[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4037 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4037

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for designation of 
          the National Highway System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 1994

 Mr. Rahall (for himself, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Shuster, and Mr. Petri) (all 
 by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for designation of 
          the National Highway System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Highway System Designation 
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

    Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Designation.--
            ``(1) Submission.--The National Highway System as submitted 
        by the Secretary of Transportation is hereby designated within 
        the United States, including the District of Columbia and the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            ``(2) Modifications.--At the request of a State, the 
        Secretary may add new National Highway System segments, 
        including intermodal connections, and delete existing route 
        segments and connections provided that the total National 
        Highway System miles do not exceed 165,000 miles (265,542 
        kilometers). The States shall establish that the requested 
        route changes have been identified cooperatively with local 
        officials through the metropolitan and statewide transportation 
        planning processes carried out in accordance with sections 134 
        and 135 of this title. The Secretary shall determine that the 
        requested changes meet criteria established for the National 
        Highway System and shall determine that the requested changes 
        enhance the national transportation characteristics of the 
        National Highway System.''.

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