[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 365 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 365

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a program to make 
 allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural 
                       areas to 4-lane highways.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2003

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Cochran) 
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 establish a program to make 
 allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural 
                       areas to 4-lane highways.

    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 ``Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and 
Development Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. RURAL 4-LANE HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 138 the following:
``Sec. 139. Rural 4-lane highway development program
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) 2-lane highway.--The term `2-lane highway' means a 
        highway that has not more than 1 lane of traffic in each 
        direction.
            ``(2) 4-lane highway.--The term `4-lane highway' means a 
        highway that has 2 lanes of traffic in each direction.
    ``(b) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall establish and 
carry out a program to make allocations to States for projects, 
consisting of planning, design, environmental review, and construction, 
to expand eligible 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways.
    ``(c) Applications.--To be eligible to receive an allocation under 
this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such form, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Eligible Highways.--The Secretary may make allocations under 
this section only for projects to expand 2-lane highways that are on--
            ``(1) the National Highway System; or
            ``(2) a high priority corridor identified under section 
        1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
        of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032).
    ``(e) Priority in Selection.--In making allocations under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to--
            ``(1) projects to improve highway safety on the most 
        dangerous rural 2-lane highways on the National Highway System;
            ``(2) projects carried out on rural highways with respect 
        to which the annual volume of commercial vehicle traffic--
                    ``(A) has increased since the date of enactment of 
                the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation 
                Act (107 Stat. 2057); or
                    ``(B) is expected to increase after the date of 
                enactment of this section;
            ``(3) projects carried out on rural highways with high 
        levels of commercial truck traffic; and
            ``(4) projects on highway corridors that will help 
        stimulate regional economic growth and development in rural 
        areas.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2004 through 2009.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 138 the following:

``139. Rural 4-lane highway development program.''.
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