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[Congressional Record: May 22, 1998 (House)]
[Page H3843-H3893]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr22my98-160]
[[pp. H3843-H3893]] CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2400, TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST
CENTURY
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1145. New Jersey Improve Old York Road/
Rising Run Road
intersection in
Burlington............ 4.98
1146. Michigan Construct deceleration
lane in front of 4427
Wilder Road, Bay City. 0.015
1147. Pennsylvania Construct I-81 noise
abatement program in
Dauphin County........ 0.48
1148. Washington Construct Peace Arch
Crossing of Entry
(PACE) lane in Blaine. 4.9
1149. New York Traffic Mitigation
Project on William
Street and Losson Road
in Cheektowaga........ 3
1150. Arkansas Construct North Belt
Freeway............... 5.25
1151. Ohio Improve and widen SR-91
from SR-43 south to
county line/city line
in Solon.............. 4.25
1152. Texas Upgrade US Rt. 59
between US 281 to I-37 12
1153. Michigan Construct M-24 Corridor
from I-69 to southern
Lapeer County......... 2
1154. Tennessee Construct greenway and
bicycle path corridor,
City of White House... 3.2
1155. Massachusetts Rehabilitate Union
Station in Springfield 12
1156. Pennsylvania Install citywide
signalization (SAMI)
project in Lebanon.... 0.75
1157. Washington Widen SR-543 from I-5
to International
Boundary, Washington.. 10.2
1158. Hawaii Replace Sand Island
bridge................ 0.75
1159. West Virginia Upgrade Route 10
between Logan and Man. 50
1160. Florida Expand Palm Valley
Bridge in St. Johns
County................ 3.1
1161. Michigan Improve US-31 from
Holland to Grand Haven 2.25
1162. Florida Upgrade U.S. 319
between I-10 and the
Florida/Georgia State
line.................. 3.75
1163. Colorado Improve SH-74/JC-73
interchange, City of
Evergreen in Jefferson
County, Colorado...... 4.188
1164. Pennsylvania Improve Route 94
Corridor through
Hanover to Maryland
State Line............ 6
1165. California Undertake San Pedro
Bridge project at SR
1, Pacifica........... 1.125
1166. Michigan Upgrade Tittabawasee
Road between Mackinaw
Road and Midland Road,
Saginaw Co............ 3
1167. Illinois Improve IL-159 in
Edwardsville.......... 3.20625
1168. Virginia Improve East Eldon
Street in Herndon..... 0.375
1169. Texas Construct Cleveland
Bypass................ 10.125
1170. Utah Widen SR-36 from I-80
to Mills Junction..... 2.25
1171. New Jersey Eliminate Berlin Circle
and signalize
intersection in Camden 6
1172. Arkansas Upgrade US Rt. 412,
Fulton County line to
Missouri State line... 7.5
1173. California Upgrade Del Almo
Boulevard at I-405.... 5
1174. Pennsylvania Improve access to
McKeesport-Duquesne
Bridge................ 2.15
1175. North Carolina Construct US-64/264 in
Dare County........... 0.75
1176. California Construct Gene Autry
Way/I-5 Access
project, Anaheim...... 6.75
1177. Arizona Construct Veterans'
Memorial overpass in
Pima Co............... 11.25
1178. Virginia Conduct preliminary
engineering on I-73
between Roanoke and
Virginia/North
Carolina State line... 3
1179. Mississippi Upgrade roads,
Washington Co......... 3.3075
1180. Tennessee State Highway 109
upgrade planning and
engineering, Sumner
Co.................... 1.84
1181. Florida Construct John Young
Parkway/I-4
interchange........... 6
1182. Illinois Rehabilitate and
upgrade 87th Street
Station to improve
intermodal access..... 1.7715
1183. Ohio Upgrade SR 124 between
Five Points and
Ravenswood Bridge,
Meigs Co.............. 3.75
1184. Colorado Construct Broadway
Viaduct, Denver....... 3
1185. New York Construct Bay Shore
Road SR-231 to SR-27
in Suffolk County..... 7.53
1186. North Dakota Construct Jamestown
bypass................ 3.6
1187. Ohio Upgrade State Route 18
between I-71 and I-77. 1.55
1188. California Construct Overland
Drive overcrossing in
Temecula.............. 3.75
1189. Ohio Upgrade U.S. Route 422
through Girard........ 4.72
1190. Mississippi Widen MS-45 from
Brooksville to US-82
in Mississippi........ 3.375
1191. California Extend Highway 41 in
Madera County......... 5.5
1192. Missouri Construction and
upgrade of US-71/I-49
in Newton and McDonald
County, Missouri...... 24.97725
1193. North Carolina Upgrade US-158 in
Warren and Halifax
Counties.............. 2.25
1194. Illinois Reconstruct I-74
through Peoria........ 2
1195. Minnesota Construct Shepard Road/
Upper Landing
interceptor, St. Paul. 2.25
1196. Texas Construct segment lof a
bypass to I-35 known
as SH-130. The State
of Texas shall consult
with all appropriate
local officials,
representatives of the
affected local
communities, and
provide for public
comment prior to
determining a final
alignment for the
project............... 13.5
1197. Washington Redevelop Port of
Anacortes waterfront.. 0.05
1198. California Construct I-15 Galinas
interchange in
Riverside County...... 6.375
1199. New Jersey Replace Kinnaman Avenue
bridge over Pohatcong
Creek in Warren county 1.2
1200. Michigan Upgrade (all weather)
on US 2, US 41, and M
35.................... 1.275
1201. Maine Upgrade Route 11....... 3
1202. Rhode Island Reconstruct Harris
Ave., Woonsocket...... 1.5
1203. Oregon Construct bike path
between Main Street/
Highway 99 in Cottage
Grove to Row River
Trail, Cottage Grove.. 0.23
1204. Maine Improve Route 26....... 1.125
1205. New York Rehabilitate Third
Avenue Bridge over
Harlem River, New York
City.................. 1.5
1206. New Hampshire Construct the Keene
bypass................ 4.899
1207. New Jersey Construct grade
separation of Route 35
and Tinton falls and
extend Shrewsbury
Avenue in Monmouth.... 3.75
1208. California Reconstruct La Loma
Bridge in Pasadena.... 2.25
1209. Indiana Remove and replace
Walnut Street in
Muncie................ 1.605
1210. Arkansas Construct US-270 East-
West Arterial in Hot
Springs............... 6.875
1211. Oklahoma Reconstruct and widen I-
40 Crosstown Bridge
and Realignment in
downtown Oklahoma
City, including
demolition of the
existing bridge,
vehicle approach
roads, interchanges,
intersections,
signalization and
supporting structures
between I-35 and I-44. 72.7875
1212. Texas Widen Meacham Boulevard
from I-35W to FM-146
and extend Meacham
Boulevard from west of
FM-156 to North Main
Street................ 2
1213. Minnesota Upgrade CSAH 116 north
of CSAH 88 in Ely..... 1.2
1214. Mississippi Upgrade West County
Line Road, City of
Jackson............... 8.25
1215. California Construct Imperial
Highway grade
separation and sound
walls at Esperanza
Road/Orangethorpe
Avenue in Yorba Linda,
California............ 12.515
1216. Nevada Widen I-15 from
California State line
to Las Vegas.......... 1.875
1217. Connecticut Improve and realign
Route 8 in Winchester. 1.515
1218. Oklahoma Reconstruct US-70 in
Marshall and Bryan
Counties.............. 0.11
1219. Pennsylvania Construct California
University of
Pennsylvania
intermodal facility... 1
1220. Arkansas Construct turning lanes
at US-71/AR-8
intersection in Mena.. 0.1875
1221. Michigan Construct intermodal
freight terminal in
Wayne Co.............. 18
1222. Pennsylvania Improve PA 17 from PA
274 to PA 850 in Perry
County................ 0.75
1223. Indiana Install traffic
signalization system
in Muncie............. 0.675
1224. Illinois Upgrade US 40 in
Martinsville.......... 0.094
1225. Indiana Construct SR-9 bypass
in Greenfield......... 2.3625
1226. Kentucky Conduct feasibility
study for Northern
Kentucky High Priority
Corridor (I-74)....... 0.375
1227. Hawaii Construct interchange
at junction of
proposed North-South
road and H-1.......... 1.5
1228. Florida Construct improvements
to JFK Boulevard,
Eatonville............ 0.75
1229. Mississippi Construct access
improvments to various
roads, Humphreys Co... 0.75
1230. South Dakota Construct Heartland
Expressway Phase I.... 6.505
1231. Illinois Construct Raney Street
Overpass in Effingham. 4.4
1232. Texas Road improvements along
historic mission
trails in San Antonio. 1.875
1233. New York Construct Elmira
Arterial from Miller
to Cedar.............. 2.25
1234. Ohio Construct a new
interchange at County
Road 80 and I-77 in
Dover with $100,000 to
preserve or
reconstruct the
Tourism Information
Center................ 7.1
1235. California Construct Airport Blvd.
interchange in Salinas 6
1236. Massachusetts Construct South
Weymouth Naval Air
Station Connectivity
Improvements.......... 14.225
1237. Illinois Construct new entrance
to Midway Airport
Terminal.............. 6.5
1238. West Virginia Preliminary
engineering, design
and construction of
the Orgas to Chelayn
Road, Boone Co........ 2
1239. New Jersey Construct US-22/Chimney
Rock Road interchange
in Somerset County.... 17.25
1240. Kansas Reconstruct K-7 from
Lone Elm Road to
Harrison.............. 2.79
1241. Pennsylvania Install traffic signal
upgrade in Clearfield
Borough in Clearfield
County................ 0.375
1242. Missouri Construct Grand Ave.
viaduct over Mill
Creek Valley in St.
Louis................. 1.65
1243. Pennsylvania Construct improvements
to North Shore Roadway
and access in the city
of Pittsburgh......... 11
1244. West Virginia Construct improvements
on WV 9 including
turning lane and
signalization, Berkely
Co.................... 0.2
1245. New York Conduct Trans-Hudson
Freight Improvement
MIS, New York City.... 3
1246. West Virginia Upgrade Route 2 in
Cabell Co., including
the relocation of
Route 2 to provide for
a connection to I-64
(Merrick Creek
Connector)............ 10
1247. New Hampshire Construct Hindsale
Bridge................ 2.536
1248. Washington Reconstruct I-82/SR-24
intersection and add
lanes on SR- 24 to
Keys Road............. 6.48
1249. Iowa Construct controlled
access four-lane
highway between Des
Moines and Burlington. 9.525
1250. Pennsylvania Construct bicycle and
pedestrian facility
between Boston Bridge
and McKee Point Park,
Allegheny Co.......... 0.125
1251. Ohio Upgrade and widen US-24
from I-469 to I-475... 17.25
1252. Texas Upgrade FM517 between
Owens and FM 3346,
Galveston............. 2.892
1253. Idaho Construct US-95:
Sandcreek Alternate
Route in Sandpoint.... 13.5
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1254. New Jersey Replace Calhoun Street
Bridge in Trenton..... 0.975
1255. California Construct Cabot-Camino
Capistrano Bridge
project in Southern
Orange County......... 1.5
1256. Pennsylvania Construct PA 16 Truck
climbing lane in
Franklin County....... 1.5
1257. New York Construct Eastern Long
Island Scenic Byway in
Suffolk County........ 11.25
1258. Texas Construct Loop 197,
Galveston............. 3.2175
1259. Illinois Construct Western
Springs Pedestrian and
Tunnel project, Cook
Co.................... 0.925
1260. Georgia Construct the Savannah
River Parkway in
Bullock, Jenkins,
Screven and Effinghaus
Counties.............. 7.5
1261. Mississippi Construct connector
between US-90 and I-10
in Biloxi............. 6.375
1262. American Samoa Construct drainage
system improvements
associated with
highway construction
on Tutilla Island,
American Samoa........ 3.75
1263. Maryland Implement city-wide
signal control system
replacements and
improvements in
Baltimore............. 13.275
1264. West Virginia Construct I-81
interchange,
Martinsburg........... 5.05
1265. Alabama Replace pedestrian
bridges at Village
Creek and Valley
Creek, Birmingham..... 0.075
1266. Virginia Improve Route 123 from
Route 1 to Fairfax
County line in Prince
William County,
Virginia.............. 11.25
1267. New Mexico Improve US-70 from I-25
to Organ in New
Mexico................ 18.75
1268. Pennsylvania Undertake
transportation
enhancement activities
within the Lehigh
Landing Area of the
Delaware and Lehigh
Canal National
Heritage Corridor..... 5.25
1269. New York Implement Melrose
Commons geographic
information system.... 0.75
1270. Alabama Construct repairs to
Pratt Highway Bridge,
Birmingham............ 0.45
1271. Texas Construct Spur 10 from
SH-36 to US-59........ 3
1272. Nebraska Replace US-81 bridge
between Yankton, south
Dakota and Cedar
County, Nebaska....... 1.125
1273. California Construct Centennial
Transportation
Corridor.............. 15.75
1274. Minnesota Construct Phalen Blvd.
between I-35E and I-94 9.75
1275. California Reconstruct Palos
Verdes Drive, Palos
Verdes Estates........ 0.3375
1276. Pennsylvania Facilitate coordination
of transportation
systems at
intersection of 46th
and Market, and
enhance access and
related measures to
area facilities
including purchase of
vans for reverse
commutes, Philadelphia 3
1277. Indiana Improve Southwest
Highway from
Bloomington to
Evansville............ 27
1278. Pennsylvania Construct an access
road in Bedford
Springs, Pennsylvania,
along Old U.S. 220 to
the Springs Project
and to construct other
facilities to
facilitate movement of
traffic within the
site and construction
of a parking facility
to be associatied
therewith or other
projects in the
counties of Bedford ,
Blair, Fulton,
Franklin, Mifflin,
Fulton and Clearfield,
and Huntingdon, as
selected by the State
of Pennsylvania....... 28.18
1279. Washington Undertake FAST Corridor
improvements with the
amounts provided as
follows: $12,000,000
to construct the North
Duwamish Intermodal
Project, $3,375,000
for the Port of Tacoma
Road project,
$2,250,000 for the SW
Third St./BSNF project
in Auburn, $1,500,000
for the S.277th St./
BNSF project in Auburn/
Kent, $1,500,000 for
the S.277th St./UP
project in Auburn
Kent, $1,500,000 for
the S. 180th St. E/
BSNF project in
Tukwila, $750,000 for
the 8th St. E/BSNF
project in Pierce Co.,
and $1,125,000 for the
Shaw Rd. extension
Puyallup.............. 24
1280. Ohio Construct interchange
at SR 11 and King
Graves Rd. in Trumball
Co.................... 5.56
1281. Michigan Apply ITS technologies
relating to traffic
control, Lansing...... 2.775
1282. California Stabilize US-101 at
Wilson Creek.......... 0.65
1283. Michigan Construct interchange
at Eastman Avenue/US-
10 in Midland......... 8.25
1284. Arkansas Enhance area around the
Paris Courthouse in
the vicinity of
Arkansas Scenic
Highway 22 and
Arkansas Scenic
Highway 309, Paris
Arkansas.............. 0.3
1285. Mississippi Upgrade Hampton Lake
Road, Tallahatchie Co. 0.66
1286. Illinois Undertake improvements
to Campus
Transportation System. 0.75
1287. Virginia Construct access road,
walking trail and
related facilities for
the Nicholsville
Center, Scott Co...... 0.225
1288. Pennsylvania Improve intersection of
U.S., S.R. 3066, and
West Allegheny Road,
North Fayette Township 3.5
1289. Arkansas Construct Highway 425
from Pine Bluff to the
Louisiana State line.. 5.375
1290. Pennsylvania Construct Independence
Gateway Transportation
Center project,
Philadelphia.......... 5.5
1291. Minnesota Upgrade Perpich
Memorial from CR-535
to CSAH 111........... 2.1
1292. Texas Construct US Rt. 67
Corridor through San
Angelo................ 5.25
1293. Pennsylvania Construct improvements
to roadway and parking
facility in the
vicinity of St.
Francis College,
Cambria County........ 2
1294. Missouri Construct extension of
bike path between
Soulard market area
and Riverfront bike
trail in St. Louis.... 0.6
1295. New York Construct intermodal
facility in Yonkers,
Westchester Co........ 8.687
1296. Maryland Construct intersection
improvements to
facilitate access to
NSA facility, Anne
Arundel Co............ 2.25
1297. Massachusetts Undertake vehicular and
pedestrian movement
improvments within
Central Business
District of Foxborough 1.56
1298. Kentucky Construct KY-70 from
Cave City to Mammoth
Cave.................. 1.5
1299. Virginia Construct Main Street
Station in Richmond... 6
1300. New Hampshire Improve 3 Pisquataqua
River Bridges on the
New Hampshire - Maine
border................ 1.65
1301. Pennsylvania Construct Abbey Trails
in Abington Township.. 0.45
1302. Hawaii Upgrade Kaumualii
Highway............... 8.25
1303. North Carolina Upgrade and improve US-
19 from Maggie Valley
to Cherokee........... 15
1304. Maine Replace Ridlonville
Bridge across
Androscoggin River.... 1.125
1305. Mississippi Upgrade and widen US-49
in Rankin, Simpson,
and Covington Counties 0.6875
1306. Texas Upgrade SH 30,
Huntsville............ 1.875
1307. California Reconstruct the I-710/
Firestone Blvd.
interchange........... 12
1308. Pennsylvania Widen US 30 from Walker
Rd to Fayetteville in
Franklin County....... 1.5
1309. Virginia Construct Southeastern
Parkway and Greenbelt
in Virginia Beach..... 3
1310. Illinois Replace State Route 47
Bridge in Morris...... 14.25
1311. Texas Upgrade Highway 271
between Paris and
Pattonville........... 1.5
1312. Minnesota Improve roads, Edge of
Wilderness, Grand
Rapids to Effie....... 4.5
1313. Arizona Reconstruct I-19, East
Side Frontage Road,
Ruby Road to Rio Rico
Drive, Nogales........ 7.5
1314. North Carolina Construct I-85
Greensboro Bypass in
Greensboro, North
Carolina.............. 22.125
1315. New York Improve access to I-84/
Dutchess intermodal
facility in Dutchess
County................ 2.21
1316. Illinois Construct I-88
interchange at Peace
Road in Dekalb........ 1.5
1317. North Dakota Upgrade US Rt. 52,
Kenmare to Donnybrook. 2.1
1318. South Carolina Construct improvements
to I-95/SC 38
interchange........... 6.75
1319. Arkansas Construct Highway 15
from Connector Road to
Railroad Overpass in
Pine Bluff............ 0.875
1320. New York Reconstruct 79th Street
Traffic Circle, New
York City............. 7
1321. California Extend State Route 52
in San Diego.......... 2.25
1322. California Construct Sacramento
Intermodal Station.... 3
1323. Illinois Construct Central Ave.-
Narragansett Ave.
connector, Chicago.... 3.7
1324. Pennsylvania Construct Walnut Street
pedestrian bridge in
Dauphin County........ 0.75
1325. Indiana Conduct rail-highway
feasibility project
study in Muncie....... 0.075
1326. Georgia Upgrade US Rt. 27...... 7.5
1327. Michigan Improve Hoban Road and
Grand Avenue, City of
Mackinac Island....... 0.84
1328. Washington Construct Cross Base
Corridor, Fort Lewis-
McChord AFB........... 0.375
1329. Illinois Construct bicycle/
pedestrian trail
parallel to light rail
transit system in St.
Clair co.............. 5.5
1330. Pennsylvania Improve Bedford County
Business Park Rd in
Bedford County........ 1.5
1331. Louisiana Construct Port of St.
Bernard Intermodal
facility.............. 1.575
1332. New York Construct bridge deck
over the Metro North
right-of-way along
Park Ave. between E.
188th and 189th
Streets............... 0.75
1333. Ohio Conduct feasibility
study for the
construction of
Muskingum County South
93-22-40 connector.... 0.5
1334. South Carolina Upgrade US Highway 301
within Bamberg........ 3.2
1335. Virginia Construct road
improvements,
trailhead and related
facilities for Birch
Knob Trail on
Cumberland Mountain... 0.25
1336. Kansas Widen US-169 in Miami
County................ 12.15
1337. Texas Construct extension of
Bay Area Blvd......... 0.75
1338. New Jersey Construct highway
connector between
Interstate Route 1&9
(Tonelle Ave.) and the
New Jersey Turnpike at
Secaucus Intermodal
Transfer Rail Station
and the Trans Hudson
Corridor at the Bergen
Arches arterial
roadway............... 5.5
1339. California Modify HOV lanes, Marin
Co.................... 5.25
1340. California Widen US-101 from
Petaluma Bridge to
Novato................ 8.75
1341. Arkansas Construct US 63
interchange with
Washington Ave. and
Highway 63B........... 1.5
1342. Louisiana Kerner's Ferry Bridge
Replacement project... 0.75
1343. Pennsylvania Reconstruct I-95/Street
Road interchange in
Bucks County.......... 1.3275
1344. New York Upgrade Frederick
Douglas Circle, New
York City............. 9
1345. Pennsylvania Improve PA 453 from
Water Street to Tyrone
in Huntingdon County.. 0.75
1346. Oregon Acquire and rennovate
facility to serve as
multimodal
transportation center,
Eugene................ 2
1347. Alabama Construct improvements
to Ensley Avenue
between 20th St. and
Warrior Rd.,
Birmingham............ 0.75
1348. Alaska Extend West Douglas
Road.................. 2.475
1349. Pennsylvania Construction of noise
barriers along State
Route 28, Aspinwall... 0.8
1350. Mississippi Replace Greenville
River Bridge in
Washington County..... 1.0
1351. Illinois Reconstruct Claire
Blvd., Robbins........ 0.2475
1352. New Jersey Reconstruct South
Pembrton Road from
Route 206 to Hanover
Street................ 6
1353. Kentucky Reconstruct US-231:
$5,625,000 for the
segment between Dry
Ridge Road and US-231
and US-31; $3,000,000
for the segment
between Allen-Warren
County line and Dry
Ridge Road............ 8.625
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1354. Indiana Undertake safety and
mobility improvements
involving street and
street crossings and
Conrail line, Elkhart. 1.5
1355. New York Construct sound
barriers on east side
of Clearview
Expressway between
15th Road and Willets
Point Blvd............ 0.3
1356. Tennessee Construct Franklin Road
interchange and bypass 2
1357. New Jersey Construct, reconstruct
and integrate multi-
transportation modes --
international airport
and seaport, rail,
national highway
system and brownfields
-- to establish an
international
intermodal
transportation center
and corridor between
and within the cities
of Bayonne, Elizabeth
and Newark, New Jersey 2
1358. Louisiana Construct I-49
interchange at Caddo
Port Road in
Shreveport............ 4.2
1359. Oklahoma Conduct study of
Highway 3 in
McCurtain, Pushmataha
and Atoka Counties.... 0.16
1360. North Carolina Construct US-117, the
Elizabeth City Bypass
in Pasquotank County.. 2.625
1361. North Carolina Upgrade US 13
(including Ahoskie
bypass) in Bertie and
Hertford Counties..... 0.75
1362. California Extend Route 46
expressway in San Luis
Obispo Co............. 6
1363. Illinois Construct improvements
to New Era Road,
Carbondale............ 2.625
1364. New York Construct congestion
mitigation project for
Riverhead............. 1.875
1365. California Upgrade Riverside
Avenue/I-10
interchange, Rialto... 0.69375
1366. California Construct I-10
Tippecanoe/Anderson
interchange project in
Loma Linda and San
Bernardino County,
California............ 1.5
1367. Colorado Construct C-470/I-70
ramps in Jefferson Co. 4.187
1368. Washington Conduct feasibility
study of State Route
35 Hood River bridge
in White Salmon....... 0.75
1369. Tennessee Construct Landport
regional
transportation hub,
Nashville............. 8
1370. Pennsylvania Upgrade roadway in the
Princeton/Cottman I-95
interchange and
related improvements,
Philadelphia.......... 15.15
1371. Washington Construct Sequim/
Dungeness Valley trail
project............... 0.75
1372. Maryland Construct phase 1A of
the I-70/I-270/US-340
interchange in
Frederick County...... 11.25
1373. American Samoa Upgrade village roads
on Tutuila/Manua
Island, American Samoa 8.25
1374. Virginia Improve Lee Highway
Corridor in Fairfax,
Virginia.............. 1.35
1375. Michigan Preliminary engineering
and right-of-way
acquisition for
"Intertown South"
route of US 31 bypass,
Emmet County.......... 1.125
1376. Missouri Construction of airport
ground transportation
terminal for the
Springfield/Branson
Airport intermodal
facility in
Springfield, Missouri. 3.75
1377. Ohio Upgrade SR 7 (Eastern
Ave.) to improve
traffic flow into
Gallipolis, Gallia Co. 1.5
1378. Michigan Construct US-27 between
St. Johns and Ithaca.. 6.375
1379. Washington Construct SR 167
Corridor, Tacoma...... 1.125
1380. Washington Widen US-395 in the
vicinity of mile post
170 north of Spokane.. 5.5
1381. Iowa Construct overpass to
eliminate railroad
crossing in Burlington 3.475
1382. Missouri Improve safety and
traffic flow on Rt. 13
through Clinton....... 6
1383. Florida Construct Alden Road
Improvement Project in
Orange County......... 0.525
1384. Dist. of Col. Implement traffic
signalization, freeway
management and motor
vehicle information
systems, Washington,
D.C................... 6
1385. Wisconsin Construct freeway
conversion project on
Highway 41 between
Kaukauna and Brown
County Highway F...... 16
1386. Illinois Construct crossings
over Fox River in Kane
County................ 9.375
1387. Mississippi Construct US-84 from
Eddiceton to Auburn
Road.................. 0.6875
1388. Illinois Construct US-67 in
Madison and Jersey
Counties.............. 5.1
1389. South Carolina Construct Calhoun/
Clarendon Causeway.... 6.5
1390. Florida Construct safety
improvements and
beautification along
U.S. 92, Daytona Beach 2.25
1391. Pennsylvania Realign PA29 in the
Borough of
Collegeville,
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.......... 0.495
1392. Pennsylvania Construct Towamencin
Township multimodal
center................ 2.61
1393. Maryland Construct improvements
to Route 50
interchange with
Columbia Pike, Prince
Georges Co............ 2.4
1394. Illinois Construct bypass of
historic stone bridge,
Maeystown............. 0.615
1395. Pennsylvania Construct Johnstown-
Cambria County Airport
Relocation Road....... 0.75
1396. Pennsylvania Reconstruct the I-81
Davis Street
interchange in
Lackawanna............ 6
1397. Connecticut Realign Route 4
intersection in
Farmington............ 2.1
1398. Pennsylvania Construct Wexford I-79/
SR 910 Interchange,
Allegheny Co.......... 0.825
1399. Pennsylvania Extend Martin Luther
King Busway, Alleghany
Co.................... 1.65
1400. Massachusetts Construct Arlington to
Boston Bike Path...... 0.75
1401. New Jersey Construct Collingswood
Circle eliminator,
Camen................. 6
1402. Ohio Construct grade
separations at Fitch
Road in Olmsted Falls. 3.75
1403. Wisconsin Construct Eau Claire
Bypass project........ 6
1404. Minnesota Reconstruct SE Main
Ave. and related
improvements,
completing 34th Street
Corridor project,
Moorhead.............. 3
1405. New York Construct Olana Visitor
Center in Olana....... 1
1406. Massachusetts Improve safety and
traffic operations on
Main and Green
Streets, Mellrose..... 1.95
1407. New York Reconstruct Jackson
Avenue in New Windsor,
Orange County......... 1.963
1408. New York Construct congestion
mitigation project for
Smithtown............. 0.75
1409. New York Reconstruct County
Route 24 in Franklin
County................ 1.85475
1410. North Carolina Construct US-311(I-74)
from NC-68 to US-29A-
70A................... 22.875
1411. California Design and initiation
of long term
improvements along
Highway 199 in Del
Norte County,
California............ 0.275
1412. Alabama Complete I-59
interchange in Dekalb
County................ 3.6
1413. New York Improve Hiawatha
Boulevard and Harrison
Street corridors in
Syracuse.............. 1.6875
1414. New Jersey Construct Route 17
bridge over the
Susquehanna and
Western Rail line in
Rochelle Park......... 1.125
1415. Illinois Undertake streetscaping
between Damden and
Halsted............... 0.8625
1416. Illinois Construct
transportation
improvements to
Industrial Viaduct,
Chicago............... 1.125
1417. Ohio Construct access and
related improvements
to Downtown Riverfront
Area, Dayton.......... 3.675
1418. Oregon Purchase and install
emitters and receiving
equipment to
facilitate movement of
emergency and transit
vehicles at key
arterial
intersections,
Portland.............. 4.5
1419. Tennessee Reconstruct road and
causeway in Shiloh
Military Park in
Hardin County......... 11.25
1420. Arkansas Conduct planning for
highway 278 and rail
for the Warren/
Monticello Arkansas
Intermodal Complex.... 0.875
1421. Oregon Construct regional
multimodal
transportation center
in Albany............. 10
1422. Texas Construct two-lane
parallel bridge, State
Highway 146, FM 517 to
vicinity of Dickinson
Bayou................. 3.6375
1423. Connecticut Relocate and realign
Route 72 in Bristol... 4.0575
1424. Massachusetts Construct Minuteman
Commuter Bikeway-
Charles River Bikeway
connector, Cambridge
and Watertown......... 0.5625
1425. Michigan Replace Chevrolet Ave.
bridge in Genesee Co.. 1.8
1426. Virginia Construct trailhead and
related facilities and
restore old Whitetop
Train Station at
terminus of Virginia
Creeper Trail adjacent
to Mount Rogers
National Recreation
Area.................. 0.3
1427. New York Construct Mineola and
Hicksville Intermodal
Centers in Nassau Co.. 12
1428. Indiana Lafayette Railroad
relocation project in
Lafayette, Indiana.... 22.05
1429. Michigan Construct Jackson Road
project (demonstrating
performance of paper
and plastic reinforced
concrete), Scio
Township.............. 3.45
1430. Wyoming Widen and improve Cody -
Yellowstone Highway
from the entrance to
Yellowstone National
Park to Cody.......... 5
1431. Texas Widen State Highway 6
from from Senior Road
to FM521.............. 9.075
1432. Massachusetts Design, engineer and
right-of-way
aquisition of the
Great River Bridge,
Westfield............. 1.5
1433. Washington Design and implement
report and
environmental study of
the I-5 corridor in
Everett, Washington... 1
1434. North Carolina Make improvements to I-
95/SR-1162 interchange
in Johnston Co........ 2.4
1435. New York Reconstruct Stoneleigh
Avenue in Putnam
County................ 2.89
1436. Pennsylvania Construct
transportation
improvements around
the interchange of
Interstate 81 and S.R.
0944, Hampden Township 2
1437. Wisconsin Upgrade Highway 151
between Platteville
and Dubuque........... 6
1438. New York Improve Bedford-
Banksville Road from
Millbrook to
Connecticut State line 1.44
1439. California Construct interchange
between I-15 and SR-18
in Victorville/Apple
Valley, California.... 6
1440. Connecticut Construct overlook and
access to Niantic Bay. 2.31
1441. Arizona Design, engineering and
ROW acquisition for
Area Service Highway,
Yuma.................. 0.75
1442. Connecticut Reconstruct cross road
over I-95, Waterford.. 1.5
1443. Illinois Upgrade industrial park
road in Village of
Sauget................ 3.375
1444. California Construct I-680 HOV
lanes between Marina
Vista toll plaza to
North Main Street,
Martinez to Walnut
Creek................. 5.25
1445. Iowa Improve US 65/IA 5
interchange, Warren
Co.................... 5
1446. Pennsylvania Replace Masontown
bridge, Fayette and
Greene Counties....... 5
1447. Indiana Extend SR 149 between
SR 130 to US Rt. 30,
Valparaiso............ 3
1448. Pennsylvania Construct PA-309
Sumneytown Pike
Connector............. 3.96
1449. California Improve Route 99/Route
120 interchange in
Manteca County........ 6
1450. Alaska Construct a bridge
joining the Island of
Gravina to the
Community of Ketchikan
on Revilla Island..... 15
1451. Nebraska Conduct corridor study
of NE-35 alternative
and modified route in
Norfolk, Wayne and
Dakota City........... 0.75
1452. Michigan Upgrade Lalie St.,
Frenchtown Rd., and
Penshee Rd., Ironwood. 0.27
1453. California Conduct planning,
preliminary
engineering and design
for Etiwanda Ave./I-10
interchange, San
Bernardino Co......... 1.5
1454. California Construct Arbor Vitae
Street improvements,
Inglewood............. 2.625
1455. Minnesota Restore MN
Transportation
facility, Jackson
Street Roundhouse, St.
Paul.................. 0.75
1456. Rhode Island Upgrade pedestrian
traffic facilities,
Bristol............... 0.075
1457. California Install SiliconValley
Smart Corridor project
along the I-880
corridor.............. 2.145
1458. South Carolina Construct I-26/US-1
connector in Columbia. 9
1459. New York Construct Poughkeepsie
Intermodal Facility in
Poughkeepsie.......... 3.75
1460. Oregon Restore transportation
connection between
Wauna, Astoria and
Port of Astoria....... 0.525
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1461. New York Conduct feasibility
study of new
International bridges
on the NY/Canada
border................ 0.375
1462. Tennessee Extend Pellissippi
Parkway from State
Route 33 to State
Route 321 in Blount
County................ 8.85
1463. Ohio Upgrade 2 warning
devices on the rail
north/south line from
Columbus to Toledo.... 0.15
1464. California Upgrade South Higuera
Street, San Luis
Obispo................ 0.675
1465. Alabama Upgrade County Road 39
between Highway 84 and
Silver Creek Park,
Clarke Co............. 0.75
1466. North Carolina Relocate US 1from north
of Lakeview to SR
1180, Moore and Lee
Counties.............. 5.475
1467. Texas Construct extension of
West Austin Street (FM
2609) between Old
Tyler Road and Loop
224, Nacogdoches...... 1.35
1468. Michigan Reconstruct I-94
between Michigan Route
14 and US-23.......... 9
1469. Connecticut Reconstruct I-84,
Hartford.............. 7.1025
1470. Ohio Undertake improvements
to Valley Street,
Dayton................ 0.675
1471. New Jersey Upgrade Urban
University Heights
Connector, Newark..... 7.275
1472. Ohio Widen to 5 lanes
existing SR 43/Sunset
Boulevard in
Steubenville,
Jefferson County...... 0.6
1473. New York Improve and reconstruct
Stony Street in York
Town.................. 0.35
1474. Ohio Construct grade
separation at Dille
Road in Euclid........ 3.75
1475. Washington Safety improvements to
State Route 14 in
Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area.. 3.15
1476. Indiana Upgrade County roads in
LaPorte County........ 6
1477. California Implement ITS
technologies in
Employment Center area
of City of El Segundo. 2.6625
1478. Minnesota Construct pedestrian
overpass on Highway
169, Mille Lacs
Reservation........... 0.45
1479. Texas Complete State Highway
35 in Aransas County.. 5.42
1480. washington Construct overcrossing
at 38th Street in
Everett, WA., and
construct the
Riverside Industrial
Access Road as
identified in the FAST
Corridor plan......... 5.893
1481. Illinois Construct improvements
to McKinley Bridge
over Mississippi River
with terminus points
in Venice, Illinois,
and St. Louis,
Missouri.............. 3.9
1482. Connecticut Upgrade bridge over
Naugatuck River,
Ansonia............... 0.3375
1483. Louisiana Widen Lapalco Boulevard
from Barataria
Boulevard to Destrehan
Avenue in Jefferson
Parish, Louisiana..... 3
1484. California Construct Tulare County
roads in Tulare County 6.75
1485. Washington Extend Mill Plain
Boulevard in Vancouver 3
1486. Missouri Construct an intermodal
center at Missouri
Botanical Garden...... 0.9
1487. Ohio Reimburse costs
associated with
multimodal
transportation
improvements, Dayton.. 2.0625
1488. West Virginia Upgrade US 340 between
West Virginia/Virginia
State line and the
Charles Town Bypass... 2
1489. Ohio Add lanes and improve
intersections on Route
20 in Lake County,
Ohio.................. 2
1490. Pennsylvania Rehabilitate Kenmawr
Bridge, Swissvale..... 0.45
1491. Rhode Island Construct Blackstone
River Bikeway......... 2.59125
1492. Alaska Construct Gravina
Island Bridge in
Ketchikan............. 5.443
1493. Alaska Construct N.W. Alaska
Road/Rail access...... 2.5
1494. Alaska Construct North Denali
access route.......... 1.5
1495. Alaska Construct capital
improvements to marine
transportation
facilities for Prince
of Wales Island....... 0.75
1496. Alaska Improve marine dry dock
and facilities in
Ketchikan............. 0.75
1497. Alaska Construct New Access
Route to Ship Creek
Access in Anchorage... 11.943
1498. Alabama Construct bridge over
Tennessee River
connecting Muscle
Shoals and Florence... 1
1499. Alabama Engineering, right-of-
way acquisition and
construction of
Huntsville Southern
Bypass................ 1
1500. Alabama Construction of Eastern
Black Warrior River
Bridge................ 7.75
1501. Alabama Construct East Foley
Corridor Project from
Baldwin County Highway
20 to State Highway 59
in Alabama............ 1
1502. Alabama Engineering, right-of-
way, acquisition and
construction of
Birmingham Northern
Beltline in Jefferson
County................ 8.917
1503. Alabama Extend I-759 in Etowah
County................ 1.167
1504. Alabama Construct Decatur
Southern Bypass....... 1
1505. Alabama Construct Anniston
Eastern Bypass from I-
20 to Fort McClellan
in Calhoun County..... 2
1506. Alabama Construct Montgomery
outer loop from US 80
to I-85 via I-65...... 11.8
1507. Alabama Develop U.S. 231/I-10
Freeway Connector from
Alabama border to
Dothan................ 2
1508. Alabama Replace bridge over
Tombigbee River,
Naheola............... 3
1509. Arkansas Development of Little
Rock Port Authority... 2
1510. Arkansas Development of Little
Rock River Rail
Project............... 2
1511. Arkansas Improvements to I-30
From Benton to Geyer
Springs Exit in Little
Rock.................. 2
1512. Arkansas Upgrade 2 bypasses
(Washington Ave.
Interchange and
Highway 63B
Interchange) on U.S.
63 in Jonesboro....... 5
1513. Arkansas Construct bypass at
Ashdown............... 1.25
1514. Arkansas Devlopment of U.S. 71
from Fort Chaffee to
Texarkana............. 7
1515. Arkansas Development of
Interchange at
Intersection of I-40
and Airport Road in
West Memphis.......... 6
1516. Arkansas Improve U.S. Highway
412 From Harrison to
Mountain Home......... 3.8875
1517. Arkansas Complete Courthouse
Improvement
Enhancements Project
in Paris.............. 0.1
1518. Arkansas Further study and
development of
Russellville
Intermodal Complex in
Russellville.......... 0.25
1519. Arkansas Construct turning lanes
at the Intersection of
U.S. Highway 71 and
Arkansas State Highway
8 in Mena............. 0.0625
1520. Arkansas Transportation
Enhancements in the
Vicinity of Dickson
St., Fayetteville..... 0.375
1521. Arkansas Improve Arkansas State
Highway 12 From U.S.
71 at Rainbow Curve to
the Northwest Arkansas
Regional Airport...... 0.125
1522. Arkansas Construct intermodal
connector access road
to the Northwest Ark.
Regional Airport...... 4
1523. Arkansas Continue development of
West Phoenix Ave, Ft.
Smith................. 2
1524. Arkansas Improvements to 28th
Street, Van Buren..... 0.25
1525. Arkansas Conduct feasibility
studies for Van Buren
Intermodal Port....... 0.075
1526. Arkansas Upgrade Arkansas State
Highway 59 from Rena
Road to Old Uniontown
Road in Van Buren..... 0.65
1527. Arkansas Construct improvements
to U.S. Highway 71 to
I-40 through Fort
Chaffee and Fort Smith 1.25
1528. California Construct I-80 reliever
route system, Solano
Cty................... 12.1
1529. California Replace Maxwell Bridge,
Napa Cty.............. 8.7
1530. California Construct March Inland
Port ground access
project, Riverside Cty 7.2
1531. California Construct Sta Monica
Transit Pkwy.......... 17
1532. California Construct state Rte 905
between I-805 and Otay
Mesa border crossing.. 38.5
1533. California Construct hwy grade
separation/other
improvements for
"Gateway for America"
project in San Gabriel
Valley................ 100
1534. Colorado State Priority Projects 23.401
1535. Connecticut Reconstruction of
railroad electrical
catenary serving
commuter lines between
New Haven and Stanford 23.433
1536. Connecticut Pedestrian/disabled
access improvements at
Mark Twain House
Historic Site......... 0.5
1537. Connecticut Reconstruct and expand
access road and
related riverwalk
improvements at/
adjacent to Riverside
Park, Hartford........ 2
1538. Connecticut Develop Winsted and
Winchester rail trail,
linkage to existing
trails in neighboring
towns................. 1.5
1539. Connecticut Develop Quinipiac River
linear trail in
Wallingford and
Meriden............... 1.5
1540. Connecticut Extend Farmington Canal
Rail Trail in Hamden
and New Haven......... 1.5
1541. Florida State Priority Projects 92.096
1542. Georgia Upgrade Lithonia
Industrial Blvd,
DeKalb Cty............ 0.35
1543. Georgia Widen US 84 South from
US 82 to Ware Cte in
Waycross and Ware Ctes 1.6
1544. Georgia Construct Rome to
Memphis hwy in Floyd
and Bartow Ctes....... 2
1545. Georgia Construct Athens to
Atlanta transportation
corridor.............. 8
1546. Georgia Conduct a study of
Interstate multimodal
transportation
corridor from Atlanta
to Chattanooga........ 2.5
1547. Georgia Conduct study of
multimodal
transportation
corridor along GA 400. 25
1548. Georgia Construct Savannah
River Pkwy in Bulloch,
Jenkins Screven, and
Effingham Counties.... 5
1549. Georgia Conduct study of
interstate multimodal
transportation
corridor from Atlanta
to Chattanooga........ 5
1550. Georgia Undertake major
arterial enhancement
in DeKalb Cty: Candler
Rd, Memorial Dr, and
Buford Hwy............ 6.66
1551. Georgia Construct Harry S.
Truman Pkwy........... 3.55
1552. Georgia Construct multimodal
passenger terminal,
Atlanta............... 8.1
1553. Georgia Construct Rome to
Memphis hwy in Floyd
and Bartow Ctes....... 4.112
1554. Georgia Construct Fall Line
Freeway from Bibb to
Richmond Ctes......... 9.5
1555. Georgia Construct Fall Line
Freeway from Bibb to
Richmond Ctes......... 23
1556. Iowa Design, right-of-way
and construction of a
bridge over railroad
tracks on airport
access road in Sioux
City.................. 1.5
1557. Iowa Construction of a 4-
lane expressway
between DesMoines and
Marshalltown.......... 2.75
1558. Iowa Design, right-of-way
and construction of
the Avenue G viaduct
and related roadway in
Council Bluffs........ 7
1559. Iowa Design and construction
of native roadside
vegetation enhancement
center at U.N.I. in
Cedar Falls........... 0.76
1560. Iowa Construct the D116
Dubuque Bridge over
the MI River at
Dubuque............... 7
1561. Iowa Design, right-of-way
and construction of
segments of Martin
Luther King Jr.
Parkway in DesMoines
from Center ST. to
Fleur Dr.............. 12
1562. Idaho Reconstruct 184/I-84
interchange (mileposts
0.0--0.6)............. 19
1563. Idaho Rehabilitate US 20
Ashton/Ashton Hill
Bridge and
Intersection Project
(mileposts 363.3--
363.5)................ 3.75
1564. Idaho Construct Cheyenne
Street Railroad
Overpass, Pocatello... 5.5
1565. Idaho Stage 1, US 93 Twin
Falls Alternate Rte
from junction of US 93/
Hwy 30 north
(mileposts 45--48).... 13
1566. Idaho Safety improvements on
US 95 from Genesee to
Moscow (mileposts 331--
345).................. 16
1567. Idaho Safety improvements/
bridge replacement on
US-95 at Mann's Creek
Curves (mileposts 91.2-
-94.8)................ 7
1568. Idaho Alignment/bridge
replacement State Hwy
55 between Smith's
Ferry and Round Valley
(mileposts 94.9--
101.0)................ 18
1569. Illinois Improve Campus
Transportation System,
Chicago............... 2
1570. Illinois Construct US 67 in
Madison and Jersey
Ctes.................. 6.798
1571. Illinois Construct confluence
bikeway in Madison Cty 1
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1572. Illinois Extend Veterans Mem
Drive and construct
overpass at I-57 in Mt
Vernon................ 3
1573. Illinois Construct 34 from
Burlington IA to
Monmouth IL........... 5
1574. Illinois Reconstruct Wacker Dr
in Chicago............ 25
1575. Illinois Reconstruct Stevenson
Expwy, Chicago........ 25
1576. Indiana State Priority Projects 47.046
1577. Kansas State Priority Projects 23.488
1578. Kentucky Widen US 27 from
Norwood to Eubank..... 5.83
1579. Kentucky Reconstruct KY210 from
Hodgenville to Morning
Star Rd in LaRue Cty.. 2
1580. Kentucky Conduct feasibility
study for No. KY high-
priority corridor (I-
74)................... 0.125
1581. Kentucky Construct necessary
connections for the
Taylor Southgate
Bridge in Newport and
the Clay Wade Bridge
in Covington.......... 2.3
1582. Kentucky Construction on US 127:
Albany Bypass to KY90,
Albany Bypass from
KY696 to Clinton Cty
H.S., and from KY696
to TN state line...... 2.81
1583. Kentucky Construct highway rail
grade separations
along the City Lead in
Paducah............... 0.25
1584. Kentucky Reconstruction of the
Louisville Trolley
Barn.................. 1.5
1585. Kentucky Completion of the
Ownsboro Corridor and
related State Highway
projects.............. 15.817
1586. Kentucky Extend Hurstbourne Pkwy
from Bardstown Rd to
Fern Valley Rd........ 4
1587. Louisiana Causeway Project....... 0.5
1588. Louisiana I-10 Connector, Port of
South Louisiana....... 0.28
1589. Louisiana Florida Expressway
Construction, St.
Bernard/Orleans
Parishes.............. 0.05
1590. Louisiana Kerner Bridge,
Jefferson Parish...... 0.25
1591. Louisiana Construction, LA 1..... 2.3
1592. Louisiana Leeville Bridge, LA 1.. 2
1593. Louisiana Louisiana segment, Gulf
Coast high speed rail. 1
1594. Louisiana Perkins Road, Baton
Rouge................. 1.5
1595. Louisiana East West Corridor/El
Camino Real, LA 6 to
US 84, Central-
Northwest LA.......... 1
1596. Louisiana Nelson Access Road to
Port of Lake Charles.. 4.5
1597. Louisiana Tchopitoulas Corridor,
New Orleans........... 4.5
1598. Louisiana Rte 3132 to Caddo-
Bossier Port,
Shreveport............ 4.5
1599. Louisiana Kansas Lane, Monroe.... 4.5
1600. Louisiana New Orleans CBD to New
Orleans Int'l Airport,
commuter rail......... 5
1601. Massachusetts State Priority Projects 37.365
1602. Maryland Improve hwy signage for
C&O Canal NHP in
Frederick, Washington,
and Allegany Cties.... 0.091
1603. Maryland Construct pedestrian
bicycle bridge across
Susquehanna River
between Havre de Grace
and Perryville........ 1.25
1604. Maryland Upgrade US 113 north of
US 50 to Jarvis Rd in
Worcester Cty......... 7
1605. Maryland Upgrade MD 32 in the
vicinity of NSA Anne
Arundel Cty........... 6.75
1606. Maryland Construct Phase 1-A of
the I-70/I-270/US 340
interchange in
Frederick Cty......... 15
1607. Maine Upgrade Rte 11......... 0.15
1608. Maine Construct I-95/
Stillwater Avenue
interchange........... 0.15
1609. Maine Reconstruction of the
Mack Point Cargo Port. 1.45
1610. Maine Improve Rte 23......... 0.125
1611. Maine Improve Rte 26......... 0.375
1612. Maine Replace Ridlonville
Bridge, Rumford....... 0.875
1613. Maine Studies, planning for
extension of I-95..... 2
1614. Maine Construct I-295
connector, Portland... 1
1615. Maine Replace Singing Bridge
across Taunton Bay.... 1.375
1616. Maine Construct new bridge
over Kennebec River
(Carlton Bridge
replacement).......... 2
1617. Maine Studies, planning,
reconstruction of East-
West Hwy.............. 1
1618. Michigan State Priority Projects 25.447
1619. Michigan State Priority Projects 31.438
1620. Michigan Reconstruct and
rehabilitate,
including rail and
interstate access
improvements for the
Detroit Waterfront
Dock, Detroit......... 6
1621. Minnesota Reconstruct S.E. Main
Ave./I-94 Interchange,
Moorhead.............. 1
1622. Minnesota Construct T.H. 212
Construction between I-
494 and Carver County
Road 147.............. 1
1623. Minnesota Construct T.H. 610/10
from T.H. 169 in
Brooklyn Park to I-94
in Maple Grove........ 2
1624. Minnesota Construct Mankato South
Route in Mankato...... 1
1625. Minnesota Reconstruct SE Main
Avenue/I-94
Interchange, Moorhead. 2
1626. Minnesota Replace Sauk Rapids
Bridge Over
Mississippi River,
Stearns and Benton
Counties.............. 1
1627. Minnesota Replace Sauk Rapids
Bridge over
Mississippi River,
Stearns and Benton
Cties................. 1
1628. Minnesota Construct Shepard Rd./
Upper Landing
Interceptor, St. Paul. 1
1629. Minnesota Construct Mankato South
Route, Mankato........ 1
1630. Minnesota Reconstruct and Replace
I-494 Wakota Bridge
from South St. Paul to
Newport and approaches 3.529
1631. Minnesota Reconstruct/replace I-
494 Wakota Bridge from
South St. Paul to
Newport, and
approaches............ 1
1632. Minnesota Construct Phalen Blvd.
between I-35 and I-94. 2.5
1633. Minnesota Construct T.H. 610/10
from T.H. 169 in
Brooklyn Park to I-94
in Maple Grove........ 9.029
1634. Minnesota Design and Construct
Access to I-35W at
Lake St., Minneapolis. 2
1635. Missouri Develop bike/pedestrian
paths for Town of
Kansas and Riverfront
Park in Kansas City... 0.341
1636. Missouri Construct Cuivre River
Bridge at Lincoln
County................ 3
1637. Missouri Construct Rte 13 MO
River Bridge at
Lexington............. 3
1638. Missouri Construct Hwy 47 MO
River Bridge at
Washington............ 3
1639. Missouri Construct Rte 5 Bridge
at the Lake of the
Ozarks................ 3
1640. Missouri Upgrade Interstate 70
in the State of MO.... 10
1641. Missouri Construct Chouteau
Bridge at Kansas City. 6
1642. Missouri Construct Mississippi
River Bridge at
Hannibal.............. 6
1643. Missouri Construct Bill Emerson
Memorial Bridge....... 8
1644. Missouri Construct Missouri
River Bridge at
Hermann............... 5
1645. Mississippi Replace functionally
obsolete drawbridge
with new crossing,
High Rise Bridge, at
Pascagoula............ 38
1646. Montana Conduct environmental
review, planning,
design, and
construction of the
Beartooth Highway in
Wyoming and Montana... 19.905
1647. North Carolina Construct Raleigh Outer
Loop (segment D)
between NC 50 and SR
2000.................. 8.44
1648. North Carolina Construct additional
lanes on I-77 between
I-85 and NC 73........ 48
1649. North Dakota State Priority Projects 13.138
1650. Nebraska Improve Nebraska
Highways 8 and 15 in
Fairbury.............. 3
1651. Nebraska Construct Riverfront
Trails and Bridges
Along Missouri River
from Dodge Park
through Omaha to
Bellevue.............. 4.786
1652. New Hampshire Widen I-93 from Salem
to Manchester......... 1.175
1653. New Hampshire Construct Manchester
Airport Access Road,
Manchester............ 1
1654. New Hampshire Conway bypass/Rte 16
mitigation, Conway.... 0.5
1655. New Hampshire Improve Bridge Street
bridge, Plymouth...... 1
1656. New Hampshire Advance completion of
Rte 101 project from
Raymond to Hampton.... 2
1657. New Hampshire Rehabilitate/
reconstruct Bath-
Haverhill Bridge, Bath
and Haverhill......... 0.65
1658. New Hampshire Construct Manchester
Access Rd, Manchester. 3.175
1659. New Hampshire Construct Orford
Bridge, Orford........ 0.85
1660. New Jersey Construct bicycle
trails and riverside
improvements, West
Deptford.............. 0.7
1661. New Jersey Construct Del. River
tram to link
destinations on both
sides of Del. River... 8
1662. New Jersey Construct new ramp
between NJ 42 and
south section of I-295 14
1663. New Jersey Construct roadway
network through the
Bergen Arches railroad
right-of-way, Hudson
Cty................... 26.5
1664. New Jersey Relocate/construct
Cooper Hospital Med
Ctr helipad, Camden... 1.5
1665. Nevada Canamex Corridor
Innovative Urban
Renovation Project in
Henderson............. 1.531
1666. Nevada Widen US 50 between
Fallon and Fernley.... 1
1667. Nevada I-580/U.S. 395 Freeway
Extension to Carson
City.................. 5
1668. Nevada Reconstruction of I-15
Interchange at Sahara
Ave. and Rancho Rd. in
North Las Vegas....... 5
1669. Nevada Widening of Craig Rd.
in North Las Vegas.... 2
1670. Nevada Widen I-15 in San
Bernadino County, CA.. 6
1671. New York Reconstruct Springfield
Blvd between the LIRR
Main Line South to
Rockaway Blvd in
Queens County......... 1
1672. New York Replace Kennedy-class
ferries in Staten
Island................ 2
1673. New York Construct Fordham Univ
Regional
Transportation
Facility, Bronx....... 4
1674. New York Construct Hamilton St
interchange between
Rte 17 and Rte 15 in
Erwin................. 4.4
1675. New York Construct intermodal
project at Castle
Clinton and Battery
Pk, NYC............... 6
1676. New York Relocate toll barrier
in Williamsville...... 6.1
1677. New York Construct Rte 219 from
Springville to
Salamanica (Rte 13 to
Rte 17)............... 20
1678. New York Design/construct
upgraded interchange
between I-84 and I-87
nr Stuart Int.'l
Airport, Newburg...... 20
1679. New York Renovate/reconstruct
James A Farley Post
Office, NYC, as new
Amtrak Sta............ 40
1680. New York Renovate Hellgate
Bridge, NYC........... 15
1681. Ohio Upgrade intersection of
US 20 and SR 420,
Woodville............. 5
1682. Ohio Improve intersection at
SR 327 and US 32,
Wellston.............. 3
1683. Ohio Upgrade US 20 in
Painesville, Perry,
and Madison........... 3
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1684. Ohio Upgrade US 30 and Hill-
Diley Road, Lancaster. 4
1685. Ohio Upgrade Caves Road,
Geauga County......... 2
1686. Ohio Upgrade SR 2 between
Oregon and Camp Perry. 5
1687. Ohio Construct intermodal
transit center in
Cinncinnati........... 8
1688. Ohio High priority highway
and bridge projects... 34.325
1689. Ohio Upgrade intersection of
US35 and Fairfield
Road.................. 4
1690. Oklahoma Reconstruct/widen I-40
Crosstown Bridge and
Realignment, Oklahoma
City.................. 30.912
1691. Oregon Relocate Highway 126
through Redmond....... 4
1692. Oregon Widen U.S. 30 from two
lanes to four lanes in
Pendleton............. 7.8
1693. Oregon Restore funding for
Broadway Bridge
Project............... 2.5
1694. Oregon Restore funding for I-5/
217 Kruse Way Project. 1.75
1695. Oregon Restore funding for
Astoria Hazard
Recovery Railroad
Slide................. 0.175
1696. Oregon Restore funding for
South Rivergate
Overcrossing Project.. 2
1697. Oregon Restore funding for
Medford Highway 62/99
Project............... 4
1698. Oregon Restore funding for I-
205 Sunnybrooke
Interchange Project... 1.8
1699. Pennsylvania Reconstruction of I-79
from Pa 285 to US 6,
Crawford County....... 1
1700. Pennsylvania Relocation of US 15
from US 522 to PA 147
in Snyder, Union, and
Northumberland
Counties.............. 1
1701. Pennsylvania Reconstruct I-81/Davis
Street Interchange,
Lackawanna County..... 1
1702. Pennsylvania Construct American
Parkway Bridge
project, Allentown.... 1
1703. Pennsylvania Construct Williams-
Lycoming Cty Airport
access road from I-80
to the Airport........ 1
1704. Pennsylvania Rehabilitate Streets
Run Road for emergency
access................ 0.5
1705. Pennsylvania Construct pedestrian
bridge, Vine Street
Expressway between
15th and 16th Streets. 1
1706. Pennsylvania North Shore roadway and
pedestrian
improvements,
Pittsburgh............ 2.505
1707. Pennsylvania Widening and
reconstruction of US
30, Lancaster County.. 2.5
1708. Pennsylvania Construction of Erie
Bayside Connector,
Erie County........... 2
1709. Pennsylvania Construct Independence
Gateway Transportation
Ctr project,
Philadelphia.......... 1
1710. Pennsylvania Road construction in
and around former
Bethlehem Steel plant
site.................. 3
1711. Pennsylvania Roadway and pedestrian
improvements for North
Shore Central Business
District Corridor
Transportation
Project, Pittsburgh... 2.5
1712. Pennsylvania Construction at
Williamsport Airport,
Lycoming County....... 2
1713. Pennsylvania Construct US 322
Conchester Hwy between
US 1 and SR 452....... 3
1714. Pennsylvania Construct I-95 access
ramps at and around
Philadelphia Int'l
Airport............... 5
1715. Pennsylvania Reconstruct SR 309 in
Eastern Montgomery
County................ 2
1716. Pennsylvania Lancaster County
airport runway
extension............. 1
1717. Pennsylvania Construct safety and
capacity improvements
to Rte 309 and Old
Packhouse Road,
including widening of
Old Packhouse Road
between KidsPeace
National Hospital and
Rte 309, Lehigh County 1
1718. Pennsylvania Construct grade
separated interchange
on Old Rte 60 at Pgh.
Airport, Allegheny
County................ 1
1719. Pennsylvania Improvements to SR 412
from I-78 to Bethlehem
Steel site and road
improvements for rail
intermodal facility,
Bethlehem............. 2
1720. Pennsylvania Construct new
interchange at
Settler's Cabin,
Allegheny County...... 1
1721. Pennsylvania Improve access and
interchange from I-95
to int'l terminal at
Philadelphia Int'l
Airport............... 5
1722. Pennsylvania Relocate Rte 15 at
Selinsgrove and
Shamokin Dam, Snyder
County................ 1
1723. Pennsylvania Construct access to
site of former
Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard and Base..... 2
1724. Pennsylvania Reconstruct I-80,
Mercer and Venango
Counties.............. 1
1725. Pennsylvania Construct Erie Eastside
Connector............. 3
1726. Pennsylvania Reconstruct main line I-
179................... 1
1727. Pennsylvania Upgrade US 219 between
Meyersdale and
Somerset.............. 5
1728. Pennsylvania Relocate Rte 222 in/
around Trexlertown,
Lehigh County......... 3
1729. Pennsylvania Widen Broad Street and
related improvements,
Hazelton.............. 2
1730. Pennsylvania Construct Cranberry
Connector, I-79/Rte 19/
PA Turnpike, Butler
County................ 2
1731. Pennsylvania Construct Warren Street
Extension, Reading.... 3
1732. Pennsylvania Construct new lane on
Rte 15, Tioga County.. 5
1733. Pennsylvania Construct Mon Fayette
Expressway between WV
and Fairchance........ 5
1734. Pennsylvania Reconstruct Ft. Pitt
Bridge and Tunnel,
Pittsburgh............ 19
1735. Pennsylvania Construct new
interchange at I-95
and PA Turnpike and
related improvements.. 5
1736. Rhode Island Construct Blackstone
River bikeway......... 8.843
1737. Rhode Island Construct
Woonasquatucket
bikeway............... 3.1
1738. South Carolina Replace Cooper River
Bridges, Charleston... 19.311
1739. South Dakota Construct Eastern
Dakota Expressway
between Aberdeen at I-
29.................... 12.832
1740. South Dakota Preserve Skyline Drive
Scenic Ridgetop in
Rapid City............ 0.5
1741. South Dakota Construct new
interchange and access
road on Interstate 90
at Box Elder.......... 1
1742. Tennessee Reconstruction of Old
Walland Hwy Bridge
over Little River,
Townsend.............. 0.42
1743. Tennessee Construct pedestrian &
bicycle pathway to
connect with Miss.
River Trail & restore
historic cobblestones
on the Riverfront,
Memphis............... 0.7
1744. Tennessee High priority highway
and bridge projects... 44.048
1745. Utah Construct Phase 2 of
the Univ Ave
Interchange, Provo.... 1.5
1746. Utah Engineer/reconstruct at
Brown's Park Rd,
Daggett Cty........... 0.85
1747. Utah Construct Cache Valley
Hwy in Logan.......... 1
1748. Utah Gateway Redevelopment
Area road
reconstruction, Salt
Lake City............. 1
1749. Utah Widen/improve 123rd/
126th South from 700
East to Jordan River,
Draper................ 0.5
1750. Utah Construct Cache Valley
Hwy in Logan.......... 2
1751. Utah Widen/improve 123rd/
126th South from
Jordan River to
Bangerter Hwy in
Riverton.............. 0.5
1752. Utah Construct underpass at
100 South, in Sandy... 1
1753. Utah Extend Main St from
5600 South to Vine St,
Murray................ 2
1754. Utah Construct Phase 2 of
the Univ Ave
Interchange, Provo.... 1
1755. Utah Widen 7200 West,
Midvale............... 0.35
1756. Utah Construct I-15
interchange at
Atkinville............ 2
1757. Utah Improve 5600 West Hwy
from 2100 South to
4100 South in West
Valley City........... 1
1758. Virginia Construct Southeastern
Pkwy and Greenbelt,
Virginia Beach........ 4
1759. Virginia Construct Route 288,
Richmond.............. 2
1760. Virginia Planning/design for
Coalfields Expwy,
Buchanan, Dickinson,
and Wise Ctes......... 5
1761. Virginia Complete no. section of
Fairfax Cty Pkwy,
Fairfax County........ 2
1762. Virginia Reconstruct SR 168
(Battlefield Blvd),
Chesapeake............ 3
1763. Virginia Phase 1 Downtown
Staunton Streetscape
Plan.................. 0.2
1764. Virginia Commuter/freight rail
congestion/mitigation
project over Quantico
Creek................. 2
1765. Virginia Conduct preliminary
engineering on I-73
between Roanoke and VA/
NC state line......... 1
1766. Virginia Construct I-95/State
Rte 627 interchange,
Stafford Cty.......... 1
1767. Virginia Improve Lee Hwy
Corridor in Fairfax... 1
1768. Virginia Construct Third Bridge/
Tunnel Crossing of
Hampton Rd............ 3
1769. Virginia Widen I-64 Bland Blvd
interchange........... 3
1770. Virginia Construct "Smart Road"
in Blacksburg......... 5
1771. Virginia Reconstruct I-66/Rte 29
interchange,
Gainesville........... 15
1772. Vermont Upgrade and Improve
Publicly-Owned Vermont
Rail Infrastructure
from Bennington to
Burlington............ 9.168
1773. Washington Hood River Bridge SR 35 0.192
1774. Washington Port of Kalama River
Bridge................ 0.169
1775. Washington Huntington Avenue South
Castle Rock........... 0.138
1776. Washington Port of Longview
Industrial Rail
Corridor.............. 0.477
1777. Washington I-5 interchange, Lewis
Cty................... 1.27
1778. Washington Safety Improvements to
SR 14 Columbia Gorge.. 0.775
1779. Washington Construct 192nd Street
from SR 14 to SE 15th,
Vancouver............. 0.962
1780. Washington Widen US 395 north of
Spokane............... 1.9
1781. Washington Columbia Center Blvd,
Kennewick............. 0.309
1782. Washington Construct Washington
Pass Visitors Center.. 0.231
1783. Washington Improve Hillsboro
Street/Hwy 395
intersection, Pasco... 0.682
1784. Washington Reconstruct I-82/Keys
Road Intersection,
Yakima................ 1.663
1785. Washington Construct Sequim/
Dungeness Valley Trail
Project............... 0.192
1786. Washington Widen SR 99 between
148th Street and King
County Line, Lynnwood. 0.577
1787. Washington Improve I-5/196th
Street Interchange,
Lynnwood.............. 0.866
1788. Washington Construct SR 305
corridor improvement,
Poulsboro............. 0.673
1789. Washington Edmonds Crossing multi-
modal transportation
project............... 0.962
1790. Washington Construct Cross Base
Corridor Ft. Lewis/
McChord AFB........... 0.115
1791. Washington Reconstruct I-5
Interchange, City of
Lacey................. 0.288
1792. Washington Construct SR 167
Corridor.............. 0.288
1793. Washington Southworth Seattle
Ferry................. 0.962
1794. Washington Undertake SR 166 Slide
Repair................ 1.25
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1795. Washington Construct SR 7 Elbe
rest area and
interpretive facility. 0.15
1796. Washington Extend Mill Plain Blvd,
Vancouver............. 1
1797. Washington Construct I-405/NE 8th
Street Interchange,
Bellevue.............. 5.875
1798. Washington Improve I-90/Sunset Way
Interchange, Issaquah. 4.95
1799. Washington Clinton Ferry Terminal. 1.2
1800. Washington 8th Street East Pierce
County................ 0.25
1801. Washington Shaw Road Puyallup
extension............. 0.375
1802. Washington 180th, Tukwila......... 0.5
1803. Washington South 277th, Auburn
(UP).................. 0.5
1804. Washington South 277th, Auburn
(BNSF)................ 0.5
1805. Washington Construct Southwest
Third Street.......... 0.75
1806. Washington Construct Port of
Tacoma Road........... 1.125
1807. Washington Construct North
Duwamish Intermodal
Project............... 4
1808. West Virginia Construct Coalfields
Expressway............ 22.69
1809. Wyoming State Priority Projects 13.934
1810. New Mexico Construct Rio Rancho
Highway............... 20
1811. Massachusetts Reconsruct Huntington
Avenue................ 1
1812. Texas Relocate railroad Bryan/
College Station at
Texas A&M or any other
high priority project
in Texas.............. 10
1813. Texas High priority highway
and bridge projects... 133.863
1814. Arizona High priority highway
and bridge projects... 31.076
1815. Delaware High priority highway
and bridge projects... 8.868
1816. Hawaii High priority highway
and bridge projects... 10.379
1817. Wisconsin High priority highway
and bridge projects... 39.926
1818. Arkansas High priority highway
and bridge projects... 15
1819. Maine High priority highway
and bridge projects... 10
1820. Texas Relocate railroad line
in Bryan and College
Station, Texas A&M
University............ 15
1821. Virginia High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1822. New Hampshire High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1823. Idaho High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1824. Arkansas Conduct Seismic Design
and Deployment
Projects.............. 5
1825. Missouri High priority highway
and bridge projects... 10
1826. Wyoming High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1827. Rhode Island Construct pedestrian
and Bicycle Facilities 5
1828. Oklahoma High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1829. Colorado High priority highway
and bridge projects... 5
1830. Alabama Develop Huntsville
Southern Bypass....... 1
1831. Alabama Replace bridge over
Tombigbee River,
Naheola............... 1
1832. Alabama Construct Anniston
Eastern Bypass........ 1
1833. Alabama Construct East Foley
Corridor Project from
Baldwin County Highway
20 to State Highway 59
in Alabama............ 0.75
1834. Alabama Construct Decatur
Southern Bypass....... 1
1835. Alabama Construct Montgomery
Outer Loop from US 80
to I-85 via I-65...... 1
1836. Alabama Develop Birmingham
Northern Beltline..... 1.45
1837. Alabama Construct bridge over
Tennessee River
connecting Muscle
Shoals and Florence... 1
1838. Alabama Create National
University
Transportation Center
at the University of
Alabama............... 1.8
1839. Alabama University at Alabama
at Birmingham-Trauma
Care Center........... 2.25
1840. Alabama Conduct advance vehicle
transportation
research program at
the University of
Alabama Tuscaloosa.... 2
1841. Alabama Conduct asphalt
research program at
Auburn University..... 0.5
1842. Alabama Conduct Global Climate
Reserach Program at
the University of
Alabama at Huntsville. 0.25
1843. California Conduct Golden Gate
Seismic Retrofit
Project............... 26
1844. Oregon Prepare and preserve
high priority highways 30
1845. South Dakota Construct Eastern
Dakota Expressway from
Aberdeen to I-29...... 23.768
1846. Massachusetts High priority highway
and bridges........... 25
1847. Pennsylvania Reconstruct and improve
I-95 in Delaware,
Philadelphia and Bucks
Counties, Pennsylvania 50
1848. Pennsylvania Reconstruct and improve
US-22 in Westmoreland
and Indiana Counties,
Pennsylvania.......... 50
1849. South Carolina Replace Cooper River
Bridges, Charleston... 20
1850. Alaska Construct Bradfield
Canal Road............ 1
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SEC. 1603. SPECIAL RULE.
For purposes of calculating the minimum guarantee
apportionment under section 105 of title 23, United States
Code, the Secretary shall not include projects numbered 1818
through 1849 in section 1602.
TITLE II--HIGHWAY SAFETY
SEC. 2001. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) Uniform Guidelines.--Section 402(a) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in the fourth sentence by striking ``(4) to'' and
inserting ``(4) to prevent accidents and'';
(2) in the eighth sentence by striking ``include
information obtained by the Secretary under section 4007 of
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
and''; and
(3) in the twelfth sentence by inserting ``enforcement of
light transmission standards of window glazing for passenger
motor vehicles and light trucks as necessary to improve
highway safety,'' before ``and emergency services''.
(b) Administration of State Programs.--Section 402(b) of
such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``(b)(1)'' and all that follows through
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(b) Administration of State Programs.--'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
(3) in paragraph (1)(C) (as so redesignated) by striking
``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
(4) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by striking
``paragraph (3)(C)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)(C)''.
(c) Apportionment of Funds.--The sixth sentence of section
402(c) of such title is amended by inserting ``the
apportionment to the Secretary of the Interior shall not be
less than three-fourths of 1 percent of the total
apportionment and'' after ``except that''.
(d) Application in Indian Country.--Section 402(i) of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Application in Indian Country.--
``(1) Use of terms.--For the purpose of application of this
section in Indian country, the terms `State' and `Governor of
a State' include the Secretary of the Interior and the term
`political subdivision of a State' includes an Indian tribe.
``(2) Expenditures for local highway programs.--
Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(C), 95 percent of the funds
apportioned to the Secretary of the Interior under this
section shall be expended by Indian tribes to carry out
highway safety programs within their jurisdictions.
``(3) Access for individuals with disabilities.--The
requirements of subsection (b)(1)(D) shall be applicable to
Indian tribes, except to those tribes with respect to which
the Secretary determines that application of such provisions
would not be practicable.
``(4) Indian country defined.--In this subsection, the term
`Indian country' means--
``(A) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation
under the jurisdiction of the United States, notwithstanding
the issuance of any patent and including rights-of-way
running through the reservation;
``(B) all dependent Indian communities within the borders
of the United States, whether within the original or
subsequently acquired territory thereof and whether within or
without the limits of a State; and
``(C) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which
have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running
through such allotments.''.
(e) Rulemaking Proceeding.--Section 402(j) of such title is
amended to read as follows:
``(j) Rulemaking Proceeding.--The Secretary may
periodically conduct a rulemaking process to identify highway
safety programs that are highly effective in reducing motor
vehicle crashes, injuries, and deaths. Any such rulemaking
shall take into account the major role of the States in
implementing such programs. When a rule promulgated in
accordance with this section takes effect, States shall
consider these highly effective programs when developing
their highway safety programs.''.
(f) Highway Safety Education and Information.--
(1) In general.--For fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the
Secretary shall allow any State to use funds apportioned to
the State under section 402 of title 23, United States Code,
to purchase television and radio time for highway safety
public service messages.
(2) Reports by states.--Any State that uses funds described
in paragraph (1) for purchasing television and radio time for
highway safety public service messages shall submit to the
Secretary a report describing, and assessing the
effectiveness of, the messages.
(3) Study.--Based on information contained in the reports
submitted under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prepare
and transmit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of
purchasing television and radio time for highway safety
public service messages using funds described in paragraph
(1).
SEC. 2002. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Authority of the Secretary.--Section 403(a)(2)(A) of
title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``,
including training in work zone safety management'' after
``personnel''.
(b) Drugs and Driver Behavior.--
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(1) In general.--Section 403(b) of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(3) Measures that may deter drugged driving.
``(4) Programs to train law enforcement officers on motor
vehicle pursuits conducted by the officers.''.
(2) Reports of federal policies and procedures.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of the Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief of
Capitol Police, and the Administrator of General Services
shall each transmit to Congress a report containing--
(A) the policy of the department or agency headed by that
individual concerning motor vehicle pursuits by law
enforcement officers of that department or agency; and
(B) a description of the procedures that the department or
agency uses to train law enforcement officers in the
implementation of the policy referred to in subparagraph (A).
SEC. 2003. OCCUPANT PROTECTION.
(a) Occupant Protection Incentive Grants.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 404 the following:
``Sec. 405. Occupant protection incentive grants
``(a) General Authority.--
``(1) Authority to make grants.--Subject to the
requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants
under this section to States that adopt and implement
effective programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries
resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly
restrained in motor vehicles. Such grants may be used by
recipient States only to implement and enforce, as
appropriate, such programs.
``(2) Maintenance of effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State
enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain
its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for
programs described in paragraph (1) at or above the average
level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding
the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century.
``(3) Maximum period of eligibility.--No State may receive
grants under this section in more than 6 fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1997.
``(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal year
a program adopted by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
not exceed--
``(A) in each of the first and second fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent;
``(B) in each of the third and fourth fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent;
and
``(C) in each of the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 25 percent.
``(b) Grant Eligibility.--A State shall become eligible for
a grant under this section by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary at least 4 of the
following:
``(1) Safety belt use law.--The State has in effect a
safety belt use law that makes unlawful throughout the State
the operation of a passenger motor vehicle whenever an
individual (other than a child who is secured in a child
restraint system) in the front seat of the vehicle (and,
beginning in fiscal year 2001, in any seat in the vehicle)
does not have a safety belt properly secured about the
individual's body.
``(2) Primary safety belt use law.--The State provides for
primary enforcement of the safety belt use law of the State.
``(3) Minimum fine or penalty points.--The State imposes a
minimum fine or provides for the imposition of penalty points
against the driver's license of an individual--
``(A) for a violation of the safety belt use law of the
State; and
``(B) for a violation of the child passenger protection law
of the State.
``(4) Special traffic enforcement program.--The State has
implemented a statewide special traffic enforcement program
for occupant protection that emphasizes publicity for the
program.
``(5) Child passenger protection education program.--The
State has implemented a statewide comprehensive child
passenger protection education program that includes
education programs about proper seating positions for
children in air bag equipped motor vehicles and instruction
on how to reduce the improper use of child restraint systems.
``(6) Child passenger protection law.--The State has in
effect a law that requires minors who are riding in a
passenger motor vehicle to be properly secured in a child
safety seat or other appropriate restraint system.
``(c) Grant Amounts.--The amount of a grant for which a
State qualifies under this section for a fiscal year shall
equal up to 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State
for fiscal year 1997 under section 402.
``(d) 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.
``(e) Applicability of Chapter 1.--The provisions contained
in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Child safety seat.--The term `child safety seat'
means any device (except safety belts) designed for use in a
motor vehicle to restrain, seat, or position a child who
weighs 50 pounds or less.
``(2) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' means a
vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured
primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but
does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line.
``(3) Multipurpose passenger vehicle.--The term
`multipurpose passenger vehicle' means a motor vehicle with
motive power (except a trailer), designed to carry not more
than 10 individuals, that is constructed either on a truck
chassis or with special features for occasional off-road
operation.
``(4) Passenger car.--The term `passenger car' means a
motor vehicle with motive power (except a multipurpose
passenger vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer) designed to carry
not more than 10 individuals.
``(5) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term `passenger motor
vehicle' means a passenger car or a multipurpose passenger
motor vehicle.
``(6) Safety belt.--The term `safety belt' means--
``(A) with respect to open-body passenger vehicles,
including convertibles, an occupant restraint system
consisting of a lap belt or a lap belt and a detachable
shoulder belt; and
``(B) with respect to other passenger vehicles, an occupant
restraint system consisting of integrated lap and shoulder
belts.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 404
the following:
``405. Occupant protection incentive grants.''.
(b) Child Passenger Protection Education Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State
that submits an application, in such form and manner as the
Secretary may prescribe, that is approved by the Secretary to
carry out the activities specified in paragraph (2) through--
(A) the child passenger protection program of the State;
and
(B) at the option of the State, a grant program established
by the State to carry out 1 or more of the activities
specified in paragraph (2) by a political subdivision of the
State or an appropriate private entity.
(2) Use of funds.--Funds provided to a State as a grant
under this subsection shall be used to implement child
passenger protection programs that--
(A) are designed to prevent deaths and injuries to
children;
(B) educate the public concerning--
(i) all aspects of the proper installation of child
restraints using standard seatbelt hardware, supplemental
hardware, and modification devices (if needed), including
special installation techniques;
(ii) appropriate child restraint design, selection, and
placement; and
(iii) harness threading and harness adjustment on child
restraints; and
(C) train and retrain child passenger safety professionals,
police officers, fire and emergency medical personnel, and
other educators concerning all aspects of child restraint
use.
(3) Grant awards.--The Secretary may make a grant under
this subsection without regard to whether a State is eligible
to receive, or has received, a grant under section 405 of
title 23, United States Code (as inserted by subsection (a)
of this section).
(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
program carried out using funds made available from a grant
under this subsection may not exceed 80 percent.
(5) Report.--Each State that receives a grant under this
subsection shall transmit to the Secretary a report for the
period covered by the grant that, at a minimum, describes the
program activities carried out with the funds made available
under the grant.
(6) Report to congress.--Not later than June 1, 2002, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the
implementation of this subsection that includes a description
of the programs carried out and materials developed and
distributed by the States that receive grants under this
subsection.
(7) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $7,500,000
for each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
SEC. 2004. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.
(a) In General.--Section 410 of title 23, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 410. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures
``(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
reduce traffic safety problems resulting from individuals
driving while under the influence of alcohol. Such grants may
only be used by recipient States to implement and enforce
such programs.
``(2) Maintenance of effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State
enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain
its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for alcohol
traffic safety programs at or above the average level of such
expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of
enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century.
``(3) Maximum Period of Eligibility.--No State may receive
grants under this section in more than 6 fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1997.
``(4) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
implementing and enforcing in a fiscal year a program adopted
by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed--
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``(A) in each of the first and second fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent;
``(B) in each of the third and fourth fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent;
and
``(C) in each of the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which
the State receives a grant under this section, 25 percent.
``(b) Basic Grant Eligibility.--
``(1) Basic grant a.--A State shall become eligible for a
grant under this paragraph by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary at least 5 of the
following:
``(A) Administrative license revocation.--An administrative
driver's license suspension or revocation system for
individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the
influence of alcohol that requires that--
``(i) in the case of an individual who, in any 5-year
period beginning after the date of enactment of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, is determined
on the basis of a chemical test to have been operating a
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or is
determined to have refused to submit to such a test as
proposed by a law enforcement officer, the State agency
responsible for administering drivers' licenses, upon receipt
of the report of the law enforcement officer--
``(I) shall suspend the driver's license of such individual
for a period of not less than 90 days if such individual is a
first offender in such 5-year period; and
``(II) shall suspend the driver's license of such
individual for a period of not less than 1 year, or revoke
such license, if such individual is a repeat offender in such
5-year period; and
``(ii) the suspension and revocation referred to under
clause (i) shall take effect not later than 30 days after the
day on which the individual refused to submit to a chemical
test or received notice of having been determined to be
driving under the influence of alcohol, in accordance with
the procedures of the State.
``(B) Underage drinking program.--An effective system, as
determined by the Secretary, for preventing operators of
motor vehicles under age 21 from obtaining alcoholic
beverages and for preventing persons from making alcoholic
beverages available to individuals under age 21. Such system
may include the issuance of drivers' licenses to individuals
under age 21 that are easily distinguishable in appearance
from drivers' licenses issued to individuals age 21 or older
and the issuance of drivers' licenses that are tamper
resistant.
``(C) Enforcement program.--Either--
``(i) a statewide program for stopping motor vehicles on a
nondiscriminatory, lawful basis for the purpose of
determining whether the operators of such motor vehicles are
driving while under the influence of alcohol; or
``(ii) a statewide special traffic enforcement program for
impaired driving that emphasizes publicity for the program.
``(D) Graduated licensing system.--A 3-stage graduated
licensing system for young drivers that includes nighttime
driving restrictions during the first 2 stages, requires all
vehicle occupants to be properly restrained, and makes it
unlawful for a person under age 21 to operate a motor vehicle
with a blood alcohol concentration of .02 percent or greater.
``(E) Drivers with high bac.--Programs to target
individuals with high blood alcohol concentrations who
operate a motor vehicle. Such programs may include
implementation of a system of graduated penalties and
assessment of individuals convicted of driving under the
influence of alcohol.
``(F) Young adult drinking programs.--Programs to reduce
driving while under the influence of alcohol by individuals
age 21 through 34. Such programs may include awareness
campaigns; traffic safety partnerships with employers,
colleges, and the hospitality industry; assessments of first
time offenders; and incorporation of treatment into judicial
sentencing.
``(G) Testing for bac.--An effective system for increasing
the rate of testing of the blood alcohol concentrations of
motor vehicle drivers involved in fatal accidents and, in
fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, a rate of
such testing that is equal to or greater than the national
average.
``(2) Basic grant b.--A State shall become eligible for a
grant under this paragraph by adopting or demonstrating to
the satisfaction of the Secretary each of the following:
``(A) Fatal impaired driver percentage reduction.--The
percentage of fatally injured drivers with 0.10 percent or
greater blood alcohol concentration in the State has
decreased in each of the 3 most recent calendar years for
which statistics for determining such percentages are
available.
``(B) Fatal impaired driver percentage comparison.--The
percentage of fatally injured drivers with 0.10 percent or
greater blood alcohol concentration in the State has been
lower than the average percentage for all States in each of
the calendar years referred to in subparagraph (A).
``(3) Basic grant amount.--The amount of a basic grant made
to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection shall
equal up to 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State
for fiscal year 1997 under section 402.
``(c) Supplemental Grants.--
``(1) In general.--Upon receiving an application from a
State, the Secretary may make supplemental grants to the
State for meeting 1 or more of the following criteria:
``(A) Video equipment for detection of drunk drivers.--The
State provides for a program to acquire video equipment to be
used in detecting persons who operate motor vehicles while
under the influence of alcohol and in prosecuting those
persons, and to train personnel in the use of that equipment.
``(B) Self-sustaining drunk driving prevention program.--
The State provides for 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
which have comprehensive programs for the prevention of
such operations of motor vehicles.
``(C) Reducing driving with a suspended license.--The State
enacts and enforces a law to reduce driving with a suspended
license. Such law, as determined by the Secretary, may
require a `zebra' stripe that is clearly visible on the
license plate of any motor vehicle owned and operated by a
driver with a suspended license.
``(D) Use of passive alcohol sensors.--The State provides
for a program to acquire passive alcohol sensors to be used
by police officers in detecting persons who operate motor
vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, and to train
police officers in the use of that equipment.
``(E) Effective dwi tracking system.--The State
demonstrates an effective driving while intoxicated (DWI)
tracking system. Such a system, as determined by the
Secretary, may include data covering arrests, case
prosecutions, court dispositions and sanctions, and provide
for the linkage of such data and traffic records systems to
appropriate jurisdictions and offices within the State.
``(F) Other programs.--The State provides for other
innovative programs to reduce traffic safety problems
resulting from individuals driving while under the influence
of alcohol or controlled substances, including programs that
seek to achieve such a reduction through legal, judicial,
enforcement, educational, technological, or other approaches.
``(2) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection in a fiscal year only if the
State is eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b) in
such fiscal year.
``(3) Funding.--Of the amounts made available to carry out
this section in a fiscal year, not to exceed 10 percent shall
be available for making grants under this subsection.
``(d) 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.
``(e) Applicability of Chapter 1.--The provisions contained
in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Alcoholic beverage.--The term `alcoholic beverage'
has the meaning given such term in section 158(c).
``(2) Controlled substances.--The term `controlled
substances' has the meaning given such term in section 102(6)
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).
``(3) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' has the
meaning given such term in section 405.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 2005. STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY DATA IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code,
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 411. State highway safety data 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--
``(A) to improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness,
uniformity, and accessibility of the data of the State that
is needed to identify priorities for national, State, and
local highway and traffic safety programs;
``(B) to evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to make such
improvements;
``(C) to link these State data systems, including traffic
records, with other data systems within the State, such as
systems that contain medical and economic data; and
``(D) to improve the compatibility of the data system of
the State with national data systems and data systems of
other States and to enhance the ability of the Secretary to
observe and analyze national trends in crash occurrences,
rates, outcomes, and circumstances.
Such grants may be used by recipient States only to implement
such programs.
``(2) Model data elements.--The Secretary, in consultation
with States and other appropriate parties, shall determine
the model data elements necessary to observe and analyze
national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and
circumstances. In order to become eligible for a grant under
this section, a State shall demonstrate how the multiyear
highway safety data and traffic records plan of the State
described in subsection (b)(1) will be incorporated into data
systems of the State.
``(3) Maintenance of Effort.--No grant may be made to a
State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State
enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain
its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for highway
safety data programs at or above the average level of such
expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of
enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century.
``(4) Maximum Period of Eligibility.--No State may receive
grants under this section in more than 6 fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1997.
``(5) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal year
a program adopted by
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a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed--
``(A) in the first and second fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent;
``(B) in the third and fourth fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent; and
``(C) in the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which the
State receives a grant under this section, 25 percent.
``(b) First-Year Grants.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State shall become eligible for a
first-year grant under this subsection in a fiscal year if
the State either--
``(A) demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
that the State has--
``(i) established a highway safety data and traffic records
coordinating committee with a multidisciplinary membership,
including the administrators, collectors, and users of such
data (including the public health, injury control, and motor
carrier communities);
``(ii) completed, within the preceding 5 years, a highway
safety data and traffic records assessment or an audit of the
highway safety data and traffic records system of the State;
and
``(iii) initiated the development of a multiyear highway
safety data and traffic records strategic plan that--
``(I) identifies and prioritizes the highway safety data
and traffic records needs and goals of the State;
``(II) identifies performance-based measures by which
progress toward those goals will be determined; and
``(III) will be submitted to the highway safety data and
traffic records coordinating committee of the State for
approval; or
``(B) provides, to the satisfaction of the Secretary--
``(i) a certification that the State has met the
requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A);
``(ii) a multiyear highway safety data and traffic records
strategic plan that--
``(I) meets the requirements of subparagraph (A)(iii); and
``(II) specifies how the incentive funds of the State for
the fiscal year will be used to address needs and goals
identified in the plan; and
``(iii) a certification that the highway safety data and
traffic records coordinating committee of the State continues
to operate and supports the multiyear plan described in
clause (ii).
``(2) Grant amounts.--The amount of a first-year grant made
to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection shall
equal--
``(A) if the State is eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1)(A), $125,000; and
``(B) if the State is eligible for the grant under
paragraph (1)(B), an amount determined by multiplying--
``(i) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for
such fiscal year; by
``(ii) the ratio that the funds apportioned to the State
under section 402 for fiscal year 1997 bears to the funds
apportioned to all States under section 402 for fiscal year
1997;
except that no State eligible for a grant under paragraph
(1)(B) shall receive less than $250,000.
``(3) States not meeting criteria.--The Secretary may award
a grant of up to $25,000 for 1 year to any State that does
not meet the criteria established in paragraph (1). The grant
may only be used to conduct activities needed to enable the
State to qualify for a first-year grant in the next fiscal
year.
``(c) Succeeding Year Grants.--
``(1) Eligibility.--A State shall be eligible for a grant
under this subsection 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 or updates a multiyear highway safety data
and traffic records strategic plan that meets the
requirements of subsection (b)(1);
``(B) certifies that the highway safety data and traffic
records coordinating committee of the State continues to
operate and supports the multiyear plan; and
``(C) reports annually on the progress of the State in
implementing the multiyear plan.
``(2) Grant amounts.--The amount of a succeeding year grant
made to the State for a fiscal year under this paragraph
shall equal the amount determined by multiplying--
``(A) the amount appropriated to carry out this section for
such fiscal year; by
``(B) the ratio that the funds apportioned to the State
under section 402 for fiscal year 1997 bears to the funds
apportioned to all States under section 402 for fiscal year
1997;
except that no State eligible for a grant under this
paragraph shall receive less than $225,000.
``(c) 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.
``(d) Applicability of Chapter 1.--The provisions contained
in section 402(d) shall apply to this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``411. State highway safety data improvements.''.
SEC. 2006. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.
(a) Transfer of Selected Functions to Non-Federal
Management.--Section 30302 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Transfer of Selected Functions to Non-Federal
Management.--
``(1) Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into an agreement
with an organization that represents the interests of the
States to manage, administer, and operate the National Driver
Register's computer timeshare and user assistance functions.
If the Secretary decides to enter into such an agreement, the
Secretary shall ensure that the management of these functions
is compatible with this chapter and the regulations issued to
implement this chapter.
``(2) Required demonstration.--Any transfer of the National
Driver Register's computer timeshare and user assistance
functions to an organization that represents the interests of
the States shall begin only after a determination is made by
the Secretary that all States are participating in the
National Driver Register's `Problem Driver Pointer System'
(the system used by the Register to effect the exchange of
motor vehicle driving records) and that the system is
functioning properly.
``(3) Transition period.--Any agreement entered into under
this subsection shall include a provision for a transition
period sufficient to allow the States to make the budgetary
and legislative changes the States may need to pay fees
charged by the organization representing their interests for
their use of the National Driver Register's computer
timeshare and user assistance functions. During this
transition period, the Secretary shall continue to fund these
transferred functions.
``(4) Fees.--The total of the fees charged by the
organization representing the interests of the States in any
fiscal year for the use of the National Driver Register's
computer timeshare and user assistance functions shall not
exceed the total cost to the organization of performing these
functions in such fiscal year.
``(5) Limitation on statutory construction.--Nothing in
this subsection may be construed to diminish, limit, or
otherwise affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out
this chapter.''.
(b) Access to Register Information.--
(1) Conforming amendments.--Section 30305(b) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, unless the information is about a
revocation or suspension still in effect on the date of the
request'';
(B) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by section 207(b) of
the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
324, 110 Stat. 3908)--
(i) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``subsection (a) of this section''; and
(ii) by moving the text of such paragraph 2 ems to the
left; and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (8), as redesignated by
section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104-264, 110 Stat. 3262), as paragraph
(9).
(2) Federal agency access provision.--Section 30305(b) of
title 49, United States Code, is further amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (10) and
inserting such paragraph after paragraph (9);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) The head of a Federal department or agency that
issues motor vehicle operator's licenses may request the
chief driver licensing official of a State to obtain
information under subsection (a) of this section about an
individual applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license
from such department or agency. The department or agency may
receive the information, provided it transmits to the
Secretary a report regarding any individual who is denied a
motor vehicle operator's license by that department or agency
for cause; whose motor vehicle operator's license is revoked,
suspended, or canceled by that department or agency for
cause; or about whom the department or agency has been
notified of a conviction of any of the motor vehicle-related
offenses or comparable offenses listed in section 30304(a)(3)
and over whom the department or agency has licensing
authority. The report shall contain the information specified
in section 30304(b).''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) The head of a Federal department or agency
authorized to receive information regarding an individual
from the Register under this section may request and receive
such information from the Secretary.''.
(c) Evaluation and Assessment of Alternatives.--
(1) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate the
implementation of chapter 303 of title 49, United States
Code, and the programs under sections 31106 and 31309 of such
title and identify alternatives to improve the ability of the
States to exchange information about unsafe drivers and to
identify drivers with multiple licenses.
(2) Technology assessment.--The Secretary, in conjunction
with the American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators, shall conduct an assessment of available
electronic technologies to improve access to and exchange of
motor vehicle driving records. The assessment may consider
alternative unique motor vehicle driver identifiers that
would facilitate accurate matching of drivers and their
records.
(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit
to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation and
technology assessment, together with any recommendations for
appropriate administrative and legislative actions.
(4) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out paragraph (2) $250,000 in the
aggregate for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1998.
SEC. 2007. SAFETY STUDIES.
(a) Blowout Resistant Tires Study.--The Secretary shall
conduct a study on the benefit to public safety of the use of
blowout resistant tires on commercial motor vehicles and the
potential to decrease the incidence of accidents
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and fatalities from accidents occurring as a result of blown
out tires.
(b) School Bus Occupant Safety Study.--The Secretary shall
conduct a study to assess occupant safety in school buses.
The study shall examine available information about occupant
safety and analyze options for improving occupant safety.
(c) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of each study conducted
under this section.
(d) Limitation on Funding.--The Secretary may not expend
more than $200,000, from funds made available by section 403
of title 23, United States Code, for conducting each study
under this section.
SEC. 2008. EFFECTIVENESS OF LAWS ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM BLOOD
ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
to evaluate the effectiveness of State laws that--
(1) deem any individual with a blood alcohol concentration
of 0.08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle to
be driving while intoxicated; and
(2) deem any individual under the age of 21 with a blood
alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater while
operating a motor vehicle to be driving while intoxicated;
in reducing the number and severity of alcohol-involved
crashes.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
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 containing
the results of the study conducted under this section.
SEC. 2009. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--The following sums are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account):
(1) Highway safety programs.--For carrying out section 402
of title 23, United States Code, $149,700,000 for fiscal year
1998, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $152,800,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$160,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $165,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003.
(2) Highway safety research and development.--For carrying
out section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $72,000,000
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
(3) Occupant protection incentive grants.--For carrying out
section 405 of title 23, United States Code, $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, $13,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $20,000,000
for fiscal year 2003.
(4) Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive
grant program.--For carrying out section 410 of title 23,
United States Code, $34,500,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $36,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(5) State highway safety data grants.--For carrying out
section 411 of title 23, United States Code, $5,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $9,000,000
for fiscal year 2001, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(6) National driver register.--For carrying out chapter 303
of title 49, United States Code, by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1998 through 2003.
(b) Allocations.--
(1) Drugs and driver behavior.--Out of amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a)(2) for fiscal years 1998 through
2003, the Secretary may use--
(A) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year to carry out
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 403(b) of title 23,
United States Code; and
(B) not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year to carry out
paragraph (4) of such section.
(2) Public education effort.--Out of amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a)(2) for fiscal years 1998 through
2003, the Secretary shall obligate at least $500,000 per
fiscal year to educate the motoring public on how to share
the road safely with commercial motor vehicles.
(c) Applicability of Title 23.--Amounts made available
under subsection (a)(2) for each of fiscal years 1999 through
2003 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as
if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code.
(d) Transfers.--In each fiscal year, the Secretary may
transfer any amounts remaining available under paragraph (3),
(4), or (5) 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 411 of title 23, United States Code.
TITLE III--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Federal Transit Act of
1998''.
SEC. 3002. 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. 3003. DEFINITIONS.
Section 5302 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5302. Definitions
``(a) In General.--In this chapter, the following
definitions apply:
``(1) Capital project.--The term `capital project' means a
project for--
``(A) acquiring, constructing, supervising, or inspecting
equipment or a facility for use in mass transportation,
expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction
(including designing, engineering, location surveying,
mapping, and acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the
capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, transit-
related intelligent transportation systems, relocation
assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and
acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating
replacement housing;
``(B) rehabilitating a bus;
``(C) remanufacturing a bus;
``(D) overhauling rail rolling stock;
``(E) preventive maintenance;
``(F) leasing equipment or a facility for use in mass
transportation, subject to regulations that the Secretary
prescribes limiting the leasing arrangements to those that
are more cost-effective than purchase or construction;
``(G) a mass transportation improvement that enhances
economic development or incorporates private investment,
including commercial and residential development, pedestrian
and bicycle access to a mass transportation facility, and the
renovation and improvement of historic transportation
facilities, because the improvement enhances the
effectiveness of a mass transportation project and is related
physically or functionally to that mass transportation
project, or establishes new or enhanced coordination
between mass transportation and other transportation, and
provides a fair share of revenue for mass transportation
that will be used for mass transportation--
``(i) including property acquisition, demolition of
existing structures, site preparation, utilities, building
foundations, walkways, open space, safety and security
equipment and facilities (including lighting, surveillance
and related intelligent transportation system applications),
facilities that incorporate community services such as
daycare and health care, and a capital project for, and
improving, equipment or a facility for an intermodal transfer
facility or transportation mall, except that a person making
an agreement to occupy space in a facility under this
subparagraph shall pay a reasonable share of the costs of the
facility through rental payments and other means; and
``(ii) excluding construction of a commercial revenue-
producing facility or a part of a public facility not related
to mass transportation;
``(H) the introduction of new technology, through
innovative and improved products, into mass transportation;
or
``(I) the provision of nonfixed route paratransit
transportation services in accordance with section 223 of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12143),
but only for grant recipients that are in compliance with
applicable requirements of that Act, including both fixed
route and demand responsive service, and only for amounts not
to exceed 10 percent of such recipient's annual formula
apportionment under sections 5307 and 5311.
``(2) Chief executive officer of a state.--The term `chief
executive officer of a State' includes the designee of the
chief executive officer.
``(3) Emergency regulation.--The term `emergency
regulation' means a regulation--
``(A) that is effective temporarily before the expiration
of the otherwise specified periods of time for public notice
and comment under section 5334(b); and
``(B) prescribed by the Secretary as the result of a
finding that a delay in the effective date of the
regulation--
``(i) would injure seriously an important public interest;
``(ii) would frustrate substantially legislative policy and
intent; or
``(iii) would damage seriously a person or class without
serving an important public interest.
``(4) Fixed guideway.--The term `fixed guideway' means a
mass transportation facility--
``(A) using and occupying a separate right-of-way or rail
for the exclusive use of mass transportation and other high
occupancy vehicles; or
``(B) using a fixed catenary system and a right-of-way
usable by other forms of transportation.
``(5) Handicapped individual.--The term `handicapped
individual' means an individual who, because of illness,
injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other incapacity or
temporary or permanent disability (including an individual
who is a wheelchair user or has semiambulatory
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capability), cannot use effectively, without special
facilities, planning, or design, mass transportation service
or a mass transportation facility.
``(6) Local governmental authority.--The term `local
governmental authority' includes--
``(A) a political subdivision of a State;
``(B) an authority of at least 1 State or political
subdivision of a State;
``(C) an Indian tribe; and
``(D) a public corporation, board, or commission
established under the laws of a State.
``(7) Mass transportation.--The term `mass transportation'
means transportation by a conveyance that provides regular
and continuing general or special transportation to the
public, but does not include school bus, charter, or
sightseeing transportation.
``(8) Net project cost.--The term `net project cost' means
the part of a project that reasonably cannot be financed from
revenues.
``(9) New bus model.--The term `new bus model' means a bus
model (including a model using alternative fuel)--
``(A) that has not been used in mass transportation in the
United States before the date of production of the model; or
``(B) used in mass transportation in the United States, but
being produced with a major change in configuration or
components.
``(10) Public transportation.--The term `public
transportation' means mass transportation.
``(11) Regulation.--The term `regulation' means any part of
a statement of general or particular applicability of the
Secretary designed to carry out, interpret, or prescribe law
or policy in carrying out this chapter.
``(12) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
``(13) State.--The term `State' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin
Islands.
``(14) Transit.--The term `transit' means mass
transportation.
``(15) Transit enhancement.--The term `transit enhancement'
means, with respect to any project or an area to be served by
a project, projects that are designed to enhance mass
transportation service or use and that are physically or
functionally related to transit facilities. Eligible
projects are--
``(A) historic preservation, rehabilitation, and operation
of historic mass transportation buildings, structures, and
facilities (including historic bus and railroad facilities);
``(B) bus shelters;
``(C) landscaping and other scenic beautification,
including tables, benches, trash receptacles, and street
lights;
``(D) public art;
``(E) pedestrian access and walkways;
``(F) bicycle access, including bicycle storage facilities
and installing equipment for transporting bicycles on mass
transportation vehicles;
``(G) transit connections to parks within the recipient's
transit service area;
``(H) signage; and
``(I) enhanced access for persons with disabilities to mass
transportation.
``(16) Urban area.--The term `urban area' means an area
that includes a municipality or other built-up place that the
Secretary, after considering local patterns and trends of
urban growth, decides is appropriate for a local mass
transportation system to serve individuals in the locality.
``(17) Urbanized area.--The term `urbanized area' means an
area--
``(A) encompassing at least an urbanized area within a
State that the Secretary of Commerce designates; and
``(B) designated as an urbanized area within boundaries
fixed by State and local officials and approved by the
Secretary.
``(b) Authority To Modify `Handicapped Individual'.--The
Secretary may by regulation modify the definition of the term
`handicapped individual' in subsection (a)(5) as it applies
to section 5307(d)(1)(D).''.
SEC. 3004. METROPOLITAN PLANNING.
(a) General Requirements; Scope of Planning Process.--
Section 5303 is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b)
and inserting the following:
``(a) General Requirements.--
``(1) Development of plans and programs.--To carry out
section 5301(a), metropolitan planning organizations
designated under subsection (c), in cooperation with the
States and mass transportation operators, shall develop
transportation plans and programs for urbanized areas of the
State.
``(2) Contents.--The plans and programs developed under
paragraph (1) for each metropolitan area shall provide for
the development and integrated management and operation of
transportation systems and facilities (including pedestrian
walkways and bicycle transportation facilities) that will
function as an intermodal transportation system for the
metropolitan area and as an integral part of an intermodal
transportation system for the State and the United States.
``(3) Process.--The process for developing the plans and
programs 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) Scope of Planning Process.--
``(1) In general.--The metropolitan transportation planning
process for a metropolitan area under this section shall
provide for consideration of projects and strategies that
will--
``(A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan
area, especially by enabling global competitiveness,
productivity, and efficiency;
``(B) increase the safety and security of the
transportation system for motorized and nonmotorized users;
``(C) increase the accessibility and mobility options
available to people and for freight;
``(D) protect and enhance the environment, promote energy
conservation, and improve quality of life;
``(E) enhance the integration and connectivity of the
transportation system, across and between modes, for people
and freight;
``(F) promote efficient system 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 this title, subchapter II of chapter 5 of
title 5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter affecting a
transportation plan, a transportation improvement plan, a
project or strategy, or the certification of a planning
process.''.
(b) Designating Metropolitan Planning Organizations.--
Section 5303(c) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(A) by striking ``representing'' and inserting ``that
together represent''; and
(B) by striking ``as defined by the Secretary of
Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as defined by the
Bureau of the Census)'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``In a metropolitan area'' and all that
follows through ``shall include'' and inserting ``Each policy
board of a metropolitan planning organization that serves an
area designated as a transportation management area when
designated or redesignated under this subsection shall
consist of''; and
(B) by striking ``officials of authorities'' and inserting
``officials of public agencies'';
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``in an urbanized area''
and all that follows through ``of the urbanized area'' and
inserting ``within an existing metropolitan planning area
only if the chief executive officer of the State and the
existing metropolitan organization determine that the size
and complexity of the existing metropolitan planning area'';
and
(4) in paragraph (5)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``representing'' and inserting ``that
together represent''; and
(ii) by striking ``as defined by the Secretary of
Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as defined by the
Bureau of the Census)'';
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``as defined by the
Secretary of Commerce)'' and inserting ``or cities, as
defined by the Bureau of the Census)''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Designations of metropolitan planning organizations,
whether made under this section or under any other provision
of law, shall remain in effect until redesignation under this
paragraph.''.
(c) Metropolitan Area Boundaries.--Section 5303(d) is
amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by inserting ``Planning''
before ``Area'';
(2) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``To carry out'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--To carry out''; and
(B) by inserting ``planning'' before ``area'';
(3) by striking the second sentence and all that follows
and inserting the following:
``(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; and
``(B) may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical
area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as
defined by the Bureau of the Census.
``(3) 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.), the boundaries of the metropolitan planning
area in existence as of the date of enactment of this
paragraph shall be retained, except that the boundaries may
be adjusted by agreement of the chief executive officer of
the State and any affected metropolitan planning
organizations, in the manner described in subsection (c)(5).
``(4) 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 under the Clean Air Act, the boundaries of
the metropolitan planning area--
``(A) shall be established in the manner described in
subsection (c)(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.''; and
(4) by aligning paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph
(2)(A) of this subsection) with paragraphs (2) through (4)
(as inserted by paragraph (3) of this subsection).
(d) Coordination.--Section 5303(e) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``or compact'' after ``agreement'' the
first place it appears''; and
(B) by striking ``making the agreement effective'' and
inserting ``making the agreements and compacts effective'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan
planning organization to coordinate, to the maximum extent
practicable, the design and delivery of transportation
services within the metropolitan planning area that are
provided--
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``(A) by recipients of assistance under this chapter; and
``(B) by governmental agencies and non-profit organizations
(including representatives of the agencies and organizations)
that receive Governmental assistance from a source other than
the Department of Transportation to provide non-emergency
transportation services.''.
(e) Developing Long-Range Transportation Plans.--Section
5303(f) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``United States and
regional transportation functions'' and inserting ``national,
regional, and metropolitan transportation functions'';
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking clause (iii) and
inserting the following:
``(iii) recommends any additional financing strategies for
needed projects and programs;''; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following:
``(C) identify transportation strategies necessary--
``(i) to ensure preservation, including requirements for
management, operation, modernization, and rehabilitation, of
the existing and future transportation system; and
``(ii) to use existing transportation facilities most
efficiently to relieve congestion, to efficiently serve the
mobility needs of people and goods, and to enhance access
within the metropolitan planning area; and'';
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``as they are related to a
20-year forecast period'' and inserting ``and any State or
local goals developed within the cooperative metropolitan
planning process as they relate to a 20-year forecast period
and to other forecast periods as determined by the
participants in the planning process'';
(3) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following:
``freight shippers, providers of freight transportation
services,''; and
(B) by inserting after ``private providers of
transportation,'' the following: ``representatives of users
of public transit,'';
(4) in paragraph (5)(A) by inserting ``published or
otherwise'' before ``made readily available'';
(5) in the subsection heading by striking ``Long-Range
Plans'' and inserting ``Long-Range Transportation Plans'';
and
(6) by striking ``long-range plans'' each place it appears
and inserting ``long-range transportation plans''.
SEC. 3005. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Development and Update.--The second sentence of section
5304(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``the organization'' and inserting ``the
metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the
chief executive officer of the State and any affected mass
transportation operator,'';
(2) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following:
``other affected employee representatives, freight shippers,
providers of freight transportation services,''; and
(3) by inserting after ``private providers of
transportation,'' the following: ``representatives of users
of public transit,''.
(b) Contents.--Section 5304(b)(2) is amended by striking
subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
``(C) identifies innovative financing techniques to finance
projects, programs, and strategies, which may include, for
illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be
included in the approved transportation improvement program
if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in
the financial plan were available.''.
(c) Project Selection.--Section 5304(c) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5305(d)(1) and
in addition to the transportation improvement program
development required under subsection (b), the selection of
federally funded projects for implementation in metropolitan
areas shall be carried out, from the approved transportation
improvement program--
``(A) by--
``(i) in the case of projects under title 23, the State;
and
``(ii) in the case of projects under this chapter, the
designated transit funding recipients; and
``(B) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning
organization.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) 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.
``(4) Selection of projects from illustrative list.--
Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2)(C), 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 subsection (b)(2)(C).
``(5) Publication.--(A) A transportation improvement
program involving Government participation shall be published
or otherwise made readily available by the metropolitan
planning organization for public review.
``(B) An annual listing of projects for which Government
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
transportation improvement program.
``(6) Regionally significant projects proposed for funding
under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be identified individually
in the transportation improvement program. All other projects
funded under chapter 2 of title 23 shall be grouped in 1 line
item or identified individually in the transportation
improvement program.''.
SEC. 3006. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS.
(a) Designation.--Section 5305(a) is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) any other area, if requested by the chief executive
officer and the metropolitan planning organization designated
for the area.''.
(b) Transportation Plans and Programs.--Section 5305(b) is
amended by inserting ``affected'' before ``mass
transportation operators''.
(c) Congestion Management System.--Section 5305(c) is
amended by striking ``The Secretary'' and all that follows
through the final period.
(d) Project Selection.--Section 5305(d)(1)(A) is amended by
inserting ``and any affected mass transportation operator''
after ``the State''.
(e) Certification.--Section 5305(e) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2)(A) If a metropolitan planning process is not
certified, the Secretary may withhold not more than 20
percent of the apportioned funds attributable to the
transportation management area under this chapter and title
23.
``(B) Any apportionments withheld under subparagraph (A)
shall be restored to the metropolitan area at such time as
the metropolitan planning organization is certified by the
Secretary.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) In making certification determinations under this
subsection, the Secretary shall provide for public
involvement appropriate to the metropolitan area under
review.''.
(f) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Section 5305
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Continuation of Current Review Practice.--Since plans
and programs described in this section are subject to a
reasonable opportunity for public comment, since individual
projects included in the plans and programs 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 plans and programs 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
program described in this section shall not be considered to
be a Federal action subject to review under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).''.
SEC. 3007. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.
(a) Section Heading.--
(1) Amendment to section 5307.--Section 5307 is amended by
striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 5307. Urbanized area formula grants''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section
5307 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended to
read as follows:
``5307. Urbanized area formula grants.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 5307(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In this section--'' and inserting ``In
this section, the following definitions apply:'';
(2) by inserting ``Associated capital maintenance items.--
The term'' after ``(1)''; and
(3) by inserting ``Designated recipient.--The term'' after
``(2)''.
(c) General Authority.--Section 5307(b) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``, improvement, and operating costs'' and
inserting ``and improvement costs''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary may
also make grants under this section to finance the operating
cost of equipment and facilities for use in mass
transportation in an urbanized area with a population of less
than 200,000.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) by inserting ``, in writing,'' after ``approved''; and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and'';
(4) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) the metropolitan planning organization in approving
the use under subparagraph (A) determines that the local
transit needs are being addressed.'';
(5) by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); and
(6) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(d) Advance Construction.--Section 5307(g)(3) is amended by
striking ``the amount by which'' and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting ``the most favorable
financing terms reasonably available for the project at the
time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a manner
satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown
reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing
terms.''.
(e) Coordination of Reviews.--Section 5307(i)(2) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ``To the extent
practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate such reviews with
any related State or local reviews.''.
(f) Transit Enhancement Activities.--Section 5307(k) is
amended to read as follows:
``(k) Transit Enhancement Activities.--
``(1) In general.--One percent of the funds apportioned to
urbanized areas with a population of at least 200,000 under
section 5336 for a fiscal year shall be made available for
transit enhancement activities in accordance with section
5302(a)(15).
``(2) Period of availability.--Funds apportioned under
paragraph (1) shall be available for obligation for 3 years
following the fiscal year in which the funds are apportioned.
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that are not obligated at the end of such period shall be
reapportioned under the urbanized area formula program of
section 5336.
``(3) Report.--A recipient of funds apportioned under
paragraph (1) shall submit, as part of the recipient's annual
certification to the Secretary, a report listing the projects
carried out during the fiscal year with those funds.''.
(g) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5307(n)(2) is amended
by inserting ``5319,'' after ``5318,''.
SEC. 3008. CLEAN FUELS FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 5308 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 5308. Clean fuels formula grant program
``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `clean fuel vehicle' means a vehicle 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) the term `designated recipient' has the same meaning
as in section 5307(a)(2); and
``(3) the term `eligible project'--
``(A) means a project 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;
``(iii) improving existing mass transportation facilities
to accommodate clean fuel buses;
``(iv) repowering pre-1993 engines with clean fuel
technology that meets the current urban bus emission
standards; or
``(v) retrofitting or rebuilding pre-1993 engines if before
half life to rebuild; and
``(B) in the discretion of the Secretary, may include
projects relating to clean fuel, biodiesel, hybrid electric,
or zero emissions technology vehicles that exhibit equivalent
or superior emissions reductions to existing clean fuel or
hybrid electric technologies.
``(b) Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants in
accordance with this section to designated recipients to
finance eligible projects.
``(c) Application.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than January 1 of each year,
any designated recipient seeking to apply for a grant under
this section for an eligible project shall submit an
application to the Secretary, in such form and in accordance
with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish by
regulation.
``(2) Certification required.--An application submitted
under paragraph (1) shall contain a certification by the
applicant that the grantee will operate vehicles purchased
with a grant under this section only with clean fuels.
``(d) Apportionment of Funds.--
``(1) Formula.--Not later than February 1 of each year, the
Secretary shall apportion amounts made available to carry out
this section to designated recipients submitting applications
under subsection (c), of which--
``(A) two-thirds shall be apportioned to designated
recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a
population of at least 1,000,000, of which--
``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such
designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to
the ratio between--
``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the
eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by
severity of nonattainment for the area in which the eligible
project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and
``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of
all eligible projects in areas with a population of at least
1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of
nonattainment for all areas in which those eligible projects
are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and
``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such
designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to
the ratio between--
``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as that term is
defined in section 5336(c)) of the eligible project of the
designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment
of the area in which the eligible project is located, as
provided in paragraph (2); and
``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles of all
eligible projects in areas with a population of at least
1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of
nonattainment of all areas in which those eligible projects
are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and
``(B) one-third shall be apportioned to designated
recipients with eligible projects in urban areas with a
population of less than 1,000,000, of which--
``(i) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such
designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to
the ratio between--
``(I) the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of the
eligible project of the designated recipient, weighted by
severity of nonattainment for the area in which the eligible
project is located, as provided in paragraph (2); and
``(II) the total number of vehicles in the bus fleets of
all eligible projects in areas with a population of less than
1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of
nonattainment for all areas in which those eligible projects
are located, as provided in paragraph (2); and
``(ii) 50 percent shall be apportioned, such that each such
designated recipient receives a grant in an amount equal to
the ratio between--
``(I) the number of bus passenger miles (as that term is
defined in section 5336(c)) of the eligible project of the
designated recipient, weighted by severity of nonattainment
of the area in which the eligible project is located, as
provided in paragraph (2); and
``(II) the total number of bus passenger miles of all
eligible projects in areas with a population of less than
1,000,000 funded under this section, weighted by severity of
nonattainment of all areas in which those eligible projects
are located, as provided in paragraph (2).
``(2) Weighting of severity of nonattainment.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), subject
to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the number of clean
fuel vehicles in the 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 (as that term is defined in section 101 of
title 23) for ozone or carbon monoxide;
``(ii) 1.1 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area
is classified as--
``(I) 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.); or
``(II) a marginal carbon monoxide nonattainment area under
subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7512 et seq.);
``(iii) 1.2 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area
is classified as--
``(I) a moderate ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2
of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et
seq.); or
``(II) a moderate carbon monoxide nonattainment area under
subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7512 et seq.);
``(iv) 1.3 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area
is classified as--
``(I) a serious ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of
part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et
seq.); or
``(II) a serious carbon monoxide nonattainment area under
subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7512 et seq.);
``(v) 1.4 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area is
classified as--
``(I) a severe ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2 of
part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et
seq.); or
``(II) a severe carbon monoxide nonattainment area under
subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7512 et seq.); or
``(vi) 1.5 if, at the time of the apportionment, the area
is classified as--
``(I) an extreme ozone nonattainment area under subpart 2
of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et
seq.); or
``(II) an extreme carbon monoxide nonattainment area under
subpart 3 of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7512 et seq.).
``(B) Additional adjustment for carbon monoxide areas.--If,
in addition to being classified as a nonattainment or
maintenance area (as that term is defined in section 101 of
title 23) for ozone under subpart 2 of part D of title I of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), the area was also
classified under subpart 3 of part D of title I of that Act
(42 U.S.C. 7512 et seq.) as a nonattainment area for carbon
monoxide, the weighted nonattainment or maintenance area
fleet and passenger miles for the eligible project, as
calculated under subparagraph (A), shall be further
multiplied by a factor of 1.2.
``(3) Maximum grant amount.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of a grant made to a
designated recipient under this section shall not exceed the
lesser of--
``(i) for an eligible project in an area--
``(I) with a population of less than 1,000,000,
$15,000,000; and
``(II) with a population of at least 1,000,000,
$25,000,000; or
``(ii) 80 percent of the total cost of the eligible
project.
``(B) Reapportionment.--Any amounts that would otherwise be
apportioned to a designated recipient under this subsection
that exceed the amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be
reapportioned among other designated recipients in accordance
with paragraph (1).
``(e) Additional Requirements.--
``(1) Limitation on uses.--Not less than 5 percent of the
amount made available by or appropriated under section 5338
in each fiscal year to carry out this section shall be
available for any eligible projects for which an application
is received from a designated recipient, for--
``(A) the purchase or construction of hybrid electric or
battery-powered buses; or
``(B) facilities specifically designed to service those
buses.
``(2) Clean diesel buses.--Not more than $50,000,000 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.
``(3) Bus retrofitting and replacement.--Not more than 5
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 retrofitting or replacement of
the engines of buses that do not meet the clean air standards
of the Environmental Protection Agency, as in effect on the
date on which the application for such retrofitting or
replacement is submitted under subsection (c)(1).
``(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.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 53 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 5308 and
inserting the following:
``5308. Clean fuels formula grant program.''.
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SEC. 3009. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS AND LOANS.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5309 is amended in the
section heading by striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting
``Capital investment''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5309 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``Discretionary'' and inserting ``Capital
investment''.
(c) General Authority.--Section 5309(a)(1) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as
subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the
following:
``(E) capital projects to modernize existing fixed guideway
systems;
``(F) capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and
purchases buses and related equipment and to construct bus-
related facilities;''.
(d) Consideration of Decreased Commuter Rail
Transportation.--Section 5309(c) is amended to read as
follows:
``(c) [Reserved.]''.
(e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway
Systems.--Section 5309(e) is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Criteria for Grants and Loans for Fixed Guideway
Systems.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may approve a grant or
loan under this section for a capital project for a new fixed
guideway system or extension of an existing fixed guideway
system only if the Secretary determines that the proposed
project is--
``(A) based on the results of an alternatives analysis and
preliminary engineering;
``(B) justified based on a comprehensive review of its
mobility improvements, environmental benefits, cost
effectiveness, and operating efficiencies; and
``(C) supported by an acceptable degree of local financial
commitment, including evidence of stable and dependable
financing sources to construct, maintain, and operate the
system or extension.
``(2) Alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering.--
In evaluating a project under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary
shall analyze and consider the results of the alternatives
analysis and preliminary engineering for the project.
``(3) Project justification.--In evaluating a project under
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall--
``(A) consider the direct and indirect costs of relevant
alternatives;
``(B) consider factors such as congestion relief, improved
mobility, air pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption,
and all associated ancillary and mitigation costs necessary
to carry out each alternative analyzed, and recognize
reductions in local infrastructure costs achieved through
compact land use development;
``(C) identify and consider mass transportation supportive
existing land use policies and future patterns, and the cost
of urban sprawl;
``(D) consider the degree to which the project increases
the mobility of the mass transportation dependent population
or promotes economic development;
``(E) consider population density and current transit
ridership in the corridor;
``(F) consider the technical capability of the grant
recipient to construct the project;
``(G) adjust the project justification to reflect
differences in local land, construction, and operating costs;
and
``(H) consider other factors that the Secretary determines
appropriate to carry out this chapter.
``(4) Local financial commitment.--
``(A) Evaluation of project.--In evaluating a project under
paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall require that--
``(i) the proposed project plan provides for the
availability of contingency amounts 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 mass transportation system (including
essential feeder bus and other services necessary to achieve
the projected ridership levels) without requiring a reduction
in existing mass transportation services to operate the
proposed project.
``(B) Considerations.--In assessing the stability,
reliability, and availability of proposed sources of local
financing under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
consider--
``(i) existing grant commitments;
``(ii) the degree to which financing sources are dedicated
to the purposes proposed;
``(iii) any debt obligation that exists or is proposed by
the recipient for the proposed project or other mass
transportation purpose; and
``(iv) the extent to which the project has a local
financial commitment that exceeds the required non-Federal
share of the cost of the project.
``(5) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, the
Secretary shall issue regulations on the manner in which the
Secretary will evaluate and rate the projects based on the
results of alternatives analysis, project justification, and
the degree of local financial commitment, as required under
this subsection.
``(6) Project evaluation and rating.--A proposed project
may advance from alternatives analysis to preliminary
engineering, and may advance from preliminary engineering to
final design and construction, only if the Secretary finds
that the project meets the requirements of this section and
there is a reasonable likelihood that the project will
continue to meet such requirements. In making such findings,
the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project as `highly
recommended', `recommended', or not `recommended', based on
the results of alternatives analysis, the project
justification criteria, and the degree of local financial
commitment, as required under this subsection. In rating the
projects, the Secretary shall provide, in addition to the
overall project rating, individual ratings for each criteria
established under the regulations issued under paragraph (5).
``(7) Full funding grant agreement.--A project financed
under this subsection shall be carried out through a full
funding grant agreement. The Secretary shall enter into a
full funding grant agreement based on the evaluations and
ratings required under this subsection. The Secretary shall
not enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project
unless that project is authorized for final design and
construction.
``(8) Limitations on applicability.--
``(A) Projects with a section 5309 federal share of less
than $25,000,000.--A project for a new fixed guideway system
or extension of an existing fixed guideway system is not
subject to the requirements of this subsection, and the
simultaneous evaluation of similar projects in at least 2
corridors in a metropolitan area may not be limited, if the
assistance provided under this section with respect to the
project is less than $25,000,000.
``(B) Projects in nonattainment areas.--The simultaneous
evaluation of projects in at least 2 corridors in a
metropolitan area may not be limited and the Secretary shall
make decisions under this subsection with expedited
procedures that will promote carrying out an approved State
Implementation Plan in a timely way if a project is--
``(i) located in a nonattainment area;
``(ii) a transportation control measure (as defined by the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)); and
``(iii) required to carry out the State Implementation
Plan.
``(C) Projects financed with highway funds.--This
subsection does not apply to a part of a project financed
completely with amounts made available from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account).
``(D) Previously issued letter of intent or full funding
grant agreement.--This subsection does not apply to projects
for which the Secretary has issued a letter of intent or
entered into a full funding grant agreement before the date
of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998.''.
(f) Letters of Intent and Full Funding Grant Agreements.--
Section 5309(g) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ``financing'' and
inserting ``funding'';
(2) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears
and inserting ``full funding'';
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(A) by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``60 days'';
(B) by inserting before the first comma ``or entering into
a full funding grant agreement''; and
(C) by striking ``issuance of the letter.'' and inserting
``letter or agreement. The Secretary shall include with the
notification a copy of the proposed letter or agreement as
well as the evaluations and ratings for the project.''; and
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``50 percent'' and all
that follows through ``obligated)'' and inserting ``an amount
equivalent to the total authorizations under section 5338(b)
for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
fixed guideway systems for fiscal years 2002 and 2003''.
(g) Allocating Amounts.--Section 5309(m) is amended to read
as follows:
``(m) Allocating Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available by or
appropriated under section 5338 for grants and loans under
this section for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003--
``(A) 40 percent shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization;
``(B) 40 percent shall be available for capital projects
for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
fixed guideway systems; and
``(C) 20 percent shall be available to replace,
rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to
construct bus-related facilities.
``(2) Limitation on amounts available for activities other
than final design and construction.--Not more than 8 percent
of the amounts made available in each fiscal year by
paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for activities other than
final design and construction.
``(3) Bus and bus facility grants.--
``(A) Consideration.--In making grants under paragraph
(1)(C), the Secretary shall consider the age of buses, bus
fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities.
``(B) Funding for bus testing facility.--Of the amounts
made available under paragraph (1)(C), $3,000,000 shall be
available in each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry
out section 5318.
``(4) Funding for clean fuels.--Of the amounts made
available under paragraph (1)(C), $50,000,000 shall be
available in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 to carry
out section 5308.
``(5) Funding for ferry boat systems.--
``(A) Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B),
$10,400,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1999
through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii, for
new fixed guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway
systems that are ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities, or
that are approaches to ferry terminal facilities.
``(B) Of the amounts appropriated under section 5338(h)(5),
$3,600,000 shall be available in each of fiscal years 1999
through 2003 for capital projects in Alaska or Hawaii, for
new fixed
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guideway systems and extensions to fixed guideway systems
that are ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities, or that
are approaches to ferry terminal facilities.''.
(h) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 5309(f) is amended to read as follows:
``(f) [Reserved.]''.
(2) Cross reference.--Section 5328(a)(2), by striking
``5309(e) (1)-(6) of this title'' and inserting ``5309(e)''.
(3) References to full funding grant agreements.--Chapter
53 is amended--
(A) in section 5320--
(i) by striking ``full financing'' each place it appears
and inserting ``full funding''; and
(ii) in subsection (e) in the subsection heading, by
striking ``Financing'' and inserting ``Funding''; and
(B) in section 5328(a)(4) by striking ``full financing''
each place it appears and inserting ``full funding''.
(i) Reports.--Section 5309 is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(o) Reports.--
``(1) Funding levels and allocations of funds for fixed
guideway systems.--
``(A) Annual report.--Not later than the first Monday in
February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that includes a proposal
on the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance
grants and loans for capital projects for new fixed guideway
systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems
among applicants for those amounts.
``(B) Recommendations on funding.--The annual report under
this paragraph shall include evaluations and ratings, as
required under subsection (e), for each project that is
authorized or has received funds under this section since the
date of enactment of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 or
October 1 of the preceding fiscal year, whichever date is
earlier. The report shall also include recommendations of
projects for funding based on the evaluations and ratings and
on existing commitments and anticipated funding levels for
the next 3 fiscal years and for the next 10 fiscal years
based on information currently available to the Secretary.
``(2) Supplemental report on new starts.--The Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress on the 31st day of August
of each year that describes the Secretary's evaluation and
rating of each project that has completed alternatives
analysis or preliminary engineering since the date of the
last report. The report shall include all relevant
information that supports the evaluation and rating of each
project, including a summary of each project's financial
plan.
``(3) Annual gao review.--The General Accounting Office
shall--
``(A) conduct an annual review of--
``(i) the processes and procedures for evaluating and
rating projects and recommending projects; and
``(ii) the Secretary's implementation of such processes and
procedures; and
``(B) shall report to Congress on the results of such
review by April 30 of each year.''.
(j) Project Defined.--Section 5309 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(p) Project Defined.--In this section, the term `project'
means, with respect to a new fixed guideway system or
extension to an existing fixed guideway system, a minimum
operable segment of the project.''.
SEC. 3010. DOLLAR VALUE OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall not consider the
dollar value of mobility improvements, as specified in the
report required under section 5309(o) (as added by this Act),
in evaluating projects under section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, in developing regulations, or in carrying out
any other duty of the Secretary.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a
study of the dollar value of mobility improvements and the
relationship of mobility improvements to the overall
transportation justification of a new fixed guideway system
or extension to an existing system.
(2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report on the results of the study under paragraph
(1), including an analysis of the factors relevant to
determining the dollar value of mobility improvements.
SEC. 3011. LOCAL SHARE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal years 1999 through 2003, a recipient of
assistance under section 5307 or 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, may use, as part of the local matching funds for
a capital project (as defined in section 5302(a) of title 49,
United States Code), the proceeds from the issuance of
revenue bonds.
(b) 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 (as defined in
section 5302(a) of title 49, United States Code) only if the
aggregate amount of financial support for mass transportation
in the urbanized area from the State and affected local
governmental authorities during the next 3 fiscal years, as
programmed in the State Transportation Improvement Program
under section 135 of title 23, United States Code, 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.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2003, 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 on the recipients described in subsection
(a) that have used, as part of the local matching funds for a
capital project, the proceeds from the issuance of revenue
bonds, during the period described in subsection (a).
(2) Contents of report.--The report required by this
subsection shall include--
(A) information on each project undertaken, the amount of
the revenue bonds issued, and the status of repayment of the
bonds; and
(B) any recommendations of the Secretary regarding the
application of this section.
SEC. 3012. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS.
(a) Fixed Guideway Technology.--The Secretary shall make
grants for the study, design, and demonstration of fixed
guideway technology. Of the amounts made available by or
appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States
Code, the Secretary shall make funds available for the
following projects in not less than the amounts specified for
the fiscal year:
(1) North Orange-South Seminole County, FL $750,000 for
fiscal year 1999.
(2) Galveston, TX fixed guideway activities $750,000 for
fiscal year 1999.
(3) Washoe County, NV Transit Technology, $1,250,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(b) Bus Technology.--The Secretary shall make grants for
the study, design, and demonstration of bus technology. Of
the amounts made available by or appropriated under section
5338(d) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall
make funds available for the following projects in not less
than the amounts specified for the fiscal year:
(1) MBTA, MA Advanced Electric Transit Buses and Related
Infrastructure, $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and
2000.
(2) Palm Springs, CA Fuel Cell Buses, $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(3) Gloucester, MA Intermodal Technology Center, $1,500,000
for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(c) Advanced Propulsion Control System.--
(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available by or
appropriated under section 5338(d) of title 49, United States
Code, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $3,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be
available to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority
(in this subsection referred to as ``SEPTA''), to be used
only for the completion of the program to develop and deploy
a new Advanced Propulsion Control System begun under the
Request for Technical Proposals for Project S-2814-2.
(2) Action required by septa.--This subsection shall take
effect only if SEPTA issues a request for cost proposals to
the 4 selectees from the full and open competition under
SEPTA's Request for Technical Proposals for Project S-2814-2
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 3013. FORMULA GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF
ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES.
(a) Section Heading.--Section 5310 is amended in the
section heading by striking ``Grants'' and inserting
``Formula grants''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5310 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
inserting ``formula'' before ``grants''.
SEC. 3014. FORMULA PROGRAM FOR OTHER THAN URBANIZED AREAS.
(a) In General.--Section 5311 is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``Financial
assistance'' and inserting ``Formula grants''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ``10 percent of the
amount made available in the fiscal year ending September 30,
1993, and''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5311 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``Financial assistance'' and inserting ``Formula
grant''.
SEC. 3015. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND TRAINING
PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5312 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(d) Joint Partnership Program for Deployment of
Innovation.--
``(1) Definition of consortium.--In this subsection, the
term `consortium'--
``(A) means 1 or more public or private organizations
located in the United States that provide mass transportation
service to the public and 1 or more businesses, including
small- and medium-sized businesses, incorporated in a State,
offering goods or services or willing to offer goods and
services to mass transportation operators; and
``(B) may include, as additional members, public or private
research organizations located in the United States, or State
or local governmental authorities.
``(2) General authority.--The Secretary may, under terms
and conditions that the Secretary prescribes, enter into
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
agreements with consortia selected in accordance with
paragraph (4), to promote the early deployment of innovation
in mass transportation services, management, operational
practices, or technology that has broad applicability. This
paragraph shall be carried out in consultation with the
transit industry by competitively selected consortia that
will share costs, risks, and rewards of early deployment of
innovation.
``(3) Consortium contribution.--A consortium assisted under
this subsection shall provide not less than 50 percent of the
costs of any joint partnership project. Any business,
organization, person, or governmental body may contribute
funds to a joint partnership project.
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``(4) Notice requirement.--The Secretary shall periodically
give public notice of the technical areas for which joint
partnerships are solicited, required qualifications of
consortia desiring to participate, the method of selection
and evaluation criteria to be used in selecting participating
consortia and projects, and the process by which innovation
projects described in paragraph (1) will be awarded.
``(5) Use of revenues.--The Secretary shall accept, to the
maximum extent practicable, a portion of the revenues
resulting from sales of an innovation project funded under
this section. Such revenues shall be accounted for separately
within the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and
shall be available to the Secretary for activities under this
subsection. Annual revenues that are less than $1,000,000
shall be available for obligation without further
appropriation and shall not be subject to any obligation
limitation.
``(e) International Mass Transportation Program.--
``(1) Activities.--The Secretary is authorized to engage in
activities to inform the United States domestic mass
transportation community about technological innovations
available in the international marketplace and activities
that may afford domestic businesses the opportunity to
become globally competitive in the export of mass
transportation products and services. Such activities may
include--
``(A) development, monitoring, assessment, and
dissemination domestically of information about worldwide
mass transportation market opportunities;
``(B) cooperation with foreign public sector entities in
research, development, demonstration, training, and other
forms of technology transfer and exchange of experts and
information;
``(C) advocacy, in international mass transportation
markets, of firms, products, and services available from the
United States;
``(D) informing the international market about the
technical quality of mass transportation products and
services through participation in seminars, expositions, and
similar activities; and
``(E) offering those Federal Transit Administration
technical services which cannot be readily obtained from the
United States private sector to foreign public authorities
planning or undertaking mass transportation projects if the
cost of these services will be recovered under the terms of
each project.
``(2) Cooperation.--The Secretary may carry out activities
under this subsection in cooperation with other Federal
agencies, State or local agencies, public and private
nonprofit institutions, government laboratories, foreign
governments, or any other organization the Secretary
determines is appropriate.
``(3) Funding.--The funds available to carry out this
subsection shall include revenues paid to the Secretary by
any cooperating organization or person. Such revenues shall
be accounted for separately within the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund and shall be available to the
Secretary to carry out activities under this subsection,
including promotional materials, travel, reception, and
representation expenses necessary to carry out such
activities. Annual revenues that are less than $1,000,000
shall be available for obligation without further
appropriation and shall not be subject to any obligation
limitation. Not later than January 1 of each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall publish a report on the activities under this
paragraph funded from the account.''.
(b) Fuel Cell Bus and Bus Facilities Program.--Of the funds
made available for each fiscal year to carry out section
5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code, $4,850,000
shall be available to carry out the fuel cell powered transit
bus program and the intermodal transportation fuel cell bus
maintenance facility.
(c) Advanced Technology Pilot Project.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants for the
development of low speed magnetic levitation technology for
public transportation purposes in urban areas to demonstrate
energy efficiency, congestion mitigation, and safety
benefits.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act for each of fiscal years 1998 through
2003, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this subsection.
(3) Federal share.--The Federal share payable on account of
activities carried out using a grant made under this
subsection shall be 80 percent of the cost of such
activities.
SEC. 3016. NATIONAL PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
Section 5314(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$2,000,000''
and inserting ``$3,000,000''.
SEC. 3017. NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.
(a) In General.--Section 5315(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5) by inserting ``and architectural
design'' before the semicolon at the end;
(2) in paragraph (7) by striking ``carrying out'' and
inserting ``delivering'';
(3) in paragraph (11) by inserting ``, construction
management, insurance, and risk management'' before the
semicolon at the end;
(4) in paragraph (13) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(5) in paragraph (14) by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) innovative finance; and
``(16) workplace safety.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section
5315 in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
striking ``mass transportation'' and inserting ``transit''.
SEC. 3018. BUS TESTING FACILITIES.
(a) Operation and Maintenance.--Section 5318(b) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting
``enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or
make a grant to,'';
(2) by inserting ``or organization'' after ``person'';
(3) by inserting ``, cooperative agreement, or grant''
after ``The contract''; and
(4) by inserting ``mass transportation'' after ``and
other''.
(b) Availability of Amounts.--Section 5318(d) is amended by
striking ``make a contract with'' and inserting ``enter into
a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant
to,''.
SEC. 3019. BICYCLE FACILITIES.
Section 5319 is amended by striking ``under this section is
for 90 percent of the cost of the project'' and inserting
``made eligible by this section is for 90 percent of the cost
of the project, except that, if the grant or any portion of
the grant is made with funds required to be expended under
section 5307(k) and the project involves providing bicycle
access to mass transportation, that grant or portion of that
grant shall be at a Federal share of 95 percent''.
SEC. 3020. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ASSISTANCE.
(a) Technical Amendment.--Section 5323(d) is amended by
striking ``Buying and Operating Buses.--'' and inserting
``Condition on Charter Bus Transportation Service.--''.
(b) Buy America.--Section 5323(j)(7) is amended to read as
follows:
``(7) Opportunity to correct inadvertent error.--The
Secretary may allow a manufacturer or supplier of steel,
iron, or manufactured goods to correct after bid opening any
certification of noncompliance or failure to properly
complete the certification (but not including failure to sign
the certification) under this subsection if such manufacturer
or supplier attests under penalty of perjury that such
manufacturer or supplier submitted an incorrect certification
as a result of an inadvertent or clerical error. The burden
of establishing inadvertent or clerical error is on the
manufacturer or supplier.''.
(c) Government's Share.--Section 5323(i) is amended to read
as follows:
``(i) Government Share of Costs for Certain Projects.--A
grant for a project to be assisted under this chapter that
involves acquiring vehicle-related equipment required by the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et
seq.) or vehicle-related equipment (including clean fuel or
alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment) for purposes of
complying with or maintaining compliance with the Clean Air
Act, is for 90 percent of the net project cost of such
equipment attributable to compliance with those Acts. The
Secretary shall have discretion to determine, through
practicable administrative procedures, the costs of such
equipment attributable to compliance with those Acts.''.
(d) HHS and Public Transit Service.--Section 5323 is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections
(l) and (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
``(k) Participation of Governmental Agencies in Design and
Delivery of Transportation Services.--To the extent feasible,
governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that
receive assistance from Government sources (other than the
Department of Transportation) for nonemergency transportation
services--
``(1) shall participate and coordinate with recipients of
assistance under this chapter in the design and delivery of
transportation services; and
``(2) shall be included in the planning for those
services.''.
(e) Submission of Certifications.--Section 5323 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(n) Submission of Certifications.--A certification
required under this chapter and any additional certification
or assurance required by law or regulation to be submitted to
the Secretary may be consolidated into a single document to
be submitted annually as part of a grant application under
this chapter. The Secretary shall publish annually a list of
all certifications required under this chapter with the
publication required under section 5336(e)(2).''.
(f) Grant Requirements.--Section 5323 is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(o) Grant Requirements.--The grant requirements under
sections 5307 and 5309 apply to any project under this
chapter that receives any assistance or other financing under
the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
of 1998.''.
SEC. 3021. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INTERCITY RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT FROM MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAY
TRUST FUND.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot
program to determine the benefits of using funds from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for intercity
passenger rail. Any assistance provided to the State of
Oklahoma under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United
States Code, during fiscal years 1998 through 2003 may be
used for capital improvements to, and operating assistance
for, intercity passenger rail service.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2002, 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 on the pilot program established under this
section.
(2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) an evaluation of the effect of the pilot program on
alternative forms of transportation within the State of
Oklahoma;
(B) an evaluation of the effect of the program on operators
of mass transportation and their passengers;
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(C) a calculation of the amount of Federal assistance
provided under this section transferred for the provision of
intercity passenger rail service; and
(D) an estimate of the benefits to intercity passenger rail
service, including the number of passengers served, the
number of route miles covered, and the number of localities
served by intercity passenger rail service.
SEC. 3022. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Efficient Procurement.--Section 5325 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b); and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Efficient Procurement.--A recipient may award a
procurement contract under this chapter to other than the
lowest bidder when the award furthers an objective consistent
with the purposes of this chapter, including improved long-
term operating efficiency and lower long-term costs.''.
SEC. 3023. SPECIAL PROCUREMENTS.
(a) Turnkey System Projects.--Section 5326(a) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Turnkey system project defined.--In this subsection,
the term `turnkey system project' means a project under which
a recipient enters into a contract with a seller, firm, or
consortium of firms to design and build a mass transportation
system or an operable segment thereof that meets specific
performance criteria. Such project may also include an option
to finance, or operate for a period of time, the system or
segment or any combination of designing, building, operating,
or maintaining such system or segment.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``Selection of turnkey projects.--'' after
``(2)''; and
(B) by inserting ``or an operable segment of a mass
transportation system'' after ``transportation system'';
(3) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``Demonstrations.--''
after ``(3)''; and
(4) by aligning paragraphs (2) and (3) with paragraph (1)
of such section, as amended by paragraph (1) of this section.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 5326 is amended by
striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Acquiring Rolling Stock.--A recipient of financial
assistance under this chapter may enter into a contract to
expend that assistance to acquire rolling stock--
``(1) based on--
``(A) initial capital costs; or
``(B) performance, standardization, life cycle costs, and
other factors; or
``(2) with a party selected through a competitive
procurement process.
``(d) Procuring Associated Capital Maintenance Items.--A
recipient of assistance under section 5307 procuring an
associated capital maintenance item under section 5307(b) may
enter into a contract directly with the original manufacturer
or supplier of the item to be replaced, without receiving
prior approval of the Secretary, if the recipient first
certifies in writing to the Secretary that--
``(1) the manufacturer or supplier is the only source for
the item; and
``(2) the price of the item is no more than the price that
similar customers pay for the item.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5334(b)(4) is amended by
striking ``5323(a)(2), (c) and (e), 5324(c), and 5325 of this
title'' and inserting ``5323(a)(2), 5323(c), 5323(e),
5324(c), 5325(a), 5325(b), 5326(c), and 5326(d)''.
SEC. 3024. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW.
(a) Limitation on Use of Available Amounts.--Section
5327(c)(2) is amended--
(1) by striking ``make contracts'' and inserting ``enter
into contracts''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first
sentence the following: ``and to provide technical assistance
to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and
audits carried out under this section''.
(b) Financial Plan.--Section 5327 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(f) Financial Plan.--A recipient of financial assistance
for a project under this chapter with an estimated total cost
of $1,000,000,000 or more shall submit to the Secretary an
annual financial plan for the project. The plan shall be
based on detailed annual estimates of the cost to complete
the remaining elements of the project and on reasonable
assumptions, as determined by the Secretary, of future
increases in the cost to complete the project.''.
SEC. 3025. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
(a) Training and Conference Costs.--Section 5334(a) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (8) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (9) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(10) collect fees to cover the costs of training or
conferences, including costs of promotional materials,
sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration to promote
mass transportation and credit amounts collected to the
appropriation concerned.''.
(b) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading for section 5334 is
amended by inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''.
(2) Table of sections.--The item relating to section 5334
in the table of sections for chapter 53 is amended by
inserting ``provisions'' after ``Administrative''.
(c) Proceeds From Sale of Transit Assets.--Section 5334(g)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Proceeds from the sale of transit assets.--
``(A) In general.--When real property, equipment, or
supplies acquired with assistance under this chapter are no
longer needed for mass transportation purposes as determined
under the applicable assistance agreement, the Secretary may
authorize the sale, transfer, or lease of the assets under
conditions determined by the Secretary and subject to the
requirements of this subsection.
``(B) Use.--The net income from asset sales, uses, or
leases (including lease renewals) under this subsection shall
be used by the recipient to reduce the gross project cost of
other capital projects carried out under this chapter.
``(C) Relationship to other authority.--The authority of
the Secretary under this subsection is in addition to
existing authorities controlling allocation or use of
recipient income otherwise permissible in law or regulation
in effect prior to the date of enactment of this
paragraph.''.
SEC. 3026. REPORTS AND AUDITS.
(a) National Transit Database.--Section 5335(a) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``Reporting System and Uniform System of
Accounts and Records'' and inserting ``National Transit
Database''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``by uniform categories,'' and inserting
``using uniform categories''; and
(B) by striking ``and a uniform system of accounts and
records'' and inserting ``and using a uniform system of
accounts''.
(b) Reports.--Section 5335 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b).
SEC. 3027. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORMULA
GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5336 is amended in the section
heading by striking ``block grants'' and inserting ``formula
grants''.
(b) Repeal.--Section 5336(d) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) [Reserved.]''.
(c) Continuation of Operating Assistance to Certain Larger
Urbanized Areas.--
(1) Provision of assistance.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, during the period described in paragraph
(2), the Secretary may continue to provide assistance under
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to finance the
operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in mass
transportation in any urbanized area (as that term is defined
in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code) with a
population of at least 200,000, if the Secretary determines
that--
(A) the number of the total bus revenue vehicle-miles
operated in or directly serving the area is less than
600,000; and
(B) the number of buses operated in or directly serving the
area does not exceed 15.
(2) Period described.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
period described in this paragraph is the period beginning on
the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier
of--
(A) 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(B) the date on which the Secretary determines that--
(i) the number of the total bus revenue vehicle-miles
operated in or directly serving the area is greater than or
equal to 600,000; and
(ii) the number of buses operated in or directly serving
the area exceeds 15.
SEC. 3028. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY
MODERNIZATION.
(a) Distribution.--Section 5337(a) is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Distribution.--The Secretary shall apportion amounts
made available for fixed guideway modernization under section
5309 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 as follows:
``(1) The first $497,700,000 shall be apportioned in the
following urbanized areas as follows:
``(A) Baltimore, $8,372,000.
``(B) Boston, $38,948,000.
``(C) Chicago/Northwestern Indiana, $78,169,000.
``(D) Cleveland, $9,509,500.
``(E) New Orleans, $1,730,588.
``(F) New York, $176,034,461.
``(G) Northeastern New Jersey, $50,604,653.
``(H) Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey, $58,924,764.
``(I) Pittsburgh, $13,662,463.
``(J) San Francisco, $33,989,571.
``(K) Southwestern Connecticut, $27,755,000.
``(2) The next $70,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A).
``(B) 50 percent in other urbanized areas eligible for
assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) to which amounts were
apportioned under this section for fiscal year 1997, as
provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this
section.
``(3) The next $5,700,000 shall be apportioned in the
following urbanized areas as follows:
``(A) Pittsburgh, 61.76 percent.
``(B) Cleveland, 10.73 percent.
``(C) New Orleans, 5.79 percent.
``(D) 21.72 percent in urbanized areas to which paragraph
(2)(B)(ii) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(4) The next $186,600,000 shall be apportioned in each
urbanized area to which paragraph (1) applies and in each
urbanized area to which paragraph (2)(B) applies, as provided
in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e) of this section.
``(5) The next $70,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) 65 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 35 percent to other urbanized areas eligible for
assistance under section 5336(b)(2)(A) if
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the areas contain fixed guideway systems placed in revenue
service at least 7 years before the fiscal year in which
amounts are made available and in any urbanized area if,
before the first day of the fiscal year, the area satisfies
the Secretary that the area has modernization needs that
cannot adequately be met with amounts received under section
5336(b)(2)(A), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(6) The next $50,000,000 shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) 60 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 40 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph
(5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.
``(7) Remaining amounts shall be apportioned as follows:
``(A) 50 percent in the urbanized areas listed in paragraph
(1), as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and subsection (e)
of this section.
``(B) 50 percent to urbanized areas to which paragraph
(5)(B) applies, as provided in section 5336(b)(2)(A) and
subsection (e) of this section.''.
(b) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment
Formulas.--Section 5337 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(e) Route Segments To Be Included in Apportionment
Formulas.--
``(1) 1997 standard.--Amounts apportioned under paragraphs
(2)(B), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall have
attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed
guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed
guideway route miles for segments of fixed guideway systems
used to determine apportionments for fiscal year 1997.
``(2) Other standards.--Amounts apportioned under
paragraphs (5) through (7) of subsection (a) shall have
attributable to each urbanized area only the number of fixed
guideway revenue miles of service and number of fixed
guideway route-miles for segments of fixed guideway systems
placed in revenue service at least 7 years before the fiscal
year in which amounts are made available.''.
SEC. 3029. AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 5338 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 5338. Authorizations
``(a) Formula Grants.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5307, 5310, and 5311, $2,260,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5307, 5310, and 5311,
$240,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(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) $62,219,389 shall be available to provide
transportation services to elderly individuals and
individuals with disabilities under section 5310;
``(iii) $134,077,934 shall be available to provide
financial assistance for other than urbanized areas under
section 5311; and
``(iv) $2,298,852,727 shall be available to provide
financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, and 5311--
``(i) $2,280,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $2,478,400,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $2,676,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $2,873,600,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $3,071,200,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5307, 5308, 5310, and
5311--
``(i) $570,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $619,600,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $669,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $718,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $767,800,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(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) $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section
5308; and
``(iii) of the remaining amount--
``(I) 2.4 percent shall be available to provide
transportation services to elderly individuals and
individuals with disabilities under section 5310;
``(II) 6.37 percent shall be available to provide financial
assistance for other than urbanized areas under section 5311;
and
``(III) 91.23 percent shall be available to provide
financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307.
``(b) Capital Program Grants and Loans.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There shall be available from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out
section 5309, $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out section 5309--
``(i) $1,805,600,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $1,960,800,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $2,116,800,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $2,272,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $2,428,800,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5309--
``(i) $451,400,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $490,200,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $529,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $568,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $607,200,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(c) Planning.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and
5313(b), $47,750,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(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, 5305, and 5313(b)--
``(i) $43,200,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $46,400,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $51,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $52,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $57,600,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and
5313(b)--
``(i) $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $11,600,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $12,800,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $13,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $14,400,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by
or appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) 82.72 percent shall be available for metropolitan
planning under sections 5303, 5304, and 5305; and
``(ii) 17.28 percent shall be available for State planning
under section 5313(b).
``(d) Research.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a),
5314, 5315, and 5322, $44,250,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322--
``(i) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $39,200,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $39,200,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a),
5314, 5315, and 5322--
``(i) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $9,800,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $9,800,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(C) Allocation of funds.--Of the funds made available by
or appropriated under this paragraph for a fiscal year--
``(i) not less than $5,250,000 shall be available for
providing rural transportation assistance under section
5311(b)(2);
``(ii) not less than $8,250,000 shall be available for
carrying out transit cooperative research programs under
section 5313(a);
``(iii) not less than $4,000,000 shall be available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute under
section 5315; and
``(iv) the remainder shall be available for carrying out
national planning and research programs under sections
5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, and 5322.
``(e) University Transportation Research.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5317(b) $6,000,000 for
fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out section 5317(b), $4,800,000 for each of fiscal years 1999
through 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5317(b), $1,200,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
``(f) Administration.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5334, $45,738,000 for
fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Fiscal years 1999 through 2003.--
``(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry
out section 5334--
``(i) $43,200,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $51,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $53,600,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $58,400,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 5334--
``(i) $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(ii) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(iii) $12,800,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(iv) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(v) $14,600,000 for fiscal year 2003.
``(g) Grants as Contractual Obligations.--
``(1) Grants financed from the highway trust fund.--A grant
or contract approved by the Secretary, that is financed with
amounts made available under subsection (a)(1)(A), (a)(2)(A),
(b)(1), (b)(2)(A), (c)(2)(A), (d)(2)(A), (e)(2)(A), or
(f)(2)(A) is a contractual obligation of the United States
Government to pay the Government's share of the cost of the
project.
``(2) Grants financed from general funds.--A grant or
contract, approved by the Secretary, that is financed with
amounts made
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available under subsection (a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(B), (b)(2)(B),
(c)(2)(B), (d)(2)(B), (e)(2)(B), (f)(2)(B), 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.
``(h) Additional Amounts.--In addition to amounts made
available by or appropriated under subsections (a) through
(f), there are authorized to be appropriated--
``(1) to carry out sections 5303, 5304, 5305, and 5313(b)--
``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $32,000,000;
``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $33,000,000;
``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $34,000,000;
``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $35,000,000; and
``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $36,000,000;
``(2) to carry out section 5307, $150,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
``(3) to carry out section 5308, $100,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
``(4) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(A), $100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
``(5) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B)--
``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $600,000,000;
``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $610,000,000;
``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $620,000,000;
``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $630,000,000; and
``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $630,000,000;
``(6) to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C), $100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
``(7) to carry out sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a),
5314, 5315, and 5322--
``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $31,000,000;
``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $31,000,000;
``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $33,000,000;
``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $33,000,000; and
``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $34,000,000; and
``(8) to carry out section 5334--
``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $13,000,000;
``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $14,000,000;
``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $16,000,000;
``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $17,000,000; and
``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $18,000,000.
``(i) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts made available by
or appropriated under subsections (a) through (e), and
paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (h), shall remain
available until expended.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 53 is amended as
follows:
(1) In sections 5303(h)(1), 5303(h)(2)(A), and
5303(h)(3)(A), by striking ``section 5338(g)(1)'' each place
it appears and inserting ``subsection (c) or (h)(1) of
section 5338''.
(2) In section 5303(h)(1) by striking ``-5306'' and
inserting ``and 5305''.
(3) In section 5303(h)(4) by striking ``section 5338(g)''
and inserting ``subsection (c) or (h)(1) of section 5338''.
(4) In section 5313(a)(1) by striking ``Fifty percent of
the amounts made available under section 5338(g)(3)'' and
inserting ``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1)
and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(d)''.
(5) In section 5313(b)(1) by striking ``Fifty percent of
the amounts made available under section 5338(g)(3)'' and
inserting ``The amounts made available under paragraphs (1)
and (2)(C)(ii) of section 5338(c)''.
(6) In section 5314(a)(1) by striking ``section
5338(g)(4)'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (h)(7) of
section 5338''.
(7) In section 5317(e)(5)(C) by striking ``5338(e)(2)'' and
inserting ``5338(e)''.
(8) In section 5318(d) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' and
inserting ``5309(m)(1)(C)''.
(9) In section 5333(b) by striking ``5338(j)(5)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``5338(b)''.
(10) In section 5336(a) by striking ``5338(f)'' and
inserting ``5338(a)''.
(11) In section 5336(e)(1) by striking ``section 5338(f)''
and inserting ``subsections (a) and (h)(2) of section 5338''.
(12) In section 5337(e)(1) by striking ``section 5338(f)''
and inserting ``subsections (b) and (h)(4) of section 5338''.
SEC. 3030. PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND
EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.
(a) Final Design and Construction.--The following projects
are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal
years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title
49, United States Code:
(1) Atlanta--Athens Commuter Rail.
(2) Atlanta--Griffin Commuter Rail.
(3) Atlanta--North Line Extension.
(4) Austin--NW/North Central/SE--Airport LRT.
(5) Baltimore--Central LRT Extension to Glen Burnie.
(6) Boston--Massport Airport Intermodal Transit Connector.
(7) Boston--North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to
Beverly.
(8) Charlotte--South Corridor Transitway.
(9) Chicago--Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway.
(10) Chicago--North Central Upgrade Commuter Rail.
(11) Chicago--Ravenswood Line Extension.
(12) Chicago--Southwest Extension.
(13) Chicago--West Line Expansion.
(14) Cleveland--Akron-Canton Commuter Rail.
(15) Cleveland--Berea Metroline Extension.
(16) Cleveland--Blue Line Extension.
(17) Cleveland--Euclid Corridor Extension.
(18) Cleveland--I-90 Corridor to Ashtabula County.
(19) Cleveland--Waterfront Line Extension.
(20) Dallas--North Central Extension.
(21) Dallas--Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase II).
(22) Denver--East Corridor (Airport).
(23) Denver--Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th & Lincoln).
(24) Denver--Southwest LRT.
(25) Denver--West Corridor LRT.
(26) East St. Louis-St. Clair County--Mid-America Airport
Corridor.
(27) Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County
Commuter Rail.
(28) Galveston--Trolley Extension.
(29) Hartford--Griffin Line.
(30) Hollis--Ketchikan Ferry.
(31) Houston--Regional Bus Plan--Phase I.
(32) Kansas City--I-35 Commuter Rail.
(33) Kansas City--Southtown Corridor.
(34) Kenosha-Racine--Milwaukee Rail Extension.
(35) Las Vegas Corridor.
(36) Little Rock--River Rail.
(37) Los Angeles--Metrolink San Bernadino Line.
(38) Los Angeles--MOS-3.
(39) Los Angeles--Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton).
(40) Louisville--Jefferson County Corridor.
(41) MARC--Commuter Rail Improvements.
(42) Maryland Light Rail Double Track.
(43) Memphis--Medical Center Extension.
(44) Miami--East-West Multimodal Corridor.
(45) Miami--North 27th Avenue Corridor.
(46) Miami--South Busway Extension.
(47) Milwaukee--East-West Corridor.
(48) Monterey County Commuter Rail.
(49) Nashua, NH--Lowell, MA Commuter Rail.
(50) Nashville--Commuter Rail.
(51) New Orleans--Canal Streetcar.
(52) New York--8th Avenue Subway Connector.
(53) New York--Brooklyn--Staten Island Ferry.
(54) New York--Long Island Railroad East Side Access.
(55) New York--Staten Island Ferry--Whitehall Intermodal
Terminal.
(56) New York Susquehanna and Western Commuter Rail.
(57) New Jersey Urban Core.
(58) Norfolk--Virginia Beach Corridor.
(59) Orange County--Fullerton--Irvine Corridor.
(60) Orlando--I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System.
(61) Philadelphia--Schuykill Valley Metro.
(62) Phoenix--Fixed Guideway.
(63) Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail.
(64) Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System.
(65) Pittsburgh--MLK Busway Extension.
(66) Portland--South-North Corridor.
(67) Portland--Westside-Hillsboro Corridor.
(68) Raleigh-Durham--Regional Transit Plan.
(69) Sacramento--Folsom Extension.
(70) Sacramento--Placer County Corridor.
(71) Sacramento--South Corridor.
(72) Salt Lake City--Light Rail (Airport to University of
Utah).
(73) Salt Lake City--Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail.
(74) Salt Lake City--South LRT.
(75) San Diego--Mid-Coast LRT Corridor.
(76) San Diego--Mission Valley East Corridor.
(77) San Diego--Oceanside--Escondido Corridor.
(78) San Francisco--BART to San Francisco International
Airport Extension.
(79) San Francisco--Bayshore Corridor.
(80) San Jose--Tasman Corridor Light Rail.
(81) San Juan--Tren Urbano.
(82) San Juan--Tren Urbano Extension to Minellas.
(83) Santa Cruz--Fixed Guideway.
(84) Seattle--Southworth High Speed Ferry.
(85) Seattle--Sound Move Corridor.
(86) South Boston--Piers Transitway.
(87) St. Louis--Cross County Corridor.
(88) Stockton--Altamont Commuter Rail.
(89) Tampa Bay--Regional Rail.
(90) Twin Cities--Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis-
Anoka County-St. Cloud).
(91) Twin Cities--Transitways Corridors.
(92) Washington--Richmond Rail Corridor Improvements.
(93) Washington, D.C.--Dulles Corridor Extension.
(94) Washington, D.C.--Largo Extension.
(95) West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark).
(96) Westlake--Commuter Rail Link.
(97) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District
Corridor.
(98) Pittsburgh--Stage II Light Rail.
(99) Boston--North-South Rail Link.
(100) Spokane--South Valley Corridor Light Rail.
(101) Miami--Palmetto Metrorail.
(102) Morgantown--Personal Rapid Transit.
(103) Santa Monica--Busway.
(104) Northwest New Jersey--Northeast Rail Corridor.
(105) Southeastern North Carolina Corridor.
(106) Chicago--Douglas Branch.
(107) San Joaquin--Regional Transit Corridor.
(108) Albuquerque--High Capacity Corridor.
(b) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.--The
following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis
and preliminary engineering for fiscal years 1998 through
2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States
Code:
(1) Atlanta--Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor.
(2) Atlanta--MARTA Extension (S. DeKalb-Lindbergh).
(3) Atlanta--MARTA I-285 Transit Corridor.
(4) Atlanta--MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor.
(5) Atlanta--MARTA South DeKalb Comprehensive Transit
Program.
(6) Baltimore--Metropolitan Rail Corridor.
(7) Baltimore--People Mover.
(8) Bergen County Cross--County Light Rail.
(9) Birmingham Transit Corridor.
(10) Boston--Urban Ring.
(11) Charleston--Monobeam.
(12) Chicago--Comiskey Park Station.
(13) Chicago--Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail.
(14) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail.
(15) Dallas--DART LRT Extensions.
(16) Dallas--Las Colinas Corridor.
(17) Dayton--Regional Riverfront Corridor.
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(18) El Paso--International Fixed Guideway (El Paso-
Juarez).
(19) Fremont--South Bay Corridor.
(20) Houston--Advanced Transit Program.
(21) Jacksonville--Fixed Guideway Corridor.
(22) Knoxville--Electric Transit.
(23) Lorain--Cleveland Commuter Rail.
(24) Los Angeles--MOS-4 East Side Extension (II).
(25) Los Angeles--MOS-4 San Fernando Valley East-West.
(26) Los Angeles--LOSSAN (Del Mar-San Diego).
(27) Maine High Speed Ferry Service.
(28) Maryland Route 5 Corridor.
(29) Memphis--Regional Rail Plan.
(30) Miami--Kendall Corridor.
(31) Miami--Northeast Corridor.
(32) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor.
(33) New Orleans--Airport--CBD Commuter Rail.
(34) New Orleans--Desire Streetcar.
(35) New York--Astoria--East Elmhurst Extension.
(36) New York--Broadway--Lafayette & Bleecker St Transfer.
(37) New York--Brooklyn--Manhattan Access.
(38) New York--Lower Manhattan Access.
(39) New York--Manhattan East Side Link.
(40) New York--Midtown West Intermodal Terminal.
(41) New York--Nassau Hub.
(42) New York--North Shore Railroad.
(43) New York--Queens West Light Rail Link.
(44) New York--St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal.
(45) Newburgh--LRT System.
(46) North Front Range Corridor.
(47) Northeast Indianapolis Corridor.
(48) Oakland Airport--BART Connector.
(49) Providence--Pawtucket Corridor.
(50) Philadelphia--Broad Street Line Extension.
(51) Philadelphia--Cross County Metro.
(52) Philadelphia--Lower Marion Township.
(53) Pinellas County--Mobility Initiative Project.
(54) Redlands--San Bernardino Transportation Corridor.
(55) Riverside--Perris rail passenger service.
(56) Salt Lake City--Draper Light Rail Extension.
(57) Salt Lake City--West Jordan Light Rail Extension.
(58) San Francisco--CalTrain Extension to Hollister.
(59) Scranton--Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor.
(60) SEATAC--Personal Rapid Transit.
(61) Toledo--CBD to Zoo.
(62) Union Township Station (Raritan Valley Line).
(63) Washington County Corridor (Hastings-St. Paul).
(64) Washington, D.C.--Georgetown-Ft. Lincoln.
(65) Williamsburg--Newport News-Hampton LRT.
(66) Cincinnati/N. Kentucky--Northeast Corridor.
(67) Northeast Ohio--commuter rail.
(68) California--North Bay Commuter Rail.
(c) Project Authorizations.--
(1) In general.--Of the total amount made available by or
authorized under section 5338(b) of title 49, United States
Code, to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B) for fiscal years
1998 through 2003:
(A) $3,000,000,000 shall be available for the following
projects:
(i) Birmingham Transit Corridor, $87,500,000.
(ii) San Diego-Mission Valley East Corridor, $325,000,000.
(iii) Denver-Southeast LRT (I-25 between 6th and Lincoln),
$10,000,000.
(iv) Colorado-Roaring Fork Valley Rail, $40,000,000.
(v) Hartford-Griffin Line, $33,000,000.
(vi) Bridgeport-Intermodal Corridor, $34,000,000.
(vii) New London-Waterfront Access, $15,000,000.
(viii) Old Saybrook-Hartford Rail Extension, $5,000,000.
(ix) Stamford-Fixed Guideway Connector, $18,000,000.
(x) Orlando-I-4 Central Florida Light Rail System,
$100,000,000.
(xi) Miami-Palmetto Metrorail, $8,000,000.
(xii) Tampa Bay-Regional Rail, $2,000,000.
(xiii) Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County
Commuter Rail, $20,000,000.
(xiv) Miami-East-West Multimodal Corridor, $20,000,000.
(xv) Chicago-CTA Douglas Branch, $315,000,000.
(xvi) Indianapolis Region Commuter Rail, $10,000,000.
(xvii) Sioux City-Light Rail, $10,000,000.
(xviii) MARC-Commuter Rail Improvements, $185,000,000.
(xix) Baltimore-Light Rail Double Track, $120,000,000.
(xx) Boston-North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to
Beverly, $50,000,000.
(xxi) Twin Cities-Transitways Corridors, $120,000,000.
(xxii) Twin Cities-Northstar Corridor (Downtown
Minneapolis-Anoka County-St. Cloud), $6,000,000.
(xxiii) I-35 Commuter Rail, $30,000,000.
(xxiv) Las Vegas Corridor, $155,000,000.
(xxv) New Jersey-Bergen County Cross County Light Rail,
$5,000,000.
(xxvi) New Jersey-Trans Hudson Midtown Corridor,
$5,000,000.
(xxvii) Santa Fe-Eldorado Rail Link, $10,000,000.
(xxviii) Albuquerque Alvarado Intermodal Center,
$5,000,000.
(xxix) Albuquerque Light Rail, $90,000,000.
(xxx) New York-Long Island Railroad East Side Access,
$353,000,000.
(xxxi) New York-Second Avenue Subway, $5,000,000.
(xxxii) New York-Whitehall Ferry Terminal, $40,000,000.
(xxxiii) New York-St. George's Ferry Intermodal Terminal,
$20,000,000.
(xxxiv) New York-Nassau Hub, $10,000,000.
(xxxv) New Jersey-New York Midtown West Ferry Terminal,
$16,300,000.
(xxxvi) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Corridor, $65,000,000.
(xxxvii) Portland South-North Corridor, $25,000,000.
(xxxviii) Philadelphia-Schuylkill Valley Metro,
$75,000,000.
(xxxix) Allegheny County Stage II Light Rail, $100,200,000.
(xl) Philadelphia-Pittsburgh High Speed Rail, $10,000,000.
(xli) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail,
$20,000,000.
(xlii) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District,
$20,000,000.
(xliii) Providence-Boston Commuter, $10,000,000.
(xliv) Rhode Island Integrated Intermodal Transportation,
$25,000,000.
(xlv) Dallas-North Central Extension, $188,000,000.
(xlvi) Dallas-Southeast Corridor, $20,000,000.
(xlvii) Dallas-Northwest Corridor, $12,000,000.
(xlviii) Washington, D.C., Dulles Corridor Extension,
$86,000,000.
(xlix) Seattle-Tacoma Commuter Rail, $40,000,000.
(l) San Joaquin Regional Intermodal Corridor, $14,000,000.
(li) Railtran Corridor Light Rail, $12,000,000.
(B) The remainder shall be available for projects listed in
subsections (a) and (b).
(2) Additional funds.--
(A) In general.--The total amount authorized in section
5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available for projects listed in
subsections (a) and (b).
(B) Priority for salt lake city olympics.--
(i) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be
appropriated under section 5338(h)(5), $640,000,000 is
authorized to be appropriated for the Salt Lake City Winter
Olympic Games for the following projects:
(I) North/South Light Rail.
(II) Airport to University of Utah Light Rail.
(III) Intermodal Facilities.
(IV) Park and Ride Lots.
(V) Bus Acquisition.
(ii) Government share.--The Government share of the costs
of projects assisted under this subparagraph shall not exceed
80 percent. For purposes of determining the nongovernmental
share for projects authorized under this subparagraph,
highway, aviation, and transit projects shall be considered
to be a program of projects.
(iii) Use of funds.--Funds provided under this subparagraph
shall be available for planning and capital assistance.
(3) High priority project.--The Long Island Rail Road East
Side Access project shall be given priority consideration by
the Secretary for funds made available under paragraph
(1)(B). In addition, that project is authorized for
construction with funds available under section 5338(h)(5) of
title 49, United States Code.
(d) Effect of Authorization.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Subsection (a) projects.--Projects authorized by
subsection (a) for final design and construction are also
authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary
engineering.
(B) Subsection (b) projects.--Effective October 1, 2000,
projects authorized by subsection (b) for alternatives
analysis and preliminary engineering are also authorized for
final design and construction.
(2) Fixed guideway authorization.--The project authorized
by subsection (a)(3) includes an additional 28 rapid rail
cars and project scope changes from amounts authorized by the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(3) Intermodal center authorizations.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, each of the following projects are
eligible for funding under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49,
United States Code:
(A) Huntington, West Virginia Intermodal Facility project.
(B) Huntsville Intermodal Center project.
(e) New Jersey Urban Core Project.--
(1) Allocations.--Section 3031(a) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Allocations.--
``(A) Rail connection between penn station newark and broad
street station, newark.--Of the amounts made available for
the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B)
of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998
through 2003, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but
not more than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary
engineering, design, and construction of the rail connection
between Penn Station, Newark and Broad Street Station,
Newark.
``(B) Newark--newark international airport--elizabeth
transit link.--Of the amounts made available for the New
Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through
2003, the Secretary, after making the set aside under
subparagraph (A), shall set aside 10 percent, but not more
than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering,
design, and construction of the Newark--Newark International
Airport--Elizabeth Transit Link, including construction of
the auxiliary New Jersey Transit station, described in
subsection (d).
``(C) Light rail connection and alignment within and
serving the city of elizabeth.--
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Of amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core
Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United
States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the
Secretary, after making the set-aside under subparagraphs (A)
and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but not more than
$5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering,
design, and construction of the light rail connection and
alignment within and serving the city of Elizabeth as
described in subsection (d).''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3031(c) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105
Stat. 2122) is amended--
(A) by striking ``section 3(i) of the Federal Transit Act
(relating to criteria for new starts)'' and inserting
``section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code,''; and
(B) by striking ``; except'' and all that follows through
``such element''.
(3) Elements of new jersey urban core project.--Section
3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended--
(A) by inserting after ``Secaucus Transfer'' the following:
``(including relocation and construction of the Bergen County
and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/
Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and
associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey
Meadowlands Sports Complex)'';
(B) by striking ``, Newark-Newark International Airport-
Elizabeth Transit Link'' and inserting ``(including a
connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to Saddlebrook and
Edgewater), restoration of commuter rail service along the
Northern Branch Line of the West Shore Line, Newark-Newark
International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link (including
construction of an auxiliary New Jersey Light Rail Transit
station directly connected to and integrated with the Amtrak
Northeast Corridor Station at Newark International Airport,
providing access from the Newark-Newark International
Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link to the Newark
International Airport)''; and
(C) by inserting after ``New York Penn Station Concourse,''
the following: ``the restoration of commuter rail service in
Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as
described in section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131), a
light rail extension of the Newark-Newark International
Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New
Jersey, to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and
Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate
light rail connections and alignments within the city of
Elizabeth to be determined by the city of Elizabeth and the
New Jersey Department of Transportation (and which shall
include connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and
Ride, the Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer
Place, Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to
Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway
system in Passaic County,''.
(f) Los Angeles MOS-3 Project.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the Los
Angeles MOS-3 project referenced in subsection (a)(38) may
include any fixed guideway project or projects selected by
the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
for development in the transportation corridors to be served
by the 3 extensions of MOS-3 of the Los Angeles County Metro
Rail project, as described in section 3034(i) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
(2) Alternatives.--In considering fixed guideway
alternatives and selecting any revised preferred alternative
in the East Side or Mid City corridors of MOS-3, the Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall--
(A) fully evaluate the potential impact of the alternatives
on the integrity of the neighborhoods in the corridor
involved;
(B) address the capacity of the alternatives to serve
transit dependent riders;
(C) identify and address any disproportionately high and
adverse effects on minority and low income populations, in
accordance with the Executive Order on Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice (EO 12898; February 11, 1994);
and
(D) otherwise comply with all applicable Federal and State
planning and environmental requirements.
(g) Baltimore-Washington Transportation Improvements
Program.--Section 3035(nn) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2134) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``, and alternatives for double tracking
and related improvements'' after ``Penn Station extensions'';
(B) by inserting ``shall provide for double tracking and
related improvements and'' after ``under this paragraph'';
and
(C) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``Funds for projects under this paragraph shall be provided
at an 80 percent Government share. In applying the local
share evaluation criteria in section 5309, of title 49,
United States Code, the Secretary shall compare the aggregate
expenditure of State and local funds, including Federal
highway funds provided by the State of Maryland, for all
phases of the Central Corridor Light Rail project.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, including
capacity and efficiency improvements through construction of
a Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage
facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the
Silver Spring Intermodal Center'' before the period; and
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting ``provide for
construction of the Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance
and storage facilities, and other capacity related
improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center, and
shall'' after ``shall''.
SEC. 3031. PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES.
(a) Guaranteed Funding.--Of the amounts made available to
carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States
Code, for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the Secretary
shall make funds available for the following projects in not
less than the amounts specified for the fiscal year:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 1999 FY 2000
Project (in (in
millions) millions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Albuquerque, NM buses........................ 1.250 1.250
2. Alexandria, VA bus maintenance facility...... 1.000 1.000
3. Alexandria, VA King Street Station access.... 1.100 0.000
4. Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority buses and
transit system improvements...................... 0.842 0.842
5. Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Logan
Valley Mall Suburban Transfer Center............. 0.080 0.000
6. Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Transit
Center improvements.............................. 0.424 0.000
7. Arkansas Highway and Transit Department buses 0.200 2.000
8. Armstrong County-Mid County, PA bus
facilities and buses............................. 0.150 0.150
9. Atlanta, GA MARTA buses...................... 9.000 13.500
10. Austin, TX buses............................. 1.250 1.250
11. Babylon, NY Intermodal Center................ 1.250 1.250
12. Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses........ 1.250 1.250
13. Boulder/Denver, CO RTD buses................. 0.625 0.625
14. Bradford County, Endless Mountain
Transportation Authority buses................... 1.000 0.000
15. Brookhaven Town, NY elderly and disabled
buses and vans................................... 0.225 0.000
16. Brooklyn-Staten Island, NY Mobility
Enhancement buses................................ 0.800 0.000
17. Broward County, FL buses..................... 1.000 0.000
18. Buffalo, NY Auditorium Intermodal Center..... 2.000 2.000
19. Buffalo, NY Crossroads Intermodal Station.... 1.000 0.000
20. Cambria County, PA bus facilities and buses.. 0.575 0.575
21. Centre Area, PA Transportation Authority
buses............................................ 1.250 1.250
22. Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority buses..... 0.300 0.000
23. Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority Intermodal
Center........................................... 1.000 0.000
24. Chester County, PA Paoli Transportation
Center........................................... 1.000 1.000
25. Altoona, PA Pedestrian Crossover............. .800 0.000
26. Cleveland, OH Triskett Garage bus maintenance
facility......................................... 0.625 0.625
27. Crawford Area, PA Transportation buses....... 0.500 0.000
28. Culver City, CA CityBus buses................ 1.250 1.250
29. Davis, CA Unitrans transit maintenance
facility......................................... 0.625 0.625
30. Dayton, OH Multimodal Transportation Center.. 0.625 0.625
31. Daytona, FL Intermodal Center................ 2.500 2.500
32. Duluth, MN Transit Authority community
circulation vehicles............................. 1.000 1.000
33. Duluth, MN Transit Authority intelligent
transportation systems........................... 0.500 0.500
34. Duluth, MN Transit Authority Transit Hub..... 0.500 0.500
35. Dutchess County, NY Loop System buses........ 0.521 0.521
36. East Hampton, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans......................................... 0.100 0.000
37. Erie, PA Metropolitan Transit Authority buses 1.000 1.000
38. Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation Center. 1.950 1.950
39. Fayette County, PA Intermodal Facilities and
buses............................................ 1.270 1.270
40. Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas
Transit System buses............................. 0.500 0.500
41. Fort Dodge, IA Intermodal Facility (Phase II) 0.885 0.885
42. Gary, IN Transit Consortium buses............ 1.250 1.250
43. Grant County, WA buses and vans.............. 0.600 0.000
44. Greensboro, NC Multimodal Center............. 3.340 3.339
45. Greensboro, NC Transit Authority buses....... 1.500 1.500
46. Greensboro, NC Transit Authority small buses
and vans......................................... 0.321 0.000
47. Hartford, CT Transportation Access Project... 0.800 0.000
48. Healdsburg, CA Intermodal Facility........... 1.000 1.000
49. Honolulu, HI bus facility and buses.......... 2.250 2.250
50. Hot Springs, AR Transportation Depot and
Plaza............................................ 0.560 0.560
51. Humboldt, CA Intermodal Facility............. 1.000 0.000
52. Huntington, WV Intermodal Facility........... 8.000 12.000
53. Illinois statewide buses and bus-related
equipment........................................ 6.800 8.200
54. Indianapolis, IN buses....................... 5.000 5.000
55. Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety
and security..................................... 1.000 1.000
56. Ithaca, NY TCAT bus technology improvements.. 1.250 1.250
57. Lackawanna County, PA Transit System buses... 0.600 0.600
58. Lakeland, FL Citrus Connection transit
vehicles and related equipment................... 1.250 1.250
59. Lane County, OR Bus Rapid Transit............ 4.400 4.400
60. Lansing, MI CATA bus technology improvements. 0.600 0.000
61. Little Rock, AR Central Arkansas Transit
buses............................................ 0.300 0.300
62. Livermore, CA automatic vehicle locator...... 1.000 1.000
63. Long Island, NY CNG transit vehicles and
facilities....................................... 1.250 1.250
64. Los Angeles County, CA Foothill Transit buses 1.625 1.250
65. New York, NY West 72nd St. Intermodal Station 1.750 1.750
66. Los Angeles, CA San Fernando Valley smart
shuttle buses.................................... 0.300 0.000
67. Los Angeles, CA Union Station Gateway
Intermodal Transit Center........................ 1.250 1.250
68. Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses.. 7.000 11.500
69. Rensslear, NY Rensslear Intermodal Bus
Facility......................................... 1.000 6.000
70. Mercer County, PA buses...................... 0.750 0.000
71. Miami Beach, FL Electric Shuttle Service..... 0.750 0.750
72. Miami-Dade, FL buses......................... 2.250 2.250
73. Michigan statewide buses..................... 10.000 13.500
74. Milwaukee County, WI buses................... 4.000 6.000
75. Mineola/Hicksville, NY LIRR Intermodal
Centers.......................................... 1.250 1.250
76. Modesto, CA bus maintenance facility......... 0.625 0.625
77. Monroe County, PA Transportation Authority
buses............................................ 1.000 0.000
78. Monterey, CA Monterey-Salinas buses.......... 0.625 0.625
79. Morongo Basin, CA Transit Authority bus
facility......................................... 0.650 0.000
80. New Haven, CT bus facility................... 2.250 2.250
81. New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses...... 1.750 1.750
82. Newark, NJ Morris & Essex Station access and
buses............................................ 1.250 1.250
83. Northstar Corridor, MN Intermodal Facilities
and buses........................................ 6.000 10.000
84. Norwich, CT buses............................ 2.250 2.250
85. Ogden, UT Intermodal Center.................. 0.800 0.800
86. Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses.. 5.000 5.000
87. Orlando, FL Downtown Intermodal Facility..... 2.500 2.500
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88. Providence, RI buses and bus maintenance
facility......................................... 2.250 3.294
89. Perris, CA bus maintenance facility.......... 1.250 1.250
90. Philadelphia, PA Frankford Transportation
Center........................................... 5.000 5.000
91. Philadelphia, PA Intermodal 30th Street
Station.......................................... 1.250 1.250
92. Portland, OR Tri-Met buses................... 1.750 1.750
93. Pritchard, AL bus transfer facility.......... 0.500 0.000
94. Reading, PA BARTA Intermodal Transportation
Facility......................................... 1.750 1.750
95. Red Rose, PA Transit Bus Terminal............ 1.000 0.000
96. Richmond, VA GRTC bus maintenance facility... 1.250 1.250
97. Riverhead, NY elderly and disabled buses and
vans............................................. 0.125 0.000
98. Robinson, PA Towne Center Intermodal Facility 1.500 1.500
99. Rome, NY Intermodal Center................... 0.400 0.000
100. Sacramento, CA CNG buses..................... 1.250 1.250
101. San Francisco, CA Islais Creek Maintenance
Facility......................................... 1.250 1.250
102. San Juan, Puerto Rico Intermodal access...... 0.600 0.600
103. Santa Clarita, CA facilities and buses....... 1.250 1.250
104. Santa Cruz, CA bus facility.................. 0.625 0.625
105. Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA Intermodal
Transportation Facilities........................ 0.750 0.750
106. Seattle, WA Intermodal Transportation
Terminal......................................... 1.250 1.250
107. Shelter Island, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans......................................... 0.100 0.000
108. Smithtown, NY elderly and disabled buses and
vans............................................. 0.125 0.000
109. Somerset County, PA bus facilities and buses. 0.175 0.175
110. South Amboy, NJ Regional Intermodal
Transportation Initiative........................ 1.250 1.250
111. South Bend, IN Urban Intermodal
Transportation Facility.......................... 1.250 1.250
112. South Carolina statewide Virtual Transit
Enterprise....................................... 1.220 1.220
113. South Dakota statewide bus facilities and
buses............................................ 1.500 1.500
114. Southampton, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans......................................... 0.125 0.000
115. Southold, NY elderly and disabled buses and
vans............................................. 0.100 0.000
116. Springfield, MA Union Station................ 1.250 1.250
117. St. Louis, MO Bi-state Intermodal Center..... 1.250 1.250
118. Denver, CO Stapleton Intermodal Center....... 1.250 1.250
119. Suffolk County, NY elderly and disabled buses
and vans......................................... 0.100 0.000
120. Texas statewide small urban and rural buses.. 4.000 4.500
121. Towamencin Township, PA Intermodal Bus
Transportation Center............................ 1.500 1.500
122. Tuscaloosa, AL Intermodal Center............. 1.000 0.000
123. Ukiah, CA Transportation Center.............. 0.500 0.000
124. Utah Transit Authority, UT Intermodal
Facilities....................................... 1.500 1.500
125. Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit, UT
buses............................................ 6.500 6.500
126. Utica, NY Union Station...................... 2.100 2.100
127. Utica and Rome, NY bus facilities and buses.. 0.500 0.000
128. Washington County, PA Intermodal Facilities.. 0.630 0.630
129. Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation
Center........................................... 2.500 2.500
130. Washoe County, NV transit improvements....... 2.250 2.250
131. Waterbury, CT bus facility................... 2.250 2.250
132. West Virginia statewide Intermodal Facility
and buses........................................ 5.000 5.000
133. Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit
system fareboxes................................. 0.979 0.979
134. Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit
system shuttle buses............................. 1.000 1.000
135. Westchester County, NY DOT articulated buses. 1.250 1.250
136. Westmoreland County, PA Intermodal Facility.. 0.200 0.200
137. Wilkes-Barre, PA Intermodal Facility......... 1.250 1.250
138. Williamsport, PA Bus Facility................ 1.200 1.200
139. Windsor, CA Intermodal Facility.............. 0.750 0.750
140. Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses. 8.000 12.000
141. Woodland Hills, CA Warner Center
Transportation Hub............................... 0.325 0.625
142. Worcester, MA Union Station Intermodal
Transportation Center............................ 2.500 2.500
143. Lynchburg, VA buses.......................... 0.200 0.000
144. Harrisonburg, VA buses....................... 0.200 0.000
145. Roanoke, VA buses............................ 0.200 0.000
146. Allegheny County, PA buses................... 0.000 1.500
147. Mount Vernon, WA Multimodal Center........... 1.750 1.750
148. New Bedford/Fall River, MA Mobile Access to
health care...................................... 0.250 0.000
149. Philadelphia, PA Regional Transportation
System for Elderly and Disabled.................. 0.750 0.000
150. Clark County, NV Regional Transportation
Commission....................................... 1.250 1.250
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(b) General Fund Authorization.--Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(C) of
title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 1999
and 2000, there are authorized to be appropriated for the
following projects:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 1999 FY 2000
Project (in (in
millions) millions)
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1. Everett, WA Multimodal Transportation Center. 1.000 1.000
2. Rennslear, NY Rennslear Intermodal Bus
Facility......................................... 4.000 0.000
3. Rochester, NY Rochester Central Bus Facility. 12.500 12.500
4. Long Beach, NY Long Beach Central Bus
Facility......................................... 0.750 0.750
5. Broome County, NY Buses and Related Equipment 2.700 2.700
6. Long Island, NY CNG Transit Vehicles and
Facilities....................................... 3.050 3.050
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SEC. 3032. CONTRACTING OUT STUDY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 3 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an
agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the effect
of contracting out mass transportation
operation administrative functions on cost, availability
and level of service, efficiency, safety, quality of
services provided to transit-dependent populations, and
employer-employee relations.
(b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement entered into in
subsection (a) shall provide that--
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in conducting the
study, consider the number of grant recipients that have
contracted out services, the size of the population served by
such grant recipients, the basis for decisions regarding
contracting out, and the extent to which contracting out was
affected by the integration and coordination of resources of
transit agencies and other Federal agencies and programs; and
(2) the panel conducting the study shall include
representatives of transit agencies, employees of transit
agencies, private contractors, academic and policy analysts,
and other interested persons.
(c) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
entry into the agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report containing the results of the study.
(d) Funding.--There shall be available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this
section $250,000 for fiscal year 1998.
(e) Contractual Obligation.--Entry into an agreement to
carry out this section that is financed with amounts made
available under subsection (c) is a contractual obligation of
the United States to pay the Government's share of the cost
of the study.
SEC. 3033. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine whether the formula for apportioning funds to
urbanized areas under section 5336 of title 49, United States
Code, accurately reflects the transit needs of the urbanized
areas and, if not, whether any changes should be made either
to the formula or through some other mechanism to reflect the
fact that some urbanized areas with a population between
50,000 and 200,000 have transit systems that carry more
passengers per mile or hour than the average of those transit
systems in urbanized areas with a population over 200,000.
(b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 1999, the
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under
this section, together with any proposed changes to the
method for apportioning funds to urbanized areas with a
population over 50,000.
SEC. 3034. COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
of Federal departments and agencies (other than the
Department of Transportation) that receive Federal financial
assistance for non-emergency transportation services.
(b) Contents.--In conducting the study, the Comptroller
General shall--
(1) identify each Federal department and agency (other than
the Department of Transportation) that has received Federal
financial assistance for non-emergency transportation
services in any of the 3 fiscal years preceding the date of
enactment of this Act;
(2) identify the amount of such assistance received by each
Federal department and agency in such fiscal years; and
(3) identify the projects and activities funded using such
financial assistance.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing
the results of the study and any recommendations for enhanced
coordination between the Department of Transportation and
other Federal departments and agencies that provide funding
for non-emergency transportation.
SEC. 3035. FINAL ASSEMBLY OF BUSES.
(a) In General.--All buses manufactured on or after
September 1, 1999, that are purchased with Federal funds by
recipients of assistance from the Federal Transit
Administration shall conform with the Federal Transit
Administration Guidance on Buy America Requirements, dated
March 18, 1997.
(b) Rule of Construction.--For purposes of this section, a
bus shall be considered to be manufactured on or after
September 1, 1999, if the manufacturing process for that bus
is not completed on or before August 31, 1999.
SEC. 3036. CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
of the various low and zero emission fuel technologies for
transit vehicles, including compressed natural gas, liquefied
natural gas, biodiesel fuel, battery, alcohol based fuel,
hybrid electric, fuel cell, and clean diesel to determine--
(1) the status of the development and use of such
technologies;
(2) the environmental benefits of such technologies under
the Clean Air Act; and
(3) the cost of such technologies and any associated
equipment.
(b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2000, the
Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the
study, together with recommendations for incentives to
encourage the use of low and zero emission fuel technology
for transit vehicles.
SEC. 3037. JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) two-thirds of all new jobs are in the suburbs, whereas
three-quarters of welfare recipients live in rural areas or
central cities;
(2) even in metropolitan areas with excellent public
transit systems, less than half of the jobs are accessible by
transit;
(3) in 1991, the median price of a new car was equivalent
to 25 weeks of salary for the average worker, and
considerably more for the low-income worker;
(4) not less than 9,000,000 households and 10,000,000
Americans of driving age, most of whom are low-income
workers, do not own cars;
(5) 94 percent of welfare recipients do not own cars;
(6) nearly 40 percent of workers with annual incomes below
$10,000 do not commute by car;
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(7) many of the 2,000,000 Americans who will have their
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families grants (under the
State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) terminated by the year
2002 will be unable to get to jobs they could otherwise hold;
(8) increasing the transit options for low-income workers,
especially those who are receiving or who have recently
received welfare benefits, will increase the likelihood of
those workers getting and keeping jobs; and
(9) many residents of cities and rural areas would like to
take advantage of mass transit to gain access to suburban
employment opportunities.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) 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.
(2) Eligible project and related terms.--
(A) In general.--The term ``eligible project'' means an
access to jobs project or a reverse commute project.
(B) Access to jobs project.--The term ``access to jobs
project'' means a project relating to the development of
transportation services designed to transport welfare
recipients and eligible low-income individuals to and from
jobs and activities related to their employment. The
Secretary may make access to jobs grants for--
(i) capital projects and to finance operating costs of
equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance
items related to providing access to jobs under this section;
(ii) promoting the use of transit by workers with
nontraditional work schedules;
(iii) promoting the use by appropriate agencies of transit
vouchers for welfare recipients and eligible low-income
individuals under specific terms and conditions developed by
the Secretary; and
(iv) promoting the use of employer-provided transportation,
including the transit pass benefit program under section 132
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(C) Reverse commute project.--The term ``reverse commute
project' means a project related to the development of
transportation services designed to transport residents of
urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized
areas to suburban employment opportunities, including any
project to--
(i) subsidize the costs associated with adding reverse
commute bus, train, carpool, van routes, or service from
urban areas, urbanized areas, and areas other than urbanized
areas, to suburban workplaces;
(ii) 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
(iii) otherwise facilitate the provision of mass
transportation services to suburban employment opportunities.
(3) Existing transportation service providers.--The term
``existing transportation service providers'' means mass
transportation operators and governmental agencies and
nonprofit organizations that receive assistance from Federal,
State, or local sources for nonemergency transportation
services.
(4) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity''
means--
(A) with respect to any proposed eligible project in an
urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000, the
applicant or applicants selected by the appropriate
metropolitan planning organization that meets the
requirements of this section, including the planning and
coordination requirements in subsection (i), from among local
governmental authorities and agencies and nonprofit
organizations; and
(B) with respect to any proposed eligible project in an
urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000, or an
area other than an urbanized area, the applicant or
applicants selected by the chief executive officer of the
State in which the area is located that meets the
requirements of this section, including the planning and
coordination requirements in subsection (i), from among local
governmental authorities and nonprofit organizations.
(5) Welfare recipient.--The term ``welfare recipient''
means an individual who receives or received aid or
assistance under a State program funded under part A of title
IV of the Social Security Act (whether in effect before or
after the effective date of the amendments made by title I of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat.
2110)) at any time during the 3-year period before the date
on which the applicant applies for a grant under this
section.
(c) General Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may make access to jobs
grants and reverse commute grants under this section to
assist qualified entities in financing eligible projects.
(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate
activities under this section with related activities under
programs of other Federal departments and agencies.
(d) 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.
(e) Prohibition.--Grants awarded under this section may not
be used for planning or coordination activities.
(f) Factors for Consideration.--In awarding grants under
this section to applicants under subsection (d), the
Secretary shall consider--
(1) the percentage of the population in the area to be
served by the applicant that are welfare recipients;
(2) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to
finance an access to jobs project, the need for additional
services in the area to be served by the applicant (including
bicycling) to transport welfare recipients and eligible low-
income individuals to and from specified jobs, training, and
other employment support services, and the extent to which
the proposed services will address those needs;
(3) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates--
(A) coordination with, and the financial commitment of,
existing transportation service providers; and
(B) coordination with the State agency that administers the
State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act;
(4) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates maximum
utilization of existing transportation service providers and
expands transit networks or hours of service, or both;
(5) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates an
innovative approach that is responsive to identified service
needs;
(6) the extent to which the applicant--
(A) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to
finance an access to jobs project, presents a regional
transportation plan for addressing the transportation needs
of welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals;
and
(B) identifies long-term financing strategies to support
the services under this section;
(7) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates that the
community to be served has been consulted in the planning
process; and
(8) in the case of an applicant seeking assistance to
finance a reverse commute project, the need for additional
services identified in a regional transportation plan to
transport individuals to suburban employment opportunities,
and the extent to which the proposed services will address
those needs.
(g) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall
conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants
under this section. Grantees shall be selected on a
competitive basis.
(h) Cost Sharing.--
(1) Maximum amount.--The amount of a grant under this
section may not exceed 50 percent of the total project cost.
(2) Nongovernmental share.--
(A) In general.--The portion of the total cost of an
eligible project that is not funded under this section--
(i) shall be provided in cash from sources other than
revenues from providing mass transportation, but may include
amounts received under a service agreement; and
(ii) may be derived from amounts appropriated to or made
available to a department or agency of the Federal Government
(other than the Department of Transportation) that are
eligible to be expended for transportation.
(B) Inapplicability.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii),
the prohibitions on the use of funds for matching
requirements under section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social
Security Act shall not apply to Federal or State funds to be
used for transportation services.
(i) Planning Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The requirements of sections 5303 through
5306 of title 49, United States Code, apply to any grant made
under this section.
(2) Coordination.--Each application for a grant under this
section shall reflect coordination with and the approval of
affected transit grant recipients. The eligible access to
jobs projects financed under this section shall be part of a
coordinated public transit-human services transportation
planning process.
(j) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall
be subject to--
(1) all of the terms and conditions to which a grant made
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is
subject; and
(2) such other terms and conditions as are determined by
the Secretary.
(k) Program Evaluation.--
(1) Comptroller general.--Beginning 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(A) conduct a study to evaluate the grant program
authorized under this section; and
(B) 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 describing the results of each study under
subparagraph (A).
(2) Department of transportation.--Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall--
(A) conduct a study to evaluate the access to jobs grant
program authorized under this section; and
(B) 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 describing the results of the study under
subparagraph (A).
(l) Authorization and Allocation.--
(1) In general.--
(A) From the trust fund.--There shall be available from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out
this section--
(i) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(iii) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(iv) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
(v) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(B) From the general fund.--In addition to amounts made
available under subparagraph (A), there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
(i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(ii) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(iii) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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(iv) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
(v) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(C) Additional amounts from the general fund.--In addition
to amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B),
there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section--
(i) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(ii) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(iii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(iv) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) Set-aside for reverse commute projects.--Of amounts
made available by or appropriated under subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of paragraph (1) to carry out this section in each fiscal
year, not more than $10,000,000 shall be used for grants for
reverse commute projects.
(3) Allocation.--The amounts made available by or
appropriated under paragraph (1) to carry out this section in
each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows:
(A) 60 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in
urbanized areas with populations of at least 200,000.
(B) 20 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in
urbanized areas with populations of at least 200,000.
(C) 20 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects in
areas other than urbanized areas.
SEC. 3038. RURAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section, the following
definitions apply:
(1) Intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service.--The
term ``intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service''
means regularly scheduled bus service for the general
public, using an over-the-road bus, that--
(A) operates with limited stops over fixed routes
connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity;
(B) has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by
passengers; and
(C) makes meaningful connections with scheduled intercity
bus service to more distant points.
(2) Other over-the-road bus service.--The term ``other
over-the-road bus service'' means any other transportation
using over-the-road buses including local fixed-route
service, commuter service, and charter or tour service
(including tour or excursion service that includes features
in addition to bus transportation such as meals, lodging,
admission to points of interest or special attractions or the
services of a tour guide).
(3) Over-the-road bus.--The term ``over-the-road bus''
means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck
located over a baggage compartment.
(b) General Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants
under this section to operators of over-the-road buses to
finance the incremental capital and training costs of
complying with the Department of Transportation's final rule
regarding accessibility of over-the-road buses required by
section 306(a)(2)(B) of the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12186(a)(2)(B)).
(c) Grant Criteria.--In selecting applicants for grants
under this section, the Secretary shall consider--
(1) the identified need for over-the-road bus accessibility
for persons with disabilities in the areas served by the
applicant;
(2) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates
innovative strategies and financial commitment to providing
access to over-the-road buses to persons with disabilities;
(3) the extent to which the over-the-road bus operator
acquires equipment required by the final rule prior to any
required timeframe in the final rule;
(4) the extent to which financing the costs of complying
with the Department of Transportation's final rule regarding
accessibility of over-the-road buses presents a financial
hardship for the applicant; and
(5) the impact of accessibility requirements on the
continuation of over-the-road bus service, with particular
consideration of the impact of the requirements on service
to rural areas and for low-income individuals.
(d) Competitive Grant Selection.--The Secretary shall
conduct a national solicitation for applications for grants
under this section. Grantees shall be selected on a
competitive basis.
(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 50 percent of the
project cost.
(f) Grant Requirements.--A grant under this section shall
be subject to all of the terms and conditions applicable to
subrecipients who provide intercity bus transportation under
section 5311(f) of title 49, United States Code, and such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(g) Funding.--
(1) Intercity, fixed-route over-the-road bus service.--Of
amounts made available by or appropriated under section
5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, (before
allocation under section 5338(a)(2)(C) of that title) the
following amounts shall be available for operators of
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:
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
(B) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
(C) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
(D) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(E) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(2) Other over-the-road bus service.--Of amounts made
available by or appropriated under section 5338(a)(2) of
title 49, United States Code, (before allocation under
section 5338(a)(2)(C) of that title) $6,800,000 shall be
available for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003 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.
SEC. 3039. STUDY OF TRANSIT NEEDS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND
RELATED PUBLIC LANDS.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to
encourage and promote the development of transportation
systems for the betterment of the national parks and other
units of the National Park System, national wildlife refuges,
recreational areas, and other public lands in order to
conserve natural, historical, and cultural resources and
prevent adverse impact, relieve congestion, minimize
transportation fuel consumption, reduce pollution (including
noise and visual pollution), and enhance visitor mobility and
accessibility and the visitor experience.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Interior, shall undertake a comprehensive
study of alternative transportation needs in national parks
and related public lands managed by Federal land management
agencies in order to carry out the purposes described in
subsection (a). The study shall be submitted to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than January 1, 2000.
(2) Study elements.--The study required by paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) identify transportation strategies that improve the
management of the national parks and related public lands;
(B) identify national parks and related public lands with
existing and potential problems of adverse impact, high
congestion, and pollution, or which can benefit from
alternative transportation modes;
(C) assess the feasibility of alternative transportation
modes; and
(D) identify and estimate the costs of alternative
transportation modes for each of the national parks and
related public lands referred to in paragraph (1).
SEC. 3040. 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, and subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of section 3037(l)(1) of this Act, shall not exceed--
(1) $5,315,000,000 in fiscal year 1999;
(2) $5,798,000,000 in fiscal year 2000;
(3) $6,271,000,000 in fiscal year 2001;
(4) $6,746,000,000 in fiscal year 2002; and
(5) $7,226,000,000 in fiscal year 2003.
SEC. 3041. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
EXTENSION ACT OF 1997.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall ensure that the total apportionments
and allocations made to a designated grant recipient under
section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year
1998 shall be reduced by the amount apportioned to such
designated recipient pursuant to section 8 of the Surface
Transportation Extension Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2559).
(b) Fixed Guideway Modernization Adjustment.--In making the
apportionments described in subsection (a), the Secretary
shall adjust the amount apportioned to each urbanized area
for fixed guideway modernization for fiscal year 1998 to
reflect the method for apportioning funds in section 5337(a)
of title 49, United States Code.
TITLE IV--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
SEC. 4001. 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. 4002. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 311 is amended by inserting before
section 31101 the following:
``Sec. 31100. Purpose
``The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure that the
Secretary, States, and other political jurisdictions work in
partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a safe
and efficient transportation system by--
``(1) focusing resources on strategic safety investments to
promote safe for-hire and private transportation, including
transportation of passengers and hazardous materials, to
identify high-risk carriers and drivers, and to invest in
activities likely to generate maximum reductions in the
number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes;
``(2) increasing administrative flexibility and developing
and enforcing effective, compatible, and cost-beneficial
motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety
regulations and practices, including improving enforcement of
State and local traffic safety laws and regulations;
``(3) assessing and improving statewide program performance
by setting program outcome goals, improving problem
identification and countermeasures planning, designing
appropriate performance standards, measures, and benchmarks,
improving performance information and analysis systems, and
monitoring program effectiveness;
``(4) ensuring that drivers of commercial motor vehicles
and enforcement personnel obtain adequate training in safe
operational practices and regulatory requirements; and
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``(5) advancing promising technologies and encouraging
adoption of safe operational practices.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 311 is
amended by inserting before the item relating to section
31101 the following:
``31100. Purpose.''.
SEC. 4003. STATE GRANTS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 31101 is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating''; and
(B) by striking ``10,000 pounds'' and inserting ``10,001
pounds, whichever is greater''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)(C) by inserting ``and transported in a
quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary under section 5103'' after ``title''.
(b) Performance-Based Grants and Hazardous Materials
Transportation Safety.--Section 31102 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``improving motor carrier safety and''
after ``programs for''; and
(B) by inserting ``, hazardous materials transportation
safety,'' after ``commercial motor vehicle safety''; and
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (b)(1)--
(A) by striking ``adopt and assume responsibility for
enforcing'' and inserting ``assume responsibility for
improving motor carrier safety and to adopt and enforce'';
and
(B) by inserting ``, hazardous materials transportation
safety,'' after ``commercial motor vehicle safety''.
(c) Contents of State Plans.--Section 31102(b)(1) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (J) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';
(2) by striking subparagraphs (K), (L), and (M) and
inserting the following:
``(K) ensures that the State agency will coordinate the
plan, data collection, and information systems with State
highway safety programs under title 23;
``(L) ensures participation in SAFETYNET and other
information systems by all appropriate jurisdictions
receiving funding under this section;
``(M) ensures that information is exchanged among the
States in a timely manner;'';
(3) in subparagraph (O)--
(A) by inserting after ``activities'' the following: ``in
support of national priorities and performance goals,
including'';
(B) by striking ``to remove'' in clause (i) and inserting
``activities aimed at removing'';
(C) by striking ``to provide'' in clause (ii) and inserting
``activities aimed at providing'';
(D) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (ii); and
(E) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the
following:
``(iii) interdiction activities affecting the
transportation of controlled substances by commercial motor
vehicle drivers and training on appropriate strategies for
carrying out those interdiction activities;'';
(4) by striking subparagraph (P) and inserting the
following:
``(P) provides that the State will establish a program to
ensure the proper and timely correction of commercial motor
vehicle safety violations noted during an inspection carried
out with funds authorized under section 31104;'';
(5) in subparagraph (Q)--
(A) by striking ``31140 and 31146'' and inserting ``31138
and 31139''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon;
(6) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (Q) as
subparagraphs (B) through (R), respectively;
(7) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as redesignated
by paragraph (6) of this subsection) the following:
``(A) implements performance-based activities by fiscal
year 2000;''; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
``(S) ensures consistent, effective, and reasonable
sanctions; and
``(T) ensures that roadside inspections will be conducted
at a location that is adequate to protect the safety of
drivers and enforcement personnel.''.
(d) Federal Share.--Section 31103 is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Programs and Enforcement.--'' before ``The Secretary of
Transportation'';
(2) by inserting ``improve commercial motor vehicle safety
and'' before ``enforce''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Other Activities.--The Secretary may reimburse State
agencies, local governments, or other persons up to 100
percent for public education activities authorized by section
31104(f)(2).''.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 31104(a) is
amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--The following amounts are made available
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to incur
obligations to carry out section 31102:
``(1) Not more than $79,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
``(2) Not more than $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
``(3) Not more than $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
``(4) Not more than $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
``(5) Not more than $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
``(6) Not more than $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.''.
(f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 31104(b) is amended by
striking ``(1)'' and by striking paragraph (2).
(g) Allocation Criteria and Eligibility.--Section 31104 is
further amended--
(1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and inserting the
following:
``(f) Allocation Criteria and Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--On October 1 of each fiscal year or as
soon after that date as practicable and after making the
deduction under subsection (e), the Secretary shall allocate
amounts made available to carry out section 31102 for such
fiscal year among the States with plans approved under
section 31102. Such allocation shall be made under such
criteria as the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
``(2) High-priority and border activities.--
``(A) High-priority activities and projects.--The Secretary
may designate up to 5 percent of amounts available for
allocation under paragraph (1) for States, local governments,
and other persons for carrying out high priority activities
and projects that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and
compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations,
including activities and projects that are national in scope,
increase public awareness and education, or demonstrate new
technologies. The amounts designated under this subparagraph
shall be allocated by the Secretary to State agencies, local
governments, and other persons that use and train qualified
officers and employees in coordination with State motor
vehicle safety agencies.
``(B) Border commercial motor vehicle safety and
enforcement programs.--The Secretary may designate up to 5
percent of amounts available for allocation under paragraph
(1) for States, local governments, and other persons for
carrying out border commercial motor vehicle safety programs
and enforcement activities and projects. The amounts
designated under this subparagraph shall be allocated by the
Secretary to State agencies, local governments, and other
persons that use and train qualified officers and employees
in coordination with State motor vehicle safety agencies.'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g);
(3) by striking subsection (i); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (h).
(h) Savings Clause.--Amendments made by this section shall
not affect any funds made available before the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4004. INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Section 31106 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31106. Information systems
``(a) Information Systems and Data Analysis.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this
section, the Secretary shall establish and operate motor
carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver information
systems and data analysis programs to support safety
regulatory and enforcement activities required under this
title.
``(2) Network coordination.--In cooperation with the
States, the information systems under this section shall be
coordinated into a network providing accurate identification
of motor carriers and drivers, commercial motor vehicle
registration and license tracking, and motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety performance data.
``(3) Data analysis capacity and programs.--The Secretary
shall develop and maintain under this section data analysis
capacity and programs that provide the means to--
``(A) identify and collect necessary motor carrier,
commercial motor vehicle, and driver data;
``(B) evaluate the safety fitness of motor carriers and
drivers;
``(C) develop strategies to mitigate safety problems and to
use data analysis to address and measure the effectiveness of
such strategies and related programs;
``(D) determine the cost-effectiveness of Federal and State
safety compliance and enforcement programs and other
countermeasures; and
``(E) adapt, improve, and incorporate other information and
information systems as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(4) Standards.--To implement this section, the Secretary
shall prescribe technical and operational standards to
ensure--
``(A) uniform, timely, and accurate information collection
and reporting by the States and other entities as determined
appropriate by the Secretary;
``(B) uniform Federal, State, and local policies and
procedures necessary to operate the information system; and
``(C) the reliability and availability of the information
to the Secretary and States.
``(b) Performance and Registration Information Program.--
``(1) Information clearinghouse.--The Secretary shall
include, as part of the motor carrier information system
authorized by this section, a program to establish and
maintain a clearinghouse and repository of information
related to State registration and licensing of commercial
motor vehicles, the registrants of such vehicles, and the
motor carriers operating such vehicles. The clearinghouse and
repository may include information on the safety fitness of
each of the motor carriers and registrants and other
information the Secretary considers appropriate, including
information on motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver safety performance.
``(2) Design.--The program shall link Federal motor carrier
safety information systems with State driver and 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) decide, in cooperation with the Secretary, whether
and what types of sanctions or operating limitations to
impose on the motor carrier or registrant to ensure safety.
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``(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 authority to impose commercial motor
vehicle registration sanctions on the basis of a Federal
safety fitness determination.
``(4) Funding.--The Secretary may make available up to 50
percent of the amounts available to carry out this section by
section 31107 in each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, and 2003 to carry out this subsection. The Secretary is
encouraged to direct no less than 80 percent of amounts made
available to carry out this subsection to States that have
not previously received financial assistance to develop or
implement the information systems authorized by this section.
``(c) Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety Program.--In
coordination with the information system under section 31309,
the Secretary is authorized to establish a program to improve
commercial motor vehicle driver safety. The objectives of the
program shall include--
``(1) enhancing the exchange of driver licensing
information among the States, the Federal Government, and
foreign countries;
``(2) providing information to the judicial system on
commercial motor vehicle drivers;
``(3) evaluating any aspect of driver performance that the
Secretary determines appropriate; and
``(4) developing appropriate strategies and countermeasures
to improve driver safety.
``(d) Cooperative Agreements, Grants, and Contracts.--The
Secretary may carry out this section either independently or
in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities, or by making grants to, and entering into
contracts and cooperative agreements with, States, local
governments, associations, institutions, corporations, and
other persons.
``(e) Information Availability and Privacy Protection
Policy.--The Secretary shall develop a policy on making
information available from the information systems authorized
by this section and section 31309. The policy shall be
consistent with existing Federal information laws, including
regulations, and shall provide for review and correction of
such information in a timely manner.''.
(b) Contract Authority Funding.--Section 31107 is amended
to read as follows:
``Sec. 31107. Contract authority funding for information
systems
``(a) Funding.--There shall be available from the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out
sections 31106 and 31309 of this title--
``(1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
``(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000;
and
``(3) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2002.
``(4) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
The amounts made available under this subsection shall remain
available until expended.
``(b) Contract Authority.--Approval by the Secretary of a
grant with funds made available under this section imposes
upon the United States Government a contractual obligation
for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in
carrying out the objectives of the grant.''.
(c) Subchapter Heading.--The heading for subchapter I of
chapter 311 is amended by inserting after ``GRANTS'' the
following: ``AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--The analysis for chapter 311 is
amended--
(1) by striking
``SUBCHAPTER I--STATE GRANTS''
and inserting
``SUBCHAPTER I--STATE GRANTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
PROGRAMS'';
and
(2) by striking the items relating to sections 31106 and
31107 and inserting the following:
``31106. Information systems.
``31107. Contract authority funding for information systems.''.
SEC. 4005. AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTER DEFINED.
Section 31111(a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``section--'' and inserting ``section, the
following definitions apply:'';
(2) by inserting after ``(1)'' the following: ``Maxi-cube
vehicle.--The term'';
(3) by inserting after ``(2)'' the following: ``Truck
tractor.--The term'';
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively; and
(5) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(1) Automobile transporter.--The term `automobile
transporter' means any vehicle combination designed and used
specifically for the transport of assembled highway vehicles,
including truck camper units.''.
SEC. 4006. INSPECTIONS AND REPORTS.
(a) General Powers of the Secretary.--Section 31133(a)(1)
is amended by inserting ``and make contracts for'' after
``conduct''.
(b) Reports and Records.--Section 504(c) is amended by
inserting ``(and, in the case of a motor carrier, a
contractor)'' after ``employee''.
SEC. 4007. WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND PILOT PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 31315 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31315. Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs
``(a) Waivers.--The Secretary may grant a waiver that
relieves a person from compliance in whole or in part with a
regulation issued under this chapter or section 31136 if the
Secretary determines that it is in the public interest to
grant the waiver and that the waiver is likely to achieve a
level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the
level of safety that would be obtained in the absence of the
waiver--
``(1) for a period not in excess of 3 months;
``(2) limited in scope and circumstances;
``(3) for nonemergency and unique events; and
``(4) subject to such conditions as the Secretary may
impose.
``(b) Exemptions.--
``(1) In general.--Upon receipt of a request pursuant to
paragraph (3), the Secretary of Transportation may grant to a
person or class of persons an exemption from a regulation
prescribed under this chapter or section 31136 if the
Secretary finds such exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level
that would be achieved absent such exemption. An exemption
may be granted for no longer than 2 years from its approval
date and may be renewed upon application to the Secretary.
``(2) Authority to revoke exemption.--The Secretary shall
immediately revoke an exemption if--
``(A) the person fails to comply with the terms and
conditions of such exemption;
``(B) the exemption has resulted in a lower level of safety
than was maintained before the exemption was granted; or
``(C) continuation of the exemption would not be consistent
with the goals and objectives of this chapter or section
31136, as the case may be.
``(3) Requests for exemption.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this section and after notice
and an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary shall
specify by regulation the procedures by which a person may
request an exemption. Such regulations shall, at a minimum,
require the person to provide the following information for
each exemption request:
``(A) The provisions from which the person requests
exemption.
``(B) The time period during which the requested exemption
would apply.
``(C) An analysis of the safety impacts the requested
exemption may cause.
``(D) The specific countermeasures the person would
undertake to ensure an equivalent or greater level of safety
than would be achieved absent the requested exemption.
``(4) Notice and comment.--
``(A) Upon receipt of a request.--Upon receipt of an
exemption request, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a notice explaining the request that has been filed
and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the
safety analysis and any other relevant information known to
the Secretary and to comment on the request. This
subparagraph does not require the release of information
protected by law from public disclosure.
``(B) Upon granting a request.--Upon granting a request for
exemption, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register the name of the person granted the exemption, the
provisions from which the person will be exempt, the
effective period, and all terms and conditions of the
exemption.
``(C) After denying a request.--After denying a request for
exemption, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register the name of the person denied the exemption and the
reasons for such denial. The Secretary may meet the
requirement of this subparagraph by periodically publishing
in the Federal Register the names of persons denied
exemptions and the reasons for such denials.
``(5) Applications to be dealt with promptly.--The
Secretary shall grant or deny an exemption request after a
thorough review of its safety implications, but in no case
later than 180 days after the filing date of such request.
``(6) Terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall establish
terms and conditions for each exemption to ensure that it
will likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to,
or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such
exemption. The Secretary shall monitor the implementation of
the exemption to ensure compliance with its terms and
conditions.
``(7) Notification of state compliance and enforcement
personnel.--Before granting a request for exemption, the
Secretary shall notify State safety compliance and
enforcement personnel, including roadside inspectors, and the
public that a person will be operating pursuant to an
exemption and any terms and conditions that will apply to the
exemption.
``(c) Pilot Programs.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may conduct pilot programs
to evaluate alternatives to regulations relating to, or
innovative approaches to, motor carrier, commercial motor
vehicle, and driver safety. Such pilot programs may include
exemptions from a regulation prescribed under this chapter or
section 31136 if the pilot program contains, at a minimum,
the elements described in paragraph (2). The Secretary shall
publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of
each pilot program, including the exemptions to be
considered, and provide notice and an opportunity for public
comment before the effective date of the program.
``(2) Program elements.--In proposing a pilot program and
before granting exemptions for purposes of a pilot program,
the Secretary shall require, as a condition of approval of
the project, that the safety measures in the project are
designed to achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to,
or greater than, the level of safety that would otherwise be
achieved through compliance with the regulations prescribed
under this chapter or section 31136. The Secretary shall
include, at a minimum, the following elements in each pilot
program plan:
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``(A) A scheduled life of each pilot program of not more
than 3 years.
``(B) A specific data collection and safety analysis plan
that identifies a method for comparison.
``(C) A reasonable number of participants necessary to
yield statistically valid findings.
``(D) An oversight plan to ensure that participants comply
with the terms and conditions of participation.
``(E) Adequate countermeasures to protect the health and
safety of study participants and the general public.
``(F) A plan to inform State partners and the public about
the pilot program and to identify approved participants to
safety compliance and enforcement personnel and to the
public.
``(3) Authority to revoke participation.--The Secretary
shall immediately revoke participation in a pilot program of
a motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, or driver for
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the pilot
program or if continued participation would not be consistent
with the goals and objectives of this chapter or section
31136, as the case may be.
``(4) Authority to terminate program.--The Secretary shall
immediately terminate a pilot program if its continuation
would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of this
chapter or section 31136, as the case may be.
``(5) Report to congress.--At the conclusion of each pilot
program, the Secretary shall report to Congress the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the program, including
suggested amendments to laws and regulations that would
enhance motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver
safety and improve compliance with national safety standards.
``(d) Preemption of State Rules.--During the time period
that a waiver, exemption, or pilot program is in effect under
this chapter or section 31136, no State shall enforce any law
or regulation that conflicts with or is inconsistent with the
waiver, exemption, or pilot program with respect to a person
operating under the waiver or exemption or participating in
the pilot program.''.
(b) Chapter Analysis Amendment.--The analysis for chapter
313 is amended by striking the item relating to section 31315
and inserting the following:
``31315. Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 31136(e) of such title
is amended to read as follows:
``(e) Exemptions.--The Secretary may grant in accordance
with section 31315 waivers and exemptions from, or conduct
pilot programs with respect to, any regulations prescribed
under this section.''.
(d) Protection of Existing Exemptions.--The amendments made
by this section shall not apply to or otherwise affect a
waiver, exemption, or pilot program in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this Act under chapter 313 or
section 31136(e) of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 4008. SAFETY REGULATION.
(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle Defined.--Section 31132(1) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating''; and
(B) by inserting ``, whichever is greater'' after
``pounds''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``passengers'' and all
that follows through the semicolon at the end and inserting
``more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for
compensation;''.
(b) Application of Regulations to Certain Commercial Motor
Vehicles.--Effective on the last day of the 1-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, regulations
prescribed under section 31136 of title 49, United States
Code, shall apply to operators of commercial motor vehicles
described in section 31132(1)(B) of such title (as amended by
subsection (a)) to the extent that those regulations did not
apply to those operators on the day before such effective
date, except to the extent that the Secretary determines,
through a rulemaking proceeding, that it is appropriate to
exempt such operators of commercial motor vehicles from the
application of those regulations.
(c) Repeal of Review Panel.--Section 31134, and the item
relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 311, are
repealed.
(d) Repeal of Submission to Review Panel.--Section 31140,
and the item relating to such section in the analysis for
chapter 311, are repealed.
(e) Review Procedure.--Section 31141 is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the
following:
``(b) Submission of Regulation.--A State receiving funds
made available under section 31104 that enacts a State law or
issues a regulation on commercial motor vehicle safety shall
submit a copy of the law or regulation to the Secretary
immediately after the enactment or issuance.
``(c) Review and Decisions by Secretary.--
``(1) Review.--The Secretary shall review State laws and
regulations on commercial motor vehicle safety. The Secretary
shall decide whether the State law or regulation--
``(A) has the same effect as a regulation prescribed by the
Secretary under section 31136;
``(B) is less stringent than such regulation; or
``(C) is additional to or more stringent than such
regulation.
``(2) Regulations with same effect.--If the Secretary
decides a State law or regulation has the same effect as a
regulation prescribed by the Secretary under section 31136 of
this title, the State law or regulation may be enforced.
``(3) Less stringent regulations.--If the Secretary decides
a State law or regulation is less stringent than a regulation
prescribed by the Secretary under section 31136 of this
title, the State law or regulation may not be enforced.
``(4) Additional or more stringent regulations.--If the
Secretary decides a State law or regulation is additional to
or more stringent than a regulation prescribed by the
Secretary under section 31136 of this title, the State law or
regulation may be enforced unless the Secretary also decides
that--
``(A) the State law or regulation has no safety benefit;
``(B) the State law or regulation is incompatible with the
regulation prescribed by the Secretary; or
``(C) enforcement of the State law or regulation would
cause an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce.
``(5) Consideration of effect on interstate commerce.--In
deciding under paragraph (4) whether a State law or
regulation will cause an unreasonable burden on interstate
commerce, the Secretary may consider the effect on interstate
commerce of implementation of that law or regulation with the
implementation of all similar laws and regulations of other
States.'';
(2) by striking subsection (e); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
(f) Inspection of Safety Equipment.--Section 31142(a) is
amended by striking ``part 393 of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations'' and inserting ``the regulations issued under
section 31136''.
(g) Protection of States Participating in State Groups.--
Section 31142(c)(1)(C) is amended to read as follows:
``(C) prevent a State from participating in the activities
of a voluntary group of States enforcing a program for
inspection of commercial motor vehicles; or''.
SEC. 4009. SAFETY FITNESS.
(a) In General.--Section 31144 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 31144. Safety fitness of owners and operators
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) determine whether an owner or operator is fit to
operate safely commercial motor vehicles;
``(2) periodically update such safety fitness
determinations;
``(3) make such 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) Procedure.--The Secretary shall maintain by
regulation a procedure for determining the safety fitness of
an owner or operator. The procedure shall include, at a
minimum, the following elements:
``(1) Specific initial and continuing requirements with
which an owner or operator must comply to demonstrate safety
fitness.
``(2) A methodology the Secretary will use to determine
whether an owner or operator is fit.
``(3) Specific time frames within which the Secretary will
determine whether an owner or operator is fit.
``(c) Prohibited Transportation.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in sections
521(b)(5)(A) and 5113 and this subsection, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce
beginning on the 61st day after the date of such fitness
determination and until the Secretary determines such owner
or operator is fit.
``(2) Owners or operators transporting passengers.--With
regard to owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles
designed or used to transport passengers, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate in interstate commerce beginning on the 46th day
after the date of such fitness determination and until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.
``(3) Owners or operators transporting hazardous
material.--With regard to owners or operators of commercial
motor vehicles designed or used to transport hazardous
material for which placarding of a motor vehicle is required
under regulations prescribed under chapter 51, an owner or
operator who the Secretary determines is not fit may not
operate in interstate commerce beginning on the 46th day
after the date of such fitness determination and until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.
``(4) Secretary's discretion.--Except for owners or
operators described in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary
may allow an owner or operator who is not fit to continue
operating for an additional 60 days after the 61st day after
the date of the Secretary's fitness determination, if the
Secretary determines that such owner or operator is making a
good faith effort to become fit.
``(d) Review of Fitness Determinations.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after an unfit
owner or operator requests a review, the Secretary shall
review such owner's or operator's compliance with those
requirements with which the owner or operator failed to
comply and resulted in the Secretary determining that the
owner or operator was not fit.
``(2) Owners or operators transporting passengers.--Not
later than 30 days after an unfit owner or operator of
commercial motor vehicles designed or used to transport
passengers requests a review, the Secretary shall review such
owner's or operator's compliance with those requirements with
which the owner or operator failed to comply and resulted in
the Secretary determining that the owner or operator was not
fit.
``(3) Owners or operators transporting hazardous
material.--Not later than 30 days after an unfit owner or
operator of commercial motor vehicles designed or used to
transport
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hazardous material for which placarding of a motor vehicle is
required under regulations prescribed under chapter 51, the
Secretary shall review such owner's or operator's compliance
with those requirements with which the owner or operator
failed to comply and resulted in the Secretary determining
that the owner or operator was not fit.
``(e) Prohibited Government Use.--A department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government may not use
to provide any transportation service an owner or operator
who the Secretary has determined is not fit until the
Secretary determines such owner or operator is fit.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5113 is amended by
striking subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and inserting the
following:
``See section 31144.''.
SEC. 4010. REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE MISCELLANEOUS
AUTHORITIES.
Subchapter IV of chapter 311 (including sections 31161 and
31162), and the items relating to such subchapter and
sections in the analysis for chapter 311, are repealed.
SEC. 4011. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATORS.
(a) Commercial Motor Vehicle Defined.--Section 31301(4) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``or gross vehicle weight'' after
``rating'' the first 2 places it appears; and
(B) by inserting ``, whichever is greater,'' after
``pounds'' the first place it appears; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii)--
(A) by inserting ``is'' before ``transporting'' each place
it appears; and
(B) by inserting ``is'' before ``not otherwise''.
(b) Prohibition on CMV Operation Without CDL.--
(1) In general.--Section 31302 of such title is amended to
read as follows:
``Sec. 31302. Commercial driver's license requirement
``No individual shall operate a commercial motor vehicle
without a valid commercial driver's license issued in
accordance with section 31308. An individual operating a
commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver's license
at any time.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The item relating to section
31302 in the analysis for chapter 313 is amended to read as
follows:
``31302. Commercial driver's license requirement.''.
(c) Unique Identifiers in CDLs.--
(1) In general.--Section 31308(2) is amended by inserting
before the semicolon ``and each license issued after January
1, 2001, include unique identifiers (which may include
biometric identifiers) to minimize fraud and duplication''.
(2) Deadline for issuance of regulations.--Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the amendment
made by paragraph (1).
(d) Commercial Driver's License Information System.--
Section 31309 of such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``make an agreement under
subsection (b) of this section for the operation of, or
establish under subsection (c) of this section,'' and
inserting ``maintain'';
(2) by inserting after the first sentence of subsection (a)
the following: ``The system shall be coordinated with
activities carried out under section 31106.'';
(3) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(4) by striking subsection (d)(2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) The information system under this section must
accommodate any unique identifiers required to minimize fraud
or duplication of a commercial driver's license under section
31308(2).'';
(5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Availability of Information.--Information in the
information system shall be made available and subject to
review and correction in accordance with the policy developed
under section 31106(e).'';
(6) in subsection (f) by striking ``If the Secretary
establishes an information system under this section, the''
and inserting ``The'';
(7) by striking ``shall'' in the first sentence of
subsection (f) and inserting ``may''; and
(8) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as
subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
(e) Requirements for State Participation.--Section 31311(a)
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (15) by striking ``section 31310(b)-(e) of
this title'' and inserting ``subsections (b)-(e), (g)(1)(A),
and (g)(2) of section 31310'';
(2) by striking paragraph (17); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (17).
(f) Repeal of Obsolete Grant Programs.--Sections 31312 and
31313, and the items relating to such sections in the
analysis for chapter 313, are repealed.
(g) Updating Amendments.--Section 31314 is amended--
(1) by striking ``(2), (5), and (6)'' each place it appears
in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``(3), and (5)'';
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ``(1) Amounts'' and all
that follows through ``(2) Amounts'' and inserting
``Amounts'';
(3) by striking subsection (d); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
SEC. 4012. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REGULATIONS FOR UTILITY
SERVICE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS.
(a) In General.--Section 31502 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(e) Exception.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, regulations issued under this section or section 31136
regarding--
``(A) maximum driving and on-duty times applicable to
operators of commercial motor vehicles,
``(B) physical testing, reporting, or recordkeeping, and
``(C) the installation of automatic recording devices
associated with establishing the maximum driving and on-duty
times referred to in subparagraph (A),
shall not apply to any driver of a utility service vehicle
during an emergency period of not more than 30 days declared
by an elected State or local government official under
paragraph (2) in the area covered by the declaration.
``(2) Declaration of emergency.--An elected State or local
government official or elected officials of more than one
State or local government jointly may issue an emergency
declaration for purposes of paragraph (1) after notice to the
Regional Director of the Federal Highway Administration with
jurisdiction over the area covered by the declaration.
``(3) Incident report.--Within 30 days after the end of the
declared emergency period the official who issued the
emergency declaration shall file with the Regional Director a
report of each safety-related incident or accident that
occurred during the emergency period involving--
``(A) a utility service vehicle driver to which the
declaration applied; or
``(B) a utility service vehicle of the driver to which the
declaration applied.
``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:
``(A) Driver of a utility service vehicle.--The term
`driver of a utility service vehicle' means any driver who is
considered to be a driver of a utility service vehicle for
purposes of section 345(a)(4) of the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat.
613).
``(B) Utility service vehicle.--The term `utility service
vehicle' has the meaning that term has under section
345(e)(6) of the National Highway System Designation Act of
1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat 614-615).''.
(b) Continued Application of Safety and Maintenance
Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) may
not be construed--
(A) to exempt any utility service vehicle from compliance
with any applicable provision of law relating to vehicle
mechanical safety, maintenance requirements, or inspections;
or
(B) to exempt any driver of a utility service vehicle from
any applicable provision of law (including any regulation)
established for the issuance, maintenance, or periodic
renewal of a commercial driver's license for that driver.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:
(A) Commercial driver's license.--The term ``commercial
driver's license'' has the meaning that term has under
section 31301 of title 49, United States Code.
(B) Driver of a utility service vehicle.--The term ``driver
of a utility service vehicle'' has the meaning that term has
under section 31502(e)(2) of such title.
(C) Regulation.--The term ``regulation'' has the meaning
that term has under section 31132 of such title.
(D) Utility service vehicle.--The term ``utility service
vehicle'' has the meaning that term has under section
345(e)(6) of the National Highway System Designation Act of
1995 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat. 614-615).
SEC. 4013. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN
AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX AGREEMENT.
Sections 31702, 31703, and 31708, and the items relating to
such sections in the analysis for chapter 317, are repealed.
SEC. 4014. SAFETY PERFORMANCE HISTORY OF NEW DRIVERS;
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 5 is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 508. Safety performance history of new drivers;
limitation on liability
``(a) Limitation on Liability.--No action or proceeding for
defamation, invasion of privacy, or interference with a
contract that is based on the furnishing or use of safety
performance records in accordance with regulations issued by
the Secretary may be brought against--
``(1) a motor carrier requesting the safety performance
records of an individual under consideration for employment
as a commercial motor vehicle driver as required by and in
accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary;
``(2) a person who has complied with such a request; or
``(3) the agents or insurers of a person described in
paragraph (1) or (2).
``(b) Restrictions on Applicability.--
``(1) Motor carrier requesting.--Subsection (a) does not
apply to a motor carrier requesting safety performance
records unless--
``(A) the motor carrier and any agents of the motor carrier
have complied with the regulations issued by the Secretary in
using the records, including the requirement that the
individual who is the subject of the records be afforded a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the records;
``(B) the motor carrier and any agents and insurers of the
motor carrier have taken all precautions reasonably necessary
to protect the records from disclosure to any person, except
for such an insurer, not directly involved in deciding
whether to hire that individual; and
``(C) the motor carrier has used those records only to
assess the safety performance of the individual who is the
subject of those records in deciding whether to hire that
individual.
``(2) Person complying with requests.--Subsection (a) does
not apply to a person complying with a request for safety
performance records unless--
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``(A) the complying person and any agents of the complying
person have taken all precautions reasonably necessary to
ensure the accuracy of the records and have complied with the
regulations issued by the Secretary in furnishing the
records, including the requirement that the individual who is
the subject of the records be afforded a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on the records; and
``(B) the complying person and any agents and insurers of
the complying person have taken all precautions reasonably
necessary to protect the records from disclosure to any
person, except for such an insurer, not directly involved in
forwarding the records.
``(3) Persons knowingly furnishing false information.--
Subsection (a) does not apply to persons who knowingly
furnish false information.
``(c) Preemption of State and Local Law.--No State or
political subdivision thereof may enact, prescribe, issue,
continue in effect, or enforce any law (including
any regulation, standard, or other provision having the
force and effect of law) that prohibits, penalizes, or
imposes liability for furnishing or using safety
performance records in accordance with regulations issued
by the Secretary to carry out this section.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, written
authorization shall not be required to obtain information
on the motor vehicle driving record of an individual under
consideration for employment with a motor carrier.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The analysis for chapter 5 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 507
the following:
``508. Safety performance history of new drivers; limitation on
liability.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on January 31, 1999.
(c) Safety Performance History of New Drivers.--
(1) Matters to be included.--As part of the rulemaking that
the Secretary is conducting under section 114 of the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994
(108 Stat. 1677-1678) to amend section 391.23 of title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations
thereto), the Secretary shall amend such section 391.23 (in
addition to the matters set forth in such section 114) to
provide protection for driver privacy and to establish
procedures for review, correction, and rebuttal of the safety
performance records of a commercial motor vehicle driver.
(2) Completion.--The rulemaking and the amendments referred
to in paragraph (1) shall be completed by January 31, 1999.
SEC. 4015. PENALTIES.
(a) Notification of Violations and Enforcement
Procedures.--Section 521(b)(1) is amended--
(1) in the third sentence of subparagraph (A) by striking
``fix a reasonable time for abatement of the violation,'';
and
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:
``(B) Nonapplicability to reporting and recordkeeping
violations.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to reporting
and recordkeeping violations.''.
(b) Civil Penalties.--Section 521(b)(2) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, any person who is determined by the Secretary,
after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to have committed
an act that is a violation of regulations issued by the
Secretary under subchapter III of chapter 311 (except
sections 31138 and 31139) or section 31502 of this title
shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty in
an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each offense.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section (except
subparagraph (C)), no civil penalty shall be assessed under
this section against an employee for a violation in an amount
exceeding $2,500.'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
``(B) Recordkeeping and reporting violations.--A person
required to make a report to the Secretary, answer a
question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under
section 504 of this title or under any regulation issued by
the Secretary pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 311
(except sections 31138 and 31139) or section 31502 of this
title about transportation by motor carrier, motor carrier of
migrant workers, or motor private carrier, or an officer,
agent, or employee of that person--
``(i) who does not make that report, does not specifically,
completely, and truthfully answer that question in 30 days
from the date the Secretary requires the question to be
answered, or does not make, prepare, or preserve that record
in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary, shall be
liable to the United States for a civil penalty in an amount
not to exceed $500 for each offense, and each day of the
violation shall constitute a separate offense, except that
the total of all civil penalties assessed against any
violator for all offenses related to any single violation
shall not exceed $5,000; or
``(ii) who knowingly falsifies, destroys, mutilates, or
changes a required report or record, knowingly files a false
report with the Secretary, knowingly makes or causes or
permits to be made a false or incomplete entry in that record
about an operation or business fact or transaction, or
knowingly makes, prepares, or preserves a record in violation
of a regulation or order of the Secretary, shall be liable to
the United States for a civil penalty in an amount not to
exceed $5,000 for each violation, if any such action can be
shown to have misrepresented a fact that constitutes a
violation other than a reporting or recordkeeping
violation.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 522 is amended by
striking ``(a)'' and by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 4016. AUTHORITY OVER CHARTER BUS TRANSPORTATION.
Section 14501(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Motor Carriers of Passengers.--
``(1) Limitation on state law.--No State or political
subdivision thereof and no interstate agency or other
political agency of 2 or more States shall enact or enforce
any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other provision
having the force and effect of law relating to
``(A) scheduling of interstate or intrastate transportation
(including discontinuance or reduction in the level of
service) provided by a motor carrier of passengers subject to
jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 of this title
on an interstate route;
``(B) the implementation of any change in the rates for
such transportation or for any charter transportation except
to the extent that notice, not in excess of 30 days, of
changes in schedules may be required; or
``(C) the authority to provide intrastate or interstate
charter bus transportation.
This paragraph shall not apply to intrastate commuter bus
operations.
``(2) Matters not covered.--Paragraph (1) shall not
restrict the safety regulatory authority of a State with
respect to motor vehicles, the authority of a State to impose
highway route controls or limitations based on the size or
weight of the motor vehicle, or the authority of a State to
regulate carriers with regard to minimum amounts of financial
responsibility relating to insurance requirements and self-
insurance authorization.''.
SEC. 4017. TELEPHONE HOTLINE FOR REPORTING SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
(a) In General.--For a period of not less than 2 years
beginning on or before the 90th day following the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish,
maintain, and promote the use of a nationwide toll-free
telephone system to be used by drivers of commercial motor
vehicles and others to report potential violations of Federal
motor carrier safety regulations.
(b) Monitoring.--The Secretary shall monitor reports
received by the telephone system and may consider
nonfrivolous information provided by such reports in setting
priorities for motor carrier safety audits and other
enforcement activities.
(c) Protection of Persons Reporting Violations.--
(1) Prohibition.--A person reporting a potential violation
to the telephone system while acting in good faith may not be
discharged, disciplined, or discriminated against regarding
pay, terms, or privileges of employment because of the
reporting of such violation.
(2) Applicability of section 31105 of title 49.--For
purposes of section 31105 of title 49, United States Code, a
violation or alleged violation of paragraph (1) shall be
treated as a violation of section 31105(a) of such title.
(d) Funding.--From amounts set aside under section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may use not
more than $250,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through
2003 to carry out this section.
SEC. 4018. INSULIN TREATED DIABETES MELLITUS.
(a) Determination.--Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine
whether a practicable and cost-effective screening,
operating, and monitoring protocol could likely be developed
for insulin treated diabetes mellitus individuals who want to
operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce that
would ensure a level of safety equal to or greater than that
achieved with the current prohibition on individuals with
insulin treated diabetes mellitus driving such vehicles.
(b) Compilation and Evaluation.--Prior to making the
determination in subsection (a), the Secretary shall compile
and evaluate research and other information on the effects of
insulin treated diabetes mellitus on driving performance. In
preparing the compilation and evaluation, the Secretary
shall, at a minimum--
(1) consult with States that have developed and are
implementing a screening process to identify individuals with
insulin treated diabetes mellitus who may obtain waivers to
drive commercial motor vehicles in intrastate commerce;
(2) evaluate the Department's policy and actions to permit
certain insulin treated diabetes mellitus individuals who
meet selection criteria and who successfully comply with the
approved monitoring protocol to operate in other modes of
transportation;
(3) assess the possible legal consequences of permitting
insulin treated diabetes mellitus individuals to drive
commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce;
(4) analyze available data on the safety performance of
diabetic drivers of motor vehicles;
(5) assess the relevance of intrastate driving and
experiences of other modes of transportation to interstate
commercial motor vehicle operations; and
(6) consult with interested groups knowledgeable about
diabetes and related issues.
(c) Report to Congress.--If the Secretary determines that
no protocol described in subsection (a) could likely be
developed, the Secretary shall report to Congress the basis
for such determination.
(d) Initiation of Rulemaking.--If the Secretary determines
that a protocol described in subsection (a) could likely be
developed, the Secretary shall report to Congress a
description of the elements of such protocol and shall
promptly initiate a rulemaking proceeding to implement such
protocol.
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SEC. 4019. PERFORMANCE-BASED CDL TESTING.
(a) Review.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a review
of the procedures established and implemented by States under
section 31305 of title 49, United States Code, to determine
if the current system for testing is an accurate measure and
reflection of an individual's knowledge and skills as an
operator of a commercial motor vehicle and to identify
methods to improve testing and licensing standards, including
identifying the benefits and costs of a graduated licensing
system.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary may issue regulations under
section 31305 of title 49, United States Code, reflecting the
results of the review.
SEC. 4020. POST-ACCIDENT ALCOHOL TESTING.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
feasibility of utilizing law enforcement officers for
conducting post-accident alcohol testing of commercial motor
vehicle operators under section 31306 of title 49, United
States Code, as a method of obtaining more timely
information. The study shall also assess the impact of the
current post-accident alcohol testing requirements on motor
carrier employers, including any burden that employers may
encounter in meeting the testing requirements of such
section 31306.
(b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the study, together with such
recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 4021. DRIVER FATIGUE.
(a) Technologies To Reduce Fatigue of Commercial Motor
Vehicle Operators.--
(1) Development of technologies.--As part of the activities
of the Secretary relating to the fatigue of commercial motor
vehicle operators, the Secretary shall encourage the
research, development, and demonstration of technologies that
may aid in reducing such fatigue.
(2) Matters to be taken into account.--In carrying out
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account--
(A) the degree to which the technology will be cost
efficient;
(B) the degree to which the technology can be effectively
used in diverse climatic regions of the Nation; and
(C) the degree to which the application of the technology
will further emissions reductions, energy conservation, and
other transportation goals.
(3) Funding.--The Secretary may use amounts made available
under section 5001(a)(2) of this Act.
(b) Nonsedating Medications.--The Secretary shall review
available information on the effects of medications
(including antihistamines) on driver fatigue, awareness, and
performance and shall consider encouraging, if appropriate,
the use of nonsedating medications (including nonsedating
antihistamines) as a means of reducing the adverse effects of
the use of other medications by drivers.
SEC. 4022. IMPROVED FLOW OF DRIVER HISTORY PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a pilot
program in cooperation with 1 or more States to improve upon
the timely exchange of pertinent driver performance and
safety records data to motor carriers.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to--
(A) determine to what extent driver performance records
data, including relevant fines, penalties, and failures to
appear for a hearing or trial, should be included as part of
any information systems under the Department of
Transportation's oversight;
(B) assess the feasibility, costs, safety impact, pricing
impact, and benefits of record exchanges; and
(C) assess methods for the efficient exchange of driver
safety data available from existing State information systems
and sources.
(3) Completion date.--The pilot program shall end on the
last day of the 18-month period beginning on the date of
initiation of the pilot program.
(b) Rulemaking.--After completion of the pilot program, the
Secretary shall initiate, if appropriate, a rulemaking to
revise the information system under section 31309 of title
49, United States Code, to take into account the results of
the pilot program.
SEC. 4023. EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of
Labor, shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives on the effectiveness of existing statutory
employee protections provided for under section 31105 of
title 49, United States Code. The report shall include
recommendations to address any statutory changes necessary to
strengthen the enforcement of such employee protection
provisions.
SEC. 4024. IMPROVED INTERSTATE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY.
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to
determine whether or not relevant commercial motor carrier
safety regulations issued under section 31136 of title 49,
United States Code, should apply to all interstate school
transportation operations by local educational agencies (as
defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965).
SEC. 4025. TRUCK TRAILER CONSPICUITY.
(a) Issuance of Final Rule.--Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue
a final rule regarding the conspicuity of trailers
manufactured before December 1, 1993.
(b) Considerations.--In conducting the rulemaking under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum,
the following:
(1) The cost-effectiveness of any requirement to retrofit
trailers manufactured before December 1, 1993.
(2) The extent to which motor carriers have voluntarily
taken steps to increase equipment visibility.
(3) Regulatory flexibility to accommodate differing trailer
designs and configurations, such as tank trucks.
SEC. 4026. DOT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
(a) Assessment.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall assess the
scope of the problem of shippers, freight forwarders,
brokers, cosignees, or other persons (other than rail
carriers, motor carriers, motor carriers of migrant workers,
or motor private carriers) encouraging violations of chapter
5 of title 49, United States Code, or a regulation or order
issued by the Secretary under such chapter.
(b) Submission of Implementation Plan.--After completion of
the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may submit
to the Congress a plan for implementing authority (if
subsequently provided by law) to investigate and bring civil
actions to enforce chapter 5 of title 49, United States Code,
or regulations or orders issued by the Secretary under such
chapter with respect to persons described in subsection (a).
(c) Contents of Implementation Plan.--In developing the
implementation plan under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
consider, as appropriate--
(1) in what circumstances the Secretary would exercise the
new authority;
(2) how the Secretary would determine that shippers,
freight forwarders, brokers, consignees, or other persons
committed violations described in subsection (a), including
what types of evidence would be conclusive;
(3) what procedures would be necessary during
investigations to ensure the confidentiality of shipper
contract terms prior to the Secretary's findings of
violations;
(4) what impact the exercise of the new authority would
have on the Secretary's resources, including whether
additional investigative or legal resources would be
necessary and whether the staff would need specialized
education or training to exercise properly such authority;
(5) to what extent the Secretary would conduct educational
activities for persons who would be subject to the new
authority; and
(6) any other information that would assist the Congress in
determining whether to provide the Secretary the new
authority.
SEC. 4027. STUDY OF ADEQUACY OF PARKING FACILITIES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine the location and quantity of parking facilities at
commercial truck stops and travel plazas and public rest
areas that could be used by motor carriers to comply with
Federal hours of service rules. The study shall include an
inventory of current facilities serving the National Highway
System, analyze where shortages exist or are projected to
exist, and propose a plan to reduce the shortages. The study
may be carried out in cooperation with research entities
representing motor carriers, the travel plaza industry, and
commercial motor vehicle drivers.
(b) Report.--Not later than the 3 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of the study with any
recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate as a
result of the study.
(c) Funding.--From amounts set aside under section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001, the Secretary may use not to exceed
$500,000 per fiscal year to carry out this section.
SEC. 4028. QUALIFICATIONS OF FOREIGN MOTOR CARRIERS.
(a) Review.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review--
(1) the qualifications of any foreign motor carrier, the
application for which has not been processed due to the
moratorium on the granting of authority to foreign carriers
to operate in the United States, to operate as a motor
carrier in the United States; and
(2) the carrier's likely ability to comply with applicable
laws and regulations of the United States.
(b) Use of Review.--The review conducted under subsection
(a) shall not constitute a finding by the Secretary under
section 13902 of title 49, United States Code, that a motor
carrier is willing and able to comply with requirements of
such section. The results of the review may be used by the
Secretary as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report on
the results of the review to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives. The report shall include--
(1) any findings made by the Secretary under subsection
(a);
(2) information on which carriers have applied to the
Department of Transportation under that section; and
(3) a description of the process utilized to respond to
such applications and to review the safety fitness of those
carriers.
SEC. 4029. FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY INSPECTORS.
The Department of Transportation shall maintain at least
the number of Federal motor carrier safety inspectors for
international border
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commercial vehicle inspections as in effect on September 30,
1997, or provide for alternative resources and mechanisms to
ensure at least an equivalent level of commercial motor
vehicle safety inspections. Such funds as are necessary to
carry out this section shall be made available within the
limitation on general operating expenses of the Department of
Transportation.
SEC. 4030. SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 3 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter
into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct, subject to the
availability of appropriations, a study of the safety issues
attendant to the transportation of school children to and
from school and school-related activities by various
transportation modes.
(b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement under subsection (a)
shall provide that--
(1) the Transportation Research Board, in conducting the
study, shall consider--
(A) in consultation with the National Transportation Safety
Board, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and other
relevant entities, available crash injury data;
(B) vehicle design and driver training requirements,
routing, and operational factors that affect safety; and
(C) other factors that the Secretary considers to be
appropriate;
(2) if the data referred to in paragraph (1)(A) is
unavailable or insufficient, the Transportation Research
Board shall recommend a new data collection regimen and
implementation guidelines; and
(3) a panel shall conduct the study and shall include--
(A) representatives of--
(i) highway safety organizations;
(ii) school transportation;
(iii) mass transportation operators;
(iv) employee organizations; and
(v) bicycling organizations;
(B) academic and policy analysts; and
(C) other interested parties.
(c) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the Secretary
enters into an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report that contains the results of the
study.
(d) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Department of Transportation to carry out this section
$200,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $200,000 for fiscal year
2001. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 4031. DESIGNATION OF NEW MEXICO COMMERCIAL ZONE.
(a) General Rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of
section 13902(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, the
New Mexico Commercial Zone shall be a commercial zone for
purposes of transportation of property only under section
13506(b) of such title.
(b) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall consult with other Federal agencies that have
responsibilities over traffic between the United States and
Mexico.
(c) Submission of Plan.--Not later than 3 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the State of New Mexico shall
submit to the Secretary a plan describing how the State will
monitor commercial motor vehicle traffic and enforce safety
regulations.
(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section shall
affect any action commenced or pending before the Secretary
or Surface Transportation Board before the date of enactment
of this Act.
(e) New Mexico Commercial Zone Defined.--In this section,
the term ``New Mexico Commercial Zone'' means the area that
is comprised of Dona Ana County and Luna County in New
Mexico.
(f) Designation.--The designation and operation of the New
Mexico commercial zone shall become effective upon the date
of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4032. EFFECTS OF MCSAP GRANT REDUCTIONS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the
effects of reductions of grants under section 31102 of title
49, United States Code, due to nonconformity of State
intrastate motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver requirements with Federal interstate requirements. In
conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider, at a
minimum--
(1) national uniformity and the purposes of the motor
carrier safety assistance program;
(2) State motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and
driver safety oversight and enforcement capabilities; and
(3) the safety impacts, costs, and benefits of full
participation in the program.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report on the results of the study.
(c) Adjustment of State Allocations.--The Secretary is
authorized to adjust State allocations under section 31103 of
title 49, United States Code, to reflect the results of the
study.
TITLE V--TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Subtitle A--Funding
SEC. 5001. 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.--For carrying out
sections 502, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States
Code, and section 5112 of this Act $96,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998, $97,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $97,000,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $98,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$101,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $103,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003.
(2) Technology deployment program.--To carry out section
503 of title 23, United States Code, $35,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $40,000,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2003.
(3) Training and education.--For carrying out section 504
of title 23, United States Code, $14,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $16,000,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $20,000,000 for fiscal
year 2003.
(4) 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 each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003.
(5) ITS standards, research, operational tests, and
development.--For carrying out sections 5204, 5205, 5206, and
5207 of this Act $95,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$95,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $98,200,000 for fiscal year
2000, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $105,000,000 for
fiscal year 2002, $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(6) ITS deployment.--For carrying out sections 5208 and
5209 of this Act $101,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$105,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $113,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000, $118,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $120,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, and $122,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(7) University transportation research.--For carrying out
section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, $31,150,000 for
fiscal year 1998, $31,150,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$32,750,000 for fiscal year 2000, $32,750,000 for fiscal year
2001, $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $32,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003.
(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 80 percent
(unless otherwise expressly provided by this subtitle or
otherwise determined by the Secretary with respect to a
project of activity) and such funds shall remain available
until expended.
(c) Allocations.--
(1) Surface transportation research.--Of the amounts made
available under subsection (a)(1)--
(A) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003
shall be available to carry out section 502(e) of title 23,
United States Code (relating to long-term pavement
performance);
(B) not to exceed $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
through 2003 shall be available to carry out section 502(f)
of such title (relating to seismic research), of which not to
exceed $2,500,000 may be used to upgrade earthquake
simulation facilities as required to carry out the program;
(C) $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003
shall be available to carry out section 506 of such title
(relating to international outreach); and
(D) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003
to carry out research on improved methods of using concrete
pavement in the construction, reconstruction, and repair of
Federal-aid highways.
(2) Technology deployment.--Of the amounts made available
under subsection (a)(2)--
(A) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003
shall be available to carry out section 503(b)(3)(A)(i) of
title 23, United States Code (relating to research
development technology transfer activities); and
(B) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $15,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 shall
be available to carry out section 503(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such
title (relating to repair, rehabilitation, and construction).
(3) Training and education.--Of the amounts made available
under subsection (a)(3)--
(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $6,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be available to carry
out section 504(a) of title 23, United States Code (relating
to the National Highway Institute);
(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $7,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $9,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be available to carry
out section 504(b) of such title (relating to local technical
assistance); and
(C) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003
shall be available to carry out section 504(c)(2) of such
title (relating to the Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Program).
(4) ITS deployment.--Of the amounts made available under
subsection (a)(6)--
(A) $74,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $75,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$83,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $85,000,000 for fiscal year
2002, and $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be available
to carry out section 5208 of this Act (relating to
Intelligent Transportation Systems integration); and
(B) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 1998, $27,200,000 for
fiscal year 1999, $30,200,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$32,200,000 for fiscal year 2001, $33,500,000 for fiscal year
2002, and $35,500,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be available
to carry out section 5209 of this Act (relating to commercial
vehicle infrastructure).
(d) Transfers of Funds.--The Secretary may transfer not to
exceed 10 percent of the amounts allocated in a fiscal year
under a subparagraph in each of paragraphs (1) through (4) of
subsection (c) to the amounts allocated under any other
subparagraph in the paragraph.
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SEC. 5002. 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 section
5001(a) of this Act shall not exceed $403,150,000 for fiscal
year 1998, $409,150,000 for fiscal year 1999, $427,950,000
for fiscal year 2000, $442,750,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$453,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $468,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003.
SEC. 5003. NOTICE.
(a) Notice of Reprogramming.--If any funds authorized for
carrying out this title or the amendments made by this title
are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to
be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action
shall concurrently be provided to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate.
(b) Notice of Reorganization.--On or before the 15th day
preceding the date of any major reorganization of a program,
project, or activity of the Department of Transportation for
which funds are authorized by this title or the amendments
made by this title, the Secretary shall provide notice of
such reorganization to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure and the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate.
Subtitle B--Research and Technology
SEC. 5101. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
Title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the table of chapters by adding at the end the
following:
``5. Research and Technology.................................501'';....
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 5--RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
``Sec.
``501. Definitions.
``502. Surface transportation research.
``503. Technology deployment program.
``504. Training and education.
``505. State planning and research.
``506. International highway transportation outreach program.
``507. Surface transportation-environment cooperative research program.
``508. Surface transportation research strategic planning.
``Sec. 501. Definitions
``In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Federal laboratory.--The term `Federal laboratory'
includes a Government-owned, Government-operated laboratory
and a Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory.
``(2) Safety.--The term `safety' includes highway and
traffic safety systems, research, and development relating to
vehicle, highway, driver, passenger, bicyclist, and
pedestrian characteristics, accident investigations,
communications, emergency medical care, and transportation of
the injured.''.
SEC. 5102. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 502. Surface transportation research
``(a) General Authority.--
``(1) Research, development, and technology transfer
activities.--The Secretary may carry out research,
development, and technology transfer activities with respect
to--
``(A) motor carrier transportation;
``(B) all phases of transportation planning and development
(including construction, operation, modernization,
development, design, maintenance, safety, financing, and
traffic conditions); and
``(C) the effect of State laws on the activities described
in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
``(2) Tests and development.--The Secretary may test,
develop, or assist in testing and developing any material,
invention, patented article, or process.
``(3) Cooperation, grants, and contracts.--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, the
National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials, or any Federal
laboratory, State agency, authority, association,
institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation,
organization, foreign country, or person.
``(4) Technological innovation.--The programs and
activities carried out under this section shall be consistent
with the surface transportation research and technology
development strategic plan developed under section 508.
``(5) Funds.--
``(A) Special account.--In addition to other funds made
available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use
such funds as may be deposited by any cooperating
organization or person in a special account of the Treasury
established for this purpose.
``(B) Use of funds.--The Secretary shall use funds made
available to carry out this section to develop, administer,
communicate, and promote the use of products of research,
development, and technology transfer programs under this
section.
``(b) Collaborative Research and Development.--
``(1) In general.--To encourage innovative solutions to
surface transportation problems and stimulate the deployment
of new 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, sole
proprietorships, and trade associations that are incorporated
or established under the laws of any State; and
``(B) Federal laboratories.
``(2) 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) Federal share.--
``(A) In general.--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, the Secretary may
approve a greater Federal share.
``(B) Non-federal share.--All costs directly incurred by
the non-Federal partners, including personnel, travel, and
hardware 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.).
``(5) Waiver of advertising requirements.--Section 3709 of
the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to a
contract or agreement entered into under this chapter.
``(c) Contents of Research Program.--The Secretary shall
include in surface transportation research, technology
development, and technology transfer programs carried out
under this title coordinated activities in the following
areas:
``(1) Development, use, and dissemination of indicators,
including appropriate computer programs for collecting and
analyzing data on the status of infrastructure facilities, to
measure the performance of the surface transportation systems
of the United States, including productivity, efficiency,
energy use, air quality, congestion, safety, maintenance, and
other factors that reflect system performance.
``(2) Methods, materials, and testing to improve the
durability of surface transportation infrastructure
facilities and extend the life of bridge structures,
including--
``(A) new and innovative technologies to reduce corrosion;
``(B) tests simulating seismic activity, vibration, and
weather; and
``(C) the use of innovative recycled materials.
``(3) Technologies and practices that reduce costs and
minimize disruptions associated with the construction,
rehabilitation, and maintenance of surface transportation
systems, including responses to natural disasters.
``(4) Development of nondestructive evaluation equipment
for use with existing infrastructure facilities and with
next-generation infrastructure facilities that use advanced
materials.
``(5) Dynamic simulation models of surface transportation
systems for--
``(A) predicting capacity, safety, and infrastructure
durability problems;
``(B) evaluating planned research projects; and
``(C) testing the strengths and weaknesses of proposed
revisions to surface transportation operations programs.
``(6) Economic highway geometrics, structures, and
desirable weight and size standards for vehicles using the
public highways and the feasibility of uniformity in State
regulations with respect to such standards.
``(7) Telecommuting and the linkages between
transportation, information technology, and community
development and the impact of technological change and
economic restructuring on travel demand.
``(8) Expansion of knowledge of implementing life cycle
cost analysis, including--
``(A) establishing the appropriate analysis period and
discount rates;
``(B) learning how to value and properly consider use
costs;
``(C) determining tradeoffs between reconstruction and
rehabilitation; and
``(D) establishing methodologies for balancing higher
initial costs of new technologies and improved or advanced
materials against lower maintenance costs.
``(9) Standardized estimates, to be developed in
conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and other appropriate organizations, of useful
life under various conditions for advanced materials of use
in surface transportation.
``(10) Evaluation of traffic calming measures that promote
community preservation, transportation mode choice, and
safety.
``(11) Development and implementation of safety-enhancing
equipment, including unobtrusive eyetracking technology.
``(d) Advanced Research.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an
advanced research program, consistent with the surface
transportation research and technology development strategic
plan developed under section 508, that addresses longer-term,
higher-risk research that shows potential benefits for
improving the durability, efficiency, environmental impact,
productivity, and safety (including bicycle and pedestrian
safety) of highway and intermodal transportation systems. In
carrying out the program, the Secretary shall
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strive to develop partnerships with the public and private
sectors.
``(2) Research areas.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative
agreements and contracts in such areas 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) Diagnostics for evaluation of the condition of bridge
and pavement structures to enable the assessment of risks of
failure, including from seismic activity, vibration, and
weather.
``(C) Design and construction details for composite
structures.
``(D) Safety technology-based problems in the areas of
pedestrian and bicycle safety, roadside hazards, and
composite materials for roadside safety hardware.
``(E) Environmental research, including particulate matter
source apportionment and model development.
``(F) Data acquisition techniques for system condition and
performance monitoring.
``(G) Human factors, including prediction of the response
of travelers to new technologies.
``(e) Long-Term Pavement Performance Program.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall complete the long-
term pavement performance program tests initiated under the
strategic highway research program established under section
307(d) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment
of this section) and continued by the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914 et
seq.) through the midpoint of a planned 20-year life of the
long-term pavement 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 highway test
sections in existence as of the date of the grant, agreement,
or contract;
``(B) analyze the data obtained in carrying out
subparagraph (A); and
``(C) prepare products to fulfill program objectives and
meet future pavement technology needs.
``(f) Seismic Research Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a
program to study the vulnerability of the Federal-aid highway
system and other surface transportation systems to seismic
activity and to develop and implement cost-effective methods
to reduce such vulnerability.
``(2) Cooperation with national center for earthquake
engineering research.--The Secretary shall conduct the
program in cooperation with the National Center for
Earthquake Engineering Research at the University of Buffalo.
``(3) Cooperation with agencies participating in national
earthquake hazards reduction program.--The Secretary shall
conduct the program in consultation and cooperation with
Federal departments and agencies participating in the
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program established by
section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42
U.S.C. 7704) and shall take such actions as may be necessary
to ensure that the program is consistent with--
``(A) planning and coordination activities of the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under section
5(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(1)); and
``(B) the plan developed by the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency under section 8(b) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 7705b(b)).
``(g) Infrastructure Investment Needs Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than January 31, 1999, and
January 31 of every second year thereafter, the Secretary
shall report to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on--
``(A) estimates of the future highway and bridge needs of
the United States; and
``(B) the backlog of current highway and bridge needs.
``(2) Comparison with prior reports.--Each report under
paragraph (1) shall provide the means, including all
necessary information, to relate and compare the conditions
and service measures used in the 3 biannual reports published
prior to the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century.''.
SEC. 5103. TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 503. Technology deployment
``(a) Technology Deployment Initiatives and Partnerships
Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall develop and
administer a national technology deployment initiatives and
partnerships program.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to
significantly accelerate the adoption of innovative
technologies by the surface transportation community.
``(3) Deployment goals.--
``(A) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
establish not more than 5 deployment goals to carry out
paragraph (1).
``(B) Design.--Each of the goals and the program developed
to achieve the goals shall be designed to provide tangible
benefits, with respect to transportation systems, in the
areas of efficiency, safety, reliability, service life,
environmental protection, and sustainability.
``(C) Strategies for achievement.--For each goal, the
Secretary, in cooperation with representatives of the
transportation community such as States, local governments,
the private sector, and academia, shall use domestic and
international technology to develop strategies and
initiatives to achieve the goal, including technical
assistance in deploying technology and mechanisms for sharing
information among program participants.
``(4) Integration with other programs.--The Secretary shall
integrate activities carried out under this subsection with
the efforts of the Secretary to disseminate the results of
research sponsored by the Secretary and to facilitate
technology transfer.
``(5) Leveraging of federal resources.--In selecting
projects to be carried out under this subsection, the
Secretary shall give preference to projects that leverage
Federal funds with other significant public or private
resources.
``(6) Continuation of shrp partnerships.--Under the
program, the Secretary shall continue the partnerships
established through the strategic highway research program
established under section 307(d) (as in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this section).
``(7) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--Under
the program, the Secretary may make grants and enter into
cooperative agreements and contracts to foster alliances and
support efforts to stimulate advances in transportation
technology, including--
``(A) the testing and evaluation of products of the
strategic highway research program;
``(B) the further development and implementation of
technology in areas such as the Superpave system and the use
of lithium salts and other alternatives to prevent and
mitigate alkali silica reactivity;
``(C) the provision of support for long-term pavement
performance product implementation and technology access; and
``(D) other activities to achieve the goals established
under paragraph (3).
``(8) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report on the progress and results of
activities carried out under this section.
``(9) Allocation.--To the extent appropriate to achieve the
goals established under paragraph (3), the Secretary may
further allocate funds made available to carry out this
section to States for their use.
``(b) Innovative Bridge Research and Construction
Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry
out a program to demonstrate the application of innovative
material technology in the construction of bridges and other
structures.
``(2) Goals.--The goals of the program shall include--
``(A) the development of new, cost-effective innovative
material highway bridge applications;
``(B) the reduction of maintenance costs and life-cycle
costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction,
replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges;
``(C) the development of construction techniques to
increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic
congestion;
``(D) the development of engineering design criteria for
innovative products and materials for use in highway bridges
and structures;
``(E) the development of cost-effective and innovative
techniques to separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic from
railroad traffic;
``(F) the development of highway bridges and structures
that will withstand natural disasters, including alternative
processes for the seismic retrofit of bridges; and
``(G) the development of new nondestructive bridge
evaluation technologies and techniques.
``(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--
``(i) 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 concerning
innovative materials; and
``(ii) States to pay the Federal share of the cost of
repair, rehabilitation, replacement, and new construction of
bridges or structures that demonstrate the application of
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 the
applications based on whether the project that is the subject
of the grant 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.
``(5) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
project under this section shall be determined by the
Secretary.''.
SEC. 5104. TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 504. Training and education
``(a) National Highway Institute.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate in the
Federal Highway Administration a National Highway Institute
(in this subsection referred to as the `Institute'). The
Secretary shall administer, through the Institute, the
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vested in the Secretary by this title or by any other law for
the development and conduct of education and training
programs relating to highways.
``(2) Duties of the institute.--In cooperation with State
transportation departments, United States industry, and any
national or international entity, the Institute shall develop
and administer education and training programs of instruction
for--
``(A) Federal Highway Administration, State, and local
transportation agency employees;
``(B) regional, State, and metropolitan planning
organizations;
``(C) State and local police, public safety, and motor
vehicle employees; and
``(D) United States citizens and foreign nationals engaged
or to be engaged in surface transportation work of interest
to the United States.
``(3) Courses.--The Institute may develop and administer
courses in modern developments, techniques, methods,
regulations, management, and procedures relating to surface
transportation, environmental mitigation and compliance,
acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation assistance,
engineering, safety, construction, maintenance and
operations, contract administration, motor carrier safety
activities, inspection, and highway finance.
``(4) Set-aside; federal share.--Not to exceed \1/2\ of 1
percent of the funds apportioned to a State under section
104(b)(3) for the surface transportation program shall be
available for expenditure by the State transportation
department for the payment of not to exceed 80 percent of the
cost of tuition and direct educational expenses (excluding
salaries) in connection with the education and training of
employees of State and local transportation agencies in
accordance with this subsection.
``(5) Federal responsibility.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
education and training of employees of Federal, State, and
local transportation (including highway) agencies authorized
under this subsection may be provided--
``(i) by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local
governments if the Secretary determines that provision at no
cost is in the public interest; or
``(ii) by the State through grants, cooperative agreements,
and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions,
individuals, and the Institute.
``(B) Payment of full cost by private persons.--Private
agencies, international or foreign entities, and individuals
shall pay the full cost of any education and training
received by them unless the Secretary determines that a lower
cost is of critical importance to the public interest.
``(6) Training fellowships; cooperation.--The Institute
may--
``(A) engage in training activities authorized under this
subsection, including the granting of training fellowships;
and
``(B) carry out its authority independently or in
cooperation with any other branch of the Federal Government
or any State agency, authority, association, institution,
for-profit or nonprofit corporation, other national or
international entity, or other person.
``(7) Collection of fees.--
``(A) General rule.--In accordance with this subsection,
the Institute may assess and collect fees solely to defray
the costs of the Institute in developing or administering
education and training programs under this subsection.
``(B) Limitation.--Fees may be assessed and collected under
this subsection only in a manner that may reasonably be
expected to result in the collection of fees during any
fiscal year in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the
aggregate amount of the costs referred to in subparagraph (A)
for the fiscal year.
``(C) Persons subject to fees.--Fees may be assessed and
collected under this subsection only with respect to--
``(i) persons and entities for whom education or training
programs are developed or administered under this subsection;
and
``(ii) persons and entities to whom education or training
is provided under this subsection.
``(D) Amount of fees.--The fees assessed and collected
under this subsection shall be established in a manner that
ensures that the liability of any person or entity for a fee
is reasonably based on the proportion of the costs referred
to in subparagraph (A) that relate to the person or entity.
``(E) Use.--All fees collected under this subsection shall
be used to defray costs associated with the development or
administration of education and training programs authorized
under this subsection.
``(8) Relation to fees.--The funds made available to carry
out this subsection may be combined with or held separate
from the fees collected under paragraph (7).
``(b) Local Technical Assistance Program.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall carry out a local
technical assistance program that will provide access to
surface transportation technology to--
``(A) highway and transportation agencies in urbanized
areas with populations of between 50,000 and 1,000,000
individuals;
``(B) highway and transportation agencies in rural areas;
and
``(C) contractors that do work for the agencies.
``(2) Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.--The
Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative
agreements and contracts to provide education and training,
technical assistance, and related support services to--
``(A) assist rural, local transportation agencies and
tribal governments, and the consultants and construction
personnel working for the agencies and governments, to--
``(i) develop and expand their expertise in road and
transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete
structures, safety management systems, and traffic safety
countermeasures);
``(ii) improve roads and bridges;
``(iii) enhance--
``(I) programs for the movement of passengers and freight;
and
``(II) intergovernmental transportation planning and
project selection; and
``(iv) deal effectively with special transportation-related
problems by preparing and providing training packages,
manuals, guidelines, and technical resource materials;
``(B) develop technical assistance for tourism and
recreational travel;
``(C) identify, package, and deliver transportation
technology and traffic safety information to local
jurisdictions to assist urban transportation agencies in
developing and expanding their ability to deal effectively
with transportation-related problems;
``(D) operate, in cooperation with State transportation
departments and universities--
``(i) local technical assistance program centers designated
to provide transportation technology transfer services to
rural areas and to urbanized areas with populations of
between 50,000 and 1,000,000 individuals; and
``(ii) local technical assistance program centers
designated to provide transportation technical assistance to
Indian tribal governments; and
``(E) allow local transportation agencies and tribal
governments, in cooperation with the private sector, to
enhance new technology implementation.
``(c) Research Fellowships.--
``(1) General authority.--The Secretary, acting either
independently or in cooperation with other Federal
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, may make grants
for research fellowships for any purpose for which research
is authorized by this chapter.
``(2) Dwight david eisenhower transportation fellowship
program.--The Secretary shall establish and implement a
transportation research fellowship program for the purpose of
attracting qualified students to the field of transportation.
The program shall be known as the `Dwight David Eisenhower
Transportation Fellowship Program'.''.
SEC. 5105. STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 505. State planning and research
``(a) General Rule.--Two percent of the sums apportioned to
a State for fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter
under section 104 (other than sections 104(f) and 104(h)) and
under section 144 shall be available for expenditure by the
State, in consultation with the Secretary, only for the
following purposes:
``(1) Engineering and economic surveys and investigations.
``(2) The planning of future highway programs and local
public transportation systems and the planning of the
financing of such programs and systems, including
metropolitan and statewide planning under sections 134 and
135.
``(3) Development and implementation of management systems
under section 303.
``(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of
surface transportation systems and the desirable regulation
and equitable taxation of such systems.
``(5) Research, development, and technology transfer
activities necessary in connection with the planning, design,
construction, management, and maintenance of highway,
public transportation, and intermodal transportation
systems.
``(6) Study, research, and training on the engineering
standards and construction materials for transportation
systems described in paragraph (5), including the evaluation
and accreditation of inspection and testing and the
regulation and taxation of their use.
``(b) Minimum Expenditures on Research, Development, and
Technology Transfer Activities.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not less than
25 percent of the funds subject to subsection (a) that are
apportioned to a State for a fiscal year shall be expended by
the State for research, development, and technology transfer
activities described in subsection (a), relating to highway,
public transportation, and intermodal transportation systems.
``(2) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive the application of
paragraph (1) with respect to a State for a fiscal year if
the State certifies to the Secretary for the fiscal year that
total expenditures by the State for transportation planning
under sections 134 and 135 will exceed 75 percent of the
funds described in paragraph (1) and the Secretary accepts
such certification.
``(3) Nonapplicability of assessment.--Funds expended under
paragraph (1) shall not be considered to be part of the
extramural budget of the agency for the purpose of section 9
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
``(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
project carried out using funds subject to subsection (a)
shall be 80 percent unless the Secretary determines that the
interests of the Federal-aid highway program would be best
served by decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share.
``(d) Administration of Sums.--Funds subject to subsection
(a) shall be combined and administered by the Secretary as a
single fund and shall be available for obligation for the
same period as funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1).''.
SEC. 5106. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OUTREACH
PROGRAM.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
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``Sec. 506. International highway transportation outreach
program
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish an
international highway transportation outreach program--
``(1) to inform the United States highway community of
technological innovations in foreign countries that could
significantly improve highway transportation in the United
States;
``(2) to promote United States highway transportation
expertise, goods, and services in foreign countries; and
``(3) to increase transfers of United States highway
transportation technology to foreign countries.
``(b) Activities.--Activities carried out under the program
may include--
``(1) development, monitoring, assessment, and
dissemination in the United States of information about
highway transportation innovations in foreign countries that
could significantly improve highway transportation in the
United States;
``(2) research, development, demonstration, training, and
other forms of technology transfer and exchange;
``(3) informing foreign countries about the technical
quality of United States highway transportation goods and
services through participation in trade shows, seminars,
expositions, and other such activities;
``(4) offering technical services of the Federal Highway
Administration that cannot be readily obtained from United
States private sector firms to be incorporated into the
proposals of United States private sector firms undertaking
highway transportation projects outside the United States if
the costs of such services will be recovered under the terms
of the project;
``(5) conducting studies to assess the need for or
feasibility of highway transportation improvements in
countries that are not members of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, as of December 18,
1991, and in Greece and Turkey; and
``(6) gathering and disseminating information on foreign
transportation markets and industries.
``(c) Cooperation.--The Secretary may carry out this
section in cooperation with any appropriate Federal agency,
State or local agency, authority, association, institution,
corporation (profit or nonprofit), foreign government,
multinational institution, or other organization or person.
``(d) Funds.--
``(1) Contributions.--Funds available to carry out this
section shall include funds deposited by any cooperating
organization or person into a special account of the Treasury
established for this purpose.
``(2) Eligible uses of funds.--The funds deposited into the
account and other funds available to carry out this section
shall be available to cover the cost of any activity eligible
under this section, including the cost of promotional
materials, travel, reception and representation expenses, and
salaries and benefits.
``(3) Reimbursements for salaries and benefits.--
Reimbursements for salaries and benefits of Department of
Transportation employees providing services under this
section shall be credited to the account.
``(e) Eligible Use of State Planning and Research Funds.--A
State, in coordination with the Secretary, may obligate funds
made available to carry out section 505 for any activity
authorized under subsection (a).''.
SEC. 5107. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION-ENVIRONMENT COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 507. Surface transportation-environment cooperative
research program
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and carry
out a surface transportation-environment cooperative research
program.
``(b) Contents.--The program to be carried out under this
section shall include research designed--
``(1) to develop more accurate models for evaluating
transportation control measures and transportation system
designs that are appropriate for use by State and local
governments, including metropolitan planning organizations,
in designing implementation plans to meet Federal, State, and
local environmental requirements;
``(2) to improve understanding of the factors that
contribute to the demand for transportation, including
transportation system design, demographic change, land use
planning, and communications and other information
technologies;
``(3) to develop indicators of economic, social, and
environmental performance of transportation systems to
facilitate analysis of potential alternatives;
``(4) to study the relationship between highway density and
ecosystem integrity, including the impacts of highway density
on habitat integrity and overall ecosystem health, and
develop a rapid assessment methodology for use by
transportation and regulatory agencies in determining the
relationship between highway density and ecosystem integrity;
and
``(5) to meet additional priorities as determined by the
advisory board established under subsection (c), including
recommendations of the National Research Council in the
report entitled `Environmental Research Needs in
Transportation'.
``(c) Advisory Board.--
``(1) Establishment.--In consultation with the Secretary of
Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the heads of other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, the Secretary shall establish an
advisory board to recommend environmental and energy
conservation research, technology, and technology transfer
activities related to surface transportation.
``(2) Membership.--The advisory board shall include--
``(A) representatives of State transportation and
environmental agencies;
``(B) transportation and environmental scientists and
engineers; and
``(C) representatives of metropolitan planning
organizations, transit operating agencies, and environmental
organizations.
``(d) National Academy of Sciences.--The Secretary may make
grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the
National Academy of Sciences to carry out such activities
relating to the research, technology, and technology transfer
activities described in subsection (b) as the Secretary
determines appropriate.''.
SEC. 5108. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH STRATEGIC
PLANNING.
Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code (as added by
section 5101 of this title), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``Sec. 508. Surface transportation research strategic
planning
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) establish a strategic planning process, consistent
with section 306 of title 5 for the Department of
Transportation to determine national transportation research
and technology development priorities related to surface
transportation;
``(2) coordinate Federal surface transportation research
and technology development activities;
``(3) measure the results of those activities and how they
impact the performance of the surface transportation systems
of the United States; and
``(4) ensure that planning and reporting activities carried
out under this section are coordinated with all other surface
transportation planning and reporting requirements.
``(b) Implementation.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) provide for the integrated planning, coordination,
and consultation among the operating administrations of the
Department of Transportation, all other Federal agencies with
responsibility for surface transportation research and
technology development, State and local governments,
institutions of higher education, industry, and other private
and public sector organizations engaged in surface
transportation-related research and development activities;
``(2) ensure that the surface transportation research and
technology development programs of the Department do not
duplicate other Federal, State, or private sector research
and development programs; and
``(3) provide for independent validation of the scientific
and technical assumptions underlying the surface
transportation research and technology development programs
of the Department.
``(c) Surface Transportation Research and Technology
Development Strategic Plan.--
``(1) Development.--The Secretary shall develop an
integrated surface transportation research and technology
development strategic plan.
``(2) Contents.--The plan shall include--
``(A) an identification of the general goals and objectives
of the Department of Transportation for surface
transportation research and development;
``(B) a description of the roles of the Department and
other Federal agencies in achieving the goals identified
under subparagraph (A), in order to avoid unnecessary
duplication of effort;
``(C) a description of the overall strategy of the
Department, and the role of each of the operating
administrations of the Department, in carrying out the plan
over the next 5 years, including a description of procedures
for coordination of the efforts of the Secretary with the
efforts of the operating administrations of the Department
and other Federal agencies;
``(D) an assessment of how State and local research and
technology development activities are contributing to the
achievement of the goals identified under subparagraph (A);
``(E) details of the surface transportation research and
technology development programs of the Department, including
performance goals, resources needed to achieve those goals,
and performance indicators as described in section 1115(a) of
title 31, United States Code, for the next 5 years for each
area of research and technology development;
``(F) significant comments on the plan obtained from
outside sources; and
``(G) responses to significant comments obtained from the
National Research Council and other advisory bodies, and a
description of any corrective actions taken pursuant to such
comments.
``(3) National research council review.--The Secretary
shall enter into an agreement for the review by the National
Research Council of the details of each--
``(A) strategic plan or revision required under section 306
of title 5;
``(B) performance plan required under section 1115 of title
31; and
``(C) program performance report required under section
1116,
with respect to surface transportation research and
technology development.
``(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 results for the previous fiscal year
of surface transportation research and technology development
programs to which the Department of Transportation
contributes, along with--
``(i) an analysis of the relationship between those results
and the goals identified under paragraph (2)(A); and
``(ii) a description of the methodology used for assessing
the results; and
``(B) a description of significant surface transportation
research and technology development
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initiatives, if any, undertaken during the previous fiscal
year that were not in the plan developed under paragraph (1),
and any significant changes in the plan from the previous
year's plan.
``(d) Merit Review and Performance Measurement.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report describing
competitive merit review procedures for use in selecting
grantees and contractors in the programs covered by the plan
developed under subsection (c) and performance measurement
procedures for evaluating the programs.
``(e) Procurement Procedures.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) develop model procurement procedures that encourage
the use of advanced technologies; and
``(2) develop model transactions for carrying out and
coordinating Federal and State surface transportation
research and technology development activities.
``(f) Consistency With Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993.--The plans and reports developed under this
section shall be consistent with and incorporated as part of
the plans developed under section 306 of title 5 and sections
1115 and 1116 of title 31.''.
SEC. 5109. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS.
(a) In General.--Section 111 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4) by striking the second sentence;
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (J) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (K) by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(L) transportation-related variables that influence
global competitiveness.'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in the first sentence by striking ``national
transportation system'' and inserting ``transportation
systems of the United States'';
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) be coordinated with efforts to measure outputs and
outcomes of the Department of Transportation and the
transportation systems of the United States under the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (107 Stat. 285
et seq.) and the amendments made by such Act;''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, made relevant to
the States and metropolitan planning organizations,'' after
``accuracy'';
(C) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the following:
``The Bureau shall review and report to the Secretary of
Transportation on the sources and reliability of the
statistics proposed by the heads of the operating
administrations of the Department to measure outputs and
outcomes as required by the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993, and the amendments made by such Act, and
shall carry out such other reviews of the sources and
reliability of other data collected by the heads of the
operating administrations of the Department as shall be
requested by the Secretary.''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Supporting transportation decisionmaking.--Ensuring
that the statistics compiled under paragraph (1) are relevant
for transportation decisionmaking by the Federal Government,
State and local governments, transportation-related
associations, private businesses, and consumers.'';
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as
subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively;
(4) by striking subsection (g);
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Intermodal Transportation Data Base.--
``(1) In general.--In consultation with the Associate
Deputy Secretary, 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.
``(e) 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)(5).
``(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).
``(f) 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.
``(g) Research and Development Grants.--
``(1) In general.--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--
``(A) investigation of the subjects specified in subsection
(c)(1) and research and development of new methods of data
collection, management, integration, dissemination,
interpretation, and analysis;
``(B) development of electronic clearinghouses of
transportation data and related information, as part of the
National Transportation Library under subsection (e); and
``(C) development and improvement of methods for sharing
geographic data, in support of the national transportation
atlas data base under subsection (f) and the National Spatial
Data Infrastructure developed under Executive Order No.
12906.
``(2) Limitation.--Not more than $500,000 of the amounts
made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year may
be used to carry out this subsection.'';
(6) by striking subsection (i) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3) of this subsection) and inserting the
following:
``(i) Prohibition on Certain Disclosures.--
``(1) In general.--An officer or employee of the Bureau may
not--
``(A) make any disclosure in which the data provided by an
individual or organization under subsection (c)(2) can be
identified;
``(B) use the information provided under subsection (c)(2)
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)(2).
``(2) Prohibition on requests for certain data.--
``(A) Government agencies.--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)(2) with the Bureau or retained by an
individual respondent.
``(B) Courts.--Any 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
proceeding.
``(C) Applicability.--This paragraph shall apply only to
reports that permit information concerning an individual or
organization to be reasonably inferred by direct or indirect
means.
``(3) Data collected for nonstatistical purposes.--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.'';
(7) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of
this subsection) by striking ``On or before January 1, 1994,
and annually thereafter, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Proceeds of Data Product Sales.--Notwithstanding
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, 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.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5503 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as
subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
SEC. 5110. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Sec. 5505. University transportation research
``(a) Regional Centers.--The Secretary of Transportation
shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher
learning to establish and operate 1 university transportation
center in each of the 10 United States Government regions
that comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System.
``(b) Other Centers.--The Secretary shall make grants to
nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and
operate university transportation centers, in addition to the
centers receiving grants under subsection (a), to address
transportation management and research and development
matters, with special attention to increasing the number of
highly skilled individuals entering the field of
transportation.
``(c) Selection of Grant Recipients.--
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``(1) Applications.--In order to be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, a nonprofit institution of higher
learning shall submit to the Secretary an application that is
in such form and contains such information as the Secretary
may require.
``(2) Selection criteria.--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) For regional centers, the location of the center
within the Federal region to be served.
``(B) The demonstrated research and extension resources
available to the recipient to carry out this section.
``(C) The capability of the recipient to provide leadership
in making national and regional contributions to the solution
of immediate and long-range transportation problems.
``(D) The recipient's establishment of a surface
transportation program encompassing several modes of
transportation.
``(E) The recipient's demonstrated commitment of at least
$200,000 in regularly budgeted institutional amounts each
year to support ongoing transportation research and education
programs.
``(F) The recipient's demonstrated ability to disseminate
results of transportation research and education programs
through a statewide or regionwide continuing education
program.
``(G) The strategic plan the recipient proposes to carry
out under the grant.
``(d) Objectives.--Each university transportation center
receiving a grant under this section shall conduct the
following programs and activities:
``(1) Basic and applied research, the products of which are
judged by peers or other experts in the field to advance the
body of knowledge in transportation.
``(2) An education program that includes multidisciplinary
course work and participation in research.
``(3) An ongoing program of technology transfer that makes
research results available to potential users in a form that
can be implemented, utilized, or otherwise applied.
``(e) Maintenance of Effort.--In order to be eligible to
receive a grant under this section, a recipient shall enter
into an agreement with the Secretary to ensure that the
recipient will maintain total expenditures from all other
sources to establish and operate a university transportation
center and related research activities at a level at least
equal to the average level of such expenditures in its 2
fiscal years prior to award of a grant under this section.
``(f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of
activities carried out using a grant made under this section
is 50 percent of costs. The non-Federal share may include
funds provided to a recipient under section 503, 504(b), or
505 of title 23, United States Code.
``(g) Program Coordination.--
``(1) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the
research, education, training, and technology transfer
activities that grant recipients carry out under this
section, disseminate the results of the research, and
establish and operate a clearinghouse.
``(2) Annual review and evaluation.--At least annually and
consistent with the plan developed under section 5506, the
Secretary shall review and evaluate programs the grant
recipients carry out.
``(3) Funding limitation.--The Secretary may use not more
than 1 percent of amounts made available from Government
sources to carry out this subsection.
``(h) Limitation on Availability of Funds.--Funds made
available to carry out this program shall remain available
for obligation for a period of 2 years after the last day of
the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized.
``(i) Number and Amount of Grants.--
``(1) Fiscal years 1998 and 1999.--For each of fiscal years
1998 and 1999, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
``(A) Group a.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in group A.
``(B) Group b.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $300,000 to each of the institutions in group B.
``(C) Group c.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $750,000 to each of the institutions in group C.
``(D) Group d.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in group D.
``(2) Fiscal years 2000 and 2001.--For each of fiscal years
2000 and 2001, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
``(A) Group a.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in group A.
``(B) Group b.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $500,000 to 8 of the institutions in group B.
``(C) Group c.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $750,000 to each of the institutions in group C.
``(D) Group d.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in group D.
``(3) Fiscal years 2002 and 2003.--For each of fiscal years
2002 and 2003, the Secretary shall make the following grants
under this section:
``(A) Group a.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $1,000,000 to each of the institutions in group A.
``(B) Groups b and c.--The Secretary shall make a grant in
the amount of $1,000,000 to 10 of the institutions in groups
B and C that received grants under this section in fiscal
years 2000 and 2001.
``(C) Group d.--The Secretary shall make a grant in the
amount of $2,000,000 to each of the institutions in group D.
``(j) Identification of Groups.--For the purpose of making
grants this section, the following groups are identified:
``(1) Group a.--Group A shall consist of the 10 regional
centers selected under subsection (a).
``(2) Group b.--Group B shall consist of the following:
``(A) The University of Denver and Mississippi State
University.
``(B) The University of Central Florida.
``(C) University of Southern California and California
State University at Long Beach.
``(D) Rutgers University.
``(E) University of Missouri at Rolla.
``(F) South Carolina State University.
``(G) Joseph P. Kennedy Science and Technology Center,
Assumption College, Massachusetts.
``(H) Purdue University.
``(3) Group c.--Group C shall consist of the following:
``(A) University of Arkansas.
``(B) New Jersey Institute of Technology.
``(C) University of Idaho.
``(D) The University of Alabama.
``(E) Morgan State University.
``(F) North Carolina State University.
``(G) San Jose State University.
``(H) University of South Florida.
``(I) North Carolina A. and T. State University.
``(4) Group d.--Group D shall consist of the following:
``(A) University of Minnesota.
``(B) Marshall University, West Virginia, on behalf of a
consortium of West Virginia colleges and universities.
``(C) George Mason University, along with the University of
Virginia and Virginia Tech University.
``(D) Western Transportation Institute.
``(E) Rhode Island Transportation Research Center.
``(F) Northwestern University.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 5504 the
following:
``5505. University transportation research.''.
(c) Repeals.--Section 5316 and 5317 of title 49, United
States Code, and the items relating to such sections in the
analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed.
SEC. 5111. ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 55 of subtitle I
of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 5110
of this Act), is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5506. Advanced vehicle technologies program
``(a) Purposes.--The Secretary of Transportation, in
coordination with other government agencies and private
consortia, shall encourage and promote the research,
development, and deployment of transportation technologies
that will use technological advances in multimodal vehicles,
vehicle components, environmental technologies, and related
infrastructure to remove impediments to an efficient, safe,
and cost-effective national transportation system.
``(b) Definition of Eligible Consortium.--In this section,
the term `eligible consortium' means a consortium that
receives funding under the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396; 106 Stat.
1876), and that comprises 2 or more of the following
entities:
``(1) Businesses incorporated in the United States.
``(2) Public or private educational or research
organizations located in the United States.
``(3) Entities of State or local governments in the United
States.
``(4) Federal laboratories.
``(c) Program.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts,
cooperative agreements, and other transactions as authorized
by section 2371 of title 10 with, and make grants to,
eligible consortia to promote the development and deployment
of innovation in transportation technology services,
management, and operational practices.
``(d) Eligibility Criteria.--To be eligible to receive
assistance under this section, an eligible consortium shall--
``(1) for a period of not less than the 3 years preceding
the date of a contract, cooperative agreement, or other
transaction, be organized on a statewide or multistate basis
for the purpose of designing, developing, and deploying
transportation technologies that address identified
technological impediments in the transportation field;
``(2) facilitate the participation in the consortium of
small- and medium-sized businesses, utilities, public
laboratories and universities, and other relevant entities;
``(3) be actively engaged in transportation technology
projects that address compliance in nonattainment areas under
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
``(4) be designed to use Federal and State funding to
attract private capital in the form of grants or investments
to carry out this section; and
``(5) ensure that at least 50 percent of the funding for
the consortium project will be provided by non-Federal
sources.
``(e) Proposals.--The Secretary shall prescribe such terms
and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate
for the content and structure of proposals submitted for
assistance under this section.
``(f) Reporting Requirements.--At least once 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 on the projects undertaken by the eligible consortia
and the progress made in advancing the purposes of this
section.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003, to remain available until expended.
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``(2) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 118(a), funds
made available under paragraph (1) shall not be available in
advance of an annual appropriation.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 55 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 5505 the following:
``5506. Advanced vehicle technologies program.''.
SEC. 5112. STUDY OF FUTURE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH
PROGRAM.
(a) Study.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make a grant to,
or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with, the
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of
Sciences (in this section referred to as the ``Board'') to
conduct a study to determine the goals, purposes, research
agenda and projects, administrative structure, and fiscal
needs for a new strategic highway research program to replace
the program established under section 307(d) (as in effect on
the day before the date of enactment of this Act), or a
similar effort.
(b) Consultation.--In conducting the study, the Board shall
consult with the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials and such other entities as the Board
determines appropriate to the conduct of the study.
(c) Report.--Not later than 5 years after making a grant or
entering into a cooperative agreement or contract under
subsection (a), the Board shall submit a final report on the
results of the study to the Secretary, the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.
SEC. 5113. 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 Stages.--
(1) First stage.--Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a
national policy for the use of commercial remote sensing
products and spatial information technologies in national
transportation infrastructure development and construction.
(2) Second stage.--After establishment of the national
policy under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop new
applications of commercial remote sensing products and
spatial information technologies for the implementation of
the national policy.
(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) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2004.
SEC. 5114. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM.
With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of
Congress that the Secretary should--
(1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-
related problems in computer systems of the Department of
Transportation to ensure that the systems continue to operate
effectively in the year 2000 and thereafter;
(2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the
operations of the Department of Transportation posed by the
problems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget
for achieving year 2000 compliance for all mission-critical
systems of the Department; and
(3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the
Secretary of Transportation is unable to correct in time.
SEC. 5115. INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAFFIC.
(a) Study.--The Director shall carry out a study--
(1) to measure the ton-miles and value-miles of
international trade traffic carried by highway for each
State;
(2) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of such
measures for use in the formula for highway apportionments;
(3) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the use of
diesel fuel data as a measure of international trade traffic
by State; and
(4) to identify needed improvements in long-term data
collection programs to provide accurate and reliable measures
of international traffic for use in the formula for highway
apportionments.
(b) Basis for Evaluations.--The study shall evaluate the
accuracy and reliability of measures for use as formula
factors based on statistical quality standards developed by
the Bureau in consultation with the Committee on National
Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences.
(c) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives a report on the results of the study
carried out under paragraph (1), including recommendations
for changes in law necessary to implement the identified
needs for improvements in long-term data collection programs.
SEC. 5116. UNIVERSITY GRANTS.
(a) Seismic Research, University of California at San
Diego.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of California at San Diego to upgrade earthquake
simulation facilities at the University.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(1) of this Act, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2002 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(b) Global Climate Research, University of Alabama at
Huntsville.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of Alabama at Huntsville for global climate
research.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(1) of this Act, $200,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(c) Asphalt Research, Auburn University.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to Auburn
University for asphalt research.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(1) of this Act, $250,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 and 2000 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(d) Advanced Vehicle Research, University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa for advanced vehicle
research, including the study of fuel cell and electric
vehicle technology.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $400,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(e) Geothermal Heat Pump Smart Bridge Program, Oklahoma
State University.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to Oklahoma
State University for the purposes of research, development,
and field testing of the Geothermal Heat Pump Smart Bridge
Program.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $500,000 for fiscal year
2001 shall be available to carry out this subsection.
(f) Intelligent Stiffener for Bridge Stress Reduction,
University of Oklahoma.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of Oklahoma, College of Engineering, Center for
Structural Control, for the purposes of research,
development, and field testing of the Intelligent Stiffener
for Bridge Stress Reduction.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be available to
carry out this subsection.
(g) Study of Advanced Trauma Care, University of Alabama at
Birmingham.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
University of Alabama at Birmingham for the study of advanced
trauma care.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $750,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(h) Center for Transportation Injury Research.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to establish
and maintain a center for transportation injury research at
the Calspan University of Buffalo Research Center affiliated
with the State University of New York at Buffalo.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1998 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
(i) Head and Spinal Cord Injury Research.--
(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Neuroscience Center for Excellence at Louisiana State
University and the Virginia Transportation Research Institute
at George Washington University for research and technology
development for preventing and minimizing head and spinal
cord injuries relating to automobile accidents.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under section
5001(a)(2) of this Act, $500,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2003 shall be available to carry out this
subsection.
SEC. 5117. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a
transportation technology innovation and demonstration
program in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(b) Contents of Program.--
(1) Motor vehicle safety warning system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall expand and continue
the study authorized by section 358(c) of the National
Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 401 note;
109 Stat. 625) relating to the development of a motor vehicle
safety warning system and shall conduct tests of such system.
(B) Grants.--In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary
may make grants to State and local governments.
(C) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2000 by section 5001(a)(2) of this
Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(2) Motor carrier advanced sensor control system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
the deployment of a system of advanced sensors and signal
processors in trucks and tractor trailers to determine axle
and wheel alignment, monitor collision alarm, check tire
pressure and tire balance conditions, measure and detect load
distribution in the vehicle, and monitor and adjust automatic
braking systems.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this
Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(3) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.--
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(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to
advance the deployment of an operational intelligent
transportation infrastructure system for the measurement of
various transportation system activities to aid in the
transportation planning and analysis while making a
significant contribution to the ITS program under this title.
This program shall be initiated in the 2 largest metropolitan
areas in the State of Pennsylvania. The program may locate
its database at the facility authorized under paragraph (6).
(B) Description.--The program under this section shall meet
the following objectives:
(i) Build an infrastructure of the measurement of various
transportation system metrics to aid in planning, analysis,
and maintenance of the Department of Transportation,
including the buildout, maintenance, and operation of greater
than 40 metropolitan area systems with a cost not to exceed
$2,000,000 per metropolitan area. For the purposes of this
demonstration initiative, a metropolitan area is defined as
any area that has a population exceeding 300,000 and that
meets several of the criteria established by the Secretary in
conjunction with the intelligent vehicle highway systems
corridors program.
(ii) Provide private technology commercialization
initiatives to generate revenues which will be shared with
local Department of Transportations.
(iii) Collect data primarily through wireless transmission
along with some shared wide area networks.
(iv) Aggregate data into reports for multipoint data
distribution techniques.
(v) Utilize an advanced information system designed and
monitored by an entity with experience with the Department of
Transportation in the design and monitoring of high
reliability, mission critical voice and data systems.
(C) Eligibility.--In addition to the amounts made available
under subparagraph (D), the program authorized under this
paragraph shall be eligible for funding under sections 5207
and 5208 of this Act.
(D) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this
Act, $1,700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(E) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a
program carried out under this paragraph shall be 80 percent
of the cost of such program.
(4) Corrosion control and prevention.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make a grant to
conduct a study on the costs and benefits of corrosion
control and prevention. The study shall be conducted in
conjunction with an interdisciplinary team of experts from
the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, economics, and others,
as appropriate. Not later than September 30, 2001, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study
results, together with any recommendations.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 and 2000 by section 5001(a)(1) of this Act,
$500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this
paragraph.
(5) Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified
asphalts.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to carry out
section 6016 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991. Additional areas of the program under
such section shall be asphalt-water interaction studies and
asphalt-aggregate thin film behavior studies.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1) of this
Act, $3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(6) Advanced Traffic Monitoring and Response Center.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, in conjunction with
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, to establish an
advanced traffic monitoring and emergency response center at
Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The
center shall help develop and coordinate traffic monitoring
and ITS systems on portions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
system and I-81, coordinate emergency response with State and
local governments in the Central Pennsylvania Region and
conduct research on emergency response and prototype trauma
response.
(B) Funding.--
(i) Eligibility under section 5208.--The center established
under this paragraph shall be eligible for funding under
section 5208 of this Act.
(ii) Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this
Act, $1,667,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(7) Transportation economic and land use system.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue development
and deployment through the New Jersey Institute of Technology
to metropolitan planning organizations of the Transportation
Economic and Land Use System.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this
Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(8) Recycled materials resource center.--
(A) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish at the
University of New Hampshire a research program to be known as
the ``Recycled Materials Resource Center'' (referred to in
this paragraph as the ``Center'').
(B) Activities.--
(i) In general.--The Center shall--
(I) systematically test, evaluate, develop appropriate
guidelines for, and demonstrate environmentally acceptable
and occupationally safe technologies and techniques for the
increased use of traditional and nontraditional recycled and
secondary materials in transportation infrastructure
construction and maintenance;
(II) make information available to State transportation
departments, the Federal Highway Administration, the
construction industry, and other interested parties to assist
in evaluating proposals to use traditional and nontraditional
recycled and secondary materials in transportation
infrastructure construction;
(III) encourage the increased use of traditional and
nontraditional recycled and secondary materials by using
sound science to analyze thoroughly all potential long-term
considerations that affect the physical and environmental
performance of the materials; and
(IV) work cooperatively with Federal and State officials to
reduce the institutional barriers that limit widespread use
of traditional and nontraditional recycled and secondary
materials and to ensure that such increased use is consistent
with the sustained environmental and physical integrity of
the infrastructure in which the materials are used.
(ii) Sites and projects under actual field conditions.--In
carrying out clause (i)(III), the Secretary may authorize the
Center to--
(I) use test sites and demonstration projects under actual
field conditions to develop appropriate performance data; and
(II) develop appropriate tests and guidelines to ensure
correct use of recycled and secondary materials in
transportation infrastructure construction.
(C) Review and Evaluation.--
(i) In general.--Not less often than every 2 years, the
Secretary shall review and evaluate the program carried out
by the Center.
(ii) Notification of deficiencies.--In carrying out clause
(i), if the Secretary determines that the Center is deficient
in carrying out subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall notify
the Center of each deficiency and recommend specific measures
to address the deficiency.
(iii) Disqualification.--If, after the end of the 180-day
period that begins on the date of notification to the Center
under clause (ii), the Secretary determines that the Center
has not corrected each deficiency identified under clause
(ii), the Secretary may, after notifying the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives of the determination, disqualify the Center
from further participation under this section.
(D) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1) of this
Act, $1,500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
SEC. 5118. DREXEL UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE
INSTITUTE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the
State of Pennsylvania, shall establish the Intelligent
Infrastructure Institute at Drexel University, Pennsylvania.
The Institute shall conduct research, training, technology
transfer, construction, maintenance, and other activities to
advance infrastructure research.
(b) Funding.--The amounts made available by the item
numbered 315 in the table contained in section 1602 of this
Act shall be available to carry out this section.
(c) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$10,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).
(d) Facility.--Funds made available to carry out this
section may be used to construct a building to house the
Institute.
SEC. 5119. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Section 204(b) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended in the last sentence by striking ``326'' and
inserting ``504(b)''.
(b) Sections 307, 321, 325, and 326 of title 23, United
States Code, are repealed.
(c) The analysis for chapter 3 of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections
307, 321, 325, and 326.
(d) Section 115(a)(1)(A)(i) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``or 307'' and inserting ``or
505''.
(e) Section 151(d) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``section 307(a),'' and inserting
``section 502,''.
(f) Section 106 of Public Law 89-564 (23 U.S.C. 403 note;
80 Stat. 735) is amended in the third sentence by striking
``sections 307 and 403 of title 23, United States Code,'' and
inserting ``section 403 and chapter 5 of title 23, United
States Code,''.
Subtitle C--Intelligent Transportation Systems
SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Intelligent
Transportation Systems Act of 1998''.
SEC. 5202. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) investments authorized by the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914 et
seq.) have demonstrated that intelligent transportation
systems can mitigate surface transportation problems in a
cost-effective manner; and
(2) continued investment in architecture and standards
development, research, and systems integration is needed to
accelerate the rate at which intelligent transportation
systems are incorporated into the national surface
transportation network, thereby improving transportation
safety and efficiency and reducing costs and negative impacts
on communities and the environment.
SEC. 5203. 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;
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(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals,
including the enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles
and nonmotorized vehicles, 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
vehicles, passenger vehicles, and motorcycles, and including
individuals with disabilities; and
(5) improvement of the Nation's ability to respond to
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) develop a workforce capable of developing, operating,
and maintaining intelligent transportation systems; and
(6) complete deployment of Commercial Vehicle Information
Systems and Networks in a majority of States by September 30,
2003.
SEC. 5204. 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 operational
tests and deployment projects 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 United
States private sector, 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,
as appropriate, shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the National
Science Foundation, and the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies.
(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
system 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; and
(B) on request, make that information (except for
proprietary information and data) readily available to all
users of the repository at an appropriate cost.
(2) Delegation of authority.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary may delegate the
responsibility of the Secretary under this subsection, with
continuing oversight by the Secretary, to an appropriate
entity not within the Department of Transportation.
(B) Federal assistance.--If the Secretary delegates the
responsibility, the entity to which the responsibility is
delegated shall be eligible for Federal assistance under this
section.
(h) Advisory Committees.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out this subtitle, the
Secretary may use 1 or more advisory committees.
(2) Applicability of federal advisory committee act.--Any
advisory committee so used shall be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(i) Procurement Methods.--
(1) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall develop
appropriate technical assistance and guidance to assist State
and local agencies in evaluating and selecting appropriate
methods of procurement for intelligent transportation system
projects carried out using funds made available from the
Highway Trust Fund, including innovative and nontraditional
methods such as the Information Technology Omnibus
Procurement.
(2) Intelligent transportation system software.--To the
maximum extent practicable, contracting officials shall use
as a critical evaluation criterion the Software Engineering
Institute's Capability Maturity Model, or another similar
recognized standard risk assessment methodology, to reduce
the cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the
development, management, and integration of intelligent
transportation system software.
(j) Evaluations.--
(1) Guidelines and requirements.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall issue guidelines and
requirements for the 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
evaluator 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 evaluation funding levels
based on the size and scope of each test or project that
ensure adequate evaluation 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
evaluation of any test, deployment project, or program
assessment activity under this subtitle shall not be subject
to chapter 35 of title 44.
SEC. 5205. NATIONAL ITS PROGRAM PLAN.
(a) In General.--
(1) Updates.--The Secretary shall maintain and update, as
necessary, the National ITS Program Plan developed by the
Department of Transportation and the Intelligent
Transportation Society of America.
(2) Scope.--The National ITS Program Plan shall--
(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for the
research and deployment of intelligent transportation systems
in the context of major metropolitan areas, smaller
metropolitan and rural areas, and commercial vehicle
operations;
(B) specify how specific programs and projects will achieve
the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to in
subparagraph (A), including consideration of the 5- and 10-
year timeframes for the goals and objectives;
(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic
development of standards and protocols to promote and ensure
interoperability in the implementation of intelligent
transportation system technologies, including actions taken
to establish critical standards; and
(D) establish a cooperative process with State and local
governments for determining desired surface transportation
system performance levels and developing plans for
incorporation of specific intelligent transportation system
capabilities into surface transportation systems.
(b) Reporting.--The plan described in subsection (a) shall
be transmitted and updated as part of the Surface
Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan
developed under section 508 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5206. 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 may use the services
of such standards development organizations as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
(b) Report on Critical Standards.--Not later than June 1,
1999, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives identifying which
standards are critical to ensuring national interoperability
or critical to the development of other standards and
specifying the status of the development of each standard
identified.
(c) 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, and using, to the extent practicable, the
work product of appropriate standards development
organizations.
(2) Critical standards.--If a standard identified as
critical in the report under subsection (b) is not adopted
and published by the appropriate standards development
organization by January 1, 2001, the Secretary shall
establish a provisional standard after consultation with
affected parties, and using, to the extent practicable, the
work product of appropriate standards development
organizations.
(3) Period of effectiveness.--A provisional standard
established under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published in
the Federal Register and remain in effect until the
appropriate standards development organization adopts and
publishes a standard.
(d) Waiver of Requirement To Establish Provisional
Standard.--
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(1) In general.--The Secretary may waive the requirement
under subsection (c)(2) to establish a provisional standard
if the Secretary determines that additional time would be
productive or that establishment of a provisional standard
would be counterproductive to achieving the timely
achievement of the objectives identified in subsection (a).
(2) Notice.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a notice describing each standard for which a waiver
of the provisional standard requirement has been granted, the
reasons for and effects of granting the waiver, and an
estimate as to when the standard is expected to be adopted
through a process consistent with section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15
U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783).
(3) Withdrawal of waiver.--At any time the Secretary may
withdraw a waiver granted under paragraph (1). Upon such
withdrawal, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a notice describing each standard for which a
waiver has been withdrawn and the reasons for withdrawing
the waiver.
(e) 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 ITS Program Plan under
section 5205 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 subtitle, 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 subtitle.
(f) Spectrum.--The Federal Communications Commission shall
consider, in consultation with the Secretary, spectrum needs
for the operation of intelligent transportation systems,
including spectrum for the dedicated short-range vehicle-to-
wayside wireless standard. Not later than January 1, 2000,
the Federal Communications Commission shall have completed a
rulemaking considering the allocation of spectrum for
intelligent transportation systems.
SEC. 5207. 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) address traffic management, incident management,
transit management, toll collection, traveler information, or
highway operations systems;
(2) focus on crash-avoidance and integration of in-vehicle
crash protection technologies with other on-board safety
systems, including the interaction of air bags and safety
belts;
(3) incorporate human factors research, including the
science of the driving process;
(4) facilitate the integration of intelligent
infrastructure, vehicle, and control technologies, including
magnetic guidance control systems or other materials or
magnetics research; or
(5) incorporate research on the impact of environmental,
weather, and natural conditions on intelligent transportation
systems, including the effects of cold climates.
(c) Operational Tests.--Operational tests conducted under
this section shall be designed for the collection of data to
permit objective evaluation of the results of the tests,
derivation of cost-benefit information that is useful to
others contemplating deployment of similar systems, and
development and implementation of standards.
(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of
operational tests and demonstrations under subsection (a)
shall not exceed 80 percent.
SEC. 5208. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a
comprehensive program to accelerate the integration and
interoperability of intelligent transportation systems in
metropolitan and rural areas. Under the program, the
Secretary shall select for funding, through competitive
solicitation, projects that will serve as models to improve
transportation efficiency, promote 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, or promote
tourism.
(b) Selection of Projects.--Under the program, the
Secretary shall give priority to funding projects that--
(1) contribute to national deployment goals and objectives
outlined in the National ITS Program Plan under section 5205;
(2) demonstrate a strong commitment to 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;
(3) encourage private sector involvement and financial
commitment, to the maximum extent practicable, through
innovative financial arrangements, especially public-private
partnerships, including arrangements that generate revenue to
offset public investment costs;
(4) demonstrate commitment to a comprehensive plan of fully
integrated intelligent transportation system deployment in
accordance with the national architecture and standards and
protocols established under section 5206;
(5) are part of approved plans and programs developed under
applicable statewide and metropolitan transportation planning
processes and applicable State air quality implementation
plans, as appropriate, at the time at which Federal funds are
sought;
(6) minimize the relative percentage and amount of Federal
contributions under this section to total project costs;
(7) ensure continued, long-term operations and maintenance
without continued reliance on Federal funding under this
subtitle, as evidenced by documented evidence of fiscal
capacity and commitment from anticipated public and private
sources;
(8) demonstrate technical capacity for effective operations
and maintenance or commitment to acquiring necessary skills;
(9) mitigate any adverse impacts on bicycle and pedestrian
transportation and safety; or
(10) in the case of a rural area, meet other safety,
mobility, geographic and regional diversity, or economic
development criteria as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Fiscal Year Limitations.--Of the amounts made available
to carry out this section for a fiscal year--
(1) not more that $15,000,000 may be used for projects in a
single metropolitan area;
(2) not more than $2,000,000 may be used for projects in a
single rural area; and
(3) not more than $35,000,000 may be used for projects in a
State.
(d) Funding Limitations.--
(1) Projects in metropolitan areas.--Funding under this
section for intelligent transportation infrastructure
projects in metropolitan areas shall be used primarily for
activities necessary to integrate intelligent transportation
infrastructure elements that are either deployed or to be
deployed with other sources of funds.
(2) Other projects.--For projects outside metropolitan
areas, funding provided under this subtitle may also be used
for installation of intelligent transportation infrastructure
elements.
(e) Funding for Rural Areas.--The Secretary shall allocate
not less than 10 percent of funds authorized by section
5001(c)(4)(A) in rural areas for intelligent transportation
infrastructure deployment activities funded under this
section to carry out intelligent transportation
infrastructure deployment activities in rural areas.
(f) Federal Share.--
(1) Funds made available under this section.--The Federal
share of the cost of a project payable from funds made
available under this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
(2) Funds made available from all federal sources.--The
total Federal share of the cost of a project payable from all
eligible sources (including this section) shall not exceed 80
percent.
(g) Corridor Development and Coordination.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall encourage multistate
cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other arrangements
intended to promote regional cooperation, planning, and
shared project implementation for intelligent transportation
system projects.
(2) Great lakes its implementation.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants under this
subsection to the State of Wisconsin to continue ITS
activities in the corridor serving the Greater Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois, and Gary, Indiana, areas
initiated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 and other areas of the State.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5001(c)(4)(A) of
this Act, $2,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
(3) Northeast its implementation.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants under this
subsection to the States to continue ITS activities in the
Interstate Route I-95 corridor in the northeastern United
States initiated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991.
(B) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5001(c)(4)(A) of
this Act, $5,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to
carry out this paragraph.
SEC. 5209. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a
comprehensive program to deploy intelligent transportation
systems that--
(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 to commercial vehicle
operations,
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including commercial vehicle, commercial driver, and carrier-
specific information systems and networks.
(c) Priority Areas.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
(1) encourage multistate cooperation and corridor
development;
(2)(A) improve the safety of commercial vehicle operations;
and
(B) increase the efficiency of regulatory inspection
processes to reduce administrative burdens by advancing
technology to facilitate inspections and generally increase
the effectiveness of enforcement efforts;
(3)(A) advance electronic processing of registration
information, driver licensing information, fuel tax
information, inspection and crash data, and other safety
information; and
(B) promote communication of the information among the
States; or
(4) enhance the safe passage of commercial vehicles across
the United States and across international borders.
(d) Leveraging of Federal Funds.--Federal funds used to
carry out the program shall, to the maximum extent
practicable--
(1) be leveraged with non-Federal funds; and
(2) be used for activities not carried out through the use
of private funds.
(e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the
project payable from funds made available to carry out this
section shall not exceed 50 percent. The total Federal share
of the cost of the project payable from all eligible sources
shall not exceed 80 percent.
SEC. 5210. USE OF FUNDS.
(a) Outreach and Public Relations Limitation.--
(1) In general.--For each fiscal year, not more than
$5,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this
subtitle shall be used for intelligent transportation system
outreach, public relations, displays, scholarships, tours,
and brochures.
(2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
intelligent transportation system training or the publication
or distribution of research findings, technical guidance, or
similar documents.
(b) Infrastructure Development.--Funds made available to
carry out this subtitle for operational tests and deployment
projects--
(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 transit
infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and
critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent
transportation system project.
(c) Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Financing and Operations
Plan.--The Secretary shall require an applicant for funds
made available under sections 5208 and 5209 to submit to the
Secretary--
(1) an analysis of the life-cycle costs of operation and
maintenance of intelligent transportation system elements, if
the total initial capital costs of the elements exceed
$3,000,000; and
(2) a multiyear financing and operations plan that
describes how the project will be cost-effectively operated
and maintained.
SEC. 5211. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle, 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 support commercial vehicle operations.
(2) Commercial vehicle operations.--The term ``commercial
vehicle operations''--
(A) means motor carrier operations and motor vehicle
regulatory activities associated with the commercial 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) Corridor.--The term ``corridor'' means any major
transportation route that includes parallel limited access
highways, major arterials, or transit lines.
(4) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.--The term
``intelligent transportation infrastructure'' means fully
integrated public sector intelligent transportation system
components, as defined by the Secretary.
(5) 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.
(6) National architecture.--The term ``national
architecture'' means the common framework for
interoperability adopted by the Secretary 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.
(7) 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.
(8) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the
term under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 5212. PROJECT FUNDING.
(a) Use of Hazardous Materials Monitoring Systems.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on
improved methods of deploying and integrating existing ITS
projects to include hazardous materials monitoring systems
across various modes of transportation.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(6) of this
Act, $1,500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry
out this paragraph.
(b) Outreach and Technology Transfer Activities.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to support
the Urban Consortium's ITS outreach and technology transfer
activities.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts made available for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(5) of this
Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
(c) Translink.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to the
Texas Transportation Institute to continue the Translink
Research program.
(2) Funding.--Of the amounts allocated for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2001 by section 5001(a)(6) of this Act,
$1,300,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out
this paragraph.
SEC. 5213. REPEAL.
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 is amended by striking part B of title VI (23 U.S.C. 307
note; 105 Stat. 2189).
TITLE VI--OZONE AND PARTICULATE MATTER STANDARDS
SEC. 6101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) The Congress finds that--
(1) there is a lack of air quality monitoring data for fine
particle levels, measured as PM<INF>2.5</INF>, in the United
States and the States should receive full funding for the
monitoring efforts;
(2) such data would provide a basis for designating areas
as attainment or nonattainment for any PM<INF>2.5</INF>
national ambient air quality standards pursuant to the
standards promulgated in July 1997;
(3) the President of the United States directed the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(referred to in this title as the ``Administrator'') in a
memorandum dated July 16, 1997, to complete the next periodic
review of the particulate matter national ambient air quality
standards by July 2002 in order to determine ``whether to
revise or maintain the standards'';
(4) the Administrator has stated that 3 years of air
quality monitoring data for fine particle levels, measured as
PM<INF>2.5</INF> and performed in accordance with any
applicable Federal reference methods, is appropriate for
designating areas as attainment or nonattainment pursuant to
the July 1997 promulgated standards; and
(5) the Administrator has acknowledged that in drawing
boundaries for attainment and nonattainment areas for the
July 1997 ozone national air quality standards, Governors
would benefit from considering implementation guidance from
EPA on drawing area boundaries.
(b) The purposes of this title are--
(1) to ensure that 3 years of air quality monitoring data
regarding fine particle levels are gathered for use in the
determination of area attainment or nonattainment
designations respecting any PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient
air quality standards;
(2) to ensure that the Governors have adequate time to
consider implementation guidance from EPA on drawing area
boundaries prior to submitting area designations respecting
the July 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standards;
(3) to ensure that the schedule for implementation of the
July 1997 revisions of the ambient air quality standards for
particulate matter and the schedule for the Environmental
Protection Agency's visibility regulations related to
regional haze are consistent with the timetable for
implementation of such particulate matter standards as set
forth in the President's Implementation Memorandum dated July
16, 1997.
SEC. 6102. PARTICULATE MATTER MONITORING PROGRAM.
(a) Through grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall use appropriated funds no later than fiscal year 2000
to fund 100 percent of the cost of the establishment,
purchase, operation and maintenance of a PM<INF>2.5</INF>
monitoring network necessary to implement the national
ambient air quality standards for PM<INF>2.5</INF> under
section 109 of the Clean Air Act. This implementation shall
not result in a diversion or reprogramming of funds from
other Federal, State or local Clean Air Act activities. Any
funds previously diverted or reprogrammed from section 105
Clean Air Act grants for PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitors must be
restored to State or local air programs in fiscal year 1999.
(b) EPA and the States, consistent with their respective
authorities under the Clean Air Act, shall ensure that the
national network (designated in subsection (a)) which
consists of the PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitors necessary to
implement the national ambient air quality standards is
established by December 31, 1999.
(c)(1) The Governors shall be required to submit
designations referred to in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean
Air Act for each area following promulgation of the July 1997
PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standard within
1 year after receipt of 3 years of air quality monitoring
data
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performed in accordance with any applicable Federal reference
methods for the relevant areas. Only data from the monitoring
network designated in subsection (a) and other Federal
reference method PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitors shall be
considered for such designations. Nothing in the previous
sentence shall be construed as affecting the Governor's
authority to designate an area initially as nonattainment,
and the Administrator's authority to promulgate the
designation of an area as nonattainment, under section
107(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act, based on its contribution to
ambient air quality in a nearby nonattainment area.
(2) For any area designated as nonattainment for the July
1997 PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standard
in accordance with the schedule set forth in this section,
notwithstanding the time limit prescribed in paragraph (2) of
section 169B(e) of the Clean Air Act, the Administrator shall
require State implementation plan revisions referred to in
such paragraph (2) to be submitted at the same time as State
implementation plan revisions referred to in section 172 of
the Clean Air Act implementing the revised national ambient
air quality standard for fine particulate matter are required
to be submitted. For any area designated as attainment or
unclassifiable for such standard, the Administrator shall
require the State implementation plan revisions referred to
in such paragraph (2) to be submitted 1 year after the area
has been so designated. The preceding provisions of this
paragraph shall not preclude the implementation of the
agreements and recommendations set forth in the Grand Canyon
Visibility Transport Commission Report dated June 1996.
(d) The Administrator shall promulgate the designations
referred to in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act for
each area following promulgation of the July 1997
PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standard by the
earlier of 1 year after the initial designations required
under subsection (c)(1) are required to be submitted or
December 31, 2005.
(e) The Administrator shall conduct a field study of the
ability of the PM<INF>2.5</INF> Federal Reference Method to
differentiate those particles that are larger than 2.5
micrograms in diameter. This study shall be completed and
provided to the Committee on Commerce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the United States Senate no later than 2 years from
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6103. OZONE DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) The Governors shall be required to submit the
designations referred to in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean
Air Act within 2 years following the promulgation of the July
1997 ozone national ambient air quality standards.
(b) The Administrator shall promulgate final designations
no later than 1 year after the designations required under
subsection (a) are required to be submitted.
SEC. 6104. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
Nothing in sections 6101 through 6103 shall be construed by
the Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency or any
court, State, or person to affect any pending litigation or
to be a ratification of the ozone or PM<INF>2.5</INF>
standards.
TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS
Subtitle A--Automobile Safety and Information
SEC 7101. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration Reauthorization Act of 1998''.
SEC. 7102. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Motor Vehicle Safety Activities.--Section 30104 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 30104. Authorization of appropriations
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$81,200,000 for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration to carry out this part in each fiscal year
beginning in fiscal year 1999 and ending in fiscal year
2001.''.
(b) Motor Vehicle Information Activities.--Section 32102 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 32102. Authorization of appropriations
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$6,200,000 for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration to carry out this part in each fiscal year
beginning in fiscal year 1999 and ending in fiscal year
2001.''.
SEC. 7103. IMPROVING AIR BAG SAFETY.
(a) Rulemaking To Improve Air Bags.--
(1) Notice of proposed rulemaking.--Not later than
September 1, 1998, the Secretary of Transportation shall
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to improve occupant
protection for occupants of different sizes, belted and
unbelted, under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
208, while minimizing the risk to infants, children, and
other occupants from injuries and deaths caused by air bags,
by means that include advanced air bags.
(2) Final rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall complete the rulemaking required by
this subsection by issuing, not later than September 1, 1999,
a final rule with any provision the Secretary deems
appropriate, consistent with paragraph (1) and the
requirements of section 30111, title 49, United States Code.
If the Secretary determines that the final rule cannot be
completed by that date to meet the purposes of paragraph (1),
the Secretary may extend the date for issuing the final rule
to not later than March 1, 2000.
(3) Effective date.--The final rule issued under this
subsection shall become effective in phases as rapidly as
practicable, beginning not earlier than September 1, 2002,
and no sooner than 30 months after the date of the issuance
of the final rule, but not later than September 1, 2003. The
final rule shall become fully effective for all vehicles
identified in section 30127(b), title 49, United States Code,
that are manufactured on and after September 1, 2005. Should
the phase-in of the final rule required by this paragraph
commence on September 1, 2003, then in that event, and only
in that event, the Secretary is authorized to make the final
rule fully effective on September 1, 2006, for all vehicles
that are manufactured on and after that date.
(4) Coordination of effective dates.--The requirements of
S13 of Standard No. 208 shall remain in effect unless and
until changed by the rule required by this subsection.
(5) Credit for early compliance.--To encourage early
compliance, the Secretary is directed to include in the
notice of proposed rulemaking required by paragraph (1) means
by which manufacturers may earn credits for future
compliance. Credits, on a one-vehicle for one-vehicle basis,
may be earned for vehicles certified as being in full
compliance under section 30115 of title 49, United States
Code, with the rule required by paragraph (2) which are
either--
(A) so certified in advance of the phase-in period; or
(B) in excess of the percentage requirements during the
phase-in period.
(b) Advisory Committees.--Any government advisory
committee, task force, or other entity involving air bags
shall include representatives of consumer and safety
organizations, insurers, manufacturers, and suppliers.
SEC. 7104. RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.
(a) Amendment.--Subchapter I of chapter 301 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Sec. 30105. Restriction on lobbying activities
``(a) In General.--No funds appropriated to the Secretary
shall be available for any activity specifically designed to
urge a State or local legislator to favor or oppose the
adoption of any specific legislative proposal pending before
any State or local legislative body.
``(b) Appearance as Witness Not Barred.--Subsection (a)
does not prohibit officers or employees of the United States
from testifying before any State or local legislative body in
response to the invitation of any member of that legislative
body or a State executive office.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in
subchapter I of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``30105. Restriction on lobbying activities.''.
SEC. 7105. ODOMETERS.
(a) Transfers of New Motor Vehicles.--Section 32705(a) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(4)(A) This subsection shall apply to all transfers of
motor vehicles (unless otherwise exempted by the Secretary by
regulation), except in the case of transfers of new motor
vehicles from a vehicle manufacturer jointly to a dealer and
a person engaged in the business of renting or leasing
vehicles for a period of 30 days or less.
``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `new motor
vehicle' means any motor vehicle driven with no more than the
limited use necessary in moving, transporting, or road
testing such vehicle prior to delivery from the vehicle
manufacturer to a dealer, but in no event shall the odometer
reading of such vehicle exceed 300 miles.''.
(b) Exempted Vehicles.--Section 32705(a) of title 49,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) The Secretary may exempt such classes or categories
of vehicles as the Secretary deems appropriate from these
requirements. Until such time as the Secretary amends or
modifies the regulations set forth in 49 CFR 580.6, such
regulations shall have full force and effect.''.
SEC. 7106. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
(a) Remedies for Defects and Noncompliance.--Section
30120(i)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``(including retailers of motor vehicle
equipment)'' after ``dealer'' the first time it appears.
(b) Tires.--Section 30123 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and by
redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f), as subsections
(a), (b), and (c), respectively.
(c) Automatic Occupant Crash Protection and Seat Belt
Use.--Section 30127(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``every 6 months'' and inserting
``annually''.
(d) Miscellaneous.--
(1) Definitions.--
(A) Country of origin.--Section 32304(a)(3)(B) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period
the following: ``, plus the assembly and labor costs incurred
for the final assembly of such engines and transmissions''.
(B) Final assembly place.--Section 32304(a)(5) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended is amended by adding at the
end the following: ``Such term does not include facilities
for engine and transmission fabrication and assembly and the
facilities for fabrication of motor vehicle equipment
component parts which are produced at the same final assembly
place using forming processes such as stamping, machining, or
molding processes.''.
(C) Outside supplier content reporting.--Section
32304(a)(9)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``(A) for an outside supplier--
``(i) the full purchase price of passenger motor vehicle
equipment whose purchase price contains at least 70 percent
value added in the United States and Canada; or
``(ii) that portion of the purchase price of passenger
motor vehicle equipment containing less than 70 percent value
added in the United
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States and Canada that is attributable to the percent value
added in the United States and Canada when such percent is
expressed to the nearest 5 percent; and''.
(2) Country of assembly.--Section 32304(d) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following; ``A manufacturer may add to the label required
under subsection (b) a line stating the country in which
vehicle assembly was completed.''.
(3) Vehicle content percentage by assembly plant.--Section
32304 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (f)
through (i), respectively, and by adding after subsection (b)
the following:
``(c) Vehicle Content Percentage by Assembly Plant.--A
manufacturer may display separately on the label required by
subsection (b) the domestic content of a vehicle based on the
assembly plant. Such display shall occur after the matter
required to be in the label by subsection (b)(1)(A).''.
(4) Suppliers failing to report.--Section 32304 of title
49, United States Code, is amended by adding after subsection
(c), as added by paragraph (3), the following:
``(d) Value Added Determination.--If a manufacturer or
allied supplier requests information in a timely manner from
one or more of its outside suppliers concerning the United
States /Canadian content of particular equipment, but does
not receive that information despite a good faith effort to
obtain it, the manufacturer or allied supplier may make its
own good faith value added determinations, subject to the
following:
``(1) The manufacturer or allied supplier shall make the
same value added determinations as would be made by the
outside supplier, that is, whether 70 percent or more of the
value of equipment is added in the United States and /or
Canada.
``(2) The manufacturer or allied supplier shall consider
the amount of value added and the location in which the value
was added for all of the stages that the outside supplier
would be required to consider.
``(3) The manufacturer or allied supplier may determine
that the value added in the United States and /or Canada is
70 percent or more only if it has a good faith basis to make
that determination.
``(4) A manufacturer and its allied suppliers may, on a
combined basis, make value added determinations for no more
than 10 percent, by value, of a carline's total parts content
from outside suppliers.
``(5) Value added determinations made by a manufacturer or
allied supplier under this paragraph shall have the same
effect as if they were made by the outside supplier.
``(6) This provision does not affect the obligation of
outside suppliers to provide the requested information.''.
(5) Accounting for the value of small parts.--Section 32304
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding after
subsection (d), as added by paragraph (4), the following:
``(e) Small Parts.--The country of origin of nuts, bolts,
clips, screws, pins, braces, gasoline, oil, blackout,
phosphate rinse, windshield washer fluid, fasteners, tire
assembly fluid, rivets, adhesives, and grommets, of any
system, subassembly, or component installed in a vehicle
shall be considered to be the country in which such parts
were included in the final assembly of such vehicle.''.
(e) Study.--The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall conduct a study of the benefits to motor
vehicle drivers of a regulation to require the installation
in a motor vehicle of an interior device to release the trunk
lid. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Administration shall submit a report on the
results of the study to the Committee on Commerce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
SEC. 7107. IMPORTATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SHOW OR DISPLAY.
(a) Importation of Noncomplying Motor Vehicles.--Section
30114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking
``or competitive racing events'' and inserting ``competitive
racing events, show, or display''.
(b) Transition Rule.--A person who is the owner of a motor
vehicle located in the United States on the date of enactment
of this Act may seek an exemption under section 30114 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of
this section, for a period of 6 months after the date
regulations of the Secretary of Transportation promulgated in
response to such amendment take effect.
Subtitle B--Railroads
SEC. 7201. HIGH-SPEED RAIL.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 26104 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsections:
``(d) Fiscal Year 1998.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(e) Fiscal Year 1999.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
1999, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(f) Fiscal Year 2000.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).
``(g) Fiscal Year 2001.--(1) There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, for carrying out section 26101 (including payment of
administrative expenses related thereto).
``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, for carrying out
section 26102 (including payment of administrative expenses
related thereto).''.
(b) Definition.--Section 26105(2) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(2) the term `high-speed rail' means all forms of
nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or
electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service
which is--
``(A) reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more
than 125 miles per hour; and
``(B) made available to members of the general public as
passengers,
but does not include rapid transit operations within an urban
area that are not connected to the general rail system of
transportation;''.
SEC. 7202. LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS.
(a) Amendment.--Part B of subtitle V of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new chapter:
``CHAPTER 223--LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS
``Sec.
``22301. Light density rail line pilot projects.
``Sec. 22301. Light density rail line pilot projects
``(a) Grants.--The Secretary of Transportation may make
grants to States that have State rail plans described in
section 22102 (1) and (2), to fund pilot projects that
demonstrate the relationship of light density railroad
services to the statutory responsibilities of the Secretary,
including those under title 23.
``(b) Limitations.--Grants under this section may be made
only for pilot projects for making capital improvements to,
and rehabilitating, publicly and privately owned rail line
structures, and may not be used for providing operating
assistance.
``(c) Private Owner Contributions.--Grants made under this
section for projects on privately owned rail line structures
shall include contributions by the owner of the rail line
structures, based on the benefit to those structures, as
determined by the Secretary.
``(d) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the
pilot projects carried out with grant assistance under this
section to determine the public interest benefits associated
with the light density railroad networks in the States and
their contribution to a multimodal transportation system. Not
later than March 31, 2003, the Secretary shall report to
Congress any recommendations the Secretary considers
appropriate regarding the eligibility of light density rail
networks for Federal infrastructure financing.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section $17,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. Such funds shall remain
available until expended.''.
(b) Table of Chapters.--The table of chapters of subtitle V
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 221 the following new
item:
``223. LIGHT DENSITY RAIL LINE PILOT PROJECTS..................22301''.
SEC. 7203. RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING.
(a) Amendments.--Title V of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 is amended--
(1) by striking sections 501 through 504 and inserting the
following new sections:
``SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS.
``For purposes of this title:
``(1)(A) The term `cost' means the estimated long-term cost
to the Government of a direct loan or loan guarantee or
modification thereof, calculated on a net present value
basis, excluding administrative costs and any incidental
effects on governmental receipts or outlays.
``(B) The cost of a direct loan shall be the net present
value, at the time when the direct loan is disbursed, of the
following estimated cash flows:
``(i) Loan disbursements.
``(ii) Repayments of principal.
``(iii) Payments of interest and other payments by or to
the Government over the life of the loan after adjusting for
estimated defaults, prepayments, fees, penalties, and other
recoveries.
Calculation of the cost of a direct loan shall include the
effects of changes in loan terms resulting from the exercise
by the borrower of an option included in the loan contract.
``(C) The cost of a loan guarantee shall be the net present
value, at the time when the guaranteed loan is disbursed, of
the following estimated cash flows:
``(i) Payments by the Government to cover defaults and
delinquencies, interest subsidies, or other payments.
``(ii) Payments to the Government, including origination
and other fees, penalties, and recoveries.
Calculation of the cost of a loan guarantee shall include the
effects of changes in loan terms resulting from the exercise
by the guaranteed lender of an option included in the loan
guarantee contract, or by the borrower of an option included
in the guaranteed loan contract.
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``(D) The cost of a modification is the difference between
the current estimate of the net present value of the
remaining cash flows under the terms of a direct loan or loan
guarantee contract, and the current estimate of the net
present value of the remaining cash flows under the terms of
the contract, as modified.
``(E) In estimating net present values, the discount rate
shall be the average interest rate on marketable Treasury
securities of similar maturity to the cash flows of the
direct loan or loan guarantee for which the estimate is being
made.
``(F) When funds are obligated for a direct loan or loan
guarantee, the estimated cost shall be based on the current
assumptions, adjusted to incorporate the terms of the loan
contract, for the fiscal year in which the funds are
obligated.
``(2) The term `current' has the same meaning as in section
250(c)(9) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
``(3) The term `direct loan' means a disbursement of funds
by the Government to a non-Federal borrower under a contract
that requires the repayment of such funds. The term includes
the purchase of, or participation in, a loan made by another
lender and financing arrangements that defer payment for more
than 90 days, including the sale of a government asset on
credit terms. The term does not include the acquisition of a
federally guaranteed loan in satisfaction of default claims.
``(4) The term `direct loan obligation' means a binding
agreement by the Secretary to make a direct loan when
specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower.
``(5) The term `intermodal' means of or relating to the
connection between rail service and other modes of
transportation, including all parts of facilities at which
such connection is made.
``(6) The term `loan guarantee' means any guarantee,
insurance, or other pledge with respect to the payment of all
or a part of the principal or interest on any debt obligation
of a non-Federal borrower to a non-Federal lender, but does
not include the insurance of deposits, shares, or other
withdrawable accounts in financial institutions.
``(7) The term `loan guarantee commitment' means a binding
agreement by the Secretary to make a loan guarantee when
specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower, the
lender, or any other party to the guarantee agreement.
``(8) The term `modification' means any Government action
that alters the estimated cost of an outstanding direct loan
(or direct loan obligation) or an outstanding loan guarantee
(or loan guarantee commitment) from the current estimate of
cash flows. This includes the sale of loan assets, with or
without recourse, and the purchase of guaranteed loans. This
also includes any action resulting from new legislation, or
from the exercise of administrative discretion under existing
law, that directly or indirectly alters the estimated cost of
outstanding direct loans (or direct loan obligations) or loan
guarantees (or loan guarantee commitments) such as a change
in collection procedures.
``SEC. 502. DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.
``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary may provide direct
loans and loan guarantees to State and local governments,
government sponsored authorities and corporations, railroads,
and joint ventures that include at least 1 railroad.
``(b) Eligible Purposes.--
``(1) In general.--Direct loans and loan guarantees under
this section shall be used to--
``(A) acquire, improve, or rehabilitate intermodal or rail
equipment or facilities, including track, components of
track, bridges, yards, buildings, and shops;
``(B) refinance outstanding debt incurred for the purposes
described in subparagraph (A); or
``(C) develop or establish new intermodal or railroad
facilities.
``(2) Operating expenses not eligible.--Direct loans and
loan guarantees under this section shall not be used for
railroad operating expenses.
``(c) Priority Projects.--In granting applications for
direct loans or guaranteed loans under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
``(1) enhance public safety;
``(2) enhance the environment;
``(3) promote economic development;
``(4) enable United States companies to be more competitive
in international markets;
``(5) are endorsed by the plans prepared under section 135
of title 23, United States Code, by the State or States in
which they are located; or
``(6) preserve or enhance rail or intermodal service to
small communities or rural areas.
``(d) Extent of Authority.--The aggregate unpaid principal
amounts of obligations under direct loans and loan guarantees
made under this section shall not exceed $3,500,000,000 at
any one time. Of this amount, not less than $1,000,000,000
shall be available solely for projects primarily benefiting
freight railroads other than Class I carriers.
``(e) Rates of Interest.--
``(1) Direct loans.--The Secretary shall require interest
to be paid on a direct loan made under this section at a rate
not less than that necessary to recover the cost of making
the loan.
``(2) Loan guarantees.--The Secretary shall not make a loan
guarantee under this section if the interest rate for the
loan exceeds that which the Secretary determines to be
reasonable, taking into consideration the prevailing interest
rates and customary fees incurred under similar obligations
in the private capital market.
``(f) Infrastructure Partners.--
``(1) Authority of secretary.--In lieu of or in combination
with appropriations of budget authority to cover the costs of
direct loans and loan guarantees as required under section
504(b)(1) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the
Secretary may accept on behalf of an applicant for assistance
under this section a commitment from a non-Federal source to
fund in whole or in part credit risk premiums with respect to
the loan that is the subject of the application. In no event
shall the aggregate of appropriations of budget authority and
credit risk premiums described in this paragraph with respect
to a direct loan or loan guarantee be less than the cost of
that direct loan or loan guarantee.
``(2) Credit risk premium amount.--The Secretary shall
determine the amount required for credit risk premiums under
this subsection on the basis of--
``(A) the circumstances of the applicant, including the
amount of collateral offered;
``(B) the proposed schedule of loan disbursements;
``(C) historical data on the repayment history of similar
borrowers;
``(D) consultation with the Congressional Budget Office;
and
``(E) any other factors the Secretary considers relevant.
``(3) Payment of premiums.--Credit risk premiums under this
subsection shall be paid to the Secretary before the
disbursement of loan amounts.
``(4) Cohorts of loans.--In order to maintain sufficient
balances of credit risk premiums to adequately protect the
Federal Government from risk of default, while minimizing the
length of time the Government retains possession of those
balances, the Secretary shall establish cohorts of loans.
When all obligations attached to a cohort of loans have been
satisfied, credit risk premiums paid for the cohort, and
interest accrued thereon, which were not used to mitigate
losses shall be returned to the original source on a pro rata
basis.
``(g) Prerequisites for Assistance.--The Secretary shall
not make a direct loan or loan guarantee under this section
unless the Secretary has made a finding in writing that--
``(1) repayment of the obligation is required to be made
within a term of not more than 25 years from the date of its
execution;
``(2) the direct loan or loan guarantee is justified by the
present and probable future demand for rail services or
intermodal facilities;
``(3) the applicant has given reasonable assurances that
the facilities or equipment to be acquired, rehabilitated,
improved, developed, or established with the proceeds of the
obligation will be economically and efficiently utilized;
``(4) the obligation can reasonably be repaid, using an
appropriate combination of credit risk premiums and
collateral offered by the applicant to protect the Federal
Government; and
``(5) the purposes of the direct loan or loan guarantee are
consistent with subsection (b).
``(h) Conditions of Assistance.--The Secretary shall,
before granting assistance under this section, require the
applicant to agree to such terms and conditions as are
sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary, to ensure that,
as long as any principal or interest is due and payable on
such obligation, the applicant, and any railroad or railroad
partner for whose benefit the assistance is intended--
``(1) will not use any funds or assets from railroad or
intermodal operations for purposes not related to such
operations, if such use would impair the ability of the
applicant, railroad, or railroad partner to provide rail or
intermodal services in an efficient and economic manner, or
would adversely affect the ability of the applicant,
railroad, or railroad partner to perform any obligation
entered into by the applicant under this section;
``(2) will, consistent with its capital resources, maintain
its capital program, equipment, facilities, and operations on
a continuing basis; and
``(3) will not make any discretionary dividend payments
that unreasonably conflict with the purposes stated in
subsection (b).
``SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN
GUARANTEES.
``(a) Applications.--The Secretary shall prescribe the form
and contents required of applications for assistance under
section 502, to enable the Secretary to determine the
eligibility of the applicant's proposal, and shall establish
terms and conditions for direct loans and loan guarantees
made under that section.
``(c) Assignment of Loan Guarantees.--The holder of a loan
guarantee made under section 502 may assign the loan
guarantee in whole or in part, subject to such requirements
as the Secretary may prescribe.
``(d) Modifications.--The Secretary may approve the
modification of any term or condition of a direct loan, loan
guarantee, direct loan obligation, or loan guarantee
commitment, including the rate of interest, time of payment
of interest or principal, or security requirements, if the
Secretary finds in writing that--
``(1) the modification is equitable and is in the overall
best interests of the United States; and
``(2) consent has been obtained from the applicant and, in
the case of a loan guarantee or loan guarantee commitment,
the holder of the obligation.
``(e) Compliance.--The Secretary shall assure compliance,
by an applicant, any other party to the loan, and any
railroad or railroad partner for whose benefit assistance is
intended, with the provisions of this title, regulations
issued hereunder, and the terms and conditions of the direct
loan or loan guarantee, including through regular periodic
inspections.
``(f) Commercial Validity.--For purposes of claims by any
party other than the Secretary, a loan guarantee or loan
guarantee commitment shall be conclusive evidence that the
underlying obligation is in compliance with the provisions of
this title, and that such obligation has been approved and is
legal as to principal, interest, and other terms. Such a
guarantee or commitment shall be valid and incontestable in
the hands of a holder thereof, including the original lender
or any other holder, as of the date when the Secretary
granted the application therefor, except as to fraud or
material misrepresentation by such holder.
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``(g) Default.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
setting forth procedures in the event of default on a loan
made or guaranteed under section 502. The Secretary shall
ensure that each loan guarantee made under that section
contains terms and conditions that provide that--
``(1) if a payment of principal or interest under the loan
is in default for more than 30 days, the Secretary shall pay
to the holder of the obligation, or the holder's agent, the
amount of unpaid guaranteed interest;
``(2) if the default has continued for more than 90 days,
the Secretary shall pay to the holder of the obligation, or
the holder's agent, 90 percent of the unpaid guaranteed
principal;
``(3) after final resolution of the default, through
liquidation or otherwise, the Secretary shall pay to the
holder of the obligation, or the holder's agent, any
remaining amounts guaranteed but which were not recovered
through the default's resolution;
``(4) the Secretary shall not be required to make any
payment under paragraphs (1) through (3) if the Secretary
finds, before the expiration of the periods described in such
paragraphs, that the default has been remedied; and
``(5) the holder of the obligation shall not receive
payment or be entitled to retain payment in a total amount
which, together with all other recoveries (including any
recovery based upon a security interest in equipment or
facilities) exceeds the actual loss of such holder.
``(h) Rights of the Secretary.--
``(1) Subrogation.--If the Secretary makes payment to a
holder, or a holder's agent, under subsection (g) in
connection with a loan guarantee made under section 502, the
Secretary shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the
holder with respect to the obligor under the loan.
``(2) Disposition of property.--The Secretary may complete,
recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, maintain,
operate, charter, rent, sell, or otherwise dispose of any
property or other interests obtained pursuant to this
section. The Secretary shall not be subject to any Federal or
State regulatory requirements when carrying out this
paragraph.
``(i) Action Against Obligor.--The Secretary may bring a
civil action in an appropriate Federal court in the name of
the United States in the event of a default on a direct loan
made under section 502, or in the name of the United States
or of the holder of the obligation in the event of a default
on a loan guaranteed under section 502. The holder of a
guarantee shall make available to the Secretary all records
and evidence necessary to prosecute the civil action. The
Secretary may accept property in full or partial satisfaction
of any sums owed as a result of a default. If the Secretary
receives, through the sale or other disposition of such
property, an amount greater than the aggregate of--
``(1) the amount paid to the holder of a guarantee under
subsection (g) of this section; and
``(2) any other cost to the United States of remedying the
default,
the Secretary shall pay such excess to the obligor.
``(j) Breach of Conditions.--The Attorney General shall
commence a civil action in an appropriate Federal court to
enjoin any activity which the Secretary finds is in violation
of this title, regulations issued hereunder, or any
conditions which were duly agreed to, and to secure any other
appropriate relief.
``(k) Attachment.--No attachment or execution may be issued
against the Secretary, or any property in the control of the
Secretary, prior to the entry of final judgment to such
effect in any State, Federal, or other court.
``(l) Investigation Charge.--The Secretary may charge and
collect from each applicant a reasonable charge for appraisal
of the value of the equipment or facilities for which the
direct loan or loan guarantee is sought, and for making
necessary determinations and findings. Such charge shall not
aggregate more than one-half of 1 percent of the principal
amount of the obligation.'';
(2) by striking sections 505 through 515 (other than
511(c)), 517, and 518;
(3) in section 511(c) by striking ``this section'' and
inserting ``section 502'';
(4) by moving subsection (c) of section 511 (as amended by
paragraph (3) of this section) from section 511 to section
503 (as inserted by paragraph (1) of this section), inserting
it after subsection (a), and redesignating it as subsection
(b); and
(5) by redesignating section 516 as section 504.
(b) Technical and Conforming Provisions.--
(1) Table of contents.--The table of contents of title V of
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
is amended by striking the items relating to sections 502
through 518 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 502. Direct loans and loan guarantees.
``Sec. 503. Administration of direct loans and loan guarantees.
``Sec. 504. Employee protection.''.
(2) Savings provision.--A transaction entered into under
the authority of title V of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.) before
the date of enactment of this Act shall be administered until
completion under its terms as if this Act were not enacted.
(3) Repeal.--Section 211(i) of the Regional Rail
Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 721(i)) is repealed.
SEC. 7204. ALASKA RAILROAD.
(a) Grants.--The Secretary may make grants to the Alaska
Railroad for capital rehabilitation of and improvements to
its passenger services.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,250,000 for
each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
Subtitle C--Comprehensive One-Call Notification
SEC. 7301. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) unintentional damage to underground facilities during
excavation is a significant cause of disruptions in
telecommunications, water supply, electric power, and other
vital public services, such as hospital and air traffic
control operations, and is a leading cause of natural gas and
hazardous liquid pipeline accidents;
(2) excavation that is performed without prior notification
to an underground facility operator or with inaccurate or
untimely marking of such a facility prior to excavation can
cause damage that results in fatalities, serious injuries,
harm to the environment and disruption of vital services to
the public; and
(3) protection of the public and the environment from the
consequences of underground facility damage caused by
excavations will be enhanced by a coordinated national effort
to improve one-call notification programs in each State and
the effectiveness and efficiency of one-call notification
systems that operate under such programs.
SEC. 7302. ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle III of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
``CHAPTER 61--ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS
``Sec.
``6101. Purposes.
``6102. Definitions.
``6103. Minimum standards for State one-call notification programs.
``6104. Compliance with minimum standards.
``6105. Review of one-call system best practices.
``6106. Grants to States.
``6107. Authorization of appropriations.
``6108. Relationship to State laws.
``Sec. 6101. Purposes
``The purposes of this chapter are--
``(1) to enhance public safety;
``(2) to protect the environment;
``(3) to minimize risks to excavators; and
``(4) to prevent disruption of vital public services,
by reducing the incidence of damage to underground facilities
during excavation through the voluntary adoption and
efficient implementation by all States of State one-call
notification programs that meet the minimum standards set
forth under section 6103.
``Sec. 6102. Definitions
``In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
``(1) One-call notification system.--The term ``one-call
notification system'' means a system operated by an
organization that has as 1 of its purposes to receive
notification from excavators of intended excavation in a
specified area in order to disseminate such notification to
underground facility operators that are members of the system
so that such operators can locate and mark their facilities
in order to prevent damage to underground facilities in the
course of such excavation.
``(2) State one-call notification program.--The term
``State one-call notification program'' means the State
statutes, regulations, orders, judicial decisions, and other
elements of law and policy in effect in a State that
establish the requirements for the operation of one-call
notification systems in such State.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means a State, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
``Sec. 6103. Minimum standards for State one-call
notification programs
``(a) Minimum Standards.--In order to qualify for a grant
under section 6106, a State one-call notification program
shall, at a minimum, provide for--
``(1) appropriate participation by all underground facility
operators;
``(2) appropriate participation by all excavators; and
``(3) flexible and effective enforcement under State law
with respect to participation in, and use of, one-call
notification systems.
``(b) Appropriate Participation.--In determining the
appropriate extent of participation required for types of
underground facilities or excavators under subsection (a), a
State shall assess, rank, and take into consideration the
risks to the public safety, the environment, excavators, and
vital public services associated with--
``(1) damage to types of underground facilities; and
``(2) activities of types of excavators.
``(c) Implementation.--A State one-call notification
program also shall, at a minimum, provide for--
``(1) consideration of the ranking of risks under
subsection (b) in the enforcement of its provisions;
``(2) a reasonable relationship between the benefits of
one-call notification and the cost of implementing and
complying with the requirements of the State one-call
notification program; and
``(3) voluntary participation where the State determines
that a type of underground facility or an activity of a type
of excavator poses a de minimis risk to public safety or the
environment.
``(d) Penalties.--To the extent the State determines
appropriate and necessary to achieve the purposes of this
chapter, a State one-call notification program shall, at a
minimum, provide for--
``(1) administrative or civil penalties commensurate with
the seriousness of a violation by an excavator or facility
owner of a State one-call notification program;
``(2) increased penalties for parties that repeatedly
damage underground facilities because they fail to use one-
call notification systems or
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for parties that repeatedly fail to provide timely and
accurate marking after the required call has been made to a
one-call notification system;
``(3) reduced or waived penalties for a violation of a
requirement of a State one-call notification program that
results in, or could result in, damage that is promptly
reported by the violator;
``(4) equitable relief; and
``(5) citation of violations.
``Sec. 6104. Compliance with minimum standards
``(a) Requirement.--In order to qualify for a grant under
section 6106, each State shall submit to the Secretary a
grant application under subsection (b). The State shall
submit the application not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this chapter.
``(b) Application.--
``(1) Upon application by a State, the Secretary shall
review that State's one-call notification program, including
the provisions for the implementation of the program and the
record of compliance and enforcement under the program.
``(2) Based on the review under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall determine whether the State's one-call
notification program meets the minimum standards for such a
program set forth in section 6103 in order to qualify for a
grant under section 6106.
``(3) In order to expedite compliance under this section,
the Secretary may consult with the State as to whether an
existing State one-call notification program, a specific
modification thereof, or a proposed State program would
result in a positive determination under paragraph (2).
``(4) The Secretary shall prescribe the form and manner of
filing an application under this section that shall provide
sufficient information about a State's one-call notification
program for the Secretary to evaluate its overall
effectiveness. Such information may include the nature and
reasons for exceptions from required participation, the types
of enforcement available, and such other information as the
Secretary deems necessary.
``(5) The application of a State under paragraph (1) and
the record of actions of the Secretary under this section
shall be available to the public.
``(c) Alternative Program.--A State is eligible to receive
a grant under section 6106 if the State maintains an
alternative one-call notification program that provides
protection for public safety, excavators, and the environment
that is equivalent to, or greater than, protection provided
under a program that meets the minimum standards set forth in
section 6103.
``(d) Report.--Within 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this chapter, the Secretary shall begin to
include the following information in reports submitted under
section 60124 of this title--
``(1) a description of the extent to which each State has
adopted and implemented the minimum Federal standards under
section 6103 or maintains an alternative program under
subsection (c);
``(2) an analysis by the Secretary of the overall
effectiveness of each State's one-call notification program
and the one-call notification systems operating under such
program in achieving the purposes of this chapter;
``(3) the impact of each State's decisions on the extent of
required participation in one-call notification systems on
prevention of damage to underground facilities; and
``(4) areas where improvements are needed in one-call
notification systems in operation in each State.
The report shall also include any recommendations the
Secretary determines appropriate. If the Secretary determines
that the purposes of this chapter have been substantially
achieved, no further report under this section shall be
required.
``Sec. 6105. Review of one-call system best practices
``(a) Study of Existing One-Call Systems.--Except as
provided in subsection (d), the Secretary, in consultation
with other appropriate Federal agencies, State agencies, one-
call notification system operators, underground facility
operators, excavators, and other interested parties, shall
undertake a study of damage prevention practices associated
with existing one-call notification systems.
``(b) Purpose of Study of Damage Prevention Practices.--The
purpose of the study is to gather information in order to
determine which existing one-call notification systems
practices appear to be the most effective in protecting the
public, excavators, and the environment and in preventing
disruptions to public services and damage to underground
facilities. As part of the study, the Secretary shall
consider, at a minimum--
``(1) the methods used by one-call notification systems and
others to encourage participation by excavators and owners of
underground facilities;
``(2) the methods by which one-call notification systems
promote awareness of their programs, including use of public
service announcements and educational materials and programs;
``(3) the methods by which one-call notification systems
receive and distribute information from excavators and
underground facility owners;
``(4) the use of any performance and service standards to
verify the effectiveness of a one-call notification system;
``(5) the effectiveness and accuracy of mapping used by
one-call notification systems;
``(6) the relationship between one-call notification
systems and preventing damage to underground facilities;
``(7) how one-call notification systems address the need
for rapid response to situations where the need to excavate
is urgent;
``(8) the extent to which accidents occur due to errors in
marking of underground facilities, untimely marking or errors
in the excavation process after a one-call notification
system has been notified of an excavation;
``(9) the extent to which personnel engaged in marking
underground facilities may be endangered;
``(10) the characteristics of damage prevention programs
the Secretary believes could be relevant to the effectiveness
of State one-call notification programs; and
``(11) the effectiveness of penalties and enforcement
activities under State one-call notification programs in
obtaining compliance with program requirements.
``(c) Report.--Within 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this chapter, the Secretary shall publish a
report identifying those practices of one-call notification
systems that are the most and least successful in--
``(1) preventing damage to underground facilities; and
``(2) providing effective and efficient service to
excavators and underground facility operators.
The Secretary shall encourage each State and operator of one-
call notification programs to adopt and implement those
practices identified in the report that the State determines
are the most appropriate.
``(d) Secretarial Discretion.--Prior to undertaking the
study described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall
determine whether timely information described in subsection
(b) is readily available. If the Secretary determines that
such information is readily available, the Secretary is not
required to carry out the study.
``Sec. 6106. Grants to States
``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make a grant of
financial assistance to a State that qualifies under section
6104(b) to assist in improving--
``(1) the overall quality and effectiveness of one-call
notification systems in the State;
``(2) communications systems linking one-call notification
systems;
``(3) location capabilities, including training personnel
and developing and using location technology;
``(4) record retention and recording capabilities for one-
call notification systems;
``(5) public information and education;
``(6) participation in one-call notification systems; or
``(7) compliance and enforcement under the State one-call
notification program.
``(b) State Action Taken Into Account.--In making grants
under this section, the Secretary shall take into
consideration the commitment of each State to improving its
State one-call notification program, including legislative
and regulatory actions taken by the State after the date of
enactment of this chapter.
``(c) Funding for One-Call Notification Systems.--A State
may provide funds received under this section directly to any
one-call notification system in such State that substantially
adopts the best practices identified under section 6105.
``Sec. 6107. Authorization of appropriations
``(a) For Grants to States.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants to States
under section 6106 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. Such funds shall remain
available until expended, .
``(b) For Administration.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary
to carry out sections 6103, 6104, and 6105 for fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001.
``(c) General Revenue Funding.--Any sums appropriated under
this section shall be derived from general revenues and may
not be derived from amounts collected under section 60301 of
this title.
``Sec. 6108. Relationship to State laws
``Nothing in this chapter preempts State law or shall
impose a new requirement on any State or mandate revisions to
a one-call system.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
subtitle III of such title is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
``61. ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS........................6101''.....
Subtitle D--Sportfishing and Boating Safety
SEC. 7401. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1950 ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This subtitle may be cited as the
``Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998''.
(b) Amendment of 1950 Act.--Whenever in this subtitle an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to,
or repeal of, a section or other provision of the 1950 Act,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that
the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration
and management projects, and for other purposes,'' approved
August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.).
SEC. 7402. OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 2 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C.
777a) is amended--
(1) by indenting the left margin of so much of the text as
precedes ``(a)'' by 2 ems;
(2) by inserting ``For purposes of this Act--'' after the
section heading;
(3) by striking ``For the purpose of this Act the'' in the
first paragraph and inserting ``(1) the'';
(4) by indenting the left margin of so much of the text as
follows ``include--'' by 4 ems;
(5) by striking ``(a)'', ``(b)'', ``(c)'', and ``(d)'' and
inserting ``(A)'', ``(B)'', ``(C)'', and ``(D)'',
respectively;
(6) by striking ``department.'' and inserting
``department;''; and
(7) by adding at the end the following:
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``(2) the term `outreach and communications program' means
a program to improve communications with anglers, boaters,
and the general public regarding angling and boating
opportunities, to reduce barriers to participation in these
activities, to advance adoption of sound fishing and boating
practices, to promote conservation and the responsible use of
the Nation's aquatic resources, and to further safety in
fishing and boating; and
``(3) the term `aquatic resource education program' means a
program designed to enhance the public's understanding of
aquatic resources and sportfishing, and to promote the
development of responsible attitudes and ethics toward the
aquatic environment.''.
(b) Funding for Outreach and Communications Program.--
Section 4 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as
subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) National Outreach and Communications Program.--Of the
balance of each such annual appropriation remaining after
making the distribution under subsections (a) and (b),
respectively, an amount equal to--
``(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
``(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
``(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
``(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
``(5) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
shall be used for the National Outreach and Communications
Program under section 8(d). Such amounts shall remain
available for 3 fiscal years, after which any portion thereof
that is unobligated by the Secretary of the Interior for that
program may be expended by the Secretary under subsection
(e).'';
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by inserting ``,
for an outreach and communications program'' after ``Act'';
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking
``subsections (a) and (b),'' and inserting ``subsections (a),
(b), and (c),'';
(5) by adding at the end of subsection (d), as
redesignated, the following: ``Of the sum available to the
Secretary of the Interior under this subsection for any
fiscal year, up to $2,500,000 may be used for the National
Outreach and Communications Program under section 8(d) in
addition to the amount available for that program under
subsection (c). No funds available to the Secretary under
this subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally
provided through general appropriations, nor for any purposes
except those purposes authorized by this Act. The Secretary
shall publish a detailed accounting of the projects,
programs, and activities funded under this subsection
annually in the Federal Register.''; and
(6) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking
``subsections (a), (b), and (c),'' and inserting
``subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d),''.
(c) Increase in State Allocation.--Section 8 of the 1950
Act (16 U.S.C. 777g) is amended--
(1) by striking ``12 \1/2\ percentum'' each place it
appears in subsection (b) and inserting ``15 percent'';
(2) by striking ``10 percentum'' in subsection (c) and
inserting ``15 percent'';
(3) by inserting ``and communications'' in subsection (c)
after ``outreach''; and
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) National Outreach and Communications Program.--
``(1) Implementation.--Within 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998,
the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and implement, in
cooperation and consultation with the Sport Fishing and
Boating Partnership Council, a national plan for outreach and
communications.
``(2) Content.--The plan shall provide--
``(A) guidance, including guidance on the development of an
administrative process and funding priorities, for outreach
and communications programs; and
``(B) for the establishment of a national program.
``(3) Secretary may match or fund programs.--Under the
plan, the Secretary may obligate amounts available under
subsection (c) or (d) of section 4 of this Act--
``(A) to make grants to any State or private entity to pay
all or any portion of the cost of carrying out any outreach
and communications program under the plan; or
``(B) to fund contracts with States or private entities to
carry out such a program.
``(4) Review.--The plan shall be reviewed periodically, but
not less frequently than once every 3 years.
``(e) State Outreach and Communications Program.--Within 12
months after the completion of the national plan under
subsection (d)(1), a State shall develop a plan for an
outreach and communications program and submit it to the
Secretary. In developing the plan, a State shall--
``(1) review the national plan developed under subsection
(d);
``(2) consult with anglers, boaters, the sportfishing and
boating industries, and the general public; and
``(3) establish priorities for the State outreach and
communications program proposed for implementation.''.
SEC. 7403. CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.
Section 4(b) of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(b) Use of Balance After Distribution.--
``(1) Fiscal year 1998.--In fiscal year 1998, an amount
equal to $20,000,000 of the balance remaining after the
distribution under subsection (a) shall be transferred to the
Secretary of Transportation and shall be expended for State
recreational boating safety programs under section
13106(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code.
``(2) Fiscal year 1999.--For fiscal year 1999, of the
balance of each annual appropriation remaining after making
the distribution under subsection (a), an amount equal to
$74,000,000, reduced by 82 percent of the amount appropriated
for that fiscal year from the Boat Safety Account of the
Aquatic Resources Trust Fund established by section 9504 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to carry out the purposes
of section 13106(a) of title 46, United States Code, shall be
used as follows:
``(A) $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of
the Interior for 3 fiscal years for obligation for qualified
projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of
1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 note).
``(B) The balance remaining after the application of
subparagraph (A) shall be transferred to the Secretary of
Transportation and shall be expended for State recreational
boating safety programs under section 13106 of title 46,
United States Code.
``(3) Fiscal years 2000-2003.--For each of fiscal years
2000 through 2003, of the balance of each annual
appropriation remaining after making the distribution under
subsection (a), an amount equal to $82,000,000, reduced by 82
percent of the amount appropriated for that fiscal year from
the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund
established by section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to carry out the purposes of section 13106(a) of title
46, United States Code, shall be used as follows:
``(A) $10,000,000 shall be available for each fiscal year
to the Secretary of the Interior for 3 fiscal years for
obligation for qualified projects under section 5604(c) of
the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 note).
``(B) $8,000,000 shall be available for each fiscal year to
the Secretary of the Interior for 3 fiscal years for
obligation for qualified projects under section 6404(d) of
the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998.
``(C) The balance remaining after the application of
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be transferred for each such
fiscal year to the Secretary of Transportation and shall be
expended for State recreational boating safety programs under
section 13106 of title 46, United States Code.
``(4) Transfer of certain funds.--Amounts available under
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of paragraph (3) that are unobligated by the Secretary of
the Interior after 3 fiscal years shall be transferred to the
Secretary of Transportation and shall be expended for State
recreational boating safety programs under section 13106(a)
of title 46, United States Code.''.
SEC. 7404. BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide
funds to States for the development and maintenance of
facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(b) Survey.--Section 8 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777g), as
amended by section 6402, is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
``(g) Surveys.--
``(1) National framework.--Within 6 months after the date
of enactment of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of
1998, the Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall
adopt a national framework for a public boat access needs
assessment which may be used by States to conduct surveys to
determine the adequacy, number, location, and quality of
facilities providing access to recreational waters for all
sizes of recreational boats.
``(2) State surveys.--Within 18 months after such date of
enactment, each State that agrees to conduct a public boat
access needs survey following the recommended national
framework shall report its findings to the Secretary for use
in the development of a comprehensive national assessment of
recreational boat access needs and facilities.
``(3) Exception.--Paragraph (2) does not apply to a State
if, within 18 months after such date of enactment, the
Secretary certifies that the State has developed and is
implementing a plan that ensures there are and will be public
boat access adequate to meet the needs of recreational
boaters on its waters.
``(4) Funding.--A State that conducts a public boat access
needs survey under paragraph (2) may fund the costs of
conducting that assessment out of amounts allocated to it as
funding dedicated to motorboat access to recreational waters
under subsection (b)(1) of this section.''.
(c) Plan.--Within 6 months after submitting a survey to the
Secretary under section 8(g) of the Act entitled ``An Act to
provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish
restoration and management projects, and for other
purposes,'' approved August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777g(g)), as
added by subsection (b) of this section, a State may develop
and submit to the Secretary a plan for the construction,
renovation, and maintenance of facilities for transient
nontrailerable recreational vessels, and access to those
facilities, to meet the needs of nontrailerable recreational
vessels operating on navigable waters in the State.
(d) Grant Program.--
(1) Matching grants.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
obligate amounts made available under section 4(b)(3)(B) of
the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the United States
shall aid the States in fish restoration and management
projects, and for other purposes,'' approved August 9, 1950,
as amended by this Act, to make grants to any State to pay
not more than 75 percent of the cost to a State of
constructing, renovating, or maintaining facilities for
transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(2) Priorities.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
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(A) consist of the construction, renovation, or maintenance
of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational
vessels in accordance with a plan submitted by a State under
subsection (c);
(B) provide for public/private partnership efforts to
develop, maintain, and operate facilities for transient
nontrailerable recreational vessels; and
(C) propose innovative ways to increase the availability of
facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term--
(1) ``nontrailerable recreational vessel'' means a
recreational vessel 26 feet in length or longer--
(A) operated primarily for pleasure; or
(B) leased, rented, or chartered to another for the
latter's pleasure;
(2) ``facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational
vessels'' includes mooring buoys, day-docks, navigational
aids, seasonal slips, safe harbors, or similar structures
located on navigable waters, that are available to the
general public (as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior) and designed for temporary use by nontrailerable
recreational vessels; and
(3) ``State'' means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
SEC. 7405. BOAT SAFETY FUNDS.
(a) Availability of Allocations.--Section 13104(a) of title
46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``3 years'' and inserting
``2 years''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``3-year'' and inserting
``2-year''.
(b) Expenditures.--Section 13106 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the first sentence of subsection (a)(1) and
inserting the following: ``Subject to paragraph (2) and
subsection (c), the Secretary shall expend in each fiscal
year for State recreational boating safety programs, under
contracts with States under this chapter, an amount equal to
the sum of (A) the amount appropriated from the Boat Safety
Account for that fiscal year and (B) the amount transferred
to the Secretary under section 4(b) of the Act of August 9,
1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)).'';
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``appropriated'' and
inserting ``available''; and
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Of the amount transferred for each fiscal year to the
Secretary of Transportation under paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 4(b) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.
777c(b)), $5,000,000 is available to the Secretary for
payment of expenses of the Coast Guard for personnel and
activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out
the national recreational boating safety program under this
title, of which $2,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary only to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of this
title. No funds available to the Secretary under this
subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally
provided through general appropriations, nor for any purposes
except those purposes authorized by this section. Amounts
made available by this subsection shall remain available
until expended. The Secretary shall publish annually in the
Federal Register a detailed accounting of the projects,
programs, and activities funded under this subsection.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) The heading for section 13106 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 13106. Authorization of appropriations''.
(2) The chapter analysis for chapter 131 of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to section 13106 and inserting the following:
``13106. Authorization of appropriations.''.
TITLE VIII--TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GUARANTEE AND
BUDGET
OFFSETS
Subtitle A--Transportation Discretionary Spending Guarantee
SEC. 8101. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CATEGORIES.
(a) Establishment of Separate Categories.--Section 251(c)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended as follows:
(1) FY1999.--In paragraph (3), strike ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (B) and after subparagraph (C) add the following
new subparagraphs:
``(D) for the highway category: $21,885,000,000 in outlays;
and
``(E) for the mass transit category: $4,401,000,000 in
outlays.
(2) FY2000.--In paragraph (4), strike ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (A) and at the end add the following new
subparagraphs:
``(C) for the highway category: $24,436,000,000 in outlays;
and
``(D) for the mass transit category: $4,761,000,000 in
outlays;''.
(3) FY2001.--In paragraph (5), strike the comma and insert
``--'' after ``2001'', insert ``(A)'' before ``for'' and
indent the new subparagraph and move it 2 ems to the right,
strike ``and'' at the end of such subparagraph, and at the
end add the following new subparagraphs:
``(B) for the highway category: $26,204,000,000 in outlays;
and
``(C) for the mass transit category: $5,190,000,000 in
outlays;''.
(4) FY2002.--In paragraph (6), strike the comma and insert
``--'' after ``2002'', insert ``(A)'' before ``for'', indent
the new subparagraph and move it 2 ems to the right, and add
at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(B) for the highway category: $26,977,000,000 in outlays;
and
``(C) for the mass transit category: $5,709,000,000 in
outlays; and''.
(5) FY2003.--After paragraph (6), add the following new
paragraph:
``(7) with respect to fiscal year 2003--
``(A) for the highway category: $27,728,000,000 in outlays;
and
``(B) for the mass transit category: $6,256,000,000 in
outlays;''.
(b) Offsetting Adjustment in Discretionary Spending
Limits.--
(1) Adjustment of nondefense category for fy1999.--The
discretionary spending limit set forth in section
251(c)(3)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as adjusted in conformance with section
251(b) of that Act, is reduced by $859,000,000 in new budget
authority and $25,173,000,000 in outlays.
(2) Adjustment of discretionary category for fy2000.--The
discretionary spending limit set forth in section
251(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as adjusted in conformance with section
251(b) of that Act, is reduced by $859,000,000 in new budget
authority and $26,045,000,000 in outlays.
(3) Adjustment of discretionary spending limit for
fy2001.--The discretionary spending limit set forth in
section 251(c)(5)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as adjusted in conformance with
section 251(b) of that Act, is reduced by $859,000,000 in new
budget authority and $26,329,000,000 in outlays.
(4) Adjustment of discretionary spending limit for
fy2002.--The discretionary spending limit set forth in
section 251(c)(6)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as adjusted in conformance with
section 251(b) of that Act, is reduced by $859,000,000 in new
budget authority and $26,675,000,000 in outlays.
(c) Definitions of Highway Category and Mass Transit
Category.--Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting
``(A)'' after ``(4)'' and by adding at the end the following
new subparagraphs:
``(B) The term `highway category' refers to the following
budget accounts or portions thereof that are subject to the
obligation limitations on contract authority set forth in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century:
``(i) 69-8083-0-7-401 (Federal-Aid Highways).
``(ii) 69-8020-0-7-401 (Highway Traffic Safety Grants).
``(iii) 69-8048-0-7-401 (National Motor Carrier Safety
Program).
``(iv) 69-8016-0-7-401 (Operations and Research NHTSA).
``(C) The term `mass transit category' refers to the
following budget accounts or portions thereof that are
subject to the obligation limitations on contract authority
provided in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century and for which appropriations are provided pursuant to
authorizations contained in that Act (except that
appropriations provided pursuant to section 5338(h) of title
49, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall not
be included in this category):
``(i) 69-8191-0-7-401 (Mass Transit Capital Fund).
``(ii) 69-8350-0-7-401 (Trust Fund Share of Expenses).
``(iii) 69-1129-0-1-401 (Formula Grants).
``(iv) 69-1120-0-1-401 (Administrative expenses).
``(v) 69-1136-0-1-401 (University Transportation Centers).
``(vi) 69-1137-0-1-401 (Transit Planning and Research).
``(D) Special rule.--(i) Any outlays in excess of the
discretionary spending limit set forth in section 251(c) for
the highway or mass transit category, as adjusted, for the
budget year shall be considered nondefense category outlays
or discretionary category outlays.
``(ii) If the obligation limitations for accounts in the
highway or mass transit category provided in an appropriation
Act for a fiscal year exceed the obligation limitations set
forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century for that year, as adjusted, the estimated
outlays flowing for each outyear from such excess obligations
calculated pursuant to clause (iii) shall be attributed to
the discretionary category in that outyear.
``(iii) For purposes of clause (ii), outlays from excess
obligations shall be determined using the average of the
spendout rates for that category in the baseline.''.
(d) Adjustment to Highway and Mass Transit Categories.--
Section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by--
(1) striking ``When'' and inserting:
``(A) Concepts and definitions.--When''; and
(2) adding at the end the following:
``(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 include 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 budget year and subtract the estimated level
of receipts for that year.
``(cc) OMB shall take the sum of the amounts calculated
under items (aa) and (bb), add that sum to the amount of
obligations set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century for the highway category
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for the budget year, and calculate the outlay change
resulting from that change in obligations relative to that
amount for the budget year and each outyear using current
estimates. After making the calculation under the
preceding sentence, OMB shall adjust the amount of
obligations set forth in that section for the budget year
by adding the sum of the amounts calculated under items
(aa) and (bb).
``(II) The estimated level of highway receipts for the
purposes of this clause are--
``(aa) for fiscal year 1998, $22,164,000,000;
``(bb) for fiscal year 1999, $32,619,000,000;
``(cc) for fiscal year 2000, $28,066,000,000;
``(dd) for fiscal year 2001, $28,506,000,000;
``(ee) for fiscal year 2002, $28,972,000,000; and
``(ff) for fiscal year 2003, $29,471,000,000.
``(III) In this clause, the term `highway receipts' means
the governmental receipts credited to the highway account of
the Highway Trust Fund.
``(C)(i) 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
years 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003, 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.
``(ii) The adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) in the
fiscal years 2002 and 2003 budget submissions of the
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, shall not exceed 4 percent plus cumulative carryovers.
In this clause, the term `cumulative carryovers' means the
total of each amount by which outlays for the highway and
mass transit category for any fiscal year are less than the
outlay limit for that category, as adjusted, for that year
less any amount of carryover used in the previous year.
``(D)(i) When OMB and CBO submit their final sequester
report for fiscal year 1999, that report shall include an
estimate of the outlays for each of the categories that would
result in fiscal years 2000 through 2003 from obligations at
the levels specified in section 8103 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century using current assumptions.
``(ii) When the President submits the budget under section
1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal years 2000,
2001, 2002, or 2003, 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.''.
(e) Enforcement of Guarantee.--Rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the
following new clause:
``9. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint
resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that would cause obligation limitations to be below
the level for any fiscal year set forth in section 8103 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as
adjusted, for the highway category or the mass transit
category, as applicable.''.
SEC. 8102. CONFORMING THE PAYGO SCORECARD WITH THIS ACT.
Upon the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall not make any estimates under
section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 of changes in direct spending outlays and
receipts for any fiscal year resulting from this title.
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 1999, $25,883,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2000, $26,629,000,000;
(3) for fiscal year 2001, $27,158,000,000;
(4) for fiscal year 2002, $27,767,000,000; and
(5) for fiscal year 2003, $28,233,000,000.
(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 1999, $5,365,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 2000, $5,797,000,000;
(3) for fiscal year 2001, $6,271,000,000;
(4) for fiscal year 2002, $6,747,000,000; and
(5) for fiscal year 2003, $7,226,000,000.
For purposes of this subsection, the term ``obligation
limitations'' means the sum of budget authority and
obligation limitations.
Subtitle B--Veterans' Benefits
SEC. 8201. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Veterans Benefits Act
of 1998''.
SEC. 8202. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE-CONNECTION
FOR DISABILITIES RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO
PRODUCTS.
(a) Wartime Disability Compensation.--Section 1110 of title
38, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``or abuse
of alcohol or drugs'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, abuse
of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco products''.
(b) Peacetime Disability Compensation.--Section 1131 of
such title is amended by striking out ``or abuse of alcohol
or drugs'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, abuse of alcohol
or drugs, or use of tobacco products''.
(c) Applicability.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to any
claims for compensation received by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs before, on, or after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(2) The amendments made by this section shall not apply in
the case of any such claims adjudicated by the Secretary
before such date of enactment for which a service-connection
was established for a disability on the basis of the use of
tobacco products.
SEC. 8203. TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER MONTGOMERY GI
BILL.
(a) Active Duty Educational Assistance.--
(1) Increase in rates.--Section 3015 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``$400'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$528 (as increased from time to
time under subsection (g))''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out ``$325'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$429 (as increased from time to
time under subsection (g))''.
(2) CPI adjustment.--Subsection (g) of such section is
amended by striking out ``beginning on or after October 1,
1994'' and all that follows through ``such rates'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``, the Secretary shall provide a
percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the
rates payable under subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1)''.
(3) Technical amendments.--Such section is further
amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ``subsections (b),
(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of'' in the matter preceding
paragraph (1); and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking out ``Except as provided in subsections
(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), in'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ``In''; and
(ii) by inserting ``(except as provided in the succeeding
subsections of this section)'' after ``under this chapter
shall''.
(4) Effective dates.--The amendments made by this
subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall
apply with respect to educational assistance allowances paid
for months after September 1998. However, no adjustment in
rates of educational assistance shall be made under
subsection (g) of section 3015 of title 38, United States
Code, as amended by paragraph (2), for fiscal year 1999.
(b) Selected Reserve Educational Assistance.--
(1) Increase in rates.--Paragraph (1) of section 16131(b)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ``$190'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$251 (as increased from time to
time under paragraph (2))'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``$143'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$188 (as increased from time to
time under paragraph (2))''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking out ``$95'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$125 (as increased from time to
time under paragraph (2))''.
(2) CPI adjustment.--Paragraph (2) of such section is
amended by striking out ``beginning on or after October 1,
1994'' and all that follows through ``such rates'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``, the Secretary shall provide a
percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the
rates payable under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of
paragraph (1)''.
(3) Technical amendment.--Paragraph (1) of such section is
further amended by striking out ``in paragraph (2) and''.
(4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall apply with
respect to educational assistance allowances paid for months
after September 1998. However, no adjustment in rates of
educational assistance shall be made under paragraph (2) of
section 16131(b) of title 10, United States Code, as amended
by paragraph (2), for fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 8204. INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE AMOUNT FOR SPECIALLY
ADAPTED HOUSING.
(a) In General.--Section 2102 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection
(a), by striking out ``$38,000'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ``$43,000''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out ``$6,500'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``$8,250''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to limitations under section 2102 of
such title on assistance furnished to a veteran under section
2101 of such title on or after October 1, 1998.
SEC. 8205. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR AUTOMOBILE
AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED
VETERANS.
(a) In General.--Section 3902(a) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ``$5,500'' and inserting in
lieu thereof ``$8,000''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to assistance furnished under
section 3902 of such title on or after October 1, 1998.
SEC. 8206. INCREASE IN AID AND ATTENDANCE RATES FOR VETERANS
ELIGIBLE FOR PENSION.
Effective October 1, 1998, the maximum annual rates of
pension in effect as of September 30, 1998, under the
following provisions of chapter 15 of title 38, United States
Code, are increased by $600:
(1) Subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), (f)(2), and (f)(4) of
section 1521.
(2) Section 1536(d)(2).
SEC. 8207. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN REMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSES
FOR REINSTATEMENT OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION OF THAT
REMARRIAGE.
(a) Restoration of Prior Eligibility.--Section 1311 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
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