[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3686 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3686

     To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to promote the 
  integration of local land use planning and transportation planning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2005

 Mr. Gerlach introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to promote the 
  integration of local land use planning and transportation planning.

    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 ``Growing Smarter Through 
Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is in the national interest to encourage States and 
        local governments to integrate land use planning with 
        transportation planning in order to--
                    (A) promote the long-term conservation and 
                preservation of undeveloped open spaces and farmland; 
                and
                    (B) stimulate the revitalization of established 
                urban centers while meeting the Nation's immediate and 
                long-term transportation needs.
            (2) It is further in the national interest to ensure that 
        Federal funds used to plan, design, build, and maintain 
        transportation infrastructure are utilized to promote the 
        integration of land use planning and transportation planning 
        and to ensure that transportation projects resulting from the 
        process are consistent with applicable land use plans of 
        affected units of general purpose local government.
            (3) Conservation and preservation of undeveloped open 
        spaces and farmland are consistent with economic development.

SEC. 3. HIGHWAY PLANNING.

    (a) Metropolitan Planning.--
            (1) Scope of planning process.--Section 134(f)(1) of title 
        23, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) ensure consistency with local land use 
                plans.''.
            (2) Long-range transportation plan.--Section 134(g) of such 
        title is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Coordination with affected units of local 
        government.--The metropolitan planning organization shall 
        coordinate the development of the long-range transportation 
        plan with affected units of general purpose local government to 
        ensure consistency with local land use plans.''.
            (3) Local land use plan defined.--Section 134 of such title 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Local Land Use Plan Defined.--In this section and section 
135, the term `local land use plan' means a municipal, multimunicipal, 
county, or multicounty comprehensive plan or transportation improvement 
plan.''.
    (b) Statewide Planning.--
            (1) Scope of planning process.--Section 135(c)(1) of title 
        23, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) ensure consistency with local land use 
                plans.''.
            (2) Long-range transportation plan.--Section 135(e) of such 
        title is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Coordination with affected units of local 
        government.--The State shall coordinate the development of the 
        long-range transportation plan with affected units of general 
        purpose local government to ensure consistency with local land 
        use plans.''.

SEC. 4. TRANSIT PLANNING.

    (a) Metropolitan Planning.--
            (1) Scope of planning process.--Section 5303(b) of title 
        49, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) ensure consistency with local land use 
                plans.''.
            (2) Long-range transportation plan.--Section 5303(f) of 
        such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Coordination with affected units of local 
        government.--The metropolitan planning organization shall 
        coordinate the development of the long-range transportation 
        plan with affected units of general purpose local government to 
        ensure consistency with local land use plans.''.
            (3) Local land use plan defined.--Section 5303 of such 
        title is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Local Land Use Plan Defined.--In this section and section 
5304, the term `local land use plan' means a municipal, multimunicipal, 
county, or multicounty comprehensive plan or transportation improvement 
plan.''.
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