[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1091 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1091

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for maintenance of 
 public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 1997

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) 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 maintenance of 
 public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations.

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

SECTION 1. INDIAN RESERVATION SCHOOL ROADS.

    (a) Funding.--Section 1003(a)(6) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 
1919) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Indian reservation school roads.--For 
                maintenance of Indian reservation school roads 
                $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 
                2003.''.
    (b) Definition of Indian Reservation School Road.--Section 101 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
undesignated paragraph defining ``Indian reservation roads'' the 
following:
    ``The term `Indian reservation school road' means a public road 
that--
            ``(A) is within, is adjacent to, or provides access to an 
        Indian reservation (including associated trust land and 
        restricted Indian land) having a land area of 10,000,000 acres 
        or more; and
            ``(B) is used by a school bus to transport children to or 
        from a school or Headstart program.''.
    (c) Maintenance Under the Federal Lands Highways Program.--Section 
204 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
        ``and Indian reservation roads'' and inserting ``Indian 
        reservation roads, and Indian reservation school roads'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after the second 
        sentence the following: ``Funds available for Indian 
        reservation school roads shall be used by the Secretary to pay 
        for the cost of maintenance of Indian reservation school roads 
        in accordance with subsection (k).'';
            (3) in the last sentence of subsection (c), by striking 
        ``The Bureau'' and inserting ``Subject to subsection (k), the 
        Bureau''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Indian Reservation School Roads.--
            ``(1) Funding.--A State or county with an Indian 
        reservation school road on its maintenance system may apply for 
        funding from the Secretary for maintenance of the Indian 
        reservation school road, which the Secretary may grant if the 
        Secretary determines that funding for maintenance of the road 
        from other sources is not sufficient to provide maintenance 
        that ensures the safety and welfare of children being 
        transported in a school bus to and from a school or Headstart 
        program.
            ``(2) Method of contracting.-- All maintenance work funded 
        under this subsection shall be performed--
                    ``(A) by contract awarded by competitive bidding; 
                or
                    ``(B) by a State or county that the Secretary has 
                determined has the ability to administer efficiently 
                funds granted for the maintenance of Indian reservation 
                school roads.
            ``(3) Supplementary funding.--The Secretary shall ensure 
        that funding made available under this subsection for 
        maintenance of Indian reservation school roads for each fiscal 
        year is supplementary to and not in lieu of any obligation of 
        funds by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for road maintenance 
        programs on Indian reservations.''.
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