[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1881 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1881

To amend title 23, United States Code, to make available for obligation 
 such sums as are necessary to pay the Federal share of completion of 
  construction of the Appalachian development highway system, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 1996

   Mr. Byrd 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 make available for obligation 
 such sums as are necessary to pay the Federal share of completion of 
  construction of the Appalachian development 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 ``Appalachian Development Highway 
System Completion Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 
        U.S.C. App.) enacted into law a Federal commitment to the 
        completion of the Appalachian development highway system for 
        the purpose of expanding highway access to the Appalachian 
        region;
            (2) economic prosperity within the Appalachian region since 
        that time has been brought about by, and has centered around, 
        the availability of adequate highway access;
            (3) the rationale behind the completion of the Appalachian 
        development highway system is as sound today as it was in 1965, 
        but while the Interstate System is nearly 100 percent complete, 
        the Appalachian development highway system is only 76 percent 
        complete;
            (4) those areas in which the Appalachian development 
        highway system is not yet complete suffer from inadequate road 
        systems characterized by low travel speeds, long travel 
        distances, and unsafe conditions; and
            (5) there are unfinished miles of the Appalachian 
        development highway system in all 13 of the States with 
        counties in the statutorily-designated Appalachian region.

SEC. 3. COMPLETION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

    Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``and subsection (j)'' after ``subsection 
        (f)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) Appalachian Development Highway System.--
            ``(1) Obligational authority.--On October 1 of each of 
        fiscal years 1998 through 2003, after making the deduction 
        authorized by subsection (a) and the set aside authorized by 
        subsection (f), the Secretary shall set aside proportionally 
        from the funds authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on 
        programs authorized under this title, except for apportionments 
        under section 157, \1/6\ of the total estimated cost of 
        completion of construction of the Appalachian development 
        highway system authorized by section 201 of the Appalachian 
        Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.), as 
        determined by the Secretary, and shall apportion the funds to 
        the 13 States in the Appalachian region in accordance with each 
        State's portion of the total estimated cost of completion.
            ``(2) Other state funds.--Obligational authority made 
        available to a State under paragraph (1) shall not be 
        considered in determining the apportionments and allocations 
        that the State shall be entitled to receive, under this title 
        and other law, of amounts in the Highway Trust Fund.
            ``(3) Inapplicability of obligation limitations.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any obligation 
        limitation enacted for any of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 
        shall not apply to obligations authorized under paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Availability.--Funds authorized under paragraph (1) 
        shall remain available until expended.''.
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