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[H.R. 5434 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5434

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
         the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one


                                 An Act


 
  To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and 
                transit programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 2021''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Covered law.--The term ``covered law'' means any of the 
    following:
            (A) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, and XXIV 
        of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94; 129 Stat. 1312).
            (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; 
        126 Stat. 405).
            (C) Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA-LU Technical 
        Corrections Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-244; 122 Stat. 1572).
            (D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of SAFETEA-LU (Public 
        Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144).
            (E) Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Transportation 
        Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 
        107).
            (F) Titles II, III, and IV of the National Highway System 
        Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-59; 109 Stat. 568).
            (G) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of the Intermodal 
        Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
        240; 105 Stat. 1914).
            (H) Title 23, United States Code.
            (I) Sections 116, 117, 330, 5128, 5505, and 24905 and 
        chapters 53, 139, 303, 311, 313, 701, and 702 of title 49, 
        United States Code.
            (J) Division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 
        and Other Extensions Act (Public Law 116-159; 134 Stat. 725).
        (2) Extension end date.--The term ``extension end date'' means 
    October 31, 2021.
        (3) Extension fraction.--The term ``extension fraction'' means 
    the quotient, expressed as a fraction, obtained by dividing--
            (A) the number of days in the extension period; by
            (B) 365.
        (4) Extension period.--The term ``extension period'' means the 
    period that begins on October 1, 2021, and ends on the extension 
    end date.
        (5) Highway account.--The term ``Highway Account'' means the 
    portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not the Mass Transit 
    Account.
        (6) Mass transit account.--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.
        (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    Transportation.
        (8) State.--The term ``State'' means the 50 States and the 
    District of Columbia.

                TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS

    SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS.
    (a) In General.--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 the 
extension end date.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
        (1) Highway trust fund.--
            (A) Highway account.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated from the Highway Account for fiscal year 2022, 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 extension fraction of the amount authorized for 
        appropriation with respect to the program from such account 
        under the covered laws for fiscal year 2021.
            (B) Mass transit account.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated from the Mass Transit Account for fiscal year 
        2022, 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 extension fraction of the amount 
        authorized for appropriation with respect to the program from 
        such account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2021.
        (2) General fund.--There is authorized to be appropriated for 
    fiscal year 2022, for each program under the covered laws 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, an amount that is not less than the 
    extension fraction of the amount authorized for appropriation with 
    respect to the program under the covered laws for fiscal year 2021.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
        (1) In general.--Except as described in paragraph (2), amounts 
    authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 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.
        (2) Apportionment to states.--
            (A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (c)(2) or 
        (e)(1) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, the 
        Secretary--
                (i) shall not apportion on October 1, 2021, amounts 
            authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 under 
            subsection (b)(1)(A) with a respect to a program described 
            in subparagraph (B); and
                (ii) shall not apportion such amounts before October 
            15, 2021.
            (B) Programs described.--A program referred to in 
        subparagraph (A)(i) is a program--
                (i) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated 
            under subsection (b)(1)(A); and
                (ii) under which amounts described in clause (i) will 
            be apportioned to States as described in section 104 of 
            title 23, United States Code.
            (C) Notice to states.--Section 104(e)(2) of title 23, 
        United States Code, shall not apply for fiscal year 2022.
    (d) Obligation Limitation.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a program for which 
    amounts are authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)(1) 
    shall be subject to a limitation on obligations for fiscal year 
    2022 in an amount equal to the extension fraction of the limitation 
    on obligations for the program for fiscal year 2021 and in the same 
    manner as the limitation applicable with respect to the program for 
    fiscal year 2021.
        (2) Federal-aid highways.--
            (A) In general.--In distributing a limitation on 
        obligations for Federal-aid highways for qualifying programs, 
        the Secretary--
                (i) shall reserve, for qualifying programs, an amount 
            of the limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
            equal to the amount calculated for the extension period for 
            qualifying programs in effect on the date of enactment of 
            this Act; and
                (ii) if H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is enacted, may 
            distribute the amount determined under clause (i) among 
            qualifying programs (including any qualifying programs 
            established pursuant to such H.R. 3684) in a manner 
            determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
            (B) Calculation.--Notwithstanding the enactment of H.R. 
        3684 (117th Congress), the Secretary shall calculate the amount 
        under subparagraph (A)(i) in the manner described in section 
        120(a)(4) of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
        2021 (Public Law 116-260).
            (C) Definition of qualifying program.--In this paragraph, 
        the term ``qualifying program'' means a program for Federal-aid 
        highways that is--
                (i) allocated by the Secretary under--

                    (I) title 23, United States Code;
                    (II) subsection (c)(1); or
                    (III) H.R. 3684 (117th Congress), if enacted; or

                (ii) apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 
            204 of title 23, United States Code.
    SEC. 102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
    During the extension period, until H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is 
enacted, the matter preceding clause (i) in section 117(d)(2)(A) of 
title 23, United States Code, shall be applied--
        (1) by substituting ``$700,000,000'' for ``$600,000,000''; and
        (2) by substituting ``2022'' for ``2021''.
    SEC. 103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
    During the extension period, until H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is 
enacted, section 403(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, shall be 
applied--
        (1) by substituting ``2022'' for ``2021''; and
        (2) by substituting ``$31,872,000'' for ``$26,560,000''.
    SEC. 104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS.
    During the extension period, until H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is 
enacted, section 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) shall be applied by 
substituting the extension end date for ``September 30, 2021''.
    SEC. 105. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.
    None of the funds authorized in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to adjust apportionments for the Mass Transit Account or withhold 
funds from apportionments for the Mass Transit Account pursuant to 
section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in fiscal year 
2022.
    SEC. 106. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.
    During the extension period, until H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is 
enacted--
        (1) section 14703 of title 40, United States Code, shall be 
    applied--
            (A) in subsection (a)(5), by substituting ``2022'' for 
        ``2021''; and
            (B) in subsection (c), by substituting ``2022'' for 
        ``2021''; and
        (2) section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall be 
    applied by substituting ``2022'' for ``2021''.
    SEC. 107. SPORT FISHING.
    During the extension period, until H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is 
enacted, section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 777c) shall be applied by substituting--
        (1) ``fiscal year 2022'' for ``fiscal year 2021'' in 
    subsections (a) and (b)(1)(A); and
        (2) ``fiscal years 2016 through 2022'' for ``fiscal years 2016 
    through 2021'' in subsection (b)(2)(A).
    SEC. 108. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOLLOWING HIGHWAY TRUST 
      FUND EXPIRATION.
    (a) In General.--Each employee of the United States Government 
furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in Highway Trust Fund 
expenditure authority shall be paid for the period of the covered 
lapse, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work 
during a covered lapse shall be paid for such work, at the employee's 
standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the covered 
lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to 
availability of funds.
    (b) Covered Lapse.--In this section, the term ``covered lapse in 
Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority'' means any lapse in authority 
to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund that begins on October 
1, 2021 and ends on or before the date of enactment of this Act.

                         TITLE II--TRUST FUNDS

    SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FOR HIGHWAY TRUST 
      FUND, SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND, AND LEAKING 
      UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND.
    (a) Highway Trust Fund.--Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 1, 2021'' in subsections (b)(6)(B), 
    (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting ``November 1, 2021'', and
        (2) by striking ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 
    Extensions Act'' in subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting 
    ``Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021''.
    (b) Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund.--Section 9504 of 
such Code is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 
    Extensions Act'' each place it appears in subsection (b)(2) and 
    inserting ``Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021'', and
        (2) by striking ``October 1, 2021'' in subsection (d)(2) and 
    inserting ``November 1, 2021''.
    (c) Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.--Section 
9508(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ``October 1, 2021'' and 
inserting ``November 1, 2021''.
    (d) Special Rule for Execution of Amendments.--On the date of 
enactment of H.R. 3684 (117th Congress)--
        (1) this section and the amendments made by this section shall 
    cease to be effective;
        (2) the text of the laws amended by this section shall revert 
    back so as to read as the text read on the day before the date of 
    enactment of this section; and
        (3) the amendments made by H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) shall be 
    executed as if this section had not been enacted.

                  TITLE III--REPLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION

    SEC. 301. RESCISSION OF DUPLICATIVE CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
    (a) In General.--Upon enactment of H.R. 3684 (117th Congress), 
subject to subsections (c) and (d), for each program described in 
subsection (b), there is permanently rescinded an amount of contract 
authority equal to the contract authority made available for that 
program under section 101.
    (b) Programs Described.--A program referred to in subsection (a) is 
a program for which contract authority was made available for fiscal 
year 2022 under both section 101 and H.R. 3684 (117th Congress).
    (c) Implementation.--
        (1) Application of rescission among certain programs.--The 
    amount of contract authority rescinded under subsection (a) shall 
    be applied among States for apportioned programs in the same 
    amounts that contract authority would be apportioned to such States 
    and distributed for such apportioned programs under section 101.
        (2) Substantially similar and successor programs.--The 
    Secretary may implement subsection (a) in a manner that, as 
    determined appropriate by the Secretary, accommodates a 
    circumstance in which--
            (A) section 101 makes available contract authority for 
        fiscal year 2022 for a program; and
            (B) H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) makes available contract 
        authority for fiscal year 2022 for a program that is, in the 
        judgment of the Secretary, substantially similar or a successor 
        to the program referred to in subparagraph (A).
    (d) Deadline.--The Secretary shall implement the rescission under 
subsection (a) not later than September 30, 2022.
    (e) Apportionment Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2) or 
(e)(1) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, or section 
101(c)(2), the Secretary shall not be required to apportion any amounts 
of contract authority that are rescinded pursuant to this section.
    SEC. 302. PRIOR ENACTED AUTHORIZATION.
    If H.R. 3684 (117th Congress) is enacted before the date of 
enactment of this Act, this Act shall not take effect and the 
provisions of this Act shall not be executed.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.