[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1799 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1799

  To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for greater local 
       input in transportation planning, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 1997

   Mr. Barcia (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
  Dellums, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Solomon, Ms. 
  Stabenow, Mr. Strickland, and Mr. Stupak) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for greater local 
       input in transportation planning, 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 ``Local Input In Transportation 
Planning Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Projects for Below Principal Arterial Roads.--Section 
133(d)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``tobe'' and inserting ``to be''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Projects under this subsection shall be undertaken on roads 
classified below principal arterial.''.
    (b) Local Input For Planning and Programming.--Section 135 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(5)--
                    (A) by inserting ``of local governments and elected 
                officials of subdivisions of local governments'' after 
                ``elected officials''; and
                    (B) by striking ``local'' after ``consultation 
                with''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting after the second 
        sentence the following new sentences:
``With respect to nonmetropolitan areas (areas with less than 50,000 
population), the program shall be developed jointly by the State, 
elected officials of affected local governments, and elected officials 
of subdivisions of affected local governments which have jurisdiction 
over transportation planning, through a process developed by the State 
which ensures participation by such elected officials. Not less that 
once every 2 years, the Secretary shall review the planning process 
through which the program was developed. The Secretary shall approve 
such planning process if the Secretary finds that the planning process 
is consistent with this section and section 134.''.
    (c) Off-System Bridges.--Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Off-System Bridges.--Not less than 25 percent nor 
        more than 35 percent of the amount apportioned to each State in 
        each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, 
        shall be expended for projects to replace, rehabilitate, paint, 
        seismic retrofit, or apply calcium magnesium acetate to bridges 
        located on public roads that are functionally classified as 
        local roads or rural minor collectors. After consultation with 
        State and local elected officials, the Secretary may, with 
        respect to such State, reduce the requirement for expenditure 
        for bridges on public roads that are functionally classified as 
        local roads or rural minor collectors if the Secretary 
        determines that the needs of such State do not justify such 
        expenditure.''.
    (d) Participation of Local Elected Officials.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
        effectiveness of the participation of local elected officials 
        in transportation planning and programming.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress 
        a report containing the results of the study required by 
        paragraph (1).
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