[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1347 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1347

   To provide funding for projects to reduce traffic congestion and 
     improve travel options in the metropolitan Washington region.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2005

 Mr. Moran of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Tom Davis of 
  Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide funding for projects to reduce traffic congestion and 
     improve travel options in the metropolitan Washington region.

    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 ``End D.C. Regional Traffic Gridlock 
Act''.

SEC. 2. METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON REGION TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board of the 
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (in this section 
referred to as the ``Board'') to carry out transportation projects to 
reduce traffic congestion and improve travel options in the 
metropolitan Washington region.
    (b) Eligible Projects.----
            (1) Project purposes.--Projects eligible for assistance 
        under this section shall be limited to projects of regional 
        significance selected by the Board for one or more of the 
        following purposes:
                    (A) Establishing and operating an integrated 
                traffic management and incident response program.
                    (B) Expanding use of intelligent transportation 
                systems.
                    (C) Improving access to transit facilities.
                    (D) Improving pedestrian safety.
                    (E) Promoting telecommuting and teleworking.
                    (F) Expanding the network of nonmotorized trails.
            (2) Eligible activities.--In carrying out projects under 
        this section, the following activities shall be eligible for 
        assistance:
                    (A) Any effort to improve coordination of 
                transportation planning and land use planning.
                    (B) The design, construction, and maintenance of 
                facilities and services.
                    (C) The operation of such facilities.
                    (D) The provision of services.
                    (E) The deployment of demand reduction and traffic 
                management measures.
    (c) Applicability of Requirements.----
            (1) Planning requirements.--Except as otherwise determined 
        by the Secretary, projects carried out under this section shall 
        be subject to--
                    (A) for highway projects, the planning requirements 
                of title 23, United States Code; and
                    (B) for transit projects, the planning requirements 
                of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Construction standards.--Except as otherwise determined 
        by the Secretary, construction standards applicable to the 
        construction of highway and transit projects under titles 23 
        and 49, United States Code, shall apply to the construction of 
        highway and transit projects under this section.
    (d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out under this section shall be 75 percent.
    (e) Maintenance of Funding and Effort.----
            (1) Treatment of amounts.--Amounts made available to carry 
        out this section shall be in addition to other Federal, State, 
        and local transportation funding for the metropolitan 
        Washington region jurisdictions.
            (2) Maintenance of effort.--In using funds provided under 
        this section, a metropolitan Washington region jurisdiction 
        shall maintain the expenditures of the jurisdiction for 
        transportation in the metropolitan Washington region at a level 
        that is not less than the level of the expenditures maintained 
        by the jurisdiction for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
        year for which the funds are received.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009. Of such amounts, not to exceed 
$100,000 per fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses.
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