including braking performance), structural integrity, fuel economy, emissions, and noise.'';
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ``under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of this title'' and inserting ``to carry out this section''; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Acquiring New Bus Models.--Amounts appropriated or made available under this chapter may be obligated or expended to acquire a new bus model only if a bus of that model has been tested at the facility maintained by the Secretary under subsection (a).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5323(c) is repealed.
SEC. 3020. BICYCLE FACILITIES.
The first sentence of section 5319 is amended--
(1) by striking ``5309(h),'' and inserting ``5309(g),''; and
(2) by striking ``and 5311'' and inserting ``5311, and 5320''.
SEC. 3021. TRANSIT IN THE PARKS PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 5320 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5320. Transit in the parks pilot program
``(a) Public Transportation Defined.--In this section, the term `public transportation' means general or special transportation to the public by a conveyance that is publicly or privately owned. Such term does not include schoolbus or charter transportation but does include sightseeing transportation.
``(b) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a transit in the parks pilot program in accordance with the requirements of this section.
``(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot program shall be to encourage and promote the development of transportation systems described in section 5301(a) within units of the National Park System to improve visitor mobility and enjoyment (including visitors with disabilities), reduce pollution and congestion, and enhance resource protection through the use of public transportation.
``(d) Administration of Program.--The program shall be administered by the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior.
``(e) Memorandum of Understanding.--
``(1) Planning.--The memorandum of understanding under subsection (b) shall include transportation planning procedures that are consistent with the metropolitan and statewide planning processes required under chapter 52.
``(2) Programs.--The memorandum of understanding shall include descriptions of programs and activities eligible for assistance under the pilot program.
``(3) Exceptions.--The memorandum of understanding shall limit or modify the applicability of the provisions referred to in subsection (f) to the extent necessary to carry out the objectives of this section and to be compatible with the laws and regulations governing units of the National Park System.
``(f) Eligible Use of Funds.--Except as provided under subsection (e)(3), the Secretary may provide funds made available to carry out this section to the Secretary of the Interior under interagency agreements for the following purposes:
``(1) Planning, engineering, design, and evaluation.--Planning, engineering, design, and evaluation of public transportation projects in units of the National Park System, and for technical studies, in accordance with section 5305(b)(2).
``(2) Public transportation capital projects.--Public transportation capital projects (as defined in section 5302(a)(1)) for such units in accordance with all the terms and conditions to which a grant is made under subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 5307 and such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary. The Secretary of the Interior shall act as the designated recipient for the purposes of subsection (a)(2) of section 5307.
``(3) Operating costs.--Operating costs of equipment and facilities used in public transportation for such units.
``(g) Government's Share of Costs.--
``(1) Capital projects.--The Government share of the cost of any capital project or activity under this section shall be 100 percent of the costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(2) Operating assistance.--A grant made under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
``(h) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding, amending, modifying, or repealing any provision of law applicable to units of the National Park System.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is further amended by striking the item relating to section 5320 and inserting the following:
``5320. Transit in the parks pilot program.''.
SEC. 3022. HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMS.
Section 5322 is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Grants to Higher Learning Institutions.--
``(1) Authority to make grants.--The Secretary may make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning--
``(A) to conduct research and investigations into the theoretical or practical problems of public transportation; and
``(B) to train individuals to conduct further research or obtain employment in an organization that plans, builds, operates, or manages a public transportation system.
``(2) Research and investigations.--Research and investigations under this subsection include--
``(A) the design and use of public transportation systems and public roads and highways;
``(B) the interrelationship between various modes of urban, suburban, rural, and intercity transportation;
``(C) the role of transportation planning in overall urban planning;
``(D) public preferences in transportation;
``(E) the economic allocation of transportation resources; and
``(F) the legal, financial, engineering, and esthetic aspects of public transportation.
``(3) Preference.--When making a grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference to an institution that brings together knowledge and expertise in the various social science and technical disciplines related to public transportation problems.
``(c) Fellowships.--
``(1) Authority to make grants.--The Secretary may make grants to States, local governmental authorities, and operators of public transportation systems to provide fellowships to train personnel employed in managerial, technical, and professional positions in the public transportation field.
``(2) Terms.--
``(A) Period of training.--A fellowship under this subsection may be for not more than one year of training in an institution that offers a program applicable to the public transportation industry.
``(B) Selection of individuals.--The recipient of the grant shall select an individual on the basis of demonstrated ability and for the contribution the individual reasonably can be expected to make to an efficient public transportation operation.
``(C) Amount.--A grant for a fellowship may not be more than the lesser of $65,000 or 75 percent of--
``(i) tuition and other charges to the fellowship recipient;
``(ii) additional costs incurred by the training institution and billed to the grant recipient; and
``(iii) the regular salary of the fellowship recipient for the period of the fellowship to the extent the salary is actually paid or reimbursed by the grant recipient.''.
SEC. 3023. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ASSISTANCE.
(a) Interests in Property.--Section 5323(a)(1) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``private mass transportation company'' each place it appears and inserting ``private company engaged in public transportation'';
(B) by striking ``mass transportation equipment or a mass transportation facility'' and inserting ``a public transportation facility or equipment''; and
(C) by striking ``mass transportation company'' and inserting ``public transportation company''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``private mass transportation companies'' and inserting ``private companies engaged in public transportation''.
(b) Notice and Public Hearing.--Section 5323(b) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``(1) An application'' and inserting the following:
``(1) Applications.--An application'';
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking
``or loan''; and
(C) by moving subparagraphs (A) through (D) 2 ems to the right;
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``(2) Notice of'' and inserting the following:
``(2) Notice.--Notice of''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Environmental record.--An applicant shall include in the environmental record for a project under this chapter evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph
(1).''.
(c) Condition on Charter Bus Transportation Service.--Section 5323(d) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(1) Financial assistance'' and inserting the following:
``(1) Agreements.--Financial assistance''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Violations.--
``(A) Investigations.--On receiving a complaint about a violation of the agreement required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall investigate and decide whether a violation has occurred.
``(B) Enforcement of agreements.--If the Secretary decides that a violation has occurred, the Secretary shall correct the violation under terms of the agreement.
``(C) Additional remedies.--In addition to any remedy specified in the agreement, the Secretary shall bar a recipient or an operator from receiving Federal transit assistance in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate if the Secretary finds a pattern of violations of the agreement.''.
(d) Bond Proceeds Eligible for Local Share.--Section 5323(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Bond Proceeds Eligible for Local Share.--
``(1) Use as local matching funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of assistance under section 5307 or 5309 may use the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds as part of the local matching funds for a capital project.
``(2) Maintenance of effort.--The Secretary shall approve of the use of the proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds for the remainder of the net project cost only if the Secretary finds that the aggregate amount of financial support for public transportation in the urbanized area provided by the State and affected local governmental authorities during the next 3 fiscal years, as programmed in the State transportation improvement program under chapter 52 is not less than the aggregate amount provided by the State and affected local governmental authorities in the urbanized area during the preceding 3 fiscal years.
``(3) Debt service reserve.--The Secretary may reimburse an eligible recipient for deposits of bond proceeds in a debt service reserve that recipient established pursuant to section 5302(a)(1)(K) from amounts made available to the recipient under section 5307 or 5309, or both; except that such reimbursement in a fiscal year may not exceed 10 percent of the amounts made available to the recipient under section 5307 in such fiscal year.''.
(e) Schoolbus Transportation.--Section 5323(f) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(1) Financial assistance'' and inserting the following:
``(1) Agreements.--Financial assistance'';
(2) in paragraph (1) by moving subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C) 2 ems to the right; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Violations.--If the Secretary finds that an applicant, governmental authority, or publicly owned operator has violated the agreement required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall bar a recipient or an operator from receiving Federal transit assistance in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate.''.
(f) Buying Buses Under Other Laws.--Section 5323(g) is amended by striking ``103(e)(4)'' each place it appears and inserting ``133''.
(g) Buy America.--
(1) Public interest waiver.--Section 5323(j) is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Written justification for public interest waiver.--When issuing a waiver based on a public interest determination under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall issue a detailed written justification as to why the waiver is in the public interest. The Secretary shall publish such justification in the Federal Register and provide the public with a reasonable period of time for notice and comment.''.
(2) Ineligibility for contracts.--Section 5323(j)(6) (as so redesignated) is amended by striking ``Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914)'' and inserting ``Federal Public Transportation Act of 2004''.
(3) Administrative review.--Section 5323(j) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Administrative review.--A party adversely affected by an agency action under this subsection shall have the right to seek review under section 702 of title 5.''.
(4) Repeal of general waiver.--Subsections (b) and (c) of Appendix A of section 661.7 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall cease to be in effect beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(5) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule on implementation of the requirements of section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code (in this paragraph referred to as the ``Buy America requirements''). The purposes of the regulations shall be as follows:
(A) Microprocessor waiver.--To clarify that any waiver from the Buy America requirements issued under section 5323(j)(2) of such title for a microprocessor, computer, or microcomputer applies only to a device used solely for the purpose of processing or storing data and does not extend to a product containing a microprocessor, computer, or microcomputer.
(B) Definition of end product.--To define the term ``end product'' for purposes of part 661 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. In defining the term, the Secretary shall develop a list of representative items that are subject to the Buy America requirements, and shall address the procurement of systems under the definition to ensure that major system procurements are not used to circumvent the Buy America requirements.
(h) Grant Requirements.--Section 5323(o) is amended by striking ``the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998'' and inserting ``chapter 6 (other than section 609) of title 23''.
SEC. 3024. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5324 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5324. Special provisions for capital projects
``(a) Relocation Program Requirements.--Financial assistance may be provided under section 5309 only if the Secretary decides that--
``(1) an adequate relocation program is being carried out for families displaced by a project; and
``(2) an equal number of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings are being, or will be, provided to those families in the same area or in another area generally not less desirable for public utilities and public and commercial facilities, at rents or prices within the financial means of those families, and with reasonable access to their places of employment.
``(b) Consideration of Economic, Social, and Environmental Interests.--
``(1) Cooperation and consultation.--In carrying out the policy of section 5301(e), the Secretary shall cooperate and consult with the Secretaries of the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on each project that may have a substantial impact on the environment.
``(2) Public participation in environmental reviews.--In performing environmental reviews, the Secretary shall review each transcript of a hearing submitted under section 5323(b) to establish that an adequate opportunity to present views was given to all parties having a significant economic, social, or environmental interest in the project, and that the project application includes a record of--
``(A) the environmental impact of the proposal;
``(B) adverse environmental effects that cannot be avoided;
``(C) alternatives to the proposal; and
``(D) irreversible and irretrievable impacts on the environment.
``(3) Approval of applications for assistance.--
``(A) Findings by the secretary.--The Secretary may approve an application for financial assistance for a capital project in accordance with this chapter only if the Secretary makes written findings, after reviewing the application and the transcript of any hearing held before a State or local governmental authority under section 5323(b), that--
``(i) an adequate opportunity to present views was given to all parties having a significant economic, social, or environmental interest;
``(ii) the preservation and enhancement of the environment and the interest of the community in which the project is located were considered; and
``(iii) no adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the project, or no feasible and prudent alternative to the effect exists and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize the effect.
``(B) Hearing.--If a hearing has not been conducted or the Secretary decides that the record of the hearing is inadequate for making the findings required by this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct a hearing on an environmental issue raised by the application after giving adequate notice to interested persons.
``(C) Availability of findings.--The Secretary's findings under subparagraph (A) shall be made a matter of public record.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5324 and inserting the following:
``5324. Special provisions for capital projects.''.
SEC. 3025. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5325 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:
``(a) Competition.--Recipients of Federal assistance under this chapter shall conduct all procurement transactions involving such assistance in a manner providing full and open competition, as determined by the Secretary.
``(b) Architectural, Engineering, and Design Contracts.--
``(1) Procedures for awarding contract.--A contract or requirement for program management, architectural engineering, construction management, a feasibility study, and preliminary engineering, design, architectural, engineering, surveying, mapping, or related services for a project for which Federal assistance is provided under this chapter shall be awarded in the same way as a contract for architectural and engineering services is negotiated under chapter 11 of title 40 or an equivalent qualifications-based requirement of a State.
``(2) Effect of state laws.--This subsection does not apply to the extent a State has adopted, before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005, by law a formal procedure for procuring those services.
``(3) Administration of contracts.--When awarding such contracts, recipients of assistance under this chapter shall maximize efficiencies of administration by accepting nondisputed audits conducted by other governmental agencies as follows:
``(A) Performance of audits.--Any contract or subcontract awarded under this chapter shall be performed and audited in compliance with cost principles contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (part 31 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations).
``(B) Indirect cost rates.--Instead of performing its own audits, a recipient of funds under a contract or subcontract awarded under this chapter shall accept indirect cost rates established in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation for one-year applicable accounting periods by a cognizant Federal or State government agency, if such rates are not currently under dispute.
``(C) Application of rates.--Once a firm's indirect cost rates are accepted under this paragraph, the recipient of the funds shall apply such rates for the purposes of contract estimation, negotiation, administration, reporting, and contract payment and shall not be limited by administrative or de facto ceilings.
``(D) Prenotification; confidentiality of data.--A recipient of funds requesting or using the cost and rate data described in paragraph (3) shall notify any affected firm before such request or use. Such data shall be confidential and shall not be accessible or provided, in whole or in part, to another firm or to any government agency that is not part of the group of agencies sharing cost data under this paragraph, except by written permission of the audited firm. If prohibited by law, such cost and rate data shall not be disclosed under any circumstances.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Design-Build System Projects.--
``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `design-build 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 public 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) Financial assistance.--Government financial assistance under this chapter may be made available for the capital costs of a design-build system project after the recipient complies with Government requirements.
``(e) Multiyear Rolling Stock.--
``(1) Contracts.--A recipient procuring rolling stock with Government financial assistance under this chapter may make a multiyear contract to buy the rolling stock and replacement parts under which the recipient has an option to buy additional rolling stock or replacement parts for not more than 5 years after the date of the original contract.
``(2) Cooperation among recipients.--The Secretary shall allow at least 2 recipients to act on a cooperative basis to procure rolling stock in compliance with this subsection and other Government procurement requirements.
``(f) Acquiring Rolling Stock.--A recipient of financial assistance 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.
``(g) Examination of the Records.--Upon request, the Secretary, the Comptroller General, or a representative of the Secretary or the Comptroller General shall have access to and the right to examine and inspect all records, documents, papers, including contracts, related to a project for which a grant is made under this chapter.
``(h) Grant Prohibitions.--A grant may not be used to support a procurement that uses an exclusionary or discriminatory specification.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5326, and the item relating to section 5326 in the analysis for chapter 53, are repealed.
SEC. 3026. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW.
(a) Project Management Plan Requirements.--Section 5327(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (11);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(13) safety and security management.''.
(b) Limitations.--Section 5327(c) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Limitations.--
``(1) Limitations on use of available amounts.--The Secretary may use not more than .5 percent of amounts made available for a fiscal year to carry out section 5311, not more than .75 percent of amounts made available for a fiscal year to carry out section 5307, and not more than 1 percent of amounts made available for a fiscal year to carry out section 5309 to make contracts for the following activities:
``(A) To oversee the construction of a major project.
``(B) To review and audit the safety and security, procurement, management, and financial compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of funds under sections 5307, 5309, and 5311.
``(C) To provide technical assistance to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits carried out under this section.
``(2) Limitations on applicability.--Subsections (a), (b), and (e) do not apply to contracts under this section for activities described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C).
``(3) Government's share of costs.--The Government shall pay the entire cost of carrying out a contract under this subsection.''.
SEC. 3027. INVESTIGATIONS OF SAFETY AND HAZARDS.
(a) In General.--Section 5329 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5329. Investigation of safety and hazards
``(a) In General.--The Secretary may investigate safety and security risks associated with a condition in equipment, a facility, or an operation financed under this chapter that the Secretary believes causes a serious hazard of death or injury to establish the nature and extent of the condition and how to eliminate, mitigate, or correct it.
``(b) Plans for Eliminating, Mitigating, or Correcting Hazards.--If the Secretary establishes that a condition causes a hazard, the Secretary shall require the local governmental authority receiving amounts under this chapter to submit a plan for eliminating, mitigating, or correcting it.
``(c) Withholding Financial Assistance.--Financial assistance under this chapter, in an amount to be determined by the Secretary, may be withheld until a plan is approved and carried out.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5329 and inserting the following:
``5329. Investigation of safety and hazards.''.
SEC. 3028. STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT.
(a) In General.--Section 5330 is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5330. State safety oversight
``(a) Application.--This section applies only to--
``(1) States that have rail fixed guideway public transportation systems not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration; and
``(2) States that are designing rail fixed guideway public transportation systems that will not be subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration.'';
(2) in subsection (d) by inserting ``shall ensure uniform safety standards and enforcement and'' after ``affected States''; and
(3) by striking subsection (f).
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5330 and inserting the following:
``5330. State safety oversight.''.
SEC. 3029. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ALCOHOL MISUSE TESTING.
(a) Definitions.--Section 5331(a)(3) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: ``or section 2303a, 7101(i), or 7302(e) of title 46. The Secretary may also decide that a form of public transportation is covered adequately, for employee alcohol and controlled substances testing purposes, under the alcohol and controlled substance statutes or regulations of an agency within the Department of Transportation or the Coast Guard.''.
(b) Technical Corrections.--Subsections (b)(1) and (g) of section 5331 are each amended by striking ``or section 103(e)(4) of title 23''.
(c) Regulations.--Section 5331(f) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 3030. EMPLOYEE PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
Section 5333(b)(1) is amended by striking ``5318(d), 5323(a)(1), (b), (d), and (e), 5328, 5337, and 5338(b)'' each place it appears and inserting ``5316, 5317, 5318, 5320, 5323(a)(1), 5323(b), 5323(d), 5328, 5337, 5338(b), 5338(g), and 5338(h)''.
SEC. 3031. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
Section 5334 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) issue regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.'';
(2) by striking subsection (i);
(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (h) as subsections (c) through (i), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Prohibitions Against Regulating Operations and Charges.--
``(1) In general.--Except for purposes of national defense or in the event of a national or regional emergency, the Secretary may not regulate the operation, routes, or schedules of a public transportation system for which a grant is made under this chapter, nor may the Secretary regulate the rates, fares, tolls, rentals, or other charges prescribed by any provider of public transportation.
``(2) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the Secretary from requiring a recipient of funds under this chapter to comply with the terms and conditions of its Federal assistance agreement.'';
(5) in subsection (c)(4) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section)--
(A) by striking ``subsections (h) and (i)'' and inserting
``subsection (i)''; and
(B) by striking ``5323(c), 5323(e), 5324(c),''; and
(6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section) the following:
``(5) Nonregulatory substantive policy statements.--The Secretary shall provide notice and an opportunity for public comment at least 60 days before issuing any nonregulatory substantive policy statements (regardless of the form of issuance), including guidance, policy statements, and regulatory interpretations.''.
SEC. 3032. NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE.
(a) In General.--Section 5335 is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5335. National transit database'';
(2) by striking subsection (b); and
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``(1) To help'' and inserting ``To help''; and
(B) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting ``(b) Reporting and Uniform Systems.--The Secretary''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5335 and inserting the following:
``5335. National transit database.''.
SEC. 3033. APPORTIONMENTS BASED ON FIXED GUIDEWAY FACTORS.
(a) Distribution.--Section 5337 is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and all that follows before paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5337. Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors
``(a) Distribution.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts made available for fixed guideway modernization under sections 5338(b) and 5338(g) as follows:'';
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ``(e)(1)'' each place it appears and inserting ``(e)''; and
(3) in subsection (a) by striking ``(e)(2)'' each place it appears and inserting ``(e)''.
(b) Route Segments to Be Included in Apportionment Formulas.--Section 5337(e) is amended by striking paragraph
(1) and all that follows through ``(2) Other Standards.--''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 5337 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended to read as follows:
``5337. Apportionment based on fixed guideway factors.''.
SEC. 3034. AUTHORIZATIONS.
Section 5338 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5338. Authorizations
``(a) Formula Grants.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, and 5318 of this chapter, 1118(b) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (relating to the nonmotorized transportation pilot program), and section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392-393)
$3,132,304,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, 5316, and 5318 of this chapter, 1118(b) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (relating to the nonmotorized transportation pilot program), and section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392-393) $783,076,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by and appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) $4,849,950 shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations under section 5307;
``(ii) $125,000,000 shall be available to provide job access and reverse commute formula grants under section 5316;
``(iii) $50,000,000 shall be available to provide clean fuels formula grants under section 5308;
``(iv) $8,000,000 shall be available to provide over-the-road bus accessibility grants under section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note);
``(v) $3,100,000 shall be available to carry out bus testing under section 5318;
``(vi) $93,110,751 shall be available to provide transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under section 5310;
``(vii) $297,954,404 shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311; and
``(viii) $3,333,364,895 shall be available to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307, subject to section 3041(h) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.
``(2) Fiscal years 2005 through 2009.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5318, and 5320 of this chapter, section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392-393), and section 1118(b) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (relating to the nonmotorized transportation pilot program)--
``(i) $4,133,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(ii) $4,592,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(iii) $4,898,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(iv) $5,223,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(v) $5,570,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(B) Allocation of funds for bus testing and over-the-road bus accessibility.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) $3,100,000 shall be available to carry out section 5318; and
``(ii) $8,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(49 U.S.C. 5310 note).
``(C) Allocation of funds for clean fuels formula grant program.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5308.
``(D) Allocation of funds for job access and reverse commute formula grant program.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5316.
``(E) Allocation of funds for new freedom program.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph,
$95,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5317.
``(F) Allocation of funds for transit in the parks pilot program.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5320.
``(G) Allocation of funds for nonmotorized transportation pilot program.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section 1118(b) of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (relating to the nonmotorized transportation pilot program).
``(H) Allocation of funds for the alaska railroad.--Of the aggregate of amounts made available by this paragraph,
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for improvements to its passenger operations under section 5307.
``(I) Remainder.--Of the remainder of the aggregate amounts made available by this paragraph for a fiscal year after the allocations under subparagraphs (B) through (H) for such fiscal year--
``(i) 2.5 percent shall be available to provide transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities under section 5310;
``(ii) 8.0 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311; and
``(iii) 89.5 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307, subject to section 3041(h) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005.
``(b) Capital Program Grants in Fiscal Year 2004.--
``(1) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5309, $2,499,504,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(2) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available by paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5309, $624,876,200 for fiscal year 2004.
``(c) Planning.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5303, 5304, and 5305, $72,660,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available by subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, and 5305,
$18,165,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(2) Fiscal years 2005 through 2009.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5303, 5304, and 5305--
``(i) $96,875,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(ii) $103,325,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(iii) $110,200,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(iv) $117,537,500 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(v) $125,362,500 for fiscal year 2009.
``(B) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) 82.72 percent shall be available for metropolitan planning under sections 5303, 5304, and 5305 (other than 5305(e)); and
``(ii) 17.28 percent shall be available for State planning under section 5305(e).
``(d) Research.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5311(b), 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, 5322, and 5335,
$41,888,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available by subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b), 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, 5322, and 5335, $10,472,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by or appropriated pursuant to this paragraph for fiscal year 2004--
``(i) not less than $4,500,000 shall be available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under section 5315;
``(ii) not less than $3,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 5335;
``(iii) not less than $3,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 5314(a)(2); and
``(iv) not less than $8,860,000 shall be available to carry out section 5313(a).
``(2) Fiscal years 2005 through 2009.--
``(A) From the general fund.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, 5322, and 5335--
``(i) $54,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(ii) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(iii) $59,500,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(iv) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(v) $64,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(B) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) not less than $4,500,000 shall be available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under section 5315;
``(ii) not less than $3,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 5335; and
``(iii) not less than $3,500,000 shall be available to carry out section 5314(a)(2).
``(C) Transit cooperative research program.--Of the funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $9,500,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $10,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out section 5313(a).
``(D) Remainder.--The remainder of the funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph for a fiscal year after the allocations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for such fiscal year shall be available to carry out national research and technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322.
``(e) University Transportation Research.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5505 and 5506, $6,400,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available by subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5505 and 5506, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(2) Fiscal years 2005 through 2009.--Subject to paragraph
(3), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5505 and 5506, $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
``(3) Funding of university transportation centers.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available by and appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 shall be available for the institution identified in section 5505(j)(3)(E), as so in effect.
``(B) Use of funds.--Funds made available for the institution identified in subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be used to make grants under 5506(f)(5) for that institution
``(C) Special rule.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the transportation research conducted by the centers funded by this section.
``(f) Administration.--
``(1) Fiscal year 2004.--
``(A) From trust fund.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out section 5334, $60,044,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(B) From general fund.--In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5334, $15,011,000 for fiscal year 2004.
``(2) Fiscal years 2005 through 2009.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5334--
``(A) $78,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(B) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(C) $82,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(D) $84,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(E) $86,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(g) Trust Fund Capital Program Grants.--There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5309(m)(2)(B)(i) and 5309(m)(2)(B)(iii)--
``(1) $1,884,255,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(2) $2,080,005,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(3) $2,210,580,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(4) $2,366,677,500 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(5) $2,518,882,500 for fiscal year 2009.
``(h) General Fund Capital Program Grants.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 5309(m)(2)(A) and 5309(m)(2)(B)(ii)--
``(1) $1,391,170,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(2) $1,561,670,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(3) $1,673,720,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(4) $1,777,785,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(5) $1,904,255,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(i) Grants as Contractual Obligations.--
``(1) Grants financed from highway trust fund.--A grant or contract approved by the Secretary, that is financed with amounts made available under subsection (a)(l)(A), (a)(2),
(b)(1), (c)(2), (d)(1)(A), (e)(1)(A), (f)(1)(A), or (g) is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the project.
``(2) Grants financed from general fund.--A grant or contract, approved by the Secretary, that is financed with amounts made available under subsection (a)(l)(B), (b)(2),
(c)(1)(B), (d)(1)(B), (d)(2), (e)(1)(B), (e)(2), (f)(1)(B),
(f)(2), or (h) is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the project only to the extent that amounts are provided in advance in an appropriations Act.
``(j) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available by or appropriated under subsections (a) through (h) shall remain available until expended.''.
SEC. 3035. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392) is amended--
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``SEC. 3038. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM.'';
(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Federal Share of Costs.--The Federal share of costs under this section shall be provided from funds made available to carry out this section. The Federal share of the costs for a project shall not exceed 80 percent of the project cost.''; and
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
``(g) Funding.--
``(1) Intercity, fixed route over-the-road bus service.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this section in each fiscal year, 75 percent shall be available for operators of over-the-road buses used substantially or exclusively in intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service to finance the incremental capital and training costs of the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses. Such amounts shall remain available until expended.
``(2) Other over-the-road bus service.--Of the amounts made available to carry out this section in each fiscal year, 25 percent shall be available for operators of other over-the-road bus service to finance the incremental capital and training costs of the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses. Such amounts shall remain available until expended.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) is amended by striking the item relating to section 3038 and inserting the following:
``3038. Over-the-road bus accessibility program.''.
SEC. 3036. UPDATED TERMINOLOGY.
(a) Amendments to Chapter 53.--Chapter 53 is amended--
(1) in the chapter heading by striking ``MASS'' and inserting ``PUBLIC'';
(2) in section 5310(h) by striking ``Mass'' and inserting
``Public'';
(3) in the subsection heading for section 5331(b) by striking ``Mass'' and inserting ``Public''; and
(4) by striking ``mass'' each place it appears in such chapter before ``transportation'' and inserting ``public'', except in sections 5301(f), 5302(a)(7), 5315, 5323(a)(1), and 5323(a)(1)(B).
(b) Table of Chapters.--The table of chapters for subtitle III is amended in the item relating to chapter 53 by striking
``MASS'' and inserting ``PUBLIC''.
SEC. 3037. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
(a) Existing Full Funding Grant Agreements.--The following projects are authorized for final design and construction for existing full funding grant agreements in not less than the amount specified for each fiscal year:
(1) Baltimore--Central LRT Double Tracking $39,367,154 for fiscal year 2004, $28,777,920 for fiscal year 2005, and
$12,655,664 for fiscal year 2006.
(2) Chicago--Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Branch Reconstruction $83,655,202 for fiscal year 2004, $84,320,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $45,825,190 for fiscal year 2006.
(3) Chicago--Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Expansion Project $9,841,789 for fiscal year 2004, $39,680,000 for fiscal year 2005, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $65,152,615 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) Cleveland--Euclid Corridor Transportation Project
$10,825,967 for fiscal year 2004, $24,800,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $24,974,513 for fiscal year 2006.
(5) Dallas--North Central LRT Extension $29,684,097 for fiscal year 2004.
(6) Denver Southeast Corridor LRT $78,734,308 for fiscal year 2004, $79,360,000 for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and
$77,192,758 for fiscal year 2008.
(7) Fort Lauderdale--Tri-Rail Commuter Rail Upgrade
$18,118,733 for fiscal year 2004 and $11,318,230 for fiscal year 2005.
(8) Los Angeles--Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension
$59,520,000 for fiscal year 2005, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(9) Memphis--Medical Center Extension $9,101,281 for fiscal year 2004.
(10) Metra North Central Corridor Commuter Rail $19,177,300 for fiscal year 2004, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$18,476,237 for fiscal year 2006.
(11) Metra South West Corridor Commuter Rail $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $15,500,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$11,781,395 for fiscal year 2006.
(12) Metra Union Pacific West Line Extension $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$14,285,749 for fiscal year 2006.
(13) Minneapolis--Hiawatha Corridor LRT $73,793,730 for fiscal year 2004 and $33,428,865 for fiscal year 2005.
(14) New Jersey Urban Core--Hudson-Bergen LRT MOS-2
$98,417,885 for fiscal year 2004, $99,200,000 for fiscal year 2005, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $53,202,995 for fiscal year 2008.
(15) New Jersey Urban Core--Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link MOS-1 $22,209,000 for fiscal year 2004, $316,907 for fiscal year 2005, and $1,025,169 for fiscal year 2006.
(16) New Orleans MOS-1 Canal Street $22,922,877 for fiscal year 2004 and $16,613,047 for fiscal year 2005.
(17) Phoenix--Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT $12,794,325 for fiscal year 2004, $74,400,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(18) Pittsburgh--Stage II LRT Reconstruction $31,733,314 for fiscal year 2004 and $1,131,666 for fiscal year 2005.
(19) Portland--Interstate MAX LRT Extension $76,273,861 for fiscal year 2004, $23,292,160 fiscal year 2005, and
$18,292,550 for fiscal year 2006.
(20) Salt Lake City--Medical Center $30,178,231 for fiscal year 2004 and $8,765,421 for fiscal year 2005.
(21) San Diego--Mission Valley East LRT Extension
$63,971,625 for fiscal year 2004, $80,986,880 for fiscal year 2005, and $8,353,424 for fiscal year 2006.
(22) San Diego--Oceanside Escondido Rail Corridor
$47,240,585 for fiscal year 2004, $54,560,000 fiscal year 2005, and $12,211,061 for fiscal year 2006.
(23) San Francisco--BART Extension to San Francisco Airport
$98,417,890 for fiscal year 2004, $99,200,000 fiscal year 2005, and $82,655,680 for fiscal year 2006.
(24) San Juan--Tren Urbano $19,683,577 for fiscal year 2004, $44,263,040 fiscal year 2005, and $10,555,900 for fiscal year 2006.
(25) Seattle--Central Link Initial Segment LRT $73,813,414 for fiscal year 2004, $79,360,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $24,028,149 for fiscal year 2009.
(26) Washington DC/MD--Largo Metrorail Extension
$63,971,625 for fiscal year 2004 and $76,156,450 for fiscal year 2005.
(b) Final Design and Construction.--The following projects are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 under paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(A), and
(2)(B)(ii) of section 5309(m) of title 49, United States Code:
(1) Baltimore--MARC Commuter Rail Improvements.
(2) Boston--Silver Line BRT Phase III.
(3) Charlotte--South Corridor LRT.
(4) Dallas Area Rapid Transit--Northwest-Southeast LRT Extension.
(5) Delaware--Wilmington-Newark Commuter Rail Improvements.
(6) Denver--West Corridor LRT.
(7) El Paso--Rapid Transit (SMART) Starter Line.
(8) Harrisburg--Corridor One Commuter Rail (MOS-1).
(9) Kansas City, Missouri--Southtown BRT.
(10) Las Vegas--Resort Corridor Downtown Extension Project.
(11) Los Angeles MTA--Exposition LRT.
(12) Miami-Dade Transit--North Corridor.
(13) Minneapolis--North Star Corridor.
(14) Nashville, Tennessee Commuter Rail.
(15) New Britain-Hartford Busway Project.
(16) New Orleans--Desire Corridor Streetcar.
(17) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project.
(18) New York--Second Avenue Subway.
(19) Norfolk Light Rail.
(20) Northern Virginia--Dulles Corridor Extension to Wiehle Avenue (Phase 1).
(21) Orange County, California--Center Line LRT.
(22) Philadelphia--Schuylkill Valley MetroRail.
(23) Pittsburgh--North Shore Connector.
(24) Portland, Oregon--South Corridor I-205/Portland Mall LRT.
(25) Providence--South County Commuter Rail.
(26) Sacramento--South Corridor LRT Extension (Phase 2), Meadowview to Consumnes River College.
(27) Salt Lake City--Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter Rail.
(28) San Diego--Mid-Coast Extension.
(29) San Francisco Muni--Third Street LRT-Phase I/II.
(30) Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority--Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor.
(31) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail.
(32) Triangle Transit Authority, North Carolina--Regional Rail Project.
(33) Washington County, Oregon--Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail.
(34) Wasilla-Girdwood, Alaska--Commuter Rail.
(c) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.--The following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 under paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(A), and (2)(B)(ii) of section 5309(m) of title 49, United States Code:
(1) Albuquerque--High Capacity Corridor.
(2) Ann Arbor/Detroit--Commuter Rail.
(3) Atlanta--MARTA Memorial Drive Bus Rapid Transit.
(4) Atlanta--GRTA I-75 Corridor, Downtown Atlanta--Cherokee County.
(5) Atlanta--Georgia 400 North Line Corridor Project.
(6) Atlanta--Belt Line C-Loop.
(7) Atlanta--I-20 South DeKalb-Lindbergh Corridor Project.
(8) Austin--San Antonio I-35 Commuter Rail.
(9) Austin--Rapid Bus Project.
(10) Austin--Regional Commuter Rail.
(11) Baltimore Light Rail System Extensions.
(12) Bernillo-Santa Fe--New Mexico Commuter Rail.
(13) Birmingham, Alabama--Transit Corridor.
(14) Boise--Downtown Circulator.
(15) Boston--Lechmere Transit Improvement to Somerville and Medford.
(16) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension.
(17) Boston--North/South Rail Link.
(18) Boston--Urban Ring BRT.
(19) Broward County, Florida--Bus Rapid Transit.
(20) Central Florida Commuter Rail System.
(21) Central Phoenix--East Valley Corridor LRT Extensions.
(22) Charlotte--North Corridor Project.
(23) Charlotte--Northeast Corridor Project.
(24) Charlotte--South Corridor LRT extension to Rock Hill, South Carolina.
(25) Charlotte--Southeast-West Corridor Project.
(26) Charlotte--Center City Streetcar Project.
(27) Chicago--Cermack Road BRT.
(28) Chicago CTA--Red Line Extension.
(29) Chicago CTA--Chicago Transit Hub (Circle Line-Ogden Streetcar).
(30) Chicago CTA--Orange Line Extension (Midway Airport to Ford City).
(31) Chicago CTA--Southeast Service-La Salle Street Station to Baltimore Race Track.
(32) Chicago CTA--Yellow Line Extension (Dempster-Old Orchard).
(33) Chula Vista, California--Bus Rapid Transit.
(34) Clark County, Washington--MAX Extension.
(35) Cleveland-Akron-Canton (Northeast Ohio) Commuter Rail.
(36) Columbia, South Carolina--Light Rail.
(37) Contra-Costa--BART Extension.
(38) Corpus Christi--Downtown Rail Trolley.
(39) Dallas Area Rapid Transit--Dallas Central Business District.
(40) Dallas Area Rapid Transit--Rowlett LRT Extension.
(41) Dallas Area Rapid Transit--Beltline to DFW Airport.
(42) Dayton--Aviation Heritage Corridor Streetcar Project.
(43) Denton County Transportation Authority, Texas--Fixed Guideway Project.
(44) Denver--Gold Line Extension to Arvada.
(45) Denver--United States Route 36 Transit Corridor.
(46) Denver--North Metro Corridor to Thornton.
(47) Denver--East Corridor to DIA Airport.
(48) Denver--I-225 Transit Corridor.
(49) Denver--Southeast Corridor Extension to Lone-Tree/Ridgegate.
(50) Denver--Southwest Corridor Extension to C470/Lucent Boulevard.
(51) Detroit--Center City Loop.
(52) District of Columbia--Light Rail Starter Line.
(53) Fitchburg, Massachusetts--Commuter Rail Extensions and Improvements.
(54) Fort Lauderdale--Downtown Rail Link.
(55) Fort Lauderdale--Transit Project from NW 215th and 79th Streets.
(56) Fort Worth--Cottonbelt Commuter Rail to DFW.
(57) Fort Worth--Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail Extensions.
(58) Galveston--Rail Trolley Extension.
(59) Glendale, California--Downtown Streetcar.
(60) Grand Rapids--Fixed Guideway Corridor Project.
(61) Guam--Tumon Bay-Airport Light Rail.
(62) Honolulu--Rapid Transit Project.
(63) Houston Advanced Transit Program Light Rail.
(64) Indianapolis--System of Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit.
(65) Jacksonville--East-Southwest BRT.
(66) Jacksonville--North-Southeast BRT.
(67) Kansas City, Missouri-Lawrence, Kansas--Commuter Rail.
(68) Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Metra Commuter Rail Extension
(Wisconsin).
(69) Kenosha, Wisconsin Streetcar Expansion Project.
(70) King County, Washington--I-405 Corridor Bus Rapid Transit.
(71) Lakeville, Minnesota--Cedar Avenue Corridor Bus Rapid Transit.
(72) Lane County, Oregon--Bus Rapid Transit, Phase 2.
(73) Little Rock--River Rail Streetcar Extensions.
(74) Little Rock--West Little Rock Commuter Rail.
(75) Long Island Railroad--Nassau Hub.
(76) Lorain-Cleveland Commuter Rail.
(77) LOSSAN Del Mar-San Diego--Rail Corridor Improvements.
(78) Lovejoy to Griffin, Georgia Commuter Rail.
(79) Madison and Dane Counties, Wisconsin--Transport 2020 Commuter Rail.
(80) Maryland--I-270 Corridor Cities Transitway.
(81) Maryland--Route 5 Corridor to Waldorf.
(82) Maryland--Silver Spring Capacity Improvements.
(83) Memphis--Downtown Airport Corridor.
(84) Memphis Regional Rail Plan.
(85) Memphis, Medical Center Rail Extension to Airport.
(86) Metra BNSF Naperville to Aurora Corridor Extension and Improvements.
(87) Metra South Suburban Airport Commuter Rail Extension.
(88) Metra SouthEast Service Line Commuter Rail.
(89) Metra STAR Line Inter-Suburban Commuter Rail.
(90) Metra UP Northwest Line Core Capacity Upgrades.
(91) Metra UP West Line Core Capacity Upgrades.
(92) Metra-West Line Extension, Elgin to Rockford.
(93) Miami-Dade Transit--Douglas Road Extension.
(94) Miami-Dade Transit--East-West Corridor.
(95) Miami-Dade Transit--Kendall Corridor.
(96) Miami-Dade Transit--Northeast Corridor.
(97) Miami-Dade Transit--South Dade Corridor.
(98) Miami-Dade Transit--Miami Intermodal Center to Earlington Heights.
(99) Miami--Downtown Streetcar Project.
(100) Middletown-South Fallsburg, New York, Passenger Rail.
(101) Minneapolis-St. Paul--Central Corridor Transit Project.
(102) Missouri/Kansas--Interstate 35 Transit Corridor.
(103) Monterey County, California--Commuter Rail.
(104) Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland--Bi-County Transitway (Purple Line).
(105) Nashua--Commuter Rail.
(106) Nashua-Manchester--Commuter Rail Extension.
(107) Nashville--Area Transit Corridors.
(108) Nashville--Southeast Rail Corridor.
(109) Nashville Tennessee Commuter Rail.
(110) Nassau and Queens Counties, New York--LIRR Main Line Third Track Project.
(111) New Haven, Connecticut-Hartford, Connecticut-Springfield, Massachusetts Commuter Line.
(112) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.
(113) New Jersey Transit--Northeast Corridor Trans-Hudson Commuter Rail Improvements.
(114) New Jersey Transit--Morris/Essex/Boonton Trans-Hudson Commuter Rail Improvements.
(115) New Jersey Transit--New York Susquehanna and Western RR Commuter Extension.
(116) New Jersey Transit--West Trenton Line Commuter Line Service Extension.
(117) New Jersey Urban Core.
(118) New Orleans--Airport-CBD Commuter Rail.
(119) New York--Rockaway-Brooklyn Army Terminal-Manhattan Ferry Service.
(120) New York--Staten Island to Manhattan High-Speed Ferry Service Extension.
(121) New York--Stewart Airport Rail Access.
(122) Newburg, New York--LRT System.
(123) North Carolina Piedmont Authority Regional Rail--Greensboro to Winston-Salem.
(124) Northern Indiana--Commuter District Line.
(125) Northern Indiana--West Lake Commuter Rail Link (South Shore Commuter Rail).
(126) Norfolk--Naval Station Corridor.
(127) Norfolk-Petersburg--United States Route 460 Commuter Rail Project.
(128) Northern Virginia--Crystal City Potomac Yards Transit.
(129) Northern Virginia--Columbia Pike Rapid Transit Project.
(130) Northern Virginia--Dulles Corridor Extension, Phase 2.
(131) Northern Virginia--Richmond Highway (Route 1) Rapid Transit Project.
(132) Orlando-Orange County, Florida--Light Rail Project.
(133) Philadelphia--Navy Yard Transit Extension.
(134) Philadelphia--52nd Street City Connector Project.
(135) Philadelphia--Route 100 Rapid Trolley Extension.
(136) Philadelphia--Broad Street Subway Line Extension.
(137) Pinellas Mobility Initiative Bus Rapid Transit.
(138) Pittsburgh--Allegheny and Armstrong Counties, Commuter Rail.
(139) Pittsburgh--East-West Corridor Rapid Transit.
(140) Pittsburgh--Martin Luther King, Jr. Busway Extension.
(141) Portland Streetcar Extensions.
(142) Provo-Orem Utah--Bus Rapid Transit.
(143) Quakertown-Stoney Creek, Pennsylvania--Rail Restoration.
(144) Raritan Valley, New Jersey--Commuter Rail.
(145) Reno, Nevada--Virginia Street Bus Rapid Transit Project.
(146) Riverside County, California--Perris Valley Line Metrolink Extension.
(147) Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado--Bus Rapid Transit.
(148) Rock Island, Illinois--Quad Cities Rapid Transit System.
(149) Sacramento--Regional Rail, Auburn to Oakland.
(150) Sacramento--Downtown/Natomas Airport Transit Corridor.
(151) St. Paul-Hastings--Red Rock Corridor Commuter Rail Project.
(152) Salt Lake City--Airport to University LRT.
(153) Salt Lake City--Delta Center to Gateway Intermodal Center LRT Extension.
(154) Salt Lake City--Draper to Sandy LRT Extension.
(155) Salt Lake City--TRAX Capacity Improvements.
(156) Salt Lake City--West Valley City LRT Extension.
(157) Salt Lake City--West Jordan LRT extension.
(158) San Antonio--Bus Rapid Transit.
(159) San Diego--Sprinter Rail Line Extension Project.
(160) San Francisco--BART Extension to Livermore.
(161) San Francisco--BART Extension to Oakland International Airport.
(162) San Francisco--MUNI Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit.
(163) San Gabriel Valley--Gold Line Foothill Extension, Pasadena to Montclair.
(164) San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission Commuter Rail
(Altamont Commuter Express).
(165) San Juan Tren Urbano--Extension from Rio Piedras to Carolina.
(166) San Juan--Tren Urbano Minillas Extension.
(167) Santa Fe--El Dorado Rail Link.
(168) Seattle--Monorail Project.
(169) Seattle--Link LRT Extensions.
(170) Seattle--Sound Transit Commuter Rail.
(171) Seattle--Sound Transit Regional Express Bus.
(172) Sevierville to Pigeon Ford, Tennessee--Bus Rapid Transit.
(173) Sonoma/Marin (SMART) Commuter Rail, California.
(174) South Carolina High Speed Rail Corridor.
(175) Southern California High Speed Regional Transit.
(176) St. Louis Metro Link--Scott AFB to Mid America Airport.
(177) St. Louis--East/West Gateway.
(178) St. Louis--Metro Link Northside Daniel Boone Project.
(179) St. Louis--Metro South Corridor.
(180) St. Louis--University Downtown Trolley.
(181) Stamford, Connecticut--Urban Transitway Phase II.
(182) Tampa--Bus Rapid Transit Improvements.
(183) Toledo, Ohio--CBD to Zoo.
(184) Toledo, Ohio--University Corridor.
(185) Trenton Trolley.
(186) Tri-Rail Dolphin Extension.
(187) Tri-Rail Florida East Coast Commuter Rail Extension.
(188) Tri-Rail Jupiter Extension.
(189) Tri-Rail Scripps Corridor Extension Project.
(190) Tucson--Old Pueblo Trolley Expansion.
(191) Vancouver--Interstate MAX Extension to Clark County, Washington.
(192) Virginia Beach--Bus Rapid Transit.
(193) Virginia Railway Express Capacity Improvements.
(194) Washington State Ferries and Ferry Facilities.
(195) Washington State--Issaquah Valley Trolley Project.
(196) Williamsburg-Newport News--Peninsula Rail Transit.
(d) Rules Relating to Funding.--
(1) Subsection (a) projects.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to expend funds made available under section 5309(m) of title 49, United States Code, for final design and construction of projects authorized by subsection (a) as existing full funding grant agreements.
(B) Minimum funding levels.--The Secretary shall make available not less than the following amounts for projects authorized by subsection (a): $1,065,927,770 for fiscal year 2004, $1,071,034,586 for fiscal year 2005, $731,532,532 for fiscal year 2006, $490,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$410,395,753 for fiscal year 2008, and $259,180,764 for fiscal year 2009.
(2) Subsection (b) projects.--
(A) In general.--Projects authorized by subsection (b) for final design and construction are also authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.
(B) Minimum funding levels.--The Secretary shall make available not less than the following amounts for projects authorized by subsection (b): $30,579,750 for fiscal year 2004, $186,475,050 for fiscal year 2005, $681,268,504 for fiscal year 2006, $1,024,856,176 for fiscal year 2007,
$1,199,242,825 for fiscal year 2008, and $1,465,646,690 for fiscal year 2009.
(C) Priority.--In making funds available under subparagraph
(B), the Secretary shall first make such funds available for any full funding grant agreement executed by the Secretary in fiscal year 2005 after the date of enactment of this Act and for any full funding grant agreement executed by the Secretary in the amount indicated in fiscal years 2005 through 2009 in the amount indicated in the ``Schedule of Federal Funds for the Project'' included in such agreement.
(3) Subsection (c) projects.--
(A) In general.--Effective October 1, 2007, projects authorized by subsection (c) for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering are also authorized for final design and construction.
(B) Maximum funding levels.--The Secretary shall make available not more than the following amounts for projects authorized by subsection (c): $95,348,480 for fiscal year 2004, $109,348,664 for fiscal year 2005, $122,852,264 for fiscal year 2006, and $131,726,624 in fiscal year 2007.
(C) Maximum funding levels for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.--In fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary shall make available not more than the following amounts for projects authorized by subsection (b), and projects authorized by subsection (c), to conduct alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering activities:
$139,968,572 in fiscal year 2008 and $149,984,996 in fiscal year 2009.
(e) New Jersey Urban Core Project.--Section 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (112 Stat. 380; 105 Stat. 2122) is amended--
(1) by striking ``associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex),'' and inserting ``to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex), including a connection to the Hudson River Waterfront Transportation System, the Lackawanna Cutoff,''; and
(2) by striking ``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)'' and inserting ``from Lakehurst to the Northeast Corridor or the New Jersey Coast Line''.
(f) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.--Project elements of the New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor advanced with 100 percent non-Federal funds shall be given consideration by the Federal Transit Administration when evaluating the local share of the project in the new starts rating process, including the purchase of bilevel rail equipment.
SEC. 3038. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES.
Of the amounts made available to carry out section 5309(m)(2)(B)(iii) of title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, the Secretary shall make funds available for the following projects in not less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year:
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Projects FY 06 FY 07 FY 08
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1. Glendale, CA Purchase of CNG Buses for Glendale Beeline $147,840 $152,460 $161,700
Transit System.................................................
2. Detroit Fare Collection System............................... $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
3. Flint, MI Construct Intermodal Hub at Bishop International $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Airport........................................................
4. Des Plaines, Wauconda, Cook and Lake Counties, IL Rand Road $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
Transit Signal Priority........................................
5. Indianapolis, IN Downtown transit center..................... $4,480,000 $4,620,000 $4,900,000
6. Los Angeles, CA, Construction of Intermodal Transit Center at $252,800 $260,700 $276,500
California State University Los Angeles........................
7. Columbus, OH--Central Ohio Transity Authority Paratransit $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Facility.......................................................
8. Silver Spring, MD Construct Silver Spring Transit Center in $1,168,000 $1,204,500 $1,277,500
downtown Silver Spring.........................................
9. Detroit, MI Enclosed heavy-duty maintenance facility with $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
full operational functions for up to 300 buses.................
10. Bronx, NY Wildlife Conservation Society intermodal $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
transportation facility at the Bronx Zoo.......................
11. Construct pedestrian and bicycle amenities on Seawall Blvd $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
Galveston, Tx..................................................
12. Hoboken, NJ Rehabilitation of Hoboken Intermodal Terminal... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
13. Newark, NJ Penn Station Intermodal Improvements including $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
the rehabilitation of boarding areas...........................
14. Orlando, Florida--LYNX Bus Fleet Expansion Program.......... $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
15. Fairfax County, VA Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) Public $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Transportation Improvements....................................
16. Portland, OR Renovation of Union Station, including $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
structural reinforcement and public safety upgrades............
17. Davis, CA Davis Multi-Modal Station to improve entrance to $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Amtrak Depot and parking lot, provide additional parking and
improve service................................................
18. Reno-Sparks, Nevada--Intermodal Transportation Terminals and $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Related Development............................................
19. Bar Harbor, ME Purchase new buses to enhance commuting near $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
the Jackson Labs...............................................
20. Bronx, NY Establish an intermodal transportation facility at $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
the Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx Zoo....................
21. Hingham, MA Hingham Marine Intermodal Center Improvements: $2,880,000 $2,970,000 $3,150,000
Enhance public transportation infrastructure/parking...........
22. Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Zoo Intermodal Transportation $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
project w/parking consolidation, pedestrian walkways, public
transportation complements & landscape improvements to surface
parking lots...................................................
23. Construct intermodal transportation & parking facility, City $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
of Winter Park.................................................
24. Roma, TX Bus Facility....................................... $168,000 $173,250 $183,750
25. New York City, NY First Phase Implementation of Bus Rapid $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Transit System.................................................
26. Scottsdale, Arizona--Construct intermodal center............ $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
27. Sonoma County, CA Purchase of CNG buses..................... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
28. Camden, NJ Construction of the Camden County Intermodal $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Facility in Cramer Hill........................................
29. Sandy Hook, NJ National Park Service - Construct year-round $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
ferry dock at Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation
Area...........................................................
30. Sevier County, Tennessee--U.S. 441. bus rapid transit....... $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
31. St. Augustine, Florida--Intermodal Transportation and $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Parking Facility...............................................
32. Torrington, CT Construct bus-related facility (Northwestern $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Connecticut Central Transit District)..........................
33. Warren, PA--Construct Intermodal Transportation Center and $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
related pedestrian and landscape imporovements.................
34. Toledo, OH TARTA/TARPS Passenger Intermodal Facility $2,400,000 $2,475,000 $2,625,000
construction...................................................
35. Union City, CA Intermodal Station, Phase 1: Modify BART $1,360,000 $1,402,500 $1,487,500
station........................................................
36. Los Angeles, CA Wilshire-Vermont subway station $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
reconstruction.................................................
37. Lancaster, PA--bus replacement.............................. $304,000 $313,500 $332,500
38. Monmouth County, NJ Construction of main bus facility for $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Freehold Township, including a terminal and repair shop........
39. Monrovia, California--Transit Village Project............... $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
40. Duluth, MN Downtown Duluth Area Transit facility $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
improvements...................................................
41. Brooklyn, NY New Urban Center--Broadway Junction Intermodal $307,200 $316,800 $336,000
Center.........................................................
42. Medford, MA Downtown revitalization featuring construction $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
of a 200 space Park and Ride Facility..........................
43. Needles, California--El Garces Intermodal Facility.......... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
44. Bridgeport, Connecticut--Greater Bridgeport Transit $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Authority Bus Facility.........................................
45. Palm Springs, California-- Sunline Transit bus purchase..... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
46. National Park Service - Design and construct 2.1-mile $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
segment to complete Sandy Hook multi-use pathway in Sandy Hook,
NJ.............................................................
47. Phoenix, AZ Construct City of Phoenix paratransit facility $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
(Dial-a-Ride)..................................................
48. Project provides for the engineering and construction of a $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
transportation center in Paoli, Chester County.................
49. Columbus, Georgia--Buses & Bus Facilities................... $310,080 $319,770 $339,150
50. Cleveland, Ohio--University Circle intermodal facility...... $2,720,000 $2,805,000 $2,975,000
51. Cleveland, OH acquisition of buses Greater Cleveland $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Regional Transit Authority.....................................
52. Greensboro, North Carolina--Replacement buses............... $1,849,600 $1,907,400 $2,023,000
53. Johnson Co., KS Bus and bus related facilities [I-35. $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
corridor], Johnson Co. Transit.................................
54. City of Alameda, CA Plan, design, and construct intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
facility.......................................................
55. New Orleans, LA Intermodal Riverfront Center................ $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
56. Replace railroad draw bridge in Galveston, Texas............ $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
57. Wilmington, NC Build Intermodal Center...................... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
58. Yabucoa, Puerto Rico--Trolley buses......................... $56,000 $57,750 $61,250
59. Beverly, MA Design and Construct Beverly Depot Intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Transportation Center..........................................
60. Georgia Statewide Bus Program............................... $64,000 $66,000 $70,000
61. Trenton, New Jersey--Trenton Train Station Rehabilitation... $400,000 $412,500 $437,500
62. Trenton, NJ Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Trenton $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
Train Station..................................................
63. Zapata, Texas Purchase Bus vehicles......................... $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
64. Zanesville, OH--bus system signage and shelters............. $20,800 $21,450 $22,750
65. York, Pennsylvania--Rabbit Transit facilities and $886,560 $914,265. $969,675
communications equipment.......................................
66. Canby, OR bus and bus facilities............................ $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
67. New Orleans, LA Plan and construct New Orleans Union $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Passenger Terminal intermodal facilities.......................
68. Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, Virginia--Bay Transit $1,040,000 $1,072,500 $1,137,500
Multimodal Facilities..........................................
69. Broward County, FL Busses & Bus Facilities.................. $2,080,000 $2,145,000 $2,275,000
70. Palm Springs, California-- Sunline Transit: CalStart- $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Weststart fuel cell bus program................................
71. San Juan, Puerto Rico--Buses................................ $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
72. Hammond, Louisiana--Passenger intermodal facility at $64,000 $66,000 $70,000
Southern Louisiana.............................................
73. West Virginia Construct Beckley Intermodal Gateway pursuant $7,680,000 $7,920,000 $8,400,000
to the eligibility provisions for projects listed under section
3030(d)(3) of P.L. 105-178.....................................
74. Albany-Schenectady, NY Bus Rapid Transit Improvements in NY $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Route 5. Corridor..............................................
75. Alameda County, CA AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit Corridor $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Project........................................................
76. Baldwin Park, CA Construct vehicle and bicycle parking lot $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
and pedestrian rest area at transit center.....................
77. Niagara Falls, NY Relocation, Development, and Enhancement $1,792,000 $1,848,000 $1,960,000
of Niagara Falls International Railway Station/Intermodal
Transportation Center..........................................
78. Utica, New York--Union Station Boehlert Center siding track $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
improvements...................................................
79. Ionia County, MI--Purchase and implementation of $188,800 $194,700 $206,500
communication equipment improvements...........................
80. Flagler County, Florida--bus facility....................... $192,000 $198,000 $210,000
81. Easton, Pennsylvania--Design and construct Intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Transportation Center..........................................
82. Yamhill County, OR For the construction of bus shelters, $35,200 $36,300 $38,500
park and ride facilities, and a signage strategy to increase
ridership......................................................
83. Woodland, CA Yolobus operations, maintenance, administration $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
facility expansion and improvements to increase bus service
with alternative fuel buses....................................
84. Sacramento, CA Construct intermodal station and related $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
improvements...................................................
85. Torrance Transit System, CA Acquisition of EPA and CARB- $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
certified low emission replacement buses.......................
86. Burlington County, NJ--BurLink and Burlington County $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Transportation System vehicles and equipment...................
87. Niles, OH Acquisition of bus operational and service $64,000 $66,000 $70,000
equipment for Niles Trumbull Transit...........................
88. Rockport, MA Rockport Commuter Rail Station Improvements.... $880,000 $907,500 $962,500
89. Cincinnati, Ohio--Metro Regional Transit Hub Network Eastern $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
Neighborhoods..................................................
90. Buses and bus related facilities throughout the State of $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
Connecticut....................................................
91. Columbus, GA Bus replacement................................ $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
92. Norwalk, CA Transit System Bus Procurement and Los Angeles $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
World Airport Remote Fly-Away Facility Project.................
93. Salem, OR bus and bus facilities............................ $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
94. Ilwaco, WA Procure shuttles for Lewis and Clark National $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
Historical Park................................................
95. Gainesville, FL Bus Replacement............................. $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
96. SEPTA Montgomery County Intermodal Improvements at Glenside $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
and Jenkintown Station Parking Garages.........................
97. Fredericksburg, Virginia--Improve and repair Fredericksburg $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Station........................................................
98. Birmingham, AL Expansion of Downtown Intermodal Facility, $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Phase II.......................................................
99. Gresham, Oregon Construct a new light rail station and $448,000 $462,000 $490,000
transit plaza on Portland MAX system and serve Gresham Civic
neighborhood...................................................
100. Jersey City, NJ McGinley Square Intermodal Facility........ $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
101. Emeryville, CA Expand & Improve Intermodal Transit Center $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
at Amtrak Station..............................................
102. Jersey City, NJ Construct West Entrance to Pavonia-Newport $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
PATH Station...................................................
103. Longwood, Florida--Construct Intermodal Transportation $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Facility.......................................................
104. Marietta, Ohio Construction of transportation hub to $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
accommodate regional bus traffic...............................
105. Akron, Ohio--West Market Street transit center and related $208,000 $214,500 $227,500
pedestrian improvements........................................
106. Sandy, Oregon Transit Bus Facility......................... $112,000 $115,500 $122,500
107. Jacksonville, FL Paratransit Vehicles...................... $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
108. Carson, CA Purchase two tripper buses...................... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
109. Bloomington, IN--Bus and transfer facility................. $1,539,200 $1,587,300 $1,683,500
110. Cobb County, GA Cobb County Smart Card Technology/ Bus $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Facility Improvements..........................................
111. Construct West Houston and Fort Bend County, Texas--bus $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
transit corridor...............................................
112. Mariposa, CA--Yosemite National Park CNG-Hydrogen transit $800,000 $825,000 $875,000
buses and facilities...........................................
113. Snohomish County, WA Community Transit bus purchases and $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
facility enhancement...........................................
114. Geneva, Illinois--Construct commuter parking deck for Metra $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Service........................................................
115. Rhode Island Statewide Bus Fleet........................... $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
116. Pleasant Hill, CA Construct Diablo Valley College Bus $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
Transit Center.................................................
117. Broward, FL Purchase new articulated buses and bus stop $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
improvements on State Road 7. (SR 7) between Golden Glades
Interchange and Glades Road....................................
118. Attleboro, MA Construction, engineering and site $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
improvements at the Attleboro Intermodal Center................
119. Burbank, CA CNG Transit Vehicles Purchase for Local Transit $144,000 $148,500 $157,500
Network Expansion..............................................
120. Dayton Airport Intermodal Rail Feasibility Study........... $240,000 $247,500 $262,500
121. Los Angeles, CA Improve transit shelters, sidewalks $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
lighting and landscaping around Cedar's-Sinai Medical Center...
122. Baltimore, MD Construct Intercity Bus Intermodal Terminal.. $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
123. Cheltenham, PA Glenside Rail Station Parking Garage project $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
involving the construction of a 300-400 space parking lot at
Easton Road and Glenside Avenue................................
124. Haverhill, MA Design and Construct Intermodal Transit $1,792,000 $1,848,000 $1,960,000
Parking Improvements...........................................
125. Palm Beach County, FL Plan and Construct Belle Glade $1,120,000 $1,155,000 $1,225,000
Combined Passenger Transit Facility............................
126. Pittsburgh, PA Clean Fuel Bus Procurement.................. $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
127. San Fernando, CA Purchase CNG buses and related equipment $972,800 $1,003,200 $1,064,000
and construct facilities.......................................
128. Bayamon, Puerto Rico--bus terminal......................... $192,000 $198,000 $210,000
129. Bozeman, Montana--Intermodal and Parking Facility.......... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
130. New Brunswick, NJ Construct parking facility at the Robert $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Wood Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School.................................................
131. Stonington and Mystic, Connecticut--Intermodal Center $1,100,800 $1,135,200 $1,204,000
parking facility and Streetscape...............................
132. Carson, CA Purchase one bus................................ $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
133. Miami-Dade County, Florida--Transit Security System........ $800,000 $825,000 $875,000
134. Town of Chapel Hill, NC Park and Ride Lot.................. $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
135. Wheaton, IL Pace Suburban Bus--Purchase buses.............. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
136. Ocala and Marion County, Florida--replacement buses........ $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
137. Philadelphia, PA Improvements to the existing Penn's $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Landing Ferry Terminal.........................................
138. Long Branch, NJ Design and construct facilities for ferry $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
service from Long Branch, NJ to New York City and other
destinations...................................................
139. Quincy, MA MBTA Purchase high speed catamaran ferry for $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Quincy Harbor Express Service..................................
140. Los Angeles, CA Crenshaw Bus Rapid Transit................. $2,728,960 $2,814,240 $2,984,800
141. South Bend, Indiana--Construct South Bend Bus Operations $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Center.........................................................
142. Arlington County, VA Crystal City--Potomac Yard Busway, $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
including construction of bus shelters.........................
143. Raleigh, NC Purchase eighteen replacement buses to replace $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
buses that have reached their useful life according to Federal
Transit Administration regulations.............................
144. Augusta, GA Buses and Bus Facilities....................... $128,000 $132,000 $140,000
145. Santa Ana, CA Improve Santa Ana transit terminal........... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
146. Cooperstown, New York-- Intermodal Facility Project........ $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
147. Santa Barbara, CA--Expansion of Regional Intermodal Transit $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
Center.........................................................
148. Tampa, FL Purchase buses and construct bus facilities...... $720,000 $742,500 $787,500
149. Hidalgo County, TX Regional Multi-Modal Center............. $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
150. Phoenix, AZ Construct regional heavy bus maintenance $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
facility.......................................................
151. Thurston County, WA Replace Thurston County Buses.......... $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
152. San Juan, Puerto Rico--bus security equipment.............. $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
153. Bryan, TX The District--Bryan Intermodel Transit Terminal $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
and Parking Facility...........................................
154. City of Greenville, NC Expansion Buses and Greenville $1,140,480 $1,176,120 $1,247,400
Intermodal Center..............................................
155. City of Livermore, CA Construct Bus Facility for Livermore $720,000 $742,500 $787,500
Amador Valley Transit Authority................................
156. Detroit Replacement Buses.................................. $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
157. Bealeton, Virginia--Intermodal Station Depot Refurbishment. $88,000 $90,750 $96,250
158. Covina, El Monte, Baldwin Park, Upland, CA Parking and $560,000 $577,500 $612,500
Electronic Signage Improvements................................
159. Eugene, OR Lane Transit District, Vehicle Replacement...... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
160. Kearney, Nebraska--RYDE Transit Bus Maintenance and Storage $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Facility.......................................................
161. Revere, MA Intermodal transit improvements in the $576,000 $594,000 $630,000
Wonderland station (MBTA) area.................................
162. Brownsville, TX Brownsville Ruban System City-Wide Transit $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Improvement Project............................................
163. Normal, Illinois--Multimodal Transportation Center......... $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
164. Puerto Rico--Caribbean National Forest buses and bus $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
facilities.....................................................
165. Albany, OR Rehabilitate Building At Multimodal Transit $409,600 $422,400 $448,000
Station........................................................
166. Bronx, NY Hebrew Home for the Aged elderly and disabled $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
transportation support.........................................
167. Denver, CO Denver Union Station Intermodal Center.......... $1,760,000 $1,815,000 $1,925,000
168. Elizabeth, NJ Broad Street Streetscape Improvements and Bus $224,000 $231,000 $245,000
Shelters.......................................................
169. Delaware-- University of Delaware Fuel Cell Bus Deployment. $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
170. Lousiana - Construct pedestrian walkways between Caddo St. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
and Milam St. along Edwards St. in Shreveport, LA..............
171. Riverside, California-- RTA Advanced Traveler Information $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
System.........................................................
172. Santa Monica, CA Purchase and service LNG buses for Santa $1,200,000 $1,237,500 $1,312,500
Monica's Big Blue Bus to meet increased ridership needs and
reduce emissions...............................................
173. Ontario, CA Construct Omnitrans Transcenter................ $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
174. Brockton, MA Bus replacement for the Brockton Area Transit $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
Authority......................................................
175. Molalla, OR South Clackamas Transportation District, bus $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
purchase.......................................................
176. Boise, ID--Multi-modal facility............................ $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
177. Fond du Lac Reservation, MN Purchase busses................ $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
178. Sandy City, UT Construct transit hub station and TRAX $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
station at 9400 South..........................................
179. Albany, OR Construct Pathway From Multimodal Transit $166,400 $171,600 $182,000
Station to Swanson Park........................................
180. Tillamook, OR construction of a transit facility........... $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
181. Trenton, NJ Development of Trenton Trolley System.......... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
182. Utica, New York--Union Station rehabilitation and related $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
infrastructure improvements....................................
183. San Fernando Valley, CA Reseda Blvd. Bus Rapid Transit $192,000 $198,000 $210,000
Route..........................................................
184. Richmond, VA Renovation and construction for Main Street $352,000 $363,000 $385,000
Station........................................................
185. St. Paul to Hinckley, MN Construct bus amenities along Rush $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
Line Corridor..................................................
186. Mattoon, Illinois--historic railroad depot restoration/ $512,000 $528,000 $560,000
intermodal center..............................................
187. Columbia County, OR To purchase buses...................... $44,800 $46,200 $49,000
188. Westchester County, NY Bee-Line Bus Replacement program.... $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
189. Sacramento, CA Bus enhancement and improvements-construct $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
maintenance facility and purchase clean-fuel buses to improve
transit service................................................
190. Calexico, CA Purchase new buses for the Calexico Transit $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
System.........................................................
191. Monterey Park, CA Safety improvements at a bus stop $512,000 $528,000 $560,000
including creation of bus loading areas and street improvements
192. Buffalo, NY Intermodal Center Parking Facility............. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
193. Mukilteo, WA Multi-Modal Terminal.......................... $1,856,000 $1,914,000 $2,030,000
194. Orange County Transit Authority, California--Security $1,692,800 $1,745,700 $1,851,500
surveillance and monitoring equipment..........................
195. Woodland Hills, CA Los Angeles Pierce College Bus Rapid $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Transit Station Extension......................................
196. Design Downtown Carrollton Regional Multi-Modal Transit Hub $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Station........................................................
197. Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Children's Museum.................... $448,000 $462,000 $490,000
198. Cleveland, Ohio--Euclid Avenue University Hospital $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
intermodal facility............................................
199. Las Vegas, NV Construct Central City Intermodal $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
Transportation Terminal........................................
200. Montebello, CA Bus Lines Bus Fleet Replacement Project..... $224,000 $231,000 $245,000
201. Philadelphia, PA Cruise Terminal Transportation Ctr. Phila. $1,120,000 $1,155,000 $1,225,000
Naval Shipyard.................................................
202. Cleveland, OH Construct Fare Collection System Project, $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Cuyahoga County................................................
203. Tempe, Arizona--East Valley Metro Bus Facility............. $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
204. Boysville of Michigan Transportation System................ $1,075,200 $1,108,800 $1,176,000
205. Woburn, MA Construction of an 89. space park and ride $576,000 $594,000 $630,000
facility to be located on Magazine Hill, in the Heart of Woburn
Square.........................................................
206. Sylvester, GA Intermodal Facility.......................... $64,000 $66,000 $70,000
207. Culver City, CA Purchase compressed natural gas buses and $1,184,000 $1,221,000 $1,295,000
expand natural gas fueling facility............................
208. Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI Ferry Dock and Facility $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
upgrades for Drummond Island Ferry Services....................
209. Morristown, New Jersey--Intermodal Historic Station........ $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
210. San Antonio, TX Improve VIA bus facility and purchase new $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
buses..........................................................
211. Miami-Dade County, Florida--buses and bus facilities....... $2,880,000 $2,970,000 $3,150,000
212. Glendale, CA Construction of Downtown Streetcar Project.... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
213. Gainesville, FL Bus Rapid Transit Study.................... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
214. Mount Rainier, MD Intermodal and Pedestrian Project........ $144,000 $148,500 $157,500
215. Allentown, Pennsylvania--Da Vinci Center hydrogen fuel- $512,000 $528,000 $560,000
celled transit vehicles........................................
216. Wilsonville, OR South Metro Area Rapid Transit, bus and bus $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
facilities.....................................................
217. Charlotte, NC Construct Charlotte Multimodal Station....... $2,496,000 $2,574,000 $2,730,000
218. Enfield, Connecticut--intermodal station................... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
219. Chicago, IL Feasibility Study for intermodal station on the $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
Metra Rock Island near Kennedy-King College....................
220. Indianapolis, IN IndySMART program to relieve congestion, $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
improve safety and air quality.................................
221. Chicago, IL Construct intermodel facility at 35th Street at $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Metra Red Line (Northside).....................................
222. Escondido, CA--Construct Bus Maintenance Facility.......... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
223. Los Angeles, CA Design and construct improved transit and $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
pedestrian linkages between Los Angeles Community College and
nearby MTA rail stop and bus lines.............................
224. Montgomery County, MD Wheaton CBD Intermodal Access Program $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
225. Allentown, Pennsylvania--Design and construct Intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Transportation Center..........................................
226. Champaign, IL--Construct park and ride lot with attached $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
daycare facility...............................................
227. Berkeley, CA Construct Ed Roberts Campus Intermodal Transit $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
Disability Center..............................................
228. Charlotte, North Carolina--Multimodal Station.............. $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
229. Coconino County bus and bus facilities for the Sedona $24,000 $24,750 $26,250
Transit System.................................................
230. Construction of Third Bus Depot on Staten Island........... $3,840,000 $3,960,000 $4,200,000
231. Harrison, Arkansas-- Trolley Barn.......................... $12,800 $13,200 $14,000
232. Alexandria, VA Royal Street Bus Garage Replacement......... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
233. Intermodal Facilities in Bucks County (Croydon and $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Levittown Stations)............................................
234. Bronx, NY Jacobi Intermodal Center to North Central Bronx $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Hospital bus system............................................
235. Indianapolis, IN Construct the Ivy Tech State College Multi- $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Modal Facility.................................................
236. Juneau, Alaska--transit bus acquisition and transit center. $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
237. Knoxville, Tennessee--Central Station Transit Center....... $3,264,000 $3,366,000 $3,570,000
238. Levy County, Florida-- Purchase 2. wheel chair equipped $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
passenger buses and related equipment..........................
239. Lafayette, Louisiana-- Lafayette Transit System bus $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
replacement program............................................
240. Nebraska--statewide transit vehicles, facilities, and $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
related equipment..............................................
241. Cincinnati, Ohio--Costruct Uptown Crossings Joint $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Development Transit Project....................................
242. Des Moines, IA Purchase 40 foot buses...................... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
243. New Orleans, LA Regional Planning Commission, bus and bus $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
facilities.....................................................
244. Orange County, CA Purchase buses for rapid transit......... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
245. Bus to provide Yorktown internal circulator to provide $59,200 $61,050 $64,750
transportaion throughout the Town..............................
246. Providence, RI Expansion of Elmwood Paratransit Maintenance $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Facility.......................................................
247. Atlanta, GA Intermodal Passenger Facility Improvements..... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
248. Palm Beach, FL Palm Tran AVL-APC system with smart card $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
fareboxes......................................................
249. Grand Rapids, MI--Purchase replacement and expansion buses. $4,688,000 $4,834,500 $5,127,500
250. Maywood, IL Purchase buses................................. $16,000 $16,500 $17,500
251. Redondo Beach, CA Capital Equipment procurement of 12. $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transit vehicles for Coastal
Shuttle Services by Beach Cities Transit.......................
252. Rochester, New York--Renaissance Square transit center..... $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
253. San Bernardino, CA Implement Santa Fe Depot improvements in $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
San Bernardino.................................................
254. San Joaquin, California Regional Rail--Altamont Commuter $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Express Corridor intermodal centers............................
255. Albany, GA Multimodal Facility............................. $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
256. Savannah, GA Bus and Bus Facilities--Chatham Area Transit.. $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
257. Newburyport, MA Design and Construct Intermodal Facility... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
258. Cleveland, Ohio--Euclid Avenue and East 93rd Street $2,720,000 $2,805,000 $2,975,000
intermodal facility............................................
259. St. Charles, IL--Intermodal Parking Structures............. $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
260. Gardena, CA Purchase of alternative fuel buses for service $1,569,280 $1,618,320 $1,716,400
expansion, on-board security system and bus facility training
equipment......................................................
261. Thendra-Webb and Utica, New York-- install hadicap lifts in $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
intermodal centers.............................................
262. Union City, NJ Construct Union City Intermodal Facility.... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
263. Wilmar, AR Develop the Southeast Arkansas Intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Facility.......................................................
264. Westchester County, NY Bus replacement program............. $1,200,000 $1,237,500 $1,312,500
265. Village of Tinley Park, Illinois, 80th Avenue Commuter Rail $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Station reconstruction and site enhancements...................
266. Martinez, CA Intermodal Facility Restoration............... $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
267. Middletown, CT Construct intermodal center................. $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
268. Nashville, TN Construct a parking garage on the campus of $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Lipscomb University, Nashville.................................
269. New London, Connecticut--Intermodal Transportation Center $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
and Streetscapes...............................................
270. Vernon, Connecticut--Intermodal Center, Parking and $2,112,000 $2,178,000 $2,310,000
Streetscapes...................................................
271. Huntington, NY Replacement of three full sized transit $192,000 $198,000 $210,000
buses with hybrid electric buses...............................
272. Bend, Oregon--replacement vans............................. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
273. Boston, MA Harbor Park Pavilion & Intermodal Station....... $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
274. Philadelphia, PA SEPTA's Market St. Elevated Rail project $448,000 $462,000 $490,000
in conjunction with Philadelphia Commercial Development
Corporation for improvements and assistance to entities along
rail corridor..................................................
275. Jesup, Georgia--Train Depot intermodal center.............. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
276. Long Beach, CA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, to $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
build intermodal park and ride facility........................
277. Shreveport, LA--Intermodal Transit Facility................ $1,072,000 $1,105,500 $1,172,500
278. Arlington County, VA Columbia Pike Bus Improvements........ $1,120,000 $1,155,000 $1,225,000
279. Los Angeles, CA Purchase of clean fuel buses to improve bus $273,920 $282,480 $299,600
service in South Los Angeles...................................
280. Lowell, MA Implementation of LRTA bus replacement plan..... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
281. Falls Church, VA Falls Church Intermodal Transportation $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Center.........................................................
282. San Diego, CA Completion of San Diego Joint Transportation $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Operations Center (JTOC).......................................
283. St. Bernard Parish, LA Intermodal facility improvements.... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
284. Town of Warwick, NY. Rt 94. construction of series of $27,840 $28,710 $30,450
secondary and interior travel lanes............................
285. Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Light Rail Transit $4,800,000 $4,950,000 $5,250,000
Project from Pasadena, CA to Montclair, CA.....................
286. Richmond, CA BART Parking Structure........................ $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
287. San Francisco, CA Implement ITS on Muni Transit System..... $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
288. Alameda County, CA AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit Corridor $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Project........................................................
289. Town of Warwick, NY Bus Facility Warwick Transit System.... $176,000 $181,500 $192,500
290. Galveston, Texas--Intermodal center and parking facility, $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
The Strand.....................................................
291. Joliet, Illinois--Union Station commuter parking facility.. $800,000 $825,000 $875,000
292. Lake County, Ohio--Ohio Department of Transportation $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
transit improvements...........................................
293. Muskegon, Michigan--Muskegon Area Transit Terminal and $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
related improvements...........................................
294. Orlando, FL Bus Replacement................................ $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
295. Long Beach, CA Purchase one larger (75. passengers) and two $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
smaller (40 passengers) ferryboats and construct related dock
work to facilitate the use and accessibility of the ferryboats.
296. Elgin to Rockford, Illinois--Intermodal stations along $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
planned Metra Union Pacific West Line extension alignment,
including necessary alternatives analysis......................
297. Pilot Shuttle Train Project from the Ports of Los Angeles $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
and Long Beach to the Inland Empire............................
298. Thomasville, GA Bus Replacement............................ $64,000 $66,000 $70,000
299. Corvallis, OR Bus Replacement.............................. $396,800 $409,200 $434,000
300. Geneva, New York--Multimodal facility-- construct passenger $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
rail center....................................................
301. Barry County, MI--Barry County Transit equipment and $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
dispatching software...........................................
302. Greensboro, North Carolina--Piedmont Authority for Regional $4,006,400 $4,131,600 $4,382,000
Transportation Multimodal Transportation Center................
303. Howard County, MD Construct Central Maryland Transit $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Operations and Maintenance Facility............................
304. Coconino county buses and bus facilities for Flagstaff, AZ. $24,000 $24,750 $26,250
305. Fund the 8.28. miles of the El Camino East-West Corridor $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
along LA 6. from LA 485. near Robeline, LA to I-49.............
306. Jacksonville, FL Bus Replacement........................... $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
307. Los Angeles, CA Improve safety, mobility and access between $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
LATTC, Metro line and nearby bus stops on Grand Ave between
Washington and 23rd............................................
308. Miami Dade, FL N.W. 7th Avenue Transit Hub................. $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
309. Elyria, OH Construct the New York Central Train Station $655,360 $675,840 $716,800
into an intermodal transportation hub..........................
310. River Parishes, LA South Central Planning and Development $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Commission, bus and bus facilities.............................
311. Mammoth Lakes, California--Regional Transit Maintenance $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Facility.......................................................
312. Roanoke, Virginia--Improve Virginian Railway Station....... $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
313. Solana Beach, CA--Construct Intermodal Facility............ $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
314. San Diego, CA Widen sidewalks and bus stop entrance, and $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
provide diagonal parking, in the Skyline Paradise Hills
neighborhood (Reo Drive).......................................
315. Temecula, California--Intermodal Transit Facility.......... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
316. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--SEPTA Market Street Elevated $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Line parking facility..........................................
317. Jamestown, NY Rehabilitation of Intermodal Facility and $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
associated property............................................
318. Akron, Ohio Construct Downtown Multi-modal Transportation $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
Center.........................................................
319. Detroit Bus Maintenance Facility........................... $2,880,000 $2,970,000 $3,150,000
320. Detroit, MI Bus Replacement................................ $2,400,000 $2,475,000 $2,625,000
321. Monterey Park, CA Catch Basins at Transit Stop Installation $102,400 $105,600 $112,000
322. Oneonta, New York-bus replacement.......................... $48,000 $49,500 $52,500
323. Lincoln County, OR bus purchase............................ $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
324. Elon, North Carolina--Piedmont Authority for Regional $384,000 $396,000 $420,000
Transportation buses and bus facilities........................
325. Grants Pass, OR Purchase Vehicles For Use By Josephine $54,720 $56,430 $59,850
Community Transit..............................................
326. Los Angeles, CA Install permanent irrigation system and $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
enhanced landscaping on San Fernando Valley rapid bus
transitway.....................................................
327. Cleveland, OH Construct East Side Transit Center........... $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
328. New Jersey Transit Community Shuttle Buses................. $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
329. Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Stewart Co., GA Bus project....... $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
330. Framingham, MA Local Intra-Framingham Transit System $576,000 $594,000 $630,000
enhancements...................................................
331. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania--transit transfer center.......... $287,680 $296,670 $314,650
332. Long Beach, CA Park and Ride facility...................... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
333. Oak Harbor, WA Multimodal Facility......................... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
334. North Bend, Washington--Park and Ride...................... $256,000 $264,000 $280,000
335. High Point, North Carolina--Bus Terminal................... $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
336. Dallas, TX Bus Passenger Facilities........................ $4,096,000 $4,224,000 $4,480,000
337. Island Transit, WA Operations Base Facilities Project...... $768,000 $792,000 $840,000
338. Bronx, NY Intermodal facility near Exit 6. of the Bronx $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
River Parkway..................................................
339. East San Diego County, California--Bus Maintence Facility $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Expansion......................................................
340. New Jersey Intermodal Facilities and Bus Rolling Stock..... $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
341. San Gabriel Valley, CA--Park and Rides..................... $3,040,000 $3,135,000 $3,325,000
342. St. Paul, MN Union Depot Multi Modal Transit Facility...... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
343. Brooklyn, NY Kings County Hospital Center.................. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
344. Gainesville, FL Bus Facility Expansion..................... $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
345. Kansas City, MO Bus Transit Infrastructure................. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
346. Phoenix, AZ Construct metro bus facility in Phoenix?s West $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Valley.........................................................
347. Eastlake, Ohio--Eastlake Stadium transit intermodal $1,360,000 $1,402,500 $1,487,500
facility.......................................................
348. Savannah, Georgia--Water Ferry Riverwalk intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
facilities.....................................................
349. Kent, OH Construct Kent State University Intermodal $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Facility serving students and the general public...............
350. Milwaukee, WI Rehabilitate Intermodal transportation $1,440,000 $1,485,000 $1,575,000
facility at downtown Milwaukee's Amtrak Station, increase
parking for bus passengers.....................................
351. Eastland, North Carolina--Community Transit Center......... $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
352. Oakland, CA Construct streetscape & intermodal improvements $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
at BART Station Transit Villages...............................
353. Suffolk County, NY Purchase four handicapped accessible $89,600 $92,400 $98,000
vans to transport veterans to and from the VA facility in
Northport......................................................
354. Norfolk, Virginia--Final Design and Construction Southside $560,000 $577,500 $612,500
Bus Facility...................................................
355. Albany, GA Bus replacement................................. $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
356. Lafayette Multimodal center, Final Phase................... $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
357. Athens, GA Buses and Bus Facilities........................ $454,400 $468,600 $497,000
358. Cicero, Chicago Establish Transit Signal Priority, Cicero $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Ave., Pace Suburban Bus........................................
359. Arlington County, VA Pentagon City Multimodal Improvements. $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
360. Richmond, VA Design and construction for a bus operations $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
and maintenance facility for Greater Richmond Transit Company..
361. Roanoke, Virginia--Roanoke Railway and Link Passenger $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
facility.......................................................
362. Akron, OH Construct City of Akron Commuter Bus Transit $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
Facility.......................................................
363. Corning, New York--Transportation Center................... $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
364. Santa Monica, CA Construct intermodal park-and-ride $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
facility at Santa Monica College campus on South Bundy Drive
near Airport Avenue............................................
365. Pace Suburban Bus, IL South Suburban BRT Mobility Network.. $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
366. Orange County, CA Transportation Projects to Encourage Use $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
of Transit to Reduce Congestion................................
367. Palm Beach, FL 20 New Buses for Palm Tran.................. $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
368. Nassau County, NY Conduct planning and engineering for $2,240,000 $2,310,000 $2,450,000
transportation system (HUB)....................................
369. Norwalk, Connecticut--Pulse Point Joint Development $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
intermodal facility............................................
370. Salem, MA Design and Construct Salem Intermodal $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Transportation Center..........................................
371. Las Vegas, NV Construct Las Vegas WestCare Intermodal $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
Facility.......................................................
372. Richmond, KY Purchase buses, bus equipment, and facilities. $230,400 $237,600 $252,000
373. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, NY Replacement $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Buses..........................................................
374. Metro-Atlanta, GA MARTA Automated Smart-Card Fare $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Collection system..............................................
375. Monterey, CA Purchase bus equipment........................ $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
376. New York City, NY Purchase Handicapped-Accessible Livery $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
Vehicles.......................................................
377. San Francisco, CA Construct San Francisco Muni Islais Creek $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
Maintenance Facility...........................................
378. Indianapolis, IN Relocate and improve intermodal $4,480,000 $4,620,000 $4,900,000
transportation for pedestrian and freight access to Children's
Museum of Indianapolis.........................................
379. Ramapo, NY Transportation Safety Field Command Center $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
(TSFCC)........................................................
380. Expand Diesel Emission Reduction Program of Gateway Cities $992,000 $1,023,000 $1,085,000
COG............................................................
381. San Francisco, CA Redesign and renovate intermodal facility $1,056,000 $1,089,000 $1,155,000
at Glen Park Community.........................................
382. San Luis Rey, California--Transit Center Project........... $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
383. South San Francisco,CA Construction of Ferry Terminal at $1,600,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000
Oyster Point in South San Francisco to the San Francisco Bay
Area Water Transit Authority...................................
384. Atlanta, GA MARTA Clean Fuel Bus Acquisition............... $1,920,000 $1,980,000 $2,100,000
385. Construct a 400 space parking structure at the northwest $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
corner of Main and Cherry Streets..............................
386. Suffolk County, NY Design and construction of intermodal $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
transit facility in Wyandanch..................................
387. Fresno, CA--Develop program of low-emission transit $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
vehicles.......................................................
388. Sylmar, CA Los Angeles Mission College Transit Center $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
construction...................................................
389. Lakewood, NJ--Ocean County Bus service and parking $800,000 $825,000 $875,000
facilities.....................................................
390. St. Lucie County, FL Purchase Buses........................ $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
391. Hampton Roads, VA Final design and construction for a $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Hampton Roads Transit Southside Bus Facility...................
392. Oakland, CA Construct Bay Trail between Coliseum BART $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
station and Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline.........
393. South Amboy, NJ Construction of improvements to facilities $2,560,000 $2,640,000 $2,800,000
at South Amboy Station under S Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal
Initiative.....................................................
394. Hartford, CT Buses and bus-related facilities.............. $1,280,000 $1,320,000 $1,400,000
395. Ilwaco, WA Construct park and ride......................... $32,000 $33,000 $35,000
396. Burbank, CA Construction of Empire Area Transit Center near $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
Burbank Airport................................................
397. Pottsville, PA Union Street Trade and Transfer Center $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Intermodal Facility............................................
398. Amador County, California--Regional Transit Center......... $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
399. Pasadena, CA ITS Improvements.............................. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
400. South FL Region, FL Regional Universal Automated Fare $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
Collection System (UAFC) (for bus system)......................
401. South Pasadena, CA Silent Night Grade Crossing Project..... $288,000 $297,000 $315,000
402. Tampa, FL Establish Transit Emphasis Corridor and $240,000 $247,500 $262,500
Improvements...................................................
403. San Francisco, CA Implement Transbay Terminal-Caltrain $4,480,000 $4,620,000 $4,900,000
Downtown Extension Project.....................................
404. Rock Island, IL Improve Rock Island Mass Transit District $160,000 $165,000 $175,000
Bus Facility...................................................
405. Las Vegas, NV Construct Boulder Highway BRT system and $640,000 $660,000 $700,000
purchase vehicles and related equipment........................
406. Moultrie, GA Intermodal facility........................... $96,000 $99,000 $105,000
407. Carson, CA Purchase one trolley-bus vehicle................ $80,000 $82,500 $87,500
408. Brooklyn, NY SUNY Downstate Medical Center................. $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
409. Alexandria, VA Eisenhower Avenue Intermodal Station $800,000 $825,000 $875,000
Improvements, including purchase of buses and construction of
bus shelters...................................................
410. Long Beach, CA Purchase ten clean fuel busses.............. $960,000 $990,000 $1,050,000
411. Cleveland, OH Construction of an intermodal facility and $320,000 $330,000 $350,000
related improvements at University Hospitals facility on Euclid
Avenue.........................................................
412. Nashville, TN Construct Downtown Nashville Transit Transfer $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
Facility.......................................................
413. Philadelphia, PA Penn's Landing water shuttle parking lot $352,000 $363,000 $385,000
expansion and water shuttle ramp infrastructure construction...
414. Hercules, CA Intermodal Rail Station Improvements.......... $480,000 $495,000 $525,000
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SEC. 3039. NATIONAL FUEL CELL BUS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a national fuel cell bus technology development program (in this section referred to as the ``program'') to facilitate the development of commercially viable fuel cell bus technology and related infrastructure.
(b) General Authority.--The Secretary may enter into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with no more than 3 geographically diverse nonprofit organizations and recipients under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to conduct fuel cell bus technology and infrastructure projects under the program.
(c) Grant Criteria.--In selecting applicants for grants under the program, the Secretary shall consider the applicant's--
(1) ability to contribute significantly to furthering fuel cell technology as it relates to transit bus operations, including hydrogen production, energy storage, fuel cell technologies, vehicle systems integration, and power electronics technologies;
(2) financing plan and cost share potential;
(3) fuel cell technology to ensure that the program advances different fuel cell technologies, including hydrogen-fueled and methanol-powered liquid-fueled fuel cell technologies, that may be viable for public transportation systems; and
(4) other criteria that the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the program.
(d) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants under the program. Grant recipients shall be selected on a competitive basis. The Secretary shall give priority consideration to applicants that have successfully managed advanced transportation technology projects, including projects related to hydrogen and fuel cell public transportation operations for a period of not less than 10 years.
(e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of costs of the program shall be provided from funds made available to carry out this section. The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under the program shall not exceed 50 percent of such cost.
(f) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall be subject to--
(1) all terms and conditions applicable to a grant made under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 3040. HIGH-INTENSITY SMALL-URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANT
PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Eligible area.--The term ``eligible area'' means an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 that meets or exceeds in one or more performance categories the industry average for all urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c)(2).
(2) Performance category.--The term ``performance category'' means each of the following:
(A) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue mile.
(B) Passenger miles traveled per vehicle revenue hour.
(C) Vehicle revenue miles per capita.
(D) Vehicle revenue hours per capita.
(E) Passenger miles traveled per capita.
(F) Passengers per capita.
(b) General Authority.--In order to address the needs of small urbanized areas with unusually high levels of public transportation service, the Secretary shall make capital and operating grants under this section to eligible recipients described in subsection (d) for use in eligible areas.
(c) Apportionment.--
(1) Apportionment formula.--Funds made available for grants under this section in a fiscal year shall be apportioned among eligible areas in the ratio that--
(A) the number of performance categories for which each eligible area meets or exceeds the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999; bears to
(B) the aggregate number of performance categories for which all eligible areas meet or exceed the industry average in urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 but not more than 999,999.
(2) Data used in formula.--The Secretary shall calculate apportionments under this subsection for a fiscal year using data from the national transit database used to calculate apportionments for that fiscal year under section 5336 of title 49, United States Code.
(d) Eligible Recipient.--Grant amounts apportioned to an eligible area under this section shall be made available to a public transportation agency or other governmental entity in the eligible area for obligation in the eligible area.
(e) Government's Share of Costs.--
(1) Capital grants.--A grant for a capital project under this section (including associated capital maintenance items) shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary. The recipient may provide additional local matching amounts for such projects.
(2) Operating grants.--A grant under this section for operating assistance may not exceed 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Remainder.--The remainder of the net project costs may be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.
(f) Period of Availability.--Funds apportioned under this section to an eligible area shall remain available for obligation in that eligible area for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are apportioned. Any amounts so apportioned that remain unobligated at the end of that period shall be added to the amount that may be apportioned under this section in the next fiscal year.
(g) Application of Other Sections.--Sections 5302, 5318, 5323, 5332, 5333, and 5336(e) of title 49, United States Code, apply to this section and to a grant made under this section.
(h) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $41,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
$44,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $47,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.
(i) Technical Amendments.--Section 5336 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``of this title'' and inserting ``to carry out section 5307''; and
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, except that the amount apportioned to the Anchorage urbanized area under subsection (b) shall be available to the Alaska Railroad for any costs related to its passenger operations'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ``and the Alaska Railroad passenger operations'' after ``recipient'';
(3) in subsection (j) by striking ``a grant made under'' each place it appears and inserting ``a grant made with funds apportioned under''; and
(4) in subsection (k)(1) by striking ``section 5302(a)(13) of this title'' and inserting ``section 5302(a)''.
SEC. 3041. ALLOCATIONS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, for national research and technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 of such title shall be allocated by the Secretary as follows:
(1) Safety and emergency preparedness.--
(A) In general.--For carrying out safety and emergency preparedness research activities consisting of technical assistance, training, and data analysis and reporting to improve public transportation system safety and security and emergency preparedness--
(i) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(ii) $7,400,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(iii) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(iv) $8,200,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(v) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Public transportation national security study.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and evaluation of the value major public transportation systems in the United States serving the 38 urbanized areas that have a population of more than 1,000,000 individuals provide to the Nation's security and the ability of such systems to accommodate the evacuation, egress or ingress of people to or from critical locations in times of emergency.
(ii) Alternative routes.--For each system described in clause (i) the study shall identify--
(I) potential alternative routes for evacuation using other transportation modes such as highway, air, marine, and pedestrian activities; and
(II) transit routes that, if disrupted, do not have sufficient transit alternatives available.
(iii) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of entry into the agreement, the Academy shall submit to the Secretary and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate a final report on the results of the study and evaluation, together with such recommendations as the Academy considers appropriate.
(iv) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, $250,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to carry out this subparagraph.
(2) Equipment and infrastructure.--For carrying out equipment and infrastructure research activities on public transportation and infrastructure technologies and methods and voluntary industry standards development--
(A) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(B) $6,200,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(C) $6,550,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(D) $6,900,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(E) $7,200,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(3) Public transportation operations efficiency.--For carrying out public transportation operations efficiency research activities on high-performance public transportation services and other innovations in fleet operations and maintenance--
(A) $4,700,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(B) $4,900,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(C) $5,200,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(D) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(E) $5,800,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) Energy independence and environmental protection.--
(A) In general.--For carrying out energy independence and environmental protection research activities on improved public transportation energy use and propulsion systems and public transportation oriented development--
(i) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(ii) $3,900,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(iii) $4,150,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(iv) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(v) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Transit-oriented development center.--Of the funds allocated for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 under subparagraph (A), not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available by the Secretary for establishment and operation of a national center for transit-oriented development--
(i) to develop standards and definitions for transit-oriented development adjacent to public transportation facilities;
(ii) to develop system planning guidance, performance criteria, and modeling techniques for metropolitan planning agencies and public transportation agencies to maximize ridership through land use planning and adjacent development; and
(iii) to provide research support and technical assistance to public transportation agencies, metropolitan planning agencies, and other persons regarding transit-oriented development.
(5) Mobility management.--
(A) In general.--For carrying out research activities on mobility management, as described in section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code--
(i) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(ii) $7,400,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(iii) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(iv) $8,200,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(v) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Transportation equity research program.--Of the funds allocated for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 under subparagraph (A), not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available by the Secretary for research and demonstration activities that focus on the impacts that transportation planning, investment, and operations have on low-income and minority populations that are transit dependent. Such activities shall include the development of strategies to advance economic and community development in low-income and minority communities and the development of training programs that promote the employment of low-income and minority community residents on Federal-aid transportation projects constructed in their communities.
(C) Cognitive impairment study.--Of the funds allocated for fiscal year 2005 under subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 shall be made available by the Secretary for research and demonstration activities that focus on the capacity and resources of Oregon public transportation systems to address the needs, barriers, and desires for travel of people with cognitive impairments.
(6) Public transportation capacity building.--
(A) In general.--For carrying out public transportation capacity building activities consisting of workforce and industry development, the International Mass Transportation Program, and technology transfer and industry adoption activities--
(i) $2,400,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(ii) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(iii) $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(iv) $2,700,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(v) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Transit career ladder training program.--Of the funds allocated for each fiscal year under subparagraph (A), not less than $1,000,000 shall be available for a nationwide career ladder job training partnership program for public transportation employees to respond to technological changes in the public transportation industry, especially in the area of maintenance. Such program shall be carried out by the Secretary through a contract with a national nonprofit organization with a demonstrated capacity to develop and provide such programs.
(7) Strategic planning and performance measures.--For carrying out strategic planning and performance measures consisting of policy and program development, research program planning and performance, evaluation, and industry outreach--
(A) $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(B) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(C) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(D) $4,200,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(E) $4,300,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(b) Remainder.--After making allocations under subsection
(a) of this section and section 5338(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, the remainder of funds made available by section 5338(d)(2) of such title for national research and technology programs under sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 for a fiscal year shall be allocated at the discretion of the Secretary to other transit research, development, demonstration and deployment projects authorized by sections 5312, 5314, and 5322 of such title.
SEC. 3042. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
Section 5323(l) is amended to read as follows:
``(l) Relationship to Other Laws.--Section 1001 of title 18 applies to a certificate, submission, or statement provided under this chapter. The Secretary may terminate financial assistance under this chapter and seek reimbursement directly, or by offsetting amounts, available under this chapter, when a false or fraudulent statement or related act within the meaning of such section 1001 is made in connection with a Federal transit program.''.
SEC. 3043. COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT.
(a) Review of Cooperative Procurement; Authority to Increase Federal Share.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall undertake a 30-day review of efforts to use cooperative procurement to determine whether benefits are sufficient to formally incorporate cooperative procurement into the mass transit program. In particular the Secretary shall review the progress made under the pilot program authorized under section 166 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (49 U.S.C. 5397 note; 118 Stat. 309), based on experience to date in the pilot program and any available reports to Congress submitted under such section 166. The Secretary shall also consider information gathered from grantees about cooperative procurement, whether or not related to the pilot program.
(2) Notification of congress.--The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of the results of the review required under paragraph (1), including a finding of sufficient benefit or insufficient benefit and the reasons for that finding.
SEC. 3044. OBLIGATION CEILING.
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, and amounts appropriated under, subsections (a) through (f) of section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed--
(1) $7,266,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(2) $7,646,300,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(3) $8,482,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(4) $9,042,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(5) $9,639,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(6) $10,277,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
SEC. 3045. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
EXTENSION ACT OF 2004, PART V.
(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 title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2005 shall be reduced by the amount apportioned to such designated recipient pursuant to section 8 of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V.
(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 2005 to reflect the method for apportioning funds in section 5337(a) of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 3046. SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.
In any case in which an amount is authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for a program, project, or activity in any provision of this title, including an amendment made by this title, that is different than the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for such program, project, or activity in any provision of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV (Public Law 108-280), including any amendment made by such Act, the amount referred to in such Act shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation.
TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY
Subtitle A--Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
SEC. 4101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Administrative Expenses.--Section 31104 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following at the end:
``(i) Administrative Expenses.--
``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to pay administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--
``(A) $173,450,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(B) $254,849,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(C) $215,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(D) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(E) $234,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(F) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
``(2) Use of funds.--The funds authorized by this subsection shall be used for personnel costs; administrative infrastructure; rent; information technology; programs for research and technology, information management, regulatory development (including a medical review board), the administration of the performance and registration information system management, and outreach and education; other operating expenses; and such other expenses as may from time to time become necessary to implement statutory mandates of the Administration not funded from other sources.
``(3) Period of availability.--The amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.
``(4) Initial date of availability.--Authorizations from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out subtitle IV, part B, and subtitle VI, part B, of this title, or the provisions of title IV of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.
``(5) Contract authority.--Approval by the Secretary of a grant with funds made available under paragraph (4) imposes upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of the grant.''.
(b) Grant Programs.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) the following sums for the following Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration programs:
(1) For commercial driver's license program improvement grants under section 31313 of title 49, United States Code
$26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(2) For border enforcement grants under section 31107 of such title--
(A) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(C) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(D) $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(3) For the performance and registration information system management grant program under section 31109 of such title--
(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(B) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(C) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(D) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(4) Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment.--For carrying out the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program under section 4009 of this Act, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(c) Period of Availability.--The amounts made available under subsection (b) of this section shall remain available until expended.
(d) Initial Date of Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by subsection (b) shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.
(e) Contract Authority.--Approval by the Secretary of a grant with funds made available under subsection (b) imposes upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of the grant.
SEC. 4102. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS.
(a) State Plan Contents.--Section 31102(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
``(A) implements performance-based activities, including deployment of technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle safety programs;'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (Q) and inserting the following:
``(Q) provides that the State has established a program to ensure accurate, complete, and timely motor carrier safety data is collected and reported to the Secretary and that the State will participate in a national motor carrier safety data correction system prescribed by the Secretary;'';
(3) by aligning subparagraph (R) with subparagraph (S);
(4) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (S);
(5) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (T) and inserting a semicolon; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(U) provides that the State will include in the training manual for the licensing examination to drive a noncommercial motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle, information on best practices for driving safely in the vicinity of commercial motor vehicles and in the vicinity of noncommercial motor vehicles, respectively;
``(V) provides that the State will enforce the registration requirements of section 13902 by prohibiting the operation of any vehicle discovered to be operated by a motor carrier without a registration issued under such section or to be operating beyond the scope of such registration; and
``(W) provides that the State will conduct comprehensive and highly visible traffic enforcement and commercial motor vehicle safety inspection programs in high-risk locations and corridors.''.
(b) Use of Grants to Enforce Other Laws.--Section 31102 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Use of Grants to Enforce Other Laws.--A State may use amounts received under a grant under subsection (a)--
``(1) for the following activities if the activities are carried out in conjunction with an appropriate inspection of the commercial motor vehicle to enforce Government or State commercial motor vehicle safety regulations:
``(A) enforcement of commercial motor vehicle size and weight limitations at locations other than fixed weight facilities, at specific locations such as steep grades or mountainous terrains where the weight of a commercial motor vehicle can significantly affect the safe operation of the vehicle, or at ports where intermodal shipping containers enter and leave the United States; and
``(B) detection of the unlawful presence of a controlled substance (as defined under section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802)) in a commercial motor vehicle or on the person of any occupant (including the operator) of the vehicle; and
``(2) for documented enforcement of State traffic laws and regulations designed to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, including documented enforcement of such laws and regulations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles when necessary to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles if the number of roadside safety inspections conducted in the State is maintained at a level at least equal to the average number conducted in the State in fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003; except that the State may not use more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount the State receives under the grant under subsection (a) for enforcement activities relating to noncommercial motor vehicles described in this paragraph.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate an annual report that describes the effect of activities carried out with funds from grants made under this section on commercial motor vehicle safety.''.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 31104(a) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (f), there are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out section 31102--
``(1) $188,852,000 for fiscal year 2004;
``(2) $188,480,000 for fiscal year 2005;
``(3) $188,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
``(4) $197,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
``(5) $202,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
``(6) $209,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.''.
(d) New Entrant Audits.--Section 31104(f) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``deduction under subsection (e)'' and inserting ``deductions under subsection
(e) and paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
(2) the first sentence of paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) by striking ``or''; and
(B) by inserting after ``technologies'' the following: ``, or improve the quality and accuracy of data provided by the State'';
(3) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``and border activities.--'' and all that follows through ``5 percent'' and inserting ``activities.--The Secretary may designate up to 10 percent''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) New entrant audits.--The Secretary may deduct up to
$15,000,000 of the amounts available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year for audits of new entrant motor carriers under section 31144(g).''.
(e) Technical Amendments.--Sections 31102(b)(3) and 31103(a) of such title are amended by striking ``(1)(D)'' and inserting ``(1)(E)''.
SEC. 4103. BORDER ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the heading for subchapter I and inserting the following:
``SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL AUTHORITY AND STATE GRANTS''; and
(2) by striking section 31107 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 31107. Border enforcement grants
``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant in a fiscal year to a State that shares a land border with another country for carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety programs and related enforcement activities and projects.
``(b) Maintenance of Expenditures.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State under this section only if the State agrees that the total expenditure of amounts of the State and political subdivisions of the State, exclusive of amounts from the United States, for carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety programs and related enforcement activities and projects will be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of that expenditure by the State and political subdivisions of the State for the last 2 fiscal years of the State ending before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
``(c) Governments Share of Costs.--The Secretary shall reimburse a State under a grant made under this section an amount that is not more than 100 percent of the costs incurred by the State in a fiscal year for carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety programs and related enforcement activities and projects.
``(d) Availability and Reallocation of Amounts.--Allocations to a State remain available for expenditure in the State for the fiscal year in which they are allocated and for the next fiscal year. Amounts not expended by a State during those 2 fiscal years are available to the Secretary for reallocation under this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Item relating to subchapter i.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter I and inserting the following:
``Subchapter I--General authority and State grants''.
(2) Item relating to section 31107.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to section 31107 and inserting the following:
``31107. Border enforcement grants.''.
SEC. 4104. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) State Grants.--Chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 31312 the following:
``Sec. 31313. Grants for commercial driver's license program improvements
``(a) Grants for Commercial Driver's License Program Improvements.--
``(1) General authority.--The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant to a State in a fiscal year--
``(A) to comply with the requirements of section 31311; and
``(B) in the case of a State that is in substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311 and this section, to improve its implementation of its commercial driver's license program.
``(2) Purposes for which grants may be used.--A State may use grants under paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) only for expenses directly related to its compliance with section 31311; except that a grant under paragraph (1)(B) may be used for improving implementation of the State's commercial driver's license program, including expenses for computer hardware and software, publications, testing, personnel, training, and quality control. The grant may not be used to rent, lease, or buy land or buildings.
``(3) Application.--In order to receive a grant under this section, a State must submit an application for such grant that is in such form, and contains such information, as the Secretary may require. The application shall include the State's assessment of its commercial drivers license program.
``(4) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State under this subsection only if the State agrees that the total expenditure of amounts of the State and political subdivisions of the State, exclusive of amounts from the United States, for the State's commercial driver's license program will be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of that expenditure by the State and political subdivisions of the State for the last 2 fiscal years of the State ending before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
``(5) Government share.--The Secretary shall reimburse a State under a grant made under this subsection an amount that is not more than 80 percent of the costs incurred by the State in a fiscal year in complying with section 31311 and improving its implementation of its commercial driver's license program. In determining such costs, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions by the State. Amounts required to be expended by the State under paragraph (4) may not be included as part of the non-Federal share of such costs.
``(b) High-Priority Activities.--
``(1) Grants for national concerns.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State agency, local government, or other person for 100 percent of the costs of research, development, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial driver licensing and motor vehicle safety that are of benefit to all jurisdictions of the United States or are designed to address national safety concerns and circumstances.
``(2) Funding.--The Secretary may deduct up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year to make grants under this subsection.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 31312 the following:
``31313. Grants for commercial driver's license program improvements.''.
(c) Amounts Withheld.--Subsections (a) and (b) of section 31314 of such title are each amended by inserting ``up to'' after ``withhold''.
SEC. 4105. HOBBS ACT.
(a) Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals Over Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation and Operators and Motor Carrier Safety.--Section 2342(3)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting before ``of title 49'' the following:
``, subchapter III of chapter 311, chapter 313, or chapter 315''.
(b) Judicial Review.--Section 351(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Federal Highway Administration'' and inserting ``Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration''.
(c) Authority to Carry Out Certain Transferred Duties and Powers.--Section 352 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Federal Highway Administration'' and inserting ``Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration''.
SEC. 4106. PENALTY FOR DENIAL OF ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Section 521(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``(b)(1)(A) If the Secretary'' and inserting the following:
``(b) Violations Relating to Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation and Operators.--
``(1) Notice.--
``(A) In general.--If the Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following:
``(E) Copying of records and access to equipment, lands, and buildings.--A person subject to chapter 51 or part B of subtitle VI who fails to allow the Secretary, or an employee designated by the Secretary, promptly upon demand to inspect and copy any record or inspect and examine equipment, lands, buildings, and other property in accordance with section 504(c), 5121(c), or 14122(b) shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each offense. Each day the Secretary is denied the right to inspect and copy any record or inspect and examine equipment, lands, buildings, and other property shall constitute a separate offense; except that the total of all civil penalties against any violator for all offenses related to a single violation shall not exceed $10,000. It shall be a defense to such penalty that the records did not exist at the time of the Secretary's request or could not be timely produced without unreasonable expense or effort. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as amending or superseding any remedy available to the Secretary under section 502(d), section 507(c), or any other provision of this title.''.
SEC. 4107. MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD.
Section 113 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Medical Review Board.--
``(1) Establishment and function.--The Administrator shall establish a Medical Review Board as an advisory committee to provide the Administration with medical advice and recommendations on driver qualification medical standards and guidelines, medical examiner education, and medical research.
``(2) Composition.--The Medical Review Board shall consist of 5 members appointed for a term not to exceed 3 years by the Secretary from medical institutions and private medical practice. The membership shall reflect expertise in a variety of medical specialties relevant to the functions of the Administration.''.
SEC. 4108. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR OUT-OF-SERVICE VIOLATIONS
AND FALSE RECORDS.
(a) Recordkeeping and Reporting Violations.--Section 521(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (i) by striking ``$500'' and inserting
``$1,000''; and
(2) by striking ``$5,000'' each place it appears and inserting ``$10,000''.
(b) Violations of Out-of-Service Orders.--Section 31310(i)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``Not later than December 18, 1992, the'' and inserting ``The'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``90 days'' and inserting ``180 days''; and
(B) by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$2,500'';
(3) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``2 years''; and
(B) by striking ``$1,000; and'' and inserting ``$5,000;''; and
(4) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``$10,000.'' and inserting ``$25,000; and''.
SEC. 4109. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND
NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a commercial vehicle information systems and networks program to--
(1) improve the safety and productivity of commercial vehicles and drivers; and
(2) reduce costs associated with commercial vehicle operations and Federal and State commercial vehicle regulatory requirements.
(b) Purpose.--The program shall advance the technological capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation system applications for commercial motor vehicle operations, commercial driver, and carrier-specific information systems and networks.
(c) Core Deployment Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to eligible States for the core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks.
(2) Amount of grants.--The maximum aggregate amount the Secretary may grant to a State for the core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks under this subsection and sections 5001(a)(5) and 5001(a)(6) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 420) may not exceed $2,500,000.
(3) Use of funds.--Funds from a grant under this subsection may only be used for the core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks. An eligible State that has either completed the core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks or completed such deployment before grant funds are expended under this subsection may use the grant funds for the expanded deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks in the State.
(d) Expanded Deployment Grants.--
(1) In general.--For each fiscal year, from the funds remaining after the Secretary has made grants under subsection (c), the Secretary may make grants to each eligible State, upon request, for the expanded deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks.
(2) Eligibility.--Each State that has completed the core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks in such State is eligible for an expanded deployment grant under this subsection.
(3) Amount of grants.--Each fiscal year, the Secretary may distribute funds available for expanded deployment grants equally among the eligible States, but not to exceed
$1,000,000 per State.
(4) Use of funds.--A State may use funds from a grant under this subsection only for the expanded deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks.
(e) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State--
(1) shall have a commercial vehicle information systems and networks program plan approved by the Secretary that describes the various systems and networks at the State level that need to be refined, revised, upgraded, or built to accomplish deployment of core capabilities;
(2) shall certify to the Secretary that its commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment activities, including hardware procurement, software and system development, and infrastructure modifications--
(A) are consistent with the national intelligent transportation systems and commercial vehicle information systems and networks architectures and available standards; and
(B) promote interoperability and efficiency to the extent practicable; and
(3) shall agree to execute interoperability tests developed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to verify that its systems conform with the national intelligent transportation systems architecture, applicable standards, and protocols for commercial vehicle information systems and networks.
(f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project payable from funds made available to carry out this section shall not exceed 50 percent. The total Federal share of the cost of a project payable from all eligible sources shall not exceed 80 percent.
(g) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Commercial vehicle information systems and networks.--The term ``commercial vehicle information systems and networks'' means the information systems and communications networks that provide the capability to--
(A) improve the safety of commercial motor vehicle operations;
(B) increase the efficiency of regulatory inspection processes to reduce administrative burdens by advancing technology to facilitate inspections and increase the effectiveness of enforcement efforts;
(C) advance electronic processing of registration information, driver licensing information, fuel tax information, inspection and crash data, and other safety information;
(D) enhance the safe passage of commercial motor vehicles across the United States and across international borders; and
(E) promote the communication of information among the States and encourage multistate cooperation and corridor development.
(2) Commercial motor vehicle operations.--The term
``commercial motor vehicle operations''--
(A) means motor carrier operations and motor vehicle regulatory activities associated with the commercial motor vehicle movement of goods, including hazardous materials, and passengers; and
(B) with respect to the public sector, includes the issuance of operating credentials, the administration of motor vehicle and fuel taxes, and roadside safety and border crossing inspection and regulatory compliance operations.
(3) Core deployment.--The term ``core deployment'' means the deployment of systems in a State necessary to provide the State with the following capabilities:
(A) Safety information exchange to--
(i) electronically collect and transmit commercial motor vehicle and driver inspection data at a majority of inspection sites in the State;
(ii) connect to the safety and fitness electronic records system for access to interstate carrier and commercial motor vehicle data, summaries of past safety performance, and commercial motor vehicle credentials information; and
(iii) exchange carrier data and commercial motor vehicle safety and credentials information within the State and connect to such system for access to interstate carrier and commercial motor vehicle data.
(B) Interstate credentials administration to--
(i) perform end-to-end processing, including carrier application, jurisdiction application processing, and credential issuance, of at least the international registration plan and international fuel tax agreement credentials and extend this processing to other credentials, including intrastate registration, vehicle titling, oversize vehicle permits, overweight vehicle permits, carrier registration, and hazardous materials permits;
(ii) connect to such plan and agreement clearinghouses; and
(iii) have at least 10 percent of the credentialing transaction volume in the State handled electronically and have the capability to add more carriers and to extend to branch offices where applicable.
(C) Roadside electronic screening to electronically screen transponder-equipped commercial vehicles at a minimum of one fixed or mobile inspection site in the State and to replicate this screening at other sites in the State.
(4) Expanded deployment.--The term ``expanded deployment'' means the deployment of systems in a State that exceed the requirements of a core deployment of commercial vehicle information systems and networks, improve safety and the productivity of commercial motor vehicle operations, and enhance transportation security.
(h) Repeal.--Section 5209 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 502 note; 112 Stat. 460-461) is repealed.
SEC. 4110. SAFETY FITNESS.
(a) In General.--Section 31144(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) determine whether an owner or operator is fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles, utilizing among other things the accident record of an owner or operator operating in interstate commerce and the accident record and safety inspection record of such owner or operator in operations that affect interstate commerce;
``(2) periodically update such safety fitness determinations;
``(3) make such final safety fitness determinations readily available to the public; and
``(4) prescribe by regulation penalties for violations of this section consistent with section 521.''.
(b) Prohibited Transportation.--The first subsection (c) of such section 31144 is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Transportation affecting interstate commerce.--Owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles prohibited from operating in interstate commerce pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) may not operate any commercial motor vehicle that affects interstate commerce until the Secretary determines that such owner or operator is fit.''.
(c) Determination of Unfitness by a State.--Such section 31144 is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and the second subsection (c) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
(2) by inserting after the first subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Determination of Unfitness by a State.--If a State that receives a grant under section 31102 determines, by applying the standards prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (b), that an owner or operator of commercial motor vehicles that has its principal place of business in that State and operates in intrastate commerce is unfit under such standards and prohibits the owner or operator from operating such vehicles in the State, the Secretary shall prohibit the owner or operator from operating such vehicles in interstate commerce until the State determines that the owner or operator is fit.''; and
(3) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Grants for audits.--From amounts deducted under section 31104(f)(3), the Secretary may make grants to States and local governments for new entrant motor carrier audits under this subsection without requiring a matching contribution from such States or local governments.
``(6) DOT audits.--If the Secretary determines that a State or local government is unable to use government employees to conduct new entrant motor carrier audits, the Secretary may utilize the funds deducted under section 31104(f)(3) to conduct such audits in areas under the jurisdiction of such State or local government.''.
SEC. 4111. PATTERN OF SAFETY VIOLATIONS BY MOTOR CARRIER
MANAGEMENT.
(a) Duties of Employers and Employees.--Section 31135 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``Each''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Pattern of Noncompliance.--If the Secretary finds that an officer of a motor carrier engages or has engaged in a pattern or practice of avoiding compliance, or masking or otherwise concealing noncompliance, with regulations on commercial motor vehicle safety prescribed under this subchapter, while serving as an officer of any motor carrier, the Secretary may suspend, amend, or revoke any part of the motor carrier's registration under section 13905.
``(c) Regulations.--The Secretary shall by regulation establish standards to implement subsection (b).
``(d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Motor carrier.--The term `motor carrier' has the meaning such term has under section 13102.
``(2) Officer.--The term `officer' means an owner, director, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, safety director, vehicle maintenance supervisor, and driver supervisor of a motor carrier, regardless of the title attached to those functions, and any person, however designated, exercising controlling influence over the operations of a motor carrier.''.
(b) Cross Reference.--Section 13902(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(B)(i) any safety regulations imposed by the Secretary;
``(ii) the duties of employers and employees established by the Secretary under section 31135; and
``(iii) the safety fitness requirements established by the Secretary under section 31144; and''.
SEC. 4112. MOTOR CARRIER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 31108 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 31108. Motor carrier research and technology program
``(a) Research, Technology, and Technology Transfer Activities.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and carry out a motor carrier research and technology program.
``(2) Multiyear plan.--The program must include a multi-year research plan that focuses on nonredundant innovative research.
``(3) Research, development, and technology transfer activities.--The Secretary may carry out under the program research, development, technology, and technology transfer activities with respect to--
``(A) the causes of accidents, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles;
``(B) means of reducing the number and severity of accidents, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles;
``(C) improving commercial motor vehicle and motor carrier safety, and industry efficiency, through technological improvement;
``(D) improving technology used by enforcement officers when conducting roadside inspections and compliance reviews to increase efficiency and information transfers; and
``(E) increasing the safety and security of hazardous materials transportation.
``(4) Tests and development.--The Secretary may test, develop, or assist in testing and developing any material, invention, patented article, or process related to the research and technology program.
``(5) Training.--The Secretary may use the funds made available to carry out this section for training or education of commercial motor vehicle safety personnel, including training in accident reconstruction and detection of controlled substances or other contraband and stolen cargo or vehicles.
``(6) Procedures.--The Secretary may carry out this section--
``(A) independently;
``(B) in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities and Federal laboratories; or
``(C) by making grants to, or entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with, any Federal laboratory, State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, organization, foreign country, or person.
``(7) Development and promotion of use of products.--The Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out this section to develop, administer, communicate, and promote the use of products of research, technology, and technology transfer programs under this section.
``(b) Collaborative Research and Development.--
``(1) In general.--To advance innovative solutions to problems involving commercial motor vehicle and motor carrier safety, security, and efficiency, and to stimulate the deployment of emerging technology, the Secretary may carry out, on a cost-shared basis, collaborative research and development with--
``(A) non-Federal entities, including State and local governments, foreign governments, colleges and universities, corporations, institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships that are incorporated or established under the laws of any State; and
``(B) Federal laboratories.
``(2) Cooperative agreements.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may enter into cooperative research and development agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a)).
``(3) Cost sharing.--
``(A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent; except that, if there is substantial public interest or benefit associated with any such activity, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share.
``(B) Treatment of directly incurred non-federal costs.--All costs directly incurred by the non-Federal partners, including personnel, travel, and hardware or software development costs, shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the activities described in subparagraph
(A).
``(4) Use of technology.--The research, development, or use of a technology under a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under this subsection, including the terms under which the technology may be licensed and the resulting royalties may be distributed, shall be subject to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 311 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 31108 and inserting the following:
``31108. Motor carrier research and technology program.''.
SEC. 4113. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS
``Sec. 31161. International cooperation
``The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use funds made available by section 31104(i) to participate and cooperate in international activities to enhance motor carrier, driver, and highway safety by such means as exchanging information, conducting research, and examining needs, best practices, and new technology.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subchapter IV--Miscellaneous
``31161. International cooperation.''.
SEC. 4114. PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT.
(a) Design and Conditions for Participation.--Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting the following:
``(2) Design.--The program shall link Federal motor carrier safety information systems with State commercial vehicle 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 registrant or motor carrier or while the license or registration is in effect; and
``(B) deny, suspend, or revoke the commercial motor vehicle registrations of a motor carrier or registrant that has been issued an operations out-of-service order by the Secretary.
``(3) Conditions for participation.--The Secretary shall require States, as a condition of participation in the program, to--
``(A) comply with the uniform policies, procedures, and technical and operational standards prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (a)(4); and
``(B) possess or seek the authority to deny, suspend, or revoke commercial motor vehicle registrations based on the issuance of an operations out-of-service order by the Secretary.''.
(b) Performance and Registration Information System Management Grants.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 31109. Performance and registration information system management
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant to a State to implement the performance and registration information system management requirements of section 31106(b).
``(b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available to a State under this section shall remain available until expended.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
``31109. Performance and registration information system management.''.
SEC. 4115. DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.
Section 31106(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) ensure, to the maximum extent practical, all the data is complete, timely, and accurate across all information systems and initiatives; and
``(G) establish and implement a national motor carrier safety data correction system.''.
SEC. 4116. DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLES.
(a) Definition.--Section 31111(a) of tile 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the following:
``(4) Drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combination.--The term `drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combination' means a vehicle combination designed and specifically used to tow up to 3 trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth-wheel of the forward vehicle of the truck or truck tractor in front of it.''.
(b) General Limitations.--Section 31111(b)(1) of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) imposes a vehicle length limitation of not less than or more than 97 feet on a driveaway saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations;''.
SEC. 4117. COMPLETION OF UNIFORM CARRIER REGISTRATION.
(a) In General.--Section 14504 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in analysis for chapter 145 of such title, are repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 13908 of such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``the single State registration system under section 14504,'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively;
(3) by striking subsection (d); and
(4) by striking ``(e) Deadline for Conclusion; Modification.--'' and all that follows through ``1996,'' and inserting the following:
``(d) Deadline for Completion.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,''.
SEC. 4118. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS AND FREIGHT
FORWARDERS.
(a) Definitions Relating to Motor Carriers.--Paragraphs
(6), (7), (12), and (13) of section 13102 of title 49, United States Code, are each amended by striking ``motor vehicle'' and inserting ``commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31132)''.
(b) Freight Forwarders.--Section 13903(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the following:
``(1) Household goods.--The Secretary'';
(2) by inserting ``of household goods'' after ``freight forwarder''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Others.--The Secretary may register a person to provide service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of chapter 135 as a freight forwarder (other than a freight forwarder of household goods) if the Secretary finds that such registration is needed for the protection of shippers and that the person is fit, willing, and able to provide the service and to comply with this part and applicable regulations of the Secretary and Board.''.
SEC. 4119. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES INTO HIGHWAY
TRUST FUND.
Sections 31138(d)(5) and 31139(f)(5) of title 49, United States Code, are each amended by striking ``Treasury as miscellaneous receipts'' and inserting ``Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account)''.
SEC. 4120. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct, through any combination of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, an outreach and education program to be administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(b) Program Elements.--The program shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A program to promote a more comprehensive and national effort to educate commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers about how commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers can more safely share the road with each other.
(2) A program to promote enhanced traffic enforcement efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of the most common unsafe driving behaviors that cause or contribute to crashes involving commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles.
(3) A program to establish a public-private partnership to provide resources and expertise for the development and dissemination of information relating to sharing the road referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) to each partner's constituents and to the general public through the use of brochures, videos, paid and public advertisements, the Internet, and other media.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of a program or activity for which a grant is made under this section shall be 100 percent of the cost of such program or activity.
(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall prepare and transmit to Congress an annual report on the programs and activities carried out under this section.
(e) Funding.--From amounts made available under section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make available $1,000,000 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and $3,000,000 to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 to carry out this section.
SEC. 4121. INSULIN TREATED DIABETES MELLITUS.
(a) No Period of Commercial Driving While Using Insulin Required for Qualification.--The Secretary may not require individuals with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus who are applying for an exemption from the physical qualification standards to have experience operating commercial motor vehicles while using insulin in order to be exempted from the physical qualification standards to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.
(b) Minimum Period of Insulin Use.--Subject to subsection
(a), the Secretary shall require individuals with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus to have a minimum period of insulin use to demonstrate stable control of diabetes before operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. For individuals who have been newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the minimum period of insulin use may not exceed 2 months, unless directed by the treating physician. For individuals who have type 2 diabetes and are converting to insulin use, the minimum period of insulin use may not exceed 1 month, unless directed by the treating physician.
(c) Limitations.--Insulin-treated individuals may not be held by the Secretary to a higher standard of physical qualification in order to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce than other individuals applying to operate, or operating, a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce; except to the extent that limited operating, monitoring, and medical requirements are deemed medically necessary under regulations issued by the Secretary.
SEC. 4122. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
OPERATORS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a grant program for training operators of commercial motor vehicles
(as defined in section 31301 of title 49, United States Code). The purpose of the program shall be to train operators and future operators in the safe use of such vehicle.
(b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost for which a grant is made under this section shall be 80 percent.
(c) Funding.--From amounts made available under section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make available $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 to carry out this section.
SEC. 4123. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on commercial motor vehicle safety regulations and other matters relating to activities and functions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
(b) Composition.--The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall include representatives of the motor carrier industry, drivers, safety advocates, manufacturers, safety enforcement officials, law enforcement agencies of border States, and other individuals affected by rulemakings under consideration by the Department of Transportation. Representatives of a single interest group may not constitute a majority of the members of the advisory committee.
(c) Termination Date.--The advisory committee shall remain in effect until September 30, 2009.
SEC. 4124. SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants to States for projects and activities to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of commercial motor vehicle safety data reported to the Secretary.
(b) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible for a grant under this section in a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the State has--
(1) conducted a comprehensive audit of its commercial motor vehicle safety data system within the preceding 2 years;
(2) developed a plan that identifies and prioritizes its commercial motor vehicle safety data needs and goals; and
(3) identified performance-based measures to determine progress toward those goals.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
(d) Applicability of Title 23, United States Code.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by 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 a project or activity carried out using such funds shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
(e) Biennial Report.--Not later 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the activities and results of the program carried out under this section, together with any recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 4125. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM
MODERNIZATION.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State or organization representing agencies and officials of a State in a fiscal year to modernize its commercial driver's license information system in accordance with subsection (c) if the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311 of title 49, United States Code, and this section, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall establish criteria for the distribution of grants and notify each State annually of such criteria.
(b) Modernization Plan.--No later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a comprehensive national plan to modernize the commercial driver's license information system. The plan shall be developed in consultation with representatives of the motor carrier industry, State safety enforcement agencies, and State licensing agencies designated by the Secretary.
(c) Use of Grant.--A State may use a grant under this section only to implement improvements that are consistent with the modernization plan developed by the Secretary.
(d) Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may conduct with grants under this section a 3-year pilot program in no more than 3 States to evaluate a system for sharing driver's license information on all commercial and noncommercial driver's licenses issued in each participating State.
(2) Funding.--The Secretary may use no more than 50 percent of the funds available to carry out this section for the pilot program in any fiscal year.
(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the last day of the pilot program, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program.
(e) Government Share.--A grant under this section to a State or organization may not be for more than 80 percent of the costs incurred by the State or organization in a fiscal year in implementing the modernization program developed by the Secretary. In determining these costs, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions of the State.
(f) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section--
(1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(g) Contract Authority and Availability.--
(1) Period of availability.--The amounts made available under subsection (f) shall remain available until expended.
(2) Initial date of availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by subsection (f) shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.
(3) Contract authority.--Approval by the Secretary of a grant with funds made available under subsection (f) imposes upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of the grant.
SEC. 4126. MAXIMUM HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS OF GROUND
WATER WELL DRILLING RIGS.
Section 345(a)(2) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat 613) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Except as required in section 395.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this sentence, no additional off-duty time shall be required in order to operate such vehicle.''.
SEC. 4127. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY SCREENING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide persons conducting preemployment screening services for the motor carrier industry electronic access to the following reports contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System:
(1) Commercial motor vehicle accident reports.
(2) Inspection reports that contain no driver-related safety violations.
(3) Serious driver-related safety violation inspection reports.
(b) Conditions on Providing Access.--Before providing a person access to the Motor Carrier Management Information System under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) ensure that any information that is released to such person will be in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and all other applicable Federal law;
(2) ensure that such person will not conduct a screening without the operator-applicant's written consent;
(3) ensure that any information that is released to such person will not be released to any person or entity, other than the motor carrier requesting the screening services or the operator-applicant, unless expressly authorized or required by law; and
(4) provide a procedure for the operator-applicant to correct inaccurate information in the System in a timely manner.
(c) Design.--The process for providing access to the Motor Carrier Management Information System under subsection (a) shall be designed to assist the motor carrier industry in assessing an individual operator's crash and serious safety violation inspection history as a preemployment condition. Use of the process shall not be mandatory and may only be used during the preemployment assessment of an operator-applicant.
(d) Serious Operator-Related Safety Violation Defined.--In this section, the term ``serious operator-related violation'' means a violation by an operator of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31102 of title 49, United States Code) that the Secretary determines will result in the operator being prohibited from continuing to operate a commercial motor vehicle until the violation is corrected.
SEC. 4128. INTERMODAL CHASSIS ROADABILITY RULE-MAKING.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after providing notice and opportunity for comment, shall issue regulations establishing a program to ensure that intermodal equipment used to transport intermodal containers are safe.
(b) Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.--The regulations under this section shall be issued as part of the Federal motor carrier safety regulations of the Department of Transportation.
(c) Contents.--The regulations issued under this section shall include, at a minimum--
(1) a requirement to identify providers of intermodal equipment that is interchanged or intended for interchange to motor carriers in intermodal transportation;
(2) a requirement to match such intermodal equipment readily to the intermodal equipment provider through a unique identifying number;
(3) a requirement to ensure that each intermodal equipment provider maintains a system of maintenance and repair records for such equipment;
(4) a requirement to evaluate the compliance of intermodal equipment providers with the applicable Federal motor carrier safety regulations;
(5) a provision that--
(A) establishes a civil penalty structure consistent with section 521(b) of title 49, United States Code, for intermodal equipment providers that fail to attain satisfactory compliance with applicable Federal motor carrier safety regulations; and
(B) prohibits intermodal equipment providers from placing intermodal equipment on the public highways if such providers are found to pose an imminent hazard;
(6) a process by which motor carriers and agents of motor carriers may petition the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to undertake an investigation of a noncompliant intermodal equipment provider; and
(7) an inspection and audit program of intermodal equipment providers.
(d) Deadline for Rulemaking Proceeding.--The regulations under this section shall be issued pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding initiated not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(e) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Intermodal equipment.--The term ``intermodal equipment'' means equipment that is commonly used in the intermodal transportation of freight over public highways in interstate commerce (as defined in section 31132 of title 49, United States Code), including trailers, chassis, and any associated devices.
(2) Intermodal equipment provider.--The term ``intermodal equipment provider'' means any person with any legal right, title, or interest in intermodal equipment that interchanges such equipment to a motor carrier.
(3) Interchange.--The term ``interchange'' means the act of providing intermodal equipment to a motor carrier for the purpose of transporting the equipment for loading or unloading by any person or repositioning the equipment for the benefit of the equipment provider. Such term does not include the leasing of equipment to a motor carrier for use in the motor carrier's over-the-road freight hauling operations.
(f) Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance of Intermodal Equipment.--Section 31136 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance of Intermodal Equipment.--The Secretary, or an employee of the Department of Transportation designated by the Secretary, may inspect intermodal equipment, and copy related maintenance and repair records for such equipment, on demand and display of proper credentials to inspect intermodal equipment.''.
(g) Jurisdiction Over Equipment Providers.--Section 31132(1) of such title is amended by inserting after ``towed vehicle'' the following: ``(including intermodal equipment, including trailers, chassis and associated devices, commonly used for the transportation of intermodal freight via highway)''. SEC. 4129. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS.
The Secretary shall conduct a rulemaking to permit State licensed or certified mental health counselors or addiction specialists certified by the American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders to act as substance abuse professionals under subpart O of part 40 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 4130. INTERSTATE VAN OPERATIONS.
The Federal motor carrier safety regulations (other than regulations relating to commercial drivers license and drug and alcohol testing requirements) shall apply to all interstate operations of commercial motor vehicles used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver), regardless of the distance traveled.
SEC. 4131. HOURS OF SERVICE FOR OPERATORS OF UTILITY SERVICE
VEHICLES.
Section 345 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat. 613) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) Operators of utility service vehicles.--
``(A) Inapplicability of federal regulations.--Such regulations shall not apply to a driver of a utility service vehicle.
``(B) Prohibition on state regulations.--A State, a political subdivision of a State, an interstate agency, or other entity consisting of 2 or more States, shall not enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or standard that imposes requirements on a driver of a utility service vehicle that are similar to the requirements contained in such regulations.''.
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ``Nothing'' and inserting
``Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), nothing''; and
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (c) by striking
``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``an exemption under paragraph (2) or (4)''.
SEC. 4132. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Intermodal Transportation Advisory Board.--Section 5502(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.''.
(b) Reference to Agency.--Section 31502(e) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Regional Director of the Federal Highway Administration'' and inserting ``Field Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration''; and
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``Regional Director'' and inserting ``Field Administrator''.
SEC. 4133. INTRASTATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS OF INTERSTATE
MOTOR CARRIERS.
Section 31144(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) determine whether an owner or operator is fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles, utilizing among other things the accident and safety inspection record of an owner or operator during operations--
``(A) in interstate commerce in the United States;
``(B) in a State that affects interstate commerce in the United States; and
``(C) in Canada or Mexico if the owner or operator also conducts operations in the United States;
``(2) periodically update such safety fitness determinations;
``(3) make such final safety fitness determinations readily available to the public; and
``(4) prescribe by regulation penalties for violations of this section consistent with section 521.''.
SEC. 4134. OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES AND FARM SUPPLIES.
(a) Agricultural Exemption.--Section 345(a)(1) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat. 613) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies.--Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used by motor carriers shall not apply during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State to drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes in a State if such transportation is limited to an area within a 100 air mile radius from the source of the commodities or the distribution point for the farm supplies.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 345(e) of such Act (109 Stat. 614) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural commodity' means products grown on and harvested from the land during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State.
``(8) Farm supplies for agricultural purposes.--The term
`farm supplies for agricultural purposes' means products directly related to the growing or harvesting of agricultural commodities during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed at any time of the year.''.
SEC. 4135. HOURS OF SERVICE RULES FOR OPERATORS PROVIDING
TRANSPORTATION TO MOVIE PRODUCTION SITES.
Notwithstanding sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, and any other provision of law, the maximum daily hours of service for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle providing transportation of property or passengers to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site located within a 100 air mile radius of the work reporting location of such operator shall be those in effect under the regulations in effect under such sections on April 27, 2003.
SEC. 4136. SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.
In any case in which an amount is authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for a program, project, or activity in any provision of this title, including an amendment made by this title, that is different than the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for such program, project, or activity in any provision of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV (Public Law 108-280), including any amendment made by such Act, the amount referred to in such Act shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation.
Subtitle B--Household Goods Transportation
SEC. 4201. FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
(a) Nonpreemption of Intrastate Transportation of Household Goods.--Section 14501(c)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``intrastate'' before
``transportation''.
(b) Enforcement of Consumer Protection With Respect to Interstate Household Goods Carriers.--Chapter 145 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 14506. Enforcement of Federal regulations by State attorneys general
``(a) In General.--A State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of a resident of the State in an appropriate district court of the United States to enforce a regulation or order of the Secretary or Board--
``(1) to protect an individual shipper of household goods if such regulation or order governs the delivery of the shipper's household goods; or
``(2) to impose a civil penalty under section 14915 whenever the attorney general of the State has reason to believe that the interests of the residents of the State have been or are being threatened or adversely affected by--
``(A) a carrier or broker providing transportation of household goods subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 who is committing repeat violations of section 14915; or
``(B) a foreign motor carrier providing transportation of household goods who is registered under section 13902 and who is committing repeat violations of section 14915.
``(b) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed--
``(1) as preventing an attorney general from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of such State to conduct investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence;
``(2) as prohibiting a State official from proceeding in State court to enforce a criminal statute of the State;
``(3) as authorizing a State or political subdivision of a State to bring an enforcement action under a consumer protection law, regulation, or other provision of the State relating to interstate transportation of household goods (as defined in section 13102(10)(A)) with respect to an activity that is inconsistent with Federal laws and regulations relating to interstate transportation of household goods; or
``(4) as authorizing a State, as parens patriae, to bring a class civil action on behalf of its residents to enforce a regulation or order of the Secretary or Board.
``(c) Actions by the Secretary or Board.--Whenever a civil action has been instituted by or on behalf of the Secretary or Board for violation of section 14915, no State may, during the pendency of such action, institute a civil action under subsection (a) against any defendant named in the complaint relating to such violation.
``(d) Venue; Service of Process.--Any civil action to be brought under subsection (a) in a district court of the United States may be brought in the district in which the defendant is found, is an inhabitant, or transacts business or wherever venue is proper under section 1391 of title 28. Process in such an action may be served in any district in which the defendant is an inhabitant or in which the defendant may be found.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
``14506. Enforcement of Federal regulations by State attorneys general.''.
SEC. 4202. ARBITRATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Offering Shippers Arbitration.--Section 14708(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and to determine whether carrier charges, in addition to those collected at delivery, must be paid by the shipper for transportation and services related to the transportation of household goods''.
(b) Threshold for Binding Arbitration.--Section 14708(b)(6) of such title is amended by striking ``$5,000'' each place it appears and inserting ``$10,000''.
(c) Deadline for Decision.--Section 14708(b)(8) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``and''; and
(2) by inserting after ``for damages'' the following: ``, and an order requiring the payment of additional carrier charges''.
(d) Attorney's Fees to Shippers.--Section 14708(d)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following:
``(A) the shipper was not advised by the carrier during the claim settlement process that a dispute settlement program was available to resolve the dispute;''.
SEC. 4203. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO HOUSEHOLD GOODS
BROKERS AND UNAUTHORIZED TRANSPORTATION.
Section 14901(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``If a carrier'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--If a carrier''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Estimate of broker without carrier agreement.--If a broker for transportation of household goods subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 makes an estimate of the cost of transporting any such goods before entering into an agreement with a carrier to provide transportation of household goods subject to such jurisdiction, the broker is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 for each violation.
``(3) Unauthorized transportation.--If a person provides transportation of household goods subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 or provides broker services for such transportation without being registered under chapter 139 to provide such transportation or services as a motor carrier or broker, as the case may be, such person is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 for each violation.''.
SEC. 4204. CIVIL PENALTY FOR HOLDING HOUSEHOLD GOODS HOSTAGE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 149 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 14915. Holding household goods hostage
``(a) Holding Household Goods Hostage Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term `holding household goods hostage' means the knowing and willful refusal to relinquish possession of a shipment of household goods described in section 13102(10)(A) upon payment of not more than 100 percent of a binding estimate (or, in the case of a nonbinding estimate, not more than 110 percent of the estimated charges for such shipment).
``(b) Civil Penalty.--Whoever is found holding a household goods shipment hostage is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 for each violation. If such person is a carrier or broker, the Secretary may suspend for a period of not less than 6 months the registration of such carrier or broker under chapter 139.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
``14915. Holding household goods hostage.''.
SEC. 4205. WORKING GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICES AND
PROCEDURES TO ENHANCE FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working group of State attorneys general, State consumer protection administrators, and Federal and local law enforcement officials for the purpose of developing practices and procedures to enhance the Federal-State partnership in enforcement efforts, exchange of information, and coordination of enforcement efforts with respect to interstate transportation of household goods and of making legislative and regulatory recommendations to the Secretary concerning such enforcement efforts.
(b) Consultation.--In carrying out subsection (a), the working group shall consult with industries involved in the transportation of household goods.
(c) Federal Advisory Committee Act Exemption.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group established under subsection (a).
(d) Termination Date.--The working group shall remain in effect until September 30, 2009.
SEC. 4206. CONSUMER HANDBOOK ON DOT WEB SITE.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that publication ESA 03005 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration entitled ``Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move'', is prominently displayed, and available in language that is readily understandable by the general public, on the Web site of the Department of Transportation.
SEC. 4207. RELEASE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS BROKER INFORMATION.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall modify the regulations contained in part 375 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require a broker that is subject to such regulations to provide shippers with the following information whenever they have contact with a shipper or potential shipper:
(1) The Department of Transportation number of the broker.
(2) The ESA 03005 publication referred to in section 4206 of this Act.
(3) A list of all motor carriers providing transportation of household goods used by the broker and a statement that the broker is not a motor carrier providing transportation of household goods.
SEC. 4208. CONSUMER COMPLAINT INFORMATION.
(a) Establishment of System.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) establish a system for filing and logging consumer complaints relating to motor carriers providing transportation of household goods and for compiling complaint information gathered by the Department of Transportation and the States with regard to such carriers, a database of the complaints, and a procedure for the public to have access to aggregated information and for carriers to challenge duplicate or fraudulent information in the database; and
(2) issue regulations requiring each motor carrier of household goods to submit on a quarterly basis a report summarizing--
(A) the number of shipments that originate and are delivered for individual shippers during the reporting period by the carrier;
(B) the number and general category of complaints lodged by consumers with the carrier;
(C) the number of claims filed with the carrier for loss and damage in excess of $500;
(D) the number of such claims resolved during the reporting period;
(E) the number of such claims declined in the reporting period; and
(F) the number of such claims that are pending at the close of the reporting period.
(b) Use of Information.--The Secretary shall consider information in the data base established under subsection (a) in its household goods compliance and enforcement program.
SEC. 4209. INSURANCE REGULATIONS.
(a) Review.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall undertake a review of the current Federal regulations regarding insurance coverage provided by motor carriers providing transportation of household goods and revise such regulations in order to provide enhanced protection for shippers in the case of loss or damage as determined necessary.
(b) Determinations.--The review shall include, but not be limited to, a determination of--
(1) whether the current regulations provide adequate protection for shippers;
(2) whether an individual shipper should purchase insurance as opposed to the carrier; and
(3) whether there are abuses of the current regulations that leave the shipper unprotected in loss and damage claims.
SEC. 4210. ESTIMATING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 14104(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Required to be in writing.--
``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, every motor carrier providing transportation of household goods described in section 13102(10)(A) subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 shall conduct a physical survey of the household goods to be transported on behalf of a prospective individual shipper and shall provide the shipper with a written estimate of charges for the transportation and all related services.
``(B) Waiver.--A shipper may elect to waive a physical survey under this paragraph by written agreement signed by the shipper before the shipment is loaded. A copy of the waiver agreement must be retained as an addendum to the bill of lading and shall be subject to the same record inspection and preservation requirements of the Secretary as are applicable to bills of lading.
``(C) Estimate.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding a waiver under subparagraph (B), a carrier's statement of charges for transportation must be submitted to the shipper in writing and must indicate whether it is binding or nonbinding.
``(ii) Binding.--A binding estimate under this paragraph must indicate that the carrier and shipper are bound by such charges. The carrier may impose a charge for providing a written binding estimate.
``(iii) Nonbinding.--A nonbinding estimate under this paragraph must indicate that the actual charges will be based upon the actual weight of the individual shipper's shipment and the carrier's lawful tariff charges. The carrier may not impose a charge for providing a nonbinding estimate.''.
SEC. 4211. APPLICATION OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS TO
CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the current consumer protection authorities and actions of the Department of Transportation and the impact on shippers and carriers of household goods involved in interstate transportation of allowing State attorneys general to apply State consumer protection laws to such transportation.
(b) Matters to Be Considered.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall consider, at a minimum--
(1) the level of consumer protection being provided to consumers through Federal household goods regulations and how household goods regulations relating to consumer protection compare to regulations relating to consumer protection for other modes of transportation regulated by the Department of Transportation;
(2) the history and background of State enforcement of State consumer protection laws on household goods carriers providing intrastate transportation and what effects such laws have on the ability of intrastate household goods carriers to operate;
(3) what operational impacts, if any, would result on household goods carriers engaged in interstate commerce being subject to the State consumer protection laws; and
(4) the potential for States to regulate rates or other business operations if State consumer protection laws applied to interstate household goods movements.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall consult with the Secretary, State attorneys general, consumer protection agencies, and the household goods industry.
(d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.
SEC. 4212. APPLICABILITY TO HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR CARRIERS.
(a) In General.--The provisions of title 49, United States Code, and this Act (including any amendments made by this Act) relating to the transportation of household goods shall only apply to household goods motor carriers.
(b) Household Goods Motor Carrier Defined.--In this section, the term ``household goods motor carrier'' means a motor carrier as defined in section 13102(12) of title 49, United States Code, which, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some or all of the following additional services: binding and nonbinding estimates, inventorying, protective packing and unpacking of individual items, and loading and unloading at personal residences.
SEC. 4213. VIOLATIONS OF OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDERS.
Section 31310(i)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(D) an employer that knowingly and willfully allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order shall, upon conviction, be subject for each offense to imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year or a fine under title 18, or both.''.
SEC. 4214. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR HOLDING GOODS HOSTAGE .
Section 14915 of title 49, United States Code, as added by section 4204 of this Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Criminal Penalty.--A motor carrier that has been convicted of knowingly and willfully holding household goods hostage by falsifying documents or demanding the payment of charges for services that were not performed or were not necessary in the safe and adequate movement of a shipment of household goods shall be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.''.
TITLE V--TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Subtitle A--Funding
SEC. 5101. 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) Surface transportation research, development, and deployment program.--To carry out sections 502, 503, 506, 507, 509, and 510 of title 23, United States Code, and sections 5207, 5210, 5211, and 5402 of this title--
(A) $169,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(B) $239,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(C) $239,500,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(D) $239,500,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(E) $239,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(F) $239,500,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(2) Training and education.--To carry out section 504 of title 23, United States Code, and section 5211 of this Act,
$24,500,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $33,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(3) Bureau of transportation statistics.--For the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to carry out section 111 of title 49, United States Code, $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$33,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(4) University transportation research.--To carry out sections 5505 and 5506 of title 49, United States Code,
$54,500,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $71,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
(5) Intelligent transportation systems (its) research.--To carry out subtitle F of this title, $115,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
(6) ITS deployment.--To carry out sections 5208 and 5209 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 458; 112 Stat. 460), $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
(b) Applicability of Title 23, United States Code.--Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) 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 a project or activity carried out using such funds shall be 50 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act (including the amendments made by this Act) or otherwise determined by the Secretary, and such funds shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable.
SEC. 5102. OBLIGATION CEILING.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all obligations from amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by sections 5101(a) and 5401 of this Act shall not exceed $483,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $484,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$485,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $485,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $486,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
$487,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
SEC. 5103. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Research and development are critical to developing and maintaining a transportation system that meets the goals of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and environmental protection.
(2) Federally sponsored surface transportation research and development has produced many successes. The development of rumble strips has increased safety; research on materials has increased the lifespan of pavements, saving money and reducing the disruption caused by construction; and Geographic Information Systems have improved the management and efficiency of transit fleets.
(3) Despite these important successes, the Federal surface transportation research and development investment represents less than one percent of overall government spending on surface transportation.
(4) While Congress increased funding for overall transportation programs by about 40 percent in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, funding for transportation research and development remained relatively flat.
(5) The Federal investment in research and development should be balanced between short-term applied and long-term fundamental research and development. The investment should also cover a wide range of research areas, including research on materials and construction, research on operations, research on transportation trends and human factors, and research addressing the institutional barriers to deployment of new technologies.
(6) Therefore, Congress finds that it is in the United States interest to increase the Federal investment in transportation research and development, and to conduct research in critical research gaps, in order to ensure that the transportation system meets the goals of safety, mobility, economic vitality, efficiency, equity, and environmental protection.
Subtitle B--Research, Technology, and Education
SEC. 5201. RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.
(a) Research, Technology, and Education.--Title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the table of chapters by striking the item relating to chapter 5 and inserting the following:
``5. RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION.........................501''.
(2) by striking the heading for chapter 5 and inserting the following:
``CHAPTER 5--RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION''.
(b) Statement of Principles Governing Research and Technology Investments.--Section 502 of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (g) as subsections (b) through (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:
``(a) Basic Principles Governing Research and Technology Investments.--
``(1) Coverage.--Surface transportation research and technology development shall include all activities leading to technology development and transfer, as well as the introduction of new and innovative ideas, practices, and approaches, through such mechanisms as field applications, education and training, and technical support.
``(2) Federal responsibility.--Funding and conducting surface transportation research and technology transfer activities shall be considered a basic responsibility of the Federal Government when the work--
``(A) is of national significance;
``(B) supports research in which there is a clear public benefit and private sector investment is less than optimal;
``(C) supports a Federal stewardship role in assuring that State and local governments use national resources efficiently; or
``(D) presents the best means to support Federal policy goals compared to other policy alternatives.
``(3) Role.--Consistent with these Federal responsibilities, the Secretary shall--
``(A) conduct research;
``(B) support and facilitate research and technology transfer activities by State highway agencies;
``(C) share results of completed research; and
``(D) support and facilitate technology and innovation deployment.
``(4) Program content.--A surface transportation research program shall include--
``(A) fundamental, long-term highway research;
``(B) research aimed at significant highway research gaps and emerging issues with national implications; and
``(C) research related to policy and planning.
``(5) Stakeholder input.--Federal surface transportation research and development activities shall address the needs of stakeholders. Stakeholders include States, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, the private sector, researchers, research sponsors, and other affected parties, including public interest groups.
``(6) Competition and peer review.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall award all grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research and development under this Act based on open competition and peer review of proposals.
``(7) Performance review and evaluation.--To the maximum extent practicable, all surface transportation research and development projects shall include a component of performance measurement and evaluation. Performance measures shall be established during the proposal stage of a research and development project and shall, to the maximum extent possible, be outcome-based. All evaluations shall be made readily available to the public.''.
(c) Procurement for Research, Development, and Technology Transfer Activities.--Section 502(b)(3) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Cooperation, grants, and contracts.--The Secretary may carry out research, development, and technology transfer activities related to transportation--
``(A) independently;
``(B) in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities and Federal laboratories; or
``(C) by making grants to, or entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with one or more of the following: the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, any Federal laboratory, Federal agency, State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, organization, foreign country, any other person.''.
(d) Transportation Pooled Fund Program.--Section 502(b) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section), is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Pooled funding.--
``(A) Cooperation.--To promote effective utilization of available resources, the Secretary may cooperate with a State and an appropriate agency in funding research, development, and technology transfer activities of mutual interest on a pooled funds basis.
``(B) Secretary as agent.--The Secretary may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, and other transactions as agent for all participating parties in carrying out such research, development, or technology transfer.''.
(e) Operations Elements in Research Activities.--Section 502 of such title is further amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) (as redesignated by subsection
(b) of this section) by inserting ``transportation system management and operations,'' after ``operation,''.
(2) in subsection (d)(5)(C) (as redesignated by subsection
(b) of this section) by inserting ``system management and'' after ``transportation''; and
(3) by inserting at the end of subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) the following:
``(12) Investigation and development of various operational methodologies to reduce the occurrence and impact of recurrent congestion and nonrecurrent congestion and increase transportation system reliability.
``(13) Investigation of processes, procedures, and technologies to secure container and hazardous material transport, including the evaluation of regulations and the impact of good security practices on commerce and productivity.
``(14) Research, development, and technology transfer related to asset management.''.
(f) Facilitating Transportation Research and Technology Deployment Partnerships.--Section 502(c)(2) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Cooperation, grants, contracts, and agreements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may directly initiate contracts, cooperative research and development agreements (as defined in section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a)), and other transactions to fund, and accept funds from, the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, State departments of transportation, cities, counties, and their agents to conduct joint transportation research and technology efforts.''.
(g) Exploratory Advanced Research Program.--Section 502(e) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Exploratory Advanced Research.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an exploratory advanced research program, consistent with the surface transportation research and technology development strategic plan developed under section 508 that involves and draws upon basic research results to provide a better understanding of problems and develop innovative solutions. In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall strive to develop partnerships with public and private sector entities.
``(2) Research areas.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts in such areas of surface transportation research and technology as the Secretary determines appropriate, including the following:
``(A) Characterization of materials used in highway infrastructure, including analytical techniques, microstructure modeling, and the deterioration processes.
``(B) Assessment of the effects of transportation decisions on human health.
``(C) Development of surrogate measures of safety.
``(D) Environmental research.
``(E) Data acquisition techniques for system condition and performance monitoring.
``(F) System performance data and information processing needed to assess the day-to-day operational performance of the system in support of hour-to-hour operational decisionmaking.''.
(h) Long-Term Pavement Performance Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 502(f) of such title (as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Long-Term Pavement Performance Program.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall complete the 20-year long-term pavement performance program tests initiated under the strategic highway research program established under section 307(d) (as in effect on June 8, 1998).
``(2) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts to--
``(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate highway test sections in existence as of the date of the grant, agreement, or contract;
``(B) analyze the data obtained under subparagraph (A); and
``(C) prepare products to fulfill program objectives and meet future pavement technology needs.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$21,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(f) of title 23, United States Code.
(i) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.--Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate in the Federal Highway Administration a Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
``(2) Uses of the center.--The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center shall support--
``(A) the conduct of highway research and development related to new highway technology;
``(B) the development of understandings, tools, and techniques that provide solutions to complex technical problems through the development of economical and environmentally sensitive designs, efficient and quality-controlled construction practices, and durable materials; and
``(C) the development of innovative highway products and practices.''.
(j) University Funding.--Except as otherwise provided in this title and any amendments made by this title, the Secretary may not provide financial assistance to a university under section 5101 unless the university is selected to receive such funds through a competitive process that incorporates merit-based peer review and the selection is based on a proposal submitted to the Secretary by the university in response to a request for proposals issued by the Secretary.
SEC. 5202. LONG-TERM BRIDGE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM; INNOVATIVE
BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Long-Term Bridge Performance Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Long-Term Bridge Performance Program.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall establish a 20-year long-term bridge performance program.
``(2) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts to--
``(A) monitor, material-test, and evaluate test bridges;
``(B) analyze the data obtained under subparagraph (A); and
``(C) prepare products to fulfill program objectives and meet future bridge technology needs.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 502(j) of title 23, United States Code.
(b) Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 503(b)(1) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to promote, demonstrate, evaluate, and document the application of innovative designs, materials, and construction methods in the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of bridges and other highway structures.''.
(2) Goals.--Section 503(b)(2) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Goals.--The goals of the program shall include--
``(A) the development of new, cost-effective, innovative highway bridge applications;
``(B) the development of construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic congestion;
``(C) the development of engineering design criteria for innovative products, materials, and structural systems for use in highway bridges and structures;
``(D) the reduction of maintenance costs and life-cycle costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges;
``(E) the development of highway bridges and structures that will withstand natural disasters;
``(F) the documentation and wide dissemination of objective evaluations of the performance and benefits of these innovative designs, materials, and construction methods;
``(G) the effective transfer of resulting information and technology; and
``(H) the development of improved methods to detect bridge scour and economical bridge foundation designs that will withstand bridge scour.''.
(3) Funding.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code; and
(B) High performance concrete bridge technology research and deployment.--The Secretary shall obligate $2,000,000 of the amount described in subparagraph (A) for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 to conduct research and deploy technology related to high-performance concrete bridges.
SEC. 5203. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 507 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 507. Surface Transportation environment and planning cooperative research program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a collaborative, public-private surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research program.
``(b) Agreement.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out administrative and management activities relating to the governance of the surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research program.
``(c) Advisory Committee.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a committee that will be responsible for program oversight and project selection.
``(2) Membership.--The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall be composed of--
``(A) representatives of State, regional, and local transportation agencies, including transit agencies;
``(B) representatives of State environmental agencies and other environmental organizations;
``(C) representatives of the transportation private sector;
``(D) transportation and environmental scientists and engineers; and
``(E) representatives of the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Corps of Engineers, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and American Public Transportation Association, who shall serve in an ex officio capacity.
``(3) Balance.--The majority of the committee's voting members shall be representatives of government transportation agencies.
``(4) Meetings.--The National Academy of Sciences shall convene meetings of the committee.
``(d) Governance.--The program established under this section shall include the following administrative and management elements:
``(1) National research agenda.--The advisory committee, in consultation with interested parties, shall carry out and periodically update research and development called for in the Transportation Research Board Special Report 268, entitled `Surface Transportation Environmental Research: A Long-Term Strategy' and published in 2002, as described in subsection (e). The national research agenda shall include a multiyear strategic plan.
``(2) Involvement.--Interested parties may--
``(A) submit research proposals;
``(B) participate in merit reviews of research proposals and peer reviews of research products; and
``(C) receive research results.
``(3) Open competition and peer review of research proposals.--The National Academy of Sciences may award under the program research contracts and grants through open competition and merit review conducted on a regular basis.
``(4) Evaluation of research.--
``(A) Peer review.--Research contracts and grants may allow peer review of the research results.
``(B) Programmatic evaluations.--The National Academy of Sciences may conduct periodic programmatic evaluations on a regular basis.
``(5) Dissemination of research findings.--The National Academy of Sciences shall disseminate research findings to researchers, practitioners, and decisionmakers, through conferences and seminars, field demonstrations, workshops, training programs, presentations, testimony to government officials, World Wide Web, and publications for the general public.
``(e) Contents.--The national research agenda for the program required under subsection (d)(1) shall include research in the following areas for the purposes described:
``(1) Human health.--Human health to establish the links between transportation activities and human health; substantiate the linkages between exposure to concentration levels, emissions, and health impacts; examine the potential health impacts from the implementation and operation of transportation infrastructure and services; develop strategies for avoidance and reduction of these impacts; and develop strategies to understand the economic value of health improvements and for incorporating health considerations into valuation methods.
``(2) Ecology and natural systems.--Ecology and natural systems to measure transportation's short- and long-term impact on natural systems; develop ecologically based performance measures; develop insight into both the spatial and temporal issues associated with transportation and natural systems; study the relationship between highway density and ecosystem integrity, including the impacts of highway density on habitat integrity and overall ecosystem health; develop a rapid assessment methodology for use by transportation and regulatory agencies in determining the relationship between highway density and ecosystem integrity; and develop ecologically based performance techniques to evaluate the success of highway project mitigation and enhancement measures.
``(3) Environmental and socioeconomic relationships.--Environmental and socioeconomic relationships to understand differences in mobility, access, travel behavior, and travel preferences across socioeconomic groups; develop improved planning approaches that better reflect and respond to community needs; improve evaluation methods for examining the incidence of benefits and costs; examine the differential impacts of current methods of finance and explore alternatives; understand the socioeconomic implications of emerging land development patterns and new transportation technologies; develop cost-effective applications of technology that improve the equity of the transport system; and develop improved methods for community involvement, collaborative planning, and conflict resolution.
``(4) Emerging technologies.--Emerging technologies to assist in the transition to environmentally benign fuels and vehicles for passengers and freight; develop responses to and demand for new technologies that could offer improved environmental performance; identify possible applications of intelligent transportation systems technologies for environmental benefit; develop policy instruments that would encourage the development of beneficial new technologies in a cost-effective manner; and respond to the impact of new technologies.
``(5) Land use.--Land use to assess land consumption trends and contributing factors of transportation investment, housing policies, school quality, and consumer preferences; incorporate impacts of transportation investments on location decision and land use; identify the costs and benefits of current development patterns and their transportation implications; determine the effect of the built environment on people's willingness to walk, drive, or take public transportation; determine the roles of public policy and institutional arrangements in current and prospective land use and transportation choices; and develop improved data, methods, and processes for considering land use, transportation, and the environment in an integrated, systematic fashion.
``(6) Planning and performance measures.--Planning and performance measures to improve understanding of travel needs and preferences; improve planning methods for system analysis, forecasting, and decisionmaking; expand information on consumer choice processes and travel and activity patterns for both local and long-distance trips and both passenger and freight transportation analysis of social, environmental, and economic benefits and cost of various transport options; develop tools for measuring and forecasting complex transportation decisions for all modes and users; and develop performance measures and policy analysis approaches that can be used to determine effectiveness.
``(7) Other research areas.--Other research areas to identify and address the emerging and future surface transportation research needs related to planning and environment.
``(f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section shall be up to 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.
``(g) Use of Non-Federal Funds.--In addition to using funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, the National Academy of Sciences may seek and accept additional funding sources to carry out this section from public and private entities capable of attracting and accepting funding from the Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other Federal environmental agencies, States, local governments, nonprofit foundations, and the private sector.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 5 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 507 and inserting the following:
``507. Surface transportation environment and planning cooperative research program.''.
(c) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 507 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5204. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT.
(a) Technology Deployment Program.--Section 503(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Initiatives and Partnerships'';
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall develop and administer a national technology deployment program.'';
(3) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
``(7) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--
``(A) In general.--Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with, States, other Federal agencies, universities and colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit organizations to pay the Federal share of the cost of research, development, and technology transfer activities concerning innovative materials.
``(B) Applications.--To receive a grant under this subsection, an entity described in subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to the Secretary. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall select and approve an application based on whether the project that is the subject of the grant meets the purpose of the program described in paragraph (2).''; and
(4) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
``(8) Technology and information transfer.--The Secretary shall ensure that the information and technology resulting from research conducted under paragraph (7) is made available to State and local transportation departments and other interested parties as specified by the Secretary.''.
(b) Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 503 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to promote, demonstrate, support, and document the application of innovative pavement technologies, practices, performance, and benefits.
``(2) Goals.--The goals of the innovative pavement research and deployment program shall include--
``(A) the deployment of new, cost-effective, innovative designs, materials, recycled materials (including taconite tailings and foundry sand), and practices to extend pavement life and performance and to improve customer satisfaction;
``(B) the reduction of initial costs and life-cycle costs of pavements, including the costs of new construction, replacement, maintenance, and rehabilitation;
``(C) the deployment of accelerated construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic disruption and congestion;
``(D) the deployment of engineering design criteria and specifications for innovative practices, products, and materials for use in highway pavements;
``(E) the deployment of new nondestructive and real-time pavement evaluation technologies and techniques;
``(F) the evaluation, refinement, and documentation of the performance and benefits of innovative technologies deployed to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and customer satisfaction;
``(G) effective technology transfer and information dissemination to accelerate implementation of innovative technologies and to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and customer satisfaction; and
``(H) the development of designs and materials to reduce storm water runoff.
``(3) Research to improve nhs pavement.--The Secretary shall obligate not less than $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 from funds made available to carry out this subsection to conduct research to improve asphalt pavement, concrete pavement, and aggregates used in highways on the National Highway System.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code.
(c) Safety Innovation Deployment Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 503 of such title is further amended by adding the following:
``(d) Safety Innovation Deployment Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to demonstrate the application of innovative technologies in highway safety.
``(2) Goals.--The goals of the program shall include--
``(A) the deployment and evaluation of safety technologies and innovations at State and local levels; and
``(B) the deployment of best practices in training, management, design, and planning.
``(3) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--
``(A) In general.--Under the program, the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with, States, other Federal agencies, universities and colleges, private sector entities, and nonprofit organizations for research, development, and technology transfer for innovative safety technologies.
``(B) Applications.--To receive a grant under this subsection, an entity described in subparagraph (A) shall submit an application to the Secretary. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall select and approve the applications based on whether the project that is the subject of the application meets the goals of the program described in paragraph (2).
``(4) Technology and information transfer.--The Secretary shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that the information and technology resulting from research conducted under paragraph (3) is made available to State and local transportation departments and other interested parties as specified by the Secretary.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 503(d) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Authority to Purchase Promotional Items.--Section 503 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Promotional Authority.--Funds authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of the Federal Highway Administration shall be available to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in the recruitment of individuals and to promote the programs of the Federal Highway Administration.''.
(e) Wood Composite Materials Demonstration Project.--
(1) Funding.--Of the funds made available to carry out section 5101(a)(1), $1,000,000 shall be made available by the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006 for conducting a demonstration of the durability and potential effectiveness of wood composite materials in multimodal transportation facilities.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of the demonstration under paragraph (1) shall be 100 percent.
SEC. 5205. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
(a) National Highway Institute.--
(1) In general.--Section 504(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Courses.--The Institute may develop and administer courses in modern developments, techniques, methods, regulations, management, and procedures in areas, including surface transportation, environmental mitigation, compliance, stewardship, and streamlining, acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation assistance, engineering, safety, transportation system management and operations, construction, maintenance, contract administration, inspection, and highway finance.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$8,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(a) of title 23, United States Code.
(b) Local Technical Assistance Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 504(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Federal share.--
``(A) Grants.--A grant under this subsection may be used to pay up to 50 percent of local technical assistance program costs. Funds available for technology transfer and training purposes under this title and title 49 may be used to cover the remaining 50 percent of the program costs.
``(B) Tribal technical assistance centers.--The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out by the tribal technical assistance centers under paragraph (2)(D)(ii) shall be 100 percent.''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(c) Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act,
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 504 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program to improve the preparation of students, particularly women and minorities, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through curriculum development and other activities related to transportation.
``(2) Authorized activities.--The Secretary shall award grants under this subsection on the basis of competitive, peer review. Grants awarded under this subsection may be used for enhancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the elementary and secondary school level through such means as--
``(A) internships that offer students experience in the transportation field;
``(B) programs that allow students to spend time observing scientists and engineers in the transportation field; and
``(C) developing relevant curriculum that uses examples and problems related to transportation.
``(3) Application and review procedures.--
``(A) In general.--An entity described in subparagraph (C) seeking funding under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such application, at a minimum, shall include a description of how the funds will be used and a description of how the funds will be used to serve the purposes described in paragraph (2).
``(B) Priority.--In making awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that will encourage the participation of women and minorities.
``(C) Eligibility.--Local education agencies and State education agencies, which may partner with institutions of higher education, businesses, or other entities, shall be eligible to apply for grants under this subsection.
``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) the term `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001);
``(B) the term `local educational agency' has the meaning given that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and
``(C) the term `State educational agency' has the meaning given that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).''.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $500,000 for 2004 and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(d) of title 23, United States Code.
(e) Surface Transportation Workforce Development, Training, and Education.--Section 504 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Surface Transportation Workforce Development, Training, and Education.--
``(1) Funding.--Subject to project approval by the Secretary, a State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), 104(b)(4), and 144(e) for surface transportation workforce development, training and education, including--
``(A) tuition and direct educational expenses, excluding salaries, in connection with the education and training of employees of State and local transportation agencies;
``(B) employee professional development;
``(C) student internships;
``(D) university or community college support; and
``(E) education activities, including outreach, to develop interest and promote participation in surface transportation careers.
``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out in accordance with this subsection shall be 100 percent.
``(3) Surface transportation workforce development, training, and education defined.--In this subsection, the term `surface transportation workforce development, training, and education' means activities associated with surface transportation career awareness, student transportation career preparation, and training and professional development for surface transportation workers, including activities for women and minorities.''.
(f) Transportation Education Development Pilot Program.--Section 504 of such title is further amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Transportation Education Development Pilot Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to institutions of higher education that in partnership with industry or State Departments of Transportation will develop, test, and revise new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce.
``(2) Selection of grant recipients.--In selecting applications for awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider--
``(A) the degree to which the new curricula or education program meets the specific needs of a segment of the transportation industry, States, or regions;
``(B) providing for practical experience and on-the-job training;
``(C) proposals oriented toward practitioners in the field rather than the support and growth of the research community;
``(D) the degree to which the new curricula or program will provide training in areas other than engineering, such as business administration, economics, information technology, environmental science, and law;
``(E) programs or curricula in nontraditional departments which train professionals for work in the transportation field, such as materials, information technology, environmental science, urban planning, and industrial technology; and
``(F) industry or a State's Department of Transportation commitment to the program.
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this subsection.
``(4) Limitations.--The amount of a grant under this subsection shall not exceed $250,000 per year. After a recipient has received 3 years of Federal funding under this subsection, Federal funding may equal no more than 75 percent of a grantee's program costs.''.
(g) Definitions and Declaration of Policy.--Section 101(a)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (G);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(I) surface transportation workforce development, training, and education.''.
(h) Transportation Technology Innovations.--
(1) Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified asphalts.--The Secretary shall continue to carry out section 5117(b)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 450).
(2) Transportation, economic, and land use system.--The Secretary shall continue to carry out section 5117(b)(7) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 450).
(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $3,000,000 shall be available to carry out paragraph (1) and $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out paragraph (2).
(4) Use of rights-of-way.--Section 5117(b)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 449; 112 Stat. 864; 115 Stat. 2330) is amended--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) Use of rights-of-way.--
``(i) In general.--An intelligent transportation system project described in paragraph (3), and an intelligent transportation system project described in paragraph (6), that involves privately owned intelligent transportation system components and is carried out using funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) shall not be subject to any law or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State prohibiting or regulating commercial activities in the rights-of-way of a highway for which funds from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) have been used for planning, design, construction, or maintenance if the Secretary determines that such use is in the public interest.
``(ii) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to affect the authority of a State, or political subdivision of a State, to regulate highway safety.''.
SEC. 5206. FREIGHT PLANNING CAPACITY BUILDING.
(a) In General.--Section 504 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Freight Capacity Building Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a freight planning capacity building initiative to support enhancements in freight transportation planning in order to--
``(A) better target investments in freight transportation systems to maintain efficiency and productivity; and
``(B) strengthen the decisionmaking capacity of State transportation departments and local transportation agencies with respect to freight transportation planning and systems.
``(2) Agreements.--The Secretary shall enter into agreements to support and carry out administrative and management activities relating to the governance of the freight planning capacity initiative.
``(3) Stakeholder involvement.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and other freight planning stakeholders, including the other Federal agencies, State transportation departments, local governments, nonprofit entities, academia, and the private sector.
``(4) Eligible activities.--The freight planning capacity building initiative shall include research, training, and education in the following areas:
``(A) The identification and dissemination of best practices in freight transportation.
``(B) Providing opportunities for freight transportation staff to engage in peer exchange.
``(C) Refinement of data and analysis tools used in conjunction with assessing freight transportation needs.
``(D) Technical assistance to State transportation departments and local transportation agencies reorganizing to address freight transportation issues.
``(E) Facilitating relationship building between governmental and private entities involved in freight transportation.
``(F) Identifying ways to target the capacity of State transportation departments and local transportation agencies to address freight considerations in operations, security, asset management, and environmental excellence in connection with long-range multimodal transportation planning and project implementation.
``(5) Funding.--
``(A) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section shall be up to 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.
``(B) Use of non-federal funds.--Funds made available for the program established under this subsection may be used for research, program development, information collection and dissemination, and technical assistance. The Secretary may use such funds independently or make grants to, or enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with, a Federal agency, State agency, local agency, Federally recognized Indian tribal government or tribal consortium, authority, association, nonprofit or for-profit corporation, or institution of higher education, to carry out the purposes of this subsection.''.
(b) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2) of this Act, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 504(f) of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5207. ADVANCED TRAVEL FORECASTING PROCEDURES PROGRAM.
(a) Continuation and Acceleration of TRANSIMS Deployment.--The Secretary shall accelerate the deployment of the advanced transportation model known as the ``Transportation Analysis Simulation System'' (in this section referred to as
``TRANSIMS''), developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The program shall assist State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations in the implementation of TRANSIMS, develop methods for TRANSIMS applications to transportation planning and air quality analysis, and provide training and technical assistance for the implementation of TRANSIMS. The program may support the development of methods to plan for the transportation response to chemical and biological terrorism and other security concerns.
(b) Eligible Activities.--The Secretary shall use funds made available by section 5101(a)(1) to--
(1) provide funding to State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations serving transportation management areas designated under chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, representing a diversity of populations, geographic regions, and analytic needs to implement TRANSIMS;
(2) develop methods to demonstrate a wide spectrum of TRANSIMS applications to support metropolitan and statewide transportation planning, including integrating highway and transit operational considerations into the transportation Planning process; and
(3) provide training and technical assistance with respect to the implementation and application of TRANSIMS to States, local governments, and metropolitan planning organizations with responsibility for travel modeling.
(c) Allocation of Funds.--Not more than 75 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section may be allocated to activities described in subsection (b)(1).
(d) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.
SEC. 5208. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 509. National cooperative freight Transportation research program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and support a national cooperative freight transportation research program.
``(b) Agreement.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to support and carry out administrative and management activities relating to the governance of the national cooperative freight transportation research program.
``(c) Advisory Committee.--The National Academy of Sciences shall select an advisory committee consisting of a representative cross-section of freight stakeholders, including the Department of Transportation, other Federal agencies, State transportation departments, local governments, nonprofit entities, academia, and the private sector.
``(d) Governance.--The national cooperative freight transportation research program established under this section shall include the following administrative and management elements:
``(1) National research agenda.--The advisory committee, in consultation with interested parties, shall recommend a national research agenda for the program. The agenda shall include a multiyear strategic plan.
``(2) Involvement.--Interested parties may--
``(A) submit research proposals to the advisory committee;
``(B) participate in merit reviews of research proposals and peer reviews of research products; and
``(C) receive research results.
``(3) Open competition and peer review of research proposals.--The National Academy of Sciences may award research contracts and grants under the program through open competition and merit review conducted on a regular basis.
``(4) Evaluation of research.--
``(A) Peer review.--Research contracts and grants under the program may allow peer review of the research results.
``(B) Programmatic evaluations.--The National Academy of Sciences may conduct periodic programmatic evaluations on a regular basis of research contracts and grants.
``(5) Dissemination of research findings.--The National Academy of Sciences shall disseminate research findings to researchers, practitioners, and decisionmakers, through conferences and seminars, field demonstrations, workshops, training programs, presentations, testimony to government officials, World Wide Web, publications for the general public, and other appropriate means.
``(e) Contents.--The national research agenda required under subsection (d)(1) shall include research in the following areas:
``(1) Techniques for estimating and quantifying public benefits derived from freight transportation projects.
``(2) Alternative approaches to calculating the contribution of truck and rail traffic to congestion on specific highway segments.
``(3) The feasibility of consolidating origins and destinations for freight movement.
``(4) Methods for incorporating estimates of international trade into landside transportation planning.
``(5) The use of technology applications to increase capacity of highway lanes dedicated to truck-only traffic.
``(6) Development of physical and policy alternatives for separating car and truck traffic.
``(7) Ways to synchronize infrastructure improvements with freight transportation demand.
``(8) The effect of changing patterns of freight movement on transportation planning decisions relating to rest areas.
``(9) Other research areas to identify and address the emerging and future research needs related to freight transportation by all modes.
``(f) Funding.--
``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section shall be up to 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.
``(2) Use of non-federal funds.--In addition to using funds authorized for this section, the National Academy of Sciences may seek and accept additional funding sources from public and private entities capable of accepting funding from the Department of Transportation, States, local governments, nonprofit foundations, and the private sector.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``509. National cooperative freight transportation research program.''.
(c) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out section 509 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5209. FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 510. Future strategic highway research program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, in consultation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, shall establish and carry out, acting through the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the future strategic highway research program.
``(b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the National Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities under this subsection as the Secretary determines are appropriate.
``(c) Period of Availability.--Funds made available to carry out this section shall remain available for the fiscal year in which such funds are made available and the 3 succeeding fiscal years.
``(d) Program Priorities.--
``(1) Program elements.--The program established under this section shall be based on the National Research Council Special Report 260, entitled `Strategic Highway Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life' and the results of the detailed planning work subsequently carried out in 2002 and 2003 to identify the research areas through National Cooperative Research Program Project 20-58. The research program shall include an analysis of the following:
``(A) Renewal of aging highway infrastructure with minimal impact to users of the facilities.
``(B) Driving behavior and likely crash causal factors to support improved countermeasures.
``(C) Reducing highway congestion due to nonrecurring congestion.
``(D) Planning and designing new road capacity to meet mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs.
``(2) Dissemination of results.--The research results of the program, expressed in terms of technologies, methodologies, and other appropriate categorizations, shall be disseminated to practicing engineers for their use, as soon as practicable.
``(e) Program Administration.--In carrying out the program under this section, the National Research Council shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that--
``(1) projects and researchers are selected to conduct research for the program on the basis of merit and open solicitation of proposals and review by panels of appropriate experts;
``(2) State department of transportation officials and other stakeholders, as appropriate, are involved in the governance of the program at the overall program level and technical level through the use of expert panels and committees;
``(3) the Council acquires a qualified, permanent core staff with the ability and expertise to manage the program and multiyear budget; and
``(4) there is no duplication of research effort between the program and any other research effort of the Department.
``(f) Report on Implementation of Results.--
``(1) Report.--The Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council shall complete a report on the strategies and administrative structure to be used for implementation of the results of the future strategic highway research program.
``(2) Components.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include with respect to the program--
``(A) an identification of the most promising results of research under the program (including the persons most likely to use the results);
``(B) a discussion of potential incentives for, impediments to, and methods of, implementing those results;
``(C) an estimate of costs of implementation of those results; and
``(D) recommendations on methods by which implementation of those results should be conducted, coordinated, and supported in future years, including a discussion of the administrative structure and organization best suited to carry out those recommendations.
``(3) Consultation.--In developing the report, the Transportation Research Board shall consult with a wide variety of stakeholders, including--
``(A) the Federal Highway Administration;
``(B) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and
``(C) the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
``(4) Submission.--Not later than February 1, 2009, the report shall be submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
``(h) Funding.--
``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using amounts made available under a grant or cooperative agreement under this section shall be 100 percent, and such funds shall remain available until expended.
``(2) Advance payments.--The Secretary may make advance payments as necessary to carry out the program under this section.''.
(b) Programmatic Evaluations.--Within 3 years after the first research and development project grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts are awarded under section 510 of title 23, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall review the program under such section, and recommend improvements. The review shall assess the degree to which projects funded under such section have addressed the research and development topics identified in the Transportation Research Board Special Report 260, including identifying those topics which have not yet been addressed.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 5 of such title is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``510. Future strategic highway research program.''.
(d) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $63,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, shall be available to carry out section 510 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5210. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM PROJECT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall fund and carry out a project to further the development of a comprehensive transportation safety information management system (in this section referred to as ``TSIMS'').
(b) Purposes.--The purpose of the TSIMS project is to further the development of a software application to provide for the collection, integration, management, and dissemination of safety data from and for use among State and local safety and transportation agencies, including driver licensing, vehicle registration, emergency management system, injury surveillance, roadway inventory, and motor carrier databases.
(c) Funding.--
(1) Federal contribution.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 shall be available to carry out the TSIMS project under this section.
(2) State contribution.--The sums authorized in paragraph
(1) are intended to supplement voluntary contributions to be made by State departments of transportation and other State safety and transportation agencies.
SEC. 5211. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION RELIEF SOLUTIONS
RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the Federal Highway Administration, shall establish a surface transportation congestion solutions research initiative consisting of 2 independent research programs described in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) and designed to develop information to assist State transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations measure and address surface transportation congestion problems.
(b) Surface Transportation Congestion Solutions Research Program.--
(1) Improved surface transportation congestion management system measures.--The purposes of the first research program established under this section shall be--
(A) to examine the effectiveness of surface transportation congestion management systems since enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1991
(Public Law 102-240);
(B) to identify best case examples of locally designed reporting methods and incorporate such methods in research on national models for developing and recommending improved surface transportation congestion measurement and reporting; and
(C) to incorporate such methods in the development of national models and methods to monitor, measure, and report surface transportation congestion information.
(2) Analytical techniques for action on surface transportation congestion.--The purposes of the second research program established under this section shall be--
(A) to analyze the effectiveness of procedures used by State transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations to assess surface transportation congestion problems and communicate those problems to decisionmakers; and
(B) to identify methods to ensure that the results of surface transportation congestion analyses will lead to the targeting of funding for programs, projects, or services with demonstrated effectiveness in reducing travel delay, congestion, and system unreliability.
(c) Technical Assistance and Training.--In fiscal year 2006, the Secretary, acting through the Federal Highway Administration, shall develop a technical assistance and training program to disseminate the results of the surface transportation congestion solutions research initiative for the purpose of assisting State transportation departments and local transportation agencies with improving their approaches to surface transportation congestion measurement, analysis, and project programming.
(d) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by sections 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out subsections (a) and (b). Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(2), $500,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out subsection (c).
SEC. 5212. MOTOR CARRIER EFFICIENCY STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the motor carrier and wireless technology industry, shall conduct a study to--
(1) identify inefficiencies in the transportation of freight;
(2) evaluate the safety, productivity, and reduced cost improvements that may be achieved through the use of wireless technologies to address the inefficiencies identified in paragraph (1); and
(3) conduct, as appropriate, field tests demonstrating the technologies identified in paragraph (2).
(b) Program Elements.--The program shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Fuel monitoring and management systems.
(2) Radio frequency identification technology.
(3) Electronic manifest systems.
(4) Cargo theft prevention.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the study under this section shall be 100 percent.
(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall prepare and transmit to Congress an annual report on the programs and activities carried out under this section.
(e) Funding.--From funds made available under section 5101(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available $1,000,000 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this section.
SEC. 5213. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC
PLANNING.
(a) Amendment.--Section 508 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 508. Transportation research and development strategic planning
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Development.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, the Secretary shall develop a 5-year transportation research and development strategic plan to guide Federal transportation research and development activities. This plan shall be consistent with section 306 of title 5, sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, and any other research and development plan within the Department of Transportation.
``(2) Contents.--The strategic plan developed under paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) describe the primary purposes of the transportation research and development program, which shall include, at a minimum--
``(i) reducing congestion and improving mobility;
``(ii) promoting safety;
``(iii) promoting security;
``(iv) protecting and enhancing the environment;
``(v) preserving the existing transportation system; and
``(vi) improving the durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure;
``(B) for each purpose, list the primary research and development topics that the Department intends to pursue to accomplish that purpose, which may include the fundamental research in the physical and natural sciences, applied research, technology development, and social science research intended for each topic; and
``(C) for each research and development topic, describe--
``(i) the anticipated annual funding levels for the period covered by the strategic plan; and
``(ii) the additional information the Department expects to gain at the end of the period covered by the strategic plan as a result of the research and development in that topic area.
``(3) Considerations.--In developing the strategic plan, the Secretary shall ensure that the plan--
``(A) reflects input from a wide range of stakeholders;
``(B) includes and integrates the research and development programs of all the Department's operating administrations, including aviation, transit, rail, and maritime; and
``(C) takes into account how research and development by other Federal, State, private sector, and not-for-profit institutions contributes to the achievement of the purposes identified under paragraph (2)(A), and avoids unnecessary duplication with these efforts.
``(4) Performance plans and reports.--In reports submitted under sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, the Secretary shall include--
``(A) a summary of the Federal transportation research and development activities for the previous fiscal year in each topic area;
``(B) the amount of funding spent in each topic area;
``(C) a description of the extent to which the research and development is meeting the expectations set forth in paragraph (2)(C)(ii); and
``(D) any amendments to the strategic plan.
``(b) The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report, along with the President's annual budget request, describing the amount spent in the last completed fiscal year on transportation research and development and the amount proposed in the current budget for transportation research and development.
``(c) National Research Council Review.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement for the review by the National Research Council of the details of each--
``(1) strategic plan under section 508;
``(2) performance plan required under section 1115 of title 31; and
``(3) program performance report required under section 1116 of title 31,with respect to transportation research and development.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 5 of such title is amended by striking the item related to section 508 and inserting the following:
``508. Transportation research and development strategic planning.''.
SEC. 5214. LIMITATION ON REMEDIES FOR FUTURE STRATEGIC
HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Section 510 of title 23, United States Code, as added by section 5209 of this Act, is amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) Limitation of Remedies.--
``(1) Same remedy as if united states.--The remedy against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28 for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death shall apply to any claim against the National Academy of Sciences for money damages for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by any negligent or wrongful act or omission by employees and individuals described in paragraph (3) arising from activities conducted under or in connection with this section. Any such claim shall be subject to the limitations and exceptions which would be applicable to such claim if such claim were against the United States. With respect to any such claim, the Secretary shall be treated as the head of the appropriate Federal agency for purposes of sections 2672 and 2675 of title 28.
``(2) Exclusiveness of remedy.--The remedy referred to in paragraph (1) shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding for the purpose of determining liability arising from any such act or omission without regard to when the act or omission occurred.
``(3) Treatment.--Employees of the National Academy of Sciences and other individuals appointed by the president of the National Academy of Sciences and acting on its behalf in connection with activities carried out under this section shall be treated as if they are employees of the Federal Government under section 2671 of title 28 for purposes of a civil action or proceeding with respect to a claim described in paragraph (1). The civil action or proceeding shall proceed in the same manner as any proceeding under chapter 171 of title 28 or action against the United States filed pursuant to section 1346(b) of title 28 and shall be subject to the limitations and exceptions applicable to such a proceeding or action.
``(4) Sources of payments.--Payment of any award, compromise, or settlement of a civil action or proceeding with respect to a claim described in paragraph (1) shall be paid first out of insurance maintained by the National Academy of Sciences, second from funds made available to carry out this section, and then from sums made available under section 1304 of title 31. For purposes of such section, such an award, compromise, or settlement shall be deemed to be a judgment, award, or settlement payable under section 2414 or 2672 of title 28. The Secretary may establish a reserve of funds made available to carry out this section for making payments under this paragraph.''.
SEC. 5215. CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION ADVANCEMENT AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development to assist, through training, education and research, in the comprehensive development of small metropolitan and rural regional transportation systems that are responsive to the needs of businesses and local communities.
(b) Activities.--In carrying out this section, the Center shall--
(1) provide training, information and professional resources for small metropolitan and rural regions to pursue innovative strategies to expand the capabilities, capacity and effectiveness of a region's transportation network, including activities related to freight projects, transit system upgrades, roadways and bridges, and intermodal transfer facilities and operations;
(2) assist local officials, rural transportation and economic development planners, officials from State departments of transportation and economic development, business leaders and other stakeholders in developing public-private partnerships to enhance their transportation systems; and
(3) promote the leveraging of regional transportation planning with regional economic and business development planning to assure that appropriate transportation systems are created.
(c) Program Administration.--To carry out this section, the Secretary shall make a grant to, or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with, a national association of regional economic development and transportation professionals with a focus on small metropolitan and rural regions.
Subtitle C--University Transportation Research; Scholarship
Opportunities
SEC. 5301. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.
(a) In General.--Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5505. National university transportation centers
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Establishment and operation.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants under this section to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate national university transportation centers.
``(2) Role of centers.--The role of each center shall be to advance significantly transportation research on critical national transportation issues and to expand the workforce of transportation professionals.
``(b) Applicability of Requirements.--A grant received by an eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning under this section shall be available for the same purposes, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, as a grant made to a nonprofit institution of higher learning under section 5506.
``(c) Eligible Nonprofit Institution of Higher Learning Defined.--In this section, the term `eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning' means each of the lead institutions identified in subsections (j)(4)(A), (j)(4)(B), and (j)(4)(F) of section 5505 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, the university referred to in section 704 of Public Law 103-206 (107 Stat. 2447), and the university that, as of the day before such date of enactment, is the lead institution for the regional university transportation center for region 5 of the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System.
``(d) Grants.--In each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall make a grant under this section to each eligible nonprofit institution of higher learning in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5505 and inserting the following:
``5505. National university transportation centers.''.
SEC. 5302. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Section 5506 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5506. University transportation research
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants under this section to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate university transportation centers.
``(b) Objectives.--Grants received under this section shall be used by nonprofit institutions of higher learning to advance significantly the state-of-the-art in transportation research and expand the workforce of transportation professionals through the following programs and activities:
``(1) Research.--Basic and applied research, the products of which are judged by peers or other experts in the field of transportation to advance the body of knowledge in transportation.
``(2) Education.--An education program relating to transportation that includes multidisciplinary course work and participation in research.
``(3) Technology transfer.--An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes transportation research results available to potential users in a form that can be implemented, utilized, or otherwise applied.
``(c) Regional, Tier I, and Tier II Centers.--
``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, the Secretary shall make grants under subsection (a) to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate--
``(A) 10 regional university transportation centers; and
``(B) 10 Tier I university transportation centers.
``(2) Tier ii centers.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the Secretary shall make grants under subsection (a) to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate 10 Tier II university transportation centers.
``(3) Location of regional centers.--One regional university transportation center shall be located in each of the 10 United States Government regions that comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System.
``(4) Limitation.--A nonprofit institution of higher learning may not directly receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year for more than one university transportation center.
``(d) Competitive Selection Process.--
``(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) General selection criteria.--Except as otherwise provided by this section, the Secretary shall select each recipient of a grant under this section through a competitive process on the basis of the following:
``(A) The demonstrated research and extension resources available to the recipient to carry out this section.
``(B) The capability of the recipient to provide leadership in making national and regional contributions to the solution of immediate and long-range transportation problems.
``(C) The recipient's demonstrated commitment of at least
$400,000 each year in regularly budgeted institutional amounts to support ongoing transportation research and education programs.
``(D) The recipient's demonstrated ability to disseminate results of transportation research and education programs through a statewide or regionwide continuing education program.
``(E) The strategic plan the recipient proposes to carry out under the grant.
``(e) Regional University Transportation Centers.--
``(1) Competition.--Not later than August 31, 2005, and not later than March 31st of every 4th year thereafter, the Secretary shall complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of higher learning for grants to establish and operate the 10 regional university transportation centers referred to in subsection (c)(1)(A).
``(2) Selection criteria.--In conducting a competition under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select a nonprofit institution of higher learning on the basis of--
``(A) the criteria described in subsection (d)(2);
``(B) the location of the center within the Federal region to be served; and
``(C) whether or not the institution (or, in the case of a consortium of institutions, the lead institution) can demonstrate that it has a well-established, nationally recognized program in transportation research and education, as evidenced by--
``(i) not less than $2,000,000 in highway or public transportation research expenditures each year for each of the preceding 5 years;
``(ii) not less than 10 graduate degrees awarded in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation for year for each of the preceding 5 years; and
``(iii) not less than 5 tenured or tenure-track faculty members who specialize on a full-time basis in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation who, as a group, have published a total at least 50 refereed journal publications on highway or public transportation research during the preceding 5 years.
``(3) Grant recipients.--After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning as a grant recipient on the basis of a competition conducted under this subsection, the Secretary shall make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate a regional university transportation center in each of the first 4 fiscal years beginning after the date of the competition.
``(4) Special rule for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.--For each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the Secretary shall make a grant under this section to each of the 10 nonprofit institutions of higher learning that were competitively selected for grants by the Secretary under this section in July 1999 to operate regional university transportation centers.
``(5) Amount of grants.--For each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009, a grant made by the Secretary to a nonprofit institution of higher learning for a fiscal year to establish and operate a regional university transportation center shall not exceed $3,500,000.
``(f) Tier I University Transportation Centers.--
``(1) Competition.--Not later than March 31, 2006, and not later than March 31st of every 4th year thereafter, the Secretary shall complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of higher learning for grants to establish and operate the 10 Tier I university transportation centers referred to in subsection (c)(1)(B).
``(2) Selection criteria.--In conducting a competition under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select a nonprofit institution of higher learning on the basis of--
``(A) the criteria described in subsection (d)(2); and
``(B) whether or not the institution (or, in the case of a consortium of institutions, the lead institution) can demonstrate that it has an established, recognized program in transportation research and education, as evidenced by--
``(i) not less than $1,000,000 in highway or public transportation research expenditures each year for each of the preceding 5 years or not less than $6,000,000 in such expenditures during the 5 preceding years;
``(ii) not less than 5 graduate degrees awarded in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation each year for each of the preceding 5 years; and
``(iii) not less than 3 tenured or tenure-track faculty members who specialize on a full-time basis in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation who, as a group, have published a total at least 20 refereed journal publications on highway or public transportation research during the preceding 5 years.
``(3) Grant recipients.--After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning as a grant recipient on the basis of a competition conducted under this subsection, the Secretary shall make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate a Tier I university transportation center in each of the first 4 fiscal years beginning after the date of the competition.
``(4) Special rule for fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006.--For each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006, the Secretary shall make a grant under this section to each of the 10 nonprofit institutions of higher learning that were competitively selected for grant awards by the Secretary under this section in May 2002 to operate university transportation centers (other than regional centers).
``(5) Amount of grants.--A grant made by the Secretary to a nonprofit institution of higher learning for a fiscal year to establish and operate a Tier I university transportation center shall not exceed $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
``(g) Tier II University Transportation Centers.--
``(1) Competition.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, not later than March 31, 2008, and not later than March 31st of every 4th year thereafter, the Secretary shall complete a competition among nonprofit institutions of higher learning for grants to establish and operate the 10 Tier II university transportation centers referred to in subsection
(c)(2).
``(2) Selection criteria.--In conducting a competition under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select a nonprofit institution of higher learning on the basis of the criteria described in subsection (f)(2).
``(3) Grant recipients.--After selecting a nonprofit institution of higher learning as a grant recipient on the basis of a competition conducted under this subsection, the Secretary shall--
``(A) in the case of the competition to be completed not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate a Tier II university transportation center in each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008; and
``(B) in the case of each subsequent competition, make a grant to the recipient to establish and operate a Tier II university transportation center in each of the first 4 fiscal years beginning after the date of the competition.
``(4) Amount of grants.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, a grant made by the Secretary to a nonprofit institution of higher learning for a fiscal year to establish and operate a Tier II university transportation center shall not exceed $1,000,000.
``(h) Support of National Strategy for Surface Transportation Research.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the research and education activities of its university transportation center will support the national strategy for surface transportation research, as identified by--
``(1) the report of the National Highway Research and Technology Partnership entitled `Highway Research and Technology: The Need for Greater Investment', dated April 2002; and
``(2) the programs of the National Research and Technology Program of the Federal Transit Administration.
``(i) Maintenance of Effort.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher learning shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to ensure that the institution 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.
``(j) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of activities carried out using a grant made under this section shall be 50 percent of such costs. The non-Federal share may include funds provided to a recipient under section 503, 504(b), or 505 of title 23.
``(k) Program Coordination.--
``(1) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the research, education, and technology transfer activities that grant recipients carry out under this section, disseminate the results of the research, and establish and operate a clearinghouse to disseminate the results of the research.
``(2) Annual review and evaluation.--At least annually, and consistent with the plan developed under section 508 of title 23, the Secretary shall review and evaluate programs of grant recipients.
``(3) Management and oversight.--The Secretary shall expend
$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 from amounts made available to carry out this section to carry out management and oversight of the centers receiving assistance under this section.
``(l) Program Administration.--The Secretary shall carry out this section acting through the Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
``(m) Limitation on Availability of Funds.--Funds made available to carry out this section shall remain available for obligation by the Secretary for a period of 2 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5506 and inserting the following:
``5506. University transportation research.''.
SEC. 5303. TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--
(1) Establishment of program.--The Secretary may establish and implement a scholarship program for the purpose of attracting qualified students for transportation-related critical jobs.
(2) Partnership.--The Secretary may establish the program in partnership with appropriate nongovernmental institutions.
(b) Participation and Funding.--An operating administration of the Department of Transportation and the Office of Inspector General may participate in the scholarship program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may use funds available to an operating administration or from the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation for the purpose of carrying out this section.
Subtitle D--Advanced Technologies
SEC. 5401. ADVANCED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5507. Advanced heavy-duty vehicle technologies research program
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct research, development, demonstration, and testing to integrate emerging advanced heavy-duty vehicle technologies in order to provide seamless, safe, secure, and efficient transportation and to benefit the environment.
``(b) Consultation.--To ensure the activities performed pursuant to this section achieve the maximum benefit, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other relevant Federal agencies on research, development, and demonstration activities authorized under this section related to advanced heavy-duty vehicle technologies.
``(c) Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Other Transactions.--The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and other transactions with, Federal and other public agencies (including State and local governments) and persons to carry out subsection (a).
``(d) Cost Sharing.--At least 50 percent of the funding for projects carried out under this section must be provided by non-Federal sources.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out subsection
(a) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.
``(f) Contract Authority.--The funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (e) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23 and shall be subject to any limitation on obligations imposed on funds made available to carry out title V of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 55 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
``5507. Advanced heavy-duty vehicle technologies research program.''.
SEC. 5402. COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS AND SPATIAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to validate commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies for application to national transportation infrastructure development and construction.
(b) Program.--
(1) National policy.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a national policy for the use of commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies in national transportation infrastructure development and construction.
(2) Policy implementation.--The Secretary shall develop new applications of commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies for the implementation of the national policy established and maintained under paragraph (1).
(c) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall carry out this section in cooperation with the commercial remote sensing program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and a consortium of university research centers.
(d) Funding.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and
$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section.
Subtitle E--Transportation Data and Analysis
SEC. 5501. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.
Section 111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 111. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration a Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
``(b) Director.--
``(1) Appointment.--The Bureau shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary.
``(2) Qualifications.--The Director shall be appointed from among individuals who are qualified to serve as the Director by virtue of their training and experience in the collection, analysis, and use of transportation statistics.
``(c) Responsibilities.--The Director of the Bureau shall serve as the Secretary's senior advisor on data and statistics, and shall be responsible for carrying out the following duties:
``(1) Providing data, statistics, and analysis to transportation decisionmakers.--Ensuring that the statistics compiled under paragraph (5) are designed to support transportation decisionmaking by the Federal Government, State and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transportation-related associations, the private sector (including the freight community), and the public.
``(2) Coordinating collection of information.--Working with the operating administrations of the Department to establish and implement the Bureau's data programs and to improve the coordination of information collection efforts with other Federal agencies.
``(3) Data modernization.--Continually improving surveys and data collection methods to improve the accuracy and utility of transportation statistics.
``(4) Encouraging data standardization.--Encouraging the standardization of data, data collection methods, and data management and storage technologies for data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department of Transportation, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
``(5) Compiling transportation statistics.--Compiling, analyzing, and publishing a comprehensive set of transportation statistics on the performance and impacts of the national transportation system, including statistics on--
``(A) productivity in various parts of the transportation sector;
``(B) traffic flows for all modes of transportation;
``(C) other elements of the Intermodal Transportation Database established under subsection (g);
``(D) travel times and measures of congestion;
``(E) vehicle weights and other vehicle characteristics;
``(F) demographic, economic, and other variables influencing traveling behavior, including choice of transportation mode, and goods movement;
``(G) transportation costs for passenger travel and goods movement;
``(H) availability and use of mass transit (including the number of passengers served by each mass transit authority) and other forms of for-hire passenger travel;
``(I) frequency of vehicle and transportation facility repairs and other interruptions of transportation service;
``(J) safety and security for travelers, vehicles, and transportation systems;
``(K) consequences of transportation for the human and natural environment;
``(L) the extent, connectivity, and condition of the transportation system, building on the National Transportation Atlas Database developed under subsection (g); and
``(M) transportation-related variables that influence the domestic economy and global competitiveness.
``(6) National spatial data infrastructure.--Building and disseminating the transportation layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, including coordinating the development of transportation geospatial data standards, compiling intermodal geospatial data, and collecting geospatial data that is not being collected by others.
``(7) Issuing guidelines.--Issuing guidelines for the collection of information by the Department of Transportation required for statistics to be compiled under paragraph (5) in order to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, and in a form that permits systematic analysis. 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, and the amendments made by such Act, and shall carry out such other reviews of the sources and reliability of other data collected or statistical information published by the heads of the operating administrations of the Department as shall be requested by the Secretary.
``(8) Making statistics accessible.--Making the statistics published under this subsection readily accessible.
``(d) Information Needs Assessment.--
``(1) In general.--Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, the Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council to develop and publish a National Transportation Information Needs Assessment (referred to in this subsection as the `Assessment'). The Assessment shall be transmitted to the Secretary and the Congress not later than 24 months after such arrangement is entered into.
``(2) Content.--The Assessment shall--
``(A) identify, in priority order, transportation data that is not being collected by the Bureau, Department of Transportation operating administrations, or other Federal, State, or local entities, but is needed to improve transportation decisionmaking at the Federal, State, and local level and to fulfill the requirements of subsection
(c)(5);
``(B) recommend whether the data identified in subparagraph
(A) should be collected by the Bureau, other parts of the Department, or by other Federal, State, or local entities, and whether any data is a higher priority than data currently being collected;
``(C) identify any data the Bureau or other Federal, State, and local entities is collecting that is not needed;
``(D) describe new data collection methods (including changes in surveys) and other changes the Bureau or other Federal, State, and local entities should implement to improve the standardization, accuracy, and utility of transportation data and statistics; and
``(E) estimate the cost of implementing any recommendations.
``(3) Consultation.--In developing the Assessment, the National Research Council shall consult with the Department's Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics and a representative cross-section of transportation community stakeholders as well as other Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
``(4) Report to congress.--Not later than 6 months after the National Research Council transmits the Assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress that describes--
``(A) how the Department plans to fill the data gaps identified under paragraph (2)(A);
``(B) how the Department plans to stop collecting data identified under paragraph (2)(C);
``(C) how the Department plans to implement improved data collection methods and other changes identified under paragraph (2)(D);
``(D) the expected costs of implementing subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of this paragraph;
``(E) any findings of the Assessment under paragraph (1) with which the Secretary disagrees, and why; and
``(F) any proposed statutory changes needed to implement the findings of the Assessment under paragraph (1).
``(e) Intermodal Transportation Data Base.--
``(1) In general.--In consultation with the Under Secretary for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries, and the heads of the operating administrations of the Department of Transportation, the Director shall establish and maintain a transportation data base for all modes of transportation.
``(2) Use.--The data base shall be suitable for analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the States, and metropolitan planning organizations.
``(3) Contents.--The data base shall include--
``(A) information on the volumes and patterns of movement of goods, including local, interregional, and international movement, by all modes of transportation and intermodal combinations, and by relevant classification;
``(B) information on the volumes and patterns of movement of people, including local, interregional, and international movements, by all modes of transportation (including bicycle and pedestrian modes) and intermodal combinations, and by relevant classification;
``(C) information on the location and connectivity of transportation facilities and services; and
``(D) a national accounting of expenditures and capital stocks on each mode of transportation and intermodal combination.
``(f) National Transportation Library.--
``(1) In general.--The Director shall establish and maintain a National Transportation Library, which shall contain a collection of statistical and other information needed for transportation decisionmaking at the Federal, State, and local levels.
``(2) Access.--The Director shall facilitate and promote access to the Library, with the goal of improving the ability of the transportation community to share information and the ability of the Director to make statistics readily accessible under subsection (c)(8).
``(3) Coordination.--The Director shall work with other transportation libraries and other transportation information providers, both public and private, to achieve the goal specified in paragraph (2).
``(g) National Transportation Atlas Data Base.--
``(1) In general.--The Director shall develop and maintain geospatial data bases that depict--
``(A) transportation networks;
``(B) flows of people, goods, vehicles, and craft over the networks; and
``(C) social, economic, and environmental conditions that affect or are affected by the networks.
``(2) Intermodal network analysis.--The data bases shall be able to support intermodal network analysis.
``(h) Mandatory Response Authority for Freight Data Collection.--Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge of any corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization of any nature whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested by the Director or other authorized officer, employee, or contractor of the Bureau, to answer completely and correctly to the best of his or her knowledge all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization, or to make available records or statistics in his or her official custody, contained in a data collection request prepared and submitted under the authority of subsection (c)(1), shall be fined not more than $500; but if he or she willfully gives a false answer to such a question, he or she shall be fined not more than $10,000.
``(i) Research and Development Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities
(including State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and institutions of higher education) for--
``(1) investigation of the subjects specified in subsection
(c)(5) and research and development of new methods of data collection, standardization, management, integration, dissemination, interpretation, and analysis;
``(2) demonstration programs by States, local governments, and metropolitan planning organizations to harmonize data collection, reporting, management, storage, and archiving to simplify data comparisons across jurisdictions;
``(3) development of electronic clearinghouses of transportation data and related information, as part of the National Transportation Library under subsection (f); and
``(4) development and improvement of methods for sharing geographic data, in support of the national transportation atlas data base under subsection (g) and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure developed under Executive Order No. 12906.
``(j) Limitations on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed--
``(1) to authorize the Bureau to require any other department or agency to collect data; or
``(2) to reduce the authority of any other officer of the Department of Transportation to collect and disseminate data independently.
``(k) Prohibition on Certain Disclosures.--
``(1) In general.--An officer, employee or contractor of the Bureau may not--
``(A) make any disclosure in which the data provided by an individual or organization under subsection (c) can be identified;
``(B) use the information provided under subsection (c) for a nonstatistical purpose; or
``(C) permit anyone other than an individual authorized by the Director to examine any individual report provided under subsection (c).
``(3) Informing respondent of use of data.--In a case in which the Bureau is authorized by statute to collect data or information for a nonstatistical purpose, the Director shall clearly distinguish the collection of the data or information, by rule and on the collection instrument, so as to inform a respondent that is requested or required to supply the data or information of the nonstatistical purpose.
``(l) Transportation Statistics Annual Report.--The Director shall transmit to the President and Congress a Transportation Statistics Annual Report which shall include information on items referred to in subsection (c)(5), documentation of methods used to obtain and ensure the quality of the statistics presented in the report, and recommendations for improving transportation statistical information.
``(m) Data Access.--The Director shall have access to transportation and transportation-related information in the possession of any Federal agency except information--
``(1) the disclosure of which to another Federal agency is expressly prohibited by law; or
``(2) the disclosure of which the agency so requested determines would significantly impair the discharge of authorities and responsibilities which have been delegated to, or vested by law, in such agency.
``(n) Proceeds of Data Product Sales.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, funds received by the Bureau from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred, may be credited to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for the expenses.
``(o) Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shall establish an Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics.
``(2) Function.--It shall be the function of the Advisory Council established under this subsection to--
``(A) advise the Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics on the quality, reliability, consistency, objectivity, and relevance of transportation statistics and analyses collected, supported, or disseminated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Department of Transportation;
``(B) provide input to and review the report to Congress under subsection (d)(4); and
``(C) advise the Director on methods to encourage harmonization and interoperability of transportation data collected by the Bureau, the operating administrations of the Department of Transportation, States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and private sector entities.
``(3) Membership.--The Advisory Council established under this subsection shall be composed of not fewer than 9 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Director, who are not officers or employees of the United States. Each member shall have expertise in transportation data collection or analysis or application; except that 1 member shall have expertise in economics, 1 member shall have expertise in statistics, and 1 member shall have experience in transportation safety. At least 1 member shall be a senior official of a State department of transportation. Members shall include representation of a cross-section of transportation community stakeholders.
``(4) Terms of appointment.--(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members shall be appointed to staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. A member may be renominated for one additional 3-year term.
``(B) Members serving on the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics as of the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users shall serve until the end of their appointed terms.
``(5) Applicability of federal advisory committee act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the Advisory Council established under this subsection, except that section 14 of such Act shall not apply to such Advisory Council.''.
SEC. 5502. REPORTS OF BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.
Section 111(k) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 5501 of this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Copies of reports.--
``(A) In general.--No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the United States (except the Director in carrying out this section) may require, for any reason, a copy of any report that has been filed under subsection (c) with the Bureau or retained by an individual respondent.
``(B) Limitation on judicial proceedings.--A copy of a report described in subparagraph (A) that has been retained by an individual respondent or filed with the Bureau or any of its employees, contractors, or agents--
``(i) shall be immune from legal process; and
``(ii) 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 proceedings.
``(C) Applicability.--This paragraph shall apply only to reports that permit information concerning an individual or organization to be reasonably determined by direct or indirect means.''.
Subtitle F--Intelligent Transportation Systems Research
SEC. 5601. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 2005''.
SEC. 5602. GOALS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Goals.--The goals of the intelligent transportation system program include--
(1) enhancement of surface transportation efficiency and facilitation of intermodalism and international trade to enable existing facilities to meet a significant portion of future transportation needs, including public access to employment, goods, and services and to reduce regulatory, financial, and other transaction costs to public agencies and system users;
(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals, including the enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles and nonmotorized vehicles as well as improved emergency response to a crash, with 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 State and local governments to achieve national environmental goals;
(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of surface transportation systems, including operators of commercial motor vehicles, passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, and bicycles and pedestrians, including individuals with disabilities; and
(5) improvement of the Nation's ability to respond to security-related or other manmade emergencies and natural disasters and enhancement of national defense mobility.
(b) Purposes.--The Secretary shall implement activities under the intelligent system transportation program to, at a minimum--
(1) expedite, in both metropolitan and rural areas, deployment and integration of intelligent transportation systems for consumers of passenger and freight transportation;
(2) ensure that Federal, State, and local transportation officials have adequate knowledge of intelligent transportation systems for full consideration in the transportation planning process;
(3) improve regional cooperation and operations planning for effective intelligent transportation system deployment;
(4) promote the innovative use of private resources;
(5) facilitate, in cooperation with the motor vehicle industry, the introduction of a vehicle-based safety enhancing systems;
(6) support the application of intelligent transportation systems that increase the safety and efficiency of commercial motor vehicle operations;
(7) develop a workforce capable of developing, operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation systems; and
(8) provide continuing support for operations and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems.
SEC. 5603. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Scope.--Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent transportation system program to research, develop, and operationally test intelligent transportation systems and advance nationwide deployment of such systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.
(b) Policy.--Intelligent transportation system research projects and operational tests funded pursuant to this subtitle shall encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private sector investment in such tests and projects.
(c) Cooperation With Governmental, Private, and Educational Entities.--The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent transportation system program in cooperation with State and local governments and other public entities, the private sector of the United States, the Federal laboratories, and colleges and universities, including historically Black colleges and universities and other minority institutions of higher education.
(d) Consultation With Federal Officials.--In carrying out the intelligent transportation system program, the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate.
(e) Technical Assistance, Training, and Information.--The Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and information to State and local governments seeking to implement, operate, maintain, or evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies and services.
(f) Transportation Planning.--The Secretary may provide funding to support adequate consideration of transportation systems management and operations, including intelligent transportation systems, within metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes.
(g) Information Clearinghouse.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
(A) maintain a repository for technical and safety data collected as a result of federally sponsored projects carried out under this subtitle (including the amendments made by this subtitle); and
(B) make, on request, that information (except for proprietary information and data) readily available to all users of the repository at an appropriate cost.
(2) Agreement.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a third party for the maintenance of the repository for technical and safety data under paragraph (1)(A).
(B) Federal financial assistance.--If the Secretary enters into an agreement with an entity for the maintenance of the repository, the entity shall be eligible for Federal financial assistance under this section.
(3) Availability of information.--Information in the repository shall not be subject to section 555 of title 5, United States Code.
(h) Advisory Committee.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on carrying out this subtitle.
(2) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall have no more than 20 members, be balanced between metropolitan and rural interests, and include, at a minimum--
(A) a representative from a State highway department;
(B) a representative from a local highway department who is not from a metropolitan planning organization;
(C) a representative from a State, local, or regional transit agency;
(D) a representative from a metropolitan planning organization;
(E) a private sector user of intelligent transportation system technologies;
(F) an academic researcher with expertise in computer science or another information science field related to intelligent transportation systems, and who is not an expert on transportation issues;
(G) an academic researcher who is a civil engineer;
(H) an academic researcher who is a social scientist with expertise in transportation issues;
(I) a representative from a not-for-profit group representing the intelligent transportation system industry;
(J) a representative from a public interest group concerned with safety;
(K) a representative from a public interest group concerned with the impact of the transportation system on land use and residential patterns; and
(L) members with expertise in planning, safety, and operations.
(3) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall, at a minimum, perform the following duties:
(A) Provide input into the development of the Intelligent Transportation System aspects of the strategic plan under section 508 of title 23, United States Code.
(B) Review, at least annually, areas of intelligent transportation systems research being considered for funding by the Department, to determine--
(i) whether these activities are likely to advance either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation systems;
(ii) whether the intelligent transportation system technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and, if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and
(iii) the appropriate roles for government and the private sector in investing in the research and technologies being considered.
(4) Report.--Not later than February 1 of each year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress, a report including--
(A) all recommendations made by the Advisory Committee during the preceding calendar year;
(B) an explanation of how the Secretary has implemented those recommendations; and
(C) for recommendations not implemented, the reasons for rejecting the recommendations.
(5) Applicability of federal advisory committee act.--The Advisory Committee shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(i) Reporting.--
(1) Guidelines and requirements.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall issue guidelines and requirements for the reporting and evaluation of operational tests and deployment projects carried out under this subtitle.
(B) Objectivity and independence.--The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the reporting entity so as to avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to any such test or deployment project or by any other formal evaluation carried out under this subtitle.
(C) Funding.--The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall establish reporting funding levels based on the size and scope of each test or project that ensure adequate reporting of the results of the test or project.
(2) Special rule.--Any survey, questionnaire, or interview that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the reporting of any test, deployment project, or program assessment activity under this subtitle shall not be subject to chapter 35 of title 44.
SEC. 5604. NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Development, implementation, and maintenance.--Consistent with section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783), the Secretary shall develop, implement, and maintain a national architecture and supporting standards and protocols to promote the widespread use and evaluation of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.
(2) Interoperability and efficiency.--To the maximum extent practicable, the national architecture shall promote interoperability among, and efficiency of, intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the United States.
(3) Use of standards development organizations.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the services of such standards development organizations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(4) Use of expert panel.--
(A) Designation.--The Secretary shall designate a panel of experts to recommend ways to expedite and streamline the process for developing the standards and protocols to be developed pursuant to paragraph (1).
(B) Nonapplicability of advisory committee act.--The expert panel shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(C) Deadline for recommendation.--No later than September 30, 2006, the expert panel shall provide the Secretary with a recommendation relating to such standards development.
(b) Provisional Standards.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary finds that the development or balloting of an intelligent transportation system standard jeopardizes the timely achievement of the objectives identified in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a provisional standard, after consultation with affected parties, using, to the extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations.
(2) Period of effectiveness.--A provisional standard established under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Federal Register and remain in effect until the appropriate standards development organization adopts and publishes a standard.
(c) Conformity With National Architecture.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and
(3), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent transportation system projects carried out using funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including funds made available under this subtitle to deploy intelligent transportation system technologies, conform to the national architecture, applicable standards or provisional standards, and protocols developed under subsection (a).
(2) Secretary's discretion.--The Secretary may authorize exceptions to paragraph (1) for--
(A) projects designed to achieve specific research objectives outlined in the national intelligent transportation system program plan or the surface transportation research and development strategic plan developed under section 508 of title 23, United States Code; or
(B) the upgrade or expansion of an intelligent transportation system in existence on the date of enactment of this Act if the Secretary determines that the upgrade or expansion--
(i) would not adversely affect the goals or purposes of this subtitle;
(ii) is carried out before the end of the useful life of such system; and
(iii) is cost-effective as compared to alternatives that would meet the conformity requirement of paragraph (1).
(3) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to funds used for operation or maintenance of an intelligent transportation system in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5605. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research, development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles and intelligent infrastructure systems and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this subtitle.
(b) Priority Areas.--Under the program, the Secretary shall give higher priority to funding projects that--
(1) enhance mobility and productivity through improved traffic management, incident management, transit management, freight management, road weather management, toll collection, traveler information, or highway operations systems and remote sensing products;
(2) utilize interdisciplinary approaches to develop traffic management strategies and tools to address multiple impacts of congestion concurrently;
(3) enhance safety through improved crash avoidance and protection, crash and other notification, commercial motor vehicle operations, and infrastructure-based or cooperative safety systems; and
(4) facilitate the integration of intelligent infrastructure, vehicle, and control technologies.
(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of operational tests and demonstrations under subsection (a) shall not exceed 80 percent.
SEC. 5606. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
Funds made available to carry out this subtitle for operational tests--
(1) shall be used primarily for the development of intelligent transportation system infrastructure; and
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, shall not be used for the construction of physical highway and public transportation infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent transportation system project.
SEC. 5607. ROAD WEATHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a road weather research and development program to--
(1) maximize use of available road weather information and technologies;
(2) expand road weather research and development efforts to enhance roadway safety, capacity, and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts; and
(3) promote technology transfer of effective road weather scientific and technological advances.
(b) Stakeholder Input.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector.
(c) Contents.--The program established under this section shall solely carry out research and development called for in the National Research Council's report entitled ``A Research Agenda for Improving Road Weather Services''. Such research and development includes--
(1) integrating existing observational networks and data management systems for road weather applications;
(2) improving weather modeling capabilities and forecast tools, such as the road surface and atmospheric interface;
(3) enhancing mechanisms for communicating road weather information to users, such as transportation officials and the public; and
(4) integrating road weather technologies into an information infrastructure.
(d) Activities.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall--
(1) enable efficient technology transfer;
(2) improve education and training of road weather information users, such as State and local transportation officials and private sector transportation contractors; and
(3) coordinate with transportation weather research programs in other modes, such as aviation.
(e) Funding.--
(1) In general.--In awarding funds under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to applications with significant matching funds from non-Federal sources.
(2) Funds for road weather research and development.--Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(5), $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
SEC. 5608. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
(1) Incident.--The term ``incident'' means a crash, a natural disaster, workzone activity, special event, or other emergency road user occurrence that adversely affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.
(2) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.--The term
``intelligent transportation infrastructure'' means fully integrated public sector intelligent transportation system components, as defined by the Secretary.
(3) Intelligent transportation system.--The term
``intelligent transportation system'' means electronics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.
(4) National architecture.--The term ``national architecture'' means the common framework for interoperability that defines--
(A) the functions associated with intelligent transportation system user services;
(B) the physical entities or subsystems within which the functions reside;
(C) the data interfaces and information flows between physical subsystems; and
(D) the communications requirements associated with the information flows.
(5) Project.--The term ``project'' means a undertaking to research, develop, or operationally test intelligent transportation systems or any other undertaking eligible for assistance under this subtitle.
(6) Standard.--The term ``standard'' means a document that--
(A) contains technical specifications or other precise criteria for intelligent transportation systems that are to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics so as to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services are fit for their purposes; and
(B) may support the national architecture and promote--
(i) the widespread use and adoption of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States; and
(ii) interoperability among intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the States.
(7) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the term under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
(8) Transportation systems management and operations.--The term ``transportation systems management and operations'' has the meaning given the term under section 101(a) of such title.
SEC. 5609. RURAL INTERSTATE CORRIDOR COMMUNICATIONS STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, State departments of transportation, and other appropriate State, regional, and local officials, shall conduct a study on feasibility of installing fiber optic cabling and wireless communication infrastructure along multistate Interstate System route corridors for improved communications services to rural communities along such corridors.
(b) Contents of Study.--In conducting the study, the Secretary shall identify--
(1) impediments to installation of the infrastructure described in subsection (a) along multistate Interstate System route corridors and to connecting such infrastructure to the rural communities along such corridors;
(2) the effective geographic range of such infrastructure;
(3) potential opportunities for the private sector to fund, wholly or partially, the installation of such infrastructure;
(4) potential benefits fiber optic cabling and wireless communication infrastructure may provide to rural communities along such corridors, including the effects of the installation of such infrastructure on economic development, deployment of intelligent transportation systems technologies and applications, homeland security precaution and response, and education and health systems in those communities;
(5) rural broadband access points for such infrastructure;
(6) areas of environmental conflict with such installation;
(7) real estate ownership issues relating to such installation;
(8) preliminary design for placement of fiber optic cable and wireless towers;
(9) monetary value of the rights-of-way necessary for such installation;
(10) applicability and transferability of the benefits of such installation to other rural corridors; and
(11) safety and other operational issues associated with the installation and maintenance of fiber optic cabling and wire infrastructure within Interstate System rights-of-way and other publicly owned rights-of-way.
(c) Corridor Locations.--The study required under subsection (a) shall be conducted for corridors along--
(1) Interstate Route I-90 through rural Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, and South Dakota;
(2) Interstate Route I-20 through Alabama, Mississippi, and northern Louisiana;
(3) Interstate Route I-91 through Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; and
(4) any other rural corridor the Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the study shall be 100 percent.
(e) Report to Congress.--Not later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study, including any recommendations of the Secretary.
(f) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(5), $1,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year 2005, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, to carry out this section.
SEC. 5610. CENTERS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXCELLENCE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish 3 centers for surface transportation excellence.
(b) Goals.--The goals of the centers for surface transportation excellence are to promote and support strategic national surface transportation programs and activities relating to the work of State departments of transportation in the areas of environment, rural safety, and project finance.
(c) Role of Centers.--To achieve the goals set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary shall establish the 3 centers as follows:
(1) Environmental excellence.--To provide technical assistance, information sharing of best practices, and training in the use of tools and decision-making processes that can assist States in planning and delivering environmentally sound surface transportation projects.
(2) Rural safety.--To provide research, training, and outreach on innovative uses of technology to enhance rural safety and economic development, assess local community needs to improve access to mobile emergency treatment, and develop online and seminar training needs of rural transportation practitioners and policy-makers.
(3) Project finance.--To provide support to State transportation departments in the development of finance plans and project oversight tools and to develop and offer training in state of the art financing methods to advance projects and leverage funds.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under section 5101(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 to carry out this section.
(2) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall use such amounts as follows:
(A) 40 percent to establish the Center for Environmental Excellence.
(B) 30 percent to establish the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety.
(C) 30 percent to establish the Center for Excellence in Project Finance.
(3) Applicability of title 23.--Funds authorized by 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 shall be 100 percent.
(e) Program Administration.--
(1) Competition.--A party entering into a contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction with the Secretary, or receiving a grant to perform research or provide technical assistance under this section shall be selected on a competitive basis, to the maximum extent practicable.
(2) Strategic plan.--The Secretary shall require each center to develop a multiyear strategic plan that describes--
(A) the activities to be undertaken; and
(B) how the work of the center is coordinated with the activities of the Federal Highway Administration and the various other research, development, and technology transfer activities authorized by this title. Such plans shall be submitted to the Secretary by January 1, 2006, and each year thereafter.
SEC. 5611. REPEAL.
Subtitle C of title V of The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 502 note; 112 Stat. 452-463) is repealed.
SEC. 5612. SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.
In any case in which an amount is authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for a program, project, or activity in any provision of this title, including an amendment made by this title, that is different than the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2004 for such program, project, or activity in any provision of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (Public Law 108-310), including any amendment made by such Act, the amount referred to in such Act shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated, made available, allocated, set aside, taken down, or subject to an obligation limitation.
TITLE VI--TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY
SEC. 6001. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
(a) In General.--Subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 51 the following:
``CHAPTER 52--TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY
``Subchapter A--General provisions
``Sec.
``5201. Definitions.
``Subchapter B--Transportation planning and Project delivery
``5211. Policy.
``5212. Definitions.
``5213. Metropolitan transportation planning.
``5214. Statewide transportation planning.
``Subchapter C--Efficient environmental reviews for Project decisionmaking
``5251. Definitions and applicability.
``5252. Project development procedures.
``SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL PROVISIONS
``Sec. 5201. Definitions
``In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Transportation.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
``SUBCHAPTER B--TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY
``Sec. 5211. Policy
``(a) In General.--It is in the national interest to--
``(1) encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation systems that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development within and between States and urbanized areas, while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution through metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes identified in this chapter; and
``(2) encourage the continued improvement and evolution of the metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes by metropolitan planning organizations, State departments of transportation, and public transit operators as guided by the planning factors identified in sections 5213(f) and 5214(d).
``(b) Common Transportation Planning Program.--This subchapter provides a common transportation planning program to be administered by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.
``Sec. 5212. Definitions
``(a) Applicability by Reference.--Unless otherwise specified in subsection (b), the definitions in section 101(a) of title 23 and section 5302 are applicable to this subchapter.
``(b) Additional Definitions.--In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Metropolitan planning area.--The term `metropolitan planning area' means the geographic area determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization for the area and the Governor under section 5213(c).
``(2) Metropolitan planning organization.--The term
`metropolitan planning organization' means the policy board of an organization created as a result of the designation process in section 5213(b).
``(3) Nonmetropolitan area.--The term `nonmetropolitan area' means a geographic area outside designated metropolitan planning areas.
``(4) Nonmetropolitan local official.--The term
`nonmetropolitan local official' means elected and appointed officials of general purpose local government in a nonmetropolitan area with responsibility for transportation.
``(5) TIP.--The term `TIP' means a transportation improvement program developed by a metropolitan planning organization under section 5213.
``(6) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means a geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as designated by the Bureau of the Census.
``Sec. 5213. Metropolitan transportation planning
``(a) General Requirements.--
``(1) Development of long-range plans and tips.--To accomplish the objectives in section 5211, metropolitan planning organizations designated under subsection (b), in cooperation with the State and public transportation operators, shall develop long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs for metropolitan planning areas of the State.
``(2) Contents.--The plans and TIPs for each metropolitan area shall provide for the development and integrated management and operation of transportation systems and facilities (including accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation system for the metropolitan planning area and as an integral part of an intermodal transportation system for the State and the United States.
``(3) Process of development.--The process for developing the plans and TIPs shall provide for consideration of all modes of transportation and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems to be addressed.
``(b) Designation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out the transportation planning process required by this section, a metropolitan planning organization shall be designated for each urbanized area with a population of more than 50,000 individuals--
``(A) by agreement between the Governor and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of the affected population (including the largest incorporated city (based on population) as named by the Bureau of the Census); or
``(B) in accordance with procedures established by applicable State or local law.
``(2) Structure.--Each metropolitan planning organization that serves an area designated as a transportation management area, when designated or redesignated under this subsection, shall consist of--
``(A) local elected officials;
``(B) officials of public agencies that administer or operate major modes of transportation in the metropolitan area; and
``(C) appropriate State officials.
``(3) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with the authority, under any State law in effect on December 18, 1991, of a public agency with multimodal transportation responsibilities to--
``(A) develop the plans and TIPs for adoption by a metropolitan planning organization; and
``(B) develop long-range capital plans, coordinate transit services and projects, and carry out other activities pursuant to State law.
``(4) Continuing designation.--A designation of a metropolitan planning organization under this subsection or any other provision of law shall remain in effect until the metropolitan planning organization is redesignated under paragraph (5).
``(5) Redesignation procedures.--A metropolitan planning organization may be redesignated by agreement between the Governor and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of the existing planning area population (including the largest incorporated city (based on population) as named by the Bureau of the Census) as appropriate to carry out this section.
``(6) Designation of more than 1 metropolitan planning organization.--More than 1 metropolitan planning organization may be designated within an existing metropolitan planning area only if the Governor and the existing metropolitan planning organization determine that the size and complexity of the existing metropolitan planning area make designation of more than 1 metropolitan planning organization for the area appropriate.
``(c) Metropolitan Planning Area Boundaries.--
``(1) In general.--For the purposes of this section, the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area shall be determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.
``(2) Included area.--Each metropolitan planning area--
``(A) shall encompass at least the existing urbanized area and the contiguous area expected to become urbanized within a 20-year forecast period for the transportation plan; and
``(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
``(3) Identification of new urbanized areas within existing planning area boundaries.--The designation by the Bureau of the Census of new urbanized areas within an existing metropolitan planning area shall not require the redesignation of the existing metropolitan planning organization.
``(4) Existing metropolitan planning areas in nonattainment.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), in the case of an urbanized area designated as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) as of the date of enactment of this paragraph, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area in existence as of such date of enactment shall be retained; except that the boundaries may be adjusted by agreement of the Governor and affected metropolitan planning organizations in the manner described in subsection (b)(5).
``(5) New metropolitan planning areas in nonattainment.--In the case of an urbanized area designated after the date of enactment of this paragraph as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area--
``(A) shall be established in the manner described in subsection (b)(1);
``(B) shall encompass the areas described in paragraph
(2)(A);
``(C) may encompass the areas described in paragraph
(2)(B); and
``(D) may address any nonattainment area identified under the Clean Air Act for ozone or carbon monoxide.
``(d) Coordination in Multistate Areas.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall encourage each Governor with responsibility for a portion of a multistate metropolitan area and the appropriate metropolitan planning organizations to provide coordinated transportation planning for the entire metropolitan area.
``(e) MPO Consultation in Plan and TIP Coordination.--
``(1) Nonattainment areas.--If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization has authority within a metropolitan area or an area which is designated as a nonattainment area for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, each metropolitan planning organization shall consult with the other metropolitan planning organizations designated for such area and the State in the coordination of plans and TIPs required by this section.
``(2) Transportation improvements located in multiple mpos.--If a transportation improvement funded from the Highway Trust Fund or authorized under chapter 53 is located within the boundaries of more than 1 metropolitan planning area, the metropolitan planning organizations shall coordinate plans and TIPs regarding the transportation improvement.
``(3) Relationship with other planning officials.--The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to consult with those officials responsible for other types of planning activities that are affected by transportation in the area (including State and local planned growth, economic development, environmental protection, airport operations, and freight movements) or to coordinate its planning process, to the maximum extent practicable, with such planning activities. Under the metropolitan planning process, transportation plans and TIPs shall be developed with due consideration of other related planning activities within the metropolitan area, and the process shall provide for the design and delivery of transportation services within the metropolitan area that are provided by--
``(A) recipients of assistance under chapter 53;
``(B) governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations
(including representatives of the agencies and organizations) that receive Federal assistance from a source other than the Department of Transportation to provide nonemergency transportation services; and
``(C) recipients of assistance under section 204 of title 23.
``(f) Scope of Planning Process.--
``(1) In general.--The goals and objectives developed through the metropolitan planning process for a metropolitan planning area under this section shall address the following factors as they relate to the performance of the metropolitan area transportation systems:
``(A) Support of the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency.
``(B) Increases in the safety and security of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users.
``(C) Increases in the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight.
``(D) Protection and enhancement of the environment, promotion of energy conservation, improvement of the quality of life, and promotion of consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns.
``(E) Enhancement of the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight.
``(F) Promotion of efficient system management and operation.
``(G) Emphasis on the preservation of the existing transportation system.
``(2) Failure to consider factors.--The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under title 23 or this title, subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter affecting a transportation plan, a TIP, a project or strategy, or the certification of a planning process.
``(g) Development of Transportation Plan.--
``(2) Transportation plan.--A transportation plan under this section shall be in a form that the Secretary determines to be appropriate and shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
``(A) An identification of transportation facilities
(including major roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facilities, and intermodal connectors) that should function as an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving emphasis to those facilities that serve important national and regional transportation functions. In formulating the transportation plan, the metropolitan planning organization shall consider factors described in subsection (f) as such factors relate to a 20-year forecast period.
``(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, transit operator, and State shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that will be available to support plan implementation.
``(C) Operational and management strategies to improve the performance of existing transportation facilities to relieve vehicular congestion and maximize the safety and mobility of people and goods.
``(D) Capital investment and other strategies to preserve the existing and projected future metropolitan transportation infrastructure and provide for multimodal capacity increases based on regional priorities and needs.
``(E) Proposed transportation and transit enhancement activities.
``(3) Coordination with clean air act agencies.--In metropolitan areas which are in nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the metropolitan planning organization shall coordinate the development of a transportation plan with the process for development of the transportation control measures of the State implementation plan required by the Clean Air Act.
``(4) Participation by interested parties.--Before approving a transportation plan, each metropolitan planning organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the transportation plan, in a manner that the Secretary deems appropriate.
``(5) Publication.--A transportation plan involving Federal participation shall be published or otherwise made readily available by the metropolitan planning organization for public review and submitted for information purposes to the Governor at such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish.
``(6) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under paragraph (2)(B).
``(h) Metropolitan TIP.--
``(1) Development.--
``(A) In general.--In cooperation with the State and any affected public transportation operator, the metropolitan planning organization designated for a metropolitan area shall develop a TIP for the area for which the organization is designated.
``(B) Opportunity for comment.--In developing the TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the State and any affected public transportation operator, shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of the disabled, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle facilities, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed TIP.
``(C) Funding estimates.--For the purpose of developing the TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, public transportation agency, and State shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that are reasonably expected to be available to support program implementation.
``(D) Updating and approval.--The TIP shall be updated at least once every 4 years and shall be approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.
``(2) Contents.--
``(A) Priority list.--The TIP shall include a priority list of proposed federally supported projects and strategies to be carried out within each 4-year period after the initial adoption of the TIP.
``(B) Financial plan.--The TIP shall include a financial plan that--
``(i) demonstrates how the TIP can be implemented;
``(ii) indicates resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be available to carry out the program;
``(iii) identifies innovative financing techniques to finance projects, programs, and strategies; and
``(iv) may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved TIP if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.
``(C) Descriptions.--Each project in the TIP shall include sufficient descriptive material (such as type of work, termini, length, and other similar factors) to identify the project or phase of the project.
``(D) Congestion relief activities.--The TIP shall include a listing of congestion relief activities to be carried out to meet the requirements of section 139 of title 23, categorized as either under one or under three congestion relief activities.
``(3) Included projects.--
``(A) Projects under title 23 and chapter 53.--A TIP developed under this subsection for a metropolitan area shall include the projects within the area that are proposed for funding under chapter 1 of title 23 and chapter 53.
``(B) Projects under chapter 2 of title 23.--All projects proposed for funding under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually in the TIP.
``(C) Consistency with long-range transportation plan.--Each project shall be consistent with the long-range transportation plan developed under subsection (g) for the area.
``(D) Requirement of anticipated full funding.--The program shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project.
``(4) Notice and comment.--Before approving a TIP, a metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the State and any affected public transportation operator, shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of the disabled, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle facilities, and other interested parties with reasonable notice of and an opportunity to comment on the proposed program.
``(5) Selection of projects.--
``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i)(4) and in addition to the TIP development required under paragraph (1), the selection of federally funded projects in metropolitan areas shall be carried out, from the approved TIP--
``(i) by--
``(I) in the case of projects under title 23, the State; and
``(II) in the case of projects under chapter 53, the designated recipients of public transportation funding; and
``(ii) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization.
``(B) Modifications to project priority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary shall not be required to advance a project included in the approved TIP in place of another project in the program.
``(6) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--
``(A) No required selection.--Notwithstanding paragraph
(2)(B)(iv), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv).
``(B) Required action by the secretary.--Action by the Secretary shall be required for a State or metropolitan planning organization to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv) for inclusion in an approved TIP.
``(7) Publication.--
``(A) Publication of tips.--A TIP involving Federal participation shall be published or otherwise made readily available by the metropolitan planning organization for public review.
``(B) Publication of annual listings of projects.--An annual listing of projects for which Federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the metropolitan planning organization for public review. The listing shall be consistent with the categories identified in the TIP.
``(i) Transportation Management Areas.--
``(1) Identification and designation.--
``(A) Required identification.--The Secretary shall identify as a transportation management area each urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of over 200,000 individuals.
``(B) Designations on request.--The Secretary shall designate any additional area as a transportation management area on the request of the Governor and the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area.
``(2) Transportation plans.--In a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area, transportation plans shall be based on a continuing and comprehensive transportation planning process carried out by the metropolitan planning organization in cooperation with the State and public transportation operators.
``(3) Congestion management process.--Within a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area, the transportation planning process under this section shall address congestion management through a process that provides for effective management and operation, based on a cooperatively developed and implemented metropolitan-wide strategy, of new and existing transportation facilities eligible for funding under title 23 and chapter 53 through the use of travel demand reduction and operational management strategies and shall identify a sufficient number of congestion relief activities under section 139 of title 23 to meet the requirements of such section. The Secretary shall establish an appropriate phase-in schedule for compliance with the requirements of this section but no sooner than one year after the identification of a transportation management area.
``(4) Selection of projects.--
``(A) In general.--All federally funded projects carried out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area under title 23
(excluding projects carried out on the National Highway System and projects carried out under the bridge program or the Interstate maintenance program) or under chapter 53 shall be selected for implementation from the approved TIP by the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area in consultation with the State and any affected public transportation operator.
``(B) National highway system projects.--Projects, carried out within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning area serving a transportation management area, on the National Highway System and projects carried out within such boundaries under the bridge program or the Interstate maintenance program under title 23 shall be selected for implementation from the approved TIP by the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization designated for the area.
``(5) Certification.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall--
``(i) ensure that the metropolitan planning process of a metropolitan planning organization serving a transportation management area is being carried out in accordance with applicable provisions of Federal law; and
``(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), certify, not less often than once every 4 years, that the requirements of this paragraph are met with respect to the metropolitan planning process.
``(B) Requirements for certification.--The Secretary may make the certification under subparagraph (A) if--
``(i) the transportation planning process complies with the requirements of this section and other applicable requirements of Federal law; and
``(ii) there is a TIP for the metropolitan planning area that has been approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor.
``(C) Effect of failure to certify.--
``(i) Withholding of project funds.--If a metropolitan planning process of a metropolitan planning organization serving a transportation management area is not certified, the Secretary may withhold up to 20 percent of the funds attributable to the metropolitan planning area of the metropolitan planning organization for projects funded under title 23 and chapter 53.
``(ii) Restoration of withheld funds.--The withheld funds shall be restored to the metropolitan planning area at such time as the metropolitan planning process is certified by the Secretary.
``(D) Review of certification.--In making certification determinations under this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide for public involvement appropriate to the metropolitan area under review.
``(j) Abbreviated Plans for Certain Areas.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of a metropolitan area not designated as a transportation management area under this section, the Secretary may provide for the development of an abbreviated transportation plan and TIP for the metropolitan planning area that the Secretary determines is appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section, taking into account the complexity of transportation problems in the area.
``(2) Nonattainment areas.--The Secretary may not permit abbreviated plans or TIPs for a metropolitan area that is in nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
``(k) Additional Requirements for Certain Nonattainment Areas.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of title 23 or chapter 53, for transportation management areas classified as nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Federal funds may not be advanced in such area for any highway project that will result in a significant increase in the carrying capacity for single-occupant vehicles unless the project is addressed through a congestion management process.
``(2) Applicability.--This subsection applies to a nonattainment area within the metropolitan planning area boundaries determined under subsection (c).
``(l) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer on a metropolitan planning organization the authority to impose legal requirements on any transportation facility, provider, or project not eligible under title 23 or chapter 53.
``(m) Funding.--
``(1) Set-asides.--Funds set aside under section 104(f) of title 23 or section 5305(h) shall be available to carry out this section.
``(2) Other funding.--Funds made available under section 5338(c) shall be available to carry out this section.
``(n) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Since plans and TIPs described in this section are subject to a reasonable opportunity for public comment, individual projects included in plans and TIPs are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and decisions by the Secretary concerning plans and TIPs described in this section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January 1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a plan or TIP described in this section shall not be considered to be a Federal action subject to review under such Act.
``Sec. 5214. Statewide transportation planning
``(a) General Requirements.--
``(1) Development of plans and programs.--To accomplish the objectives stated in section 5211, each State shall develop a statewide transportation plan and a statewide transportation improvement program for all areas of the State subject to section 5213. Such program shall cover a period of 4 years and be updated every 4 years or more frequently if the Governor elects to update more frequently.
``(2) Contents.--The statewide transportation plan and the transportation improvement program developed for each State shall provide for the development and integrated management and operation of transportation systems and facilities
(including accessible pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will function as an intermodal transportation system for the State and an integral part of an intermodal transportation system for the United States.
``(3) Process of development.--The process for developing the statewide plan and the transportation improvement program shall provide for consideration of all modes of transportation and the policies stated in section 5211, and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems to be addressed.
``(b) Coordination With Metropolitan Planning; State Implementation Plan.--A State shall--
``(1) coordinate planning carried out under this section with the transportation planning activities carried out under section 5213 for metropolitan areas of the State and with statewide trade and economic development planning activities and related multistate planning efforts; and
``(2) develop the transportation portion of the State implementation plan as required by the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
``(d) Scope of Planning Process.--
``(1) In general.--Each State shall carry out a statewide transportation planning process that provides for consideration and implementation of projects, strategies, and services that will--
``(A) support the economic vitality of the United States, the States, nonmetropolitan areas, and metropolitan areas, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency;
``(B) increase the safety and security of the transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users;
``(C) increase the accessibility and mobility of people and freight;
``(D) protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;
``(E) enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes throughout the State, for people and freight;
``(F) promote efficient system management and operation; and
``(G) emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.
``(2) Failure to consider factors.--The failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph (1) shall not be reviewable by any court under title 23 or this title, subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter affecting a statewide transportation plan, the transportation improvement program, a project or strategy, or the certification of a planning process.
``(e) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out planning under this section, each State shall consider, at a minimum--
``(1) with respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the concerns of affected local officials with responsibility for transportation;
``(2) the concerns of Indian tribal governments and Federal land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the State; and
``(3) coordination of transportation plans, the transportation improvement program, and planning activities with related planning activities being carried out outside of metropolitan planning areas and between States.
``(f) Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan.--
``(1) Development.--Each State shall develop a long-range statewide transportation plan, with a minimum 20-year forecast period for all areas of the State, that provides for the development and implementation of the intermodal transportation system of the State.
``(2) Consultation with governments.--
``(A) Metropolitan areas.--The statewide transportation plan shall be developed for each metropolitan area in the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization designated for the metropolitan area under section 5213.
``(B) Nonmetropolitan areas.--With respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the statewide transportation plan shall be developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan officials with responsibility for transportation. The Secretary shall not review or approve the consultation process in each State.
``(C) Indian tribal areas.--With respect to each area of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government, the statewide transportation plan shall be developed in consultation with the tribal government and the Secretary of the Interior.
``(3) Participation by interested parties.--In developing the statewide transportation plan, the State shall--
``(A) provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, private providers of transportation, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, providers of freight transportation services, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed plan; and
``(B) identify transportation strategies necessary to efficiently serve the mobility needs of people.
``(4) Financial plan.--The statewide transportation plan may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the adopted statewide 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 statewide transportation plan if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.
``(5) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--A State shall not be required to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan described in paragraph (4).
``(6) Existing system.--The statewide transportation plan should include capital, operations and management strategies, investments, procedures, and other measures to ensure the preservation and most efficient use of the existing transportation system.
``(g) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.--
``(1) Development.--Each State shall develop a statewide transportation improvement program for all areas of the State.
``(2) Consultation with governments.--
``(A) Metropolitan areas.--With respect to each metropolitan area in the State, the program shall be developed in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization designated for the metropolitan area under section 5213.
``(B) Nonmetropolitan areas.--With respect to each nonmetropolitan area in the State, the program shall be developed in consultation with affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation. The Secretary shall not review or approve the specific consultation process in the State.
``(C) Indian tribal areas.--With respect to each area of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government, the program shall be developed in consultation with the tribal government and the Secretary of the Interior.
``(3) Participation by interested parties.--In developing the program, the State shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of public transportation employees, freight shippers, private providers of transportation, providers of freight transportation services, representatives of users of public transportation, representatives of users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed program.
``(4) Included projects.--
``(A) In general.--A transportation improvement program developed under this subsection for a State shall include federally supported surface transportation expenditures within the boundaries of the State.
``(B) Projects under chapter 2 of title 23.--All projects proposed for funding under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually in the transportation improvement program.
``(C) Consistency with statewide transportation plan.--Each project shall be--
``(i) consistent with the statewide transportation plan developed under this section for the State;
``(ii) identical to the project or phase of the project as described in an approved metropolitan transportation plan; and
``(iii) in conformance with the applicable State air quality implementation plan developed under the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), if the project is carried out in an area designated as nonattainment for ozone or carbon monoxide under that Act.
``(D) Requirement of anticipated full funding.--The transportation improvement program shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project.
``(E) Financial plan.--The transportation improvement program may include a financial plan that demonstrates how the approved transportation improvement program can be implemented, indicates resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the transportation improvement program, 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.
``(F) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--
``(i) No required selection.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
(E), a State shall not be required to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (E).
``(ii) Required action by the secretary.--Action by the Secretary shall be required for a State to select any project from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the financial plan under subparagraph (E) for inclusion in an approved transportation improvement program.
``(G) Priorities.--The transportation improvement program shall reflect the priorities for programming and expenditures of funds, including transportation enhancement activities, required by title 23 and chapter 53.
``(H) Prioritization of congestion relief activities.--The transportation improvement program shall reflect the priorities for congestion relief activities included in the metropolitan transportation plan to meet the requirements of section 139 of title 23.
``(5) Project selection for areas of less than 50,000 population.--Projects carried out in areas with populations of less than 50,000 individuals shall be selected, from the approved transportation improvement program (excluding projects carried out on the National Highway System and projects carried out under the bridge program or the Interstate maintenance program under title 23 or sections 5310, 5311, 5316, and 5317), by the State in cooperation with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation. Projects carried out in areas with populations of less than 50,000 individuals on the National Highway System or under the bridge program or the Interstate maintenance program under title 23 or under sections 5310, 5311, 5316, and 5317 shall be selected, from the approved statewide transportation improvement program, by the State in consultation with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation.
``(6) Transportation improvement program approval.--Every 4 years, a transportation improvement program developed under this subsection shall be reviewed and approved by the Secretary if based on a current planning finding.
``(7) Planning finding.--A finding shall be made by the Secretary at least every 4 years that the transportation planning process through which statewide transportation plans and programs are developed is consistent with this section and section 5213.
``(8) Modifications to project priority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary shall not be required to advance a project included in the approved transportation improvement program in place of another project in the program.
``(h) Funding.--
``(1) Set-aside.--Funds set aside pursuant to section 104(i) of title 23 shall be available to carry out this section.
``(2) Other funding.--Funds made available under section 5338(c) shall be available to carry out this section.
``(i) Treatment of Certain State Laws as Congestion Management Processes.--For purposes of this section and section 5213, State laws, rules, or regulations pertaining to congestion management systems or programs may constitute the congestion management process under section 5213(i)(3) if the Secretary finds that the State laws, rules, or regulations are consistent with, and fulfill the intent of, the purposes of section 5213, as appropriate.
``(j) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Since the statewide transportation plan and the transportation improvement program described in this section are subject to a reasonable opportunity for public comment, since individual projects included in the statewide transportation plans and the transportation improvement program are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and since decisions by the Secretary concerning statewide transportation plans or the transportation improvement program described in this section have not been reviewed under such Act as of January 1, 1997, any decision by the Secretary concerning a metropolitan or statewide transportation plan or the transportation improvement program described in this section shall not be considered to be a Federal action subject to review under such Act.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such subtitle is amended by inserting the following after the item relating to chapter 51:
``52. Transportation planning and project delivery..............5201''.
SEC. 6002. EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR PROJECT
DECISIONMAKING.
(a) Policy and Purpose.--
(1) Policy.--The Enlibra principles, as initially developed by the Western Governors Association and adopted by the National Governors Association, represent a sound basis for interaction among the Federal, State, local governments, and Indian tribes on environmental matters and should be followed in the development of highway construction and public transit improvements. These principles are as follows:
(A) Assign responsibilities at the right level.
(B) Use collaborative processes to break down barriers and find solutions.
(C) Move to a performance-based system.
(D) Separate subjective choices from objective data gathering.
(E) Pursue economic incentives whenever appropriate.
(F) Ensure environmental understanding.
(G) Make sure environmental decisions are fully informed.
(H) Use appropriate geographic boundaries for environmental problems.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to reduce delays in the delivery of highway construction and public transportation capital projects arising from the environmental review process, while continuing to ensure the protection of the human and natural environment.
(b) Project Development Procedures.--Chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, as added by section 6001(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SUBCHAPTER C--EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR PROJECT
DECISIONMAKING
``Sec. 5251. Definitions and applicability
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' means any agency, department, or other unit of Federal, State, local, or Indian tribal government.
``(2) Environmental impact statement.--The term
`environmental impact statement' means the detailed statement of environmental impacts required to be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
``(3) Environmental review process.--
``(A) In general.--The term `environmental review process' means the process for preparing for a project an environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other document prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
``(B) Inclusions.--The term includes the process for and completion of any environmental permit, approval, review, or study required for a project under any Federal law other than the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
``(4) Lead agency.--The term `lead agency' means the Department of Transportation and, if applicable, any State or local governmental entity serving as a joint lead agency pursuant to this section.
``(5) Multimodal project.--The term `multimodal project' means a project funded, in whole or in part, under title 23 or chapter 53 and involving the participation of more than one Department of Transportation administration or agency.
``(6) Project.--The term `project' means any highway project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal project that requires the approval of the Secretary.
``(7) Project sponsor.--The term `project sponsor' means the agency or other entity, including any private or public-private entity, that seeks approval of the Secretary for a project.
``(8) State transportation department.--The term `State transportation department' means any statewide agency of a State with responsibility for one or more modes of transportation.
``(b) Applicability.--This subchapter is applicable to all projects for which an environmental impact statement is prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). This subchapter may be applied, to the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary, to other projects for which an environmental document is prepared pursuant to such Act. Any authorities granted in this subchapter may be exercised for a project, class of projects, or program of projects.
``Sec. 5252. Project development procedures
``(a) Lead Agencies.--
``(1) Federal lead agency.--The Department of Transportation shall be the Federal lead agency in the environmental review process for a project.
``(2) Project sponsor as joint lead agency.--Any project sponsor that is a State or local governmental entity receiving funds under title 23 or chapter 53 for the project shall serve as a joint lead agency with the Department for purposes of preparing any environmental document under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and may prepare any such environmental document required in support of any action or approval by the Secretary if the Federal lead agency furnishes guidance in such preparation and independently evaluates such document and the document is approved and adopted by the Secretary prior to the Secretary taking any subsequent action or making any approval based on such document, whether or not the Secretary's action or approval results in Federal funding.
``(3) Ensuring compliance.--The Secretary shall ensure that the project sponsor complies with all design and mitigation commitments made jointly by the Secretary and the project sponsor in any environmental document prepared by the project sponsor in accordance with this subsection and that such document is appropriately supplemented if project changes become necessary.
``(4) Adoption and use of documents.--Any environmental document prepared in accordance with this subsection may be adopted or used by any Federal agency making any approval to the same extent that such Federal agency could adopt or use a document prepared by another Federal agency.
``(b) Participating Agencies.--
``(1) In general.--The lead agency shall be responsible for inviting and designating participating agencies in accordance with this subsection.
``(2) Invitation.--The lead agency shall identify, as early as practicable in the environmental review process for a project, any other Federal and non-Federal agencies that may have an interest in the project, and shall invite such agencies to become participating agencies in the environmental review process for the project. The invitation shall set a deadline for responses to be submitted. The deadline may be extended by the lead agency for good cause.
``(3) Federal participating agencies.--Any Federal agency that is invited by the lead agency to participate in the environmental review process for a project shall be designated as a participating agency by the lead agency unless the invited agency informs the lead agency, in writing, by the deadline specified in the invitation that the invited agency--
``(A) has no jurisdiction or authority with respect to the project;
``(B) has no expertise or information relevant to the project; and
``(C) does not intend to submit comments on the project.
``(4) Effect of designation.--Designation as a participating agency under this subsection shall not imply that the participating agency--
``(A) supports a proposed project; or
``(B) has any jurisdiction over, or special expertise with respect to evaluation of, the project.
``(5) Cooperating agency.--A participating agency may also be designated by a lead agency as a `cooperating agency' under the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
``(6) Designations for categories of projects.--The Secretary may exercise the authorities granted under this subsection for a project, class of projects, or program of projects.
``(c) Project Initiation.--
``(1) In general.--The project sponsor shall initiate the environmental review process for a project by submitting an initiation notice to the Secretary.
``(2) Contents of notice.--The initiation notice shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of the type of work, termini, length, and general location of the proposed project, together with a statement of any Federal approvals anticipated to be needed for the project.
``(d) Purpose and Need.--
``(1) Participation.--As early as practicable during the environmental review process, the lead agency shall provide an opportunity for involvement by participating agencies and the public in defining the purpose and need for a project.
``(2) Definition.--Following participation under paragraph
(1), the lead agency shall define the project's purpose and need for purposes of any document which the lead agency is responsible for preparing for the project.
``(3) Objectives.--The statement of purpose and need shall include a clear statement of the objectives that the proposed action is intended to achieve, which may include--
``(A) achieving a transportation objective identified in an applicable statewide or metropolitan transportation plan;
``(B) supporting land use, economic development, or growth objectives established in applicable Federal, State, local, or tribal plans; and
``(C) serving national defense, national security, or other national objectives, as established in Federal laws, plans, or policies.
``(e) Alternatives Analysis.--
``(1) Participation.--As early as practicable during the environmental review process, the lead agency shall provide an opportunity for involvement by participating agencies and the public in determining the range of alternatives to be considered for a project.
``(2) Range of alternatives.--Following participation under paragraph (1), the lead agency shall determine the range of alternatives for consideration in any document which the lead agency is responsible for preparing for the project.
``(3) Methodologies.--The lead agency also shall determine, in collaboration with participating agencies at appropriate times during the study process, the methodologies to be used and the level of detail required in the analysis of each alternative for a project.
``(4) Preferred alternative.--At the discretion of the lead agency, the preferred alternative for a project, after being identified, may be developed to a higher level of detail than other alternatives in order to facilitate the development of mitigation measures or concurrent compliance with other applicable laws if the lead agency determines that the development of such higher level of detail will not prevent the lead agency from making an impartial decision as to whether to accept another alternative which is being considered in the environmental review process.
``(f) Comment Deadlines.--The lead agency shall establish the following deadlines for comment during the environmental review process for a project:
``(1) For comments by agencies and the public on a draft environmental impact statement, a period of no more than 60 days from the date of public availability of such document, unless--
``(A) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies; or
``(B) the deadline is extended by the lead agency for good cause.
``(2) For all other comment periods established by the lead agency for agency or public comments in the environmental review process, a period of no more than 30 days from availability of the materials on which comment is requested, unless--
``(A) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies; or
``(B) the deadline is extended by the lead agency for good cause.
``(g) Issue Identification and Resolution.--
``(1) Cooperation.--The lead agency and the participating agencies shall work cooperatively in accordance with this section to identify and resolve issues that could delay completion of the environmental review process or could result in denial of any approvals required for the project under applicable laws.
``(2) Lead agency responsibilities.--The lead agency shall make information available to the participating agencies as early as practicable in the environmental review process regarding the environmental and socioeconomic resources located within the project area and the general locations of the alternatives under consideration. Such information may be based on existing data sources, including geographic information systems mapping.
``(3) Participating agency responsibilities.--Based on information received from the lead agency, participating agencies shall identify, as early as practicable, any issues of concern regarding the project's potential environmental or socioeconomic impacts. In this paragraph, issues of concern include any issues that could substantially delay or prevent an agency from granting a permit or other approval that is needed for the project.
``(4) Issue resolution.--Whenever issues of concern are identified or at any time upon request of a project sponsor, the lead agency shall promptly convene a meeting with the relevant participating agencies. If a resolution cannot be achieved within 30 days following such a meeting and a determination by the lead agency that all information necessary to resolve the issue has been obtained, the lead agency shall notify the heads of all Federal agencies involved in the meeting and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and shall publish such notification in the Federal Register.
``(h) Participation of State Agencies.--For any project eligible for assistance under title 23 or chapter 53, a State may require, under procedures established by State law, that all State agencies that have jurisdiction by State or Federal law over environmental-related issues that may be affected by the project, or that are required to 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 established under this section unless the Secretary determines that a State agency's participation would not be in the public interest. A State participating in the review process must require all State agencies with jurisdiction to be subject to and comply with the review process to the same extent as a Federal agency.
``(i) Assistance to Affected State and Federal Agencies.--
``(1) In general.--For a project that is subject to the environmental review process established under this section and for which funds are made available to a State under title 23 or chapter 53, the Secretary may approve a request by the State to provide funds so made available to affected Federal agencies (including the Department of Transportation), State agencies, and Indian tribes participating in the environmental review process for the project. Such funds may be provided only to support activities that directly and meaningfully contribute to expediting and improving transportation project planning and delivery. Such activities may include dedicated staffing, training of agency personnel, information gathering and mapping, and development of programmatic agreements. The Secretary may also use funds made available under section 204 of title 23 for a project for the purposes specified in this subsection with respect to the environmental review process for the project.
``(2) Amounts.--Requests under paragraph (1) may be approved only for the additional amounts that the Secretary determines are necessary for the Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes participating in the environmental review process to meet the time limits for environmental review.
``(3) Condition.--A request under paragraph (1) to expedite time limits for environmental review may be approved only if such time limits are less than the customary time necessary for such review.''.
(c) Existing Environmental Review Processes.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any existing environmental review process approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 6003. POLICY ON HISTORIC SITES.
(a) Title 49.--Section 303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Special Rules for Historic Sites.--
``(1) In general.--The requirements of this section are deemed to be satisfied in any case in which the treatment of a historic site has been agreed upon in accordance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and the agreement includes a determination that the program or project will not have an adverse effect on the historic site.
``(2) Limitation on applicability.--This subsection does not apply in any case in which the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation determines, concurrent with or prior to the conclusion of section 106 consultation, that allowing section 106 compliance to satisfy the requirements of this section would be inconsistent with the objectives of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Council shall make such a determination if petitioned to do so by a section 106 consulting party, unless the Council affirmatively finds that the views of the requesting party have been adequately considered and that section 106 compliance will adequately protect historic properties.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
``(A) Section 106 consultation.--The term `section 106 consultation' means the consultation process required under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f).
``(B) Adverse effect.--The term `adverse effect' means altering, directly or indirectly, any of the characteristics of a historic property that qualify the property for inclusion in the National Register in a manner that would diminish the integrity of the property's location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, or association.''.
(b) Title 23.--Section 138 of title 23, United States Code is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) Policy.--'' before ``It is''; and
(2) by striking ``In carrying'' and inserting the following:
``(c) Studies.--In carrying''; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1)) the following:
``(b) Special Rules for Historic Sites.--
``(1) In general.--The requirements of this section are deemed to be satisfied in any case in which the treatment of a historic site has been agreed upon in accordance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and the agreement includes a determination that the program or project will not have an adverse effect on the historic site.
``(2) Limitation on applicability.--This subsection does not apply in any case in which the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation determines, concurrent with or prior to the conclusion of section 106 consultation, that allowing section 106 compliance to satisfy the requirements of this section would be inconsistent with the objectives of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Council shall make such a determination if petitioned to do so by a section 106 consulting party, unless the Council affirmatively finds that the views of the requesting party have been adequately considered and that section 106 compliance will adequately protect historic properties.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
``(A) Section 106 consultation.--The term `section 106 consultation' means the consultation process required under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f).
``(B) Adverse effect.--The term `adverse effect' means altering, directly or indirectly, any of the characteristics of a historic property that qualify the property for inclusion in the National Register in a manner that would diminish the integrity of the property's location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, or association.''.
SEC. 6004. EXEMPTION OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
Section 103(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Exemption of interstate system.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Interstate System shall not be considered to be a historic site under section 303 of title 49 or section 138 of this title, regardless of whether the Interstate System or portions of the Interstate System are listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places.
``(B) Individual elements.--Subject to subparagraph (C), a portion of the Interstate System that possesses an independent feature of historic significance (such as a historic bridge or a highly significant engineering feature) that is listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places, shall be considered to be a historic site under section 303 of title 49 or section 138 of this title, as applicable.
``(C) Construction, maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation activities.--Subparagraph (B) does not prohibit a State from carrying out construction, maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitation activities for a portion of the Interstate System referred to in subparagraph (B) upon compliance with section 303 of title 49 or section 138 of this title, as applicable, and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470f).''.
SEC. 6005. INTERSTATE COMPACTS.
Section 5213(d), as inserted by section 6001(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Interstate compacts.--The consent of Congress is granted to any 2 or more States--
``(A) to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities authorized under this section as the activities pertain to interstate areas and localities within the States; and
``(B) to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as the States may determine desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.
``(3) Lake tahoe region.--
``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `Lake Tahoe region' has the meaning given the term `region' in subdivision (a) of article II of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, as set forth in the first section of Public Law 96-551 (94 Stat. 3234).
``(B) Transportation planning process.--The Secretary shall--
``(i) establish with the Federal land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region a transportation planning process for the region; and
``(ii) coordinate the transportation planning process with the planning process required of State and local governments under this section and section 5214.
``(C) Interstate compact.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), notwithstanding subsection (b), to carry out the transportation planning process required by this section, the consent of Congress is granted to the States of California and Nevada to designate a metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region, by agreement between the Governors of the States of California and Nevada and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of the affected population (including the central city or cities (as defined by the Bureau of the Census)), or in accordance with procedures established by applicable State or local law.
``(ii) Involvement of federal land management agencies.--
``(I) Representation.--The policy board of a metropolitan planning organization designated under clause (i) shall include a representative of each Federal land management agency that has jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region.
``(II) Funding.--In addition to funds made available to the metropolitan planning organization under other provisions of title 23 and under chapter 53, not more than 1 percent of the funds allocated under section 202 of title 23 may be used to carry out the transportation planning process for the Lake Tahoe region under this subparagraph.
``(D) Activities.--Highway projects included in transportation plans developed under this paragraph--
``(i) shall be selected for funding in a manner that facilitates the participation of the Federal land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region; and
``(ii) may, in accordance with chapter 2 of title 23, be funded using funds allocated under section 202 of title 23.
``(4) Reservation of rights.--The right to alter, amend or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection is expressly reserved.''.
SEC. 6006. DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
Section 5213(g), as inserted by section 6001(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting before paragraph (2) the following:
``(1) In general.--Each metropolitan planning organization shall prepare, and update periodically, according to a schedule that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, a transportation plan for its metropolitan planning area in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. The metropolitan planning organization shall prepare and update such plan every 4 years (or more frequently, if the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more frequently) in the case of each of the following:
``(A) Any area designated as nonattainment, as defined in section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)).
``(B) Any area that was nonattainment and subsequently designated to attainment in accordance with section 107(d)(3) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(3)) and that is subject to a maintenance plan under section 175A of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a).
In the case of any other area required to have a transportation plan in accordance with the requirements of this subsection, the metropolitan planning organization shall prepare and update such plan every 4 years unless the metropolitan planning organization elects to update more frequently.''.
SEC. 6007. INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS.
Section 5214, as inserted by section 6001(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Interstate Agreements.--
``(1) In general.--The consent of Congress is granted to 2 or more States entering into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities authorized under this section related to interstate areas and localities in the States and establishing authorities the States consider desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective.
``(2) Reservation of rights.--The right to alter, amend or repeal interstate compacts entered into under this subsection is expressly reserved.''.
SEC. 6008. REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations that are consistent with the provisions of subchapter B of chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, that relate to the Clean Air Act.
SEC. 6009. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
PROCEDURES.
Section 5252 of title 49, United States Code, as inserted by section 6001(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Judicial Review and Savings Clause.--
``(1) Judicial review.--Except as set forth under subsection (k), nothing in this section shall affect the reviewability of any final Federal agency action in a court of the United States.
``(2) Savings clause.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding, amending, or modifying the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or any other Federal environmental statute or affect the responsibility of any Federal officer to comply with or enforce any such statute.
``(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this section shall preempt or interfere with--
``(A) any practice of seeking, considering, or responding to public comment; or
``(B) any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority that a Federal, State, or local government agency, metropolitan planning organization, Indian tribe, or project sponsor has with respect to carrying out a project or any other provisions of law applicable to projects, plans, or programs.
``(k) Limitations on Claims.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency for a highway or public transportation capital project shall be barred unless it is filed within 90 days after the permit, license, or approval is final pursuant to the law under which the agency action is taken, unless a shorter time is specified in the Federal law pursuant to which judicial review is allowed. Nothing in this subsection shall create a right to judicial review or place any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or approval.
``(2) New information.--The Secretary shall consider new information received after the close of a comment period if the information satisfies the requirements for a supplemental environmental impact statement under section 771.130 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations. The preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement when required shall be considered a separate final agency action and the deadline for filing a claim for judicial review of such action shall be 90 days after the date of such action.''.
TITLE VII--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION
SEC. 7001. AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 7002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds with respect to hazardous materials transportation that--
(1) approximately 4,000,000,000 tons of regulated hazardous materials are transported each year and approximately 1,200,000 movements of hazardous materials occur each day, according to Department of Transportation estimates;
(2) the movement of hazardous materials in commerce is necessary to maintain economic vitality and meet consumer demands and must be conducted in a safe and efficient manner;
(3) accidents involving, or unauthorized access to, hazardous materials in transportation may result in a release of such materials and pose a serious threat to public health and safety;
(4) many States and localities have enacted laws and regulations that vary from Federal laws and regulations pertaining to the transportation of hazardous materials, thereby creating the potential for unreasonable hazards in other jurisdictions and confounding shippers and carriers that attempt to comply with multiple regulatory requirements;
(5) because of the potential risks to life, property, and the environment posed by unintentional releases of hazardous materials, consistency in laws and regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials is necessary and desirable;
(6) in order to achieve greater uniformity and to promote the public health, welfare, and safety at all levels, Federal standards for regulating the transportation of hazardous materials in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce are necessary and desirable; and
(7) in order to provide reasonable, adequate, and cost-effective protection from the risks posed by the transportation of hazardous materials, a network of well-trained State and local emergency response personnel and hazmat employees is essential.
(b) Purpose.--The text of section 5101 is amended to read as follows: ``The purpose of this chapter is to protect against the risks to life, property, and the environment that are inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce.''.
SEC. 7003. DEFINITIONS.
Section 5102 is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following:
``(C) on a United States registered aircraft.'';
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking ``national response team'' each place it appears and inserting ``National Response Team'';
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
``(11) `Secretary' means the Secretary of Transportation.''.
SEC. 7004. GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
(a) Technical Amendments.--Section 5103(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``etiologic agent,'' and inserting
``infectious substance,''; and
(2) by striking ``poison,'' and inserting ``toxic,''.
(b) Regulations for Safe Transportation.--Section 5103(b)(1)(A) is amended--
(1) in clause (i) by striking ``transporting'' and inserting ``that transports'';
(2) in clause (ii)--
(A) by striking ``causing'' and inserting ``that causes''; and
(B) by striking ``or'' at the end; and
(3) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
``(iii) that designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package or container that is represented, marked, certified, or sold by that person as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;
``(iv) that prepares or accepts hazardous material for transportation in commerce;
``(v) that is responsible for the safety of transporting hazardous material in commerce;
``(vi) that certifies compliance with any requirement of this chapter; or
``(vii) that misrepresents whether the person is engaged in any of the activities described in this subparagraph; and''.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 5103(b) is amended--
(1) by moving subparagraph (C) from the end of paragraph
(1) and inserting it after paragraph (2);
(2) by redesignating such subparagraph as paragraph (3); and
(3) by moving such paragraph (3) 2 ems to the left.
SEC. 7005. CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS.
Section 5103a(c) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``this subsection'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Standards.--The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation uniform standards (including standards used to disqualify applicants) governing--
``(A) the collection by States of background information authorized by paragraph (1);
``(B) the collection, transmission, and review of background information; and
``(C) the notification of an applicant of the results of the background check.
``(4) Fees.--A State may impose and collect an appropriate fee to carry out paragraph (1) consistent with section 5125(f).
``(5) Operators registered in mexico and canada.--No operator of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31101) licensed in Mexico or Canada may operate in the United States a commercial motor vehicle transporting hazardous material until the operator has undergone a background records check similar to the background records check required of operators of commercial motor vehicles licensed in the United States to transport hazardous materials.''.
SEC. 7006. REPRESENTATION AND TAMPERING.
(a) Representation.--Section 5104(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``A person'' and inserting ``No person'';
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ``only if'' and all that follows through ``meets'' and inserting ``if it does not conform to''; and
(3) in paragraph (2) by striking ``only if'' and inserting
``unless''.
(b) Tampering.--Section 5104(b) is amended by striking ``A person may not'' and inserting ``No person may''.
SEC. 7007. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) Elimination of Completed Study.--Section 5105 is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
(b) Classification of Explosives.--Section 5108(a)(1)(B) is amended by striking ``class A or B'' and inserting ``Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3''.
SEC. 7008. TRAINING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
Section 5107 is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively;
(2) in subsection (g)(2) (as so redesignated) by striking
``sections 5106, 5108(a)-(g)(1) and (h), and 5109 of this title'' and inserting ``section 5106''; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Training of Certain Employees.--The Secretary shall ensure that maintenance-of-way employees and railroad signalmen receive general awareness/familiarization training and safety training pursuant to section 172.704 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.''.
SEC. 7009. REGISTRATION.
(a) Persons Required to File.--Section 5108(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ``manufacturing, fabricating, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing'' and inserting ``designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing''; and
(2) by aligning the left margin of paragraph (4) with the left margin of paragraph (3).
(b) Filing Schedule.--Section 5108(c) is amended--
(1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting``Filing Schedule''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``must file the first'' and inserting
``shall file that'';
(B) by striking ``not later than March 31, 1992'' and inserting ``in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary''; and
(C) by striking the second sentence.
(c) Fees.--Section 5108(g) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``may'' and inserting
``shall'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$3,000''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Fees on exempt persons.--Notwithstanding subsection
(a)(4), the Secretary shall impose and collect a fee of $25 from a person who is required to register under this section but who is otherwise exempted by the Secretary from paying any fee under this section. The fee shall be used to pay the cost of the Secretary in processing registration statements filed by such persons.''.
(d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Section 5108(i)(2)(B) is amended by inserting ``, Indian tribe,'' after ``State'' the first place it appears.
(e) Hazmat Registration Notification.--As soon as practicable, the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrator of the Department of Transportation shall transmit to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hazardous material registrant information obtained before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act under section 5108 of title 49, United States Code, together with any Department of Transportation identification number for each registrant.
SEC. 7010. PROVIDING SHIPPING PAPERS.
Section 5110 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``under subsection (b) of this section'' and inserting ``by regulation''; and
(2) in subsection (e) by striking ``1 year'' and inserting
``2 years after the date of preparation of the shipping paper''.
SEC. 7011. RAIL TANK CARS.
Section 5111, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 51, are repealed.
SEC. 7012. UNSATISFACTORY SAFETY RATING.
The text of section 5113 is amended to read as follows: ``A person who violates section 31144(c)(3) shall be subject to the penalties in sections 5123 and 5124.''.
SEC. 7013. TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
(a) Requirements.--Section 5115(b)(1)(C) is amended by striking ``under other United States Government grant programs, including those'' and inserting ``with Federal financial assistance, including programs''.
(b) Training on Complying With Legal Requirements.--Section 5115(c)(3) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and such other voluntary consensus standard-setting organizations as the Secretary determines appropriate''.
(c) Distribution and Publication.--Section 5115(d) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
``national response team'' and inserting ``National Response Team'';
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ``Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary''; and
(3) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``and distribute'' after ``publish''; and
(B) by striking ``programs that uses'' and all that follows before the period at the end and inserting ``programs and courses developed under this section''.
SEC. 7014. PLANNING AND TRAINING GRANTS, MONITORING, AND
REVIEW.
(a) Factors to Consider in Determining Needs.--Section 5116(b)(4) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) the report submitted by the State to the Secretary under section 5125(f)(2); and''.
(b) Compliance With Certain Law.--Section 5116(c) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or Indian tribe'' after ``a State'';
(2) by inserting ``or Indian tribe'' after ``the State'' the first place it appears; and
(3) by inserting ``(1) the State or Indian tribe is complying with all applicable requirements of this chapter
(including section 5125(f)), and (2) in the case of a State,'' after ``certifies that''.
(c) Government's Share of Costs.--Section 5116(e) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: ``Amounts received by the State or tribe under subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) are not part of the non-Government share under this subsection.''.
(d) Monitoring and Technical Assistance.--Section 5116(f) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``Secretaries of Transportation and Energy,'' and inserting ``Secretary of Energy, Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,''; and
(B) by striking ``Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall'' and inserting ``Secretary of Transportation shall''; and
(2) in the second sentence--
(A) by striking ``the Secretaries, Administrator, and Directors each shall'' and inserting ``the Secretary shall''; and
(B) by striking ``national response team'' and inserting
``National Response Team''.
(e) Delegation of Authority.--Section 5116(g) is amended by striking ``Government grant programs'' and inserting
``Federal financial assistance''.
(f) Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund.--Section 5116(i) is amended--
(1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting
``Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund.--'';
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``, to be known as the `Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund','' after ``account in the Treasury''; and
(B) by striking ``section 5108(g)(2)(A) of this title'' and all that follows before the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting ``this chapter'';
(3) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
(4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) to publish and distribute the Emergency Response Guidebook; and''.
(g) Reports.--In section 5116(k)--
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ``The Secretary shall submit to Congress and make available to the public annually a report on the allocation and uses of planning grants under subsection (a), training grants under subsection (b), and grants under subsection (j) and under section 5107.''; and
(2) in the second sentence by striking ``Such report'' and inserting ``The report''.
SEC. 7015. SPECIAL PERMITS AND EXCLUSIONS.
(a) Section Heading.--
(1) In general.--Section 5117 is amended by striking the section number and heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5117. Special permits and exclusions''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section 5117 in the analysis for chapter 51 is amended to read as follows:
``5117. Special permits and exclusions.''.
(b) Subsection Heading.--The heading for subsection (a) of section 5117 is amended by striking ``Exempt'' and inserting
``Issue Special Permits''.
(c) Authority to Issue Special Permits.--Section 5117(a)(1) is amended--
(1) by striking ``an exemption'' and inserting ``, modify, or terminate a special permit authorizing a variance''; and
(2) by striking ``transporting, or causing to be transported, hazardous material'' and inserting ``performing a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1)''.
(d) Period of Special Permit.--Section 5117(a)(2) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) A special permit issued under this section shall be effective for an initial period of not more than 2 years and may be renewed by the Secretary upon application for an additional period of not more than 4 years or, in the case of a special permit relating to section 5112, for an additional period of not more than 2 years.''.
(e) Applications.--Sections 5117(b) is amended--
(1) by striking ``an exemption'' each place it appears and inserting ``a special permit''; and
(2) by striking ``the exemption'' and inserting ``the special permit''.
(f) Dealing With Applications Promptly.--Section 5117(c) is amended by striking ``the exemption'' each place it appears and inserting ``the special permit''.
(g) Limitation on Authority.--Section 5117(e) is amended--
(1) by striking ``an exemption'' and inserting ``a special permit''; and
(2) by striking ``be exempt'' and inserting ``be granted a variance''.
SEC. 7016. UNIFORM FORMS AND PROCEDURES.
Section 5119 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5119. Uniform forms and procedures
``(a) Establishment of Working Group.--The Secretary shall establish a working group of State and local government officials, including representatives of the National Governors' Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uniform Hazmat Transportation Procedures.
``(b) Purpose of Working Group.--The purpose of the working group shall be to establish uniform forms and procedures for a State to register, and to issue permits to, persons that transport, or cause to be transported, hazardous material by motor vehicle in the State.
``(c) Limitation on Working Group.--The working group may not propose to define or limit the amount of a fee a State may impose or collect.
``(d) Procedure.--The Secretary shall develop a procedure by which the working group shall harmonize existing State registration and permit laws and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials, with special attention paid to each State's unique safety concerns and interest in maintaining strong hazmat safety standards.
``(e) Report of Working Group.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the working group shall transmit to the Secretary a report containing recommendations for establishing uniform forms and procedures described in subsection (b).
``(f) Regulations.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out such recommendations of the working group as the Secretary considers appropriate.
``(g) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a State from voluntarily participating in a program of uniform forms and procedures until such time as the Secretary issues regulations under subsection (f).''.
SEC. 7017. INTERNATIONAL UNIFORMITY OF STANDARDS AND
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Consultation.--Section 5120(b) is amended by inserting
``and requirements'' after ``standards''.
(b) Differences With International Standards and Requirements.--Section 5120(c) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``or requirement'' after
``standard'' each place it appears; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``standard or'' before ``requirement'' each place it appears; and
(B) by striking ``included in a standard''.
SEC. 7018. ADMINISTRATIVE.
(a) General Authority.--Section 5121(a) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence by inserting ``conduct tests,'' after ``investigate,'';
(2) in the second sentence by striking ``After'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), after''; and
(3) by striking ``regulation prescribed'' and inserting
``regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued''.
(b) Records, Reports, and Information.--Section 5121(b) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``and property'' after
``records''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``property,'' after ``records,'';
(B) by inserting ``for inspection'' after ``available''; and
(C) by striking ``requests'' and inserting ``undertakes an investigation or makes a request''.
(c) Enhanced Authority to Discover Hidden Shipments of Hazardous Material.--Section 5121(c) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Inspections and Investigations.--
``(1) In general.--A designated officer, employee, or agent of the Secretary--
``(A) may inspect and investigate, at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, records and property relating to a function described in section 5103(b)(1);
``(B) except in the case of packaging immediately adjacent to its hazardous material contents, may gain access to, open, and examine a package offered for, or in, transportation when the officer, employee, or agent has an objectively reasonable and articulable belief that the package may contain a hazardous material;
``(C) may remove from transportation a package or related packages in a shipment offered for or in transportation for which--
``(i) such officer, employee, or agent has an objectively reasonable and articulable belief that the package may pose an imminent hazard; and
``(ii) such officer, employee, or agent contemporaneously documents such belief in accordance with procedures set forth in guidance or regulations prescribed under subsection (e);
``(D) may gather information from the offeror, carrier, packaging manufacturer or retester, or other person responsible for the package, to ascertain the nature and hazards of the contents of the package;
``(E) as necessary, under terms and conditions specified by the Secretary, may order the offeror, carrier, packaging manufacturer or retester, or other person responsible for the package to have the package transported to, opened, and the contents examined and analyzed, at a facility appropriate for the conduct of such examination and analysis; and
``(F) when safety might otherwise be compromised, may authorize properly qualified personnel to assist in the activities conducted under this subsection.
``(2) Display of credentials.--An officer, employee, or agent acting under this subsection shall display proper credentials when requested.
``(3) Safe resumption of transportation.--In instances when, as a result of an inspection or investigation under this subsection, an imminent hazard is not found to exist, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures set forth in regulations prescribed under subsection (e), shall assist--
``(A) in the safe resumption of transportation of the package concerned; or
``(B) in any case in which the hazardous material being transported is perishable, in the safe and expeditious resumption of transportation of the perishable hazardous material.''.
(d) Emergency Authority for Hazardous Material Transportation.--Section 5121 is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Emergency Orders.--
``(1) In general.--If, upon inspection, investigation, testing, or research, the Secretary determines that either a violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation issued under this chapter, or an unsafe condition or practice, constitutes or is causing an imminent hazard, the Secretary may issue an emergency order, without notice or the opportunity for a hearing, but only to the extent necessary to abate the imminent hazard.
``(2) Written orders.--An emergency order issued under paragraph (1) shall be in writing, describe the violation, condition, or practice that is causing the imminent hazard, and state the restrictions, prohibitions, recalls, or out-of-service orders issued. The emergency order also shall describe the standards and procedures for obtaining relief from the order.
``(3) Opportunity for review.--After issuing an emergency order under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for review of the order under section 554 of title 5 if a petition for review is filed within 20 calendar days after the date of issuance of the order.
``(4) Expiration of effectiveness of emergency order.--If a petition for review is filed for an order and the review is not completed by the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the petition was filed, the order shall cease to be effective at the end of that period unless the Secretary determines in writing that the emergency situation still exists.
``(e) Regulations.--
``(1) Temporary regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, the Secretary shall issue temporary regulations to carry out subsections (c) and (d). The temporary regulations shall expire on the date of issuance of the regulations under paragraph (2).
``(2) Final regulations.--Not later than 1 year after such date of enactment, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out subsections (c) and (d) in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.''.
(e) Report.--Section 5121(g) (as redesignated by subsection
(d)(1) of this section) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
``submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress'' and inserting ``transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate''; and
(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ``relating to a function regulated by the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1)'' after
``activities''.
(f) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Section 5118, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 51, are repealed.
SEC. 7019. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) General.--Section 5122(a) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting ``The court may award appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction, punitive damages, and assessment of civil penalties considering the same penalty amounts and factors as prescribed for the Secretary in an administrative case under section 5123.''.
(b) Imminent Hazards.--Section 5122(b)(1)(B) is amended by striking ``or ameliorate the'' and inserting ``or mitigate the''.
SEC. 7020. CIVIL PENALTY.
(a) Penalty.--Section 5123(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``regulation prescribed or order issued'' and inserting ``regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued''; and
(B) by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$50,000'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) If the Secretary finds that a violation under paragraph (1) results in death, serious illness, or severe injury to any person or substantial destruction of property, the Secretary may increase the amount of the civil penalty for such violation to not more than $100,000.''.
(b) Hearing Requirement.--Section 5123(b) is amended by striking ``regulation prescribed'' and inserting
``regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued''.
(c) Civil Actions to Collect.--Section 5123(d) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In such action, the validity, amount, and appropriateness of the civil penalty shall not be subject to review.''.
(d) Compromise.--Section 5123(e) is amended by striking
``before referral to the Attorney General''.
SEC. 7021. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Section 5124 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5124. Criminal penalty
``(a) In General.--A person knowingly violating section 5104(b) or willfully or recklessly violating this chapter or a regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued under this chapter shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both; except that the maximum amount of imprisonment shall be 10 years in any case in which the violation involves the release of a hazardous material that results in death or bodily injury to any person.
``(b) Knowing Violations.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) a person acts knowingly when--
``(A) the person has actual knowledge of the facts giving rise to the violation; or
``(B) a reasonable person acting in the circumstances and exercising reasonable care would have that knowledge; and
``(2) knowledge of the existence of a statutory provision, or a regulation or a requirement required by the Secretary, is not an element of an offense under this section.
``(c) Willful Violations.--For purposes of this section, a person acts willfully when--
``(1) the person has knowledge of the facts giving rise to the violation; and
``(2) the person has knowledge that the conduct was unlawful.
``(d) Reckless Violations.--For purposes of this section, a person acts recklessly when the person displays a deliberate indifference or conscious disregard to the consequences of that person's conduct.''.
SEC. 7022. PREEMPTION.
(a) Dual Compliance and Obstacle Tests.--Section 5125(a) is amended by striking the subsection heading and inserting
``Dual Compliance and Obstacle Tests.--''.
(b) Substantive Differences.--The second sentence of section 5125(b)(2) is amended by striking ``after November 16, 1990''.
(c) Decisions on Preemption.--The third sentence of section 5125(d)(1) is amended by inserting ``and publish in the Federal Register'' after ``issue''.
(d) Independent Application of Each Standard.--Section 5125 is amended by inserting after subsection (f), as redesignated by section 7024(a)(2) of this Act, the following:
``(g) Independent Application of Each Standard.--Subsections (b), (c)(1), (d), and (g) are independent in their application to a requirement of any State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe and shall be reviewed independently.''.
SEC. 7023. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
Section 5126(a) is amended by striking ``must comply'' and inserting ``shall comply''.
SEC. 7024. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) Repeal.--Section 5125 is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f);
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and
(3) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated) by moving paragraph (2) (including subparagraphs (A) through (D)) 2 ems to the left.
(b) Judicial Review.--Chapter 51 is amended by redesignating section 5127 as section 5128 and by inserting after section 5126 the following:
``Sec. 5127. Judicial review
``(a) Filing and Venue.--Except as provided in section 20114(c), a person adversely affected or aggrieved by a final action of the Secretary under this chapter may petition for review of the final action in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or in the court of appeals for the United States for the circuit in which the person resides or has its principal place of business. The petition must be filed not more than 60 days after the Secretary's action becomes final.
``(b) Judicial Procedures.--When a petition is filed under subsection (a), the clerk of the court immediately shall send a copy of the petition to the Secretary. The Secretary shall file with the court a record of any proceeding in which the final action was issued, as provided in section 2112 of title 28.
``(c) Authority of Court.--The court has exclusive jurisdiction, as provided in subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, to affirm or set aside any part of the Secretary's final action and may order the Secretary to conduct further proceedings. Findings of fact by the Secretary, if supported by substantial evidence, are conclusive.
``(d) Requirement for Prior Objection.--In reviewing a final action under this section, the court may consider an objection to a final action of the Secretary only if the objection was made in the course of a proceeding or review conducted by the Secretary or if there was a reasonable ground for not making the objection in the proceeding.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 51 is amended by striking the item relating to section 5127 and inserting the following:
``5127. Judicial review.
``5128. Authorization of appropriations.''.
SEC. 7025. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 5128 (as redesignated by section 7024) is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5128. Authorizations of appropriations
``(a) In General.--In order to carry out this chapter
(except sections 5107(e), 5108(g)(2), 5113, 5115, 5116, and 5119), the following amounts are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary:
``(1) For fiscal year 2005, $27,000,000.
``(2) For fiscal year 2006, $29,000,000.
``(3) For fiscal year 2007, $30,000,000.
``(b) Emergency Preparedness Fund.--There shall be available to the Secretary, from the account established pursuant to section 5116(i), for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007 the following:
``(1) To carry out section 5115, $200,000.
``(2) To carry out section 5116(a), $8,000,000.
``(3) To carry out section 5116(b), $13,800,000.
``(4) To carry out section 5116(f), $150,000.
``(5) To publish and distribute the Emergency Response Guidebook under section 5116(i)(3), $500,000.
``(6) To pay administrative expenses in accordance with section 5116(i)(4), $150,000.
``(7) To carry out section 5116(j), $1,000,000.
``(c) Training of Hazmat Employee Instructors.--There shall be available to the Secretary, from the account established pursuant to section 5116(i), to carry out section 5107(e)
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007.
``(d) Uniform Forms and Procedures.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for making grants to States participating in the working group established under section 5119 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 and 2006.
``(e) Issuance of Hazmat Licenses.--There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation such amounts as may be necessary to carry out section 5103a.
``(f) Credits to Appropriations.--The Secretary may credit to any appropriation to carry out this chapter an amount received from a State, Indian tribe, or other public authority or private entity for expenses the Secretary incurs in providing training to the State, authority, or entity.
``(g) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available by or under this section remain available until expended.''.
SEC. 7026. DETERMINING AMOUNT OF UNDECLARED SHIPMENTS OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to propose methods of determining the amount of undeclared shipments of hazardous materials (as defined in section 5101 of title 49, United States Code) entering the United States.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.
SEC. 7027. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 51 is amended by striking ``Secretary of Transportation'' each place it appears (other than the second place it appears in section 5108(g)(2)(C), the first place it appears in section 5115(a), and in sections 5116(g), 5116(i), and 5120(a)) and inserting ``Secretary''.
Strike title VIII of the bill and insert the following:
TITLE VIII--TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE
SEC. 8101. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR THE HIGHWAY AND
MASS TRANSIT CATEGORIES.
(a) Limits.--(1) Redesignate paragraphs (2) through (9) of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively, and strike paragraph (1) of such section 251(c) and insert the following new paragraphs:
``(1) with respect to fiscal year 2004--
``(A) for the highway category: $28,052,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $1,436,000,000 in new budget authority and $6,271,000,000 in outlays;
``(2) with respect to fiscal year 2005--
``(A) for the highway category: $34,215,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $1,531,670,000 in new budget authority and $6,844,000,000 in outlays;
``(3) with respect to fiscal year 2006--
``(A) for the highway category: $36,814,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $1,706,670,000 in new budget authority and $5,978,000,000 in outlays;
``(4) with respect to fiscal year 2007--
``(A) for the highway category: $38,428,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $1,823,220,000 in new budget authority and $7,456,000,000 in outlays;
``(5) with respect to fiscal year 2008--
``(A) for the highway category: $39,815,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $1,931,785,000 in new budget authority and $8,263,000,000 in outlays;
``(6) with respect to fiscal year 2009--
``(A) for the highway category: $40,880,000,000 in outlays;
``(B) for the mass transit category: $2,062,755,000 in new budget authority and $8,817,000,000 in outlays;
``(b) Definitions.--Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
``(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and all that follows through the colon and inserting: ``the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users:''; and
``(2) in subparagraph (C), by--
``(A) inserting `(and successor accounts)' after `budget accounts'; and
``(B) striking `the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century' and all that follows thereafter through the colon and inserting `the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or for which appropriations are provided pursuant to authorizations contained in that Act:'; and''
SEC. 8102. ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN HIGHWAY SPENDING WITH
REVENUES.
Subparagraphs (B) through (E) of section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as follows:
``(B) Adjustment to align highway spending with revenues.--
(i) When the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall make adjustments to the highway category for the budget year and each outyear as provided in clause
(ii)(I)(cc).
``(ii)(I)(aa) OMB shall take the actual level of highway receipts for the year before the current year and subtract the sum of the estimated level of highway receipts in subclause (II) plus any amount previously calculated under item (bb) for that year.
``(bb) OMB shall take the current estimate of highway receipts for the current year and subtract the estimated level of receipts for that year.
``(cc) OMB shall add one-half of the sum of the amount calculated under items (aa) and (bb) to the obligation limitations set forth in the section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and, using current estimates, calculate the outlay change resulting from the change in obligations for the budget year and the first outyear and the outlays flowing therefrom through subsequent fiscal years. After making the calculations under the preceding sentence, OMB shall adjust the amount of obligations set forth in that section for the budget year and the first outyear by adding one-half of the sum of the amount calculated under items (aa) and (bb) to each such year.
``(II) The estimated level of highway receipts for the purposes of this clause are--
``(aa) for fiscal year 2004, $29,172,000,000;
``(bb) for fiscal year 2005, $33,898,000,000;
``(cc) for fiscal year 2006, $35,393,000,000;
``(dd) for fiscal year 2007, $36,615,000,000;
``(ee) for fiscal year 2008, $37,770,000,000; and
``(ff) for fiscal year 2009, $38,857,000,000.
``(III) In this clause, the term `highway receipts' means the governmental receipts credited to the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund.
``(C) In addition to the adjustment required by subparagraph (B), when the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2007, 2008, or 2009, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall include for the budget year and each outyear an adjustment to the limits on outlays for the highway category and the mass transit category equal to--
``(i) the outlays for the applicable category calculated assuming obligation levels consistent with the estimates prepared pursuant to subparagraph (D), as adjusted, using current technical assumptions; minus
``(ii) the outlays for the applicable category set forth in the subparagraph (D) estimates, as adjusted.
``(D)(i) When OMB and CBO submit their final sequester report for fiscal year 2006, that report shall include an estimate of the outlays for each of the categories that would result in fiscal years 2007 through 2010 from obligations at the levels specified in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users using current assumptions.
``(ii) When the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, OMB shall adjust the estimates made in clause
(i) by the adjustments by subparagraphs (B) and (C).
``(E) OMB shall consult with the Committees on the Budget and include a report on adjustments under subparagraphs (B) and (C) in the preview report.''.
SEC. 8103. LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS.
(a) Highway Category.--For the purposes of section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the level of obligation limitations for the highway category is--
(1) for fiscal year 2004, $34,309,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2005, $35,160,000,000;
(3) for fiscal year 2006, $37,417,000,000;
(4) for fiscal year 2007, $38,787,000,000;
(5) for fiscal year 2008, $40,077,000,000; and
(6) for fiscal year 2009, $41,467,000,000.
(b) Mass Transit Category.--For the purposes of section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the level of obligation limitations for the mass transit category is--
(1) for fiscal year 2004, $7,265,900,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2005, $7,646,300,000;
(3) for fiscal year 2006, $8,482,000,000;
(4) for fiscal year 2007, $9,042,000,000;
(5) for fiscal year 2008, $9,639,000,000; and
(6) for fiscal year 2009, $10,277,000,000.For purposes of this subsection, the term ``obligation limitations'' means the sum of budget authority and obligation limitations.
SEC. 8104. ENFORCEMENT OF GUARANTEE.
Clause 3 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
(1) by striking ``Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of this clause, any obligation limitation relating to surface transportation projects under section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and section 1702 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users shall be assumed to be administered on the basis of sound program management practices that are consistent with past practices of the administering agency permitting States to decide High Priority Project funding priorities within State program allocations.''.
SEC. 8105. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.
For purposes of clauses 2 and 3 of rule XXI of the House of Representatives, it shall be in order to transfer funds, in amounts specified in annual appropriation Acts to carry out the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (including the amendments made by that Act), from the Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses account to other mass transit budget accounts under section 250(c)(4)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. No further amendment is in order except those printed in part B of the report or pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. Each amendment printed in part B may be offered only in the order printed in the report, by a member designated in the report, shall be considered read, shall be debatable for the 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.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Boozman
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. Boozman:
After section 4134, insert the following (and redesignate, and conform the table of contents, of the bill accordingly):
SEC. 4132. BREAKS DURING DAILY TOUR OF DUTY.
Section 31502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Breaks During Daily Tour of Duty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an operator of a property carrying commercial motor vehicle shall be permitted to operate such vehicle and perform other workrelated activities at the end of the 14th hour from the time the driver begins duty, for a period of time for which the driver has been off duty during the 14-hour period, not to exceed a total of 16 hours.
``(g) No Coercion.--No person shall require or coerce a motor carrier or its employees to record falsely their duty status as off-duty for any activity defined by the Secretary as on-duty. ''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman).
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
First, Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Committee on Rules, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), for making my amendment in order.
I would also like to express my pride as a member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and I greatly appreciate the leadership of Chairman Young and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar). Mr. Chairman, I think the American public wants more than anything to see us working together, and I truly do appreciate the example this committee has demonstrated in that regard.
The other thing I would like to do is thank the staff. I am in the process of an amendment that would give the truckers an additional 2 hours of break time. I think I almost need to do an amendment that would give the staff a couple of hours of break time for the last 2 weeks. So we really do appreciate them.
Mr. Chairman, I represent the Third District of Arkansas and probably have more trucking companies and truck drivers in that district than any other part of America. In visiting with my trucking companies and visiting with the drivers, they have indicated under the current hours of service rule there were times they felt it would be beneficial if they could go off the clock and occasionally take a break.
Today, when I arrived at work, and I have as tough a schedule as anybody anyplace today, yet I have the ability, if I want to go and visit with somebody and take 30 minutes, drink a cup of coffee, take a nap, do things like that, I have the ability to do that and make it up later. Our truckers do not have that ability.
The Federal Motor Carriers have had over 300 complaints lodged in that regard. So what we are trying to do is provide an amendment that gives the truckers the ability to take up to 2 hours of off-duty time during the day. The rest times are optional, voluntary. The driver does not have to take the rest time unless he wants to. In fact, I have included specific language in the amendment which protects the drivers and preserves the time for them. It is apparent that the industry at this point has become very complex. It is difficult. One size does not fit all, and that is really what we are trying to alleviate.
Last year, I offered an amendment to basically say, let us go back to the old hours of service rule because of the difficulties we were having. During the markup last year, I spoke with Chairman Young and Ranking Member Oberstar, and in the course of that discussion I brought up the fact that the drivers, again, do not have the flexibility, they do not have the ability to take a break when they want to once the clock starts.
Ranking Member Oberstar, in the course of the discussion, understood that that was a problem. So what I did was to try to craft a rule that would come back to address that problem. I understand, though, that there are concerns that still exist with the amendment. So I visited with the ranking member's staff. I visited with Annette Sandberg, the administrator of the Federal Motor Carriers, trying again to further refine this thing so we can answer all of the problems that have come about.
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I want to compliment Ms. Sandberg. She is in a very difficult situation. She and her staff are working very hard to get this resolved. Hopefully, we will be able to do that in the near future.
One thing I have been disappointed in, an effort to give drivers the ability to go off the clock when they feel like they need to, heavy traffic, for whatever reason. And something that has come about is I have been targeted, Wal-Mart is being targeted. I happen to represent them, and am very proud in doing that, and yet the reality is over 40 organizations are supporting this amendment, most of them key-voting this amendment. And the reality is also hundreds of thousands of truckers are also in support. I think the amendment is very worthwhile.
Again, I would like to work with the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), work with the Federal motor carriers, the drivers, all of the parties involved in the industry, so we can get in a situation where we can rectify it and give the truckers the flexibility that they greatly need.
Mr. BACA. Mr. Chairman, let's be clear--the Boozman amendment will force truck drivers to work longer hours, with less rest, putting all of us at risk.
This amendment is about one thing--increasing the workday for truck drivers from 14 to 16 hours. Those 16 hours are twice the length of the average American's workday. We do not need more tired truck drivers on the road.
I represent one of the largest trucking communities in this country. The Inland Empire in California is the trucking hub of all of Southern California. Let me share with you what I know.
Every truck stop in Southern California, and I suspect the rest of the Nation, is full of stay-awake and other legal caffeine pills for overworked and sleepy truck drivers. Truck drivers also quietly grumble that they are increasingly forced to carry larger loads, over longer distances, with shorter deadlines.
This amendment is not about flexibility; it is about rolling back safety so a few companies can increase profits.
Do you know anyone who works a 14-hour day who'd rather change that to 16 hours? Who, in their right mind, really wants to show up for work at 7 a.m. and leave at 11 p.m.? What about the families and their children? What about time to sleep?
The Boozman amendment is a bad idea that will endanger our families on the road and decrease the quality of life for truck drivers.
I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the Boozman amendment. This amendment is an unwise attempt by special interests to interfere in an ongoing regulatory and legal process. It is designed to further erode safety on America's highways while rewarding companies such as Wal Mart.
In April 2003 the Transportation Department promulgated a rule that gives truckers substantially more time on the road. Among other features, the rule allows truck drivers to log as many as 14 consecutive hours driving. This is an unsafe schedule, and it is little wonder that the truckers and highway safety advocates were united in their opposition to this rule. It is also little wonder that the D.C. Court of Appeals found the rule ``arbitrary and capricious because the agency neglected to consider a statutorily mandated factor--the impact of the rule on the health of drivers.'' As a result, DOT is now reviewing this rule in a public, transparent proceeding.
Now we are considering an amendment that would eliminate the one safety enhancement included in that 2003 rule. This amendment would allow truckers to deduct meal time and other short ``break periods'' from their time on the road, essentially allowing them to drive 16 consecutive hours. And once again, the truck drivers and highway safety advocates are united in their opposition.
The legal effect of this amendment is simply to lengthen the work day for truckers and shorten their rest time, without providing any improvement for safety. In fact, all the amendment does is create a loophole to extend the workday of short-haul truckers--not provide them with the opportunity for real rest.
Mr. Chairman, I support the underlying legislation, in part because one of the goals of the Interstate Highway System is to improve safety on our roads. This amendment goes in the opposite direction, and I therefore oppose its adoption.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the amendment as offered by the gentleman from Arkansas and urge my colleagues to defeat it on the grounds of protecting public safety. The gentleman's amendment seeks to extend the on-duty time of truck drivers from 14 hours to 16 hours per day.
Our unions, the Transportation Trades Department, the AFL-CIO, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance all concur on rejection of this irresponsible and irrational proposal. This amendment is, at the very least, premature and overboard given the fact that current transportation rules on the books allow employers and employees to allocate a 16-hour on-duty period every seven days. Hence, this amendment is not necessary.
More importantly, this amendment threatens the safety of millions of drivers. Under existing rules, a driver may be behind the wheel continuously for up to 11 hours over a 14-hour on-duty period. This amendment would extend this period by 2 hours. Coupled with up to 2 hours of break time, a truck driver could be behind the wheel for up to 16 hours, which increases the probability of having fatigued drivers on the road.
The Boozman Amendment would exacerbate the already high number of truck accidents attributed to driver fatigue. Truck driver fatigue has been identified as a significant cause of major crashes by the National Transportation Safety Board. In 2003, 4,986 people were killed in truck crashes and more than 122,000 were injured at a cost of $24 billion.
For the reasons stated above, Mr. Chairman, I reject this amendment and ask that my colleagues do the same.
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia). Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn.
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Conaway
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. Conaway:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV of the bill, insert the following (and conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly):
SEC. 4137. HOUR OF SERVICE RULES FOR OPERATORS PROVIDING
TRANSPORTATION OF OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT AND
MACHINERY.
Notwithstanding sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, and any other provision of law, the maximum daily hours of service for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle used exclusively in servicing the field operations of the natural gas and oil industry shall be those in effect under such sections on April 27, 2003.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway).
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
This amendment would reduce the regulatory burden on the good men and women of this country who are exploring for oil and natural gas.
The hours-of-service rules that this would impact really have to do with long-haul truckers, men and women who feed their families by driving trucks from one side of the country to the other. Oil and gas operators are getting caught up with this rule, and it is an unnecessary regulatory burden on them that does not add to the safety of our highways.
In general what happens, these truck drivers will leave the yards in the morning, go to a location where an oil and gas well is being drilled or completion is being done on oil and gas wells, or workover units are being worked. While driving commercial vehicles, they are typically tractors pulling either specialized trailers that perform some special function on the well, or they are driving a self-contained unit that has some special function once it gets to location.
These locations are generally within a short driving distance where these men and women are typically spending the night in their own home and getting up the next morning and going to work. The rules, as they apply to oil and gas truck drivers, are causing some undue burdens in that if they get caught on location, as operations typically happen, it is not as efficient as they need to be; they are there longer than normal circumstances. Because of these rules, they cannot drive back home that night. The operator or the service company has got to hire transportation to drive out to location and pick them up and bring them home. Or even worse, they are required to spend the night overnight on location in a circumstance where they were not necessarily expecting that because of this regulation.
So with this amendment, we have the opportunity to lessen the regulatory burden on an industry that is vital to our national security. As crude oil prices reach $55 a barrel, natural gas prices are high, we obviously do not want to burden this industry any more than is necessary.
I spent 7 years in Texas writing regulations for the accounting industry. Regulations ought to control what is going on and protect what needs to be protected, but they ought to be done in a way that is cost efficient and effective for those who have to comply with the regulations.
This amendment would allow oil and gas operations exclusively to conduct their safety programs under the rule in place before the hours-
of-service rules came in effect in January of 2004.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in very deep-seated feeling of opposition to this amendment. It has nothing to do with the gentleman, the offerer; but these series of attempts to undermine hours of service in the trucking sector, we went through a very extensive debate several years ago to create the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The idea was to establish within the Department of Transportation an entity whose role would be to examine the evidence in all of the many sectors of the economy, evaluate the needs for safety and then publish rules, not one rule but rules that would address each separate sector of the driving public on the economic side of driving.
The initial rules published by the Motor Carrier Safety Administration were very complex, very difficult to understand, and raised a great deal of animosity. They went back and redid the rule; and now because some sector did not get their way in the rulemaking process, they are coming to the Congress saying, fix it by law.
Look at what this proposal will do. Under the previous rule, truck drivers had only 8 hours off duty. But look at that 8 hours. We had extensive hearings on this subject. A driver comes home from his or her job, gets a shower, something to eat, maybe spends a little time with his or her family. When I was a student in college, I roomed at a house where the breadwinner was a long-distance truck driver. I saw this happening before my eyes. I see it happening to families throughout any congressional district. I have talked with those on the road. You get a little bit of time with family members, and maybe they get 5 hours of rest, and then they are back on the job again.
Unlike the inner-city bus drivers who work on regular schedules, a wide sector of the truck-driving public have irregular hours. They can work backward rotating shifts, 7 to 3 one week, 3 to 11, 11 to 7; and they never get consistent sleep. The human body has not changed in 50,000 years. We still need adequate rest.
The Department of Transportation has conducted numerous studies of fatigue among pilots, among locomotive engineers, among truck drivers, among bus operators, and found in every case they are not getting sufficient rest.
As each one of these cases comes up, it is we just have a little different situation here. Look under this amendment. A driver could start work at 8 in the morning and work until midnight with only 2 hours off, and then be expected to be back to work at 8 the next morning. It is not in the public interest. I do not care what the truck driver wants, to make a few extra bucks or get the time-and-a-half for overtime; that is not in the public interest. Somebody is going to die as a result of driver fatigue. We should not allow this chipping away at safety.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
With all due respect to my colleague on the other side, that is not what this is about. This is about reducing a regulatory burden on an industry without demonstrated evidence that this, in fact, does what we all want, and that is safe drivers on our highways.
This issue of driver fatigue, a bit tongue-in-cheek, but there may be those who say this body in session at 2 a.m. in the morning is a greater public safety risk than the truck drivers in the oil and gas business. We are talking about mom and pop organizations who are these service companies that are burdened with this regulation. We are also talking about the very largest oil field service companies that are burdened by it.
To a person, they are interested in safety. They do not want to run their trucks in an unsafe manner. They have immense liabilities if that happens. They have as great or greater interest in safe, alert truck drivers than we certainly do in Congress. This industry is burdened by regulation that is not proven to increase safety with respect to oil and gas operations. It is simply an added layer of regulation that I believe is unnecessary. This amendment would unburden that very important industry in our country.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
The legal effect of the gentleman's amendment, whether he understands it or has been wisely counseled, is exactly as I described it. A worker can start at 8 in the morning, work until midnight, have 2 hours off, and be called back at 8 the next morning. That is the legal effect of the words of this amendment. It is not in the public interest to put drivers on the road with so little sleep. That is what this is all about, about safety on our highways. Five thousand people a year die because of car-truck crashes, and more than half of those truck-car crashes are as a result of driver fatigue, truck driver fatigue. We must not exacerbate the problem, and we should defeat this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time has been yielded back.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. Conaway).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) will be postponed.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Kuhl of New York
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Kuhl of New York:
In section 4134 of the bill, strike ``100 air mile'' and insert ``150 air mile''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl).
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, we all realize and want to make sure that when our crops are harvested that they do not spoil before they actually get processed.
The Transportation Reauthorization Act recognizes this potential problem and attempts to address it. H.R. 3 addresses this issue and has moved to try to resolve it. It would allow for an exemption for maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers of motor carriers transferring our food supplies at the time of planting or harvest for a 100-air mile radius to the distribution point or the source of commodities.
In my district, a very large, rural district, it is larger than 6,000 square miles which is larger than the State of Connecticut, many of the processing centers for agricultural goods fall right outside the 100-
mile radius, but fall within a 150-air mile radius, so my amendment does something very simple. It simply raises that 100-mile air radius to 150-air miles, which will take care of the problem of having grapes which are a very, very precious commodity in my area being able to be processed on time and in a way which will not be deleterious to the final product. I hope Members will support my amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. This is another example of chipping away at hours of service. We have already had a discussion in the course of debate on the previous amendment. We already have provided for exemptions for the agricultural community. Our committee held hearings, acknowledged the concerns, listened to the views of people on both sides of the issue, and we have included in the bill an exemption for the agricultural community with an exemption of a 100-air mile radius.
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Now, I do not know what the argument is for a little bit more or a few more miles. There has not been any case made of what this dividing line is. In fact, 100 miles is a fairly arbitrary number in itself.
But, it may relate to the time it takes to drive 100 miles. That used to be the rule in railroading; that after 100 miles, the locomotive engineer was off duty and could get some rest. Well, maybe that is the issue here.
The fact is, we have made an adjustment in the context of this bill, and we recognize that there are unique seasonal considerations in the agricultural sector, and we have provided for that in this legislation. There is no need for this amendment. It is an excessive chipping away at safety.
I would just suggest to the gentleman, since we have already made an adjustment in H.R. 3, the underlying bill for the agricultural sector, that if the gentleman would be willing to withdraw the amendment, not press it to a vote, that we would then have the flexibility to work continuously, perhaps even as we get to the manager's amendment or as we get into conference to further hear the gentleman and his concerns and resolve them. I would make that offer to the gentleman.
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for that and give him my word and the chairman my word that we will work together and understand his concerns better, in more depth, and find a way to come to a resolution.
The CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in Part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Moran of Kansas
Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. Moran of Kansas:
Redesignate section 4134(b) as section 4134(c) and insert after section 4134(a) the following:
(b) Review by the Secretary.--Section 345(c) of such Act
(109 Stat. 613) is amended by striking ``other than paragraph
(2)'' and inserting ``other than paragraph (1) or (2) of such subsection''.
In section 4134(c) (as redesignated by this amendment) strike the matter proposed to be inserted as a quoted paragraph (7) and insert the following:
``(7) Agricultural commodity.--The term `agricultural commodity' means any agricultural commodity, food, feed, fiber, or livestock (including livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471)and insects).''
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The amendment I offer this afternoon also is an hours of service amendment, although perhaps the most narrow of the amendments offered today.
The existing law allows for an hours of service exemption for agricultural products during the time of harvest and planting. The amendment I offer simply clarifies two things. One, it defines what an agricultural commodity is, and basically would make clear that the definition includes livestock, milk and other farm products.
It does not include any products of agricultural products. So this is clearly about peanuts, not about peanut butter. It is about cotton; it is not about t-shirts. This exemption has been in existence for the last decade, as I understand, and in the desire to make more clear the definition, I offer this amendment.
This amendment will clear up the confusion that exists and will prevent FMCSA from arbitrarily eliminating agricultural commodities from the exemption in the future.
Other than these changes, the agricultural exemption remains the same. It is seasonal, applying only during designated months as designated and determined by the States to meet critical agricultural transportation needs.
This language is included in the base bill. The bill that I strongly support includes the language about hours of service exemption for agriculture commodities. The amendment I offer today does the two things I just mentioned: Clarifies what the definition of an agricultural product is, and indicates that the Secretary of Transportation cannot eat away at this amendment in its provision in its rulemaking authorities.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Now, in contrast to the previous amendment, which is somewhat technical and which I do believe we can work out an understanding as we come to a deeper grasp of the concerns of the offeror of the previous amendment, this is not a simple technical correction. This is a serious assault on the motor carrier safety rule. It goes beyond simply seasonal exemptions.
As we worked our way through the bill last year and again this year, we came to agreements on this hours of service issue. And we worked out language in H.R. 3 that provides exemption for 28,000 carriers. The pending amendment would include live animals, live fish, animal feed, products of animal origin, meat, fish, seafood, tobacco products, meat, logs, livestock, lumber products, processed food, beverages, 42,000 exemptions, 42,000 carriers who no longer would have to abide by the hours of services rules, within a 100 air-mile radius.
There is no justification for that. This is a quantitative and dangerously quantitative departure from the committee agreement, and must not be accepted.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I obviously respect the opinion of the gentleman from Minnesota, who has long experience in regard to transportation, particularly hours of service issues. I am surprised somewhat by the characterization. He and I characterize my amendment differently. It is my understanding that the hours of service exemption for agricultural commodities, including the ones that are described specifically in my amendment, have been in place for a long period of time and only in 2002 did confusion arise with the issuance of a guidance from the Department of Transportation in regard to the definition of agricultural commodities.
Again, I would emphasize that this is designed to make clear that all agricultural commodities, not those that are just specifically named in the past, would be eligible. The crisis that an agricultural hauler, a trucker, has in getting agricultural commodities to market is the same regardless of which crop it is. I believe this amendment simply makes clear what has been the practice in the past and also makes certain that this rule-making authority is not utilized to eliminate the exemption in the future.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The gentleman from Kansas is a very distinguished and decent and a well-thinking member of our committee. He has offered many thoughtful amendments. We have on the committee worked together to respect the unique needs in agriculture during planting time, harvest time, within a reasonable distance of the point of production and endpoint of distribution. The purpose of the language in the committee bill was to ensure that products grown and harvested get from the farm to market in timely fashion. I understand that. I have got large sectors of my congressional district that are intensely agricultural. We want that corn and soybeans to get to market in timely fashion. But in yielding a yard to the industry, they now want the whole ball field. The amendment goes way beyond what we understood. They are including processed products, processed foods, beverages. I asked the Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Safety Administration to tell me what is included, how many additional carriers? Forty-two thousand. What is the driving record of the carriers who would be covered by this amendment? They say they have a crash rate 20 percent higher than current agriculture exemption carriers. If we just limited this to the current agricultural sector provided in the exemption in our bill, we are fine with that, but this goes far beyond what is reasonable and responsible, whether intentioned or unintentioned. It is an assault upon safety in the form presented. I cannot accept it. We might find a way to work additionally with dropping out some of these pieces as we go forward in the manager's amendment or in conference, but in its current form, unless the gentleman chooses to withdraw it, I cannot accept it.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) will be postponed.
Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 2 offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) and amendment No. 4 offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for the second electronic vote.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Conaway
The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 198, noes 226, not voting 9, as follows:
AYES--198
AderholtAkinAlexanderBachusBakerBarrett (SC)Bartlett (MD)Barton (TX)BassBeauprezBilirakisBishop (GA)Bishop (UT)BlackburnBluntBoehlertBoehnerBonillaBonnerBonoBoozmanBorenBoustanyBradley (NH)Brady (TX)Brown (SC)Brown-Waite, GinnyBurgessBurton (IN)BuyerCalvertCampCannonCantorCapitoCarterCastleChabotChocolaCole (OK)ConawayCoxCramerCrenshawCubinCulbersonCunningham Davis (KY)Davis, Jo AnnDavis, TomDeal (GA)DeLayDentDiaz-Balart, L.Diaz-Balart, M.DoolittleDrakeDreierDuncanEhlersEmersonEverettFeeneyFlakeFoleyForbesFortenberryFoxxFranks (AZ)Garrett (NJ)GibbonsGingreyGohmertGoodeGoodlatteGrangerGravesGreen (WI)GutknechtHallHarrisHartHastings (WA)HayesHayworthHefleyHensarlingHergerHostettlerHulshofHunterHydeInglis (SC)IssaIstookJeffersonJenkinsJindalJohnson (IL)Johnson, SamJones (NC)KellerKennedy (MN)King (IA)KingstonKlineKnollenbergKolbeKuhl (NY)LaHoodLathamLewis (CA)Lewis (KY)LinderLucasLungren, Daniel E.MackManzulloMarchantMathesonMcCaul (TX)McCreryMcHenryMcIntyreMcKeonMcMorrisMelanconMicaMiller (FL)Moore (KS)Moran (KS)MusgraveMyrickNeugebauerNeyNorthupNorwoodNunesOsborneOtterOxleyPaulPearcePencePeterson (PA)PickeringPittsPoePomboPorterPortmanPrice (GA)Pryce (OH)PutnamRadanovichRegulaRehbergReichertRenziRogers (KY)Rogers (MI)RohrabacherRos-LehtinenRoyceRyan (WI)Ryun (KS)SalazarSaxtonSchwarz (MI)SensenbrennerSessionsShadeggShawSherwoodShimkusShusterSimpsonSkeltonSmith (TX)SodrelSouderStearnsSullivanTannerTaylor (NC)TerryThomasThornberryTiahrtUdall (CO)Udall (NM)Walden (OR)WampWellerWestmorelandWhitfieldWickerWilson (SC)
NOES--226
AbercrombieAckermanAllenAndrewsBacaBaldwinBarrowBeanBecerraBerkleyBermanBerryBiggertBishop (NY)BlumenauerBoswellBoucherBoydBrady (PA)Brown (OH)Brown, CorrineButterfieldCappsCapuanoCardinCardozaCarnahanCarsonCaseChandlerCleaverClyburnCobleConyersCooperCostaCostelloCrowleyCuellarCummingsDavis (AL)Davis (CA)Davis (FL)Davis (IL)Davis (TN)DeFazioDeGetteDelahuntDeLauroDicksDingellDoggettDoyleEdwardsEmanuelEngelEnglish (PA)EshooEtheridgeEvansFarrFattahFergusonFilnerFitzpatrick (PA)FordFossellaFrank (MA)FrelinghuysenGalleglyGerlachGilchrestGillmorGonzalezGordonGreen, AlGreen, GeneGrijalvaGutierrezHarmanHastings (FL)HigginsHincheyHinojosaHoekstraHoldenHoltHondaHooleyHoyerInsleeIsraelJackson (IL)Johnson (CT)Johnson, E. B.Jones (OH)KanjorskiKapturKellyKennedy (RI)KildeeKilpatrick (MI)KindKing (NY)KirkKucinichLangevinLantosLarsen (WA)Larson (CT)LaTouretteLeachLeeLevinLewis (GA)LipinskiLoBiondoLofgren, ZoeLoweyLynchMaloneyMarkeyMarshallMcCarthyMcCollum (MN)McCotterMcDermottMcGovernMcHughMcKinneyMcNultyMeehanMeek (FL)Meeks (NY)MenendezMichaudMillender-McDonaldMiller (MI)Miller (NC)Miller, GaryMiller, GeorgeMollohanMoore (WI)Moran (VA)MurphyMurthaNadlerNapolitanoNeal (MA)NussleOberstarObeyOlverOrtizOwensPallonePascrellPastorPaynePelosiPeterson (MN)PetriPlattsPomeroyPrice (NC)RahallRangelReyesReynoldsRogers (AL)RossRoybal-AllardRuppersbergerRushRyan (OH)SaboSanchez, Linda T.Sanchez, LorettaSandersSchakowskySchiffSchwartz (PA)Scott (GA)Scott (VA)SerranoShaysShermanSimmonsSlaughterSmith (NJ)Smith (WA)SnyderSolisSprattStarkStricklandSweeneyTancredoTauscherTaylor (MS)Thompson (CA)Thompson (MS)TierneyTownsTurnerUptonVan HollenVelazquezViscloskyWalshWasserman SchultzWatersWatsonWattWaxmanWeinerWeldon (FL)Weldon (PA)WexlerWilson (NM)WolfWoolseyWuWynnYoung (AK)Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--9
BairdClayHersethHobsonJackson-Lee (TX)RamstadRothmanStupakTiberi
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Mr. DICKS, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, and Messrs. HINOJOSA, PASTOR, DAVIS of Tennessee, McCOTTER, SMITH of New Jersey, YOUNG of Florida, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. CUELLAR and Mr. ORTIZ changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. SAXTON, Mrs. BONO, and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Moran of Kansas
The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 257, noes 167, not voting 9, as follows:
AYES--257
AderholtAkinAlexanderBacaBachusBakerBarrett (SC)Bartlett (MD)Barton (TX)BeauprezBerryBishop (GA)Bishop (UT)BlackburnBluntBoehlertBoehnerBonillaBonnerBonoBoozmanBorenBoswellBoucherBoustanyBoydBradley (NH)Brady (TX)Brown (SC)Brown-Waite, GinnyBurgessBurton (IN)BuyerCalvertCampCannonCantorCapitoCardozaCarterCaseCastleChabotChocolaCobleCole (OK)ConawayCooperCostaCostelloCoxCramerCrenshawCubinCuellarCulbersonCunninghamDavis (AL)Davis (KY)Davis (TN)Davis, TomDeal (GA)DeLayDentDiaz-Balart, L.Diaz-Balart, M.DoolittleDrakeDreierDuncanEdwardsEhlersEmersonEtheridgeEverettFeeneyFergusonFitzpatrick (PA)FlakeFoleyForbesFordFortenberryFossellaFoxxFranks (AZ)FrelinghuysenGalleglyGarrett (NJ)GerlachGibbonsGilchrestGillmorGingreyGohmertGoodeGoodlatteGordonGrangerGravesGreen (WI)GutknechtHallHarrisHastings (WA)HayesHayworthHefleyHensarlingHergerHinojosaHoekstraHostettlerHulshofHunterHydeInglis (SC)IssaIstookJenkinsJindalJohnson (CT)Johnson (IL)Johnson, SamJones (NC)KellerKellyKennedy (MN)KindKing (IA)King (NY)KingstonKlineKnollenbergKolbeKuhl (NY)LaHoodLathamLeachLewis (CA)Lewis (KY)LinderLoBiondoLucasLungren, Daniel E.MackManzulloMarchantMarshallMathesonMcCaul (TX)McCreryMcHenryMcHughMcIntyreMcKeonMcKinneyMcMorrisMeeks (NY)MelanconMicaMiller (FL)Miller (MI)Miller, GaryMollohanMoore (KS)Moran (KS)MusgraveMyrickNeugebauerNeyNorthupNorwoodNunesNussleOrtizOsborneOtterOxleyPaulPearcePencePeterson (MN)Peterson (PA)PickeringPittsPlattsPoePomboPomeroyPorterPortmanPrice (GA)Pryce (OH)PutnamRadanovichRegulaRehbergReichertRenziReyesReynoldsRogers (AL)Rogers (KY)Rogers (MI)RohrabacherRos-LehtinenRossRoyceRuppersbergerRyan (WI)Ryun (KS)SalazarSaxtonSchwarz (MI)SensenbrennerSessionsShadeggShawShaysSherwoodShimkusShusterSimmonsSimpsonSkeltonSmith (NJ)Smith (TX)SnyderSodrelSouderSprattStearnsSullivanSweeneyTancredoTannerTaylor (NC)TerryThomasThornberryTiahrtTurnerUdall (CO)Udall (NM)UptonWalden (OR)WalshWampWeldon (PA)WellerWestmorelandWhitfieldWickerWilson (NM)Wilson (SC)Young (FL)
NOES--167
AbercrombieAckermanAllenAndrewsBaldwinBarrowBassBeanBecerraBerkleyBermanBiggertBilirakisBishop (NY)BlumenauerBrady (PA)Brown (OH)Brown, CorrineButterfieldCappsCapuanoCardinCarnahanCarsonChandlerCleaverClyburnConyersCrowleyCummingsDavis (CA)Davis (FL)Davis (IL)Davis, Jo AnnDeFazioDeGetteDelahuntDeLauroDicksDingellDoggettDoyleEmanuelEngelEnglish (PA)EshooEvansFarrFattahFilnerFrank (MA) GonzalezGreen, AlGreen, GeneGrijalvaGutierrezHarmanHartHastings (FL)HigginsHincheyHoldenHoltHondaHooleyHoyerInsleeIsraelJackson (IL)JeffersonJohnson, E. B.Jones (OH)KanjorskiKapturKennedy (RI)KildeeKilpatrick (MI)KirkKucinichLangevinLantosLarsen (WA)Larson (CT)LaTouretteLeeLevinLewis (GA)LipinskiLofgren, ZoeLoweyLynchMaloneyMarkeyMcCarthyMcCollum (MN)McCotterMcDermottMcGovernMcNultyMeehanMeek (FL)MenendezMichaudMillender-McDonaldMiller (NC)Miller, GeorgeMoore (WI)Moran (VA)MurphyMurthaNadlerNapolitanoNeal (MA)OberstarObeyOlverOwensPallonePascrellPastorPaynePelosiPetriPrice (NC)RahallRangelRoybal-AllardRushRyan (OH)SaboSanchez, Linda T.Sanchez, LorettaSandersSchakowskySchiffSchwartz (PA)Scott (GA)Scott (VA)SerranoShermanSlaughterSmith (WA)SolisStarkStricklandTauscherTaylor (MS)Thompson (CA)Thompson (MS)TierneyTownsVan HollenVelazquezViscloskyWasserman SchultzWatersWatsonWattWaxmanWeinerWeldon (FL)WexlerWolfWoolseyWuWynnYoung (AK)
NOT VOTING--9
BairdClayHersethHobsonJackson-Lee (TX)RamstadRothmanStupakTiberi
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Mrs. MILLER of Michigan and Mr. EDWARDS changed their vote from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Kuhl of New York
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Kuhl of New York:
At the end of title I of the bill, insert the following
(and conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly):
SEC. 1838. AMO HOUGHTON BYPASS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Amo Houghton first served his country when he volunteered for military service during World War II and served as a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps;
(2) Amo Houghton earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Business;
(3) Amo Houghton was Chief Executive Officer of Corning, Incorporated, before running for Congress and is remembered fondly for his tremendous efforts to rebuild the city of Corning, New York, and the Chemung Valley in the aftermath of Hurricane Agnes and the devastating flood of 1972;
(4) Amo Houghton spent his energy and time at Corning, Incorporated, Congress, and even after Congress working to build up the economy of the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and Rochester region of New York;
(5) Amo Houghton worked tirelessly with others to fund the building projects that brought New York State Route 17 to the necessary standards to be designated as Interstate Route 86;
(6) one of the major projects required to upgrade New York State Route 17 to Interstate standards and at the same time eliminate a glaring problem and safety hazard was the construction of the bypass route around the city of Corning, New York;
(7) Amo Houghton was a champion of many economic, trade, and health issues during his service on the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, including numerous tax simplification measures and successful House and Senate passage of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law 108-19) which was signed into law by President George W. Bush;
(8) Amo Houghton was an active player on the world stage as a member of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives through his Chairmanships of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, the Oxford Forum, and the United States-Japan Economic Agenda Forum and Vice Chairmanship of the Africa Subcommittee of the International Relations Committee;
(9) Amo Houghton served in many other capacities for the good of Congress, including his work as a founding member of the Bipartisan Retreat Committee of the House of Representatives, the Members and Family Room Committee of the House of Representatives, and as Co-Chairman of the Faith and Politics Institute; and
(10) among his colleagues in Congress, Amo Houghton will always be remembered as a man of principle, statesmanship, moderation, bipartisanship, and civility.
(b) Designation.--The Secretary of Transportation shall work with the State of New York to ensure that the segment of Interstate Route 86 between its interchange with New York State Route 15 in the vicinity of Painted Post, New York, and its interchange with New York State Route 352 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, is known and designated as the ``Amo Houghton Bypass''.
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl).
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I was kind of hopeful that the gentleman from Minnesota would be here because I know that he opposed the previous amendment I offered on the floor, and I thought that this was perhaps one of those amendments that he would join with me in supporting.
This amendment would name part of Interstate I-86 in Upstate New York around the community called Corning, New York, which is currently known as the Corning Bypass, after my predecessor, the former gentleman from New York, Congressman Amo Houghton, who retired from Congress just this last year.
The amendment is identical to H.R. 795, a bill I introduced along with 108 co-sponsors in this House to name that section of I-86 the Amo Houghton Bypass.
Amo was elected, as many of you may know, to represent the 34th Congressional District way back in 1986, and was sworn in as a Member of the 100th class and then reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Amo was known to just about everyone in this Chamber as a man of principle, statesmanship, patriotism, moderation, bipartisanship, and perhaps most notably civility.
It will surprise no one that Amo was a Boy Scout as a child. He then started his lifelong career in the public service by volunteering as a Marine during World War II. Amo followed in the footsteps of many Houghtons by pursuing a bachelor's degree and MBA from Harvard University. After Harvard, Amo joined the family business, Corning Glassworks in Corning, New York, now known as Corning, Incorporated. Amo eventually rose to the head of the company as chairman and CEO, and under his leadership the company invented and invested in fiber optics technology, among other technological breakthroughs.
Amo is fondly remembered in the city of Corning for his assistance in the community after the devastating flood of 1972 caused by Hurricane Agnes. Through Amo's help and leadership, the company stayed in Corning and helped rebuild the community to be what it is today. Amo has spent continuous time and energy in helping to bring people together to think about ways to improve the upstate economy and certainly the economy in this country and the world.
One of Amo's first and most important projects after being elected to Congress in 1986 was fighting for the money to construct Route 17, the Corning Bypass, a project that alleviated massive safety problems in the city and also a tremendous amount of congestion.
This project and Amo's other efforts to complete the twining of the roads in Chautauqua County to Pennsylvania paved the way to Route 17 being designated as Interstate 86 today.
In Congress, Amo was a champion of tax, of trade, of health issues and served on the House Committee on Ways and Means. He was involved in numerous international issues and projects through his service on the House Committee on International Relations. He also served on the House Committee on the Budget.
Amo deeply cared for his colleagues here in the House, and he sends his regards as I make this statement to you today, as having just talked with him a couple days ago.
As evident certainly are his efforts to form the Bipartisan Retreat Committee, his service on Members and the Family Room Committee, and as co-chair of the Faith and Politics Institute with our colleague, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis). Naming this bypass the Houghton Bypass is but a small tribute to a great man, but it will serve as a permanent honor to this Congressman, to Amo Houghton, and to his tireless service to the community and to the Nation.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. This is a right and fitting thing to do.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to this amendment, but do not oppose the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) will control the time.
There was no objection.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I came to Congress at the same time as Amo Houghton. I think Congress is diminished by his departure. He was a gentleman. He was a rare spirit who was willing to stand up for what he thought was right even when he had to confront leaders on the other side, whether it was his own party or leaders on our side of the aisle. He spoke from his conscience and I think represented his district well.
I just had the pleasure and opportunity to be with him again last weekend with the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis) to do the reenactment of the March For Bloody Sunday over the Pettus Bridge; and as usual, Amo was there in heart and spirit, and it was wonderful to see him again. So I am wholeheartedly in support of this; and I think everyone will be in support of that.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel).
Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. I thank my colleague for putting in this amendment.
The gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl) used the word ``civility'' and I think that word describes Amo Houghton. If there were 435 Amo Houghtons in Congress, Congress would be enriched by that fact. He knew the spirit of bipartisanship. He knew the spirit of collegiality. I do not think I have met a nicer individual in my entire life than Amo.
Amo was one of the richest men in Congress, if not the richest; and you would never know it. If you did not know it, you would never know it. He was such a humble person. He was such a good person and a kind person and always had a good word, always had a smile, always did what was right. A couple of times I was paired to supposedly debate him on national TV, and both times it really turned into a lovefest because we agreed on so many of the issues and so many of the things, that it almost seemed as if we had staged the event. But indeed because Amo was such a good person, it was so easy to agree with him and so easy to do things for him.
It is very, very nice to have things named after you when you are still around to see them. And I am so happy that we are doing this so Amo understands just a small little bit of how well thought of he is and how much we care about him. I want to thank my colleague from New York (Mr. Kuhl). Anything that is named after Amo, you can count me in to say a few good words because Amo is truly a special person and he deserves this great honor.
Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young).
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for introducing this amendment. I gladly accept the amendment. I am a little concerned, though, about having this bypass named after Amo Houghton. As such a gentleman and one so civil and always so friendly, I do not like to see a bypass get congested because they will start saying that Amo Houghton Bypass is all congested and does not work any more. So I hope it is big enough and new enough so that traffic will always flow through it.
It is an honor to name this after him, and I repeat all the words that all the Members have said about Amo.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I too rise in support of the amendment.
Amo Houghton was a true gentleman of the House, of great depth and charm. He helped make this a better institution in the finest tradition of Congress. Amo made our lives richer, his State a better place, and our Nation stronger.
I support the amendment, but I would say my only suggestion for improving it would be if it had somehow added the name of Priscilla Dewey Houghton, an outstanding citizen in her own right, Amo's wife and helpmate and monster bicyclist.
It is my pleasure to support the amendment, and I hope that this will be a reflection for Amo of all that he has meant to us.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the Kuhl Amendment to TEA-LU which would seek to name a portion of Interstate 86 in upstate New York, in the vicinity of the City of Corning, the ``Amo Houghton Bypass'', after Former Congressman Amo Houghton who retired from Congress in 2004 after serving 18 years. It has always been my practice to honor my colleagues past and present who have made a real difference for their constituents and I can think of no more fitting way to honor Amo Houghton than to accept this amendment.
Amo Houghton committed his life to public service and nowhere is this more apparent than in Corning, NY. Amo Houghton came from a renowned family where he was the third generation to be in public office. He volunteered for the Armed Forces in World War II and served as a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps. After honorably serving his nation he went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Business. Then after reaching the heights of academia, he loyally returned home to Corning to work as an executive at Corning, Incorporated.
Upon winning his seat in Congress in 1987, he worked tirelessly to improve the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and Rochester region of New York. One of his major transportation projects was to fund the building projects that brought New York State Route 17 to the necessary standards to be designated as Interstate Route 86. Today we seek to name the juncture of that same Interstate and Amo Houghton's beloved town of Corning in his honor. In my belief, a man can receive no greater honor than to say that he served others and truly that description fits Amo Houghton. He was a soldier and a public servant and we seek to name this stretch of road in his honor to recognize his achievements.
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Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Chairman, if there are not any Members who wish to speak, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Issa). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kuhl).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Osborne
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 6 offered by Mr. Osborne:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV of the bill, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 4137. NEBRASKA CUSTOM HARVESTERS LENGTH EXEMPTION.
Section 31112(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Nebraska may allow the operation of commercial vehicle combinations of not to exceed 81 feet, 6 inches that are used only for harvesting wheat, soybeans, and milo on a contract basis for agricultural producers during the harvest months for such crops as defined by the State of Nebraska.''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne).
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
In 1991, the ISTEA Act froze truckload and length limits at existing levels at the State level. Nebraska's length limit at that time was 65 feet. Unfortunately, or fortunately, in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, all surrounding States, the length limit was 80 feet-plus.
Over the last 14 years, custom harvest equipment has grown larger, and so the average length of the custom harvest load is about 80 feet. The custom harvest starts usually in Oklahoma, goes through Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, the Dakotas, on up into Canada; and so the problem is that these loads start out at a length of 80 feet.
When they hit the Nebraska border, the trailer is dropped off, and at that point we bring the combine into Nebraska. Then the truck has to go back and pick up the trailer, the header, go back to the site, and that hopscotch maneuver continues all across the State. If they have 10 different polices where they are going to harvest, they have to make 10 different dual hauls, and this happens all the way up to South Dakota. The average custom harvester is traveling an extra 3, 4, sometimes 500 miles doubling up, trying to get his equipment across the State of Nebraska.
What we are asking here is an amendment that requests that the State of Nebraska be given authority to change the State statute lengthening loads from 65 to 81.5 feet. We think this is reasonable. This is only for custom harvesters, harvesting only wheat, milo or soybeans, and this applies only during harvest season. It would be roughly the month of July and the month of October. This would save fuel. It will lessen traffic, reduce harvest expense, reduce driving time, labor, and also would be a safety factor.
This particular amendment is supported by the U.S. Custom Harvesters, National Grain Sorghum Producers, and the National Association of Wheat Growers. It affects not just the State of Nebraska but a whole corridor from Oklahoma on up into Canada and affects the whole industry. We hope very much that this would be looked upon favorably.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I appreciate the statements made by the distinguished gentleman from Nebraska, very thoughtful presentation; but I just remind colleagues that when Congress enacted ISTEA in 1991, the legislation froze size and weight of large trucks, commercial motor vehicles. That is almost 14 years in the gentleman's State. CMVs can operate at a length of 65 feet. This amendment would raise it to 81 feet 6 inches.
The original rationale was to allow custom harvesters, those who have unique requirements, unique needs. I represent an agricultural area among the great diversity of my district, and there we do not have wheat but do have soybeans and corn. The idea was to allow the harvester to pull a combine and header, that is in the words of the amendment, exclusively in harvesting the wheat.
Now we see his amendment and it creeps, wheat, soybeans and milo. Each of these crops has different harvest times. So, if the length exemption is adopted, we will have these exemptions in place for much of the year.
They have had 14 years of working with this. This is the first time the issue has come before the committee. I do not understand what the need is except that they want to do it, but the language would allow these vehicles to operate basically on any route in Nebraska with a State or U.S. Route shield language. That is serious. That is placing serious safety problems on the Nation's roadway.
Try to pass one of those vehicles in a VW or Ford Pinto, if you still have one, or any other small vehicle. It is nerve-wracking and dangerous. I have tried it and I do not think it is safe; and as the figures show, 5,000 people a year die in car-truck crashes. We should not open the floodgates for rollback of a critical safety provision now in the regulatory process.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I appreciate the comments. What this amendment would do would be to give the State of Nebraska an opportunity to extend its length limits. It does not mandate it. It simply gives them the opportunity. It is also important to point out that this is as tight as we can make it.
The gentleman mentioned that the length of time would be much of the year. It would actually be the month of July, which is when most all wheat harvest occurs, and also the month of October, which would be for sorghum or milo and also some soybeans.
As far as safety is concerned, if it is unsafe in Nebraska, we have got all of the surrounding States, roughly 10 States, that have the length limit of 80 feet. So what is happening now is we are having to decouple the trailer, leave half of it at the Kansas border and then we double up. So we are causing twice the traffic across the State of Nebraska. We have to go back, get the header, take it to the field. Then we leave the header there, go to the next place, drop the combine off, go back and get the header. So what we think we are doing here is we are using way more fuel, causing more traffic. It is more of a safety problem, and we think that this really affects the whole industry.
As far as crashes are concerned, there were 4,699 large-truck crashes in 2003, and only 294 of those crashes involved the larger rigs. So we do not think this is a significant factor. We think it would be safer, and we know it would be cheaper.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I have the right to close. I am the only speaker. If the gentleman wishes to conclude his amendment, I will make the closing remarks.
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I yield back my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
It is true that other States have the right to operate longer-length vehicles. They were grandfathered in in 1991. I like being a grandfather but of very small children, not of very large trucks. Had I been in the leadership position in 1991, I did oppose it, I did object to it, but I was not in a leadership position to stop it, and we would have stopped it.
This is not a good move. This is not in the public interest. The adjoining States ought not to have longer vehicles; and if this amendment is done, then we might as well just throw the motor carrier safety rules away and let everybody drive longer vehicles, heavier vehicles at any time of the year and see further endangerment of safety on the roadways.
This well-intentioned amendment, it is certainly initiated by farmers who feel they are going to be able to move their goods to market at lower cost, more efficiently, but at great risk to life and to the public safety.
So I urge Members to vote ``no'' on the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska
(Mr. Osborne) will be postponed.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cox
Mr. COX. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 7 offered by Mr. Cox:
Redesignate section 4136 as section 4137 and insert after section 4135 the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 4136. STATE LAWS RELATING TO VEHICLE TOWING.
Nothing in section 14501(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall be construed to prevent a State from requiring that, in the case of vehicles towed from private property without the consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle, towing companies have prior written authorization from the property owner or lessee (or an employee or agent thereof), or that such owner or lessee (or an employee or agent thereof) be present at the time the vehicle is towed from the property, or both.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox).
Mr. COX. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Before I address the substance of this amendment, I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, the co-author of this amendment, for working so diligently over the last several days to craft the language we are debating on the floor today. He has been at the forefront of bringing the issue of consumer protection in towing, which is what this amendment is about, to the attention of the Congress.
The legislation that he introduced last Congress, which he has reintroduced as H.R. 1173 in the 109th Congress, properly has focused attention on a program that is frustrating local government officials and police personnel charged with protecting public safety and especially our constituents, ordinary citizens.
I would especially like to thank the chairman and the professional staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure who bent over backwards to work with us to put together this good amendment. The gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young), the gentleman from Minnesota
(Ranking Member Oberstar), the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Petri), and the gentleman from Oregon (Ranking Member DeFazio) all provided us with excellent support in crafting this amendment.
More than anyone, I should like to thank Bob McDonell, the chief of police in the city of Newport Beach, California. He has been vigilant in seeking reform to protect the citizens of California from what we have come to know as predatory towing.
For several years, Chief McDonell has worked to build public awareness about this issue. He educated me about this issue and about the current state of the law, and he offered the suggestions for reform that are the subject of this amendment today. Chief McDonell and other law enforcement personnel in Orange County have had to deal with road tow truck operators who are ripping off ordinary consumers by exploiting a loophole in Federal law.
In California, in particular, a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2000 has called into question two provisions of our State law that are designed to help local communities protect public safety by ensuring that tow truck operators who tow vehicles parked on private property do so with both the written authorization of the owner of the property on which the trespass is occurring and with the owner or an agent of the owner being present at the time of the tow. These important safeguards protect the rights of property owners to remove trespassing vehicles, and they also ensure that the decisions are clearly made with the knowledge and participation of the private property owners.
Although there is a decision of the California Supreme Court upholding these provisions of California law, the conflict between the State and Federal decisions has left the practical effect of the law in limbo. It has made the law essentially unenforceable.
This problem, Mr. Chairman, was put in stark relief just last week when the Orange County district attorney's office announced that they would not prosecute a tow truck operator who was in such a hurry to tow a vehicle before the owner returned that he towed a car with a sleeping 4-year-old child in the back seat.
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According to the story in the Orange County Register, the deputy district attorney said that the Ninth Circuit decision was hampering her prosecution saying, ``The towing companies are able to flagrantly violate the California Vehicle Code, and we cannot prosecute that until the Federal law is changed.''
What we have the opportunity to do with this amendment is to make the necessary change. The problem is not just in Orange County; it is in northern Virginia where the co-author resides. It is in many communities across the country. A few bad apples in the towing industry are wreaking havoc, endangering citizens and compromising public safety.
The vast majority of tow truck operators and their companies are good public citizens. They work hard. And they work cooperatively with private property owners. They assist law enforcement. The reputation of these good citizens in this industry everywhere is soiled by the actions of a few rogue operators who are able to operate outside the law.
This amendment is merely designed to allow States to ensure that the bad apples come back within the reach of the law and that the confusion that has been prompted by the courts in California, the Federal court, which has compromised our State's ability to protect its citizens, is clarified.
I know that this amendment does not resolve all of the problems that the co-author, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) has with predatory towers, and I look forward to working with him and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on this issue further as we head to conference should this amendment be accepted.
As we consider whether any further refinements are needed, however, we must be mindful that, in the main, deregulation has been a huge success for the industry and for consumers. So in our desire to ensure that States can properly carry out their Constitutional function to protect public safety and to protect consumers, we need to be careful that we not return to the status quo ante which would expose the industry and consumers to a miasma of confusing and conflicting State, county and municipal ordinances that neither protect public safety nor our pocketbooks and, instead, breed inefficiency and lead to increased costs for consumers.
I look forward to working with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to ensure that the proper balance is maintained.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Moran) will control the time in opposition and is recognized for 5 minutes.
There was no objection.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I want to first express my appreciation to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox). He is a friend and colleague, but most importantly, when his constituents have a very serious concern, he has shown he effectively addresses the concerns of his constituents in California. And I appreciate his crafting this amendment. It is somewhat different from the amendment that I had in a bill, but it is certainly consistent.
What gives rise to the need for this amendment is what happened back in 1994, when the Tow Truck Operators Association slipped in language in the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization that claimed that towing was interstate in nature and, thus, can only be regulated by the Federal Government, which fell under the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Then, in the next year, in 1995, the Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, and thus, there was no one to regulate towing at the Federal level.
Now, as the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) very rightly says, most towing companies do not need regulation. They do a good job. You know, they do what they are supposed to do; they are decent people.
Unfortunately, when you have an unregulated situation, you do have a few bad apples, as the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) has said.
And they will take advantage of that situation and act in an abusive manner. That is why I want to thank the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), our wonderful ranking member, for letting us bring this amendment to the floor.
It does involve transportation. It is appropriate to be included here. And, you know, nobody is trying to take too heavy a hand on any sector of the industry. But, the fact is there have been abuses.
In Arlington County alone, many of my colleagues live in Arlington County, they have had 280 cases of abusive victimization of people that have been sent to the courts in just the last 2 years. Now, a lot of this stuff, you know, it does not need to happen. You do not need to damage a car when you tow it, letting it drag along the street.
You do not need to treat people abusively, particularly young single women who have their car towed and have to go to a remote, dark place and have to have a hundred dollars in cash instead of being able to write out a check or show a credit card.
There have been abuses. And there have been abuses in Los Angeles. Mr. Cox cited the case, what tow truck operator in their right mind, who in their right mind would tow a car with a baby in the car seat, the mother goes frantic, and the baby is towed to some tow truck lot.
Those are the kinds of abuses that we need to eliminate. And that is why the Cox amendment makes the owner of the property responsible. If the States choose, they can require that the owner be present when the vehicle is towed. That makes a lot of sense.
If it does not work, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) has agreed, we will pursue this further, until we give reasonable regulatory authority to States and localities. I think this is simply a commonsense amendment. I want to thank a former colleague, Mr. Bereuter; the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter); the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry); they were cosponsors of the legislation.
And I look forward to working with the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the gentleman form Alaska (Mr. Young) the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio).
You know, we will come up ultimately with the kind of regulatory authority that States need to bring this under control. But, we are not after all of the towing companies. Most of the towing companies are doing the right thing, and they are behaving as we would under that situation. It is just there are some abuses. We need some regulatory authority to bring them under control.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I would love to yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
(Mr. OBERSTAR asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Cox-Moran amendment that does protect owners of motor vehicles from predatory towing practices as both gentlemen have explained.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time is remaining?
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Virginia has 30 seconds remaining.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, in the 30 seconds remaining, I want to talk about one other point on a related issue, rather than take up the committee's time later in the day.
I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for the report language that addresses teen driver traffic accidents. It is good language. We are going to conduct a study on what we ought to be doing with regard to teenagers being responsible for such a high percentage of fatal crashes. It has gone from 6.6 percent to almost 15 percent now.
We are going to get a report to the committee to come up with some model driving school curricula and graduated licensing requirements. That makes a lot of sense, and it is good report language.
Again, I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) for bringing this amendment up and for the committee for entertaining it, and I trust that it will pass, hopefully, unanimously.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer support for the amendment that has been offered jointly by the Gentlemen from New York and California. This amendment would allow states to legislate to require towtruck operators, when they have cause to remove a vehicle from private property without consent of the vehicle owner or operator, to (1) have written permission from the owner (or lessee, or the employer or agent thereof) of the private property authorizing the nonconsensual tow; and (2) tow from private property only if the owner
(or lessee, employee, or agent thereof) of the property is present.
This amendment speaks to states' rights and the ability of states to occupy a field of legislation that is completely within constitutional limits. State property law properly deals with the problems contemplated by the underlying legislation, H.R. 3 as it pertains to license to enter private property for purpose of towing.
The Cox/Moran amendment is a narrower response to the nationwide challenges of predatory tow truck operators than H.R. 1173, the State and Local Predatory Towing Enforcement Act, a stand-alone bill sponsored by Rep. Moran. This National League of Cities (NLC)-supported bill would clarify the permissible scope of state and local regulatory authority over tow truck operations to protect consumers against predatory operators.
Under current federal law, state and local governments are prohibited from enacting or enforcing laws relating to the ``price, route or service'' of tow truck operations, except for public safety and the pricing of non-consensual tows. 49 USC Sec. 14501(3)(1)(2). An amendment to a 1994 federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, classified tow truck operators as ``interstate carriers'' that are exempt from state and local regulation.
One year later, Congress eliminated the federal commission that oversaw interstate carriers, essentially freeing the tow truck industry from regulation. This loophole in federal law prohibits state and local governments from enacting consumer protections against predatory tow truck operations.
The federal loophole chills the ability of municipalities from adopting consumer protection ordinances requiring tow truck operators to accept credit card payments because such an ordinance could face legal challenge as falling outside the exception to regulate only for safety or price.
Without congressional action, the courts are the only forum to decide the limits of regulatory authority over the tow truck industry. While the Supreme Court upheld state and local authority to regulate this industry for public safety, the Court declined to address what specific types of regulation would qualify. City of Columbus v. Ours Garage and Wrecker Service, 536 U.S. 424 (2002). Subsequent decisions at the federal and state court levels in cases between tow companies and municipalities have generated conflicts about the specific reach of valid regulation.
The Cox/Moran amendment helps to clarify the specific types of regulation state and local governments may enact. Without legislative clarification, the courts will continue to be the forum to resolve disputes and, without judicial consensus, this would only create more uncertainty. Absent a uniform national policy direction, consumers will continue to lose. Given the current Administration's initiative to curtail plaintiffs' ability to have their meritorious claims heard, this amendment amounts to an effort to protect innocent consumers and property owners.
Mr. Chairman, for the reasons mentioned above, I support the gentlemen's amendment an urge my colleagues to do the same.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox).
The amendment was agreed to.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 8 offered by Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota:
Strike section 1209 of the bill and insert the following:
SEC. 1209. CONGESTION PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Congestion Pricing Pilot Program.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection the following definitions apply:
``(A) Eligible toll facility.--The term `eligible toll facility' includes--
``(i) a facility in existence on the date of enactment of this subsection that collects tolls;
``(ii) a facility in existence on the date of enactment of this subsection that serves high occupancy vehicle lanes; and
``(iii) a facility constructed after the date of enactment of this subsection to create additional tolled capacity
(including a facility constructed by a private entity or using private funds).
``(B) Nonattainment area.--The term `nonattainment area' has the meaning given the term in section 171 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501).
``(2) Establishment.--Notwithstanding sections 129 and 301, the Secretary may permit a State, public authority, or a public or private entity designated by a State, to collect a toll from motor vehicles at an eligible toll facility for any highway, bridge, or tunnel, including facilities on the Interstate System--
``(A) to manage high levels of congestion; or
``(B) to reduce emissions in a nonattainment area or maintenance area.
``(3) Limitation on use of revenues.--
``(A) In general.--All toll revenues received under paragraph (2) shall be used by a State or public authority for--
``(i) debt service;
``(ii) a reasonable return on investment of any private financing;
``(iii) the costs necessary for proper operation and maintenance of any facilities under paragraph (2) (including reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation); and
``(iv) highway projects eligible for Federal assistance under this title if the Secretary certifies that the necessary costs under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) have been satisfied.
``(B) Requirements.--
``(i) Variable price requirement.--The Secretary shall require, for each facility that charges tolls under this subsection, that the tolls vary in price according to time of day, as appropriate to manage congestion or improve air quality.
``(ii) HOV passenger requirements.--A State may permit motor vehicles with fewer than 2 occupants to operate in high occupancy vehicle lanes as part of a variable toll pricing program established under this subsection, provided the State complies with the requirements under section 1208 of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
``(iii) Reasonable rate requirement.--Variations in the toll rate between different classes of vehicles for a facility under this section shall be reasonable, as determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Agreement.--
``(i) In general.--Before the Secretary may permit a facility to charge tolls under this subsection, the Secretary and the applicable State or public authority shall enter into an agreement for each facility incorporating the conditions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
``(ii) Termination.--An agreement under clause (i) shall terminate with respect to a facility upon the decision of the State or public authority to discontinue the variable tolling program under this subsection for the facility.
``(iii) Debt.--If there is any debt outstanding on a facility at the time at which the decision is made to discontinue the program under this subsection with respect to the facility, the facility may continue to charge tolls in accordance with the terms of the agreement until such time as the debt is retired.
``(D) Limitation on federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project on a facility tolled under this subsection, including a project to install the toll collection facility shall be a percentage, not to exceed 80 percent, determined by the applicable State.
``(4) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the program under this subsection, a State or public authority shall provide to the Secretary--
``(A) a description of the congestion or air quality problems sought to be addressed under the program;
``(B) a description of--
``(i) the goals sought to be achieved under the program; and
``(ii) the performance measures that would be used to gauge the success made toward reaching those goals; and
``(C) such other information as the Secretary may require.
``(f) Automation.--A facility created or modified under this section shall use an electronic toll collection system that uses a transponder or other means to specify an account for the purposes of collecting a toll as a vehicle passes through the collection facility.
``(g) Interoperability.--
``(1) Rule.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate a final rule specifying requirements, standards, or performance specifications for automated toll collection systems implemented under this section.
``(B) Development.--In developing that rule, which shall be designed to maximize the interoperability of electronic collection systems, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
``(i) seek to accelerate progress toward the national goal of achieving a nationwide interoperable electronic toll collection system;
``(ii) take into account the use of transponders currently deployed within an appropriate geographical area of travel and the transponders likely to be in use within the next 5 years; and
``(iii) seek to minimize additional costs and maximize convenience to users of the toll facility and to the toll facility owner or operator.
``(2) Future modifications.--As the state of technology progresses, the Secretary shall modify the rule promulgated under paragraph (1)(A), as appropriate.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Section 1012 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (23 U.S.C. 149 note; 105 Stat. 1938; 112 Stat. 211) is amended by striking subsection (b).
(2) Continuation of program.--Notwithstanding the amendment made by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall monitor and allow any existing project associated with a value pricing program established under a cooperative agreement in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to continue.
Strike paragraph (3) of section 1603(c) of the bill and insert the following:
(3) An analysis demonstrating that the 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.
Strike subsection (a) of section 1603 of the bill and insert the following:
(a) 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.
After section 1603(c)(4)(C) of the bill, insert the following (and redesignate any subsequent subparagraphs accordingly):
(D) an agreement for public disclosure of revenues generated and operating expenditures.
Strike paragraph (1) of section 1603(d) of the bill and insert the following:
(1) the State is unable to reconstruct or rehabilitate the proposed toll facility using existing apportionments;
Strike section 1604 of the bill and insert the following
(and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 1604. FAST LANES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter I of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 169. FAST fees
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and implement an Interstate System FAST lanes program under which the Secretary, notwithstanding sections 129 and 301, shall permit a State, or a public or private entity designated by a State, to collect fees to finance the construction or expansion of an interstate highway, for the purpose of reducing traffic congestion, by constructing 1 or more additional lanes (including bridge, support, and other structures necessary for construction or expansion) on the Interstate System.
``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the program, a State shall submit to the Secretary for approval an application that contains--
``(1) an identification of the additional lanes (including any necessary bridge, support, and other structures) to be constructed on the Interstate System under the program;
``(2) in the case of 1 or more additional lanes that affect a metropolitan area, an assurance that the metropolitan planning organization established under section 134 for the area has been consulted during the planning process concerning the placement and amount of fees on the FAST lanes; and
``(3) a facility management plan that includes--
``(A) a plan for implementing the imposition of fees on the additional lanes;
``(B) a schedule and finance plan for construction, operation, and maintenance of the additional lanes using revenues from fees (and, as necessary to supplement those revenues, revenues from other sources); and
``(C) a description of the public or private entities that will be responsible for implementation and administration of the program.
``(c) Requirements.--The Secretary shall approve the application of a State for participation in the program after the Secretary determines that, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection (b), the State has entered into an agreement with the Secretary that provides that--
``(1) fees collected from motorists using a FAST lane shall be collected only through the use of noncash electronic technology;
``(2) all revenues from fees received from operation of FAST lanes shall be used only for--
``(A) debt service relating to the investment in FAST lanes;
``(B) reasonable return on investment of any private entity financing the project, as determined by the State;
``(C) any costs necessary for the improvement, and proper operation and maintenance (including reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation), of FAST lanes and existing lanes, if the improvement--
``(i) is necessary to integrate existing lanes with the FAST lanes;
``(ii) is necessary for the construction of an interchange
(including an on- or off-ramp) from the FAST lane to connect the FAST lane to--
``(I) an existing FAST lane;
``(II) the Interstate System; or
``(III) a highway; and
``(iii) is carried out before the date on which fees for use of FAST lanes cease to be collected in accordance with paragraph (6); or
``(D) the establishment by the State of a reserve account to be used only for long- term maintenance and operation of the FAST lanes;
``(3) fees may be collected only on and for the use of FAST lanes, and may not be collected on or for the use of existing lanes;
``(4) use of FAST lanes shall be voluntary;
``(5) revenues from fees received from operation of FAST lanes may not be used for any other project (except for establishment of a reserve account described in paragraph
(2)(D) or as otherwise provided in this section);
``(6) on completion of the project, and on completion of the use of fees to satisfy the requirements for use of revenue described in paragraph (2), no additional fees shall be collected; and
``(7)(A) to ensure compliance with paragraphs (1) through
(5), annual audits shall be conducted for each year during which fees are collected on FAST lanes; and
``(B) the results of each audit shall be submitted to the Secretary.
``(d) Apportionment.--
``(1) In general.--Revenues collected from FAST lanes shall not be taken into account in determining the apportionments and allocations that any State or transportation district within a State shall be entitled to receive under or in accordance with this chapter.
``(2) No effect on state expenditure of funds.--Nothing in this section affects the expenditure by any State of funds apportioned under this chapter.
``(e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
`FAST lane' means a interstate highway or interstate highway lane, financed, at least in part, through the collection of fees, that is added to the Interstate System to reduce traffic congestion.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--
(1) The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1208 of the bill, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 168 the following:
``169. FAST fees.''.
(2) Section 301 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``tunnels,'' the following: ``and except as provided in section 169,''.
At the end of title I of the bill, insert the following
(and conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly):
SEC. 1838. FREEDOM FROM TOLLS.
Section 301 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the comma the following: ``and section 169''.
At the end of title III of the bill, insert the following
(and conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly):
SEC. 3047. CONGRESSIONAL INTENT REGARDING TRANSIT
INVOLVEMENT.
It is the intention of Congress to work with the States and the private sector to include bus rapid transit when adding FAST capacity to the Interstate System
At the end of section 1105 of the bill strike the end quotation marks and the last period and insert the following:
``(k) Toll Feasibility.--The Secretary shall select and conduct a study on a project under this title that is intended to increase capacity, and that has an estimated total cost of at least $50,000,000, to determine whether--
``(1) a toll facility for the project is feasible; and
``(2) privatizing the construction, operation, and maintenance of the toll facility is financially advisable
(while retaining legal and administrative control of the portion of the applicable Interstate route).''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy) and a Member opposed each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
This amendment addresses the big issues surrounding this year's road bill. How do we meet expanding capacity? How do we do so without increasing taxes or expanding the deficit? How do we address an over reliance on the gas tax? The degree to which the FAST Act, introduced by myself and the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith), attracted strong bipartisan support reflects the success in addressing these issues; by expanding capacity, by removing an outdated prohibition against charging fees on the interstate, and preserving the trust of the driving public by doing so only if the fees are charged on new lanes, so we have new concrete or tar; charge electronically, so there are no toll booths; and the fees go away when construction and maintenance costs have been provided for.
The use of these optional lanes would be optional to drivers, and the program is optional for States to use and does not impact their funding allocations. It is estimated that the FAST provisions could provide $50 billion in additional capacity over the road bill period without increasing taxes or expanding the deficit.
The FAST Act had 73 bipartisan cosponsors. Both the conservative Heritage Foundation and the new Democrat Progressive Policy Institute have written favorably about it. I appreciate the Chairman's efforts to reflect FAST concepts in H.R. 3. I have been very open with him about my intent to offer this amendment, but the concerns we have with H.R. 3 are that it is drafted so that it limits the ability to increase capacity by limiting its FAST-like section to only three projects and, in that way, gives States far less flexibility than they deserve. It limits the ability to increase capacity by limiting its FAST-lane section to only three projects, as I said; allows tolls to be charged on existing lanes in both 1209, in sections 1603 and 1604; and allows those tolls to be charged indefinitely under those programs. It allows revenues under these programs to be diverted to a variety of nonuser purposes.
Long-term FAST-style fee lanes can be a major solution to relieving congestion, but only if we preserve the trust of the driving public. The provisions included in TEA-LU could lead to the same distrust and resistance that has resulted in every recent State referendum on increases in gas tax being defeated. When used with FAST-style protections, it has been accepted by drivers, as witnessed by the Minneapolis, Minnesota Star Tribune poll showing 69 in support of FAST.
Frankly, many States around the country are using FAST. This amendment authorizes variable congestion tolls on existing roads and on newly-constructed lanes, and I would just recommend to my colleagues that we adopt this capacity-expanding, State-empowering, maintaining-
the-trust-of-the-driving-public amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, and yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is certainly well-intentioned in his purpose of adding to our fund of surface transportation capacity, but this is the wrong way to do it. Toll is spelled T-A-X. And this proposition is opposed by AASHTO, by tolling authorities, and by various environmental organizations.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy. I want to make clear that I personally am open to the possibility of having more flexibility within the transportation fund: Value pricing and tolling have a role. They have had a role since the beginning of our freeway system. But this amendment is not the FAST-lane bill that the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy) introduced last year.
Despite the rhetoric that it is supported by every major highway user group, his amendment is opposed by almost every highway user group, including AASHTO. My colleague from Minnesota pointed out AGC, APTA, AMPO, and the International Bridge and Tunnel Turnpike Authority. They oppose this amendment.
Actually, there is correspondence that I will enter into the record that was actually signed against this from the Reason Foundation, Robert Poole.
Now, why is that? Well, first of all, there are a number of areas right now that this would severely restrict the ability of State DOTs and local governments to develop pricing systems that meet their local needs. No reason to do that. Almost every community currently using HOT lanes or value pricing has a portion of the revenue dedicated to transit and corridor improvements.
In fact, it has been proven time and time again that the support for value pricing actually increases if people can have a balanced approach. This is not balanced and the public does not support tolling on facilities without an equity element.
In fact, the Kennedy amendment assumes, or it asserts, and I talked to him again about this today, that it is not a problem for people to continue on. Well, in San Diego, New York, even Minneapolis, in his own State, where they are currently using HOT lanes, they would be restricted in the use of their revenues and could no longer use any of these funds to pay for transit investment in their corridor. That is why the local governments, transit agencies, AASHTO and road builders oppose this amendments.
Why would we dictate to them how they are going to design their use of toll revenues?
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And adding a lane to a bridge or to a freeway is not just a single lane. If we are going to deal with congestion, which our chairman and the ranking member are concerned with, we need to do this in a comprehensive fashion. The adoption of this amendment will prohibit that. It limits it very narrowly, takes away the resources from people that have it, it prevents value pricing in any broader context.
Most fundamentally, there is no good reason to deny the flexibility to deal comprehensibly and comprehensively with our transportation needs. As a supporter of the use of tolls and value pricing where it is appropriate, where local governments want it, there is no reason why we should adopt this amendment and restrict provisions under the existing law. I think our chairman and the ranking member have proposed ways to explore moving forward, and we ought to reject this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I include for the Record the letter I referred to earlier.
AASHTO, Environmental Defense Oppose Tolling Measure That Lacks
Flexibility
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which represents state transportation departments, today joined with the group Environmental Defense, the construction industry, and other organizations to strongly oppose an amendment that would cripple state and local ability to use tolling to meet transportation needs and manage traffic problems.
Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-MN) proposes the amendment to H.R. 3, the highway and transit reauthorization bill expected to come to the House floor tomorrow. The proposed amendment would further restrict states' and localities' current tolling authority, restrict tolling on Interstates, limit tolling as a revenue option, and eliminate funding for promising non-highway transportation market incentive pilot projects that help reduce traffic and pollution.
``We agree with the President that these decisions need to be made on a state and local level,'' said AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley.
``While AASHTO and Environmental Defense have frequently differed on highway-related issues,'' Horsley said, ``the limitations inherent in Rep. Kennedy's tolling bill would needlessly restrict an important revenue and traffic-management tool available to state departments of transportation, as they seek to close the gap between pressing transportation needs and available resources,'' Horsley said.
Tolling is being explored in several states, including New York, California, and Texas, in combination with debt financing as a way to advance sorely needed transportation infrastructure projects. Horsley explained that AASHTO's members believe state transportation officials should have the ability to determine, on a case-by-case basis, where tolling would be most productive and what projects should be financed using toll revenues.
As submitted Tuesday afternoon to the Rules Committee, the Kennedy legislation would allow for new tolls to be levied only to fund additional lane construction or to convert high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes to high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. If used for new construction, tolls newly imposed under the amendment would have to be lifted once debt-service was paid and a reserve fund for maintenance and operations had been established.
The Kennedy amendment continues to restrict toll revenues for highway use only, denying agencies the opportunity to fund new improved transit.
``The Kennedy amendment would reverse a growing trend in which states are experimenting with tolls to cut congestion and air pollution,'' said Michael Replogle, Transportation Director for Environmental Defense. ``San Diego is using tolls on the 1-15 corridor to pay for new express-bus services. New York uses tolls to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for bridges, tunnels and rapid rail transit. Congress should give states the freedom to use these tools to cut congestion and pollution and boost access--not take the tools away.''
``Properly placed transit projects remove a great deal of traffic from overcrowded roads,'' Horsley noted. ``We need to be able to address the nation's transportation needs in a holistic, multi-modal way, not piecemeal.''
Replogle said his group supports ``accountability and transparency for toll-road projects to mitigate their environmental impacts and traffic growth. We can minimize new pavement by doing more to price and manage the pavement we've already got,'' Replogle said.
Although AASHTO and Environmental Defense have found common ground on the Kennedy language, Horsley noted that they remain of two minds about a variety of issues within the larger reauthorization bill, H.R. 3, being moved by House transportation leaders.
The Kennedy approach to date has drawn the opposition of the Tolling Coalition, which includes AASHTO, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), the Associated General Contractors (AGC), the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Authority (IBTTA) and the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
Other members of the Tolling Coalition include Koch Performance Roads Inc., Peter Kiewit and Sons, Nossaman Guthner Knox Elliott LLP, Parsons Brinckerhoff, the Bay Area Council, the Ybarra Group, Ashland Inc., Secretary of Transportation Whittington Clement of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Texas Department of Transportation, the Maryland Department of Transportation, Gabriel Roth, and Robert W. Poole of the Reason Public Policy Institute.
Environmental Defense, a nonprofit dedicated to breakthrough solutions to environmental The Kennedy amendment has drawn opposition as well from the Value Pricing Futures Group, a coalition that includes Environmental Defense, a 400,000 member nonprofit group dedicated to innovative solutions to environmental problems, and many other groups. These include the American Public Transportation Association, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority, the San Diego Association of Governments, Portland Metro in Oregon, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, Wilbur Smith Associates, and the Surface Transportation Policy Project.
Also, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Regional Plan Association, the TriState Transportation Campaign, the American Planning Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Independent Institute, the Central Parking System of Orange County, California, HNTB Corp., Transportation Innovations, Inc., UrbanTrans Consultants, City CarShare, the International Downtown Association, TIME/ to Improve Municipal Efficiency, Cofiroute USA, the Resource Systems Group, CRSPE, Inc. of Cape Coral, Florida, Smart Growth America, Friends of the Earth, Transportation Alternatives of New York City, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago, the Oregon Environmental Council, CYCLE-SAFE, INC. of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Thunderhead Alliance, the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and Lee County Commissioner John Albion of Florida.
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
When I listen to the gentleman from Oregon, I am always trying to figure out whether we are on the same page or on a different page because I would agree we need to give States more flexibility.
First of all, Mr. Poole pulled his name off the letter the gentleman referred to when they saw the actual wording on our amendment.
Second, value pricing would have more use, I am convinced, at the end of the 6-year road period under our amendment than under the existing language. We allow value pricing on existing toll roads. We allow value pricing on HOV to HOT conversions under our amendment, different than last year. And we would allow value pricing, congestion pricing on all new FAST lanes which we do not limit to three as the very highly restrictive draft put forth by the committee, but would allow an unlimited amount using value pricing if States so wish because we grant them that flexibility if it meets those simple criteria to honor the trust of the driving public.
I appreciate very much the good work that AASHTO does, but I have never really viewed them as a highway-user organization; they are a highway building and constructing organization.
Those that are supporting the Kennedy-Smith amendment is the Highway Users Association, is the American Truckers Association which makes this their top priority, is the 108,000 small business owner-operator individual drivers of America, is AAA. All of those are the preeminent highway users, as well as it is supported by those that believe we ought to be fiscally responsible and we ought to honor the trust of the driving public, whether we are talking about Americans for Tax Reform, National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, and many others.
Mr. Chairman, this is pro-capacity, and this is pro-give-States-
flexibility, and this is to make sure that we add more construction and add more capacity to our lanes.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young).
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly but strongly rise in opposition to this amendment. I have to tell Members that the people have contacted me, every State department of transportation because it does not give them flexibility. I thought that is what the gentleman was trying to do. They say it does not do that.
We have American Road Builders, Transportation Construction Coalition, State highway and transportation officials, and Public Transportation Association all opposing the amendment. That tells me something.
I am one that happens to believe in toll roads, contrary to my good friend, but this amendment takes away States rights to expand, including Texas. Last year our majority leader was supportive of the amendment, and now he informs me that he opposes the amendment because the State department of transportation says it will hamstring what they have been able to do.
I would love to work with the gentleman to try to figure this out. I think we are on the right track as far as tolls, but this amendment restricts instead of giving flexibility, and in doing so, takes away States' ability to leave in the tolling concept and maintain.
That is one of our biggest problems, we have not in fact put the money in maintenance. If we were to put a toll road in under this provision, and under his provision they take the tolling out when the road is paid for, who do Members think is going to pay for the toll road later on down the line? They will be back to Congress saying we need the money to maintain the road paid for by a toll.
My argument is there is no such thing as a free road. The roads have to be paid for after they are paid for to maintain them so they can be used. So, again, I respect the gentleman's work and his belief and effort, but to have this amendment take away the flexibility and have it opposed by every VDOT, we know something is wrong with the amendment as drafted. Again, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I wish the gentleman would continue to work with us to work to solve this problem.
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I respect the leadership of the chairman and his commitment to work to try to figure out whether we can have tolls be part of the solution in a fiscally responsible way. I would suggest it is not every DOT that is opposing it. Minnesota is supporting it. With regard to Texas, all eight projects in Texas have allowed that they are working on doing this.
Our amendment allows more capacity because instead of restricting FAST-type lanes to only three projects around the country, there can be an unlimited number in place around the country. This frankly gives more capacity, not less. Katie Freeway, for example, is one of those that allows. Highway Interstate 69 that they are trying to build is allowed. There may be some misinformation that is being spread on this.
I would also like to address some of the information that may have come from the committee suggesting this is an anti-tolling amendment. This is a responsible expansion of fee-type lanes being built and would allow for more than the underlying amendment. This does give, maybe in different ways than the committee drafted, but more flexibility to the States. It also allows more lanes to be built.
If the goal is to put tolls on existing lanes, which we restrict further in this amendment, there is ability to put more tolls in existing lanes in the committee draft. But if the question is whether we can put more tolls on new expansion of highway capacity, there is unquestionably greater flexibility offered under this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I just received a call from the Texas Department of Transportation. They are very much opposed to this amendment. I want to clarify that because the call just came in. We do need the flexibility, but they want the flexibility to remain with the State rather than authorizing something here.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess).
Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose this amendment. Our State department of transportation is very opposed to the language in the Kennedy amendment and would ask that the House defeat this amendment and use the language that is in the main bill.
In Texas, we have such a unique problem because we have such a large geographic footprint, second only to Alaska. Yet at the same time, we receive nowhere near the Federal funding the State of Alaska receives. As a consequence, we are constantly behind and constantly looking for ways to finance necessary and needed road projects in my State.
We have farm-to-market roads and State highways in my State that carry traffic, burdens of traffic they were never intended to carry, and they cannot be financed with the gas tax alone. We need the flexibility to take the money from a toll road and move it to a near neighbor, near-time project, which I understand that this amendment would prohibit.
Finally, we cannot allow the sunsetting of the tolls on a toll project. The prototype for that was the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike 30 years ago. That was a 1960s solution, and we have a 21st-century problem.
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
First of all, there was a statement of opposition from the State of Texas without really seeing our amendment, and so I have a call in and have not yet had a return call from the commissioner in Texas. We would be happy to work with them to make sure they have the flexibility they need. This provides more flexibility. I would agree with the chairman, we want to be having an expansion of construction using these types of lanes, which is what we are for. But a big part of the disagreement is whether we want to put a toll on existing lanes and just make it more painful to drive, or whether we want to actually build and add construction and add capacity and use fee-type revenues to help facilitate that expansion, which this unquestionably would add significantly more of. I encourage support of the amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Corrine Brown).
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, let me be clear, the Florida Secretary of Transportation is in town today, along with Commissioner Lazaro, and they are both opposed to this amendment.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has said that we need to invest
$375 billion just to keep up with the needs of this Nation's transportation infrastructure. Yet we have a bill on the floor today at
$284 billion. Obviously, this is not enough of an investment we need to keep up with our transportation system.
This amendment will tie the hands of the State departments of transportation and would deny them the flexibility they need to fund important projects in their State. My home State of Florida is experiencing tremendous population growth, and we use tolls to cover many of the high costs related to maintaining an adequate transportation system. Without these additional revenues, there is no question that current improvement projects will not be funded. In other words, no tolls, no roads.
The current tolling provisions in this bill were carefully worked out in a bipartisan manner and were developed to allow States the flexibility to build new roads, reduce congestion, and invest in transit. We authorize this major transportation bill every 6 years so we can make major investments in infrastructure and improve the national transportation system, but the Kennedy amendment does the opposite. It takes money from the States and limits their ability to creatively finance major projects. In closing, no tolls, no roads.
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I would just respond, I agree with the gentlewoman. We ought to be giving more capacity to the States. Our amendment provides that, estimated by a study done by Mr. Poole, of, I would say, $50 billion. So we are turning away, by opposing this amendment, the $50 billion it could generate.
This is really a debate about whether we want to toll existing lanes and just bring in more revenue, or whether we want to add capacity. The Kennedy amendment adds more capacity.
In closing, I would just reiterate to try to clarify some of the factual errors that have potentially been espoused on behalf of this amendment. First of all, we do not affect existing tollways in the least. We do not effect the HOV to HOT conversions. We allow the three projects that were currently in law to allow new expansions, conversion of existing lanes to tolls. But beyond that, we put a limit so we stop the further expansion of just putting tolls on existing lanes, and we unquestionably provide far more authority than the underlying bill to add new lanes, new tar, and new concrete because the existing bill only limits it to three projects where there is an unlimited amount of increased projects funded by fees, providing they are new lanes charged electronically so there are no toll booths, and fees go away when it is paid for.
Again, I plead with Members to look at the underlying facts of the bill and look at the ones that are supported by highway users across the board and look at the ones supported by those looking for responsible government.
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Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Again, I urge my colleagues to resist the siren call of tolls. It all sounds so simple: We will add more lanes; we will add more concrete and asphalt if all you will let us do is impose a toll on it.
The very first tolling facility in the western world, apart from that in ancient India, was King Edward III in England who allowed one of his knights the authority to build a bridge over the Thames in exchange for charging a fee to cross that bridge. It was to be temporary to cover the cost of the bridge. Four hundred years later, the British Parliament removed the toll from that bridge.
Tolls just do not go away. Once you put them on, they are there forever. To toll the interstate that we have already paid for is an insult to the drivers of this country. This is the wrong thing to do. We have provided reasonable tolling in this bill that is pending before us. It is sensible, but to go in this direction would impose tolls on those who can least afford it, would have widespread tolling on the interstate for which we have already paid. It does not guarantee that States will not contract away their right to build other roads in proximity to toll roads as happened in California. They got sued by the tolling authority.
This is the wrong thing to do. We have got a reasonable bill. What we really need, and I would invite my dear friend and good colleague from Minnesota, support the $375 billion bill that this committee introduced. That is the way to get more concrete and asphalt poured on America's roadways. Defeat the tolling amendment.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota because of its direct and detrimental effect on the State of Texas. The amendment seeks to ``streamline'' tolling authority to charge tolls on new lands and dedicate toll revenues to user fee purposes, and restrict the authority to convert existing non-toll Interstate Highway lanes into tolled roads and then indefinitely toll those roads.
This amendment is an overboard proposal to address a smaller problem. Overall, it will diminish existing state jurisdiction, tolling authority, decisions regarding the time limit on tolls, and the use of toll revenues. Specifically, the Kennedy Amendment would hinder the State's ability to obtain financing for the expansion of the Katy Freeway because of the undue burden that it would levy.
Toll credits are a significant resource for transit providers because they can use them in lieu of obtaining a federal match--thereby greatly expediting the development of major projects that serve the communities. This amendment will cripple the value of the toll credit program.
Without the revenue from toll credits, Texas will have less funding for the reduction of congestion and the improvement of air quality. In reducing an otherwise viable revenue stream, this amendment would restrict local governments like Houston from choosing the best tool to respond to local conditions and priorities.
In addition, this proposal would prohibit the tolling of new interstates, including the I-69 Corridor, which lacks an alternate source of financing. The City of Houston already suffers from congestion and poor air quality.
Mr. Chairman, I oppose this amendment and urge my colleagues to join me.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Issa). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Kennedy) will be postponed.
The Chair understands the amendment No. 9 will not be offered at this time.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 printed in part B of House Report 109-14.
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Graves
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Amendment No. 10 offered by Mr. Graves:
At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 14__. RENTED OR LEASED MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 30106. Rented or leased motor vehicle safety and responsibility
``(a) In General.--An owner of a motor vehicle that rents or leases the vehicle to a person (or an affiliate of the owner) shall not be liable under the law of any State or political subdivision thereof, by reason of being the owner of the vehicle (or an affiliate of the owner), for harm to persons or property that results or arises out of the use, operation, orpossession of the vehicle during the period of the rental or lease, if--
``(1) the owner (or an affiliate of the owner) is engaged in the trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles; and
``(2) there is no negligence or criminal wrongdoing on the part of the owner (or an affiliate of the owner).
``(b) Financial Responsibility Laws.--Nothing in this section supersedes the law of any State or political subdivision thereof--
``(1) imposing financial responsibility or insurance standards on the owner of a motor vehicle for the privilege of registering and operating a motor vehicle; or
``(2) imposing liability on business entities engaged in the trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles for failure to meet the financial responsibility or liability insurance requirements under State law.
``(c) Applicability and Effective Date.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall apply with respect to any action commenced on or after the date of enactment of this section without regard to whether the harm that is the subject of the action, or the conduct that caused the harm, occurred before such date of enactment.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Affiliate.--The term ``affiliate'' means a person other than the owner that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the owner. In the preceding sentence, the term ``control'' means the power to direct the management and policies of a person whether through ownership of voting securities or otherwise.
``(2) Owner.--The term `owner' means a person who is--
``(A) a record or beneficial owner, holder of title, lessor, or lessee of a motor vehicle;
``(B) entitled to the use and possession of a motor vehicle subject to a security interest in another person; or
``(C) a lessor, lessee, or a bailee of a motor vehicle, in the trade or business of renting or leasing motor vehicles, having the use or possession thereof, under a lease, bailment, or otherwise.
``(3) Person.--The term `person' means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, trust, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other entity.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 30105 the following:
``30106. Rented or leased motor vehicle safety and responsibility.''.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 140, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves).
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I am here today to correct an inequity in the car and truck renting and leasing industry. By reforming vicarious liability to establish a national standard that all but a small handful of States already follow, we will restore fair competition to the car and truck renting and leasing industry and lower costs and increase choices for all consumers.
Currently, a small number of States impose vicarious liability or limitless liability without fault, on companies and their affiliates simply because they own a vehicle involved in an accident. Whether or not the vehicle was at fault is completely irrelevant in these situations. These vicarious liability lawsuits cost consumers nationwide over $100 million annually.
Vicarious liability laws apply where the accident occurs. It does not matter where the car or truck was rented or leased. Since companies cannot prevent their vehicles from being driven to a vicarious liability State, they cannot prevent their exposure to these laws and must raise their rates accordingly. These higher costs have driven many small companies out of business, reducing the consumer choice and competition that keeps costs down.
While this amendment seeks to level the playing field, I want to emphasize, I want to be very clear about this, that this provision will not allow car and truck renting and leasing companies to escape liability if they are at fault. Accident victims will continue to be compensated according to individual State law.
This is supported by the NFIB. It is supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense reform measure to level the playing field so that consumers are protected.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).
Mr. NADLER. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) regarding vicarious liability for rental car companies. This amendment, if passed, would nullify the laws of 15 States and the District of Columbia and would have the disastrous effect of allowing rental car companies to lease vehicles to uninsured drivers with no recourse for innocent victims should an accident occur. Fifteen States and the District of Columbia allow rental car companies the freedom to lease cars to whomever they choose whether or not the customer has his or her own insurance. In exchange for this right, the companies are required by the State laws to assume responsibility when uninsured drivers cause injury and are financially unable to compensate the people they injure or kill. If the gentleman from Missouri's amendment were to pass, the innocent victim would have no recourse, no insurance company to sue.
This trade-off is in the best interest of both the States and the rental car companies. For example, my own State of New York is one of the most active rental car markets in the country. In New York City, many, many people do not own cars. Therefore, they do not have automobile insurance. If companies were allowed to rent cars only to insured drivers, and that is the natural result should this amendment pass, these States would allow companies to rent only to insured drivers, many New York residents would effectively have no access to rental cars and the rental car market would decline.
This situation is not unique to New York. Anybody, Republican or Democrat, who is from Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, California, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin should not vote for this amendment, Republican or Democrat, unless you want to say to your State legislators: We are going to preempt the law of New York, of California, of Florida, wherever, because we know better. Many of these States are big tourism States. By holding rental car companies responsible for the out-of-state drivers who rent cars while vacationing, these States protect their own residents from negligent out-of-state drivers. Vicarious liability laws also protect innocent Americans from negligent foreign drivers. If a foreigner rents a car in New York City or Los Angeles, runs over a pedestrian and her child, and then flees the country, the injured family would be left with no remedy should this amendment pass. In fact, the Graves amendment would probably shift responsibility away from wrongdoers and onto taxpayers. That is not something we ought to do.
There is nothing wrong, Mr. Chairman, with a State deciding, a State making its own decision. We believe in that here, supposedly. There is nothing wrong with a State deciding that it is in the best interests of the people of that State for uninsured drivers to be able to rent cars, but to require the car rental companies to take vicarious liability so that we do not shift the burden of paying for an accident to the pedestrian, the innocent victim or to the hospital or to the taxpayers, it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. And 15 States and the District of Columbia have done it. Why should Congress usurp the States' power to make this decision for themselves? What is the overriding Federal interest in preempting State laws on this subject?
Rental car companies reap lots of profits in these States. Any expense that results to them from these State laws, such as any insurance policy the rental car company itself has to carry to cover its liability, is simply passed on to the rental car drivers as a cost of doing business. If we are going to preempt State vicarious liability laws, we could require that any uninsured drivers must purchase insurance themselves from the rental car company, but no such requirement is included in this amendment.
To pass this amendment is to say that we are going to obviate the policy choices of these States and shift the burden of any accidents to innocent victims of accidents in those States. We should not do it. The States should decide this question as they have. I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds.
Quickly, Mr. Chairman, there are no uninsured rental vehicles on the road. Every single rental vehicle out there has to meet the State's minimum requirements for insurance. There is recourse. States put drivers on the road. Rental vehicle companies put cars on the road. They should be responsible for their equipment. Drivers should be responsible for themselves. But there is no uninsured rental vehicles on the road today.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the majority whip.
Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend my colleague from Missouri for his work on this important issue. Even well-intentioned laws do not always make good sense and this is one of those times. Find me an American who believes that a driver who rents a car and causes an accident is not in the wrong, and the rental company is. You might be able to find that on the Floor of the House. I do not think you can find that out there where this passes the commonsense test with Americans.
Holding rental and leasing companies responsible for the actions of their renters drives up the cost of renting a vehicle for all consumers. As was just pointed out, this insurance that is added to protect the company is added to every single person that rents a car, those very same people that the gentleman from Missouri pointed out already have to show proof of their own insurance. This arbitrary regulation costs small and large companies more than $100 million each year. In turn, small companies are getting run out of this business, and also this limits choices and competition for the customers when that happens.
The gentleman from Missouri's amendment will establish a fair national standard for liability: A rental or leasing company will only be liable in instances where the company is negligent or at fault. I think we can all agree, Mr. Chairman, that it makes good sense and will help limit the cost of renting cars to consumers. I ask my colleagues to support this important reform.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds.
The gentleman would preempt States' rights which is, I do not believe, a position that Congress should be taking, but he said, don't worry, those States require some sort of minimum of insurance and people would be covered. If people would be covered, then why is the potential liability or the actual liability as according to the previous speaker so large to those companies? It must mean that the levels of insurance are pretty inadequate. If they had adequate insurance or if they were required to carry adequate insurance, then this might be a supportable position, but to defer to the States who might have inadequate insurance and then leave potential injured persons hanging out there and preempt the States, I think, is unconscionable for this Congress.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking member on the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Oregon for yielding me this time, and I want to commend him and the ranking subcommittee member, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), for their excellent work in rebutting the notion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) about protecting the rental car industry and the leasing industry. That is what this is. Because what is wrong with requiring that the rental and leasing car companies assume responsibility when uninsured drivers they rent to cause injury and cannot compensate the victim? This is another one of a long line of issues, legal, in which we reduce the supports of the citizen and make them more open and more vulnerable. If a driver harms an individual and cannot compensate for their injury, the rental company should do so. What is wrong with that? Vicarious liability guarantees that the victims are not left to shoulder the costs of injuries caused by negligent rental car drivers and companies.
Take the case of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler). New York City, I have been in cabs where we have wrecks downtown in Manhattan. Car rental is a very dangerous activity. For us not to require this backup from the car rental industry would be a travesty. And so I am hoping that we will just do something for the consumers. By the way, Members, that is what you have in your district, consumers of a product that need a little insurance backup when necessary. And to knock that out in the cavalier manner that is being proposed is preposterous.
I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by Mr. Graves of Missouri. This provision is nothing more than a special interest sham designed to unfairly and unjustifiably protect the very profitable car rental and leasing industry and harm innocent bystanders.
Vicarious liability protects innocent bystanders from injuries caused by irresponsible drivers of rented cars. In exchange for the right to rent or lease to whomever the car companies chooses, fifteen states, including my own state of Michigan, require that rental and leasing car companies assume the responsibility when uninsured drivers cause injury and cannot compensate the victim. Thus, when a car rental company allows an uninsured driver to drive a rental vehicle, they do so, understanding the risk created by that action. If a driver harms an individual and cannot compensate for the injury, the rental company should do so. Vicarious liability guarantees that victims are not left to shoulder the cost of their injuries caused by negligent rental car drivers and companies that put these uninsured drivers on the road.
New York City is a case in point. It has one of the most active car rental markets in the country and a huge number of uninsured drivers that rent cars due to the car ownership rates in NYC. New York has forbidden car rental companies to ask their customers if they own auto insurance, in order to allow the largest number of people access to rented cars. Since New York has made the policy decision to mandate car rental companies to rent to uninsured drivers, New York needs vicarious liability to protect innocent bystanders who are injured by these uninsured drivers. Eliminating vicarious liability would be disastrous for the citizens of New York, leaving injured people to shoulder their own costs of injuries unforeseen and prevent.
It is also important to note that the issue of preempting state liability is under the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary, of which I am the Ranking Member, and no hearings have been held to examine the appropriateness of the language which would be included in the legislation should the amendment pass. It is irresponsible to allow this provision to be debated on the House floor without a committee of jurisdiction's careful review.
I also object to the retroactive and unfair nature of the amendment. As a matter of equity, it is unfair to change the rules of litigation in the middle of the game. If a victim brings a lawsuit based on a particular set of laws and principles, it is simply unfair to alter those rules and principles after the fact. In addition to suffering a harm, the plaintiff may have expended significant time and resources in the litigation, and it is inequitable for Congress to unilaterally dismiss that claim without providing the harmed party with his or her day in court.
Additionally, the principles of federalism dictate that in all but the most exceptional cases, tort law should be left to the states. Tort law has traditionally been handled by the state legislative and court systems under a framework established by our founders. In fact, there are fifteen states that are ably handling this issue of vicarious liability. Congress should not depart from its long tradition of letting courts decide new cases before considering stepping in to alter the law where it believes the results are contrary to the public interest.
This amendment has no other purpose than to protect big rental and leasing companies at the expense of accident victims. I am appalled at the effort to leave innocent bystanders without recourse and believe this amendment has no place in this Transportation Reauthorization legislation that is before us today. I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and vote no.
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 15 seconds.
Mr. Chairman, vicarious liability does not protect against uninsured drivers. It simply provides higher compensation based solely on the fact that the individual owns the vehicle. We are not absolving these companies of liability if they are at fault. What we are doing is eliminating vicarious liability simply because they own the vehicle.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Boucher) who is a cosponsor of this legislation.
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(Mr. BOUCHER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time, and I am pleased to join him in offering this amendment today and to urge its adoption in the committee. It will eliminate antiquated vicarious liability statutes and, at the same time, benefit the consumers who rent automobiles.
Vicarious liability laws for rental cars in a handful of States drive up costs for consumers nationwide by an average of $100 million annually. These laws allow unlimited damages against companies that rent vehicles solely because the company owns the vehicle that is involved in the accident, not because the company has done anything wrong. These companies are not negligent, they are not at fault, they could have done nothing to have prevented the accident.
Consumers pay $100 million annually resulting from these unfair laws because companies must bill the costs of these arbitrary damage awards into their rental and lease rates. Regardless of where a car or truck rental company is headquartered or where the vehicle is rented or leased, the company is subject to vicarious liability when its vehicle is driven to a vicarious liability State and is then involved in an accident. Therefore, the laws of a mere handful of States are driving up the rental rates for rental consumers nationwide.
The amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves), which I am pleased to cosponsor, will eliminate these unwarranted vicarious liability laws and broadly benefit the renters of automobiles nationwide. I commend the gentleman for introducing the amendment, and I urge its adoption in the committee.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 15 seconds.
Mr. Chairman, I would just address a question to the gentleman. You say they are already covered. Well, if someone rents a car in a State that has 10/20 insurance, $10,000/$20,000, and they drive next door to a State that has $100,000/$300,000 and they have an accident, I guess you only get 10/20. So you are saying it only affects these States. It would affect all States, if you remove this liability as they cross State lines.
Mr. Chairman, I would yield on the gentleman's own time to answer that question, if he would.
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith).
Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding me time, and I do support the Graves-Boucher amendment.
This commonsense amendment would prevent car and truck rental companies from being held liable for injury and property damage in situations where they are not at fault. Currently, some States allow vehicle rental companies to be held vicariously liable. This means they are held responsible even when they are not at fault.
When a company rents a car or truck and has no way to foresee or prevent an accident, they should not be held liable simply because they have deep pockets. The Graves-Boucher amendment would create a national standard, providing that vehicle rental companies can only be held liable in situations where they have actually been negligent. This amendment in no way lets companies off the hook when they have been negligent.
Mr. Chairman, I support the Graves-Boucher amendment because it requires the legal system to treat vehicle rental companies fairly.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar).
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, this is a very specious argument that we have before us. The rental company has insurance, so that makes everything fine, except that the amendment relieves the rental company of the liability on their insurance, except in the case of negligence. That does not make any sense whatever.
If I have a vehicle and allow someone else to use that vehicle and that person has an accident, I am the one that is liable. Why should a car rental company be any different than the individual? The answer is they have got a good lobby and they are lobbying for this amendment. They are lobbying to free themselves of responsibility and liability. That is not right.
States have different rules. What is wrong with respecting State rules? States have adopted a policy that has concluded that without the kind of protection the gentleman would like to remove, harm to innocent children, harm to bystanders, would go totally uncompensated, even if the rental car company leased the vehicle to an obvious drug abuser or to someone who has a history of a very bad driving record.
That is wrong. We should not be in the business of wholesale removal of liability for responsibility.
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Chairman, think about the statement that the opposition makes, that this amendment releases the rental industry except in the case of negligence. Think about that for just a minute. They should be liable in the case of negligence. They should not be liable for the action of their drivers.
The fact of the matter is, there are no uninsured vehicles on the road. In the case of an individual's car, you have a choice of who you are going to loan that car to. A rental company has to rent to a qualified driver. If they have a driver's license and they meet the State's minimum requirements, they have to rent to them.
Mr. Chairman, it is frustrating when there is so much misinformation out there about bills like this. There are three points that I want to make and I want to be very clear on.
Just remember, rental car companies do not put drivers on the road. States do. Rental car companies put cars on the road. They should not be liable for the action of the drivers. They should be liable for the their negligence or for their equipment, but they should not be liable for the action of their drivers.
Second, there are no uninsured rental vehicles on the road today. Those vehicles, before they can even be registered, have to meet the State's minimum requirements for insurance. That is up to the States. Let the States deal with that, just as what was pointed out. But there are no uninsured rental vehicles on the roads today. There is compensation or means for compensation to folks out there who might be harmed.
The third thing, and let us be very, very clear on this, this proposal would not exempt rental and leasing companies from the liability involved with their equipment. They are still liable and should be liable for negligence when it deals with their equipment, but they should not be liable for the actions of drivers. If you rent a vehicle in a non-vicarious liability State and drive it into a State such as New York, they are liable, unlimited liability, just because they own the car. That is not right.
Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of this and hope my colleagues can support me.
Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, again the gentleman did not answer my question. Rent a car in a 10/20 State, drive it into a 100/300 State, that car is essentially not insured for the purposes of that State.
Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Missouri says why should a company that rents a car to an individual, the company is not negligent, the individual is negligent, why should they be liable for the results of his or her negligence?
The answer is that is up to the State legislature. The State legislature may prefer that the person who must pay the medical bills should be the insurance company of the lessor company, rather than the innocent victim who is walking along with her baby stroller. We want people to be protected. There are cars that are insured to $10,000 and
$20,000, they drive into a State with a high cost of living, with a high cost of medical care, that requires of its own domestic drivers
$100,000 and $300,000, and there is no guarantee.
So the real answer is why should not New York or California or these other States be able to say we want to protect our citizens against non-resident drivers who are negligent, against foreign tourists from France who are negligent.
The real question is, should the insurance company bear the risk, the insurance company of the lessor company bear the risk, or should the woman with the baby stroller bear the risk? If I were running for the State legislature, I would say the insurance company. Here I say it is up to the legislature, not to us. Vote against this amendment.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. LaHood). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and pending that, I make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. Graves) will be postponed.
The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order: amendment offered by Mr. Osborne of Nebraska; amendment offered by Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota; and amendment offered by Mr. Graves of Missouri.
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Osborne
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 6, printed in part B of House Report 109-14, offered by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, noes 184, not voting 13, as follows:
AYES--236
AbercrombieAderholtAkinAlexanderBachusBakerBarrett (SC)Bartlett (MD)Barton (TX)BassBeauprezBilirakisBishop (GA)Bishop (UT)BlackburnBluntBoehnerBonillaBonnerBonoBoozmanBorenBoswellBoucherBoustanyBoydBradley (NH)Brady (TX)Brown (SC)Brown-Waite, GinnyBurgessBurton (IN)BuyerCalvertCampCannonCantorCapitoCardozaCarterCastleChabotChocolaCole (OK)ConawayCoxCrenshawCubinCuellarCulbersonCunninghamDavis (KY)Davis (TN)Davis, Jo AnnDeal (GA)DeLayDentDiaz-Balart, L.Diaz-Balart, M.DingellDoolittleDrakeDreierDuncanEmersonEnglish (PA)EtheridgeEverettFeeneyFlakeFoleyForbesFordFortenberryFossellaFoxxFrank (MA)Franks (AZ)FrelinghuysenGalleglyGarrett (NJ)GerlachGilchrestGingreyGohmertGonzalezGoodeGoodlatteGordonGrangerGravesGreen, GeneGutknechtHallHarrisHartHastings (FL)Hastings (WA)HayesHayworthHensarlingHergerHoekstraHostettlerHulshofHunterHydeInglis (SC)IssaIstookJenkinsJindalJohnson (CT)Johnson (IL)Johnson, SamKellerKennedy (MN)Kennedy (RI)KindKing (IA)King (NY)KingstonKlineKnollenbergKolbeKuhl (NY)LaHoodLathamLewis (CA)Lewis (KY)LinderLucasLungren, Daniel E.LynchMackManzulloMarchantMarshallMcCaul (TX)McCreryMcHenryMcHughMcIntyreMcKeonMcMorrisMelanconMicaMiller (FL)Miller (MI)Miller, GaryMoore (KS)Moran (KS)MusgraveMyrickNeugebauerNeyNorthupNorwoodNunesNussleObeyOsborneOtterOxleyPaulPearcePencePeterson (MN)Peterson (PA)PickeringPittsPlattsPoePomboPomeroyPorterPortmanPrice (GA)Pryce (OH)PutnamRadanovichRegulaRehbergReichertRenziReynoldsRogers (AL)Rogers (KY)Rogers (MI)RohrabacherRos-LehtinenRyan (WI)Ryun (KS)SandersSchwarz (MI)SessionsShadeggShawShaysSherwoodShimkusShusterSimmonsSimpsonSkeltonSlaughterSmith (TX)SodrelSouderStearnsSullivanSweeneyTancredoTaylor (MS)Taylor (NC)TerryThomasThornberryTiahrtTurnerUdall (CO)UptonWalden (OR)WalshWampWasserman SchultzWatsonWaxmanWeldon (FL)WellerWestmorelandWhitfieldWickerWilson (NM)Wilson (SC)Young (FL)
NOES--184
AckermanAllenAndrewsBacaBaldwinBarrowBeanBecerraBerkleyBermanBerryBiggertBishop (NY)BlumenauerBoehlertBrady (PA)Brown (OH)Brown, CorrineButterfieldCappsCapuanoCardinCarnahanCarsonCaseChandlerCleaverClyburnCobleConyersCooperCostaCostelloCramerCrowleyCummingsDavis (AL)Davis (CA)Davis (FL)Davis (IL)Davis, TomDeFazioDeGetteDelahuntDeLauroDicksDoggettDoyleEdwardsEhlersEmanuelEngelEshooEvansFarrFattahFergusonFilnerFitzpatrick (PA)GillmorGreen (WI)Green, AlGrijalvaGutierrezHarmanHefleyHigginsHinojosaHoldenHoltHondaHooleyHoyerInsleeIsraelJackson (IL)JeffersonJohnson, E. B.Jones (NC)Jones (OH)KanjorskiKapturKellyKildeeKilpatrick (MI)KirkKucinichLangevinLantosLarsen (WA)Larson (CT)LaTouretteLeachLeeLevinLewis (GA)LipinskiLoBiondoLofgren, ZoeLoweyMaloneyMarkeyMathesonMcCarthyMcCollum (MN)McCotterMcDermottMcGovernMcKinneyMcNultyMeehanMeek (FL)Meeks (NY)MenendezMichaudMillender-McDonaldMiller (NC)Miller, GeorgeMollohanMoore (WI)Moran (VA)MurphyMurthaNadlerNapolitanoNeal (MA)OberstarOlverOrtizOwensPallonePascrellPastorPelosiPetriPrice (NC)RahallRangelReyesRossRoybal-AllardRuppersbergerRushRyan (OH)SaboSalazarSanchez, Linda T.Sanchez, LorettaSaxtonSchakowskySchiffSchwartz (PA)Scott (GA)Scott (VA)SensenbrennerSerranoShermanSmith (NJ)Smith (WA)SnyderSolisSprattStarkStricklandTannerTauscherThompson (CA)Thompson (MS)TierneyTownsUdall (NM)Van HollenVelazquezViscloskyWatersWattWeinerWeldon (PA)WexlerWolfWoolseyWuWynnYoung (AK)
NOT VOTING--13
BairdClayGibbonsHersethHincheyHobsonJackson-Lee (TX)PayneRamstadRothmanRoyceStupakTiberi
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Messrs. RANGEL, RUPPERSBERGER, TOWNS, JEFFERSON, and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. REYNOLDS, GARY G. MILLER of California, WAXMAN, and Mrs. BONO changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota.
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. LaHood). The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 155, noes 265, not voting 13, as follows:
AYES--155
AderholtAkinAlexanderAndrewsBarrett (SC)BassBeauprezBlackburnBluntBoehlertBoehnerBonnerBoozmanBorenBoustanyBoydBradley (NH)Brown (SC)Burton (IN)BuyerCannonCantorCardozaChabotCobleCole (OK)CooperCoxCramerCrenshawCubinDentDiaz-Balart, L.Diaz-Balart, M.DoggettDrakeDuncanEhlersEmersonEnglish (PA)EverettFeeneyFergusonFlakeFossellaFoxxFranks (AZ)Garrett (NJ)GillmorGingreyGoodeGordonGreen (WI)GutknechtHarrisHastings (WA)HayesHayworthHensarlingHinojosaHoekstraHostettlerInglis (SC)IstookJenkinsJindalJohnson (IL)Jones (NC)KellerKellyKennedy (MN)KindKing (IA)King (NY)KingstonKlineKnollenbergKolbeLaHoodLathamLaTouretteLeachLoBiondoMackManzulloMcCaul (TX)McCotterMcHenryMcHughMcMorrisMeeks (NY)MelanconMicaMichaudMiller (FL)MollohanMoore (KS)Moran (KS)MusgraveNeugebauerNeyNorthupNorwoodNussleOtterOxleyPastorPaulPearcePencePeterson (PA)PickeringPittsPlattsPortmanPryce (OH)PutnamRahallRehbergRenziReyesReynoldsRogers (AL)Rogers (KY)RohrabacherRos-LehtinenRoyceRyan (WI)SensenbrennerSessionsShadeggShimkusShusterSimmonsSimpsonSmith (NJ)Smith (TX)Smith (WA)SouderStricklandSullivanSweeneyTancredoTannerTaylor (NC)ThornberryUptonWampWeldon (FL)Weldon (PA)WhitfieldWickerWilson (NM)Wilson (SC)Young (FL)
NOES--265
AbercrombieAckermanAllenBacaBachusBakerBaldwinBarrowBartlett (MD)Barton (TX)BeanBecerraBerkleyBermanBerryBiggertBilirakisBishop (GA)Bishop (NY)BlumenauerBonillaBonoBoswellBoucherBrady (PA)Brady (TX)Brown (OH)Brown, CorrineBrown-Waite, GinnyBurgessButterfieldCalvertCampCapitoCappsCapuanoCardinCarnahanCarsonCarterCaseCastleChandlerChocolaCleaverClyburnConawayConyersCostaCostelloCrowleyCuellarCulbersonCummingsCunninghamDavis (AL)Davis (CA)Davis (FL)Davis (IL)Davis (KY)Davis (TN)Davis, Jo AnnDavis, TomDeal (GA)DeFazioDeGetteDelahuntDeLauroDeLayDicksDingellDoolittleDoyleDreierEdwardsEmanuelEngelEshooEtheridgeEvansFarrFattahFilnerFitzpatrick (PA)FoleyForbesFordFortenberryFrank (MA)FrelinghuysenGalleglyGerlachGilchrestGohmertGonzalezGoodlatteGrangerGravesGreen, AlGreen, GeneGrijalvaGutierrezHallHarmanHartHastings (FL)HefleyHergerHigginsHincheyHoldenHoltHonda HooleyHoyerHulshofHunterHydeInsleeIsraelIssaJackson (IL)Johnson (CT)Johnson, E. B.Johnson, SamJones (OH)KanjorskiKapturKennedy (RI)KildeeKilpatrick (MI)KirkKucinichKuhl (NY)LangevinLantosLarsen (WA)Larson (CT)LeeLevinLewis (CA)Lewis (GA)Lewis (KY)LinderLipinskiLofgren, ZoeLoweyLucasLungren, Daniel E.LynchMaloneyMarchantMarkeyMarshallMathesonMcCarthyMcCollum (MN)McCreryMcDermottMcGovernMcIntyreMcKeonMcKinneyMcNultyMeehanMeek (FL)MenendezMillender-McDonaldMiller (MI)Miller (NC)Miller, GaryMiller, GeorgeMoore (WI)Moran (VA)MurphyMurthaMyrickNadlerNapolitanoNeal (MA)NunesOberstarObeyOlverOrtizOsborneOwensPallonePascrellPelosiPeterson (MN)PetriPoePomboPomeroyPorterPrice (GA)Price (NC)RadanovichRangelRegulaReichertRogers (MI)RossRoybal-AllardRuppersbergerRushRyan (OH)Ryun (KS)SaboSalazarSanchez, Linda T.Sanchez, LorettaSandersSaxtonSchakowskySchiffSchwartz (PA)Schwarz (MI)Scott (GA)Scott (VA)SerranoShawShaysShermanSherwoodSkeltonSlaughterSnyderSodrelSolisSprattStarkStearnsTauscherTaylor (MS)TerryThomasThompson (CA)Thompson (MS)TiahrtTierneyTownsTurnerUdall (CO)Udall (NM)Van HollenVelazquezViscloskyWalden (OR)WalshWasserman SchultzWatersWatsonWattWaxmanWeinerWellerWestmorelandWexlerWolfWoolseyWuWynnYoung (AK)
NOT VOTING--13
BairdBishop (UT)ClayGibbonsHersethHobsonJackson-Lee (TX)JeffersonPayneRamstadRothmanStupakTiberi
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Mr. SCOTT of Georgia changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. BASS, McHUGH, BOEHLERT, DOGGETT, and MOORE of Kansas, and Mrs. MUSGRAVE changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
personal explanation
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to explain how I would have voted on March 9, 2005 during rollcall votes No. 58 and No. 59 in the first session of the 109th Congress. The first vote was on the Osborne Amendment to H.R. 3, the Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users, the second vote was on the Kennedy Amendment to H.R. 3.
I would have voted ``yes'' on both these rollcall votes.
I was unable to cast these votes because I was serving as the Master of Ceremonies at the dedication of Nevada's Sarah Winnemucca statue in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Graves
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. LaHood). The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 218, noes 201, not voting 15, as follows:
AYES--218
AderholtAkinAlexanderBachusBakerBarrett (SC)Bartlett (MD)Barton (TX)BassBeauprezBiggertBilirakisBlackburnBluntBoehlertBoehnerBonillaBonnerBonoBoozmanBorenBoucherBoustanyBoydBradley (NH)Brady (TX)Brown (SC)Brown-Waite, GinnyBurgessBurton (IN)BuyerCalvertCampCannonCantorCapitoCardozaCarterChabotChocolaCobleCole (OK)ConawayCooperCostaCoxCramerCrenshawCubinCuellarCulbersonCunninghamDavis (KY)Davis (TN)Davis, Jo AnnDavis, TomDeal (GA)DeLayDentDiaz-Balart, M.DrakeDreierDuncanEhlersEmersonEnglish (PA)EverettFeeneyFergusonFoleyForbesFortenberryFossellaFoxxFranks (AZ)FrelinghuysenGalleglyGarrett (NJ)GerlachGibbonsGilchrestGillmorGingreyGohmertGoodeGoodlatteGordonGrangerGravesGreen (WI)GutknechtHallHarrisHartHastertHastings (WA)HayesHayworthHefleyHensarlingHergerHoekstraHoldenHostettlerHulshofHunterHydeInglis (SC)IssaJindalJohnson (CT)Johnson, SamJones (NC)KellerKellyKennedy (MN)King (IA)KingstonKirkKlineKolbeKuhl (NY)LaHoodLathamLeachLewis (CA)Lewis (KY)LinderLoBiondoLucasLungren, Daniel E.MackMarchantMathesonMcCaul (TX)McCotterMcCreryMcHenryMcHughMcIntyreMcKeonMcMorrisMiller (FL)Miller (MI)Miller, GaryMoran (KS)MurphyMusgraveMyrickNeugebauerNeyNorthupNorwoodNunesNussleOsborneOxleyPearcePencePeterson (MN)Peterson (PA)PickeringPittsPlattsPoePomboPorterPortmanPrice (GA)Pryce (OH)PutnamRadanovichRegulaRehbergReichertRenziReynoldsRogers (KY)Rogers (MI)RohrabacherRos-LehtinenRoyceRyan (WI)Ryun (KS)Schwarz (MI)SensenbrennerSessionsShadeggShawShaysSherwoodShimkusShusterSimpsonSmith (NJ)Smith (TX)SodrelSouderStearnsSullivanSweeneyTannerTaylor (NC)ThornberryTiahrtUptonWalden (OR)WalshWampWeldon (FL)Weldon (PA)WellerWestmorelandWhitfieldWickerWilson (NM)Wilson (SC)Wolf
NOES--201
AbercrombieAckermanAllenAndrewsBacaBaldwinBarrowBeanBecerraBerkleyBermanBerryBishop (GA)Bishop (NY)BlumenauerBoswellBrady (PA)Brown (OH)Brown, CorrineButterfieldCappsCapuanoCardinCarnahanCarsonCaseCastleChandlerCleaverClyburnConyersCostelloCrowleyCummingsDavis (AL)Davis (CA)Davis (FL)Davis (IL)DeFazioDelahuntDeLauroDiaz-Balart, L.DicksDingellDoggettDoolittleDoyleEdwardsEmanuelEngelEshooEtheridgeEvansFarrFattahFilnerFitzpatrick (PA)FlakeFordFrank (MA)GonzalezGreen, AlGreen, GeneGrijalvaGutierrezHarmanHastings (FL)HigginsHincheyHinojosaHoltHondaHooleyHoyerInsleeIsraelIstookJackson (IL)JeffersonJenkinsJohnson (IL)Johnson, E. B.Jones (OH)KanjorskiKapturKennedy (RI)KildeeKilpatrick (MI)KindKing (NY)KnollenbergKucinichLangevinLantosLarsen (WA)Larson (CT)LaTouretteLeeLevinLewis (GA)LipinskiLofgren, ZoeLoweyLynchMaloneyManzulloMarkeyMarshallMcCarthyMcCollum (MN)McDermottMcGovernMcKinneyMcNultyMeehanMeek (FL)Meeks (NY)MelanconMenendezMicaMichaudMillender-McDonaldMiller (NC)Miller, GeorgeMollohanMoore (KS)Moore (WI)Moran (VA)MurthaNadlerNapolitanoNeal (MA)OberstarObeyOlverOrtizOtterOwensPallonePascrellPastorPaulPelosiPetriPomeroyPrice (NC)RahallRangelReyesRogers (AL)RossRoybal-AllardRuppersbergerRushRyan (OH)SaboSalazarSanchez, Linda T.Sanchez, LorettaSandersSchakowskySchiffSchwartz (PA)Scott (GA)Scott (VA)SerranoShermanSkeltonSlaughterSmith (WA)SnyderSolisSprattStarkStricklandTancredoTauscherTaylor (MS)TerryThompson (CA)Thompson (MS)TierneyTownsTurnerUdall (CO)Udall (NM)Van HollenVelazquezViscloskyWasserman SchultzWatersWatsonWattWaxmanWeinerWexlerWoolseyWuWynnYoung (AK)Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--15
BairdBishop (UT)ClayDeGetteHersethHobsonJackson-Lee (TX)PayneRamstadRothmanSaxtonSimmonsStupakThomasTiberi
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Mr. WELDON of Florida changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 60, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have vote ``aye.''
The Acting CHAIRMAN. No further amendment being in order, under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Putnam) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Acting Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.
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