1.
This Act may be cited as the
American Indian Reservation
Transportation Improvement Program Act
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2.
(a)
Authorization of appropriations
Section 1101(a)(8)(A) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (112 Stat. 112) is amended by
striking of such title
and all that follows and inserting
of that title—
(i)
$225,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(ii)
$275,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
(iii)
$330,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(iv)
$360,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(v)
$390,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(vi)
$420,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(vii)
$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
(viii)
$480,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
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(b)
Additional authorization of contract authority for States with
Indian reservations
Section 1214(d)(5)(A) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (23
U.S.C. 202 note;
112
Stat. 206) is amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: , $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005,
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and $5,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 and 2009
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(c)
Indian reservation road bridges
Section 202(d)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended—
(1)
by striking (B)
Reservation.—Of the amounts
and all
that follows through to replace,
and inserting the
following:
(B)
(i)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is authorized
to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund $15,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2004 through 2009 to carry out planning, design, engineering,
preconstruction, construction, and inspection of projects to replace,
; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(ii)
Funds made available to carry out this subparagraph—
(I)
shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the
funds were apportioned under chapter 1; and
(II)
shall not be used to pay any administrative costs.
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3.
Indian reservation rural transit program
Section 5311 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(k)
Indian reservation rural transit program
(1)
In this subsection:
(A)
The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the
term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b).
(B)
The term reservation means—
(i)
an Indian reservation in existence as of the date of enactment
of this subsection;
(ii)
a public domain Indian allotment; and
(iii)
an Indian reservation in the State of Oklahoma that existed at
any time before, but is no longer in existence as of, the date of enactment of
this subsection.
(C)
The term Secretary means the Secretary of
Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway
Administration.
(2)
The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to
provide competitive grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs
on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the Indian
tribes.
(3)
The Secretary shall—
(A)
establish and maintain intra-agency cooperation between the
Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration
in—
(i)
administering tribal transit programs funded by the Federal
Highway Administration; and
(ii)
exploring options for the transfer of funds from the Federal
Highway Administration to the Federal Transit Administration for the direct
funding of tribal transit programs; and
(B)
establish and maintain working relationships with
representatives of regional tribal technical assistance programs to ensure
proper administration of ongoing and future tribal transit programs carried out
using Federal funds.
(4)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each fiscal
year, of the amount made available to carry out this section under section 5338
for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $20,000,000 to carry out this
subsection.
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