[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1144

  To provide increased flexibility in use of highway funding, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 1999

Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
   Warner, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Leahy) 
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 provide increased flexibility in use of highway funding, 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 ``Surface Transportation Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 350 of the National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 109 Stat. 618) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``not to exceed 10'';
            (2) in subsections (b) and (j), by striking ``fiscal years 
        1996 and 1997'' each place it appears and inserting ``fiscal 
        years 1996 through 2003''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``104(b)(5)(B), 144, and 160'' and inserting 
                        ``104(b)(4) and 144''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``each of section'' and inserting ``each of 
                        sections 105 and''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or 160''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1511 of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 181 note; 112 Stat. 251) is 
repealed.

SEC. 3. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS FLEXIBILITY.

    Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(i) Use of Other Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Projects eligible for apportioned funds.--A 
                State may use for a project under this section any 
                funds apportioned under this title for which the 
                project is eligible.
                    ``(B) Projects not eligible for apportioned 
                funds.--If a project under this section is not eligible 
                for funds apportioned under this title, a State may use 
                for the project funds apportioned to the State under 
                section 104(b)(3), other than funds set aside or 
                suballocated under section 133(d).
            ``(2) Reimbursement.--Apportioned funds used under 
        paragraph (1) shall be reimbursed from amounts allocated for 
        the project under this section in an amount equal to the amount 
        used under paragraph (1), but not to exceed the total of the 
        amounts allocated for the project under this section.''.

SEC. 4. FUNDING FLEXIBILITY AND HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.

    (a) Eligibility of Passenger Rail for Highway Funding.--
            (1) National highway system.--Section 103(b)(6) of title 
        23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(Q) Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, 
                and rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance 
                for, intercity rail passenger facilities and rolling 
                stock.''.
            (2) Surface transportation program.--Section 133(b)(2) of 
        title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before 
        the period at the end the following: ``, rail, or a combination 
        of bus and rail''.
            (3) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement 
        program.--Section 149(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) if the project or program will have air quality 
        benefits through acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and 
        rehabilitation of, and preventative maintenance for, intercity 
        rail passenger facilities and rolling stock.''.
    (b) Transfer of Highway and Transit Funds to Amtrak and Publicly-
Owned Passenger Rail Lines.--Section 104(k) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Transfer to amtrak and publicly-owned passenger rail 
        lines.--Funds made available under this title or chapter 53 of 
        title 49 and transferred to the National Railroad Passenger 
        Corporation or to any publicly-owned intercity or intracity 
        passenger rail line shall be administered by the Secretary in 
        accordance with subtitle V of title 49, except that the 
        provisions of this title or chapter 53 of title 49, as 
        applicable, relating to the non-Federal share shall apply to 
        the transferred funds.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs 
        (1) through (3)''.

SEC. 5. HISTORIC BRIDGES.

    Section 144(o) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``amount of'' before ``costs 
                eligible''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection shall not'' and 
                inserting ``subsection that are funded with funds made 
                available to carry out this section shall not''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``up to an 
                amount not to'' and inserting ``, except that the 
                amount of reimbursable project costs that are funded 
                with funds made available to carry out this section 
                shall not''; and
                    (B) in the last sentence, by striking ``title'' and 
                inserting ``section''.

SEC. 6. ACCOUNTING SIMPLIFICATION.

    Section 1102(c)(4) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 116) is amended by striking 
``$2,000,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
``$2,161,000,000''.
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