[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 5503 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5503

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the 
  National Park Service to prioritize certain funds for high-commuter 
                   corridors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2019

Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
    Beyer, and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the 
  National Park Service to prioritize certain funds for high-commuter 
                   corridors, 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 ``The Commuter Parkway Safety and 
Reliability Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION.

    Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Prioritization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Director of the National 
                Park Service shall prioritize the funds made available 
                under the Federal lands transportation program for 
                high-commuter corridors.
                    ``(B) Transfer for high-commuter corridors.--
                            ``(i) Request.--If the Director determines 
                        that a high-commuter corridor requires 
                        additional investment, based on the criteria 
                        described in clause (iv), the Director, with 
                        respect to such corridor, shall submit to the 
                        State--
                                    ``(I) information on condition of 
                                pavements and bridges;
                                    ``(II) an estimate of the amounts 
                                needed to bring such corridor into a 
                                state of good repair, taking into 
                                consideration any planned future 
                                investments; and
                                    ``(III) at the discretion of the 
                                Director, a request that the State 
                                transfer to the National Park Service, 
                                under the authority of section 132, or 
                                to the Federal Highway Administration, 
                                under the authority of section 104, a 
                                portion of such amounts necessary to 
                                address the condition of the corridor.
                            ``(ii) State response.--Not later than 45 
                        days after the date of receipt of the request 
                        described in clause (i)(III), the State shall--
                                    ``(I) approve the request;
                                    ``(II) deny the request and explain 
                                the reasons for such denial; or
                                    ``(III) request any additional 
                                information necessary to take action on 
                                the request.
                            ``(iii) Notification to the secretary.--The 
                        Director shall provide to the Secretary of 
                        Transportation a copy of any request or 
                        response described under clauses (i)(III) and 
                        (ii).
                            ``(iv) Criteria.--In making a determination 
                        under clause (i), the Director, with respect to 
                        the corridor, shall consider--
                                    ``(I) the condition of roads, 
                                bridges, and tunnels; and
                                    ``(II) the average annual daily 
                                traffic.
                    ``(C) High-commuter corridor defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `high-commuter corridor' means a 
                Federal lands transportation facility administered by 
                the National Park Service that has average annual daily 
                traffic of not less than 20,000 vehicles.''.
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