1.This Act may be cited as the
Keeping America’s Freeways Free
Act
.
2.Prohibition on
imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using
Federal funds
(a)In
this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)The term Federal highway facility means any
highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System that is constructed using
Federal funds.
(2)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation.
(3)The term tolling provision means—
(A)section 129 of
title 23, United States Code;
(B)section 1216(b) of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 112
Stat. 212);
(C)section 1604(b) of
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 119 Stat. 1250); and
(D)section 1012(b)(4)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 149
note; 105 Stat. 1938).
(b)
(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not permit
the imposition or collection of any toll on any portion of a Federal highway
facility—
(A)that is in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(B)on which no toll
is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on that date of
enactment.
(2)Paragraph
(1) shall not apply to the imposition or collection of a toll on a Federal
highway facility on which a toll is imposed or collected under a tolling
provision on the date of enactment of this Act.
(c)No toll shall be imposed or collected on a Federal
highway facility that is purchased by a State on or after the date of enactment
of this Act.