[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1534 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1534

   To complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian development 
                highway system, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2009

 Mr. Reid (for Mr. Byrd (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
Webb, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Warner) 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 complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian development 
                highway system, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Appalachian Development Highway 
System Completion Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) for the Appalachian development highway system program under 
section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, $1,080,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
    (b) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion funds made 
available by subsection (a) for fiscal years 2010 through 2015 among 
the States based on the latest available cost-to-complete estimate for 
the Appalachian development highway system under section 14501 of title 
40, United States Code, prepared by the Appalachian Regional 
Commission.
    (c) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available by subsection 
(a) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the 
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
except that--
            (1) the Federal share of the cost of any project carried 
        out using the funds shall be determined in accordance with 
        section 14501 of title 40, United States Code; and
            (2) the funds shall remain available until expended.
    (d) Availability of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, any 
obligation limitation enacted for any of fiscal years 2010 through 2015 
shall not apply to obligations authorized for the Appalachian 
development highway system program under section 14501 of title 40, 
United States Code.
    (e) Loans Between States.--
            (1) In general.--On notice to the Secretary of 
        Transportation, a State that receives an apportionment under 
        subsection (b) may lend any amount of contract authority or 
        obligation authority available to the State pursuant to the 
        apportionment to any other State that is eligible for such an 
        apportionment for use by the borrowing State for activities 
        eligible under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code.
            (2) Repayment.--Any loan under paragraph (1) shall be 
        repaid not later than September 30, 2015.
    (f) Purposes.--Section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Purposes.--
                    ``(A) Federal-aid highway and other programs.--The 
                funds authorized by this subsection shall be used to 
                administer the provisions of law to be financed from 
                appropriations for the Federal-aid highway program and 
                programs authorized under chapter 2.
                    ``(B) Appalachian development highway system.--In 
                any case in which an apportionment is made of the 
                amounts made available for expenditure for the 
                Appalachian development highway system program under 
                section 14501 of title 40, from amounts made available 
                from the Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian 
                development highway system, the Secretary shall 
                transfer to the Appalachian Regional Commission such 
                sums as the Appalachian Regional Commission determines 
                to be appropriate, not to exceed $3,000,000 for each 
                fiscal year, for administrative and planning activities 
                associated with the Appalachian development highway 
                system.''.
    (g) Equity Bonus Program.--Section 105 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (J); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (K) through (N) 
                as subparagraphs (J) through (M), respectively; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (J); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as 
                subparagraph (J).
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