[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1887

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              March 3 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

   Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Reid, Mr. Wofford, Mr. 
 Warner, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Lautenberg,  and Mr. Graham) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the 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 new subsection:
    ``(c) National Highway System Designation.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The most recent National Highway System 
        as submitted by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 
        this section is hereby designated to be the National Highway 
        System.
            ``(2) Modifications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--At the request of a State, the 
                Secretary may--
                            ``(i) add a new route segment to the 
                        National Highway System, including a new 
                        intermodal connection; or
                            ``(ii) delete a then existing route segment 
                        and any connection to the route segment,
                if the total mileage of the National Highway System 
                (including any route segment or connection proposed to 
                be added under this subparagraph) does not exceed 
                165,000 miles (265,542 kilometers).
                    ``(B) Procedures for changes requested by states.--
                Each State that makes a request for a change in the 
                National Highway System pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                shall establish that each change in a route segment or 
                connection referred to in such subparagraph has been 
                identified by the State, in cooperation with local 
                officials, pursuant to applicable transportation 
                planning activities for metropolitan areas carried out 
                under section 134 and statewide planning processes 
                carried out under section 135.
            ``(3) Approval by the secretary.--The Secretary may approve 
        a request made by a State for a change in the National Highway 
        System pursuant to paragraph (2) if the Secretary determines 
        that the change--
                    ``(A) meets the criteria established for the 
                National Highway System under this title; and
                    ``(B) enhances the national transportation 
                characteristics of the National Highway System.''.

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