[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5224 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5224

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for 
   the implementation of a comprehensive transportation improvement 
                  program in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1994

   Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for 
   the implementation of a comprehensive transportation improvement 
                  program in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania.

    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 ``Kulpsville Transportation Center 
Development Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that 
        35 States have failed to meet the air quality standards 
        established pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
            (2) Areas of the State of Pennsylvania exceed the air 
        quality standards of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
        thereby, exposing millions of people to higher risks of lung 
        and respiratory disease and other health problems.
            (3) Everyday in Pennsylvania, cars and trucks travel a 
        total of more than 240,000,000 miles, spewing more than 8,000 
        tons of pollutants into the air.
            (4) Everyday in Pennsylvania, more than 8,000,000 gasoline-
        powered vehicles account for approximately \1/3\ of all 
        pollutants that cause smog and contribute to respiratory 
        illness.
            (5) The construction of a transportation center and other 
        necessary transportation improvements in the township of 
        Towamencin, village of Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, a rapidly 
        growing area of Southeastern, Pennsylvania, is vital to 
        addressing regional environmental, health, and economic 
        problems that result from high levels of air pollution and 
        extreme vehicle congestion.

SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary shall carry out a project to 
implement a comprehensive transportation improvement program in the 
township of Towamencin, village of Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, for the 
purpose of demonstrating methods of--
            (1) solving a local and regional transportation problem;
            (2) achieving multi-modal, congestion management, and trip 
        reduction objectives of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
        Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 
        1990; and
            (3) providing for local and regional economic growth.
    (b) Project Elements.--The project to be carried out under 
subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
            (1) Construction of a transportation center to provide 
        2,500 parking spaces (including 700 public use spaces), a 10-
        bay bus terminal, and facilities for walking and bicycling 
        commuters.
            (2) Construction of turnpike ramps to the transportation 
        center and to Forty Foot Road (Pennsylvania State Route 63).
            (3) Construction of improvements to Wambold Road, from 
        Sumneytown Pike to Allentown Road.
    (c) Construction Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the 
term ``construction'' has the same meaning given such term by section 
101 of title 23, United States Code.
    (d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project to 
be carried out under this section shall be 75 percent.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $12,405,000 for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1994. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended.
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