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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)

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Links to Highway Material Related to Each Section of SAFETEA-LU Including Fact Sheets, Guidance, and Regulations

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Sec. 2. General definitions

TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

Subtitle A--Authorization of Programs

Subtitle B--Congestion Relief

Subtitle C--Mobility and Efficiency

Subtitle D--Highway Safety

Subtitle E--Construction and Contract Efficiency

Subtitle F--Finance

Subtitle G--High Priority Projects

Subtitle H--Environment

Subtitle I--Miscellaneous

  • Sec. 1901. Inclusion of requirements for signs identifying funding sources in title 23
  • Sec. 1902. Donations and credits
  • Sec. 1903. Inclusion of Buy America requirements in title 23
  • Sec. 1904. Stewardship and oversight
  • Sec. 1905. Transportation development credits
  • Sec. 1906. Grant program to prohibit racial profiling
  • Sec. 1907. Pavement marking systems demonstration projects
  • Sec. 1908. Inclusion of certain route segments on Interstate System and NHS
  • Sec. 1909. Future of surface transportation system
  • Sec. 1910. Motorist information concerning full service restaurants
  • Sec. 1911. Approval and funding for certain construction projects
  • Sec. 1912. Lead agency designation
  • Sec. 1913. Bridge construction, North Dakota
  • Sec. 1914. Motorcyclist Advisory Council
  • Sec. 1915. Loan forgiveness
  • Sec. 1916. Treatment of off-ramp
  • Sec. 1917. Opening of Interstate ramps
  • Sec. 1918. Credit to State of Louisiana for State matching funds
  • Sec. 1919. Road user fees
  • Sec. 1920. Transportation and local workforce investment
  • Sec. 1921. Update of obsolete text
  • Sec. 1922. Technical amendments to nondiscrimination section
  • Sec. 1923. Transportation assets and needs of Delta region
  • Sec. 1924. Alaska Way Viaduct study
  • Sec. 1925. Community enhancement study
  • Sec. 1926. Budget justification
  • Sec. 1927. 14th Amendment Highway and 3rd Infantry Division Highway
  • Sec. 1928. Sense of Congress regarding Buy America
  • Sec. 1929. Designation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan Interstate Highway
  • Sec. 1930. Designation of Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel
  • Sec. 1931. Richard Nixon Parkway, California
  • Sec. 1932. Amo Houghton Bypass
  • Sec. 1933. Billy Tauzin Energy Corridor
  • Sec. 1934. Transportation improvements
  • Sec. 1935. Project flexibility
  • Sec. 1936. Advances
  • Sec. 1937. Roads in closed basins
  • Sec. 1938. Technology
  • Sec. 1939. BIA Indian Road Program
  • Sec. 1940. Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Sec. 1941. Beartooth Highway, Montana
  • Sec. 1943. Great Lakes ITS implementation
  • Sec. 1944. Transportation construction and remediation, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
  • Sec. 1945. Infrastructure awareness program
  • Sec. 1946. Gateway rural improvement pilot program
  • Sec. 1947. Eligible safety improvements
  • Sec. 1948. Emergency service route
  • Sec. 1949. Knik Arm Bridge funding clarification
  • Sec. 1950. Lincoln Parish, LA/I-20 Transportation Corridor Program
  • Sec. 1951. Bonding assistance program
  • Sec. 1952. Congestion relief
  • Sec. 1953. Authorization of appropriations
  • Sec. 1954. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways
  • Sec. 1955. Conveyance to the City of Ely, Nevada
  • Sec. 1956. Brownfields grants
  • Sec. 1957. Traffic circle construction, Clarendon, Vermont
  • Sec. 1958. Limitation on project approval
  • Sec. 1959. Cross harbor freight movement project
  • Sec. 1960. Denali access system program
  • Sec. 1961. I-95/Contee Road interchange study
  • Sec. 1962. Multimodal facility improvements
  • Sec. 1963. Apollo Theater leases
  • Sec. 1964. Project Federal share

TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

Subtitle A--Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Provisions

  • Sec. 4409. Conforming amendments (Alaska Highway and Alaska Marine Highway System)
  • Sec. 4410. Ralph M. Bartholomew Veterans' Memorial Bridge
  • Sec. 4411. Don Young's Way

TITLE V--RESEARCH

Subtitle A--Funding

Subtitle B--Research, Technology, and Education.

Subtitle C--Intelligent Transportation System Research

Subtitle D--University Transportation Research; Scholarship

  • Opportunities
  • Sec. 5401. National university transportation centers
  • Sec. 5402. University transportation research

Subtitle E--Other Programs

Subtitle F--Bureau of Transportation Statistics

  • Sec. 5601. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

TITLE VI--TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY

TITLE VIII--TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE

  • Fact sheet - Guaranteed Funding

  • Sec. 8001. Discretionary spending limits for the highway and mass transit categories
  • Sec. 8002. Adjustments to align highway spending with revenues
  • Sec. 8003. Level of obligation limitations
  • Sec. 8004. Enforcement of guarantee
  • Sec. 8005. Transfer of Federal transit administrative expenses

TITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Subtitle B--Other Miscellaneous Provisions

TITLE XI--HIGHWAY REAUTHORIZATION AND EXCISE TAX SIMPLIFICATION

Subtitle A--Trust Fund Reauthorization

  • Sec. 11101. Extension of highway-related taxes and trust funds
  • Sec. 11102. Modification of adjustments of apportionments

Subtitle B--Excise Tax Reform and Simplification

Part 1--Highway excise taxes

  • Sec. 11111. Modification of gas guzzler tax
  • Sec. 11112. Exclusion for tractors weighing 19,500 pounds or less from
    • Federal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers
  • Sec. 11113. Volumetric excise tax credit for alternative fuels

Part 2--Aquatic excise taxes

  • Sec. 11115. Elimination of Aquatic Resources Trust Fund and transformation of Sport Fish Restoration Account
  • Sec. 11116. Repeal of harbor maintenance tax on exports
  • Sec. 11117. Cap on excise tax on certain fishing equipment

Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Provisions

Subtitle D--Highway-Related Technical Corrections

  • Sec. 11151. Highway-related technical corrections

Subtitle E--Preventing Fuel Fraud

  • Sec. 11161. Treatment of kerosene for use in aviation
  • Sec. 11162. Repeal of ultimate vendor refund claims with respect to farming
  • Sec. 11163. Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card
  • Sec. 11164. Reregistration in event of change in ownership
  • Sec. 11165. Reconciliation of on-loaded cargo to entered cargo
  • Sec. 11166. Treatment of deep-draft vessels
  • Sec. 11167. Penalty with respect to certain adulterated fuels
 

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