117 HR 3341 IH: Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-05-19
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1. Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act 2.0
or the STARTER Act 2.0
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Division A—Extension of Surface Transportation Programs
Sec. 1001. Extension of Federal surface transportation programs.
Sec. 1002. Extension of highway trust fund expenditure authority.
Sec. 1003. Extension of highway-related taxes.
Sec. 1004. Additional contract authority.
Sec. 1005. Tax-exempt financing for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities.
Sec. 1006. Effective date.
Division B—Surface Transportation
Title I—Federal-Aid Highways
Subtitle A—Authorizations and Programs
Sec. 1101. Nationally significant freight and highway projects.
Sec. 1102. Better utilizing investments to leverage development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants.
Sec. 1103. National highway freight program.
Sec. 1104. Truck parking safety improvement.
Sec. 1105. Temporary Federal share for Federal-aid highway projects.
Sec. 1106. Consolidated funding program.
Sec. 1107. Bridge rebuilding programs.
Sec. 1108. Increased flexibility for bridge bundling projects.
Sec. 1109. Off-system bridge set-aside.
Sec. 1110. Establishment of ROUTES and NETT entities.
Subtitle B—Acceleration of Project Delivery
Sec. 1201. Environmental reviews for major projects.
Sec. 1202. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.
Sec. 1203. Application of categorical exclusions for transportation projects.
Sec. 1204. Air quality and conformity.
Sec. 1205. Agreements relating to use of and access to rights-of-way Interstate System.
Sec. 1206. Permits for dredged or fill material.
Sec. 1207. Pilot program on use of innovative practices for environmental reviews.
Sec. 1208. Major projects threshold.
Sec. 1209. Adding previously approved projects to the transportation improvement program.
Title II—Innovative Project Finance
Sec. 2001. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 temporary loan relief due to the COVID–19 pandemic.
Title III—Public Transportation
Sec. 3001. Short title.
Sec. 3002. Urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 3003. Fixed guideway capital investment grants.
Sec. 3004. Enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 3005. Formula grants for rural areas.
Sec. 3006. Non-emergency medical transportation.
Sec. 3007. Technical assistance and workforce development.
Sec. 3008. General provisions.
Sec. 3009. Apportionments.
Sec. 3010. Grants for bus and bus facilities.
Sec. 3011. Elimination of apportionments based on high density State factors.
Sec. 3012. Innovative mobility and technology deployment grants.
Sec. 3013. Expedited project delivery for capital investment grants.
Title IV—Highway Traffic Safety
Sec. 4001. Funding and grant requirements.
Sec. 4002. Highway safety research and development.
Sec. 4003. National priority safety programs.
Sec. 4004. National priority safety program grant eligibility.
Title V—Motor Carrier Safety
Sec. 5001. Funding and grant requirements.
Sec. 5002. Compliance, safety, and accountability reform.
Sec. 5003. Entry-level driver training regulations.
Sec. 5004. Trucking industry workforce development.
Sec. 5005. Hours of service requirements for agricultural operations.
Title VI—Innovation
Sec. 6001. Advanced transportation technologies program.
Sec. 6002. Connected vehicle deployment pilot program.
Sec. 6003. Automated driving system demonstration program.
Sec. 6004. Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems.
Sec. 6005. Innovative project delivery methods.
Sec. 6006. Surface transportation system funding alternatives.
Sec. 6007. Surface transportation system road usage charge national pilot program.
Sec. 6008. Implementation of per-mile road usage charge for Federal vehicles.
Title VII—Resiliency
Sec. 7001. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program.
Sec. 7002. National highway performance program.
Sec. 7003. Resilience in federal-aid highway programs.
Sec. 7004. Resiliency in transit.
Sec. 7005. Highway emergency relief and resiliency.
Sec. 7006. Highway resiliency incentives.
Sec. 7007. Guidance on inundated and submerged roads.
Sec. 7008. Guidance on evacuation routes.
Sec. 7009. Definitions.
Sec. 7010. University transportation centers.
Sec. 7011. Pre-disaster hazard mitigation pilot program.
Title VIII—Freight Rail Manufacturing
Sec. 8001. Short title.
Sec. 8002. Requirements for railroad freight cars entering service in the United States.
Sec. 8003. Regulations; penalties.
Sec. 8004. Country specified.
Sec. 8005. Definitions.
AExtension of Surface Transportation Programs
1001.Extension of Federal surface transportation programs
(a)Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized under the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 2021, are incorporated by reference and shall continue in effect through September 30, 2026. (b)Authorization of appropriations (1) (A)There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Account for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, for each program with respect to which amounts are authorized to be appropriated from such account for fiscal year 2021, an amount equal to 132 percent of the amount authorized for appropriation with respect to the program from such account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2021.
(B)There is authorized to be appropriated from the Mass Transit Account for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, for each program with respect to which amounts are authorized to be appropriated from such account for fiscal year 2021, an amount equal to the amount authorized for appropriation with respect to the program from such account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2021. (2)There is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, for each program with respect to which amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 from an account other than the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account under the titles specified in subsection (e)(1)(A), an amount equal to the amount authorized for appropriation with respect to the program under such titles for fiscal year 2021.
(c)Subject to section 1004(b), amounts authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 with respect to a program under subsection (b) shall be distributed, administered, limited, and made available for obligation in the same manner as amounts authorized to be appropriated with respect to the program for fiscal year 2021 under the covered laws. (d)Subject to section 1004(d), a program for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)(1) shall be subject to a limitation on obligations for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 in the same amount and in the same manner as the limitation applicable with respect to the program for fiscal year 2021.
(e)In this section, the following definitions apply: (1)The term covered laws means the following:
(A)Titles I, III, IV, V, and VI of division A of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). (B)Division A, division B, subtitle A of title I and title II of division C, and division E of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141).
(C)Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–244). (D)Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59).
(E)Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178). (F)Titles II, III, and IV of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59).
(G)Title I, part A of title II, title III, title IV, title V, and title VI of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240). (H)Title 23, United States Code.
(I)Subtitle IV of Title 40, United States Code. (J)Sections 116, 117, 330, and 5505 and chapters 53, 303, 311, 313, 701, and 702 of title 49, United States Code.
(2)The term Highway Account means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account. (3)The term Mass Transit Account means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(f)Disadvantaged business enterprises
(1)In this subsection, the following definitions apply: (A) (i)The term small business concern means a small business concern (as the term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).
(ii)The term small business concern does not include any concern or group of concerns controlled by the same socially and economically disadvantaged individual or individuals that have average annual gross receipts during the preceding 5 fiscal years in excess of $26,290,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for inflation. (B)Socially and economically disadvantaged individualsThe term socially and economically disadvantaged individuals has the meaning given the term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and relevant subcontracting regulations issued pursuant to such Act, except that women shall be presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for purposes of this subsection.
(2)Amounts for small business concernsExcept to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available for any program under titles I, II, and III of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, shall be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. (3)Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprisesEach State shall annually—
(A)survey and compile a list of the small business concerns referred to in paragraph (2) in the State, including the location of the small business concerns in the State, and publish such list on a public website; and (B)notify the Secretary, in writing, of the percentage of the small business concerns that are controlled by—
(i)women; (ii)socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than women); and
(iii)individuals who are women and are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. (4) (A)The Secretary shall establish minimum uniform criteria for use by State governments in certifying whether a concern qualifies as a small business concern for the purpose of this subsection.
(B)The minimum uniform criteria established under subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to a potential small business concern— (i)on-site visits;
(ii)personal interviews with personnel; (iii)issuance or inspection of licenses;
(iv)analyses of stock ownership; (v)listings of equipment;
(vi)analyses of bonding capacity; (vii)listings of work completed;
(viii)examination of the resumes of principal owners; (ix)analyses of financial capacity; and
(x)analyses of the type of work preferred. (5)The Secretary shall establish minimum requirements for use by State governments in reporting to the Secretary—
(A)information concerning disadvantaged business enterprise awards, commitments, and achievements; and (B)such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the proper monitoring of the disadvantaged business enterprise program.
(6)Compliance with court ordersNothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of an individual or entity to receive funds made available under titles I, II, and III of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, if the entity or person is prevented, in whole or in part, from complying with paragraph (2) because a Federal court issues a final order in which the court finds that a requirement or the implementation of paragraph (2) is unconstitutional. 1002.Extension of highway trust fund expenditure authority Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(a)by striking October 1, 2021
in subsections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting October 1, 2026
; and (b)by striking Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
in subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting STARTER Act 2.0
.
1003.Extension of highway-related taxes
(a)
(1)Each of the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking September 30, 2022
and inserting September 30, 2026
: (A)Section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(I).
(B)Section 4041(m)(1)(B). (C)Section 4081(d)(1).
(2)Each of the following provisions of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2022
and inserting October 1, 2026
: (A)Section 4041(m)(1)(A).
(B)Section 4051(c). (C)Section 4071(d).
(D)Section 4081(d)(3). (b)Extension of tax, etc., on use of certain heavy vehiclesEach of the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 2023
each place it appears and inserting 2026
:
(1)Section 4481(f). (2)Subsections (c)(4) and (d) of section 4482.
(c)Section 6412(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1)by striking October 1, 2022
each place it appears and inserting October 1, 2026
;
(2)by striking March 31, 2023
each place it appears and inserting March 31, 2026
; and (3)by striking January 1, 2023
and inserting January 1, 2026
.
(d)Extension of certain exemptions
(1)Section 4221(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking October 1, 2022
and inserting October 1, 2026
. (2)Section 4483(i) of such Code is amended by striking October 1, 2023
and inserting October 1, 2026
.
(e)Extension of transfers of certain taxes
(1)Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (A)in subsection (b)—
(i)by striking October 1, 2022
each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting October 1, 2026
; (ii)by striking October 1, 2022
in the heading of paragraph (2) and inserting October 1, 2026
;
(iii)by striking September 30, 2022
in paragraph (2) and inserting September 30, 2026
; and (iv)by striking July 1, 2023
in paragraph (2) and inserting July 1, 2026
; and
(B)in subsection (c)(2), by striking July 1, 2023
and inserting July 1, 2026
. (2)Motorboat and small-engine fuel tax transfers (A)Paragraphs (3)(A)(i) and (4)(A) of section 9503(c) of such Code are each amended by striking October 1, 2022
and inserting October 1, 2026
.
(B)Conforming amendments to land and water conservation fundSection 200310 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— (i)by striking October 1, 2023
each place it appears and inserting October 1, 2026
; and
(ii)by striking October 1, 2022
and inserting October 1, 2026
. (f)The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2021.
1004.Additional contract authority
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, any excess amount authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account shall be distributed as described in subsection (b). (b)Adjustment to core account programsFor each fiscal year in which an excess amount as described in subsection (a) is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account, the Secretary shall—
(1)under section 1001 of this Act make available for core account programs authorized from such account an amount equal to the amount authorized for such programs for fiscal year 2021; (2)under this section, make available an additional amount for such programs equal to the excess amount authorized to be appropriated as described in subsection (a); and
(3)distribute the additional amount under paragraph (2) to each of such core account programs in accordance with subsection (c). (c)Distribution of adjustment among core account programs (1)In making an adjustment for core account programs authorized from the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account for a fiscal year under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—
(A)determine the ratio that— (i)the amount authorized to be appropriated for a core account program from the account for fiscal year 2021; bears to
(ii)the total amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for all core account programs under such account; (B)multiply the ratio determined under subparagraph (A) by the amount of the adjustment under subsection (b)(2); and
(C)adjust the amount that the Secretary would otherwise have allocated for the core account program for the fiscal year by the amount calculated under subparagraph (B). (2) (A)Subject to subparagraph (B), for a program for which funds are distributed by formula, the Secretary shall add the adjustment to the amount authorized for the program but for this section and make available the adjusted program amount for such program in accordance with such formula.
(B)In making the adjustment under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall exclude subsections (b)(4), (b)(5)(D), and (b)(6) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, from the formula calculations. (3)Availability for obligationAdjusted amounts under this subsection shall be available for obligation and administered in the same manner as other amounts made available for the program for which the amount is adjusted.
(4)
(A)In making an adjustment under subsection (c)(1) for an allocation, reservation, or set-aside from an amount authorized from the Highway Account or Mass Transit Account referred to in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall— (i)determine the ratio that—
(I)the amount authorized to be appropriated for the allocation, reservation, or set-aside from the account for fiscal year 2021; bears to (II)the total amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for all core account programs under such account;
(ii)multiply the ratio determined under clause (i) by the amount of the adjustment determined under subsection (b)(2); and (iii)adjust the amount that the Secretary would have allocated for the allocation, reservation, or set-aside for the fiscal year but for this section by the amount calculated under clause (ii).
(B)Allocations, reservations, and set-asidesThe allocations, reservations, and set-asides referred to in subparagraph (A) are— (i)the amount reserved for a fiscal year under section 133(h)(1)(A);
(ii)the amount set aside for a fiscal year for the National Highway Freight Program under section 104(b)(5); (iii)supplemental funds reserved for a fiscal year for the National Highway Performance Program under section 104(h)(1); and
(iv)supplemental funds reserved for a fiscal year for the surface transportation block grant program under section 104(h)(2). (d)Revision to obligation limitationsIf the Secretary makes an adjustment under subsection (b) for a fiscal year to an amount subject to a limitation on obligations imposed by any other provision of law—
(1)such limitation on obligations for such fiscal year shall be revised by an amount equal to such adjustment; and (2)the Secretary shall distribute such limitation on obligations, as revised under paragraph (1), in accordance with such provisions.
(e)In this section, the following definitions apply— (1)The term Highway Account means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account.
(2)The term Mass Transit Account means the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (3)The term core account programs means—
(A)the National Highway Performance Program under section 119 of title 23, United States Code; (B)the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program under section 133 of title 23, United States Code;
(C)the Highway Safety Improvement Program under section 148 of title 23, United States Code; (D)the National Highway Freight Program under section 167 of title 23, United States Code; and
(E)the Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. (4)The term excess amount means—
(A)the amount authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year from the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account; minus (B)the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 from such account.
1005.Tax-exempt financing for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilitiesSection 142(m)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking $15,000,000,000
and inserting $45,000,000,000
. 1006.This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2021.
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<enum>I</enum><header>Federal-Aid Highways </header>
<subtitle id="H20E06BC1E55C4CFCBA62ECE510D27BA4"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorizations and Programs</header>
<section id="HC8434F3242C6450EB86D055AD2E29679" commented="no"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the nationally significant freight and highway projects program under section 117 of title 23, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></section> <section id="HB595627E0664414CBAF20EEBAF5396B0"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Better utilizing investments to leverage development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants</header> <subsection id="H516741A9FDDB425597F35FFE4E1D3125"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/55">Chapter 55</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5502">section 5502</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="HAD980A0686EB4179AF4274B0EC83111A"><enum>5503.</enum><header>BUILD grant program</header>
<subsection id="H5823A735833C4CA28AE5AEE0F5E26CF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a discretionary grant program, to be known as the <quote>Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development Transportation Grant Program</quote> or the BUILD grant program, to be administered by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4A30B73C2DB14BB8BAB1A3A7277BF8E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the BUILD grant program, the Secretary may award grants, on a competitive basis, for eligible projects that will have a projects that encourage economic viability of the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA19E7658CCB24398BCB8DE17132C2266"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header><text>Applicants eligible for funding under this section are—</text> <paragraph id="HF8A0B23B4E4447C8ACA2D7CFBB1C4EE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F687B1C08214A75AFED3AE6D4A2D9F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>local governments;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77BA318EA43643E4A4AA1F8CAAB7E342"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Tribal governments;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDC72C74CBCB4AC8986ED7DA45E4842D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>transit agencies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1825F6DA65CF430A8B586259DACB4495"><enum>(5)</enum><text>port authorities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF00871446134499DA3159739ACF8BB22"><enum>(6)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H359780D47AFC4D8E80B4F03042ECE530"><enum>(7)</enum><text>political subdivisions of State or local governments;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC177306FC124DBFAC7D585429EAC492"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Federal land management agencies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBE1BE54766E4A4EAE59483A60922396"><enum>(9)</enum><text>multi-State or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a single lead applicant.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H60DB442D15F144B29D88A0DBDE3229C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Projects eligible for a grant under this section are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H04F4B78E93EF454192A469272BD91783"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23 (including bicycle and pedestrian related projects).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC364A2BE407C4CA3B97EA2795FB3ED77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D9CEE38C60B409AAB8D61784F89804D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Passenger and freight rail transportation projects.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36ED806879314F0A995CFA04FC61D306"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Port infrastructure investments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B7817F191AF4C1CA035CE6BE759477E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Intermodal projects.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12BD0D68E5CB4F778133C46D5CA4ACE4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Projects investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7009695F01340E28E555D270F53E920"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Activities related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF1B931CDFFD4C5AA6A998FE1981E126"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the planning, preparation, or design of a single surface transportation project; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD88EC4081A2845BABA163C8F28543B3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regional transportation investment planning, including transportation planning that is coordinated with interdisciplinary factors including housing development, economic competitiveness, network connectivity, stormwater and other infrastructure investments, or that addresses future risks and vulnerabilities, including extreme weather and climate change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDD7374DD7C4245B4B05B140A4D16DDFE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header>
<paragraph id="H8013FDFB813C4773B4DA2050CC97779A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Equitable distribution</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds and a balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural communities and the investment in a variety of transportation modes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA24699DE4F74B4DAE8154F9B4EF8E4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural and urban projects</header><text>Of the funds awarded under this heading, not less than 40 percent shall be awarded as urban awards and rural awards, respectively.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2492ECB9236945E9A539AF1B0C181F75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation by state</header><text>Not more than 25 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section may be awarded to projects in a single State.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC90FA4F122CA4A4E9849836F17991A80"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant program solicitation and award</header><text>In administering the BUILD grant program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H489BFC44FA984ECFBD42AF4D92CBD437"><enum>(1)</enum><text>solicit from eligible entities grant applications for eligible projects in accordance with this section not later than 60 days after funds are made available to carry out this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H272E29755B6A43F7B687C0F396C472F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>announce grants for eligible projects in accordance with this section not later than 1 year from the date on which such applications are due.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD3E76E6515D14E52914F93B1F87A99E6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Planning grants</header><text>The Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section to fund the activities specified in subsection (d)(7). Selection criteria for such activities may include a preference for projects located in a qualified opportunity zone, as such term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">section 1400Z–1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA4299E1CF6640B3B7338ACC2AE3C567"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Application evaluation and scoring process</header><text>The Secretary shall describe in each Notice of Funding Opportunity for awards under this section a quantitative, merit-based process for evaluating eligible applications. The process shall include detailed information on how selection criteria will be evaluated.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H15AEA01B1CF04F4E93F0B8C68325AF04"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="HED79F035462A42168E12E586CFFE6AF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the costs for a project for which funds are awarded under this section shall not exceed 80 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3D2D0481AC44DF9A875E467C5F78271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for rural areas</header><text>The Secretary may provide a Federal share of up to 100 percent for a project in a rural area.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2222AD3B2F1E432DA53E612FBC81DCFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In establishing grant program criteria pursuant to subsection (h), the Secretary shall include priority for projects that require a smaller Federal share.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7EC8EC247D3F4597BF0C9E369F9119F3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Davis-Bacon requirement</header><text>Projects conducted using funds provided under this section shall comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40 (commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H32A94F7647F546DFB871C84C2AF5694B"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H29BB39A1DBB4478A9EF40BF7886B7B2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may use up to 2.5 percent of the funds made available each year to carry out this section to administer grants under this program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF48727A1A7E94E88B705739C856A6D47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEA89BFD1ED984B62979C762C1B23E44A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>TIFIA and RRIF subsidy and administrative costs</header><text>The Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section to pay the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, or title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/45/821">45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.</external-xref>) if the Secretary finds that the use of the funds would advance the purposes of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H600B0F4ACE684348B9444C12A6FC7CFE"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Transfer authority</header><text>Funds authorized under this section may be transferred within the Department of Transportation and, except as otherwise provided in this section, administered in accordance with the requirements of title 23 or 49 of the United States Code applicable to the agency to which the funds are transferred and any other requirements applicable to the project.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9E23FACFDB984578BFD13A877BC0F9C6"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="H53809C92D62F4170AFEBC0147B89BB31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C10D42B144740428D223DDA7F32A205"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds authorized under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H003C22320D084CD98AC0E536A79FDB9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be available for obligation on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD972827BACC4B0A92FFA2A6E0FE76D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as specified in subsection (I), shall remain available for obligation for a period of 2 years after the year for which such funds are authorized.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8832E12DE0DE4E9AB4E5C4337B49D19D"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Performance management</header><text>The Secretary may collect performance data on projects assisted with awards under this section, under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB88537538B8148929CE80EEAED574037" commented="no"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H09435896B452477B9097BFF48A21A343" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rural</header><text>The term <term>rural</term> means any area that is not an urbanized area.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD96CE7B129BB4533857D3A93298FC41B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0FFA0A2988C43F294664753077FC5FE" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Urban</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>urban</term> means an urbanized area, as designated by the Bureau of the Census, that has a population greater than 200,000 according to the most recent decennial Census.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB41641C2A33447DC8763730E1421C0F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/55">chapter 55</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5502">section 5502</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="H2584185B37E34E5AB9C61F4A5F1A7106" commented="no"><enum>1103.</enum><header>National highway freight program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the national highway freight program under section 167 of title 23, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></section> <section id="H3806499A73C44EEDA15037F33FAB8EF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Truck parking safety improvement</header> <subsection id="HF8A28D758AB54303BB6358EEC8877766"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Parking for commercial vehicles</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">Chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H9C92878FDFD64B889B6F9DFFCF4506C8"><enum>171.</enum><header>Truck parking safety improvement</header>
<subsection id="HB4F5F4803BB04FBC811198E430581648" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide grants under this section, on a competitive basis, for projects to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on Federal-aid highways or on a facility with reasonable access to—</text> <paragraph id="H3D11B8365840454CA8A09547322B15E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a Federal-aid highway; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5609DCF3D8F04F309493CA5DA96FFC9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a freight facility. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCC2E00AC3B684410ABD9A294A9FB6C09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, an entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4459D31899F248B794389FF39AAE83AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application contents</header><text>An application under subsection (b) shall contain—</text> <paragraph id="HC4F343AF15FE4F2781939F0333FA7F74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the proposed project; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85FA3B4695CA4220AAA0623CF58651D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other information that the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5F3D4206DAAE47FEB31F5A62DF35233C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The following entities shall be eligible to receive amounts under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H26ABBB6B33EE414194988FB1911B07BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D915A23C9E447A8AC7026362FC43210"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A public agency carrying out responsibilities relating to commercial motor vehicle parking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10DB44A9C15F4EE8A03276B1029A4589"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDBCD0C1B41F14268AE9BABF2A104082C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A unit of local government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDCA1F5D141D24F018313FB9968CB6845"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header>
<paragraph id="H50AF3E4F50524EF598A489B982CE1670"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity may use funds provided under this section only for projects described in paragraph (2) that are located—</text> <subparagraph id="H94D20779A8714E659344AE17FA4D2176"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a Federal-aid highway; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8D1A4CB40174DEB8EBF8653AEDF9AD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on a facility with reasonable access to—</text> <clause id="HB0C94432B1F34D008A6302265BE338F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a Federal-aid highway; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H131EB336FE714EAFB89AD20E47CAE4D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a freight facility.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE57E336FC9C4F4A800495C046FD0671"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects described</header><text>A project referred to in paragraph (1) is a project to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B8A0FBFA87B4B059A1133B2BBE23F0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>construct safety rest areas (as such term is defined in section 120(c)) that include parking for commercial motor vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FD5D138D9A4473A8C67E605BE54C177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>construct commercial motor vehicle parking facilities—</text>
<clause id="H0200EEA6614A439A88C3F992D3B07625"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adjacent to private commercial truck stops and travel plazas; </text></clause> <clause id="H8B00BF9BA03942EBA06DC5DDCD82850E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>within the boundaries of, or adjacent to, a publicly-owned freight facility, including a port terminal operated by a public authority; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB2E654966AF94DA0B6E2A9561EFF0F99"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>at existing facilities, including inspection and weigh stations and park-and-ride locations; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CC407A2126746B6802ECDE09CB72202"><enum>(C)</enum><text>convert existing weigh stations and rest areas to facilities for the exclusive use of commercial motor vehicle parking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF5333151FAF14E439A40461FF834B23D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header>
<paragraph id="H734F5ED63D234C069E48886898DFDDCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Entities may use allocations under this subsection for the following activities of an eligible project:</text> <subparagraph id="HA9890206CE3F4EA4BCC54488FF9243DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Development phase activities, including planning, feasability analysis, benefit-cost analysis, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA99916F4076346EAA6DA991EE1612695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property, environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvements directly related to expanding commercial motor vehicle parking.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2054787BBEC84BE6AF88BBFF88A544A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity may not use more than 10 percent of a grant under this subsection for activities described in paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H47B64CDAA8C04B59A63AF81FD612A5EB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to entities that—</text> <paragraph id="HD7DC7321F7A24BC8BF2F463B62B2FE6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrate a safety need for commercial motor vehicle parking capacity in the corridor in which the project described under subsection (e)(1) is proposed to be carried out;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2ABA83652E34F85A3E03A67EF8D05E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have consulted with affected State and local governments, trucking organizations, and private providers of commercial motor vehicle parking; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF750C9EBC4F74E44BAD776FF044C34B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate that the project described under subsection (e)(1) will likely—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09A7835F01DC4657BE9B24B463DD3F6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase commercial motor vehicle parking capacity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H227F55372B2C4D0E9A6BDEC8D22A177C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate the efficient movement of freight; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCEDC032C46FF4FBBBF8E79E9AE471787"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve highway safety, traffic congestion, and air quality; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E43F8B6148049328696BBF261EC20E8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>demonstrate the ability to provide for the maintenance and operation cost necessary to keep the facility available for use after completion of construction. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H27D17C6151234626B5CAAA8BAFB32A88"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share for a project carried out under this subsection shall be 90 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H51679517CB854030A0D323EFE5FE8D9E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Treatment of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 126, funds made available under this subsection shall remain available until expended and shall not be transferable. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4769075F973442C78760DF3FF98FF79F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on charging fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall agree that no fees will be charged for a commercial motor vehicle to access and park at any part of the facility constructed with funds made available under this subsection. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HCE865B55C17B45B0B4644F485CEF314E"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Notification of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 3 days before making a grant for a project under this section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the—</text>
<paragraph id="H95F0D6AC222F4DB28444DD6AEC907CC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of each proposed grant to be made under this subsection; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B5FB89223CC413DBC3E1B46CA3C4B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluation and justification for the project selection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB79E5BC251A0432F827176BEC7066C87"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Survey and comparative assessment</header>
<paragraph id="HB8D6F48583174EED940A8FB4BE99CC3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate State motor carrier safety personnel and State departments of transportation, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3956E5F369C14F9A945E5E8A3B200AA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluates the capability of the States to provide adequate parking and rest facilities for commercial motor vehicles engaged in interstate transportation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA9379E27F5B42C086096D3952825B7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluates the effectiveness of the projects funded under this subsection in improving access to truck parking;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F9111B552284304A798160873073D21"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluates the ability of entities receiving a grant under this subsection to sustain the operation of parking facilities constructed with funds provided under this subsection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC426A33E1FBC4BDC9937D1987FFE0AAA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reports on the progress being made to provide adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities in the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB77807F0B3DB4B03829ED8630314BB37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Results</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make the report under paragraph (1) available to the public on the website of the Department of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA573C64C7FB409983476A05C52A9657"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Treatment of projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a project carried out under this section shall be treated as if the project is located on a Federal-aid highway under this chapter. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H8FF2182AE7154C09B719A486ADEB6ACF"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Commercial motor vehicle defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7D5C1C90A8F7421D8C4FEE03939D9AD7"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3029C5C7EED949B9BC33855270880006"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 171 the following:</text>
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<section id="H63CBC69F638C4ADEACB0844EDE8D44C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Temporary Federal share for Federal-aid highway projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of a project under title 23, United States Code, for which amounts are made available during fiscal year 2022 and 2023 may be up to 100 percent, at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. </text></section> <section id="HB02DF800FA574D6F9689B453DBC044E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Consolidated funding program</header> <subsection id="H001DE3F9BA9A4AFD9FEB642C8E6B2278"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">Chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<section id="HE8188DC31C8B431A893C5EBCEB8AC299"><enum>172.</enum><header>Consolidated funding program</header>
<subsection id="H1C48A46D2EB14401BE122606C6748866"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to allow up to 5 States to receive the base apportionment for the State in a lump sum, to be obligated and expended in accordance with this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1143B452F9C243F7B00AA1B72F626D63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall develop criteria for selection of a State to receive a block grant under this Act, including requiring that recipient States—</text>
<paragraph id="H8DBD3A0578214AB1BA4F74D97F2F2C9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meet minimum levels for the condition of pavement established by the Secretary under section 150(c)(3);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22293E09AFC24D37ABC82F8AEF978067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>meet minimum levels for the condition for bridges on the National Highway System as described in section 119(f)(2);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1EE67BF76DF4FBCA03097C2B7E8B9BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>uses a performance-based approach to transportation planning and programming for statewide and metropolitan planning areas to meet the requirements of sections 134, 135, and 150; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H237B09E3FF664C61ABB9605657983B97"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet recertification requirements for State asset management plans for the National Highway System as described in section 119(e).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFA13AE48B441495D9F68DC4E439FF886"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H59C5F2522935480F99658FA872E53845"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall request applications in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDD46EBD428D48B2BD8423E4DDC2FE9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under this paragraph shall include a plan on how the State and each affected metropolitan planning organization shall continue to meet, or make significant progress toward meeting, performance measures and standards under section 150(c) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H42D7655A6886492AA77F4912CF91C23E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of block grant funds</header>
<paragraph id="H49E1FF98FF7849659B7504EACB888861"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibilities</header><text>Funds made available to a State under this program shall be eligible for use for any project eligible under—</text> <subparagraph id="H5D78DC4778D142A081ED7AD72F227A63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national highway performance program under section 119;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9006680D16E64AD99FD48B0F3342D217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the surface transportation block grant program under section 133;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB52D08B973AE472FA0E1D13C89457DDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the highway safety improvement program under section 148;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E7516432B664B70A3D91EAC119A44B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A7FCC5849D04335A6AEE8932726519B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for metropolitan planning under section 134; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22627456A0214F26B3750A2750FCDEE7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the national highway freight program under section 167.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4CB809ECEC54D2283F9DBFB52558875"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>Of the total amount of funds provided under this section in a fiscal year for projects described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A28996F832A48D4ADFAAC2D2543CE1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent of funds shall be obligated, in proportion to the relative shares of the population of the State—</text> <clause id="H22FB6FE58CF44F30955A497461833DFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized area population of over 200,000;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFE0ED4D14B654CD481B84B5DC907B059"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to areas of the State other than urban areas with a population greater than 5,000; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9ECF79DE78014938B043E66F2B3E1103"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to other areas of the State; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01C006C4B80E491CB92ED153B2C6FB64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for any funds that are not obligated under subparagraph (A), such funds may be obligated in any area of the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H64B25294263247E98D0C60A1414AA59D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Block grant selection</header> <paragraph id="H2D203DC909C748209D639722B62EB2A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grants under this section beginning with fiscal year 2022.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9690BF25D24A4FC998206FA335AEADA8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Obligation authority</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase an obligation limitation applied to funds made available under this section. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C0CBAEFC6EA4605A997078AF0946FD7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent fiscal years</header><text>Subject to subsection (g)(2), the Secretary shall continue to apportion block grants to the awarded States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFBCD4BF24174F87ADC9E3EBEFFDB2D4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to provide grants under this section shall cease on the last day of fiscal year 2026.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E934329F88543E184732EF58708665D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplemental funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds reserved under section 104(h) shall be treated as if apportioned in lump sum under this section, and shall be in addition to amounts apportioned under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6972D62C28A34BA79C63FB802BD1B576"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Progress report</header>
<paragraph id="HF29970DD96904DC1A7C3D6442BA8D735"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the first fiscal year in which funds are provided under this section, any State receiving funds shall submit to the Secretary a progress report on meeting, or making significant progress toward meeting, performance measures and standards under section 150(c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6095A2B830604933BB15656259C23507"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the initial funds are provided under this section, the Secretary shall promulgate guidance to lump sum recipients on requirements for submitting a progress report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34DCE0F39CEF4950AEA4FDF527121407"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review</header><text>If the Secretary finds that a State that received funds under this section did not meet, or achieve significant progress (as defined by the Secretary) toward target achievement of, all performance targets set in the report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not provide funds to such State under the program in the following fiscal year or 6 months after determination that the State failed to meet, or make significant progress toward target achievement, whichever is later.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE40E0B2CCF97459880C0681CABE09CA6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transmission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days after which the Secretary receives a report from a State under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit the progress report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H827870CD38084BED800B26FC9C785B94"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Treatment of law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects funded under this section shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid highway under this chapter.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H77D0C23F9B5F40A9A51C54412F9E290E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of base apportionment</header><text>In this section, the term <term>base apportionment</term> has the meaning given the term in section 104(i). </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE4F484C4C4E42EEA7594D42EE79401B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H19B3737A4369485AB0AB7D22BC5D4C95" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">172. Consolidated funding program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE7D6F1F5E1D84F5FB818465D0740387E"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Bridge rebuilding programs</header> <subsection id="HF2F4A5B66C474A41B84C00E91216E316"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Large bridges investment program</header> <paragraph id="H955262EB4350446F9619FC162FFE8E97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a competitive grant program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Program</quote>) to award grants to eligible entities for highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B361F32231843E38EA7A6ECFD17512D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header>
<subparagraph id="HE9957677C6354849985557FCBD0C902D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under the Program to—</text> <clause id="HA707856122E54442998855C63A633A7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State or a group of States; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H47BA421BF828439791291B00BFCBFEFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8CE31E10EC1C4B318B55D3D3DF460728"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under the Program, an entity specified in subparagraph (A) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines is appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA43034A89BC45AEA161146EA3300AFB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant under the Program only for a highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation project that is—</text> <subparagraph id="HB57DEADD1BD44709B5611DDF511D2597"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a large bridge that does not cross an international border; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BB6640E20DA4941AEA34F7605E10365"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carried out on—</text> <clause id="H322C08B08290430EA143FC344E4D7D12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Highway System; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H2132AF30BCBC404C84910706E9208ACB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the National Highway Freight Network established under section 167 of title 23, United States Code.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA8BACE44AF0417DA04170983D32A8A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header><text>A grant received for a project under this subsection may be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80E3D6970B554C2A8B521BA15844E081"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB00E73E9599C4D9F9BD999112B96E4D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>replacement, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to the land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, and operational improvements directly related to implementing electronic tolling.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CA27E7AFF4B47718C5BDD2292D92B4D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting eligible projects to receive grants under the Program, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which a project, relative to other projects submitted in response to a Notice of Funding Opportunity—</text> <subparagraph id="HA18FA58B976A43E8BB8D79B86A0E8D71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serves a significant number of users;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H258555ACB2294373912315DBF39449E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilizes non-Federal contributions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42A5DFDE35564AB180B9E809844B1E92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>utilizes nontraditional financing, innovative design and construction techniques, or innovative technologies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6B41670F3A34DE28BCD3F795B5CCD52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>spans at least 1 border between 2 States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1766029E1EF543CDB186DAEE616C5C2A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>rehabilitates or replaces a large bridge that—</text>
<clause id="H8EFBBCF4C1514FF6B82B493052BDA6E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is classified as in poor condition;</text></clause> <clause id="H26968D6676994A058E6EE896095B376B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is load posted; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H867B8D92D15C42F2A31A523B7CA8B3E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not meet current geometric design standards;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6740BBA2A65A4D28AF5EAFF97B841703"><enum>(F)</enum><text>will improve resiliency; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5979A2E821D848CEB72CC26A5C712B8C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>facilitates transfer of bridge ownership from the Federal government to a non-Federal entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H299E39FF77BE4A77A7271F71533F5421"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Electronic tolling</header><text>Any toll facility located on a bridge receiving a grant under this subsection shall, upon completion of the project funded with such grant—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1A9C1D2F0BD4BF6A5E0DEED7C76DFA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>utilize only electronic toll collection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39BD76F80EB043499BFA37BCF4BD76CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implement technologies or business practices that provide for the regional interoperability of electronic toll collection programs, to the extent practicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D44DFFB210B42289224EED45B767A0D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H5B0B2AFABB7841799EE64FD489826230"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A grant under the Program shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of a project. Subject to the limitation in subparagraph (B), Federal assistance other than a grant under the Program may be used for the remainder of the cost of the project.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BACB70742D7459E8E71434455682F7D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum federal involvement</header><text>The total Federal assistance provided for a project receiving a grant under the Program shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of a project.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19236AA889F946D5B163E2156C89D670"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal land management agencies</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal funds other than those made available under title 23 or title 49, United States Code, may be used to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out by a Federal land management agency with a grant under the Program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H734734B759604D70B877C24FFA09C087"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="HDBFEA73AA11848EE8C82F4154260834B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $4,600,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Such funds shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are transferred by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF31E60E36B504E2FA61ACAF60482A58A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A0C156615194BE38F72320FD0B6DCD7"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of the amounts made available for the Program for each fiscal year to pay the administrative expenses of the Program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H891B0834D00D4AD8B31C389352E51072"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23, United States Code</header><text>Funds made available under paragraph (8) shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter I of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B1C9D9F31BA458DA6479A2597C153DC"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H75B5EEE867CA49F0945D7E0DE3A2545B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Large bridge</header><text>The term <term>large bridge</term> means a bridge—</text> <clause id="HCDDE64F209BD4B35A0161C560F038F2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with total deck area of 400,000 square feet or more; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H06DA78AC0BEF40CC9AB5A84F19EEBAC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with a main span of 500 feet or more.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4E288B36AFA4FB29C4FD7B3E702AD12"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCE0BFC96F88F4452B77E186E84DC83F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Community rural bridge program</header>
<paragraph id="HC575F2EDAA2E4EF0BF5C654DBDFC70AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a community rural bridge program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Program</quote>) to provide funding to States for off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7618CE2C50746CDBF6CD96760589FD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Program are to provide immediate funding to help—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1672C6EC6F542C6B2CBA2879B641E3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>replace and rehabilitate off-system bridges, many of which provide vital connections to rural communities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E2D3703D62A4429A42B0BC86686BC28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce risk, by bringing these bridges into a state of good repair; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H297857F755974EB28961B33A31B99E33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitate the transfer of bridge ownership from the Federal government to non-Federal entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EE9C2FF22404378894F9A0AACC5AE54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header> <subparagraph id="H4E7DF9AD813C47A08AA8195E65A03024"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds made available to carry out the Program for each fiscal year as follows:</text>
<clause id="HA4942C593F7A41FC9602F0875CC9C9DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>One-half of the funds made available for each fiscal year shall be distributed to each State by the proportion that the total deck area of off-system bridges in each State bears to the total deck area of off-system bridges in all States.</text></clause> <clause id="H7A72CE02D7984E5DA44C2B95535A464B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>One-half of the funds made available for each fiscal year shall be distributed to each State by the proportion that the total deck area of off-system bridges classified as in poor condition in each State bears to the total deck area of off-system bridges classified as in poor condition in all States.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H585AE075BD9544249E27636C3A793CCB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deck area calculation</header><text>In distributing funds under this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the total deck area of off-system bridges and total area of off-system bridges classified as in poor condition based on the National Bridge Inventory as of the end of the preceding calendar year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB2022DA343C491FAAD2F73D7B2D14E0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Funds apportioned under paragraph (3) shall only be used by a State for projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8C5464B665E4BEABCB6F16594A90CDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>replace or rehabilitate off-system bridges; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E6EBF3CD2DB4B7F9EE5A5223273F628"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are bundled as one project with at least 1 other similar bridge project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30A240149B2744778D158BA35767249A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header><text>Funds apportioned under this subsection may be used for—</text> <subparagraph id="H81EB993386FC418B8FC194200CB0C546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE762E4D6ADCD453A9FD7A204086B1308"><enum>(B)</enum><text>replacement, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to the land), environmental mitigation, and construction contingencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1294198EF4D94D57B5DF4EE78587C272"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="H9620F3C7A1D64EDFA06ADE9E49B81F49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $6,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Such funds shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are transferred by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78687067F9574730B7B9C19F4E5B7C92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H542B84FB0AEF44EB8C6DED7D382B4E4D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23, United States Code</header><text>Funds made available under paragraph (6) shall be administered as if apportioned under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAE02D3582984AE79AF045B876A7154B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text> <subparagraph id="HA58EC1DAB6F64B87B4FEB02B84494BD2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Off-system bridge</header><text>The term <term>off-system bridge</term> means a highway bridge located on a public road, other than a bridge on a Federal-aid highway.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DA5B6EADF544827A764017C9E6C78C4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H2C57AEFFF7AF49B88C0C861D12D994E2"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Increased flexibility for bridge bundling projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 144(j) of title 23, United States Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4DF4F29E93D0476D985BE14F3CC2D8CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H488B6017DB384B5EAFE0AC7831C91078"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H936E9EC554E54FDEB05289E95703838C"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Off-system bridge set-aside</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H670FBBFE9A9C4706AAC4FEB03577193F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4638B713D9FB4D41A25626EE2F65E3DF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC0105902BD894C45A4BA2A8D04CCC353"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text> <subparagraph id="H94DB75F9B8B64BCD8329D369A1E53461"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Off-system bridge</header><text>The term <term>off-system bridge</term> means a highway bridge located on a public road, other than a bridge on a Federal-aid highway.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6F4322B2331430EA7C9001C51838C73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Off-system low water crossing</header><text>The term <term>offsystem low water crossing</term> means a low water crossing (as defined by the Secretary) located on a public road, other than a low water crossing on a Federal-aid highway.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CC4360296124F09BB79A6B38E0947B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA16AA59CB97A4B18A912ABCBDF7083BD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD226ABC6DE0C461481FA6E96DB325481"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Set-aside</header>
<clause id="H94E363697BCF463C8F720DE9FE307CA5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts apportioned to a State for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter under this section, the State shall obligate for activities described in clause (ii) an amount that is not less than 15 percent of the amount of funds apportioned to the State for the highway bridge program for fiscal year 2009, except that amounts allocated under subsection (d) shall not be obligated to carry out this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="H2C9DD819BD974BDDACBE2172DC90AF59"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text>The activities referred to in clause (i) are—</text>
<subclause id="HB17F89E9E130485EAF6B081E07AA041D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, or inspection and evaluation of off-system bridges; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF64AC39E301A40928734CB8082153D00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>replacement of an off-system low water crossing with a bridge.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB99065E614FA4B34B023768B3F667E07"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H481241B9542044AFB9B2BC6C4720A9FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>replacement of a bridge or rehabilitation of a bridge</quote> and inserting <quote>replacement of a bridge, rehabilitation of a bridge, or replacement of a low water crossing with a bridge,</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4A6430D32D64D47950E9771B59516E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after <quote>is noncontroversial,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE32C694CA7B14BAD9F7021A9F4931764"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking<quote> and is determined by the Secretary upon completion to be no longer a deficient bridge</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H695AD8E035F042088CF8EABBA3D3865B"><enum>1110.</enum><header>Establishment of ROUTES and NETT entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF600F70AE07A4DA9844A68FB91EA1541"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (j); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C71FAF5839546BE9F68B8508978640C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF2D01DDF1B3849AC906A018130A1C182" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HEE36A2890EB34735A9A0E8F94F58C949"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation For Economic Success Council</header> <paragraph id="HDF54E55DA52F485FB8F86AF657015DB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H86D212CA97AC42B08DF89A9AD2DE3C31"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Council</header><text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success Council.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84F86CF92B7842FBAAC181B2DD30270A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Office</header><text>The term <term>Office</term> means the Office of Rural Economic Investment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0A624A3A4D54856B8A0D23E1BCD7350"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Department of Transportation an internal council to be known as the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success Council or the ROUTES Council.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA646148171844D58484B7D00C9A7646"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Council shall carry out the following duties:</text>
<subparagraph id="H435FCCF615214AB4AF6F542221008DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coordinate rural-related funding programs and assistance among the modal administrations of the Department.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F319F2262034D83B5EA13672ECE48B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Educate rural communities about applicable Department discretionary grants, develop effective methods to evaluate rural projects in discretionary grant programs, and communicate such methods through program guidance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBAA4227DEA8E4FB0BACD67B73F42A4DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Collect input from knowledgeable entities and the public on the benefits of rural transportation projects, the technical and financial assistance required for constructing and operating rural transportation infrastructure and services, and barriers and opportunities to funding these rural projects.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11189E07D07D46D496CA6735220B248C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Evaluate data on rural transportation challenges and determine methods to align the Department’s discretionary funding and financing opportunities with the needs of rural communities for meeting national transportation goals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2678A1995C284C1C9A334186201C83FC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Council shall consist of the following members of the Department or their designees:</text> <subparagraph id="H469AA685CCE34F4B82002140FF9F8ED7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, who shall serve as the Chair of the Council.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90CA93C07D4D4C1195C5C5FFEADA55A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The General Counsel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79C0D174B1704EEDBDB3C440F7EBFDA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED932680C6EE450AA2500777BB4BC603"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C28A8A7FE13410C8A715831A90A941E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Administrators of the—</text>
<clause id="HF185AA4999BE4D288F5B0AAAECA22B68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal Aviation Administration;</text></clause> <clause id="HB71DDFDC1FF249BA99E15054EFC80FB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal Highway Administration;</text></clause>
<clause id="H67D1E9F75DF84503867741D46FFCBB81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Federal Railroad Administration;</text></clause> <clause id="H334586850FCA479A9D89CD50FB9775E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Federal Transit Administration; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H62BA6784F2EB4A5FAD13DBA5E648A612"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Maritime Administration.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C8F641104BA4D2F884D8C87850D790B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Other members the Secretary may designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCFEBEA611754804906626E058F14EC6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Council meetings</header><text>The Council shall meet at least bimonthly.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD9B3FC5F94F4D659F4B5A6EC6DFD7D7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council shall submit annually a report on the safety, condition, and usage of rural transportation infrastructure in the United States to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H589F479880DF4C48A95A4CC47A84C6D6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Office of Rural Economic Investment</header>
<subparagraph id="H218100D1DFB74F9297CF0711898D4A2E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Department an Office of Rural Economic Investment, which shall report to the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy. The Secretary shall appoint a Director of the Office of Rural Economic Investment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H01D746801148400DA7947FD9B3A25EE8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mission and goals</header><text>The mission and goals of the Office shall be to coordinate with other offices and agencies within the Department and with other Federal agencies—</text>
<clause id="HF6D684D37BBA42BC8D486B0D1F46CF1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure that the unique needs and attributes of rural transportation, involving all modes, are fully addressed during the development and implementation of transportation policies, programs, and activities within the Department;</text></clause> <clause id="HDA7AB508B9174B07ABF461869FE65250"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve coordination of Federal transportation policies, programs, and activities within the Department in a manner that expands economic development in rural communities and regions, and to provide recommendations for improvement;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6399C5483A504C24A330F610B68E073A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to improve Federal transportation infrastructure investment in rural communities, including by providing recommendations for changes in formula funds or other existing funding distribution patterns;</text></clause> <clause id="H1615B6AC98594C73B7F24A7ED0D04E02"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to use innovation and research to resolve local and regional transportation challenges faced by rural communities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0643F1BAC3A5494F9E85E18FC4A5A5DD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to promote and improve planning and coordination among rural areas to maximize the unique competitive advantage in those areas while avoiding duplicative Federal, State, and local investments; and</text></clause> <clause id="H35D1A679121340FDB2CFC65E673538AD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to ensure that all rural communities lacking resources receive proactive outreach, education, and technical assistance to improve access to Federal transportation programs.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1AFE8D09B7A4D4BB98113BAFC2668B0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duties of the Office</header><text>The Director of the Office shall—</text> <clause id="H890FCB3B9F734CD2AD6D22F07988AE06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>support the Council and the activities of the Council;</text></clause>
<clause id="H05B0BB4DC64C4DDFB343180EFAA8AF78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide information and outreach to rural communities concerning the availability and eligibility requirements of participating in programs of the Department;</text></clause> <clause id="HA768E1CE5949437B99387E362197EDC2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>help rural communities identify transportation investments needed to ensure continued economic growth;</text></clause>
<clause id="HABB0D5197E9A40A1A3476ED4B25DEE95"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>serve as a resource for assisting rural communities with respect to Federal transportation programs;</text></clause> <clause id="H1E4F7077641E4428BB1ABC7AC1C82482"><enum>(v)</enum><text>ensure and coordinate a routine rural consultation on the development of policies, programs, and activities of the Department;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA2BF2D7F593243748EB30F54AD60211C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>serve as an advocate within the Department on behalf of rural communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H396502C70BB946BBAC48C4A7DC9C865E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission, and other Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, in carrying out the responsibilities of the Office.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9C0170D18CE428A8E428CEFDDBB9B24"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>In carrying out the mission and goals of the Office under subparagraph (B) and the duties of the Office under subparagraph (A), the Director shall consider as <quote>rural</quote> any area considered to be a rural area under any Federal transportation program of the Department.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H402D593D8A6C4BA7AD8BBC60C40ABC7D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nontraditional and emerging transportation technology council</header> <paragraph id="H12578BE668B84CB5AA6B5EA1E8C943CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Department of Transportation an internal council to be known as the Nontraditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council or the NETT Council.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59FDF053916146D0A3396636229873FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The mission of the Council shall be to identify and resolve jurisdictional and regulatory gaps that impede innovation in, and implementation of, nontraditional and emerging transportation technologies, approaches, and projects that seek to improve safety, alleviate congestion, expand access and mobility for rural and urban consumers of all economic backgrounds, and enable a more efficient flow of commercial goods.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF3766E6863847D48D2AED5998B14AF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The NETT Council shall identify and resolve jurisdictional and regulatory gaps associated with nontraditional and emerging transportation projects pending before the Department, including with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EDC4B9C209C4CB297650F33FA700CC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>safety oversight;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42F1842214D3421C82CE11FF3CE6E277"><enum>(B)</enum><text>environmental review; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18AE71551A684683A2598170B4438403"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funding and financing issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B0A341DE8BA424581BF33064DA6BD1A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The membership of the NETT Council shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4989B98A19B443788BBB33B93A53E7CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, who shall serve as the Chair of the Council;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A8BF6179D0A4D68AA5DA11735FEC05E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Administrators or designees of the operating Administrations of the Department; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6DF787EAB6B54585A5F05ECC7C81E462"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other members the Secretary may designate, to include heads of offices within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0FEF0AFBBEC4E5380DCF3981D61E89C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Council meetings</header><text>The Council shall hold meetings as needed at the Secretary’s discretion.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HB3E39D7E0A58442184ADCFB1A2049908"><enum>B</enum><header>Acceleration of Project Delivery</header>
<section id="HCB70541B75B84DAC9FE29791F596B136"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Environmental reviews for major projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 139 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HADE09B88C2CE47D4BEB031D611E3DB01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83B2A1973AB4428A962DF7C0C1123AE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B) by striking <quote>process for and completion of any environmental permit</quote> and inserting <quote>process and schedule, including a timetable for and completion of any environmental permit</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE81E240E6759401F8665E9B3542EF3FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>By redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (9) through (11); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79CE58ABDBF449E08E55636A661576DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (4) through (6);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7A0082B287B44A2AE4FF73EFFC258F5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H4543FA0202174036BF05B54931BB8AA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>authorization</term> means an environmental license, permit, approval, finding, or other administrative decision related to an environmental review process that is required under Federal law to site, construct, or reconstruct a project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8808467711E14AE69334889A1B1676D2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental document</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>environmental document</term> means an environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, notice of intent, environmental impact statement, or record of decision under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69AB4CCF175240F5907F34CD68F054C7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H0F9DB46EEECD4160B936D80FF42BD343" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HAD614DE3BFD14ABF823C800547D7207E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Major project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major project</term> means a project for which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3FDDD99C7B04041A7BB83DA95179958"><enum>(A)</enum><text>multiple permits, approvals, reviews, or studies are required under a Federal law other than the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D7F740784A14B09A57977347608B1FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project sponsor has identified the reasonable availability of funds sufficient to complete the project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25C9CF874A654900AA8F12D2004879D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the project is not a covered project, as such term is defined in section 41001 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4370m">42 U.S.C. 4370m</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22EFD54D88E344A29FC1D80198F66FDA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the head of the lead agency has determined that—</text>
<clause id="HDA2E06EE19F64695836713939E8DA8C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an environmental impact statement is required; or</text></clause> <clause id="H9B7B901EC4684B65BDEE746F03C938FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an environmental assessment is required, and the project sponsor requests that the project be treated as a major project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFAB29DFA5BA42309F7DA3BD1C0EC01B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF02201539FEA45558FCFEF4E701435C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including major projects,</quote> after <quote>all projects</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H510099D0AB3044379EFF7AB7CFD7292D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, at the request of a project sponsor</quote> after <quote>be applied</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29D101E1444F4009BBFD6994AFB3F96C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECD04574D9D74274A81E1086C5243F1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="H7BDADAA611AD4984A7EF7F73D837A52E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="H612C99A4C9A348C8A4CD13FDC5D358D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H03C32ABF2F95487FAEB00E05B19D7BAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H7C609C63DA004B22A3040F4B99422BC0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to calculate annually the average time taken by the lead agency to complete all environmental documents for each project during the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB70276BE578493F9C700ECC68323932"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2C7997B2EA5D4F98AE131091638DED12"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Process improvements for projects</header>
<subparagraph id="HB9B3D1E929E048B285D1C6A1C7EB3973"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review existing practices, procedures, programmatic agreements, and applicable laws to identify potential changes that would facilitate an efficient environmental review process for projects.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8EC05578EA046FBBE7641AC6FEE7BCE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the review required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the heads of other Federal agencies that participate in the environmental review process.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1E507630CBB47AEAF9BDC1064510E42" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title></short-title><short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text> <clause id="H145B0FFF2D8740A5B57EC207BD8D3FA0" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the review required by subparagraph (A); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5998848A9713431C8B8402FDC3D41594" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an analysis of whether additional resources would help the Secretary meet the requirements applicable to the projects under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63C74EC6199640848E047A4CF11475A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H901E2AE21B034A3989F5E4F053C0790D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause id="HDEA040BBCD184C23A84AAD88A5117435"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">NEPA</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Environmental</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCD9808F28C754CC5973814FD717ED02A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HF8B7D87F3EF846D99F02FD5E69CEA056" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H305AF2644ADF4050BDD8D2FE8908E51D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as inconsistent with paragraph (7), and except as provided in subparagraph (D), to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with Federal law, all Federal authorizations and reviews for a project shall rely on a single environmental document for each type of environmental document prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) under the leadership of the lead agency.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H8978D1A6144847E88C441543DA122D57"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H7B3236A398AD417AB5DA4C6624C3EB21" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HCAA88062FB604FF0BA17CBD4FF6C6F70"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lead agency may waive the application of subparagraph (A) with respect to a project if—</text>
<clause id="H7FECA23A56A844D78FF3164D5735D493"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project sponsor requests that agencies issue separate environmental documents;</text></clause> <clause id="H57E648FF3A584638B013FD25D0C7734A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the obligations of a cooperating agency or participating agency under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) have already been satisfied with respect to such project; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H89158705CA104A53A47511C788647E1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the lead agency determines that such application would not facilitate completion of the environmental review process for such project within the timeline established under paragraph (10).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD736681B34E47A5BF79C6F8D7904D1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3BC3B1682FA544099A6D5B005DBD0B70"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Timely authorizations for major projects</header>
<subparagraph id="H1CE56C32C55F4A05873788F2F9F40A47"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (C), notwithstanding any other provision of law, all authorization decisions necessary for the construction of a major project shall be completed by not later than 90 days after the date of the issuance of a record of decision for the major project. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1A78A50820346E399E25D380D95A65D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required level of detail</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The final environmental impact statement for a major project shall include an adequate level of detail to inform decisions necessary for the role of the participating agencies in the environmental review process.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A1CA60CBBA64031BE79B6944E187367"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Extension of deadline</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title></short-title><short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish procedures for a lead agency to extend a deadline under subparagraph (A) in cases in which—</text> <clause id="H500ED6AAF38A4DF592CDB7BDD9F293F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal law prohibits the lead agency or another agency from issuing an approval or permit within the period described in such subparagraph;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3C5DE9BB11A04C1AA5A893F0912D084C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such an extension is requested by the project sponsor; or</text></clause> <clause id="H62E5A7759FEA4F56992696B55A2522D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such extension would facilitate the completion of the environmental review and authorization process of the major project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H240630E63F4245B2A753431D7B8C786A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEDBB81CE766946618F0D7B01BA1294A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HD0C0B6BAC1C74D7FBD1558F6F1DC55AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending clause (ii)(IV) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HB009E9DC9F7B487E9BCD743244ABCA6B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subclause id="H62A5DED7BD134C6DAA7B3E94F4F17CE5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the overall time required by an agency to conduct an environmental review and make decisions under applicable Federal law relating to a project (including the issuance or denial of a permit or license) and the cost of the project;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H890F956203D540F8A9E32CD8E390ABDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H4A8D148E698C46FBBE501458C2A0BC69" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HBD093A3881DB4619950680074D9607DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Major project schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable Federal law, in the case of a major project, the lead agency shall develop, in consultation with the project sponsor, a schedule for the major project that is consistent with an agency average of not more than 2 years for the completion of the environmental review process for major projects. The time period measured, as applicable—</text>
<subclause id="HF173872764BA41E7BB9E0ADCA6DE75C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a project that requires an environmental impact statement, begins on the date of publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and ends on the date of publication of a record of decision; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HABEE5ABEBE5A48B29635B09D7C66E97A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a project which does not require an environmental impact statement, begins on the date of that the decision is made to prepare an environmental assessment and ends on the date of issuance of a finding of no significant impact.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B6B78D9B54F4DF5BAF0D4291C5E9E0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3296BB6886424AFF97113CEBC5A721DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6612D0DAF63D4C9A92D255A777F098E6"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Failure to meet deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a Federal cooperating agency fails to meet a deadline established under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I)—</text> <clause id="HC4D538DCDAA448FEAA760800CC11763C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days after the date such agency failed to meet such deadline, such agency shall submit to the Secretary a report on why the deadline was not met; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB4CB436B71E7401E9C49E2602860F921"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after the date on which a report is submitted under clause (i), the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H1C0556F154FD4B799E8960B334675303"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transmit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a copy of such report; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8D1A15987ADD48B8AD8894E37F929057"><enum>(II)</enum><text>make such report available to the public on the website of such agency.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE38A9E648C93417A88B1FB0A668CC769"><enum>(6)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB47AA4B6B3A443CDA3F7749772806A11"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Accountability and reporting for major projects</header>
<paragraph id="HAC4D9807460244A8BB4454BB625E0329"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a performance accountability system to track each major project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H706F7DCC8A204CAEA2ED1B45045492BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The performance accountability system required under paragraph (1) shall, for each major project, track—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65572CE0BCDB4CCE97EB444BEA7A44AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the environmental review process for such project, including the project schedule required by subsection (g)(1)(B)(iii);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B957BA809BC4DCFB0E04AC7837EF2E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the lead agency, cooperating agencies, and participating agencies are meeting such schedule; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1413AE3AFF0B4A358593E125C79BC32C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the time taken to complete the environmental review process.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H01D17597FB84465A88086199ADB00E1F"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Development of categorical exclusions</header> <paragraph id="H02DCB9E6EE1C437D95B6525964820C82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83297D9A46BB4F5D8707546478B9D614"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the agencies described in paragraph (2), identify the categorical exclusions established by the Federal Highway Administration that would accelerate delivery of a project if such categorical exclusions were available to such agencies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H890574D34AB843C1A20FDD8CA0ED9C1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collect existing documentation and substantiating information on the categorical exclusions described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32AB20C6E36F4510AC0D072D1D886736"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide to each agency described in paragraph (2) a list of the categorical exclusions identified under subparagraph (A) and the documentation and substantiating information collected under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F70345C684746BDBB19A2C167340389"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agencies described</header><text>The following agencies are described in this paragraph:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2FFE8B8E6BB43DEA8CC1CC878A1EF46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Departments of—</text> <clause id="HEB900C4F50C24E2AA907781F92D00D89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Interior;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3A0DACDBDB224426BBF0271ED11B199E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Commerce;</text></clause> <clause id="HCE9A7105AEFF478CA3CB3CA0AF6267A6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Agriculture;</text></clause>
<clause id="H45F8D415F4A04CD1A5F7D635BA764E3E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Energy; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAD4A63081D3B41F5AE57FC5F33144EAC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Defense, including the United States Army Corps of Engineers.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68DF047859F046538E39658A43677ADC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any other Federal agency that has participated in an environmental review process for a major project, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5D50FDD765C45CA9D612FC9565C3FE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adoption of categorical exclusions</header> <subparagraph id="H17B41AD2ADE6426F92F44DDB3A04D0A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary provides the list under paragraph (1)(C), an agency described in paragraph (2) shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to propose any categorical exclusions from the list applicable to the agency, subject to the condition that the categorical exclusion identified under paragraph (1)(A) meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB462FF0DF6894523A4482266DC6C8D01"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a notice of proposed rulemaking under subparagraph (A), the applicable agency shall solicit comments on whether any of the proposed new categorical exclusions meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H237A425E6B9649CB91668187963A1AD1"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking</header> <subsection id="H31A1F992B3DF4631AB57521022C624CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3F2EADB604241C9B7D09B3DDD9422D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 102(2)(C), by inserting <quote>subject to section 106,</quote> before <quote>include</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2B2F0F8E1EC4589A2CF8F7CDFDC9D75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HD4D9D49A547846B0884FCEDC59196044"><enum>106.</enum><header>Procedures for determinations</header>
<subsection id="H502DED0992114276B10E4682B97FF052"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Environmental impact statements</header>
<paragraph id="H3FAFC25A48C74ACC8AB0EF489D04F731"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request for public comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement under section 102 shall include a request for public comment on potential alternatives or impacts and on relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposed Federal action.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65F4D95270CA424D8067707653473106"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sponsor preparation</header><text>A lead agency may allow a project sponsor to prepare an environmental impact statement, if such agency provides such sponsor with appropriate guidance and assists in the preparation. The lead agency shall independently evaluate the environmental impact statement before adopting it, and shall take responsibility for the contents upon adoption.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B70A7363F7F4904B7F8E99F2CB4A5A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Each environmental impact statement shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date of publication of the notice of intent to prepare such environmental impact statement is issued unless the lead agency approves a delay in writing and establishes a new timeline that provides only so much additional time as is necessary to complete such environmental impact statement. The lead agency may only approve such a delay if such delay is necessary to complete the environmental impact statement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45385F6A1F2746CBB6AB00E7CC7A20ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Statement of purpose and need</header><text>Each environmental impact statement shall include a statement of purpose and need that briefly summarizes the underlying purpose and need for the proposed agency action. In a case where the agency is reviewing an application for authorization, such statement shall focus on the goals of the applicant and the agency’s authority.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA607595DD897480C892683BF0F9A2431"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Estimated total cost</header><text>The cover sheet for each environmental impact statement shall include a statement of the estimated total cost of preparing such environmental impact statement, including the costs of agency full-time equivalent personnel hours, contractor costs, and other direct costs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1A6D31816D44003A5F322F4AE459BA0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Word limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of environmental impact may not exceed 75,000 words unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89710BF2A9364093AD5D338A33E25DDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proposal is of unusual scope or complexity; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27262B9085BC44538933EFD91AA51FBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lead agency approves a longer statement in writing and establishes a new word limit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAF5942356AA14BA38D20BBE64D42181A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental assessments</header>
<paragraph id="H85E9FEA5D12A4DFAAD1DD3556883D921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sponsor preparation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A lead agency may allow a project sponsor to prepare an environmental assessment, if such agency provides such sponsor with appropriate guidance and assists in the preparation. The lead agency shall independently evaluate the environmental assessment before adopting it, and shall take responsibility for the contents upon adoption.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E68C27131654C518C3C7BBDB2FB2796"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Word limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An environmental assessment may not exceed 37,500 words, excluding appendices, unless the lead agency approves a longer statement in writing and establishes a new word limit.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC99E8AEFE924F939D31002208B1D748"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Environmental assessments required by section 102 shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date on which the decision to prepare such environmental assessment is made unless the lead agency approves a delay in writing and establishes a new timeline that provides only so much additional time as is necessary to complete such environmental assessment. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDFCDBA8002C74F559A5C37550E2BD393"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review for application of section 102</header><text>In reviewing a Federal action to determine the appropriate review under section 102:</text>
<paragraph id="H681DB465C76D47B4A678C7F41B92D426"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements for a cooperating agency</header><text>A cooperating agency shall submit any comments within a time period specified by the lead agency and limit such comments to matters on which such agency has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to an environmental issue.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80A1392F0EDD4E7CA33FEAB782CB625A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of significance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether the effects of a proposed Federal action are significant, a Federal official shall only consider the reasonably foreseeable effects with a reasonably close causal relationship to the action being considered and may not consider cumulative effects.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2533A682C8AC45FEA37740D0273EF5CE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Categorical exclusions</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Council on Environmental Quality shall establish procedures for a Federal agency to adopt a categorical exclusion established by another Federal agency.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD38B3B6CAA4D4D6D9799A8DB78B490FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>No agency action taken under parts 1500 through 1508 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, (or any successor regulations) may be subject to judicial review before the issuance of a record of decision or other final agency decision.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3255365512AA442F8B7C58365652CF20"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Injunctive relief</header><text>A violation of this Act shall not constitute the basis for injunctive relief.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H05BBCBCF790F4052A00E4B07D38F0C7D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H079D618EFD8F42C39D8941D875FCD7B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>categorical exclusion</term> means a category of actions which a Federal agency has determined do not under usual circumstances have a significant effect on the human environment for the purposes of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H368C60BF304C428E8B08ECC718896329"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperating agency</header><text>The term <term>cooperating agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 139 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7801568FABEA4068846289415D1C714E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental assessment</header><text>The term <term>environmental assessment</term> means an environmental assessment prepared under section 102. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB987B34735D0486F85004FD76D8B8E25"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Environmental impact statement</header><text>The term <term>environmental impact statement</term> means an environmental impact statement prepared under section 102.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H242DFF9966C24039B4259A76194D09B2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text>The term <term>lead agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 139 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71896FF35C024D7AA7284B26DFF7BECF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reasonably foreseeable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>reasonably foreseeable</term> means sufficiently likely to occur such that a person of ordinary prudence would take such occurrence into account in reaching a decision.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CF7D87BF62641DA8B6F445E48549162"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Special expertise</header><text>The term <term>special expertise</term> means statutory responsibility, agency mission, or related program experience. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4682294C368143C388B9E545E65ECFE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulatory changes</header> <paragraph id="HB54BB1A0FA4E4F4985A8ECBE939048D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Controversy as a factor in determining significance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council on Environmental Quality shall, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue regulations to remove consideration of the level of controversy with respect to a determination regarding whether a proposed Federal action is significant as such term is used in section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H689FE46AB3F44B9E85C8AC6F520FBB7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternatives outside of agency jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council on Environmental Quality shall, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue regulations to remove any requirement that a lead agency consider alternatives not within the jurisdiction of such agency unless such consideration is necessary for agency decision-making under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H739D622337144910B7F1109133D14CAC" commented="no"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Application of categorical exclusions for transportation projects</header> <subsection id="H7F7369969D3642929F93ECD9FD9C6E51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 304 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EE7CA75E6D84D8785D496EFE02FE487" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">multimodal</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">transportation</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H018BD9049BD84CA1AD8E4CCF81E6F572" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF38B7DBFA700420A98D54593ECFDCF3F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HE471291DB1ED45EB988255B3525A1128" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H1990785C7AC847D88F989DEF8502AB92" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>lead authority</quote> and inserting <quote>lead agency</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HFE5E9C04402D4F9B9DA1F944513D060A" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>multimodal</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA802FCE883C849E3B56FAFC2F9EEA7E9" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H9C1932F11E924949A4D8D7CF6043DFC8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE6E9853EA3E44F98B9D322E47FF97BBB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lead agency</term> means a Federal agency, or State agency that has been delegated authority under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), that has the lead responsibility for compliance with such Act with respect to a proposed project.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H915305AFD7334813948E197DDA60DAFD" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H0AC54F5FD4E3439C95F33787345DE8D6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H68B04C65DFD946F38E983836EE9EB75B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>project</term> has the meaning given such term in section 139(a) of title 23.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEA0B3D5B0BF4A639F5059F591A3BEB2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>multimodal</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE74A61F695E46A0BCA3A5292E3A2A61" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD3D4E5ADCD74FD6AF5942338CF8B45E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">multimodal</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F2074E9F1CC482385CCEE85362CE4D9" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>multimodal project, a lead authority</quote> and inserting <quote>project, a lead agency</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4026E5CB1A74416BCA8A334BDE86F39" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>procedures of a cooperating authority for a proposed multimodal project</quote> and inserting <quote>procedures of any other Federal agency for a proposed project</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H915FB7B1E2524C9F9A572D057C415A9C" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H8336192614A0427A87221851770625AB" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>lead authority makes a determination, with the concurrence of the cooperating authority</quote> and inserting <quote>the Federal agency proposing to apply the categorical exclusion makes a determination, after consultation with the other Federal agencies</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H89EB0EFF3A7049A7BB22150D574C6B23" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>multimodal</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4869C9D38AD247A59E05B6F841656268" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H12E89F38BF0C409D94BBA24B09ECCB0B" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H3F501BB4C74844A1ABACD8293B193A6A" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>lead authority</quote> and inserting <quote>lead agency proposing to apply the categorical exclusion</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H38F38577A857486A84789C6055FD7678" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the cooperating authority or procedures under that Act; and</quote> and inserting <quote>or procedures of the other Federal agency under that Act.</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4BEE383AC13491DBEFC65CD029E2725" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E8C9FE9D94F4418918DB5316AE594E3" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>multimodal</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7730B06C3CF49ABB6DCB8A4608DF660"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 304 and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HBD0A4F5BD27D46FF9FD467494311C0D7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">304. Application of categorical exclusions for transportation projects.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H410676980D3A41279DC7563DFF2FB7EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Air quality and conformity</header> <subsection id="H03C2FF8C8F844A5CB8E95B2DDAC73B61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Separating requirements applicable to projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 176(c)(2) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7506">42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A5DE47134E34B3A8FAAA4FC0E169CF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(2)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> Any transportation</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(2)(A)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> Any transportation</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H285A924AC7484B288F0D28484DEA5260"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any transportation plan, program or project unless such plan, program or project</quote> and inserting <quote>any transportation plan or program unless such plan or program</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H756ACEE3621844188E4F9A9E1474CB05"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(A)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> no transportation</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(i)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> no transportation</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA14C5A1CB3E442CBCB6AA424356FC92"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(B)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> no metropolitan</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(ii)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> no metropolitan</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E943F35D74442AB8C26DBC78BFCD2BD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(C)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> a transportation project may be adopted or approved by a metropolitan planning organization or any recipient of funds designated under title 23, United States Code, <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, or found in conformity by a metropolitan planning organization or approved, accepted, or funded by the Department of Transportation only if it meets either the requirements of subparagraph (D)</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H19854404B7874E1CB8B515EA04D54EAA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H8958312263044CD3830A8E01DA8FB662" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in this section, no Federal agency may approve, accept, or fund any transportation project unless such project has been found to conform to any applicable implementation plan in effect under this Act. A transportation project may be found in conformity by the Department of Transportation only if it meets either the requirements of subparagraph (C)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0071A9F3368C4D129A838A1D804E4B53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adjusting the margins of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (B), as redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA756A980E3314E959C1DEE844B41C0D7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(D) Any project not referred to in subparagraph (C)</quote> and inserting the following: </text>
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<subparagraph id="HE6D32EC2337F4EDF8F127A88A9CF7AB1" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any project not referred to in subparagraph (B)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF1FE121EE069480098C2C20C91852C30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conformity determinations prior to construction of transportation projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7506">42 U.S.C. 7506(c)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HA0FBC089C62D4E4E903438519891B95F" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The conformity determinations required by this section with respect to transportation projects shall be coordinated with the transportation planning process under sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code, and with the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable laws, in accordance with the following requirements:</text> <clause id="H640C6C2CCEF44DD782B3CB1A50C146A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall make its conformity determination for a transportation project prior to initiation of construction of the project.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF3F5D0E1DE46439AA972B5CC75B77E42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall include the transportation project in the plan or program developed pursuant to title 23 or <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, as applicable, before the Secretary of Transportation makes a conformity determination for the project.</text></clause> <clause id="HA8B3E4DB4FF74A37826BB915A4476CDC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall—</text>
<subclause id="H70CBAE6606294058AE5CE2EADB0BBE84"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ensure that any environmental document prepared for the project under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332 et seq.</external-xref>) discloses the need for a transportation conformity determination and evaluates consistency with conformity requirements; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAD5F1B6F86A047EFB8046E859BDFC427"><enum>(II)</enum><text>condition any approval issued by the Secretary in the environmental review process on satisfying conformity requirements prior to construction.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H569210C35C864B1B88A8766751319E41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical correction to margins</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The margins of paragraphs (5) through (10) of section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7506">42 U.S.C. 7506(c)</external-xref>) are amended by moving such margins 2 ems to the left.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBA323D26B84F4AADA3D8E9EBE7A7E071"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 176(c)(5) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7506">42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(5)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F297665060140D7B1028DCD41BC5B7E" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H888112B21BD144D4B94AC7DEA28A165B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(5)</enum-in-header> Applicability</header-in-text>.—This subsection</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(5)</enum-in-header> Applicability</header-in-text>.—<header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(A)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> This subsection</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCD9723873BF4691A448DEB59C20EB16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBA9B882FEB52458CA107CA946A2AE8C3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H0B223129B5B24903A1CCD570AEB52DB2" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a new national ambient air quality standard is promulgated for an air pollutant under section 109, the requirements of this section apply only with respect to most recently promulgated standard.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7D3A5B2D16764684A9E9D78619CE65E2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Programmatic conformity determinations</header><text>Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7506">42 U.S.C. 7506(c)</external-xref>), as amended, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1D7F4D439490420EB792A1E90BFEFBF1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HAC61785BF7854D46AC17C20514E1683D" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Programmatic conformity determinations</header> <subparagraph id="HC07A755E9F6744319489F4C502E1D65E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation—</text>
<clause id="HAA6EF62697A2416BBA11717BB7ABB667"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use programmatic conformity determinations to streamline the process for satisfying transportation conformity requirements under this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3EAFD9EA9D16486EBF06CCD4C0A45680"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may issue a programmatic conformity determination, in consultation with the Administrator, on a nationwide, statewide, metropolitan, or other geographic basis.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H146D4EAED0D34FF59E01E7EC551F6A78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<clause id="H54ED46D36F4C4CBE802F79EA49C99472"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations implementing this paragraph.</text></clause> <clause id="HFC17181B418E40D1AB8FC04AF1783B8A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text> The regulations required by clause (i) shall include procedures for making programmatic conformity determinations for—</text>
<subclause id="HEEEF9DEBE5944122B954086CEFB21ADD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>projects in marginal nonattainment areas;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6F721EC1BC27466CB0CBFED5750DD7DB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>projects that are not exempt from conformity requirements, but would have individually and cumulatively minor effects on the applicable area’s ability pollutants; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HDBF9AF46FDE742F484C8B9B1AA25AABA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>projects located in areas in which the ambient levels of the applicable pollutant are substantially lower than the level required by the applicable national ambient air quality standard, such that an exceedance of that standard is determined Secretary to be unlikely to occur.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H795B0BA4693341AF985E225FEFA66E44"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>programmatic conformity determination</term> includes any conformity determination that applies to a category of transportation plans, programs, or projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H00D18FCBD60E43F5BCC91C474CF14527"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Agreements relating to use of and access to rights-of-way Interstate System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H82A2732EBC954D68912A2E8862806FBB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HCEDE71D914DD4EBCAA67696CB4CD459C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Justification reports</header> <paragraph id="HCF361AD93DAF4F2780E957FA1457C9D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of a State, the Secretary shall enter into a written agreement with the State that assigns the full responsibility of the Secretary to the State for granting any approvals required under subsection (a) for changes in points of access to, or exits from, the Interstate System (including new or modified freeway-to-crossroad interchanges inside a transportation management area designated or identified under section 5303(k) of title 49).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1493E27E40C94F43AC9CA38D92CA8E69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>In entering into a written agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include appropriate conditions to ensure that the responsibilities assigned are carried out in a manner consistent with maintaining a safe and efficient Interstate System. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H68D1A750FFEA496AB24E46BA7566580E"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Permits for dredged or fill material</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3779567A0B2F4959BF221986EE40C66F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF685030B9D9545A2A380148A96A3E077"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>, or the maintenance of drainage ditches</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40F6DB5DA6004BD2BC387AB2F5AC957E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G), respectively; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9CA4B07F5448479EB5CCFA557FB2F4E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H7E60BC454DB54824A1B33B12693C8FAE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities involving maintenance, repair or construction of roadside ditches, including emergency activities, temporary fills, and changes in the character, scope, or size of the original fill design to meet current design and safety standards, provided they that do not result in significant alterations to flow or circulation, and maintain to the maximum extent practicable, the course, condition, capacity, and location of open waters; </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD3826607EE346A28D224533E1814A0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (s)(3) by striking <quote>acton</quote> and inserting <quote>action</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H00189528E3FF4ECBBC0B4D0D4B59C898"><enum>1207.</enum><header>Pilot program on use of innovative practices for environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HA0CC1BAE96D845E691336AEC18E90392" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H05BD7C8D607C453CB4276112F5819697" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The environmental review process for transportation infrastructure projects is complex and inefficient, resulting in delays and increased costs of delivery of needed improvements to our transportation system.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B5967CCE2034047854A6CC71575E181" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is in the national interest to promote truly innovative approaches that have the potential to yield positive environmental and transportation outcomes more quickly and efficiently, with greater transparency and responsiveness to all stakeholders.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5D53AFEAEEF44DB2A9E8B9E04074E0A3" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a pilot program to promote the use of innovative practices in carrying out environmental reviews for transportation projects, including innovative practices that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD77F46EA5B444C0CB2E15CE5FE2F27AA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrate environmental planning or other techniques involving consideration of multiple resources on a watershed or ecosystem scale;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C292B80C3D34BD197A534252D7F0C8A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance environmental mitigation and enhancement measures that will result in a substantial improvement over existing conditions in an ecosystem or watershed;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BC224B2887A4579AC733B563F240524" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use innovative technologies that enable more effective public participation in decision-making, including use of visualization, animation, and other advanced methods for depicting alternatives; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB3DD55F5EF14E218BB5005E586991A0" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">focus on environmental and transportation outcomes rather than processes.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9FF632677FB54607922C8B3F4C80B915" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Flexibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the pilot program established under subsection (b), the Secretary, in concurrence with the affected agency may waive, with respect to an eligible project, any requirement under Federal law, regulation, or order, if the Secretary and such agencies find that waiving the requirement is reasonably expected to—</text> <paragraph id="HACD8CC7E274B4882AEC7094BE2E65544" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the development of innovative practices for the environmental review process, as described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B16644F79B640AA92A1DB5C75A8A530" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enable the more efficient delivery of needed improvements to the transportation system; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18AF895359854C31AC7EF73735509E66" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">result in achieving the conservation goals of relevant statutes.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA531A65C1D764313A70B693F31E7D425" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the pilot program established under subsection (b), the Secretary may not select more than 15 eligible projects each year to participate in the program. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H956256AAF8BC46A9B2EA26C5E8EB34E1" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application process</header> <paragraph id="H7C8A3CA30AD3447FB6A60D44CC554A69" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the affected agency shall be jointly responsible for reviewing and approving applications for participation in the program, as set forth in this subsection. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5282AC4DB5884BCC9699331BC0BFB6D5" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant shall submit a written application, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, requesting use of one or more innovative practices in the environmental review process for the project or proposal and identifying any flexibilities needed to carry out those innovative practices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H16E6462E81C74ABDA1B7FC32B111A9E3" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Written recommendation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary recommends approval of the application, the Secretary shall submit a written recommendation to the affected agency for review. The Secretary’s recommendation may include modifications to the applicant’s proposal.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E765DB74D264F2D92A01188F458D1D3" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Approval or denial of application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The affected agency shall approve or deny the application, or approve the application with conditions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09215F6CA9894A75AD22F043A5C40B15" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Communication of decision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the final approval decision by the Secretary and affected agency, the Secretary shall communicate the decision in writing to the project sponsor, the affected State (if not the project sponsor), and each affected agency, and shall post the decision on the agency’s public website, and publish the decision in the Federal Register. The Secretary’s notice shall identify, with specificity, each federal requirement that has been waived or otherwise modified. This decision shall be final.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9C3B19CF0CD84603936764F2D7A08F65" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon publication of the decision in the Federal Register pursuant to subsection (e)(4), the Secretary may initiate the proposal or the environmental review process for the project. Each federal agency with responsibility for review, consultation, approval, or other role in the environmental review process for the project or proposal shall proceed in accordance with the decision.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3FEE11DC4C704AF4976FD3B9F76DD97F" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header> <paragraph id="HF957F2F3786247D4AEC71D4FEB955A3D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary or any affected agency may terminate the participation of a project in the pilot program under this section if the Secretary or affected agency determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H987D531471F245E28C8A36E042CF6C42" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conditions for participation (as set forth in the application approval decision) have not been met; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE10A2C7C163D40C9B37B536339F8450F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>termination is in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE13D4F515EB042D49E03141D22888804" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Before terminating a project’s participation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give the project sponsor (and the State, if the State is not the sponsor) written notice and a period of at least 30 days to address the concerns.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H44E8E71D1C154214B700A2807C185601" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reporting</header> <paragraph id="H8EA78BB7D85242E4A0EA936FCDC8562B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the affected agency, shall annually submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on each eligible project participating in the program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62CDC49907FD442B8473A589594C5D34" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The annual report under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H91B66C31E3F0462FAAC9831B532F5837" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify each eligible project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BD4D52472D249B8891251309BE5D027" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a status update on the environmental review process for such project; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE7A7ED1EBDA4EA08CE730EF6D24EE60" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>summarize any lessons learned from the use of innovative practices authorized under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5C9006BE764043B0AB305B36D19E59C5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The pilot program established under subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H51506AB6BB734DD1B995ABB7FB2902D9" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H599C830F3A4140CD8498A0F2D1EBADFB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affected agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>affected agency</term> means a Federal agency or agencies, other than the Department of Transportation, with an approval or consultation role that would be affected if the flexibilities described in subsection (c) are used.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B8601A011904DE4BFA200A234C70BA9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term> means any State department of transportation. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AD4B7995BF14F6394D0381B7898C349" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible project</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D5678D139634DC586CE0E39D874E08F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any project (as such term is defined in section 139(a)(6) of title 23, United States Code) for which the environmental review process has not been initiated for such project; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA3AA5C84808449AB735AC45800B3818" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any proposal to meet paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H37FFE50957EF4A5196E3CEDB603EF986"><enum>1208.</enum><header>Major projects threshold</header> <subsection id="H9FA27B2707974243987AFF1F48058D02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE88F48A546484EC3AC897DB33414FC67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1) by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000, increased by the Secretary as necessary,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H295CB07F8F39402A97ACA45F92AF2A58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5349C810C3B0435DB70D0CBD5715ACDF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1669C2242F924ADE8A9B1F4844D2F89E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 139(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE37A88CEAC144E919A762B2D9D47B40A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(B)(i)(I) by striking <quote>or (i)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H098EFC07E90546698BF412AD95743E60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H12C09E26E8A043F7BB4ECF1EFF8F0D15"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Expedient decisions and reviews</header><text>To ensure that Federal environmental decisions and reviews are expeditiously made, adequate resources made available under this title shall be devoted to ensuring that applicable environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) are completed on an expeditious basis and that the shortest existing applicable process under that Act is implemented, not to exceed 2 years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H376AC1578BFA4262BD4C1E12EBED87BB"><enum>1209.</enum><header>Adding previously approved projects to the transportation improvement program</header> <subsection id="H07DD0CFF0D9D4AC6AB8C796F5BC5E956"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Metropolitan transportation planning</header><text>Section 134(j)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD9DA811DA7CA4E8FBE00B8D9B1B1D687"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amendment of an approved TIP to add a project or an identified phase of a project does not require public review and comment if the added project or the identified phase—</text> <clause id="HB7A45A1A7C5F41D6936B018C472078A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was in the approved TIP that immediately preceded the current TIP; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0466B8CA325448E1B03E487C78B6848E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is unchanged from the project or the identified phase in that preceding TIP.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEE859F6AEDE54219BA66429FDA21F0B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning</header><text>Section 135(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE42A3E539E694A33B2573F0AC51FC457"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H783334DC365F494F8D2BE221F8EA7CDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H72CF05BD64CC438EAED5F6377AEB40C1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amendment of an approved TIP to add a project or an identified phase of a project does not require public review and comment if the added project or the identified phase—</text> <subparagraph id="H8C00CD39FBCF48F3A4E2D768199C898A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was in the approved transportation improvement program that immediately preceded the transportation improvement program in effect on the date of such proposed amendment; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79FBC8C343B349FCB02578F06865A7A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is unchanged from the project or the identified phase in that preceding transportation improvement program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>II</enum><header>Innovative Project Finance</header> <section id="H7725136D554B49FDAC19056A37F0F1ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2001.</enum><header>Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 temporary loan relief due to the COVID–19 pandemic</header> <subsection id="H9C2A52EC7694465795F1E0DE71A78E0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8B45ECFA92544F3D99AC9A0663A0A981"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible borrower</header><text>The term <term>eligible borrower</term> means a recipient of an eligible loan administered by the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A9EE6798DC14F0196D7796FEA6491B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible loan</header><text>The term <term>eligible loan</term> means a loan provided on or before the date of enactment of this Act under a program described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 116(d)(1) of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H342E975A8B324971986FF508CABF52CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC62DDCA6CA6C450CA7BAEDDDE4FFBE99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interest rate reset</header> <paragraph id="HFB687C3D73134966BBA99D2A13A24AD5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, at any time after the date of execution of an eligible loan, the eligible borrower of such eligible loan is unable to generate sufficient revenues from the dedicated revenue source as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic and is unable to pay the scheduled repayments of principal and interest on such eligible loan—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD9B51036F5C40D5A594E0A785FA1181"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the eligible borrower may submit to the Secretary a request to reset the interest rate of the eligible loan in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3FF3C50B64C47B08E355E28013497C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H11CB91357D344226A96D35E1C86BDB43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish under subsection (d), shall determine whether the eligible borrower is unable to generate sufficient revenues as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic; and</text></clause> <clause id="H21DC94512B2D41CE8179D5220383317B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if a positive determination is made under clause (i), may reset the interest rate of such eligible loan (including through amendment of such eligible loan) to a lower interest rate equal to not less than the yield on United States Treasury securities of a similar maturity to the maturity of the eligible loan on the date of the reset, in accordance with this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D64DF4A40D44912B9F5955466798FA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>A lower interest rate provided for an eligible loan pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii) shall apply until the final maturity date of the eligible loan.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB5E2D96F059745EFBB70242A71019A37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other loan modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an eligible borrower described in subsection (b)(1), the Secretary, in carrying out subparagraph (B) of such subsection, may—</text>
<paragraph id="HA00BCAA3F0854EA6B8E53B3513E0FAD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow, for a maximum aggregate period of not more than 5 years, an obligor to add unpaid principal and interest to the outstanding balance of the loan, subject to the requirements under section 502(j)(3)(B) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/45/822">45 U.S.C. 822(j)(3)(B)</external-xref>) or section 603(c)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, as applicable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A27DAE07EB04E0A8F07429E90765D70"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extend any applicable disbursement period established under an agreement for credit assistance made pursuant to section 502 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/45/822">45 U.S.C. 822</external-xref>) or section 603 of title 23, United States Code, as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H38B236B313364BDD88E2BF0F2A4EA757"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<paragraph id="H828304DA8D81484E9259393EEEDBF623"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a lower interest rate or other loan modification under this section, an eligible borrower shall achieve compliance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish, in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB388E042E9A54AAC8B20A89826DE48F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Factors for consideration</header><text>In establishing criteria for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary may take into consideration such factors as the Secretary determines to be relevant, including achieving the objectives of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49E65E9E437A47E4AE89E21C67120619"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintaining the operation of a project carried out by an eligible borrower in a disaster, emergency, or other extenuating circumstance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C8BF7D469814FF693DAA14F5EFCC639"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mitigating the financial impact on an eligible borrower of a disaster, emergency, or other extenuating circumstance; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC01E80818364019A6BFBFDCDD30DCB7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>protecting the interests of the Federal Government in critical infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1F25466B9AA64E09ACA14AF790E8F458"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective period</header> <paragraph id="H84EA322E193047AF9A51FB8E32113A9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to reset interest rates pursuant to this section shall terminate on September 30, 2022.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06BB5E83558248A895BC55A0CD09A429"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of subsection</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects any eligible loan that is modified pursuant to this section on or before September 30, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Public Transportation</header> <section id="H0AA499595A67483BA41CA7D31894776B"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2021</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H684FC4DA95544ABDB9C91FB48D502DF0"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Urbanized area formula grants</header>
<subsection id="H096081C73173445980720D78C1D1A3DB" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Impacts of service reductions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5307(c)(1) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8AD36FEB40634FC09E71E414224BA27A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (J) and (K) as subparagraphs (K) and (L), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADFD821614514259A4A6112B87E15B31" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HAB8EEA2A5EE5423A82E9D9BAD53A6F2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H1CAA15BCE5D245C5A5F36A089A8FC002" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any case in which a project will result in a service reduction that impacts an area of persistent poverty, consider whether third party contractors can offer options for continuing the service, provided that such options do not negatively impact the salaries or benefits of employees currently providing the service;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0BE4B32CAC0346ADAA83B5525CFD430D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Targeted review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5307(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0FB23AF1E804452FB2B42695403C665B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>At least once every 3 years</quote> and inserting the following: </text>
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<subparagraph id="H5618827FCC6A4894807F0B5DF443AC26"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once every 3 years, except as provided for under subparagraph (B)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF92BAE41A4674B29AB6837CCA0DA59E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HEC2718AEA2F0490C9958FE0B670ED70C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Targeted review for high-performing recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a recipient under this section for which no action under paragraph (3) has been found to be necessary for 6 or more consecutive years, the triennial review shall be a targeted review, as determined by the Secretary, to ascertain whether there is, with respect to the performance of a program under this section—</text> <clause id="HF57D5A6DE0944035B34A5DE9EFBA18DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any outstanding or unresolved finding from prior reviews;</text></clause>
<clause id="H21B78866FEB646DAA9677E6958CFFF48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>evidence of noncompliance with an applicable statutory or administrative requirement under this chapter; or</text></clause> <clause id="HEA0C19B0F7984D96BAD1AE21A6DD6502"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any material change since the most recent triennial review that the Secretary determines risks the recipient's compliance with respect to such performance.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4E48BE76E2554D1B8353AC57D1390C64"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Fixed guideway capital investment grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAAF2B0E7D4374C90A3AA8F8659933B89"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECA18105D6544A3E96CD573DAA6A0D11"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause id="HAB169654108142D5A30CB083758C11FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H13B61034455647959CC7A695A64E2DDD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>$300,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$400,000,000</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E3041820A0D4D9D92D5F0BFD46261FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H55C160C114484B58A45570D543AA2F58"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Rural start project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rural start project</term> means a new transit capital project that is not in an urbanized area for which—</text> <subparagraph id="H49A7B66852334992B997C00F14A390CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal assistance provided or to be provided under this section is less than $80,000,000; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00C5ED8D58594458B07DC3907A882200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total estimated net capital cost is less than $150,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H665EF0D772B04860AE6C810E494CF39D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1) by striking <quote>or small start projects</quote> and inserting <quote>, small start projects, or rural start projects</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BCEF85315BA421EA639AE0945F9ABCA" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1) by striking <quote>small start projects</quote> and inserting <quote>, small start projects, rural start projects</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55DD7FA856F94BC89916F330A525763C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B5B180219CC4368AA0F55800425FDC5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Small start projects</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Small start projects and rural start projects</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89216BA3B8C64D28AC9350DD2A25C0EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>small start project</quote> and inserting <quote>small start project or rural start project</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61F1522A33E94220B5590BC52EF1EBCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A) by striking <quote>small starts project</quote> and inserting <quote>small start project or rural start project</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC40660F4B14449A8AE8A9AFE0E0F4EE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>small start project</quote> and inserting <quote>small start project or rural start project</quote>; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3EE0727AC95C4F599D2DDB885817C0F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)(A) by striking <quote>small start project</quote> and inserting <quote>small start project or rural start project</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HCDC6C461006048CE812264B7BAB81E5B"><enum>3004.</enum><header>Enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H04E20F86E9F14A0EA691B26F44313228" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2) by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">Amount available</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>A recipient of a grant under</quote> and inserting <quote>A recipient of a grant under</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB5E29AC1AA7450E80A2006F6DEB44D9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2) by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE669863F9FED408C82E986A16A412F51" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts apportioned under section 5310(c)(1)(A) may be reallocated to projects in areas other than urbanized areas.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4BB6FB82A06469B8C5407C3DEC1D46B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2C8473D52E43434F9572C61C2B341685"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Capital projects</header>
<subparagraph id="H21FBFE3646254FBE971D7E4FF66ECF05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a grant awarded under this section for a capital project shall be 80 percent of the net costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF64735261F74654941D743E82001F53"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A State described in section 120(b) of title 23 shall receive a Federal Government share of the net costs in accordance with the formula under such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54A399EA67E048DFBD822B98393A9AFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operating Assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB915450195E42949657C24EA552B12A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided by subparagraph (B), a grant awarded under this section for a operating assistance may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the net operating costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE91FE2149D474B00A94AEBC7BAF24845"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A state described in section 120(b) of title 23 shall receive a Federal Government share of the net costs that is equal to 62.5 percent of the Federal Government share provided for under paragraph (1)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD311EA6F6168477EB6100F8C5CBC5444"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF683C68737D14E67920033D8DCE5B54D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7F4CBC8D4C89432A98B44441C0163093"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent the Secretary determines appropriate, the requirements of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H930D5F260F46456F8D36966996A21B6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 5307 shall apply to recipients of grants made in urbanized areas under this subsection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F6E28BE4C93482797AFD5133FD16576"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 5311 shall apply to recipients of grants made in rural areas under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H821DB92B76004106901A1E8C0E5C3D23"><enum>3005.</enum><header>Formula grants for rural areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5311(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H70D6680AB9B04028A4927183DD114532"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H804E6190A43F47A58EFB1F050E02396B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Projects in qualified opportunity zones, medically underserved areas, or areas with a medically underserved population</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this section for a capital project in a qualified opportunity zone, a medically underserved area, or areas with a medically underserved population shall be for 90 percent of the net costs of the project, as determined by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC14CC3740C414D72BCF164364EAC0873"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H7A3327B86D164E9CB5D74477D0CF3DD3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Projects in qualified opportunity zones, medically underserved areas, or areas with a medically underserved population</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this section for a capital project in a qualified opportunity zone, a medically underserved area, or an area with a medically underserved population shall be for 62.5 percent of the Federal Government share provided for under paragraph (1)(B).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C45F2AE9FCD408686D632B21B68CFB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC53D01E559DA400191FDDB0F8E59F4A7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H3B5B633C90FC4CEB807A5982CEA2AEDC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Qualified opportunity zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified opportunity zone</term> has the meaning given such term <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1400Z">section 1400Z–1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC77F4FF4F0044D8D83171601CAE15B4F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Medically underserved areas; an area with a medically underserved population</header><text>The term <term>medically underserved areas</term> or <term>an area with a medically underserved population</term> means an area or populations that are designated as medically underserved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254b">42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H031FEB80CEF34B9892C464B31BAE3E97"><enum>3006.</enum><header>Non-emergency medical transportation</header> <subsection id="H75A3E7A9B3E8482695E6ECF626E76C72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research project eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5312(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C909ABF84BF430CB93C960519F7011C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (M), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFA6378BA41E42DE9DFA1AF828359F83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (N) as subparagraph (O); and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H211C9A5F134D4FF9B536ED5BDF91F0B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (M) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H046B9BA5A8FC4628ADDF53EC3540D6DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H75195D24E1C04D57A1E88913AFACCCB7"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to hospitals and healthcare providers in areas underserved by transit or with limited public transportation options, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCDB2737AAC3A45AA8177959CF28AC7AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Innovation and development project eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5312(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H72794521205445A584AF439F1A46D265"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H862804CCEA004B1D91124CDD08D5B251"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC65002E8646B4C8D843B15207D183C03"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6FF8358B6D284C5EA1A99905CC891562"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public transportation projects that improve health care access and outcomes; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCBA68F45D624D9FA4853CBD748F5B6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Demonstration, deployment, and evaluation project eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5312(e)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BF2D87BD0754B7B9BA162FCAAF0E791"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CDE09FD3E86448B99C7BFDD827D6222"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H830C999D04EE4F25B6F85796ECD851A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3C6B5A2B2B0D4BAEB3F23CFF325E3716" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HA6178C5A795C457D81C0883BE3E97BAF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the deployment of public transportation projects or practices that—</text>
<clause id="H0221A3BBCDAF42F09F7846997605613E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>achieve measurable improvements in transportation access to health care for medically underserved areas or populations, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration pursuant to section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254b">42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)</external-xref>); </text></clause> <clause id="H08BF3612E9AB43ECB1EF1286827EE4E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implement transportation strategies for addressing significant health needs as identified by a community health needs assessment pursuant to the requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(r)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4F33F97603214C7680F1B4068077C4A1" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>eliminate or reduce transportation barriers to accessing health care that are identified and prioritized in the coordinated public transit-human services transportation plan described in section 5310(e)(2)(A). </text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H71ABBB89A3AF4F6E8A371EED5E427580"><enum>3007.</enum><header>Technical assistance and workforce development</header> <subsection id="HBB7372A11E0941FCBF28F6F3B8EEB921"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5314(a) of title 49, Unites States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H561611B0EA39453D800D6DF8A1161387"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2C1B70F58144BC4B02BBA8C9A769553"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D28AECBC4E84AC798E09BB4A3C52A70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE50F3C49940F4725B50612F5C999CA40"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H28A427F68C434602895E0202E4659BDB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide innovation and capacity-building to rural and tribal public transportation recipients but that do not duplicate the activities of sections 5311(b) or 5312; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC15B97FD6483405EA5ED97A6B0D6CC85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF16C7B4A2C5E4D2880FCAF0396DB7452"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Availability of amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available to carry out this section under section 5338(c), such sums as necessary shall be available to carry out activities described in paragraph (2)(I). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBDC74C2100E34B56A1CF16429DC0FE53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of amounts</header><text>Section 5314(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>5311,</quote> after <quote>5307,</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF40E2C21318F456A9F8A552522E0327A"><enum>3008.</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<subsection id="HD17BB9043D4D48B99198D3BB320A552F" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reasonable access to public transportation facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (r) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H2A3C539EFD4446F4BF978AE552370552" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H12B81D454E084530906827C34C375616" commented="no"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Reasonable access to public transportation facilities</header> <paragraph id="H113729A82F3C4D4BAD475026267B2653" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient of assistance under this chapter may not deny reasonable access for a private or charter transportation operator to federally funded public transportation facilities, including intermodal facilities, park and ride lots, and bus-only highway lanes. In determining reasonable access, capacity requirements of the recipient of assistance and the extent to which access would be detrimental or beneficial to existing public transportation services must be considered. A recipient shall respond to any request for reasonable access within 90 days of the receipt of the request.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA732D230028A4B5997FB302E1D308282" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response to request</header>
<subparagraph id="H91F0C37A480444BFA058A8777E3F7087" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a recipient of assistance under this chapter fails to respond to a request within the 90-day period described in paragraph (1), the operator may seek assistance from the Secretary to obtain a response.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0DDF72D58EAE4EABA92C5170B6678C7A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Denial of access</header><text>If a recipient of assistance under this chapter denies access to a private intercity or charter transportation operator based on the reasonable access standards provided in paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide, in writing, the reasons for the denial. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB454F31D55B040A9895B0F23EFAE59F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waivers and deferrals; administrative option</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by striking subsection (t) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD2F06566E2BB4035A577DC6C42677CCA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H098B6E09DACF4A76AA4A9713D655BA50"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Waivers and deferrals; administrative option</header> <paragraph id="HD2F9A6F9D1454C7FA62550C961159C32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall have the authority to waive, exempt, defer, or establish a simplified level of compliance for recipients of assistance under this chapter that operate 10 or fewer vehicles in service, or that receive financial assistance under both sections 5307 and 5311 of this chapter.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC3BDF0543E94500A52F58D5FC8654BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance required</header><text>Not later than 180 days of enactment of the <short-title>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall publish guidance for recipients of assistance under this chapter that operate 10 or fewer buses in service or that receive financial assistance under both of sections 5307 and 5311 concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B4AE48A4FD743D59E21F62BF57ED78F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which specific requirements may be considered for waivers, exemptions, deferrals, or simplified levels of compliance by recipients of assistance described in paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16CA57F7EC1144DD9CAE82802C85AED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the process by which recipients of assistance described in paragraph (1) may request such waivers, exemptions, deferrals, or simplified levels of compliance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF957C6CCC1E46B0B3DC97707A77CABE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the criteria by which the Secretary shall evaluate and act upon such requests;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H249FE2E56C0F41B3B84A6079E0A70A16"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the terms and conditions the Secretary shall attach to any waiver, exemption, deferral or simplified level of compliance that is awarded under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC73038F7F61E47FB9721D23102750806"><enum>(E)</enum><text>actions the Secretary may take if a recipient fails to comply the terms and conditions attached to a waiver, exemption, deferral, or simplified level of compliance that has been awarded under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF468F2B3AED468E84FBD9804BF08288"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the circumstances under which the Secretary may use this paragraph to award a waiver, exemption, deferral or simplified level of compliance to a recipient of assistance under this chapter and described in this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0B951B917DF4A6B8DD7B9B47E915F80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maintain safety</header><text>The Secretary shall not take any action under this subsection that would degrade safety to lives or property.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6AC3DDFC4BE4F3C9AC2CA78BED4D998"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives an annual report detailing the requests and actions that have been taken under this subsection in the preceding 12 months.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H178F6776034C4F13BCB64CDFC6112498" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Threshold for the sale of transit vehicles after service life</header><text>Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HEA1742A89CF5407095D3EC3B30B4D420" commented="no"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Threshold for the sale of transit vehicles after service life</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for programs under this chapter the threshold amount for transit vehicles after the service life is reached shall be 20 percent of the original acquisition cost of the purchased equipment. For transit vehicles sold for an amount above such amount, the threshold amount shall be retained by the transit agency upon sale of the asset for use by the transit agency for the purpose or operating or capital expenditures, and the remainder shall be remitted to the Secretary and shall be deposited into the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. If such a vehicle is sold for an amount below or equal to the threshold amount, the transit agency shall retain all funds from the sale.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HAF34C6C53BCF4F79825D8A956C312F37"><enum>3009.</enum><header>Apportionments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5336(h)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3F527263A54449CFA5F079E8C1075BB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of amount not apportioned under paragraphs (1) and (2), 3 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (i);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H80F84406772143E2896AADEF32ADE4E9"><enum>3010.</enum><header>Grants for bus and bus facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5339 of title 49, United States Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED6E760D93A94380BB8F34705D0E3DEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(5) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H88CE5F4D750D489DB9A495B12B007B9C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H66044357448B4668868B2AB050B18A87"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, each State shall be allocated 0.6 percent of the amount made available under section 5338(a)(2)(L) and each territory shall be allocated 0.15 percent of such amount.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE53037455751494C9060E645680F3797"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5) by striking <quote>10</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD53140DF8EC4A5181034A8E5E8A2EFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H710D484634F84480B8EC221A481ED824"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(E)—</text> <clause id="HB184B1BC005D4167ACE67432907B16EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDD813FD5460C40B587E2FA62ED213717"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii) by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1D9D2BEECC6E414BA07A54FC6824A374"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H89E5AE214ED84A3FB989211F131BB7B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to projects in rural areas, any passenger vehicle that is equipped with any technology, including compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas that reduces energy consumption or harmful emissions, including direct carbon emissions, when compared to a diesel powered vehicle; </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AC5C871D7E44DD0B9592EDC6B214E23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>requirements of section 5307</quote> and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HE9D6D306356143318CE4FBADB0F3EFB2" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>requirements of—</text> <clause id="H9A6D7D001E4642E88645A1F1BB16032E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for eligible recipients of grants made in urbanized areas, section 5307; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HDDFA013E1D0E4631864D1FCCE471D5A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for eligible recipients of grants made in rural areas, section 5311.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24F2E1BC74184293B0557CEEB6888FAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB94E956EA7AE41288A0BD144C6C34BA1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Distribution of grant funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds allocated under section 5338(a)(2)(M) for no or low emission grants under section 5339(c), not less than 10 percent of the amounts shall be distributed to projects in rural areas.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HD2D4FE6800F04FC7AA29626BC966B666"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Elimination of apportionments based on high density State factors</header> <subsection id="H24BA5D2BEB5B4885A4ECA8ABF582CE2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5340 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0E7A838B07747DD89F4603DE5F01DB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>and subsection (d)</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ACC522878B34809BC55867DDD3B14BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8D1142E35495411DAB8906B76CAF0016"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5340 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8B566D69D9E543178E4C286D093C2C37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>5338(b)(2)(N)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(N)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B170B6DEEEA41F4BB1B5866036C1D71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1) by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4AFE57EED5B84A4F8EC133B312144698"><enum>3012.</enum><header>Innovative mobility and technology deployment grants</header> <subsection id="H58CDFEFAB7374E8FAE650FB8EC8B5E02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">Chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5312">section 5312</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="HED8ECBB9E35045A7AF6B0CB2AD67FC28"><enum>5313.</enum><header>Innovative mobility and technology deployment grants</header>
<subsection id="HFB0B8F3239624E918D1DD851C2420C7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an innovative mobility and technology deployment grants program to award grants to entities described in subsection (b) to assist in financing of public transportation projects that—</text> <paragraph id="H45F53B42782249788B8D4840F509E1C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow for the integration of mobility services or technologies in public transportation services, including traveler information, trip planning information, new or expanded reservation capabilities, integrated payment solutions, fare automation, or delivery designs to improve options in public transportation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98E1149C72E54EBA83B5EC8214AF4CF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advance first-mile, last-mile, late night, or low density services that connect riders to public transportation, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H8BB43E7BF0EF42379BDF43C97D99C90D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>microtransit;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H665358F4B7654B14A4DBD273212DFD5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>commuter busing; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H576004B3389343A3AA4336CF48547CE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commuter highway vehicles;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD961158017346C288A94CB0F4BF5D9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advance on demand complementary paratransit services;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA7F551B0B9A4467B131E0C89F0D9E6E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide accessibility and connectivity for rural areas not being adequately served by public transportation, as determined by the Secretary; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D932608DFAE47A79ADD9B4F827CE02E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>expand high-performing public transportation business models that increase access to public transportation; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA9EA7A818144D86B83D62834796CE82"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide any other transit service that the Secretary determines appropriate to meet the purposes of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE9D9DC6BAE4246D987807591538C6E97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H3E26BB0D5D1C4126823D2FD89EFC7154"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State or local government; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05BB0B3B3A9C49898B1BD2A4946A2930"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a publicly owned operator of public transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD713B25839664C9D97D32FE320554175"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity described in subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5BBD1977189045BAAD64E45524938D1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6F31E82E1ECC419CA5E3F4ECED63C1D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section, and publish such regulations in the Federal Register, not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9F58A5581174994ABC48BEBC2EA24CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in issuing such regulations, solicit and receive comments from stakeholders not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA5EAB1DB853340FAADD4B9507559D186"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header><text>The Secretary may approve modified grant requirements for projects carried out using a grant under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H34B59051E604499E8B535767F5747DCA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HF3668AF6E29B4171B7BCAFBE5875CEFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Period of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall be for a 3-year period beginning on the date on which the first payment of any amount under the grant is provided to an eligible entity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CDD0DD3A0FE4D378510B31976578CC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural grant minimum</header><text>The Secretary shall award not less than 20 percent of the total amounts made available to carry out this section to support activities described under subsection (a) in rural areas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF27DED33FEEF4A47A80B249D8CA79261"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government share of costs</header><text>The Federal share of the total project cost of a project carried out under this section may not exceed 80 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06AAD749931D42B38A07CE29A38DC224"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, not more than 20 percent may be awarded under subsection (a) to a single entity. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H113E2A55727D4B048FF1D991AEC3118F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>The Secretary shall annually collect from, review, and disseminate to public transportation agencies findings or best practices from projects funded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5330499B8BB0436BB1248644CE298320"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8C8A8366C530400CA9CA2E2D2F0AD0AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commuter highway vehicle</header><text>The term <term>commuter highway vehicle</term> has the meaning given such term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/132">section 132(f)(5)(B)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11D5CA6610B24667AC9D63E0B9B0BC8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>High-performing public transportation</header><text>The term <term>high-performing public transportation</term> means a public transportation service, whether provided by a public agency, private nonprofit, or for-profit organization, that is able to collect all operating costs through fare-box revenue or other dedicated sources for an activity and increases access to public transportation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DAE2513708046B786348F8749C920CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Micro-transit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>micro-transit</term> means internet-enabled, public transportation services that use dynamically generated routes calculated by algorithms developed to increase the occupancy of vehicles.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEEAAC242DD4041FD96C1C4A927A32461"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5312">section 5312</external-xref> the following: </text>
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<toc-entry level="section">5313. Innovative mobility and technology deployment grants. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HDDFB4DBAA8B44987864FAD6A6EEA2555"><enum>3013.</enum><header>Expedited project delivery for capital investment grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3005(b)(3)(A) of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5309">49 U.S.C. 5309</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4C087F3E1DAA4ABCA5DB202D2F632FD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iv)(V) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD8F721D32DB46A5950F4301B8B9CE74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (v) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H603666E8809D4C41B2E5C36A4152C054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking clause (vi). </text></paragraph></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Highway Traffic Safety</header>
<section id="H7146B4DC7D1C4286B9376B20A3B64A05" commented="no"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Funding and grant requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The funds provided for programs under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, shall be subject to the following requirements, as applicable: </text> <paragraph id="H4922E7CBEC9C44ADBA961C09C3498AF1" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21EAB617CEB442A3816EB94E4201AB15" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State matching requirements</header><text>If a grant awarded under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, requires a State to share in the cost, the aggregate of all expenditures for highway safety activities made during a fiscal year by the State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying out the grant (other than planning and administration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting the State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any other project carried out under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (other than planning or administration), without regard to whether such expenditures were made in connection with such project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77589FBB40C049F68D4312AD67F3369F" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant application and deadline</header><text>To receive a grant under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, a State shall submit an application, and the Secretary shall establish a single deadline for such applications to enable the award of grants early in the next fiscal year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC77D8C0B0E9943B885FED99C779F6413" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on other uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/303">chapter 303</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, the amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a program under such chapters—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B2C37BCE3064A7FA264BCC2BD74FE1C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall only be used to carry out such program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5CC59E9FFC249B693AC309D32A3DB16" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not be used by States or local governments for construction purposes. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HA03B0C187CE643B3957A9E17AC838670" commented="no"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Highway safety research and development</header> <subsection id="H3B82EF34C612434BB0F54355D9D2FCE7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4BB0E537F82348D3BADC19279E871FFE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE1563F58E1F84CE8A0FA0E1884CF8D17" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7FD8979C801048D79613290304637F4A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall obligate such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 from the funds made available to carry out this section to conduct the research described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB7D0AEFBED54A909593EDACA1E2996F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1E984D6D696644D5B8FAE06D4B3707FF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC3AED900C658462B97409AF7C87DAFA5" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Drug-Impaired driving prevention pilot program</header> <paragraph id="H0744D580A647419E8B6B0821B9CEC20D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to create, and study the effects of, a public awareness campaign to reduce instances of driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8936ED2B1D5414C820D84F58B6E9AEC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Locations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall implement the pilot program in States that are, or a region that is, most affected by the opioid epidemic, as measured by the most recent opioid-involved overdose deaths per 10,000 persons, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA716622AD13343219EA01BABF5A8D5CB" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date on which the pilot program is established pursuant to paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD950BE3928894D18AC2CFD203396EDD4" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of termination of the pilot program described in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study of the effects of the public awareness and enforcement campaign. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4AC7275BE64040C88C8DA754A2E1DD28" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Research and training on marijuana detection</header> <paragraph id="HFDDB038BEDF84EDDA20D8D0AD32DFF5A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall carry out a collaborative research effort to study the effect that marijuana use has on driving and research ways to detect and reduce incidences of driving under the influence of marijuana.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCF1BFECBFAE4D03B87BA4A9C93B2410" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives an annual report that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB4DF4698A0024CB3894A4AAA60E92D03" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the progress made in carrying out the collaborative research effort; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32FC686C4B8440F58E6766F900B55CA1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an accounting for the use of Federal funds obligated or expended in carrying out such effort.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0CB5A52189234AAEB93E367406751AF6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of illegal passing of school buses</header><text>Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HDF5D8706691E4F85A513BA43CAB1A34C" commented="no"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Study of illegal passing of school buses</header>
<paragraph id="H1B6AF18E6BD94B3F9F733B04866DE74A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the Unites States shall conduct a study on illegal passing of school buses by motor vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2ACD2CA5A0B64352B308AE9DE2C88886" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study elements</header><text>In completing the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall compile and examine the following issues related to illegal passing of school buses:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD501ACAF342417ABAEDD4AE14F9F1A4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Description of illegal passing laws in each State relating to school buses.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H809DBD6DC6014937924AD42449197CB7" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Identification of laws that may affect or intersect with illegal school bus passing laws.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ED76078ADF74F2796DFF948742EADE9" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Description of how each State enforces such laws.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6DF028D08FC04DB39D5BCC96A8769476" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Evaluation of methods that each State uses to review, document, and report to law enforcement school bus stop-arm violations and illegal school bus passing.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8092BC4468D445BBB28552D3BC1BE25A" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Review of driver education materials.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B19BFAF7CF248D79AA5D49FD22C9B52" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Identification of best practices relating to the most effective approaches to address illegal passing of school buses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3494001A840A404697A1CB953FE0BB46" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title> the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8F1522D9E73C46E693229208CF3EA11E" commented="no"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Public safety media programs</header> <paragraph id="H51C0E9E539884A9FBDB56319ACD953EC" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child heatstroke</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish and implement a public safety messaging program to educate the public and reduce heatstroke related deaths of children in unattended vehicles.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06844644C18C4F1BB50160AACE3FAAF9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Illegal passing of school buses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish and implement a public safety messaging program to educate the public and reduce the illegal passing of school buses.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HCDF689910DD94A118ADB61DDFCC77EC9" commented="no"><enum>4003.</enum><header>National priority safety programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405(a)(9)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>date of enactment of the FAST Act</quote> and inserting <quote>date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title></quote>. </text></section>
<section id="H22774D843F654FBFB2880968DD477984" commented="no"><enum>4004.</enum><header>National priority safety program grant eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4010 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">23 U.S.C. 405</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H706CE73105EB42A180B5467A082D8D96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the date on which the Secretary awards</quote> and inserting <quote>each occurrence of the Secretary awarding</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H49A89B8F93B7426B84435357425D59B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a publicly available Internet Web site of the Department</quote> and inserting <quote>the website of the Department</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Motor Carrier Safety</header> <section id="H46E34A7A3646493193200417C14810A4" commented="no"><enum>5001.</enum><header>Funding and grant requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The funds provided for programs under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, shall be subject to the following requirements: </text>
<paragraph id="H544797623B4047D486132B7D819DE723" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB39B1A769E645258E9043C45289E319" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State matching requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a grant awarded under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, requires a State to share in the cost, the aggregate of all expenditures for highway safety activities made during a fiscal year by the State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying out the grant (other than planning and administration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting the State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any other project carried out under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code (other than planning or administration), without regard to whether such expenditures were made in connection with such project.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB0D11CC609A4F41BD90A81BDFC85590" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant application and deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To receive a grant under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, a State shall submit an application, and the Secretary shall establish a single deadline for such applications to enable the award of grants early in the next fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41A41D4393EA45278ECF54E3205923D9" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on other uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/311">chapter 311</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, the amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a program under such chapters—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB943C81DCE54424CB7D99ED90BCCCF42" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall only be used to carry out such program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50110FE8B30740C7B414771296DBF200" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not be used by States or local governments for construction purposes. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7EE2AF3D30494F0591188D8F24962571" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>5002.</enum><header>Compliance, safety, and accountability reform</header>
<subsection id="HEC46D9300A254013B7CA3F686C8C0E5C" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Motor carrier safety grants</header>
<paragraph id="HE641BD473FD94BDF9AA9F3CC2E427DCB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H07945A4B9DD242F3B9DAE299A6A16BF5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection standard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any applicable legal requirement with respect to a covered entity contracting with a covered motor carrier for the shipment of goods or household goods, the covered entity shall be considered reasonable and prudent in the selection of such motor carrier if the covered entity verifies, not later than the date of shipment and not earlier than 45 days before the date of shipment, that the covered motor carrier—</text> <clause id="HEC6BFAF657DB412A99EAC4CD37B33BCC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is registered under section 13902 of title 49, United States Code, as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8C6EC9658AC9425AA7A3F59D4259B061" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has at least the minimum insurance coverage required by Federal and State law; and </text></clause> <clause id="HD74A5573F7E54522BF712DDDD34067D2" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not determined unfit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles under section 31144 of title 49, United States Code, or otherwise ordered to discontinue operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (including not renewing a Department of Transportation registration number) or a State.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H359D9792B41A45019DAF8865D6C0916F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The standard established under subparagraph (A) shall sunset on the effective date of a regulation issued pursuant to paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA72002FD0BA49F8BB821EE027BF010A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation of registration</header><text>Section 31144(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2032873CDECD4750A010617CB6432938" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA1B8F27F9F14E5A9F1C936A090748CC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55D7F37C0DDB406B973C12255ECCE5AA" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HDEA9E73EF1C24570A4BBDA3CC44A0C50" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF1BDE43C761F4DE69DF5A0EA6DE32C9E" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prescribe by regulation a process for revoking the registration of an owner or operator determined unfit to operate safely a commercial motor vehicle under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52254B4B372549A2B0828F697B4C387A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<subparagraph id="H5E9E8FE93927423BAA0D2486AD20B10E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall—</text> <clause id="HA5F061A359CB4117AC8880EFA04000DF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>update and revise the regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 31144 of title 49, United States Code, to include the requirements of paragraph (1); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H789A247E65314C0381E0460E74BC1BCB" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out section 31144(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3DE125C801642EFA3843B358E04CA34" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Factors for an unsatisfactory rating</header><text>The regulations updated under subparagraph (A)(i) shall provide a procedure for the Secretary to determine if a motor carrier is not fit to operate a commercial motor vehicle in or affecting interstate commerce in accordance with section 31144 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44A9871BB1AD444C9DA04CE5AB3033F9" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or supercede any State law or regulation relating to drayage.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65B13D2CD6B7404A84EA0171C210A08D" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="H905B245538AA40AEB6D9A165A5B54E02" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means a person acting as—</text> <clause id="H841F543053D24B9DB2FB6B0EF38DFC10" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a shipper or cosignee of goods, except that such term does not mean a person acting as an individual shipper (as such term is defined in section 13103 of title 49, United States Code);</text></clause>
<clause id="HAB275C79581A446BB37DE6AA1F5C077A" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a broker, a freight forwarder, or a household goods freight forwarder (as such terms are defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code);</text></clause> <clause id="H6B547639448043D681A10B21233292AB" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an ocean transportation intermediary (as such term is defined in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code), when arranging for inland transportation as part of an international through movement involving ocean transportation between the United States and a foreign port;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE101644E63214A68A65A93AC54BAFB63" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an indirect air carrier holding a Standard Security Program approved by the Transportation Security Administration only to the extent that the indirect air carrier is engaging in the activities as an air carrier defined in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 40102 of title 49, United States Code;</text></clause> <clause id="HBE9FFF46297A4878AF4C62000B9271D9" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a customs broker licensed in accordance with section 111.2 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, only to the extent that the customs broker is engaging in a movement under a customs bond or in a transaction involving customs business, as defined by section 111.1 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H145B3519CCD1428DB2F0620D5027F06C" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a motor carrier registered under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/139">chapter 139</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H488F191879D24C259136B4F494AFB566" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered motor carrier</header><text>The term <term>covered motor carrier</term> means a motor carrier or a household goods motor carrier (as such terms are defined in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code) that is subject to Federal motor carrier financial responsibility and safety regulations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB56DC242436426086B6BCA6F9551E92" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Household goods</header><text>The term <term>household goods</term> has the meaning given such term in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H339113EA1C714FDDA8FBB3ED5C72AF72" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Remote audit</header><text>Section 31144 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H1905DE53C6B9431286F5CCFE00C7FF62" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H4D376F2AA54D425AA8B20D9E3895E9AD" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Remote audits</header>
<paragraph id="HC6758A738C4F47128661D05704AA3941" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to conduct remote compliance reviews under subpart A of part 385 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to assign a safety rating for commercial motor carriers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8669CDD47CB44255AF581508006FA580" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In conducting the pilot program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H961810638D3B4B63A717E2259D7895F8" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the same standards that would otherwise be applicable to commercial motor carriers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H678F00B017A148DE920FF5D593A7A705" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply the procedures of part 385 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including the safety fitness rating methodology under appendix B, prior to assigning a safety rating under such pilot program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H835522AD8C6A4FC0A6305253DB8567D5" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assign safety ratings regardless of whether an on-site review of activities has taken place; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D16E8B7AEDE4CBB897E96552F03CF57" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>leverage all available technology to access information and records. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H348398E8852B4E0AB1BEF752D9E5A065" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible participants</header>
<subparagraph id="HCC683A9B37AD485EB757D687368C655E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Motor carriers that are eligible to participate in the pilot program under this subsection shall—</text> <clause id="H587F699C94F24739BCFA1A4A4690DFEB" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>voluntarily agree to participate in such pilot program; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8D2958B67FDB4435B364F473FFACFCF1" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be able to opt-out of participation in such pilot program at any time.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD57587DD438D4B50B24EBEF0C0FE62F3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition on participation</header><text>Motor carriers that transport hazardous materials or passengers shall be prohibited from participating in the pilot program under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDDFE4022F1A49A182A172F9F6DEB038" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorized agents</header><text>Remote compliance reviews conducted under the pilot program under this section may be conducted by—</text> <subparagraph id="HE27CB70869E74369A8B40D993ACF83FB" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration personnel;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37CE4C633131482890530F6C6C803569" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State commercial motor vehicle authorities that meet acceptable standards set forth by the Secretary; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0967136E199452E8402168A8AF8AE13" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>private contractors that meet acceptable standards set forth by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA79F71ED99542FDB4C215EDCBA89315" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Availability of safety ratings</header><text>Safety ratings determined under the pilot program under this subsection may not be released publicly by the Secretary or by any authorized agent described in paragraph (4) that is participating in the pilot program under this subsection. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE7625674DF8948E8998D3E5F289EA9C3" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>5003.</enum><header>Entry-level driver training regulations</header> <subsection id="HE8DA494B1D5B41008723AF9AB8CE8D36" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than February 7, 2023, the Secretary of Transportation shall implement the minimum training requirements for entry-level commercial motor vehicle operators published in the final rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on December 8, 2016, titled <quote>Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators</quote> (81 Fed. Reg. 88732).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBFFF2E8C74E14516809FB45D5402B64B" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training provider registry deployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall deploy the training provider registry referenced in the final regulation issued by the Administration on December 8, 2016, titled <quote>Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators</quote> (81 Fed. Reg. 88732) to allow training providers to sign up prior to the implementation date described in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7EBA83310F544E2A95AD4F3C8F23C38B" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than February 7, 2022, and every 90 days thereafter until the implementation of the requirements described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing—</text>
<paragraph id="HF2FB41483F3145B1B83D6CDA62C1D6E9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the training provider registry described in subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H054A64B13AB44701B21C973207232E50" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal and State efforts to implement the final rule described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B10F98FFC7B45CC9DB7C5B959F56936" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on noncompliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date on which compliance with the final rule described in subsection (a) is required under such subsection, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing a list of all States in substantial noncompliance with such final rule. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H9493F3334D764437BBB7B98F0A8640F2" commented="no"><enum>5004.</enum><header>Trucking industry workforce development</header> <subsection id="H3E08A44006944D7B84A744BA78222143" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H6C81DF734017486B8557E5EB51934B36" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Apprentice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>apprentice</term> means an employee under the age of 21 who holds a commercial driver’s license required to operate a class of vehicles described in part 383 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and any successor regulations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF305808784734C24A03AFE5D5A07124E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial driver's license</header><text>The term <term>commercial driver's license</term> has the meaning given the term in section 31301 of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4602D60C3524678B0B10D6A85238D09" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commercial motor vehicle</header><text>The term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> means a commercial motor vehicle that meets the definition under paragraph (1) or (4) of the definition of the term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H539E7CDEFEDF459DA43230E8A7E952EA" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Driving time</header><text>The term <term>driving time</term> has the meaning given the term in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H850580B9FB84403CA9ED5F647FB12B73" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Employee</header><text>The term <term>employee</term> has the meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAAF23854DDA64198B9C37CB5741A03AD" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Employer</header><text>The term <term>employer</term> has the meaning given such term in section 31132 of title 49, United States Code. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2D1969DC3124EC1951228BCE1E56BDE" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Experienced driver</header><text>The term <term>experienced driver</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A0A190778DA425E9D95915218EDBABD" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not less than 21 years of age;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0997D16D1124D18B4B3F44988006086" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has held a commercial driver’s license for the 2-year period ending on the date on which the individual serves as an experienced driver under subsection (c)(3)(B);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0317E65AB5914C8397F18F4179762354" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has had no preventable accidents reportable to the Department of Transportation or pointed moving violations during the 1-year period ending on the date on which the individual serves as an experienced driver under subsection (c)(3)(B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H075849168C3744D994CD82B894D00300" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a minimum of 2 years of experience driving a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72CBFFA06CE7465E9A1C92D74E4E3BE9" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>On-duty time</header><text>The term <term>on-duty time</term> has the meaning given the term in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD09667904387408AA32208C9E9421111" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Pointed moving violation</header><text>The term <term>pointed moving violation</term> means a violation that results in points being added to the license of a driver, or a similar comparable violation, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB452E50299D7456AAF49944458A11C64" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3969180D5F964A839D58C3691D9AB357" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Apprentice</header><text>An apprentice may—</text> <paragraph id="H3DB41D3A56AB4C5588EE471620261F2C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">drive a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce while taking part in the 120-hour probationary period under subsection (c)(1) or the 280-hour probationary period under subsection (c)(2), pursuant to an apprenticeship program established by an employer in accordance with this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD08AADE80B1E48ADA0B8E6A979A2D0A7" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>drive a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce after the apprentice completes an apprenticeship program described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F9240A3AFC54EFD9BB61DF99ED2ABDE" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Apprenticeship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An apprenticeship program referred to in subsection (b) is a program that consists of the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H9C93A348793A49349BCC3F796868F196" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>120-hour probationary period</header>
<subparagraph id="HD21400CE73B1478BBB3AF21D15D5DAE1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The apprentice shall complete 120 hours of on-duty time, of which not less than 80 hours are driving time in a commercial motor vehicle.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4722CF9A9876411AAF70F3863288B901" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Performance benchmarks</header><text>In order to complete the 120-hour probationary period under subparagraph (A), an employer shall determine that the apprentice is competent in each of the following areas:</text>
<clause id="H9C25271C2FD14D699C8B62D5A761DE50" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interstate, city traffic, rural 2-lane, and evening driving.</text></clause> <clause id="H6914C06795E44AA786C2BC33548CD55B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Safety awareness.</text></clause>
<clause id="H7FBE9F0450DA4B1F89DAA784AE489C0A" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Speed and space management.</text></clause> <clause id="HE37167043A584951A3CA0FD4ED283FB5" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Lane control.</text></clause>
<clause id="HCBB7B8C9FB2B4306B4F1BD186EEF2546" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Mirror scanning.</text></clause> <clause id="H540C1FF2FF744BBCBC2C32B0A64A1CF0" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Right and left turns.</text></clause>
<clause id="H75A0B7B80BB9435EAF0081EDF151BCB4" commented="no"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Logging and complying with rules relating to hours of service.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73C70F48619D4B86B6A311469EF8F3B8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>280-hour probationary period</header> <subparagraph id="H354E2B4360FE47709ED6FAD240667989" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After completing the 120-hour probationary period under paragraph (1), the apprentice shall complete 280 hours of on-duty time, of which not less than 160 hours are driving time in a commercial motor vehicle.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7B34FD2D00D493AA6F0DC31E135047B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Performance benchmarks</header><text>In order to complete the 280-hour probationary period under subparagraph (A), an employer shall determine that the apprentice is competent in each of the following areas:</text> <clause id="H0CDFE6BD53B04D52BB3C5991DD4D2BDC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Backing and maneuvering in close quarters.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB14631C9566D439D96BBE83B11DC15E6" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Pre-trip inspections.</text></clause> <clause id="H87B3677A1C084262AC4D5165728E72A8" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Fueling procedures.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8D5679433D1248D3AEA23205A9909CCE" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Weighing loads, weight distribution, and sliding tandems.</text></clause> <clause id="H7AF56F2E17734988B72E0F1BF752D87E" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Coupling and uncoupling procedures.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB71DEDC4BFCD4E7F8B749D27FB2EF3D6" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Trip planning, truck routes, map reading, navigation, and permits.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38F50D4BA99A4EEEA0F1FC1DCD737F04" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Restrictions for 120-hour and 280-hour probationary periods</header><text>During the 120-hour probationary period under paragraph (1) and the 280-hour probationary period under paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDED34405B4234E879D6DC7DC3FFF74A7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the apprentice may only drive a commercial motor vehicle that has—</text> <clause id="HB2201F51E8544E3695F6CF0AA4E8AC9E" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">automatic manual or automatic transmissions;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE3FD7D505874340BDA2386E6CD4C05D" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>active braking collision mitigation systems;</text></clause> <clause id="HA4A7F9F4ECC3495FBAA027BB180A5F71" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>forward-facing video event capture; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD2DC7E49757649218C90488D0FF62349" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>governed speeds of 65 miles per hour at the pedal and 65 miles per hour under adaptive cruise control; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBDB8574515B488F8CE87828BD12C6B5" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the apprentice shall be accompanied in the cab of the commercial motor vehicle by an experienced driver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF5407E5F59E42A184FB97D713B3FA4D" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Records retention</header><text>The employer shall maintain records, in a manner required by the Secretary, relating to the satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) by the apprentice.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H370A89028D014DE684089B7082271B6D" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reportable incidents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the apprentice is involved in a preventable accident reportable to the Department of Transportation or a pointed moving violation while driving a commercial motor vehicle as part of an apprenticeship program described in this subsection, the apprentice shall undergo remediation and additional training until the apprentice can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the employer, competence in each of the performance benchmarks described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA224C5D4CDF041E790755C64540127CF" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Completion of program</header><text>The apprentice shall be considered to have completed the apprenticeship program on the date on which the apprentice completes the 280-hour probationary period under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9E458D56DB84E2D97E9352154F27FD9" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Minimum requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H589541C2178145BCBF155FC28B05B015" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this section prevents an employer from imposing additional requirements on an apprentice taking part in an apprenticeship program established pursuant to this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB530C748127C4CBBA54E2F6B90CA930E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technologies</header><text>Nothing in this section prevents an employer from requiring or installing additional technologies in a commercial motor vehicle in addition to the technologies described in paragraph (3)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5460BDE8B844118A6724821C4416189" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD7DC9E390BA2425EB29F0AEE4FBEF3EA" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No effect on license requirement</header><text>Nothing in this section exempts an apprentice from any requirement to hold a commercial driver’s license in order to operate a commercial motor vehicle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A298980AB204DDFA300B9D081040324" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Employer responsibility</header><text>An employer shall not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver under the age of 21 to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce unless the driver is participating in or has completed an apprenticeship program that meets the requirements of subsection (c). </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H3602FCDD7B2A4FD2A508ED552BD58D8B" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>5005.</enum><header>Hours of service requirements for agricultural operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/31136">49 U.S.C. 31136</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H516A424A04934E31A62E459CE8E90EC4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H606BFCC8375B4997A678106F04B0A3E4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96148116A6F64017BAA7FC4770FB4425" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1501F16300DF45FC8D3945459F0AFDF7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H90CB037545C3428DB7A2F889FBD45458" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>drivers transporting agricultural commodities within a 150 air-mile radius from—</text> <clause id="H8E018317311E4084BA3D7EC6D77CA6EF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the source of the agricultural commodities; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H38CAAB865A614CBABBF1A8AC1A4E4566" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the destination of the agricultural commodities;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB7A5F432BFF4A7F99DC38AACD692A51" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(8)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB935DC5865514FD4910EF4F079D529BC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBABF24B3B72D46B1B961509C7D5EA2BF" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>at any time of the year</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Innovation</header>
<section id="H0ADEDB54522F4AEEB4F26E0841B3FB8F"><enum>6001.</enum><header>Advanced transportation technologies program</header>
<subsection id="H1A62FE315FD546E9A2073202C573FE49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HB33807FC842A4CEC9D6D2DC6CD55B326" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H80C3732055F643098EA113F4AA7BD723"><enum>520.</enum><header>Advanced transportation technologies program</header> <subsection id="H01B03AD015E3414DA3956B99F2838612"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, mobility, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD65E204EEAC84684916AB1D450F946F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop criteria for selection of an eligible entity to receive a grant, including how the proposed deployment of technology—</text> <paragraph id="HAC6065EEF5BB489795BC9DDC574CC31B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduces costs and improves return on investments (including through the optimization of existing transportation capacity);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC36FC4DF300A4C8AB168FB9DDB76C592"><enum>(2)</enum><text>delivers environmental benefits by alleviating congestion and streamlining traffic flow; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FE4EAE796664B6F8B655AEF2BBF4AAD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>measures and improves the operational performance of the applicable transportation network;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02B8D2B1D44F4307B2462663BBD00023"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reduces the number and severity of traffic accidents and increases driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47C18EDFEB0E4E88B3A02B0397C4E855"><enum>(5)</enum><text>collects, disseminates, and uses information on real-time traffic, work zone, weather, transit, paratransit, parking, and other transportation-related information to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and provide for more efficient, accessible, and integrated transportation and transportation services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1AE60E67B0D4B64B5350CA565246772"><enum>(6)</enum><text>monitors transportation assets to improve infrastructure management, reduce maintenance costs, prioritize investment decisions, and ensure a state of good repair;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA2433BDBD714B8D821313B2B620335F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>delivers economic benefits by reducing delays, improving system performance, and providing for the efficient and reliable movement of goods and services; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0DFE2351BBD484ABE44EBB696EB1D8C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>accelerates the deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, and other technologies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H249D45ABA04242E69FC67BB2588F6B2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted for a project to be carried out by a grant under this program shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE2649A8FE1B4F34BB7345F10C33D2A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan to deploy and provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and return on investment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1392E3D2A86B4089A1924F01185F3773"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objectives for quantifiable system performance improvements, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20F4278B826A4276A80D3E9D8251B03D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reducing traffic-related accidents, congestion, and costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42490F482CC44E47801BAC918D48519E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>optimizing system efficiency; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF06E9A972A7941D9A451D762DE0AAC01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving access to transportation services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H078CDA3044914B1E808269335B7F485B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quantifiable safety, mobility, and environmental benefit projections such as data-driven estimates of how the project proposes to improve the applicable transportation system efficiency and how such project proposes to reduce traffic congestion.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCCB2D2B8EE84D5594A6EB1CA2667EA2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan for any partnerships with private sector entities or public agencies, including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research institutions, organizations representing transportation and technology leaders, or other transportation stakeholders.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H638C96C02E30469E888ABD145AEB3C67"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A plan to leverage and optimize existing local and regional advanced transportation technology investments.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H00CC17E39C03471483815AD2FA46BDB3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant selection</header>
<paragraph id="H93BF677A97D745D887368DFCBB40B4D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year for which funding is made available under this section, the Secretary shall award grants to not less than 5 and not more than 10 eligible entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H922837B7A4B5457BB440D9FD8F1CC063"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header> <subparagraph id="H88616CA9E3824ADE9EF1BC78F97ED0E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), in awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographic areas of the United States, including urban areas and rural areas.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BC307E0416F4224AEA03B68C1E5E6FC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rural set-aside</header><text>Not less than 20 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section shall be reserved for projects serving rural areas, to the extent there are sufficient eligible applications.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17A6B286D7C04F8A9426A3370DDEAA4B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technology diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients represent a variety of technology solutions.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8FAA414550E64A20821C13A3644FB25B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of grant funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this section to deploy advanced transportation technologies, including—</text> <paragraph id="H0B51C3D8BC904BA6866F0B7C2F1F190C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced traveler information systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB14848C9032C4C87A7476939538B608B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced transportation management technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA2D3B101FB6440594410037A01491B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advanced transportation technologies to improve emergency evacuation and response by Federal, State, and local authorities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA1F537F1F2B46938442FED3F0E203F8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and condition assessment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB335094D1744F1CB40A28D170D9351C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced public transportation systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H648367A1F49A48819C7BA7E640479A75"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transportation system performance data collection, analysis, and dissemination systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49914F396A904B40AC4A61E028D77BC3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced safety systems, such as systems using cellular technology, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17F44BB78C51498A80C185630E9F550A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>integration of intelligent transportation systems with the Smart Grid and other energy distribution and charging systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0314F1A810094AC9AF66137021C89900"><enum>(9)</enum><text>integrated corridor management systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62BF50034D914F82A73BA53E31409C3E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>advanced parking reservation or variable pricing systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17AE8A8C892F468FA6BCF8E48EC2F88F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>electronic pricing, toll collection, and payment systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03280CAF0D3F49D59ED1A3B35E37ACC4"><enum>(12)</enum><text>technology that enhances high occupancy vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, or congestion pricing; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C58E5D7B5B24F2DA0111A132314BB31"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced mobility and access technologies, such as dynamic ridesharing and information systems to support human services for elderly and disabled individuals;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA59D7F8886AB4F78875CD7856EAB3CDB" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technology that collects and maintains automated driving system safety data and data analysis tools;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5616B5B6E3F648C6A1198034F73C1A34" commented="no"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cybersecurity protection measures and activities to protect against cybersecurity threats; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90425B20BD6947A4A2FCF1B147D829BB" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced vulnerable road user safety information systems.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H531671E8BD4344F1BA1C568EAAF2A7C5" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to Secretary</header> <paragraph id="H90FCA1DC8AE044B2AEA9C5E381DE2869" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that a recipient of a grant under this section submits, not later than 1 year after the recipient receives a grant and annually thereafter, a report to the Secretary that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DA17A18D828406889330140B150FB20" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deployment and operational costs of the project compared to the benefits and savings the project provides; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6DAB453C85B4A4CAAE78EFF4F467E9B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the project has met the original expectations projected in the deployment plan submitted with the application, such as—</text>
<clause id="H9AAED643DBA04E068D82969103B459CA" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>data on how the project has helped reduce traffic accidents, congestion, costs, and other benefits of the deployed systems;</text></clause> <clause id="H1FC23108575D4756B83CB5182A9F90BD" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>data on the effect of measuring and improving transportation system performance through the deployment of advanced transportation technologies;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6604FB456E3D461E9686321D4CFE7717" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effectiveness of providing real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to the public to make informed travel decisions; and</text></clause> <clause id="HABE4C44D41564D79A2809198CB117A99" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>lessons learned and recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize transportation mobility, efficiency, and multimodal system performance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39EBA1E9B8F44742B4937DF39CA64B9E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report Consistency</header>
<subparagraph id="H62D3A672F8A341B4BE29B7C5A20DA2F1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grant recipients with methods and techniques to support consistent data collection across grant recipients and may update such methods and techniques as appropriate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6E44BC7A83A41EBACA3739A0F674711"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Update</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide grant recipients notice of an update described in subparagraph (A) not less than 90 days before carrying out such update.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HADF476165FB64A4DAA278001E6B76BDC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall make available to the public on the website of the Department of Transportation an updated report that describes the effectiveness of grant recipients in meeting projected deployment plans including data described in subsection (f) on how the program has—</text> <paragraph id="H3F0EFA29552140D9A58564590B8A8BF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6851A3E76624E419D6AD160969C32CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduced traffic congestion and improved travel time reliability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC0E6A19A4584111BB33D55AB1084888"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduced transportation-related emissions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA70B4DD92214D4891AF3340DCB18E71"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">optimized multimodal system performance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6ABDDB2745054EF9A37732DD82CA8CA5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improved access to transportation alternatives;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2281A4422B44909B5FD4D7A9F59786D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided the public with access to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to make informed travel decisions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBA4C0A2111D42C59A3EA458393A2F14"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided cost savings to transportation agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46B64920234840EA86D5F56A411650D2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided other benefits to transportation users and the general public.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H934450BDBCD745919332B5EBAD4D35CB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may terminate a grant provided under this section and deobligate funds provided by such grant if—</text>
<paragraph id="H5530DC613AE3441BA0CB920BA38F9CEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary determines from a report submitted pursuant to subsection (f) that a recipient of such grant is not carrying out the requirements of the grant; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EE99EF07A2845048598D98693B0142D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary provides written notice to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 60 days prior to deobligating funds under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA4C64150641D4E02AD6AF7B9F3786FF9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the amounts provided to carry out this section, the Secretary may set aside $2,000,000 each fiscal year for program reporting, evaluation, and administrative costs related to this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HD3FD4254DFAC46F6BC606C133859F61F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD10E8C637E944C119B4DC217C49A8337"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Expenses for grant recipients</header><text>A grant recipient under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the funds awarded each fiscal year to such recipient to carry out planning and reporting requirements.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0D29AFBF481641B4920FF6433CDDBD63"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Grant flexibility</header> <paragraph id="HA64587CC2B8C42ABB99B9A02F7516060"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, by August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary determines that there are not enough grant applications that meet the requirements described in subsection (c) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer to the programs specified in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H657A788E0B5C404CBA0DED0B159EE338" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any of the funds reserved for the fiscal year under subsection (i) that the Secretary has not yet awarded under this section; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97C94A5D669C447DA192CAF4170041F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount of obligation limitation equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary transfers under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD5B0136D0D54E0680AE8055459D2DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The programs referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text> <subparagraph id="HBE435759E33D404F8B92612ECC6A3B59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the programs under sections 503(b) and 503(c); and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C676361686F4D03B62D82CB327C0684"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the programs under sections 512 through 518.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81A28C9E663E48159A8CA0F3AD2F331D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any transfer of funds and obligation limitation under paragraph (1) shall be divided among the programs referred to in that paragraph in the same proportions as the Secretary originally reserved funding from the programs for the fiscal year under subsection (i).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H830E92C961FF4CE3BDDE1F9AED28EBAA"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="H2CAF2F9AFBF04115A64F95A19A03E065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced transportation technologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced transportation technologies</term> means technologies that improve the efficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface transportation systems, including intelligent transportation systems.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFE21AAD8D0949B9967A952169A3C56B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H7772D33D20494BB2A301EB0F95B03362"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State or local government or a political subdivision of a State or local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26D7C62EF7594CA8A58A26805194B9AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a transit agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H170EBBBAE0DF46DFA4C8576FAEB758ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF1F3E3898CF4209AF01A2BA12FAD14E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a multijurisdictional group; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A22B63668374C8DAB4BCA2D1AAA180F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a consortia of research institutions or academic institutions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC44328E3B44A4C6892D312DFDD7CAC56"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multijurisdictional group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>multijurisdictional group</term> means any combination of State governments, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of a State for which each member of the group—</text> <subparagraph id="H9AE96BC4AFE34BDDBD8F77710D78D0A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has signed a written agreement to implement a project carried out under this section across jurisdictional boundaries; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF7D1A3516EB46B7AEB3764C3F36A7AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an eligible entity under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AED1B10C1EF454281224F2E0AB4D3F5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Smart Grid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Smart Grid</term> means a system that provides for any of the smart grid functions set forth in section 1306(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17386">42 U.S.C. 17386(d)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H15CAE2C637534C83A8151F5FAB7F598F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HCED713D9901141E4B864207A25FD4503" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">520. Advanced transportation technologies program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0CD7D686693F4DBB9CF875438CFBB5E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking section 503(c)(4).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H06A4225620524DA8B41741CCDE5244E2"><enum>6002.</enum><header>Connected vehicle deployment pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H1EC53BEEFA0740BC96B0695B5A2B3E3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE8E76C60AAAD4B7999A5713D6D69A70A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HA68254C3A0D64238902D244ABFA10DEB"><enum>521.</enum><header>Connected vehicle deployment pilot program</header> <subsection id="HB1813A86851746E6A76B15591FE7D0E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="HD6D50F19691042069DE908790675A6DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a connected vehicle deployment pilot program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to spur operational deployments to meet the transportation needs of eligible entities through the use of the best available and emerging intelligent transportation systems.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CF537DA0987437A9C94454A42D19017"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the program shall be to—</text> <subparagraph id="HD859794074694F0FA96A73A90AED2B0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">spur connected vehicle technology deployment through wirelessly connected vehicles that interact with a connected environment, including mobile devices, infrastructure, and other elements;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF49E6BF219A8411AB290F9D713CB8F6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">realize safety, mobility, and environmental impacts through operational deployments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EAEF8DBF2D64473BC79C2D44C61039B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capture and use new forms of connected vehicle and mobile device data to support improved surface transportation system performance and enhanced performance-based management;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77D63E574B034434BC5756A8833F1C61"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage partnerships of multiple stakeholders (including private companies, State and local agencies, transit agencies, commercial vehicle operators, freight shippers, and transportation network companies);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AAE5699096B436EA74028C11DE133EA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deploy applications using data captured from multiple sources (including vehicles, mobile devices, and infrastructure) across all elements of the surface transportation system (including transit, highway, arterial highways, parking facilities, and toll highways); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA79C275152AE476D85666B7EA3C85601"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support deployment sites that create foundations for future expanded and enhanced deployments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5CD173F6010249F891AF1363C49EB087"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each grant made under this section shall be in an amount that is at least $10,000,000. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H316B99F6A5304C40AAD1CBF1875DB98A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant under this section to any of the following entities:</text> <paragraph id="H3AB890C5A21B4648ACC86DE40B3F50B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79826AFE7EB24BEC9E0FB3D4A1F38077"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A transit agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57A3F51906174F5892419356350CF3A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 individuals.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D1B39E09F67402EAF1EA3FAEF426F83"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A unit of local government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H231FE2F007FF4F74A2F8C065956DC73F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A political subdivision of a State or local government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B336CD8531842CBBDDEA3D6EB9C9734"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C689EF0FBF94356B7431136D0E25ADF"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A multijurisdictional group (as defined under section 520).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF2D124146034505A3189E01DD01BCB4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A consortia of research institutions or academic institutions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAD4DA845E3E74C8B8FF16D7A036D47D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this section for a project that deploys connected vehicle applications and technologies, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H31F139D52F7E48A39A7ABDBFDD159FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced safety systems, such as systems using cellular technology, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69D03886BACC4DD59B4B0BD21481A48A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integration of intelligent transportation systems with the Smart Grid and other energy distribution and charging systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AAF7258DB4240EF8F49A540DAFA4C13"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electronic pricing and payment systems;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CF0BC08468C4484A5FE97474C81214A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced mobility and access technologies, such as dynamic ridesharing and information systems to support human services for elderly and disabled individuals; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC37989F27F4C402989E91B87EC6B5320"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any deployment concept eligible, before the date of enactment of this section, under the connected vehicle pilot deployment program carried out by the Department of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7ABF1D742B5543808326AC31311A5B84"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grant amounts received for a project under this section may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="HC71D5E18F2274256AAA067A6AE01B349"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities in the development phase, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review process (as defined under section 139), preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8629049B7269434D9B4BEF9DD773CAAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to the land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvement directly related to improving system performance; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H624449D0AB2D4E489BB035BDC05E3C56"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing incentives to attract driver participation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02CEBEEB032744C28F0C327784E12FB9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing and installing any connected vehicle equipment (including vehicle applications, roadside units, and back-office equipment).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0F3570DE4B194C49834AB3807F525795" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H7DAD82E256704651844CF2BF0F176802" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity described under subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines is appropriate, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H957CE422C2B340A19A71BCCCB974A3B5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan to deploy and provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of connected vehicle technologies to improve safety, efficiency, and system performance;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE15D3C718FE4C07B89356A48CC7338F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>objectives to improve and measure system performance in 1 or more of—</text> <clause id="H3873418E663B46B6BFEEA21A11DCA0A1" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">system productivity;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC933633E239D492DAF7DD9F460FD4FA8" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mobility, including impact on freight movements;</text></clause> <clause id="HFD90B03DBC4C4D3792AF553270D849A8" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>livability and accessibility of goods, services, and activities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3260C81C2C1B4172BDD7C9429CF646CA" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>environment and fuel use; and </text></clause> <clause id="H1475D66ECE774766BA9288625C2B957C" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>traveler and system safety, including advising individuals of potentially unsafe conditions and mitigating the impact of events that may cause vehicle accidents; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37D30796768A475DADE5B8C4DF93810E" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for partnering with private sector entities or public agencies, including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research institutions, organizations representing transportation and technology leaders, or other transportation stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C42AD306D6F4229AA922C27E5C7EAB2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>When evaluating applications under this section, the Secretary may not require that a pilot deployment under the program be based on research carried out or funded by the Department of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD1091EF2F7D842B6B7097CFAF6DA0F61"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Grant selection</header>
<paragraph id="H1D7B74692A0A4BF2B95B9F2D07591537"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall award grants to not less than 3 and not more than 5 eligible entities described in subsection (c). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95844346FB4A4811992F1D5D4BC503AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographic areas of the United States, including urban areas and rural areas.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89AAF6B28A8D424EAE0BE7C6596ED622"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Grant management</header><text>In carrying out the grant program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HBB33DAD8131B4AD5B8D9DBBC03BD2E2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emphasize project sustainability and long-term funding goals;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B6153E0C9D8485399676678D943E91E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create a noncompetitive environment and encourage collaboration among project sites;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30C9ABC4E03C46FC9C70CD3E8FC95BAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">balance the privacy of users and secure operations of pilot projects, while maintaining the ability to measure performance factors; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H247C58EBB5B54EC8903E38F09DA47915"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be wary of technological maturity of connected vehicle applications and impact of long-term viability of non-deployment ready applications.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9FFE932B1434E40ABF3AE4AB7EEC9DF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Smart Grid defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Smart Grid</term> means a system that provides for any of the smart grid functions set forth in section 1306(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17386">42 U.S.C. 17386(d)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB532DF6C57CC4C46A4852378C618E905"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HF0A9B258C1C5480CA3629816AA165147" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">521. Connected vehicle deployment pilot program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA5A9F3DB407B4FD1B71F240E4D109EB6"><enum>6003.</enum><header>Automated driving system demonstration program</header> <subsection id="H295B7567A794462FAA1D6902327E3B1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H3B6887983A5E4DAF9A098779BB863B74"><enum>522.</enum><header>Automated driving system demonstration program</header>
<subsection id="HC8BD43EECBCF4735A25610489A8424CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H84128FD9AA6D434FABD2297BAE810F0C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall establish an automated driving system demonstration program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC43BE3A7861484CBA2F76FD59F226A6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">test the safe integration of automated driving system technologies into the on-road transportation system of the United States and demonstrate how challenges to the safe integration of such technologies can be addressed;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C55CBFBC7474D5199CAB85D9014D599" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure significant data gathering and sharing of project data to identify—</text> <clause id="HB3C059A6691944398F4FF00439E2185F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a baseline of safety metrics needed to characterize the safety risk of integrating automated driving system technologies into the transportation system; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB801AFA483364F84BC170E4C0BAB5506" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a baseline of roadway characteristics needed for the safe and efficient operation of automated driving system technologies; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59AD898B4AC0471685CB26E751A6DD92" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourage collaboration and partnerships of multiple stakeholders to carry out subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE60C230BAED846479AC2CE6EC94DF958"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant under this section to the following:</text> <paragraph id="H2056F6F9690D483C9C09CD30E54EF4F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6ED79CDF9F8748ED806673289BDDCF72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A transit agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42C0345496824B0A8CA25E07BEE15F6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 individuals.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADDC24E38FD84E67A6A93C6506458049"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A unit of local government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD755CBBD95349BC86A0CD8CA9865CF2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A political subdivision of a State or local government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18C13F7F7AF845C18B206BD7894F3C47"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04E0646882D346E6B21C493520D00183"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public academic institution, public research institution or a consortia of research institutions or academic institutions.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C09B3D6332E4830A96B5151EC5FEDC2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A multijurisdictional group (as such term is defined in section 520).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2AF266A9F7DD4D08801CB0A35982853D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity described under subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines is appropriate.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H59E08AA3A0FF4B12B4021CD8493EB797"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header>
<paragraph id="H1B0412390E374B5B9399A54AB4046E8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this section to demonstrate automated driving system technologies, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H14221EE340764572BC884201CBF9772C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced safety systems, such as systems using cellular technology, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEDF81FC072314968B4700A06D84D09E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">innovative mobility solutions that involve deployment of automated vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40361EE7B50940B6A25AC049A18A90E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">automated driving systems that enhance safety and mobility for elderly and disabled individuals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDCB43C16CFA442798FC140849247860"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstration of shared interoperable fleet of automated vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF11E36F80F2E4896B99F4AC466FE7DD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstration and validation of exchanges of data that can support the safe, efficient, and secure interoperable integration of automated driving systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H130E0DED61744B3A92AF0C6225C956A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any technology associated with automated driving systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60D61000B0214787A548BB82425BF190"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any deployment concept eligible under the automated driving system demonstration grant program carried out by the Department of Transportation before the date of enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H520D74BDE935469989E0BD9CA24527F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this section for infrastructure needs, including capital expenses and maintenance activities, necessary to the proper and safe operation of the automated driving system technology.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5208C2EF8B874C619E206ACEB98F7CD8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant selection</header> <paragraph id="HE65EC463A5CE4E6D925D70C6232D04E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award grants to not less than 8 and not more than 10 eligible entities described under subsection (b) in a fiscal year. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3965BBAC1214796B9DE9C6C5BD31E3E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header>
<subparagraph id="H92349133A68E4FD6A7222837AB87EF06" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In awarding a grant under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographic areas of the United States, including urban areas and rural areas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B9A07E7F0844DCD8ADE3B907872BF4D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rural set-aside</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 20 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section shall be reserved for projects serving rural areas, to the extent there are sufficient eligible applications for such projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB5C0E832CA014B819D4BE5566C2161D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Demonstration requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that any project carried out with funds provided under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9B3B4BB3D3D249A2BC4C47C26EA0FE3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out research and development of automated driving system technologies of Level 3 or greater, as such term is defined under subsection (h); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A989541F4FC4A28BF6E4BFF98AB8BD6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include physical and fully operational demonstrations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C71744AE1284858A282B056EA817598"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include gathering and sharing of all relevant data with the Department of Transportation and the relevant State transportation agencies; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB81D17CF1E74438CB8785A81DE2D819D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address scalability to be applicable across the United States to similar road environments.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H643D7B0BC25E45C89287528D61F25E59"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which a grant recipient receives a grant under this section, and annually thereafter until such grant is expended, the recipient shall submit to the Secretary and to the transportation agency of the State in which the project takes place, a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HE77EC07332D64C548EC3C9067BCD881A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lessons learned and how the demonstration has met project objectives;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H551784CEFCDD4F688C757ADF0869A442"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of any complications experienced with the project, including complications related to pedestrians, infrastructure, and other vehicles;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85A3BBDC7431405AA05C67A5602B549B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how to use the results of the project to help the public interact and better understand the operations of automated driving system technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27107D5AC0B74372BA0B23F371717D1D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving roadway characteristics needed for the safe and efficient operation of automated driving system technologies within the State or jurisdiction in which the project took place.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB76919BFD8044FD9BDC9841BA92C8648"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Guidance required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidance defining the term <term>Level 3 or greater</term> by considering industry best practices and standards, including the definition found within <quote>Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles</quote> published by SAE International on June 15, 2018 (J3016_201806), or subsequent versions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA0F443196B39478B9768729D69A85D89" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Automated driving system technologies defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>automated driving system technologies</term> means the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such capability is limited to a specific operational design domain.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFAA2C5F70FCA4A0884FDCAE0172CD4E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H97D735F9B63A411CBF27CF0BFB16EDE7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">522. Automated driving system demonstration program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H44016C57209149A0935A631D7F19D1ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preparing roadways for automated vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H91F1A441E6584135AA59D3D19E2CA915"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capital and maintenance expenses for infrastructure improvements to ensure the proper and safe operation of automated driving system technologies for which a demonstration project was carried out under section 522.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HEEAC91B22B36448D94534FE65E0083AC"><enum>6004.</enum><header>Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems</header> <subsection id="HBF2EB88DE4F943E69AF4FAD7B759897D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA22A975C05EF471D98B28F9488A20007"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems</header>
<subparagraph id="HFA6408AAE93F4872A8E0D985E56B5A64" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and implement an advanced digital construction management system program under the technology and innovation deployment program established under paragraph (1) and implemented pursuant to paragraph (2) to—</text> <clause id="H17753C87B32C4FF8AE3745B3CCD7A787" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deploy advanced digital construction management systems that enable the use of digital technologies on construction sites by contractors and leverage the use of such technologies, including state-of-the-art automated and connected machinery and optimized routing software that allows individuals to perform tasks faster, safer, more accurately, and with minimal supervision;</text></clause>
<clause id="H87ACF741CD884615A465BA37DBBB2FA9" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accelerate State adoption of advanced digital construction management systems applied throughout the design, engineering, construction, and operations phases of a construction project that—</text> <subclause id="HA62583C2CF5A4DA4BE3241A4482352C3" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>maximize interoperability with other systems, products, tools, or applications;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H432EFFF110D94993BC53FF33C7B1891C" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>increase productivity;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8CA34EA6BAE7447FA08A3C44E1A50FF5" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>manage complexity of a construction project;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE0E7DDCD086F448EB192D91F96EA73B9" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>reduce project delays and cost overruns; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H915F56B1E94E431DAF79AEF7DE7F7414" commented="no"><enum>(V)</enum><text>enhance safety of individuals involved and quality of a construction project; </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HE27C44C74B5E49648C7562611C59F9E2" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>share information among stakeholders through reduced reliance on paper to manage construction processes and deliverables, including blueprints, design drawings, procurement and supply-chain orders, equipment logs, daily progress reports, and punch lists;</text></clause> <clause id="H4355B2674673401790CCDABC8F116872" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>develop and deploy best practices for use in advanced digital construction management systems;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7DB8AEF71C394164BE6113AA4BCEF788" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>increase the adoption and deployment of technology by States and units of local government that enables entities carrying out construction projects to—</text> <subclause id="HB68E607A84D444159365565A702252A9" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>integrate the adoption of advanced digital construction management systems and technologies in contracts; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3CF57F0F3DAA4CA99DE46D9F3D24C8A9" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>weigh the cost of digitization and technology in setting project budgets;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H74E4D489A3E34FEF85088118194D4628" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement technology training and workforce development to build the capabilities of entities carrying out construction projects that enables States and units of local government to—</text>
<subclause id="H5909673EF3C8456283A3457840792F35" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>better manage projects using advanced digital construction management technologies; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB86FFD8E308C49C7895B4665CFFB7A64" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>properly measure and reward technology adoption across construction projects carried out by the State or unit of local government;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H898FFA25F9CA4234AB51BEB8A028841A" commented="no"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop guidance to assist States in updating regulations of such States to allow entities carrying out construction projects to—</text> <subclause id="H8EFDD978280F42D8A213BC18B79BA8A6" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>report data relating to the project in digital formats; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3A0D4ADBEE1C4D70BC808D39B3E10A33" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fully capture the efficiencies and benefits of advanced digital construction management systems and related technologies;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3815FAA95AC64F169B5CF040752A0386" commented="no"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>reduce the environmental footprint of construction projects by using advanced digital construction management systems to eliminate traffic congestion through more efficient projects; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H758413E7C7DC48B1A87399AB45CDF100" commented="no"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>enhance worker and roadway user safety.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CF08A322C8D44C491BCB5036143D74B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall obligate for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 from funds made available to carry out this subsection such funds as may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11322A58C0B34A85B7A02B18C3A70C07"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header>
<clause id="HD654B43DFF3B48C0B3D3FC2F569D7D51"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once every 2 years, the Secretary shall issue and make available to the public on the website of the Department of Transportation a report on—</text> <subclause id="H67EC93F0E3D145F590800FD07EC55541"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">progress made in the implementation of advanced digital construction management systems by States; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3B4AB566552744929BCBF638CA495F3E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs and benefits of the deployment of technology and innovations resulting from the program established under this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H70254AC62744465C88182154D7F689D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report required under clause (i) may include an analysis of—</text>
<subclause id="H13966C0473E74831BE5F76EAA693F542"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local cost savings;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7B023F6499684C5EA739C57A115A4435"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">project delivery time improvements;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H889B6788312F483AB99EF636F6543A36"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">traffic congestion impacts; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1DAE9AD36C6B4441886D739AC1D2B97E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">safety improvements for roadway users and construction workers.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB7D460AEF4B4BC29C17C150FEC57600" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Advanced digital construction management systems defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>advanced digital construction management systems</term> means commercially-proven digital technologies and processes for the management of construction and engineering activities, including—</text> <clause id="HB4EA92170983424AB8A17E6175319321" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>systems for infrastructure planning, coordination, construction, maintenance, modernization and management; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFDD5F27848F7403489D747132A0BF041" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>asset management systems for machines, site equipment, and personnel.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H95952E72F7F14C99932FF5723D58EEB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HF56EA7823CAD4F75BA535EDE80629A3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="H35F631E01C69487C94AA58BC8DAAFBFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the program carried out under section 503(c)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and any other use of advanced digital construction management systems in each State; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E3FAD7E5D794400A2A6A59954F35CED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the progress of each State toward accelerating the adoption of advanced digital construction management systems; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74C1B2B974D84450BBB123CBF41D4E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the savings in project delivery time and project costs that can be achieved through the use of advanced digital construction management systems.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4BE66DD187BD48D9994B664CE93C45AD"><enum>6005.</enum><header>Innovative project delivery methods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120(c)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H51750E6B9BD14F018A9C7259156939A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H78089B16131149369FB7CB1DE63E2C47"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82A1358BBB454BE2A5265559F60D3437"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (vi) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA255F829D326453B8CCC6E4105257344"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H65294DE0DBBE470EBEFE916277BC1119" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HC7F381357F2A4A7F8F31BDD1D014E5AD"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advanced digital construction management systems as defined in section 503(c)(4). </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF5731BE1B574E2BB99CE301D3EB6FF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i) by striking <quote>10 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HEE3B602EFF974AD0BCD399201555CC69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6006.</enum><header>Surface transportation system funding alternatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6020 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/503">23 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C0769291C254AD188659F5098AFF5DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC248D98E51674513A86A1DDF5968CD35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>States</quote> and inserting <quote>States or groups of States</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B0913A0402F42998C5481D959C9FBE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to motor fuel and diesel taxes</quote> after <quote>alternative revenue mechanisms</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8260F58F2702438487D83C7ED107CE07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: </text>
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<subsection id="H4B685F3A96AF4B3C992FB89E5AA81886"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H61E57D1BECAB4D19A31327E0FEA95536"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State or group of States shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such information as the Secretary shall require, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HE4CB04BFD3E440F7AD5DDA277E7E73D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any State or group of States that has received a grant to carry out a program under this section, how such State or group of States will use the grant to build on any such program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA10A517A5BD548268B6EBEBB45ADD732"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the State or group of States will collect and analyze data on—</text> <clause id="H13D5002B8FBD411FAB2BF50A95D002F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lowering the administrative cost to collect revenue;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6B5F982A98494099B092C57E6053543A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>user experience with and acceptance of a user-based alternative revenue mechanism;</text></clause> <clause id="HBD7BBCCF0E794FC7B05B29EAED38AF45"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>impacts on rural and urban users; </text></clause>
<clause id="H69E383A075B3443BBA929861822F3206"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>potential revenue generation; and</text></clause> <clause id="H683C22E06C224E74AF71860FA4A2EAB4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>revenue collection compliance strategies; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9405626BF40E4CCAB071831F643678B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any State or group of States that has not received a grant to carry out a program under this section, how the State or group of States—</text> <clause id="H25120FAD06834E58AA59BE6AFA074BC6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will avoid redundancies with any other pilot programs for user-based alternative revenue mechanisms carried out by the applicant; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE6241585523448C987C351D4AFB56A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>plans to use best practices from any such pilot programs in structuring the program for which such funds are provided.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H860D57144062456D9305C261029D14A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall publish online guidance on submission of an application for the program.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9EE021D86C44D3BB281AF8D375752D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3343B8F2C7824540926D63687E8F7033"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H34F64E3B01FD4B28B183CDA51A045435"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To test the design, acceptance, equity, and implementation of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms, including among—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD5C590A99AE4E719E63C8DFAB493D60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>differing income groups; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE4EAF22862C469EB15511B8A1FA116C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>various geographic areas;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA38473DB56F14F6799480B6B30F8FF60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>rural and urban drivers; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H940E701EF77449E88EA87F0231E47241"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unique design requirements for certain motor vehicles, including motorcycles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0473EA9F88184A1D80460B5E780C36C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>To minimize the administrative cost</quote> and inserting <quote>To quantify and minimize the administrative costs</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8559972223BE48BC8F338055AF55D0C3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)(B) by inserting <quote>and the safety of data collection</quote> before the semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4530D2D1F5584DC7897B70B33297C80E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e) by striking <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>may</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B7938667D0E4F9BADB6890F49A0EA9E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H9578D4DBC0DF4431B924B1E32F65A92B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H6BEE08201E114951AC0E44CFD66C4B18"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section may not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF867C32B17E4639BDAF08AE27DF7A85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>80 percent of the total cost of an activity that involves 2 or more States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6828BB8EBCB4E0AA35525ABF7D5B93C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>80 percent of the total cost of any activity not described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2DC2CA489514212A4AB8808D8197F4E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2) by striking <quote>lessons learned</quote> and inserting <quote>recommendations</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81E21C6AC8F84AE4BFE80B581004D5E5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking subsections (j) and (k) and inserting the following: </text>
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<subsection id="HF86D3785144F41C98411C06EA68A1A59"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds authorized to carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall reserve such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H530EB20AF9004FB38016D9DA7D446773"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Planning grants</header> <paragraph id="H2A0086532843422288F16395FAAC885B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning, preparation, design</header><text>Of the funds authorized to carry out this section, the Secretary may award grants in amounts not to exceed 10 percent of such funds to States or groups of States for the planning, preparation, or design of projects eligible for funding under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93F70C3E76B947B98DF9C2DE29208678"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header><text>A State or group of States receiving funding under this subsection may use the funds for planning, preparation, or design of an implementable pilot project, as well as the examination of issues related to data and privacy, cybersecurity, and the financial analysis of urban and rural impacts of a project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE646A62A39E470A9F4E431240AE05D9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>A grant under this subsection shall not exceed $1,000,000.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H978F4239ADD24063A800B7C2AAE63B9D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive funds under this subsection, an State or group of States shall describe to the Secretary how the State or group of States—</text> <subparagraph id="H1AE4BB3306744EC9A5004ED510466E96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will avoid redundancies with any other pilot programs for user-based alternative revenue mechanisms carried out by the applicant; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8106A27A3DB94DA4B2DC6F643A94401D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plans to use best practices from any such pilot programs in structuring the program for which such funds are provided.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H40869323C8CB4ADEADBD016A2D92D34D"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Grant flexibility</header> <paragraph id="H50335D1E9B7F452AA147B8E45E76C057"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there are not enough grant applications that meet the requirements of this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer to the program under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, to remain available until expended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H585DBE98C9464A0F877F616A20DF26C0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any of the funds reserved for the fiscal year under subsection (j) that the Secretary has not yet awarded under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EDDCB6CE4144388AFADCE44B6E9E2FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount of obligation limitation equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary transfers under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0578CAB9BC9843B3A33F17B60C4E5FC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, by August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary determines that there are not enough grant applications that meet the requirements of this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a written notification of the intent to transfer funds under this subsection to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF7D26E242B74FA3A240C0AC087214A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of transfer</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the transfer described in paragraph (1) if the committees described in paragraph (2) provide written authorization to the Secretary for such transfer not later than 30 days after receiving a notification under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3581F8E309F84747A8D1ED75898F60B4"><enum>6007.</enum><header>Surface transportation system road usage charge national pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H2B946E65D9FB4249B93E55C9BB4A31B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Pilot Program</quote>) to demonstrate implementation of a national per-mile road usage charge.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H419D5FD4524E4E4B93DB1299821E42CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>In establishing the Pilot Program, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out the following objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="H46060443EFB84ABB805E347B8A7971C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Test the design, acceptance, implementation, and financial sustainability of a national per-mile road usage charge.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C02CF09379F4E57BB940E164634DFA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Collect and report data on the differential effects of a national per-mile road usage charge and the Federal motor fuels tax between urban and rural drivers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3BFB8406A0C468B9E756AC59712A6EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Collect and report data on the interoperability of road usage charge collection between States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBF585AB76754978A63EE44526512B33"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Create and implement a national public awareness campaign to increase public awareness regarding a national per-mile user fee, including distributing information related to the pilot program carried out under this section and information from the State surface transportation system funding pilot program under section 6020 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/503">23 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55C57BFF3C474680879036D773750644"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Address the need for additional revenue for surface transportation infrastructure and a national per-mile user fee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EEEAF14D16942FBB988FC01BAEE2750"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Provide recommendations regarding adoption and implementation of a national per-mile road usage charge and a recommendation for the amount of the national per-mile road usage charge.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3DBCCF25D0F64E5195052F3C20D351CC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Surface transportation system road usage charge advisory board</header>
<paragraph id="H07AA04A294874D19A4F4BA6734795846"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a surface transportation system road usage charge advisory board to—</text> <subparagraph id="H8E8AE08704814970A8322B28259ED3B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advance and implement the objectives under subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCF983208461486EB6203B509871B20C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop the recommendations and report under subsection (j)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9EF4CD372224FECB3E62A7FD377DC2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The advisory board established under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, be composed of a total of 15 representatives of the following entities, to be appointed by the Secretary:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FDE185856154C07B2B73196A72913DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State departments of transportation or State transportation commissions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15302725FAA549649D6151101D396A86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Local transportation agencies located within a transportation management area (as identified or designated under section 134(k) of title 23, United States Code).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB2B358787F243B384D9B4FAC0FE0AF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any public or nonprofit entity that carried out a surface transportation system funding alternatives pilot project under section 6020 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/503">23 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1413E4098BC4A8BBA0866BE25547871"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Owners and operators of toll facilities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H015FA1E7652B4066A4E456DB07491B8B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Fleet operators of commercial motor vehicles.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C3652869C9E4BE3A9253611B36C4320"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic experts on surface transportation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A8DBAD504F2418B8A20727EED9D410E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Private sector technology companies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E142D1E66CB4F6FA6F0AF80E6DE1539"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Automobile manufacturers.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5CDF2B803A2482990D35F1E5C075936"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Other members as designated by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CCDE3D33E3545CE968CB12C7B6C1AE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory board established under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H526020A945B1422F8E450FA94F816DDA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program requirements</header><text>In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1338F2D7A57D436DBC91752C0964EB26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish appropriate methods for reporting vehicle miles traveled under the program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E2536026D464F5899493F3B4DE996D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit volunteer participants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA964CF7504F3400C8E98BF408B938D45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure an appropriate geographic distribution by population among volunteer participants;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74E5FC241C1743E2B52214F0FD78901C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enter into agreements, as practicable, with owners of passenger and commercial motor vehicle fleets or law enforcement motorcycle fleets for the collection and sharing of anonymized data throughout the pilot program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED735A54317A46A881A967BDC33B1065"><enum>(5)</enum><text>enter into agreements with entities of the passenger motor vehicle industry, motorcycle industry, and commercial vehicle industry to develop a technology standard for onboard units used to report vehicle miles traveled; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53416EE4403E4C688EFC78A42ADE730E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use components of and information from the State pilots under section 6020 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/503">23 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note), as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7E8833A4330B49159425D8AC327F6B46"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>In establishing a method for collecting information on vehicle miles traveled under the Pilot Program, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7BD40E8026E54FD98BD1A2E46C4DED11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third-party on-board diagnostic system-II devices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33A4940E3952417ABAB245860CBFF307"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Smart phone applications.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAD16741028447CF9104F8F2458247E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solicitation of voluntary reporting by volunteer participants.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F847F69F7D445FC9CD0E1350E1CF093"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solicitation of voluntary reporting by car insurance companies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD318C911F4AD4E6787444F510791C459"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Solicitation of voluntary reporting through State departments of motor vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H561B66C3034544E0852A72462D4A6DC1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any other method that the Secretary of Transportation considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H748E1E25F89D43BC9D66E45D31DCB5E8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Privacy of participants</header><text>Not later than 30 days after establishing the Pilot Program, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue policies to—</text> <paragraph id="H85BF76388FF04738A153521D51B46C57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>protect the privacy and security of volunteer participants and their vehicles; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H791F620F04804FE18BFDC4E7CC5E9829"><enum>(2)</enum><text>secure the data provided by volunteer participants.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6D3BA9188CDD483A851CFEDF18ADE334"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Calculation of per-Mile road usage charge</header><text>For the purposes of the Pilot Program, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish on an annual basis—</text>
<paragraph id="H67286219772C4910B35810DA128DA2BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for motor vehicles that are not commercial motor vehicles, a per mile road usage charge that is equivalent to the annual gas tax revenues collected pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4081">section 4081</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 divided by the total vehicle miles traveled by such motor vehicles; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7EA081ECDC041218024A29199FB69FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for commercial motor vehicles, a per mile road usage charge equivalent to the annual diesel tax revenues collected pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4041">section 4041</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 divided by the total vehicle miles traveled by medium and heavy-duty trucks.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3B71AD54A169460EABDD47E9EA79599E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Revenue collection</header>
<paragraph id="HEF2C4420E8174524B5D39106BD153482"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, may establish a mechanism to collect a per-mile road usage charge from volunteer participants under the Pilot Program that—</text> <subparagraph id="H2AA1982C75F14933BD3F652162EE68F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be adjusted as needed to address technical challenges; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BA2EDF4C14B468FB6678A7C6188EE0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may allow third-party vendors to collect the payments and submit such payments to the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCDF0B947F5F844BA9EA5D18E11315516"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on revenue collected</header><text>Any revenue collected under this section shall not be considered a toll under section 301 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H060FB50F3B4B49CC9686725F16452EEF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Highway Trust Fund</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that any revenue collected under this section is deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H58B527C0C9404803955B3DE01D4A5F61"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Refund</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall annually calculate and issue an equivalent refund to volunteer participants for any otherwise applicable Federal motor fuel taxes under sections 4041 and 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3CE8B94D67E3436D8D933F248C86BD6B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HD42D37E12B7F4E41A13BA7EAA6D31DAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which the surface transportation system road usage charge advisory board is established under subsection (c), such board shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a report on the progress of the Pilot Program in meeting the objectives described in subsection (b). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B31D3D31704452184115F23F1DA75D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which volunteer participants begin participating in the Pilot Program, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the Pilot Program, including the report and recommendations submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H224FA797B4514406B040959962535313"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HAB530B8479D14FEFB82622E89745D2ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial motor vehicle</header><text>The term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AF44900FA194DD8BF8C4132F70650CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Highway Trust Fund</header><text>The term <term>Highway Trust Fund</term> means the Highway Trust Fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9503">section 9503</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE839E2FE43CF4BA18163E988CA5DA265"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Volunteer participant</header><text>The term <term>volunteer participant</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA8E060CD44248BB8CDF09666D31148C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual owner of a passenger motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle who volunteers to participate in the Pilot Program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88A7039680234C2B9C4CB30FBB047728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the owner of a fleet of commercial motor vehicles or passenger motor vehicles who volunteers to participate in the Pilot Program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H84936A8CC1134A1CB6C549F9F2F14082"><enum>6008.</enum><header>Implementation of per-mile road usage charge for Federal vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2026, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to—</text> <paragraph id="H7E1EFB698A8C4DB98D750F6F1AB48E99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish and implement a per-mile road charge for all vehicles owned and operated by the Federal Government, at a rate determined by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F44631795DF4E2DAB1A76E65849A993"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for reimbursement for annual gas tax revenues paid on behalf of such vehicles.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Resiliency</header> <section id="H183FE45E77C14540B29805F17B35BE9B"><enum>7001.</enum><header>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program</header> <subsection id="H8B29860D75394BF9B9BF86722A3F9F98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">Chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H9B8C6E9833624C82AC30D2F94253428D"><enum>173.</enum><header>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program</header>
<subsection id="HA4F9BE5868EC48009D0E1207B016C707"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H16C94AD1D2F64B03BD35A7A1D4E8A151" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emergency event</header><text>The term <term>emergency event</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9DCEE96BF3948F5BEFE244B4D26627A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a natural disaster or catastrophic failure or an imminent natural disaster or catastrophic failure resulting in an emergency declared by the Governor of the State in which the disaster or failure occurred or will occur; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB1D84D65707471EAFD27AE4A0D1DECC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an event for which the President declares a major disaster or emergency under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4962DA385914FEFB3A021EDB0016612"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evacuation route</header><text>The term <term>evacuation route</term> means a transportation route or system that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC4D653E8B3443FEAFD223C3E3CD5840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is owned, operated, or maintained by a Federal, State, Indian Tribe, or local government or a private entity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E59CB99D98E4EFFBAADE7D9264906FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is used—</text> <clause id="H6EC30175A77C47A882ADA102AFD9BC76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to transport the public away from emergency events; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HF567F680F93443D290962EDD0A7B08DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to transport emergency responders and recovery resources; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9C3298D95F14499B5A3F3E85A3B4A84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is designated by the eligible entity with jurisdiction over the area in which the route is located for the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H464EDE5B76D241B0B14641B70655FEA2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given such term in section 207(m)(1). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1527DD40986748FD85320D86F5AC287A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the grant program established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DB762D2AFB242559E31F28BF345FAFD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Resilience improvement</header><text>The term <term>resilience improvement</term> means the use of materials or structural or nonstructural techniques, including natural infrastructure—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA4F472FC08144CCA09E545F58B9BEA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that allow a project—</text>
<clause id="H56E03A75E71242D3B7C680611AA21894"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to better anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and respond to disruptions; or</text></clause> <clause id="H1DB292E93B41422ABA55348ED7688A99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be better able to continue to serve the primary function of the project during and after emergency events for the expected life of the project; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2B0F26A6A534896954BBD52FF6153D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that—</text> <clause id="HE9C5579CA6254A96920C357E7F674C9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reduce the cost, magnitude, and duration of the effects of emergency events on a project; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H059BE1C778C74180A39A8567C421A9D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to decrease project vulnerability to emergency events.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2B7F93402DCA45B180E8DF77539682D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="HB4EF17B23DF5464D83D788F759E042BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a grant program, to be known as the <quote>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation grant program</quote> or the <quote>PROTECT grant program</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4563D0C6BD94450395FAB6531D76C6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program is to provide grants for resilience improvements through—</text> <subparagraph id="H9B300F2E7F3B495BBC8A9FC1A10053E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>formula funding distributed to States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAABDA08962174DFEBE4C4A23847CC2C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>competitive planning grants to enable communities to assess vulnerabilities to emergency events, and plan infrastructure improvements and emergency response strategies to address such vulnerabilities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46507CC3982B4458ACCD9A2778E908A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>competitive resilience improvement grants to protect—</text>
<clause id="HC99B146AD016483F98B90FA10A08FE6A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>infrastructure assets by making the assets more resilient to current and future weather events and natural disasters, including severe storms, flooding, tornados, drought, levee and dam failures, wildfire, landslides, sea level rise, extreme weather (including extreme temperature), and earthquakes;</text></clause> <clause id="HA52D2B97F60942A6A3173265C0D9C39F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>communities through resilience improvements and strategies that allow for the continued operation or rapid recovery of surface transportation systems that—</text>
<subclause id="HC8940BF6C20C417DBAF9F62C89639176"><enum>(I)</enum><text>serve critical local, regional, and national needs, including evacuation routes; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9C3431EED822408A906D162BD381BBD2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide access or service to hospitals and other medical or emergency service facilities, major employers, critical manufacturing centers, ports and intermodal facilities, utilities, and Federal facilities;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HBA7387F5BB8147CC9762EC16BE6DAA0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coastal infrastructure, such as a tide gate, that is at long-term risk to sea level rise; and</text></clause> <clause id="H90538DBAB9FB483AAEA7CDBF1C2B0075"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>natural infrastructure that protects and enhances surface transportation assets while improving ecosystem conditions, including culverts that ensure adequate flows in rivers and estuarine systems.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCED6538634554E22BD068FC01F8BEC30"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Formula awards</header>
<paragraph id="H55FFA51B7FDF491CB8BC89F8C75DC201"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution of funds to states</header>
<subparagraph id="HF0474E0FEF7F4FB4A25E419ACCF60BC6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall distribute among the States the amounts made available to carry out this subsection for that fiscal year in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB41BC0F5FEF244939ADD3627CC80DB72"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The amount for each State shall be determined by multiplying the total amount made available to carry out this subsection for the applicable fiscal year by the ratio that—</text>
<clause id="H821A39C7E5064C36ABE17D17570786CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total base apportionment for the State under section 104(c); bears to</text></clause> <clause id="H1B6A5A19B0CC496EB2FEEB12B8002EA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total base apportionments for all States under section 104(c).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3E6CFA1D93B494ABFC35458DD1CF305"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header>
<subparagraph id="H0C29B824F9384EEA88C06035522B1891"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a State shall use funds made available under paragraph (1) to carry out activities eligible under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(4).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C72FD9872934804B443025C4CCB5122"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Planning set-aside</header><text>Of the amounts made available to each State under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, not less than 2 percent shall be for activities described in subsection (d)(3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA364CA94D66244AF899233E95746BA06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H125BC71DA360435E9929DAA91BB97116"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Projects in certain areas</header><text>If a project under this subsection is carried out, in whole or in part, within a base floodplain, the State shall—</text> <clause id="H0757CADA921747AE9C87893E13FF1076"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify the base floodplain in which the project is to be located and disclose that information to the Secretary; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H835A2F82DA254D21876429C42DA649F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>indicate to the Secretary whether the State plans to implement 1 or more components of the risk mitigation plan under section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5165">42 U.S.C. 5165</external-xref>) with respect to the area.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF57F9437A02F46A2A2BD049339076FDE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibilities</header><text>A State shall use funds made available under paragraph (1) for—</text>
<clause id="HEDF3E488C3BD4FF3843B54B9214CA3CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a highway project eligible for assistance under this title;</text></clause> <clause id="HF5BC6FDACF1743988D74391F53CE8F2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a public transportation facility or service eligible for assistance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49; or </text></clause>
<clause id="HBA6C7004EC7247DDAB2A2120E9E2D4AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a facility or service for intercity rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3252CC52DB594CDE987D2021E11F3DBB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>System resilience</header><text>A project carried out by a State with funds made available under this subsection may include, consistent with State hazard mitigation plans, the use of natural infrastructure or the construction or modification of storm surge, flood protection, or aquatic ecosystem restoration elements that are functionally connected to a transportation improvement, such as—</text>
<clause id="H41359E24141A453188436A82A6DB875D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>increasing marsh health and total area adjacent to a highway right-of-way to promote additional flood storage;</text></clause> <clause id="HEB619DF9133349749CABB0AE9E98FF90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of culverts designed to withstand 100-year flood events;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4146786C3F734E5897BE39EA196F0B5B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of tide gates to protect highways; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3CB66943CCD341F2BC9F74EE73F43529"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of flood gates to protect tunnel entrances.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF973CE4ADD0B4863B20AEEB6A422BD96"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal cost share</header>
<clause id="HC67EB2FFF0C5490BA6B609BC1BF89E3B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f)(1), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using funds made available under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the project.</text></clause> <clause id="H6093536BCC1343368D3A702303E5D54E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>A State may use Federal funds other than Federal funds made available under this subsection to meet the non-Federal cost share requirement for a project under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF98D8680AFB34D0EB28AEA8391DF24BE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header>
<clause id="H3583B41FD1674919B2CD2FD27E26F21E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), eligible project costs for activities carried out by a State with funds made available under paragraph (1) may include the costs of—</text> <subclause id="H1BF5EBB4DB504364AA684A6D9F31FDEF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H85A93E7A36AE485CBF343474AE4D4707"><enum>(II)</enum><text>construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment directly related to improving system performance, and operational improvements.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H079EDAF4246748CD9B5C4FBE6CBE7A89"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible planning costs</header><text>In the case of a planning activity described in subsection (d)(3) that is carried out by a State with funds made available under paragraph (1), eligible costs may include development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, other preconstruction activities, and other activities consistent with carrying out the purposes of subsection (d)(3).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H468BD5E3EFDB460EAEC15F7ED270517F"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, a State—</text> <clause id="HFAB1853D61CA4DCE821F09682BCDACAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may use not more than 25 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection for the construction of new capacity so long as such inclusion is cost-effective and is directly related to the underlying project; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H00C0A3A6F24848D8A2E24D5CE7A78F43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection for activities described in subparagraph (E)(i)(I).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H130BB938DBB3406696E440E98B643092"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Competitive awards</header> <paragraph id="H7A99EB08FC9C44F99E186821B4015B50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to funds distributed to States under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall provide grants on a competitive basis under this subsection to eligible entities described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55096AC75DF54F94AA9928A1274AD858"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection to any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H90FDD48C16994E3599D0A1AD43FEF86D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State or political subdivision of a State.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6610862D83748D8BFFECB11CB9FC911"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F53BCCC6BC340E8872FF14EB302D336"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A unit of local government.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DB4B87111AD4F04939B64199E9BA1C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08380C0AF9D8411CAF51C6783904AE37"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7A7586864F84B58ADAE307505BC8A08"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A Federal land management agency that applies jointly with a State or group of States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A9E282A9014499EBBF0A84FA56BB034"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB56023AA1FC64A8993D8ACA636C47899"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Planning grants</header><text>Using funds made available for purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide planning grants to eligible entities for the purpose of—</text> <subparagraph id="H29B128BAFDD84843BB22415F5F613448"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a State or metropolitan planning organization, developing a resilience improvement plan under subsection (f)(2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3439737E712441A59E6970D6242B4128"><enum>(B)</enum><text>resilience planning, predesign, design, or the development of data tools to simulate transportation disruption scenarios, including vulnerability assessments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA9BE21D42D8423DBDB3D3D430323B17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>technical capacity building by the eligible entity to facilitate the ability of the eligible entity to assess the vulnerabilities of the infrastructure assets and community response strategies of the eligible entity under current conditions and a range of potential future conditions; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10D3A972C17249549B66C5D30A01258B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evacuation planning and preparation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC6F9224037F44F9AFF633EFBDC7D2E5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Resilience grants</header> <subparagraph id="H08967E35811948BE9EE5532CA686407A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Resilience improvement grants</header> <clause id="H839755A43A4E4CEDBB5940E10E2ED5BB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds made available for purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide resilience improvement grants to eligible entities to carry out 1 or more eligible activities under clause (ii).</text></clause>
<clause id="HB36D7E2877254EFA810B205D779D4BC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header>
<subclause id="H33311BAFA6E04808ACE8D9564BB12932"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity may use a resilience improvement grant under this subparagraph for 1 or more construction activities to enable an existing surface transportation infrastructure asset to withstand or reduce the costs and impact of 1 or more elements of an emergency event, or to increase the resilience of surface transportation infrastructure from the costs and impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4152B92E77E54F5C9AA434B14B70C3BA"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>An activity eligible to be carried out under this subparagraph includes—</text>
<item id="H7839ED42B9514159B4AFFBFA5A3594EB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement, improvement, or realignment of an existing surface transportation facility eligible for assistance under this title;</text></item> <item id="H71A8221FFDC84B34A580C35A9903A17F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the incorporation of natural infrastructure;</text></item>
<item id="HAD629180A0104E2491C8A01B10EA6815"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the upgrade of an existing surface transportation facility to meet or exceed Federal Highway Administration approved design standards;</text></item> <item id="HC2B450C6010C425E91A7C03D7C7C4F66"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the installation of mitigation measures that prevent the intrusion of floodwaters into surface transportation systems;</text></item>
<item id="H3D63F7D6456E4F9790D2BD74D9BCBDEC"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>strengthening systems that remove rainwater from surface transportation facilities;</text></item> <item id="H278EF4675C144DB98BE55170C5BB6F29"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>a resilience project that addresses identified vulnerabilities described in the resilience improvement plan of the eligible entity, if applicable;</text></item>
<item id="HAF5C9B553A1E448AAB89E3B9C53C2226"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>relocating roadways in a base floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels, or away from slide prone areas;</text></item> <item id="H9F9449B9209B4B42A18F4053D91F1195"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas or slopes;</text></item>
<item id="HBB1708FC56674CAF866815BDEED331C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>installing riprap;</text></item> <item id="HBA52EC80C81A45E1860C6AB8CC9069C8"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings, including to respond to extreme weather;</text></item>
<item id="H3E86AAB40BBE467A91FAEFE61FA8887E"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>deepening channels to prevent flooding;</text></item> <item id="HB0ACE1CA298E45669B84977096E2AA3A"><enum>(ll)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></item>
<item id="H2A9EB682A605470DA3977B0BB758B20F"><enum>(mm)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></item> <item id="HF694FFF58A164118B75F3E0FDEB40323"><enum>(nn)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adding scour protection at bridges;</text></item>
<item id="HFB10132B08534FE48F962AE494B98F47"><enum>(oo)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adding scour, stream stability, coastal, and other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes; and</text></item> <item id="H99C83139392E4C3E979D86CD6BB12ED1"><enum>(pp)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other protective features, including natural infrastructure, as determined by the Secretary.</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H47615F2C4E294E1B8D24A37B25E3A40B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize a resilience improvement grant to an eligible entity if—</text> <subclause id="HE81201DD50A0432EA1800CDD6BBD6536"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary determines—</text>
<item id="HE86DF5B6898145C295893E17F5F552B3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the benefits of the eligible activity proposed to be carried out by the eligible entity exceed the costs of the activity; and</text></item> <item id="HD299D9D8C6304DA68A02B534CB2743F9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>there is a need to address the vulnerabilities of infrastructure assets of the eligible entity with a high risk of, and impacts associated with, failure due to the impacts of emergency events or changing conditions, such as sea level rise and increased flood risk; or</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HBD27667767BA400C809E2CAA2B5CC9E0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the eligible activity proposed to be carried out by the eligible entity is included in the applicable resilience improvement plan under subsection (f)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E44F844EEC94C8CBB19F70DA180881E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Community resilience and evacuation route grants</header> <clause id="H5716F857D48544D49D80807AD1E33FDD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds made available for purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide community resilience and evacuation route grants to eligible entities to carry out 1 or more eligible activities under clause (ii).</text></clause>
<clause id="H999F1A818C524EC2B747B46E7F89FD8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>An eligible entity may use a community resilience and evacuation route grant under this subparagraph for 1 or more projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting evacuations caused by emergency events, including a project that—</text> <subclause id="HB9AC4F24DF1B401F980740C2A9A2DABA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an eligible activity under subparagraph (A)(ii), if such eligible activity will improve an evacuation route;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA25D304ADCD944EFBE7BE9596B5BDA84"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensures the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during an evacuation and reduces the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result of future emergency events, including restoring or replacing existing evacuation routes that are in poor condition or not designed to meet the anticipated demand during an emergency event, and including steps to protect routes from mud, rock, or other debris slides;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9B9B52FD0E2E49BDAE2BBB24C6FB80FA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that existing evacuation routes are not sufficient to adequately facilitate evacuations, including the transportation of emergency responders and recovery resources, expands the capacity of evacuation routes to swiftly and safely accommodate evacuations, including installation of—</text>
<item id="H3173DF308D04433DB9B66A6913EBFC36"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>communications and intelligent transportation system equipment and infrastructure;</text></item> <item id="HEB32E85EC18E4405AE67B8579FB161FC"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>counterflow measures; or</text></item>
<item id="H252FC5FB7A9B4381B2F42E8F7F936403"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>shoulders;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H7A4679CF2E534A048D78A85098A92FC8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is for the construction of—</text>
<item id="H894CAD9865EC4D0ABD222E11DE5A2B2B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>new or redundant evacuation routes, if the Secretary determines that existing evacuation routes are not sufficient to adequately facilitate evacuations, including the transportation of emergency responders and recovery resources; or</text></item> <item id="H566729C573204CDEADD4875D95C1AE91"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>sheltering facilities that are functionally connected to an eligible project;</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H4448087909CC4EC8B7A0FD86957DF266"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is for the acquisition of evacuation route or traffic incident management equipment, vehicles, or signage; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H82B22E5E2A76429093087603661B3F8C"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>will ensure access or service to critical destinations, including hospitals and other medical or emergency service facilities, major employers, critical manufacturing centers, ports and intermodal facilities, utilities, and Federal facilities.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H31E6FB8B8D3D4DAE91788CC690D455AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize community resilience and evacuation route grants under this subparagraph for eligible activities that are cost-effective, as determined by the Secretary, taking into account—</text> <subclause id="H5CEFF6C8C2D9405B8DBE67013C31A36B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>current and future vulnerabilities to an evacuation route due to future occurrence or recurrence of emergency events that are likely to occur in the geographic area in which the evacuation route is located; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF2AC8E6393824DDE9FA74E9897512754"><enum>(II)</enum><text>projected changes in development patterns, demographics, and extreme weather events based on the best available evidence and analysis.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H22CF88DFA96D4359A6739B0101DC7EF9"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In providing grants for community resilience and evacuation routes under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary and to eligible entities.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9782251A7684E82BDA3D5F237FA5DA0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>At-risk coastal infrastructure grants</header>
<clause id="HED91E198A61C47D0BA35D26A756C22E6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of coastal state</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>coastal State</term> means—</text> <subclause id="HF77FB31B9B574E5D92B7D70E7BA5E009"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a State in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Long Island Sound, or 1 or more of the Great Lakes;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3C58A33919D24DFD963745E876F81168"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the United States Virgin Islands;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6E00C9414D3945E59A995DB0C65AD9B4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Guam;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H794B19D2BB14447C857C4BB3C6C618B3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>American Samoa; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HDB9BFD66AFCE459EB16AC08C2BB15687"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA17A3DD7801F4D538A88798CBCF97AB8"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Puerto Rico. </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H03786D31AD3C47888A6AE4E6EE5BFBD5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Using funds made available for purposes under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide at-risk coastal infrastructure grants to eligible entities in coastal States to carry out 1 or more eligible activities under clause (iii).</text></clause>
<clause id="H538A5915F4AA43BBB5741E412A05B82E" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>An eligible entity may use an at-risk coastal infrastructure grant under this subparagraph for strengthening, stabilizing, hardening, elevating, relocating, or otherwise enhancing the resilience of highway and non-rail infrastructure, including bridges, roads, pedestrian walkways, and bicycle lanes, and associated infrastructure (such as culverts and tide gates) that are subject to, or face increased long-term future risks of, an emergency event or changing conditions, including coastal flooding, coastal erosion, wave action, storm surge, or sea level rise, in order to improve transportation and public safety and to reduce costs by avoiding larger future maintenance or rebuilding costs.</text></clause> <clause id="H251A02A31E4349D29E41834C77CAB18B"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall provide at-risk coastal infrastructure grants under this subparagraph for a project—</text>
<subclause id="H2441AAA7EA534F58A49EEF8CCEE4112A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that addresses the risks from a current or future weather event or natural disaster, including coastal flooding, coastal erosion, wave action, storm surge, or sea level rise; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2BE7AB916F4F47B487026B784336301B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that reduces long-term infrastructure costs by avoiding larger future maintenance or rebuilding costs.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H15F4CC1B0B0E482C96DF19EFD977AE2D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Coastal benefits</header><text>In addition to the criteria under clause (iv), for the purpose of providing at-risk coastal infrastructure grants under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall evaluate the extent to which a project will provide—</text> <subclause id="H514D723FC69C4BC59F9A6E404BE3E45F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>access to coastal homes, businesses, communities, and other critical infrastructure, including access by first responders and other emergency personnel; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF571C81B74B74D12ABA2CBBE9607692C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>access to a designated evacuation route.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB9E69E1E3AD4E958E6C1E82898ECB4D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H42800C61567A4DF085D627B462F38BA0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Solicitations for grants</header><text>In providing grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct a transparent and competitive national solicitation process to select eligible projects to receive grants under paragraph (3) and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA81D3C5A22E4DC8A31BB3601994E0BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<clause id="HAF5A473DDB074F02BBD36A45305DE64D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (3) or subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4), an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></clause> <clause id="H5FD5115915904AB1901E925DA392E4D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Projects in certain areas</header><text>If a project is proposed to be carried out by the eligible entity, in whole or in part, within a base floodplain, the eligible entity shall—</text>
<subclause id="HDC2A114666F540A3B93381FA88C2B99C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>as part of the application, identify the floodplain in which the project is to be located and disclose that information to the Secretary; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3685F1D46CD14A1CB166757E958338D4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>indicate in the application whether, if selected, the eligible entity will implement 1 or more components of the risk mitigation plan under section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5165">42 U.S.C. 5165</external-xref>) with respect to the area.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF3F389D01C74A0F8A537CE8BA6B3CBD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibilities</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under paragraph (3) or subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4) only for—</text> <clause id="H1DFC6214127B45E586CF8C7318914273"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a highway project eligible for assistance under this title;</text></clause>
<clause id="H039AA8B449B14642A95987BC6AF9C982"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a public transportation facility or service eligible for assistance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49; or</text></clause> <clause id="H2405D1CE1FCE476C86DB8D50E0F2DF18"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a facility or service for intercity rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49). </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC7B9CCCB2E64DD0874F7B1DB5824602"><enum>(D)</enum><header>System resilience</header><text>A project for which a grant is provided under paragraph (3) or subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4) may include the use of natural infrastructure or the construction or modification of storm surge, flood protection, or aquatic ecosystem restoration elements that the Secretary determines are functionally connected to a transportation improvement, such as—</text> <clause id="H9DF3E32FADB440F9BD82820B3CEE0694"><enum>(i)</enum><text>increasing marsh health and total area adjacent to a highway right-of-way to promote additional flood storage;</text></clause>
<clause id="H443A3EB0BD034D9B9DB116FBFC952F14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of culverts designed to withstand 100-year flood events;</text></clause> <clause id="HDD27F6407CED4EE5BAFEB4F536ED8B23"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of tide gates to protect highways; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFB81F27213D74B91B9A2F4815F1CA309"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of flood gates to protect tunnel entrances.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27D8781961324BA097ADB51CE7B3204F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Federal cost share</header> <clause id="H1E8693A55C244513A349DBEE44766B9E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Planning grant</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a planning activity carried out using a planning grant under paragraph (3) shall be 100 percent.</text></clause>
<clause id="HA846282C9A6A4346890F306BE21052F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Resilience grants</header>
<subclause id="HD210843AB41348508F8A976B12450920"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II) and subsection (f)(1), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using a grant under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the project.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1F5A533CC5154A6A89D99BD9F7053E04"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Tribal projects</header><text>On the determination of the Secretary, the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using a grant under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4) by an Indian tribe may be up to 100 percent.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H318FAEE9B23647EA862D705B02D75BD3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>The eligible entity may use Federal funds other than Federal funds provided under this subsection to meet the non-Federal cost share requirement for a project carried out with a grant under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC73DE22F230B4C9D9F3D429C9B39A407"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header> <clause id="H9CE685914E29454F8355173061DD6424"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Resilience grant projects</header><text>Eligible project costs for activities funded with a grant under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4) may include the costs of—</text>
<subclause id="H7EDE979948F141CD87C557B702AE8886"><enum>(I)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCC45D8CBBBCB47F5AFC0C65F29C612A3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment directly related to improving system performance, and operational improvements.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H849D465F40E149CB9D5D00BC8664CE5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Planning grants</header><text>Eligible project costs for activities funded with a grant under paragraph (3) may include the costs of development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, other preconstruction activities, and other activities consistent with carrying out the purposes of that paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1803E38F3BAC4805896D8BB94C1524E8"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H28AD66F2E87546E48C1CAEACB302F0D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may use not more than 25 percent of the amount of the grant for the construction of new capacity so long as such inclusion is cost-effective and is directly related to the underlying project; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF8D86ED8326B48D5B03335BA9077A923"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may use not more than 10 percent of the amount of the grant for activities described in subparagraph (F)(i)(I).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C55280DD6B04109BD49CDBE94AF70BB"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Distribution of grants</header>
<clause id="HB44A06D6FA4044CFA748DD7A90CAB956"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds, an eligible entity may request and the Secretary may distribute funds for a grant under this subsection on a multi-year basis, as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></clause> <clause id="HB8956F267B9C4CE4A1ABC583B68E8185"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rural set-aside</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not less than 25 percent for grants for projects located in areas that are outside an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000.</text></clause>
<clause id="H2D886529051F47819179423B0918D4A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Tribal set-aside</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not less than 2 percent for grants to Indian tribes.</text></clause> <clause id="HC93CC0CA860D472D89458814FF18721F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>For any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that the amount described in clause (ii) or (iii) will not be fully utilized for the grant described in that clause, the Secretary may reallocate the unutilized funds to provide grants to other eligible entities under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F42337D75C142019EF70989F4EEDAC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9A652857AFDA4B489147FCB4FD6551AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Commerce; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0225071247244DDB61398F22FF5A879"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit technical support from the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF9C63014A2DC46C8A785118E124F8FB9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Resilience improvement plan and lower non-Federal share</header> <paragraph id="HC40A3C1D76114F7C89DD698700200583"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share reductions</header> <subparagraph id="H7179101894B1404B9E9888AAFC1AFBB9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State that receives funds under subsection (c) or an eligible entity that receives a grant under subsection (d) shall have the non-Federal share of a project carried out with the funds or grant, as applicable, reduced by an amount described in subparagraph (B) if the State or eligible entity meets the applicable requirements under that subparagraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77B5FF73CA9D4BB6BDB2E30A9BB0A1EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of reductions</header>
<clause id="H0E9474CF4D284EF0A51680B963986F64"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Resilience improvement plan</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), the amount of the non-Federal share of the costs of a project carried out with funds under subsection (c) or a grant under subsection (d) shall be reduced by 7 percentage points if—</text> <subclause id="H258BD4E229074E678585395464FC8A50" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a State or an eligible entity that is a State or a metropolitan planning organization, the State or eligible entity has—</text>
<item id="HD4173414197741CE8AE194FCD44B6C04" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>developed a resilience improvement plan in accordance with this subsection; and</text></item> <item id="H60705D38ED5740B3B2F595371F4927CE" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>prioritized the project on that resilience improvement plan; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HC1886C18AB92468CBDBF93F703EB0E3D" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible entity not described in subclause (I), the eligible entity is located in a State or an area served by a metropolitan planning organization that has—</text> <item id="HBF352DCEC8334A6484CAF1574F985AC8" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>developed a resilience improvement plan in accordance with this subsection; and</text></item>
<item id="H1EA2B26AB2CF4C4CABD9B750401A427E" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>prioritized the project on that resilience improvement plan.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HD072E2B631A046DEA04B27D0E722BF79"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Incorporation of resilience improvement plan in other planning</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), the amount of the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with funds under subsection (c) or a grant under subsection (d) shall be reduced by 3 percentage points if—</text>
<subclause id="HE3499A259F6749AEA7C620E01D4706FE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a State or an eligible entity that is a State or a metropolitan planning organization, the resilience improvement plan developed in accordance with this subsection has been incorporated into the metropolitan transportation plan under section 134 or the long-range statewide transportation plan under section 135, as applicable; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB1E956A9E56A45F9B3180A43746F6BE9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible entity not described in subclause (I), the eligible entity is located in a State or an area served by a metropolitan planning organization that incorporated a resilience improvement plan into the metropolitan transportation plan under section 134 or the long-range statewide transportation plan under section 135, as applicable.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H9C2CD98C2D4A431092A77878252ACAD3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subclause id="HDF8E7BAED0914AF28680CDAD32535308"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Maximum reduction</header><text>A State or eligible entity may not receive a reduction under this paragraph of more than 10 percentage points for any single project carried out with funds under subsection (c) or a grant under subsection (d).</text></subclause> <subclause id="H523E642B20424EFC997B2E5432F4DA53"><enum>(II)</enum><header>No negative non-Federal share</header><text>A reduction under this paragraph shall not reduce the non-Federal share of the costs of a project carried out with funds under subsection (c) or a grant under subsection (d) to an amount that is less than zero.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF4B788332A04CFA96693894DB1DACA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan contents</header><text>A resilience improvement plan referred to in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAB282E7978B1456FA6D3FF7687FAB0F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be for the immediate and long-range planning activities and investments of the State or metropolitan planning organization with respect to resilience;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H210827236E924A3293AADFDD2D67527B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall demonstrate a systemic approach to transportation system resilience and be consistent with and complementary of the State and local mitigation plans required under section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5165">42 U.S.C. 5165</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49060930FA26494BAF1A0F39956EE6BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<clause id="H9013EB3B39B04ACD9F162FD2644865C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include a risk-based assessment of vulnerabilities of transportation assets and systems to current and future extreme weather events and natural disasters, including severe storms, flooding, tornados, drought, levee and dam failures, wildfire, landslides, sea level rise, extreme weather events, including extreme temperatures, and earthquakes;</text></clause> <clause id="H92162559FBDA4FA68188A75CB329A923"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designate evacuation routes and strategies, including multimodal facilities, designated with consideration for individuals without access to personal vehicles;</text></clause>
<clause id="H598784747B2B4FF5A67ED9A317B5D91C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>plan for response to anticipated emergency events, including plans for the mobility of—</text> <subclause id="H06DA021C90864C4EB6372A91A958D04F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>emergency response personnel and equipment; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H05C3123F931E411A980112705E3B381B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>access to emergency services, including for vulnerable or disadvantaged populations;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H77DF86AE064049329E196C7F0825481D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>describe the resilience improvement policies, including strategies, land-use and zoning changes, investments in natural infrastructure, or performance measures that will inform the transportation investment decisions of the State or metropolitan planning organization with the goal of increasing resilience;</text></clause>
<clause id="H29AF381C996C44BB8D00A135995010B7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>include an investment plan that—</text> <subclause id="H46D9248A50D64D29B928884A06F993E9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>includes a list of priority projects; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8A95C209855B4030BD67218283A4125E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>describes how funds provided by a grant under the program would be invested and matched, which shall not be subject to fiscal constraint requirements; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA112D904238F4C429C6240D7406D8E94"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>use science and data and indicate the source of data and methodologies; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC6CDC484F6F4676A722EE84CB1BA5B6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall, as appropriate—</text> <clause id="HB3B5D213D6FE4934B414635CB259D6C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include a description of how the plan will improve the ability of the State or metropolitan planning organization—</text>
<subclause id="H68F6C7BDF4D247F1B95159A6C39FA17F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to respond promptly to the impacts of weather events and natural disasters; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7B5BC6D813AF4DBEA6CA77F1506BDA84"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to be prepared for changing conditions, such as sea level rise and increased flood risk;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H09B4F0935B024D80A48A39F762C24F22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe the codes, standards, and regulatory framework, if any, adopted and enforced to ensure resilience improvements within the impacted area of proposed projects included in the resilience improvement plan;</text></clause> <clause id="H6B9D614079F74DCC8ADC389AA7308C31"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consider the benefits of combining hard infrastructure assets, and natural infrastructure, through coordinated efforts by the Federal Government and the States;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4997B71B93154504AAF3BAEED2C52944"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assess the resilience of other community assets, including buildings and housing, emergency management assets, and energy, water, and communication infrastructure;</text></clause> <clause id="H6349ABDAE5414D1CADCAF365F2C8B0F9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>use a long-term planning period; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD229277BC9C64E87BDB84C9B8BB389F8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>include such other information as the eligible entity considers appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA289826EE246410A8A5C708FC77A2844"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No new planning requirements</header><text>Nothing in this section requires a metropolitan planning organization or a State to develop a resilience improvement plan or to include a resilience improvement plan under the metropolitan transportation plan under section 134 or the long-range statewide transportation plan under section 135, as applicable, of the metropolitan planning organization or State.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0C5AAA605CAF463FB366146A163C6BDA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Monitoring</header>
<paragraph id="HD89B233CCEB947AD91BA90F0478C27FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the officials described in subsection (e), shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H21F7A63B44FF46B8AF11EA7D7A25D59A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish, for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of projects carried out under the program—</text>
<clause id="H0DF57EC1CDE94F49BD3BDC7FE8872411"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), transportation and any other metrics as the Secretary determines to be necessary; and</text></clause> <clause id="H72B2454A36EF46E88B510B1B2868694A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>procedures for monitoring and evaluating projects based on those metrics; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H923573F38D374A25BE4ED4ECC4AB2948"><enum>(B)</enum><text>select a representative sample of projects to evaluate based on the metrics and procedures established under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD28ED2C7BDCA4AC6A13B23216F50FF33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Before adopting any metrics described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47A22765F7C04951AC8E208D9D8881D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publish the proposed metrics in the Federal Register; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0687DB349EC4CF1BECF367C4335CC0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the public an opportunity for comment on the proposed metrics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB2A8C0B7B6C4CD7ADDE23E5FA733E4E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H80EE0B83D08F465784B05C61363961AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports from eligible entities</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which a project carried out under the program is completed, the entity that carried out the project shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the project and the use of the funds received under the program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4CCBA283C114AD2A8D354C204E8EC30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header> <subparagraph id="H2B29864867154702936C7DB300B36413"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and publish on the website of the Department of Transportation, an annual report that describes the implementation of the program during the preceding calendar year, including—</text>
<clause id="HB1CAEE3147184923B08314357A311AC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each project for which a grant was provided under the program;</text></clause> <clause id="H9232143395A24D1BA21DBF684B6FED2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information relating to project applications received;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE12553E9FFB042B4B4A91AED316B3C83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the manner in which the consultation requirements were implemented under this section;</text></clause> <clause id="H55FA1EC6B69A4B51A59C0DB592C3C427"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommendations to improve the administration of the program, including whether assistance from additional or fewer agencies to carry out the program is appropriate;</text></clause>
<clause id="H617CCDCA7E9A40CCBC7B92309237AD3A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the period required to disburse grant funds to recipients based on applicable Federal coordination requirements; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD429009FD3354E63863D905BD1EBB13C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a list of facilities that repeatedly require repair or reconstruction due to emergency events.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6DCC0990965416BACBCA240504DB049"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>STARTER Act 2.0</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes the results of the reports submitted under subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall use not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the program for each fiscal year for the costs of administering the program, including monitoring and evaluation under subsection (g).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H164B5B798E774F79923CEB9B6F5A73C9" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing guidance and regulations, and in providing grants for under this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary and to eligible entities. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6F9C61417AE748988759C5209C02A060"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H906D64953B574590804968EEA362D6C3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">173. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H3B11771841234D3DA16918799D433BBC"><enum>7002.</enum><header>National highway performance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H642E12B716AC408381DCBD134AAC2622"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H343695847F6A451E8EF12AF01A90C39C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D127AD0261F4E3787CD125821F0FD9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8F02EDA7B1C4BEDA65349287B4E49E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF52455CF17164B48AFEF2CC9C7A82144"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide support for measures to increase the resiliency of Federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6608C95A517A40478D076A58EC99EBF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H07643AEC3EE349BB8A22264844EE91DB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Protective features</header>
<paragraph id="H4B3E1E4C77DE4125ADC11C1015A72448"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may use not more than 15 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(1) for each fiscal year for 1 or more protective features on a Federal-aid highway or bridge off the National Highway System, if the protective feature is designed to mitigate the risk of recurring damage, or the cost of future repairs, from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB3CE795C3804B71AA5BCD30E4224CDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protective features described</header><text>A protective feature referred to in paragraph (1) may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D66B7B7B2E545E0A38A7386231592FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>raising roadway grades;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16DB7815C054459B900A9C61E7A07F88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>relocating roadways in a base floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels or away from slide prone areas;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DF64B3FC6B1465CBE3AE05E694CB328"><enum>(C)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C99FC958F33499D985C93E6A3B3DE84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>stabilizing slopes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H096FEAA3806543EFB9E79A4AF4D50AC2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>installing riprap;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB265E4290275486BB3A06AC76502FADE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H284D175E3C8345FFB1E2CC813CFAB2E0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>deepening channels to prevent flooding;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F72CD80C3C04E3D856E353B3DCDF546"><enum>(H)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76DACBDA960946399C7A9609AD0987A2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B6A92C17F144344A0A641DF3C04DBC3"><enum>(J)</enum><text>repairing or maintaining tide gates;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96DA3B9A96CE4C738AA94D1233A7C5B4"><enum>(K)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29FD4A4A09834A57BC3CFE254830E903"><enum>(L)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87B3E8F2849B42DEBAC2F7B782789B61"><enum>(M)</enum><text>adding scour, stream stability, coastal, or other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4DF88E0E65104C9D8F7019EA4A82292E"><enum>(N)</enum><text>the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC722D9113AE4AE7924CC76FAA761A40"><enum>(O)</enum><text>any other features that mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair as a result of extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C78B2AF0DF0452DAE24D322E0EFEF93" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the ability of a State to carry out a project otherwise eligible under subsection (d) using funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HD5387E75973746759152D7236E7898F6"><enum>7003.</enum><header>Resilience in federal-aid highway programs</header>
<subsection id="HF59277239FC84ADBB8D69EA28600FA85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H696C68D1518F441FA3C3013A39F72701"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (22) as paragraphs (18) through (23), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H475F92A9228842959C35B40903D2CA63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (23) through (34) as paragraphs (25) through (36), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45FF228D48994D518BBDD63693B3A8C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB03A8E8D27044386A0D56ECDF6C6D37C"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Natural infrastructure</header>
<subparagraph id="H0FE765351E084424AF4F481E44EF8F8A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>natural infrastructure</term> means infrastructure that uses, restores, or emulates natural ecological processes and—</text> <clause id="H098DD9C283D3462B91CECE9B12C81DB4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is created through the action of natural physical, geological, biological, and chemical processes over time;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2F8BF4E7F72C43358706ABAB645A5BCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is created by human design, engineering, and construction to emulate or act in concert with natural processes; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA69676B662714A0BB3906E1189F81756"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involves the use of plants, soils, and other natural features, including through the creation, restoration, or preservation of vegetated areas using materials appropriate to the region to manage stormwater and runoff, to attenuate flooding and storm surges, and for other related purposes.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF427B06762724FC0AB3EBB6FA34F554C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>natural infrastructure</term> includes green infrastructure and nature-based solutions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A54ACE7D4E3414D901F94BC75D6EDB5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (23), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H282176F6E8F046B59862BFD1CFFD70B4"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Resilience</header><text>The term <term>resilience</term>, with respect to a project, means a project with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions or withstand, respond to, or recover rapidly from disruptions, including the ability—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C94430CE7E74F45815DFCA8520D7524"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to—</text>
<clause id="HB9B212567E834AD0B6B1A5E2DF830647"><enum>(i)</enum><text>resist hazards or withstand impacts from weather events and natural disasters; or</text></clause> <clause id="H6DF036A13C274C6081DB15927E503B92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reduce the magnitude or duration of impacts of a disruptive weather event or natural disaster on a project; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC01C999877754E86AC8E564E9168DD72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to decrease project vulnerability to weather events or other natural disasters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1403791E5DF8478489607ADAE2A4595F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National highway performance program</header><text>Section 119(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H84067A9E15B645AD9FFB41E934122959"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Improving the resilience of projects funded under this section, including through the use of natural infrastructure.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HBB565A8633F949F2B5EF75BE9F1465FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Surface transportation block grant program</header><text>Section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEAF809D9275C416EAFD834AEA82E0A69"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Projects to improve the resilience of a transportation facility, including through the use of natural infrastructure, otherwise eligible for assistance under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD8732CBE0F7243BEB1DC4620EB4427E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tribal transportation program</header><text>Section 202(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCADF9C71A3F84828A03851D11DA2E20F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (vii) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFCD10F0D7F7C4D91B44E80C328558298"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesginating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D0252652B494FA49A7E6BCFF972718F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vii) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HDD028753B57B4B1CA23BE99300F80BBD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H09C916DD6CB34776BD084CC3EFEB65A8"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projects to improve the resilience of a tribal transportation facility, including through the use of natural infrastructure; and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5385E2967B0E4367AD87BF783ECBE678"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal lands transportation program</header><text>Section 203(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7FB8A3A0AB084AFB9FB44130E641E212"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (vi) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26D7D8E795624E67AD1E8473985E6C7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (viii); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37CC44E90F05456D9B40ED34780E9473"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vi) the following: </text>
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<clause id="HEDE4751465DD4C86A6CBCC180FD7BFAD"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projects to improve the resilience of a tribal transportation facility, including through the use of natural infrastructure; and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE58A39FBDA8B4F54B813B3B078CE27A0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal lands access program</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H64406C5D7DAF4A0C99E3DDC0654F4361"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9CF7514BBBB4FBF9C556FF873A38375"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H030AED6AF58F4E128CC97BC9E66FDE15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H348AE2A85882403485B15F9D34E33282"> <clause id="H40FB34EF167F457BA0F400E41803362D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projects to improve the resilience of a tribal transportation facility, including through the use of natural infrastructure; and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HC0B6472AD4A345F6A681F099F5C0D854"><enum>7004.</enum><header>Resiliency in transit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by—</text> <paragraph id="H8A0320E7BECD48E5A8F7466DC3028D80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subsection (b)(1);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA696A70CF3E8445CB1F187DF20105377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking the period at the end of subsection (b)(2)(B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AB1C919003A49B2954EB74CCE95F035"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD9192437BDFB4FE5ACC53C280DC181E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>mitigation projects and activities that the Secretary determines are cost effective and which substantially reduce the risk of, or increase resilience to, future damage, hardship, or loss, related to equipment and facilities of a public transportation system operating in the United States or on an Indian reservation that the Secretary determines is in danger of suffering serious damage, or has suffered serious damage, as a result of an emergency.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HE0CC0391F03B4C06AC488C17FD067EA5"><enum>7005.</enum><header>Highway emergency relief and resiliency</header> <subsection id="H5CB9DF15C1014EF7BBCBED95DE4AC6D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H505610B4C7EE42449169605A811F019A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by inserting <quote>wildfire, sea level rise,</quote> after <quote>severe storm</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE014A0E79B8C497AB1C80BC5CA494029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HDA408CCF189647C09CD3849A01410B30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction on eligibility</header><text>Funds under this section shall not be used for the repair or reconstruction of a bridge that has been permanently closed to all vehicular traffic by a Federal, State, Tribal, or local official because of imminent danger of collapse due to a structural deficiency or physical deterioration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H812D40B844104D40A929EB5AF7CF987C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAB8C3FE009D4D3D8AA1EFE70848757A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text> <clause id="HB4C70CD2FCE048598663909D1F06385A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAB937E8FC92D45C0A56FEBF6DB6D098C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a facility that meets the current</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H8C1BD9E5621E43A08B4CB17BBDDBF9D9" style="USC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>a facility that—</text>
<clause id="H6DD7FDFA67574E668D653BDC61A32C54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the current</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H6FC358358BD74AA58035506210117835"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="HB394CD9CAE84449FAD86C1CB4B6974DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporates economically justifiable improvements designed and demonstrated to mitigate and reduce the risk of recurring damage from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF13C93523D9A456CA70EA0042E349AA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9CBBD369CB74DA990F202B237494B20"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE235EE011F1949B3B67E46F6A80CB8E7" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H9CE99C7367144CC084EF028369688A8C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Protective features</header> <subparagraph id="HA8352A909D574358B28F245DA48FA2CD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The cost of an improvement that is part of a project under this section shall be an eligible expense under this section if the improvement is a protective feature that is designed and demonstrated to mitigate and reduce the risk of recurring damage, or the cost of future repair, from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0ADDCBE1767E4C9C9903B1FE07715511"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protective features described</header><text>A protective feature referred to in subparagraph (A) may include—</text> <clause id="HBB5607BDEC3F4605BE41A8DD11C2640A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>raising roadway grades;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAC2DD5D211DF44279F6164C0CAE0FD1D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>relocating roadways in a base floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels or away from slide prone areas;</text></clause> <clause id="HC36424812BC941048CEBFA730CF4ADA9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas;</text></clause>
<clause id="H700D7DAF17AD49C2A6F5450E53B957EB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>stabilizing slopes;</text></clause> <clause id="HBC669D3E6F214ABCB3F44C2E67C5CB9B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>installing riprap;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEBB03FA63E98473DAD5DE8AECB5B41EA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings;</text></clause> <clause id="H8A77D8E9C28546BF8A34725DF9C60368"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>deepening channels to prevent flooding;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE7B8E76D38D242EEB50522DC3D05E690"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></clause> <clause id="HCBDB0C3DDE2E4845BAE4AAE5C850023D"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2DB3B9FF8DD24C86B59BBEE129ECF177"><enum>(x)</enum><text>repairing or maintaining tide gates;</text></clause> <clause id="HB1FB6C61797544CBBBD25D1EB44AB1DD"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></clause>
<clause id="H66AFDFBD8C2F4622853984FD2F101A91"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges;</text></clause> <clause id="H9F2566A8FFD24231987D4195C8D38EF5"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>adding scour, stream stability, coastal, and other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA7C0C98D48524611AEC1E7757697404D"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5840941BA67F4326AEB7FDFCEC7DAA80"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>any other features that mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair as a result of extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC9D259F48B24C01AF1E9168A6BCDAFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency relief projects</header>
<paragraph id="HF5B07A19F14941559B61DCA590835967"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of emergency relief project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>emergency relief project</term> means a project carried out under the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H743C638B388541F89E26479CBCB0C48B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Improving the emergency relief program</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B63F259E4994435B2E948306257617B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal Highway Administration—</text> <clause id="H89D06B1D2387402EAAF81C7167BFB3FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to include and reflect the definition of the term <term>resilience</term> (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></clause>
<clause id="HE0C93398307A4BB88A74BF89BFDEE292"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to ensure resilience measures are cost effective and substantially reduce the risk of, or increase resilience to, future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster or emergency declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H3058CD99793F443A81EDCE12263FF1B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to identify procedures that States may use to incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEFE369A6F92D46519F15DC270846AAD8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to encourage the use of Complete Streets design principles and consideration of access for moderate and low-income families impacted by a major disaster or emergency declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83CD912F7E6849E78C0537683EF8EE9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop best practices for improving the use of resilience in—</text>
<clause id="H74D51A44AEF64B578CA1E796F53F2B11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC6B06EC8CAFB4561B57E13F698B1AE09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>emergency relief efforts;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H356815EE8E714D2B8274F45715D4BBBE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide to division offices of the Federal Highway Administration and State departments of transportation information on the best practices developed under paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63081796EBE74531A450588546D051B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop and implement a process to track—</text>
<clause id="HFC5C27B9FCA84057BB32C57248E6F024"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the consideration of resilience as part of the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3E0554A14BA641F1895A1F154940E39D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the measurement of risk reduction and costs of emergency relief projects.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H159C8D2705584EAEBBD04F04D16246D9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out actions pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure resiliency guidance and activities are consistent with and do not conflict with other resiliency and mitigation activities and priorities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCF2AA9F9D4D149CDB359BBB8299837DD"><enum>7006.</enum><header>Highway resiliency incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H24240D59E85C42BE85DA89B52C38005F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Protective features</header>
<subparagraph id="H980CA8BC054F405297A89F62A37504FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share payable for the cost of a protective feature on a Federal-aid highway or bridge project under this title may be up to 100 percent, at the discretion of the State, if the protective feature is an improvement designed and demonstrated to mitigate and reduce the risk of recurring damage, or the cost of future repair, from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD70A727F6BA6460A9B012AAC0BE6F38D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protective features described</header><text>A protective feature referred to in subparagraph (A) may include—</text>
<clause id="H9B3F09F52BA340EB9B087A82A577F2C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>raising roadway grades;</text></clause> <clause id="HBB9108C43CBF4F2DAF0CA6E16BC68566"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>relocating roadways in a base floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels or away from slide prone areas;</text></clause>
<clause id="H046A11656AF048439B0E9D8461A73A06"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas;</text></clause> <clause id="H91C037B769C743FBA96F0B9283E5CEC7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>stabilizing slopes;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE1FF6AF1A381438E83003F64AFE56416"><enum>(v)</enum><text>installing riprap;</text></clause> <clause id="H787D700E99B8444591A92E61A940B0A8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4850F2237E2646AB87A3330CCD04F84B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>deepening channels to prevent flooding;</text></clause> <clause id="H199B379DA0E848F2BA7D657B72A6FF27"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE168557BDA5D416C94F6EA3D62156D26"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts;</text></clause> <clause id="H05A342D3BE5F415490A513D38FB2995E"><enum>(x)</enum><text>repairing or maintaining tide gates;</text></clause>
<clause id="H57E0D2CC5BD2460EA4B644327E60ACC2"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></clause> <clause id="H4CE7C2C47BF548FAB74F0580D7614D07"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges;</text></clause>
<clause id="H95ED8B33190240A096D39F45482D9A9A"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>adding scour, stream stability, coastal, and other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes;</text></clause> <clause id="HE1FB2EC1FC1D426CA3F688AF47729D55"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate and reduce the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCFD14CCBCC08448DB6F93CCFE629C221"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>any other features that mitigate and reduce the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair as a result of extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H105BF3751729484F8B1EBF1C71E9C74F"><enum>7007.</enum><header>Guidance on inundated and submerged roads</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Upon the issuance of guidance pursuant to section 1228 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall review such guidance and issue guidance regarding repair, restoration, and replacement of inundated and submerged roads damaged or destroyed by a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>) with respect to roads eligible for assistance under Federal Highway Administration programs.</text></section>
<section id="HA6C8450F5183489DA8032EAF8AF5940D"><enum>7008.</enum><header>Guidance on evacuation routes</header>
<subsection id="H5E04DCAC93C246A0B2457F7D5D3CC9E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H448097EB76EF4006B9BFAD58884FEE52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consistent with guidance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to section 1209 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>), shall revise existing guidance or issue new guidance as appropriate for State, local, and Indian Tribal governments regarding the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of evacuation routes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H650F315C141D4B6AAAD5DB25B3876D0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In revising or issuing guidance under subsection (a)(1), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FA2AB3CE0CB43DCBDCDB8C97EB346DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>methods that assist evacuation routes to—</text> <clause id="HF70DE25D310E479A9088B6D9D48D88EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>withstand likely risks to viability, including flammability and hydrostatic forces;</text></clause>
<clause id="H483E127806D7476EAF21E5EAA157537B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improve durability, strength (including the ability to withstand tensile stresses and compressive stresses), and sustainability; and</text></clause> <clause id="H027CF0C278074557BEB57470244D47C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide for long-term cost savings;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C46EA09AFB94031B6AFCCD86D839606"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ability of evacuation routes to effectively manage contraflow operations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE77D39B3BEE44CCB8AB6C5160F1E11B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for evacuation routes on public lands, the viewpoints of the applicable Federal land management agency regarding emergency operations, sustainability, and resource protection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8F0AC7CBD0B43D1AB980EECFAF3C527"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other items the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C614E16F0E748368DBE2CCFE41E6DA6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case in which the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes existing guidance addresses the considerations in paragraph (2), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a detailed report describing how existing guidance addresses such considerations.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2B78FC0DB014FD287732D43AD34B119"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and State, local, territorial, and Indian Tribal governments, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H2D62CD601E4F4DD0897DD13CD3AA9A02"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a study of the adequacy of available evacuation routes to accommodate the flow of evacuees; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD579E107DF154F63B38871BD76F185EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit recommendations to Congress on how to help with anticipated evacuation route flow, based on the study conducted under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H68655D28777D483FB1D2CDF25B5D1B75"><enum>7009.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4BD54E4C7FAE45A495266083073D0B01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A) by inserting <quote>assessing resilience,</quote> after <quote>surveying,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5052400C00834326A939C0C4C0585F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H7B50609334CE4349917EE6DA18A53580"><enum>(35)</enum><header>Resilience</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise specified, the term <term>resilience</term>, with respect to a project, means a project with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions or mitigate against, withstand, respond to, or recover rapidly from, disruptions, including the ability—</text> <subparagraph id="HA48962E01BE1477E94E22F1641C8D6FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to resist hazards, mitigate against, reduce costs associated with, or withstand impacts from, weather events and natural disasters; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FD92347DDF44A8097ACA534FD769613"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to decrease project vulnerability to weather events or other natural disasters. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H0CB84B823AF24494A5A865FB7BDE764A"><enum>7010.</enum><header>University transportation centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H35D5A9DB248743DE92449095ACCCFB51" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H015338E650F441D98DEFD2EFA76ABB0C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD8C1165E0BE4FACB8071B3AB7A783AA" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB140102E65204E7A9938EDEC3969FE80" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDB52007085CD40EBB55A83D456658BBC" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to consider the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions or withstand, increase resiliency to, reduce costs related to, respond to, or recover rapidly from, disruptions resulting from extreme weather events and natural disasters.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2ADF28252281417699C93C3C3AA16E68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)(A) by striking <quote>research priorities identified in chapter 65.</quote> and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H3C5838E2432343F3912DD9E77C775397" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>following research priorities:</text> <clause id="HB8F2578E701F40A78CF5934448BA11EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving the mobility of people and goods.</text></clause>
<clause id="H54464650F43F4E9094CEBF43C66D8657"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Reducing congestion.</text></clause> <clause id="HB1AC28449F1C4EA28762460E48AA45CA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Promoting safety.</text></clause>
<clause id="H1174E46388324A95A815C3DDFDAC4C3B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Improving the durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure and the existing transportation system.</text></clause> <clause id="H41A7787381F1403684E4F66B7E6B3A89"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Improving the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions or withstand, respond to, or recover rapidly from, disruptions resulting from extreme weather events and natural disasters. </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B11578B07F94378AF82A8985D85D325"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H79E03C269E8143D3A13BE1EACD56B363"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H8CDE09C9D2AE436B9ECF06B9A024447A" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall also select not less than 1 grant recipient with each of the following focus areas:</text> <clause id="HCDB342557A2D401490BA5CB83EB10701"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions or withstand, increase resiliency to, reduce costs related to, respond to, or recover rapidly from disruptions resulting from extreme weather events and natural disasters.</text></clause>
<clause id="H6686265BF005429C893B89DA3C858D7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing innovative road designs, materials, and restoration strategies to better enhance the durability and structural integrity of roads and subgrade soils that may become inundated during extreme weather events.</text></clause> <clause id="H9510E6F382BD49A48D1F766981F38F4A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing the viability and durability of evacuation routes, including ways to effectively manage contraflow operations to minimize casualties.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D77052703584ED5BA67EE023FEC3523"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H9A6EFAB597BF4573AF4EDF6731FC61AC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H0AD9B89B5E0D421CB88E119ACF9FDCCC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Considerations for selected institutions</header> <clause id="HEF2F01B273E74BB599E5B5D01EA6DD1D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tier 1 transportation centers awarded a grant under this paragraph with a focus area described in subparagraph (C) shall consider the following areas for research:</text>
<subclause id="HC824110D1D734ECF9F6DF5262C381300"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing new materials and improving the performance and resiliency of existing materials for the construction of roads, bridges, rail, and related transportation infrastructure.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2A1160EC549D4BD9BFF7E222F524431F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reducing local, State, Federal, and Tribal costs associated with natural disasters and severe weather.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H179DE772591B4A3C92D852AB00F9000B"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Innovative technologies and approaches to pre-mitigate against severe weather.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H92A69162F6C74FCD980DE40857139510"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The durability of roadways and subgrade with respect to flammability and hydrostatic forces.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE7102D7A87A74A1195A416103FEBEDB1"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategies to mitigate the costs associated with vulnerabilities in Federal evacuation routes, with respect to overcrowding and inundation.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB9812460FBFC49F6B91EA2036FE9F7A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tier 1 transportation center receiving a grant under this section with a focus area described in subparagraph (C) may—</text>
<subclause id="H6F1FDE9B2B6F491B907BD41E2ABFA97F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establish best practices;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7622B950F89E46869F334EF291A6DC50"><enum>(II)</enum><text>develop modeling tools; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H48E6CC7922524B43B11013C09855245F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>carry out other activities and develop technology that addresses the planning considerations described in clause (i). </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HED51D6C0612141C891112BCC808BF841"><enum>7011.</enum><header>Pre-disaster hazard mitigation pilot program</header> <subsection id="H4219012001A5487E92C7BC271ED12E90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H4D44774171684A8CB4B77C5B34135D9C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Pre-Disaster hazard mitigation pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="H94F633F680E14E6BA6F6517074D6416C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a pre-disaster mitigation program for the purpose of mitigating future hazards posed to Federal-aid highways.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27304A29E67640F48665B92964AACCE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every 6 months, the Secretary shall total the amount of funds made available to each State, territory, Tribe, or other eligible entity under the emergency relief program during the preceding 6 months and remit an additional 5 percent from the Highway Trust Fund to such State, territory, Tribe, or other eligible entity for eligible activities described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2A3620AA30543EB9E2A5D603FC50181"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under paragraph (2) shall be used for mitigation projects and activities that the Secretary determines are cost effective and which substantially reduce the risk of, or increase resilience to, future damage as a result of natural disasters, such as by flood, hurricane, tidal wave, earthquake, wildfire, severe storm, or landslide by upgrading existing assets to meet or exceed design standards adopted by the Federal Highway Administration by means of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H877A3A5CB86B4434B617BF60BAA93963"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Relocating or elevating roadways. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB54E35095DF44DF879BAA72901E4AF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Increasing the size or number of drainage structures, including culverts. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D0321E8922F4D73974D316E82E752FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Installing mitigation measures to prevent the impairment of transportation assets as a result of the intrusion of floodwaters.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE35FB235309F4F8B9523B4D73B98074B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Improving bridges to expand water capacity and prevent flooding.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0FEF90167A64426DBA67CA881729AF0B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Deepening channels to prevent asset inundation and improve drainage.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0BA2DC1DF3F47008EA7137BF0547FB4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>improving strength of natural features adjacent to highway right-of-way to promote additional flood storage.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73E5AA0248A64E19B83F3986C4AF5A34"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Installing or upgrading tide gates and flood gates.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC861DE0D76174D5385207EC69E65E62E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Stabilizing slide areas or slopes.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF154C6647039473CA558DD2212F47A1A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Installing seismic retrofits for bridges.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E3FE058E3B64A808A8DA7143FE39494"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Adding scour protection at bridges.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45F52AD2AC10454BAE6AA2AF01703FF7"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Adding scour, stream stability, coastal, or other hydraulic countermeasures, including riprap.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H110CF0120B34404AB8D2876DC95F1174"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Installing intelligent transportation system equipment to monitor infrastructure quality.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E8DED3FCB044B8A985554375BE29EB2"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Any other protective features as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB400D11A54394B8CBA4B66BF4496E1D1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an annual report detailing—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B8FE5E79B3E44D6A1288BFC637719A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the activities carried out under the pilot program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H620F5110DC9F4AF88CC019AD6B1266D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program in meeting purposes described in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5860C66E16C343DFA8451EFD630BD454"><enum>(C)</enum><text>policy recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the pre-disaster mitigation pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H2ABEFB1697AD425B903EA778519778AB" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall be repealed on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Freight Rail Manufacturing</header> <section id="H94B3710D6738490695EBF9CF3C406B1F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>A Future for Freight Rail Manufacturing Act of 2021</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>AFFRM Act of 2021</short-title></quote>. </text></section>
<section id="H745635D5D38741E0BA722295930B9354"><enum>8002.</enum><header>Requirements for railroad freight cars entering service in the United States</header>
<subsection id="H16F5C28E166742B78D5C108F0A975907"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any Association of American Railroads (in this title referred to as <quote>AAR</quote>) approved railroad freight car manufactured on or after such date may operate on the United States rail interchange system only if—</text> <paragraph id="H8AB005D2EF0747F7B5749E1AA577BF5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the railroad freight car is manufactured or assembled or substantially transformed by a qualified builder in a qualified facility;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H945BAA2B753140BF818D31AC29DA09EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>none of the sensitive technology located on the railroad freight car, including components necessary to the functionality of the sensitive technology, originates or is sourced from a country specified in section 8004 or a State-Owned Enterprise; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8DC47B4E7714D1AA1A5E39A47C0FF31"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">none of the content of the railroad freight car that originates from a country specified in section 8004 or a State-Owned Enterprise has been determined by a recognized court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction and legal authority to have violated or infringed valid U.S. intellectual property rights of another including such a finding by a Federal district court under the Patent Act or the U.S. International Trade Commission under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H91B9E8378BDD4544B484F3E2AA08B55F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header>
<paragraph id="HD0402B10F88B42DC81850464DD31651B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Railroad Freight Car Manufacturer and AAR approved railroad freight car manufactured on or after such date may operate on the United States rail interchange system only if the railroad freight car has a content percentage that originates from a country specified in section 8004 or a State-Owned Enterprise of—</text> <subparagraph id="H120A5F78EF3D40478173D38256ECA02E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, not more than 20 percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09E45D49970340D9B5ED140F1EAA0D81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>beginning on the date that is 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, not more than 15 percent. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD864069EFAD44FE9AADEF4FE50E61E83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of law</header><text>The content percentages specified in this section apply notwithstanding any conflict with the provisions of chapter 4 of the Agreement between the United States of American, the United Mexican States, and Canada (Dec. 13, 2019).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H185DB882C22E4BE4BEDAA8CE16965A20"><enum>8003.</enum><header>Regulations; penalties</header>
<subsection id="H66F816F75C9B460992FA623D39295DCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act, including for the monitoring, enforcement, and sensitive technology requirements of this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC62972ACB9BE40D6A23B03FB0E9A1C05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>A Railroad Freight Car Manufacturer will certify such manufacturer is meeting the requirements of this Act and noncompliant railroad freight cars may not be registered under the AAR Umler system.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3674A668F8C64621A4259BED4FFC7DC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>Any railroad freight car manufacturer that has manufactured a railroad freight car for the North American Interchange system that the Secretary of Transportation determines, after written notice and an opportunity for a hearing, has violated this Act is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of at least $150,000 but not more than $500,000 for each violation for each such railroad freight car and thereafter barred from release of such railroad freight car for operation on the North American Interchange system. The noncompliant railroad freight car may re-enter service upon re-certification from the railroad freight car manufacturer after paying the civil penalty and meeting compliance of this title.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HADF61DEFCB1A4885AF56B7C824623253"><enum>8004.</enum><header>Country specified</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A country specified in this section is a country that—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FBFCB34DF984659AF04B8A84E51C6AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is identified by the Department of Commerce as a nonmarket economy country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(18)</external-xref>)) as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94EC354C99404E0187DAD843A69C733B"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9707794B3B8044E1AC185D691EF5F178"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2242">19 U.S.C. 2242</external-xref>) as a priority watch country or watch country; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8D12A7C3C4A409B9ABDE74BF141F013" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2416">19 U.S.C. 2416</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H82F82D72E0BC4A21A694D5DC85B7170D"><enum>8005.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H2FAEEAFAC741435B94FDA9D9A5B4B668"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The term <term>content</term> means the net cost of the railroad freight car less the cost of sensitive technology.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FB5CF23ACD742BA9825D05A18307801"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Control</header><text>The term <term>control</term> means the power, whether direct or indirect and whether or not exercised, through the ownership of a majority or a dominant minority of the total outstanding voting interest in an entity, representation on the board of directors of an entity, proxy voting on the board of directors of an entity, a special share in the entity, a contractual arrangement with the entity, a formal or informal arrangement to act in concert with an entity, or any other means, to determine, direct, make decisions, or cause decisions to be made for the entity.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EBADEA361944F919B40D006FF35E1A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost of sensitive technology</header><text>The term <term>cost of sensitive technology</term> means the aggregate cost of the sensitive technology located on the railroad freight car.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DF366BF57D54DCAB747F5FABDE46EDA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Net Cost</header><text>The term <term>net cost</term> means the net cost as defined in chapter 4 of the United States–Mexico–Canada Free Trade Agreement or any subsequent free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4245CC81CCCA4C7DB070970F5AFC360B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Originate; originating</header><text>The terms <term>originate</term> and <term>originating</term> mean the country or origin of a part, component, subassembly or finished product as defined in chapter 4 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement or any subsequent free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2BF2610A3954A96B095595F29BC5BB7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualified facility</header><text>The term <term>qualified facility</term> means a facility that is not under the control of a State-Owned Enterprise.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6EE6E09633E44879D1BF3A7D4B63D29"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Qualified railroad freight car builder</header><text>The term <term>qualified railroad freight rail car builder</term> means a builder that is not under the control of a State-Owned Enterprise.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D53A23EC51C4C79B2608831239CC335"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Railcar component supplier</header><text>The term <term>railcar component supplier</term> means an enterprise that supplies railroad freight car components for the manufacturing of railroad freight cars.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79CFD9EE56EA48939739F3F4F4996634"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Railroad freight car</header><text>The term <term>railroad freight car</term> means a car designed to carry freight, or railroad personnel, by rail and includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H2589B2726473441D842DA8CFCB452CAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>box car;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C3CABAEEF684B1EBC69196D389A3566"><enum>(B)</enum><text>refrigerator car;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45F3BADA56FA4CDF934BD923C8DD5942"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ventilator car;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB6B142ABD494696844BCF578C6ED6CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>stack car or intermodal well;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC3F887EA37584A31B2D5FF0A6D7D3BB5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>gondola car;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H623F23F4B296494796D80310B5C5B9A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>hopper car;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88A336E3E57F4E82957AD03C1F16C18F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>auto rack car;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H801BAC8C5AD34CA9B26310B29B904DE3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>flat car;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H44BE0735BA484D36ABCAA91EF0CB869E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>special car;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF09A55A6336427EBBA556E1FC5EECF9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>caboose car;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E8D9537266F404BA9C0BD2EBDF854A8"><enum>(K)</enum><text>tank car; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B55933B27BD4DF0822C3600E18B41C3"><enum>(L)</enum><text>yard car.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85FD4EFC58E4488386368E742B3BB028"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Railroad freight car manufacturer</header><text>The term <term>railroad freight rail car manufacturer</term> is defined as a builder of railroad freight rail cars as defined in the definition of railroad freight car.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAA42D94E1924B1C81BFC85604B61C18"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Sensitive technology</header><text>The term <term>sensitive technology</term> means any device embedded with electronics, software, sensors, or other connectivity, except those freight rail parts as defined as <quote>safety-critical</quote> in section 236.903 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations, that enables the device to connect, collect, or exchange data, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC3403BE23EB1417C839B05FB64240E7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>onboard telematics;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HACBF400BE79A4215BE791BFB6E2CB62F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remote monitoring software;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H31B92273A2A0420CBE2615E31C0636AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>firmware;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H213E4F1939A64F25813D1F60E42627A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>analytics;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB61BBF12D36E4395B3148C3D6A773B16"><enum>(E)</enum><text>GPS satellite and cellular location tracking systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A8BF8F81CA44C5CAB6FEAECEAC608DF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>event status sensors;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA94183EA3F5C46CCB1B38C3D53763644"><enum>(G)</enum><text>predictive component condition and performance monitoring sensors; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6F4B6471A87467EBE84FD79E6B4E3E8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>similar sensitive technologies embedded into freight railcar components and subassemblies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1FE6C0ED505484D9BC384C53713F95A"><enum>(12)</enum><header>State-owned enterprise</header><text>The term <term>state-owned enterprise</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6338ADBAACC6431BA4A1AA1C73838480"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an entity that is owned by or under the control of a national, provincial, or local government of a country or an agency of such government of a country as described in section 8004; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E3D7D022DA649268B6EA73CBC34D478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an individual acting under the direction or control of a government or agency described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E175156970F437FA754B35299EB7C96"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Substantially transformed</header><text>The term <term>substantially transformed</term> means a component undergoes an applicable change in tariff classification as a result of the manufacturing process as outlined in chapter 4 and related Annexes of the United States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement or any subsequent free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.</text></paragraph></section>