117 S1953 IS: Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
U.S. Senate
2021-05-27
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Effective date.
TITLE I—Federal-aid highways
Subtitle A—Authorizations and programs
Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1102. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 1103. Definitions.
Sec. 1104. Apportionment.
Sec. 1105. National highway performance program.
Sec. 1106. Emergency relief.
Sec. 1107. Federal share payable.
Sec. 1108. Railway-highway grade crossings.
Sec. 1109. Surface transportation block grant program.
Sec. 1110. Nationally significant freight and highway projects.
Sec. 1111. Highway safety improvement program.
Sec. 1112. Federal lands transportation program.
Sec. 1113. Federal lands access program.
Sec. 1114. National highway freight program.
Sec. 1115. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 1116. Alaska Highway.
Sec. 1117. Toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries.
Sec. 1118. Bridge investment program.
Sec. 1119. Safe routes to school.
Sec. 1120. Highway use tax evasion projects.
Sec. 1121. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Sec. 1122. Vulnerable road user research.
Sec. 1123. Wildlife crossing safety.
Sec. 1124. Consolidation of programs.
Sec. 1125. State freight advisory committees.
Sec. 1126. Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program.
Sec. 1127. Nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program.
Sec. 1128. Tribal high priority projects program.
Sec. 1129. Standards.
Sec. 1130. Public transportation.
Sec. 1131. Rural opportunities to use transportation for economic success council.
Sec. 1132. Reservation of certain funds.
Sec. 1133. Rural surface transportation grant program.
Sec. 1134. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways.
Sec. 1135. Recreational trails program.
Sec. 1136. Updates to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Subtitle B—Planning and performance management
Sec. 1201. Transportation planning.
Sec. 1202. Fiscal constraint on long-range transportation plans.
Sec. 1203. State human capital plans.
Sec. 1204. Prioritization process pilot program.
Sec. 1205. Travel demand data and modeling.
Sec. 1206. Increasing safe and accessible transportation options.
Subtitle C—Project delivery and process improvement
Sec. 1301. Codification of One Federal Decision.
Sec. 1302. Work zone process reviews.
Sec. 1303. Transportation management plans.
Sec. 1304. Intelligent transportation systems.
Sec. 1305. Alternative contracting methods.
Sec. 1306. Flexibility for projects.
Sec. 1307. Improved Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreements.
Sec. 1308. Geomatic data.
Sec. 1309. Evaluation of projects within an operational right-of-way.
Sec. 1310. Preliminary engineering.
Sec. 1311. Efficient implementation of NEPA for Federal land management projects.
Sec. 1312. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 reporting program.
Sec. 1313. Surface transportation project delivery program written agreements.
Sec. 1314. State assumption of responsibility for categorical exclusions.
Sec. 1315. Early utility relocation prior to transportation project environmental review.
Sec. 1316. Streamlining of section 4(f) reviews.
Sec. 1317. Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance.
Sec. 1318. Certain gathering lines located on Federal land and Indian land.
Sec. 1319. Annual report.
Subtitle D—Climate change
Sec. 1401. Grants for charging and fueling infrastructure.
Sec. 1402. Reduction of truck emissions at port facilities.
Sec. 1403. Carbon reduction program.
Sec. 1404. Congestion relief program.
Sec. 1405. Freight plans.
Sec. 1406. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program.
Sec. 1407. Healthy Streets program.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1501. Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 1502. Stopping threats on pedestrians.
Sec. 1503. Transfer and sale of toll credits.
Sec. 1504. Study of impacts on roads from self-driving vehicles.
Sec. 1505. Disaster relief mobilization study.
Sec. 1506. Appalachian Regional Commission.
Sec. 1507. Denali Commission.
Sec. 1508. Requirements for transportation projects carried out through public-private partnerships.
Sec. 1509. Reconnecting communities pilot program.
Sec. 1510. Cybersecurity tool; cyber coordinator.
Sec. 1511. Report on emerging alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure.
Sec. 1512. Nonhighway recreational fuel study.
Sec. 1513. Buy America.
Sec. 1514. High priority corridors on the National Highway System.
Sec. 1515. Interstate weight limits.
Sec. 1516. Report on air quality improvements.
Sec. 1517. Roadside highway safety hardware.
Sec. 1518. Permeable pavements study.
Sec. 1519. Emergency relief projects.
Sec. 1520. Study on stormwater best management practices.
Sec. 1521. Stormwater best management practices reports.
Sec. 1522. Invasive plant elimination program.
Sec. 1523. Over-the-road bus tolling equity.
Sec. 1524. Bridge terminology.
Sec. 1525. Technical corrections.
Sec. 1526. Working group on covered resources.
Sec. 1527. Blood transport vehicles.
Sec. 1528. Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way.
Sec. 1529. Active transportation infrastructure investment program.
TITLE II—Transportation infrastructure finance and innovation
Sec. 2001. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 amendments.
TITLE III—Research, technology, and education
Sec. 3001. Strategic innovation for revenue collection.
Sec. 3002. National motor vehicle per-mile user fee pilot.
Sec. 3003. Performance management data support program.
Sec. 3004. Data integration pilot program.
Sec. 3005. Emerging technology research pilot program.
Sec. 3006. Research and technology development and deployment.
Sec. 3007. Workforce development, training, and education.
Sec. 3008. Wildlife-vehicle collision research.
Sec. 3009. Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence.
Sec. 3010. Transportation access pilot program.
TITLE IV—Indian Affairs
Sec. 4001. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 4002. Environmental reviews for certain tribal transportation facilities.
Sec. 4003. Programmatic agreements for tribal categorical exclusions.
Sec. 4004. Use of certain tribal transportation funds.
Sec. 4005. Bureau of Indian Affairs road maintenance program.
Sec. 4006. Study of road maintenance on Indian land.
Sec. 4007. Maintenance of certain Indian reservation roads.
Sec. 4008. Tribal transportation safety needs.
Sec. 4009. Office of Tribal Government Affairs.
2.In this Act: (1)The term Department means the Department of Transportation.
(2)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. 3.This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on October 2, 2021.
<enum>I</enum><header>Federal-aid highways</header>
<subtitle id="H3E5C90D8F1AB41D1822C784E705E63F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>A</enum><header>Authorizations and programs</header>
<section id="H9F442D3BA92F42928A9A5EC00A0CE6AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HEF5DD48102B54DC9863A877A0FD01C66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text> <paragraph id="HB6AF1D013DC34897BD0A21851F76D307" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal-aid highway program</header><text>For the national highway performance program under section 119 of title 23, United States Code, the surface transportation block grant program under section 133 of that title, the highway safety improvement program under section 148 of that title, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149 of that title, the national highway freight program under section 167 of that title, the carbon reduction program under section 175 of that title, to carry out subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176 of that title, and to carry out section 134 of that title—</text>
<subparagraph id="H727A03F9AA034B3E9B209DCFA4522604" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$52,488,065,375 for fiscal year 2022; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5B993B6122442EE9FDF3CF0DF066845" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$53,537,826,683 for fiscal year 2023; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H102CDF829FF44A8C80F9C6022773727F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$54,608,583,217 for fiscal year 2024; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA6F1058F89241BE91DC67ABEFB6E21C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$55,700,754,881 for fiscal year 2025; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C566BA66EAD40C7A1CB204663530E88" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$56,814,769,844 for fiscal year 2026. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A0762F09593425C9CAFD28BC536EFEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program</header><text>For credit assistance under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06A9E905587A454CB0FBA46CDCD18F34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal lands and tribal transportation programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H6F2AB191375C446AAA7505120BD6E823" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Tribal transportation program</header><text>For the tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <clause id="HA16C4595BE014DDCAFD1FBE1590E82A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$578,460,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0E17BFF8653B4A5BA52E1F0CB88A2B5C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$589,960,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="HBDEDB453C5434E5A849F2AFA09BE8F5B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$602,460,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1371809EC4F4B03B68C4AB03EC4ACD5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$612,960,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2B70C15508CD4867B9EFE40EFD075B0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$627,960,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D29839427AC48E18740E2530FA9C10D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal lands transportation program</header>
<clause id="H1B3B7F76324442FD9D2978F72D418F77" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the Federal lands transportation program under section 203 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <subclause id="H3421158509604F749E59EFAED2151C22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$421,965,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8F391E9E2ACA49F1A7D0DBAC971ABB33" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$429,965,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB09C616D802C4CF38C461171C9E95DCF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$438,965,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF17F81024F63476490374B59A789B6E4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>$447,965,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H817DE046ABA244DC9B0AF5264C28313A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>$455,965,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HE64C2AA53F9543719C14A99D2BCC5F54" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of the amount made available for a fiscal year under clause (i)—</text> <subclause id="H16DE0E6582A248299669D17258E03C6A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount for the National Park Service is—</text>
<item id="H0853ED37F09A4320B7BEAC4B71449C9C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$332,427,450 for fiscal year 2022; </text></item> <item id="H70333562F0BE48D49E57E97AA19BB2A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$338,867,450 for fiscal year 2023; </text></item>
<item id="H869FE6A8121745A78CA9249E844BDB66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$346,237,450 for fiscal year 2024; </text></item> <item id="H9B43CE4CC2724D228D7C2C33041BB8C0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$353,607,450 for fiscal year 2025; and </text></item>
<item id="H6E3D2F6E5B414CA9BF60F805AFBBDF5E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$360,047,450 for fiscal year 2026; </text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H0BA0C3089E604685BED687F9002EE04D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is $36,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2FBE75CE47EE432B881C08F1BB937428" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the amount for the Forest Service is—</text> <item id="H916A8BECECC745B7932E75AE13469B93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></item>
<item id="H9E446B157C5A408288D7D836DE256BAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></item> <item id="H239D89EA9F094899AA38A305592F991E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$26,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></item>
<item id="HD64B793633564F7EB512D15635EF71EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$27,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></item> <item id="H91EF0F56B3D2436FB3C80A08A48CD68A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$28,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44966B68790946189933F384FD31A1CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal lands access program</header><text>For the Federal lands access program under section 204 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <clause id="H7C35E69A7403486D83EA5C8B8E79B2E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$285,975,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF689D5388F2B49598CC89CB9003FD728" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$291,975,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="H8FB1DFDD4F424C6F9DC8380497A25E26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$296,975,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="H15242752E72E4F4C88E7780D8AAE8B6F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$303,975,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0C455FEB4EE04BD3AACAC8514EE46F61" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$308,975,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H827D6A69505B4C3883ED1F459F71B16C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Territorial and puerto rico highway program</header><text>For the territorial and Puerto Rico highway program under section 165 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <subparagraph id="HC23F41A9148443218BA98DEFD9495034" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$219,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0DF5D89FD03941718653184E1637D82D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$224,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H876BC9957A4E43C5A4D59687F250F21B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$228,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H069D1B3C97864422A88CB3C33361FFA6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$232,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D1697DA01144EA5A65A656BE761C9BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$237,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D0713A748A5440E930B45A0CD6CA632" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header><text>For nationally significant freight and highway projects under section 117 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <subparagraph id="HF36684A25556466294494DCFE9C5E3EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F2A34C8B71A4F66B98BF77154229339" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6DFA895CF51C407AB1EC54CD98AEBD4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1E2C65E4E4F458A8BC135F40CC1A907" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85A2A4F7D37D4CD7B6B255D6B376D0A7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5FC3A3DBECEA4F6D88989E8D9BDE7303" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other programs</header>
<paragraph id="HB03DFD30109D492CA86C37907F739444" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text> <subparagraph id="H8A77A4890D4D4EBBA8042022E187035A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bridge investment program</header><text>To carry out the bridge investment program under section 124 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<clause id="H73EC331014E74C62ADFD041E7D79B41E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause> <clause id="H4E63B763335540C98BBECE8814267F13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$640,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBCDAD6C48E2A4CD38FBF9C98AC75AD0A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause> <clause id="HA2BD83DA54D7482D8D835A613A2380FF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$675,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H974A059C4257459F91D83F590A6EAD20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82D24AED729C481B9E96B0EF2C279AFB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Congestion relief program</header><text>To carry out the congestion relief program under section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8C02F28C6A34E24B26587C1CD5BE7B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Charging and fueling infrastructure grants</header><text>To carry out section 151(f) of title 23, United States Code—</text> <clause id="id187f9b1c0fe442d19dd7ade442bb5874"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="id66476f9cd6df44b7ada977a6b81f86f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="ide52e7559572e4929a643b3a124d05fbd"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="id1511b8b0985849f78541b21c8846db13"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="id42980011cb734c09868cef63b2a6650b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id8DAB4BC4916B40F69D65CB5A5B3F25FD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rural surface transportation grant program</header><text>To carry out the rural surface transportation grant program under section 173 of title 23, United States Code—</text> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id309E41E6FEB94542B9B1DD0551C4EBB3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="idAAA7BA79C49647ADAE6105F3AFB614B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id20039E57DA3C4B268F6BD93D47D566CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id0D7B7D0624D549A896B0A3C673D1A6EE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id8F8772FC1ACA49A4BFDA20B36892096A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB6C0799A4584A269B44ACE09549244C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>PROTECT grants</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="idA0407341079148A09BB44DB4C0B2A32B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out subsection (d) of the PROTECT program under section 176 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026—</text> <subclause id="idd7e0a5d6e1c2449988d44cd87011b2eb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id49844d6fa4d04c89a0ebbebee53805e9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id5744a0a10cc946f28259afb5501b7322"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idf88c23c7fe2a4cb5aba5c373820a3224"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id9f882b71a9d44227bb4a5a1ab34273f3"><enum>(V)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id0cfdf60725c04efdb25654aa36688f6a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of the amounts made available under clause (i)—</text> <subclause id="id9bbe8b9e4c1f4f84a4328d10bf004fa5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for planning grants under paragraph (3) of that subsection—</text>
<item id="iddf8b3fd944ec42ab9988e14eba4d4ef2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></item> <item id="id600f35a973b04986ae192867d6e994c2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></item>
<item id="id5b1d4a75d5844619b3ef7947d292e674"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></item> <item id="id54146debd0384e6ab263bdbc623237db"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></item>
<item id="id604f628588114ea6a816d7b25c00eeb3"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="id6e4218f6c7654c72abc578c10607de2c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for resilience improvement grants under paragraph (4)(A) of that subsection—</text>
<item id="id7a74e38a4d024e128b767ddbcbf1a82a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$175,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></item> <item id="id88738b8027ab4eddafcb8cda319d35d5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$175,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></item>
<item id="idb639426c5f34440087fe29c9689cae15"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$210,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></item> <item id="idad8dd9ac8ba14ed79ae11256063e71a7"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$210,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></item>
<item id="id02cecf169fd548039ef317a3885447b7"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$210,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; </text></item></subclause> <subclause id="id08cde5ef7c4e4411b5ff729fe1be14b8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for community resilience and evacuation route grants under paragraph (4)(B) of that subsection—</text>
<item id="idb8b8849bbbc042f59e723152dda24689"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></item> <item id="idef976d5eef93401680928d59630034c4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></item>
<item id="id6367d4d3cb8f416899fe5ee1c0c0eb04"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></item> <item id="id72e642df7e8847cbb21c2b0827a23987"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></item>
<item id="id10f3f8f8ba3544adb12d4749ea069a3a"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="idedc7ad49e9b5414487c7621d0cdc6dda"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>for at-risk coastal infrastructure grants under paragraph (4)(C) of that subsection—</text>
<item id="idf7e910e4043e4e1a9037528c88528f59"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></item> <item id="id57d0db1ad7c240a2a5b9eebfa1c88fac"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></item>
<item id="id6b024dc1191040f9a229ddfc24614d57"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></item> <item id="idd21a0a4d3e174b398c8cf4227e71c331"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></item>
<item id="idec8e461d8ad9404da6d2e4d9a6970fbc"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. </text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF59E7AED3064611A04EAD8819B724AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Reduction of truck emissions at port facilities</header> <clause id="HEBF1149795614E43952AB30CB489CAA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out the reduction of truck emissions at port facilities under section 1402, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></clause>
<clause id="H929AE85740D94AC5869E5F14EAF7828C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under clause (i) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if those amounts 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></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5BD6BC1AE0D3417DAC960958CA37BFD2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects</header> <clause id="H69F45004308B40FE926DC7207F2C42A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/201">23 U.S.C. 201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>), $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></clause>
<clause id="H78C9675749F54A9F810D9321C35D7FF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under clause (i) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if those amounts 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></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB62E2331B1894EE3A8E8501F7C6D3AB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General fund</header> <subparagraph id="HF235390116CE4FC39E0C44CB2D4D769E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bridge investment program</header> <clause id="H00A5DD21A2694035ABD9F61FA344DF4E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1)(A), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the bridge investment program under section 124 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subclause id="H14AA40EDC72E486792567A9DDD450059" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9FC3959B68E149C9AE769240905D786F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$640,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3426164B9EE54512B9E1E3578C0A0850" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H01ABA678FD404C88B5EE3FCC9311B02B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>$675,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H60694F672F904CDD85C5A976C09CAD0B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H43135941D1F34A90A5761737648B2BB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Amounts made available under clause (i) shall be allocated in the same manner as if made available under paragraph (1)(A).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEA0162575EF4C33A81F42F640F9195E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1)(G), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 1123 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/201">23 U.S.C. 201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id4C07369288BF40B1BD4CCFEE670C0ED5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Healthy Streets program</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Healthy Streets program under section 1407 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id3ED5DDEE042B4A6DA28BEEC8584A50D7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 520 of title 23, United States Code, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF7AC0964AB94411B33DDBF64AA50213" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Open challenge and research proposal pilot program</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the open challenge and research proposal pilot program under section 3006(e) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF91ABA9FDF064688906C4BEF1431E70A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research, technology, and education authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="H1424F16D7F5143D4A49DB462BD234C93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text> <subparagraph id="H0882169CC08140228F01E056A9E06E14" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Highway research and development program</header><text>To carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, $147,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B0BDADC6443486F8726F824F1DEE5B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technology and innovation deployment program</header><text>To carry out section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code, $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3986A4E693842F78C0E660AA34D83AE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Training and education</header><text>To carry out section 504 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<clause id="HAE94B050CFA447FBAF6ABD39977DD006" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause> <clause id="H3AB900983F36465FADE3E6A8506CA5C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$25,250,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFCE3239BBBD94FE68416CB9251C75C1C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$25,500,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause> <clause id="H30D96E7CEB5D4CAD878921C7F82B1468" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$25,750,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFDB2A9B45FE04B0DA682B85BE9F19E74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$26,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H544E9687CA4549CAAF7DEA1532882046" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Intelligent transportation systems program</header><text>To carry out sections 512 through 518 of title 23, United States Code, $110,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F7FFA7A5AE041CC86FCF3FB009F776F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>University transportation centers program</header><text>To carry out section 5505 of title 49, United States Code—</text> <clause id="idb49ed89c68904670a55b7c8044c5a75c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="idfb978a3ff05843bf97b870e5e0f6a6b6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$80,500,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="id4fe320bec56a4c7e8d1bf1da908e84fc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$81,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="ida30873bfcb1c42d5a1717ce2f0ee2933"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$81,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="id710d4869a5ad423a9cf10cdd7645a52f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$82,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D75FF246F3345B0AC32021F127B71F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Bureau of transportation statistics</header><text>To carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code—</text> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id9ACD58863F904F489A840800DFC25A52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$26,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="idC039FE4859794F989BC85F641F962A61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$26,250,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id35E2045EA73640E99115D500EA82A69D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$26,500,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id0506D630D401419AAC2704D07345A25C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$26,750,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id18C0F5BC4865408C922BCA959B0696A1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$27,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0521DEAB61A4AC2AF9351456B605113" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Federal Highway Administration shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE727622ADB0E4A1780001F7F2BCC3EFC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>administer the programs described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA20694B070FE42DFBB458903A2E8B00F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in consultation with relevant modal administrations, administer the programs described in paragraph (1)(D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E36BDB0A65E45338885A75441E74E4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23, United States Code</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA44102F586B14C288D31C048C6B26C55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be available for obligation in the same manner as if those 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, except that the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out using those funds shall be 80 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act (including the amendments by this Act) or otherwise determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF18FC245DF9E421B82B063EC7A1902B7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available until expended and not be transferable, except as otherwise provided by this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA96371F2C1054CADA00C79F435DE7B60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot programs</header><text>The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text> <paragraph id="H7FBB0007C9924FFB820C98AB5303570A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Wildlife crossings pilot program</header><text>For the wildlife crossings pilot program under section 171 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="idcc4821381612441ea047f045c93fd188"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id92d3711b03f44798b8337bb79538ac31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3a3d310347b1424187f9884fdf41bb0c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8ce9e46d8f45409cbbe4a86ff230d333"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8df0e37f9dcc409da081a81f6a66d065"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id373C2C9CC3E74C649BAA1C3DA56392D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prioritization process pilot program</header> <subparagraph id="id2D18A82ECEC441F090B0A6E5D51B83A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the prioritization process pilot program under section 1204, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3B21AADC7CCE46A282E8ABFE1790AA98"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if those amounts 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></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB96F65DE14ED44EC9E6D4584BDAEA9FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reconnecting communities pilot program</header> <subparagraph id="HB03A88FA38374BC3B5C37F3E619B54E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Planning grants</header><text>For planning grants under the reconnecting communities pilot program under section 1509(c), $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3EB0FBAAF2654600ACCBDA3E759353C6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Capital construction grants</header><text>For capital construction grants under the reconnecting communities pilot program under section 1509(d)—</text> <clause id="id1176d0b445784033a0fc6caa7c36e940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="id4388c4c9f96d438696cfb1baf3a615a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$68,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="id1f77c28c1459426db058910a2557feaf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="id906c5f1e484c424a9340bcec3914b7b0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$72,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="idf427f14557674c5c8857d1e0c5a4f78a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABFFF5B7831A4DACBA06CFBC7B934619" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if those amounts 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, except that those amounts shall remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A561E77A3D441E69FFC244DE1893AA8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Disadvantaged business enterprises</header> <paragraph id="HC0452ED23019426690C7243D41FADA48" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE54D761B7FD14F2398AEAA596957513C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>while significant progress has occurred due to the establishment of the disadvantaged business enterprise program, discrimination and related barriers continue to pose significant obstacles for minority- and women-owned businesses seeking to do business in Federally assisted surface transportation markets across the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H20A1245777154E038932F0A0DCBFA0FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the continuing barriers described in subparagraph (A) merit the continuation of the disadvantaged business enterprise program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52728C314AA54B8E8FE832D67EDB1899" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Congress has received and reviewed testimony and documentation of race and gender discrimination from numerous sources, including congressional hearings and roundtables, scientific reports, reports issued by public and private agencies, news stories, reports of discrimination by organizations and individuals, and discrimination lawsuits, which show that race- and gender-neutral efforts alone are insufficient to address the problem;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B559797EC404D4E9A6D303B734B10C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the testimony and documentation described in subparagraph (C) demonstrate that discrimination across the United States poses a barrier to full and fair participation in surface transportation-related businesses of women business owners and minority business owners and has impacted firm development and many aspects of surface transportation-related business in the public and private markets; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H990EC191AA5D41989662BD4498978154" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the testimony and documentation described in subparagraph (C) provide a strong basis that there is a compelling need for the continuation of the disadvantaged business enterprise program to address race and gender discrimination in surface transportation-related business.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EE2FE20CE1F4DE3A7695BFA392903BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H821FA94ACE214DC991C9DDBB5A60EEC2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Small business concern</header>
<clause id="HA278EC7E4436461182654331EE9BDB3B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>small business concern</term> means a small business concern (as the term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>)).</text></clause> <clause id="H62CF84F2563141638F11491B81CCE755" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>small business concern</term> 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 3 fiscal years in excess of $26,290,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for inflation.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94F079CE584F4930BF01134A9394E9EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</header><text>The term <term>socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(d)</external-xref>) and relevant subcontracting regulations issued pursuant to that Act, except that women shall be presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for purposes of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FF629B772904E08B76ADF62F358ED0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts for small business concerns</header><text>Except to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available for any program under this Act (other than section 4004) 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.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F058FC6B2514CCEAC38C92055175458" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprises</header><text>Each State shall annually—</text> <subparagraph id="H94C5415869424C61B02847326F5F5D0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>survey and compile a list of the small business concerns referred to in paragraph (3) in the State, including the location of the small business concerns in the State; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C336F1041474730BA76EE060A094AFB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the Secretary, in writing, of the percentage of the small business concerns that are controlled by—</text> <clause id="H9B9D83A892A04A178A0961E410D1FBBB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>women;</text></clause>
<clause id="HED239A4B08DD48B29E5C88FA044969AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than women); and</text></clause> <clause id="H5D160A76E5CF44A1A6ABB26214C9F76B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>individuals who are women and are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA8E44C97263479EB48F2EEDA89A2933" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Uniform certification</header>
<subparagraph id="HD4625731616843189FD3638951BE5895" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H48AB2A3CD6EB4C228C7D211F3098C199" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The minimum uniform criteria established under subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to a potential small business concern—</text>
<clause id="H5E5A16283767429DA9B92F0994C20494" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on-site visits;</text></clause> <clause id="HE880A373EE9E4BF19A26824B92BDB33C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>personal interviews with personnel;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA9A47BCF2BD24FF69E3EB5EC48AAB129" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>issuance or inspection of licenses;</text></clause> <clause id="H9C825A781790459D81F880D62EDEEB5A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>analyses of stock ownership;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCC30118B1D154184AFD8829774228999" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>listings of equipment;</text></clause> <clause id="HA9BE3504F1564D03B9B21E70B13864CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>analyses of bonding capacity;</text></clause>
<clause id="H86342607992345CFA4A74C9095EF7C61" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>listings of work completed;</text></clause> <clause id="H69469F648DE84AE598C4B5C93C77E442" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>examination of the resumes of principal owners;</text></clause>
<clause id="H438E49E4D68D47D280D71D811E36DF1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>analyses of financial capacity; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEF398EF657A74F158F2705C42A683BC0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(x)</enum><text>analyses of the type of work preferred.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4118D93BB7DF438D99718DD546541C35" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall establish minimum requirements for use by State governments in reporting to the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H6EDC6268D8A34F99B9952D55154B77C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information concerning disadvantaged business enterprise awards, commitments, and achievements; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H229129D2FD6B4F479E9D8C6688956BF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the proper monitoring of the disadvantaged business enterprise program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H442CA3721BE94A97A3C311CA9D55F102" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compliance with court orders</header><text>Nothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of an individual or entity to receive funds made available under 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 (3) because a Federal court issues a final order in which the court finds that a requirement or the implementation of paragraph (3) is unconstitutional.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF280A2EBC6247D7B3EC9344E0417925" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Sense of congress on prompt payment of DBE subcontractors</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <subparagraph id="H0AE9C98F8E374821A22CFFBA71B6C9AE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary should take additional steps to ensure that recipients comply with section 26.29 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (the disadvantaged business enterprises prompt payment rule), or any corresponding regulation, in awarding Federally funded transportation contracts under laws and regulations administered by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H270DB98A694D42AAA30D39F18ED8BFFA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such additional steps should include increasing the ability of the Department to track and keep records of complaints and to make that information publicly available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HFCFE00EC5AD44BD2B156DEB99BFFF470" changed="not-changed"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Obligation ceiling</header> <subsection id="HD6131F1E9A7A4229BB56B1127FEB2135" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General limitation</header><text>Subject to subsection (e), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="H462C1C09A97B47179226A00EE62DBD5A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$57,473,430,072 for fiscal year 2022; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD770AE58C97F421C8150D0DDD7258CF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$58,764,510,674 for fiscal year 2023; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCB5ECE5D7DD44F7B943F161DACAC222" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFA06C668D17458EA1643A2DE72D22BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$61,314,170,545 for fiscal year 2025; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B49F9D11BC14DD287644E804DF01777" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7E750A97803D45DC83631FD77775070A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The limitations under subsection (a) shall not apply to obligations under or for—</text>
<paragraph id="H3DAC40939BDC492DA15D595F55EF1D8F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 125 of title 23, United States Code;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D19369F61F34D47BE2A13DAACA7F1CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/144">23 U.S.C. 144</external-xref> note; 92 Stat. 2714);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62D922076E074A37931144352208644B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H722C112322D94D5695AE50DE1D83543B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H284F031DEEFE4838BBA89666E37DD6B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0C8FB361B7649E6A1BFE2E3B1227800" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9556383C3C864C8C87684EF6F172F28F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on June 8, 1998);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB83A95B3E5F54E488C454E039255680E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB43E45B923914491B557F55C2D4B03A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0A8EDBDA8C04E5E85A11CFCA1D1400F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><text>section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9381DC172324EBFA06B08B3DCD26E2C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(11)</enum><text>section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/118">23 U.S.C. 118</external-xref> note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made available for obligation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2834FAF335114D18B9A7CF6FD53980BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(12)</enum><text>section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2013 through 2015, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB120ADDBB87453BB688C3150D89BA37" changed="not-changed"><enum>(13)</enum><text>section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2016 through 2021, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD51412F443E6459B84E6B8C58E4ACA3A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(14)</enum><text>section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9717D3CB7A034F7E98002351CF623316" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of obligation authority</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="HF719BAAC0C9141E5AAFD3A7184D95156" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not distribute obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for the fiscal year for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40A84EEC01224086AFAE7FDBB0320B82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6C6DCC209C24F7AA0F1E79D55BF13EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H522F59B9F706452C9A0B46929C462FE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not distribute an amount of obligation authority provided by subsection (a) that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts—</text> <subparagraph id="HEDFAB56AAEA94BDABEBAE36A7AFAC23F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 175, 176(c), 202, or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54B4F7C78CDB48879298AC84BD0D63AE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which obligation authority was provided in a previous fiscal year;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12F30DBAA600447AB4A8755C8A34D0DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall determine the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F60B304738847ECA1A5B1D9D64E1862" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for the fiscal year, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8BC2CFD6D474D3687335977DBB06F03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (13) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(14) for the fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CD00365A418448D9929420217B140F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a), less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under this Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the Secretary under section 175, 176(c), 202, or 204 of that title, by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="H580DBDD2525D4D97BF33A661FD564A02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26E9C73E64A74AD280B2E71D070FACD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for the fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABADA357DD69430EB5F3D696A9958F24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a), less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the national highway performance program in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the limitation under subsection (b)(14) and the amounts apportioned under sections 175, 176(c), 202, and 204 of that title) in the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3509B3DFFAB45208157DBC5EAD374B3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to each State for the fiscal year; bears to</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07D3F98B7F76492599B4A64CEEE701B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to all States for the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H845C35B3A86348EFB813BD7A7EC5CBE1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redistribution of unused obligation authority</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026—</text> <paragraph id="H56A1219464A64FF68DCE5FFAC89468C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revise a distribution of the obligation authority made available under subsection (c) if an amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CF7EC7B680345EFA6A53DDB68640479" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 405)) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HADC1C902292246858A226A380B8584C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability of obligation limitations to transportation research programs</header> <paragraph id="H5525072E1BB5452E9AD61794665080E2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), obligation limitations imposed by subsection (a) shall apply to contract authority for transportation research programs carried out under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96F6F426918D4EB289EDF8CACC9482D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Obligation authority made available under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE536893862444665A137576D4A4E0EAD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA008D31663164E2AAF6044BDE09F85BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H400B9ED66A314391BADEB0BDBC729CC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Redistribution of certain authorized funds</header> <paragraph id="H58B21BA0B4824EF5B121B97EB41D0EA8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H398CC04226B342ECA4A5376E8A16EEA5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49A81E38ECAB41B596751F1F7B3BD934" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under sections 175, 176(c), and 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be available for obligation, for the fiscal year because of the imposition of any obligation limitation for the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F83AA8157F6440295D175CBCD1531AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratio</header><text>Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c)(5).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D7E405CBDDB4D2DAFC550E9F6A0F396" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds distributed to each State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H23689773F5C64151996AA50C6FC80E7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8FB87CF58F3040318C0AB735E762167D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H26212FAE67764210BA3CC4E9511C1209" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>assessing resilience,</quote> after <quote>surveying,</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H822B561F3E794446BA0A62AAD325790B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73F216A496D640179E702B6C45CBFE60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H305ADE34F2CA45298A05B43287557185" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H2BC4F7BE7BBE46EA8C61D75505562DC1" changed="not-changed">
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H422C7BECC6FA4CFABAAC59AD34E750AD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>improvements that reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions, such as wildlife crossing structures; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF46B478B9FD5458194302D43F159447E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (17) through (34) as paragraphs (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), and (36), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2E584E04F4E2463BB3CBCB7B99706AA5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8253F0EE8B840A89F6BB3135F9CE3E0" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H6873AB9F842944C0A6B06A08E6A8DE31"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Natural infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>natural infrastructure</term> means infrastructure that uses, restores, or emulates natural ecological processes and—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H530662D1B2AE4D1D9D03CC6B971F8D51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is created through the action of natural physical, geological, biological, and chemical processes over time;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H05DD857F3F0D49078BD1C2B355A24E57" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is created by human design, engineering, and construction to emulate or act in concert with natural processes; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2414817034864FFEB83C3FE6D8647D28" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</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></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC89BF9449CAE43AF9F25B978B6E51569" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (23) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE1362390B30430DB4590F019D016EF7" changed="not-changed">
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H25ED3D62EBC643E083A115F09993338F"><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 commented="no" id="HF63CB527DE904DED8D721DA5B9DB19FB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6C601EB62F33425881CE92D60CDD51F3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to resist hazards or withstand impacts from weather events and natural disasters; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H4C3ABA63BD15451797C233E9EEAED757" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce the magnitude or duration of impacts of a disruptive weather event or natural disaster on a project; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA85FA11526EB4C4DA1606FDFD3D79CDC" changed="not-changed"><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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1A3523D563C24AB2B1296A2132BB51FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (32) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB03C50688BCD4B71B28641EB2F0E9737" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8FD54AE6D0C145C5B7845454F239E1FF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>through the implementation</quote> and inserting the following: “through—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0006498002A74C51BFD5DB57CCA8B57A" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HE9A969E231C641B2A984B199D2CAA8E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the implementation</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC0C289F09BA54677965D2FE8CAA4AB7F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30FD0A69FE684DFF952EC34166EE87C0" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H3E66001FB7C645479CC273F1087FF3D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the consideration of incorporating natural infrastructure.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H23AC0E62672D4874BA730D44235E0581" changed="not-changed"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Apportionment</header>
<subsection id="id965fa3772430468bb36db388137b8f96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6057f1817e945eab744ce06ed878b73"> <subparagraph id="id0141ee260a9b4da181d1911d87de0c9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$490,964,697 for fiscal year 2022; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9792d46c64b041ef805646af583c5297"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$500,783,991 for fiscal year 2023; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id410965d6b5c742419a587664096ae00f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$510,799,671 for fiscal year 2024; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4108f62e8e194b1fa19aa08fe3dea2c6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$521,015,664 for fiscal year 2025; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc803553362a74abcaa9e59cf8d52de41"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$531,435,977 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id561a35f3b3694083b08d0c2a5fe973b7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Division among programs of State share</header><text>Section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)—</text> <paragraph id="idd9be81e5cc26425aa02815da110468a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>the carbon reduction program under section 175, to carry out subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176,</quote> before <quote>and to carry out section 134</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7332371f189c4ebbbf776e26673cc44f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>63.7 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>59.0771195921461 percent</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc13567fbfc344e4ead929b0d282cd600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>29.3 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>28.7402203421251 percent</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC5F7C99F063844D5937C0328DA4E9888"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>7 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>6.70605141316253 percent</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7a223e4ea5274a1cba1a5cb92ec3ffcc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8601186644714e39b269e5736a6c8f3f">
<paragraph id="id7db3a9722f1f45fca0481b880b18f33b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program</header>
<subparagraph id="ide75738cea0754157ba46ba73b9f73344"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, an amount determined for the State under subparagraphs (B) and (C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfa00ac7d97624e48b9c926d55b1d4567"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total amount</header><text>The total amount for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program for all States shall be—</text>
<clause id="idfc896e0e6ae0452792b419e6d74b4e85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,536,490,803 for fiscal year 2022; </text></clause> <clause id="idf0ce8483e8fb449ba573030e0ccd0b3a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2,587,220,620 for fiscal year 2023; </text></clause>
<clause id="idf9e09ac6d20f44c7a37ef1b5c3675d76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$2,638,965,032 for fiscal year 2024; </text></clause> <clause id="id9a9c90374ba349359c0a840c8bc94af6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$2,691,744,332 for fiscal year 2025; and </text></clause>
<clause id="id6ac4448ea58b449fa452a9d3800be2ba"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$2,745,579,213 for fiscal year 2026. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb2b5518bdd5149e18d9af456f24ded49"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State share</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall distribute among the States the total amount for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under subparagraph (B) so that each State receives an amount equal to the proportion that—</text>
<clause id="id795dc0f2acb345fca746a6b76fcb501b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount apportioned to the State for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program for fiscal year 2020; bears to</text></clause> <clause id="id5d852c79d3c54738bf249b33844a8fc2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total amount of funds apportioned to all States for that program for fiscal year 2020.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb3c7ec7a200b485cb7087bf2850bab97"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <subparagraph id="id842099961DC144359787CCE9382939FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id8cceabc379c64f33920baceee723a025"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total amount</header><text>The total amount set aside for the national highway freight program for all States shall be—</text> <clause id="idbe862dca731542c38ce80b608674557c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,373,932,519 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause>
<clause id="id8aab83c8b6744302a86b0e4db082bbf1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$1,401,411,169 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause> <clause id="idc33ea597113347edb742316b964ca29b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$1,429,439,392 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause>
<clause id="id1749ee7ead9744ccbd96300593306ea3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$1,458,028,180 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause> <clause id="id124da21b1e774142830489a98aa73163"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$1,487,188,740 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id971E2A954E69498196AEF151EA9326C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida9d192ad95784ef2a4f51846a932da62"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id32178674d3f84b9193239542b8ac10d4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Metropolitan planning</header>
<subparagraph id="id1324cc23a4ee44dfb2f1d49adfce9f11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out section 134, an amount determined for the State under subparagraphs (B) and (C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idaa2dcdb59e9f47d5b327cdeac10bdca0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total amount</header><text>The total amount for metropolitan planning for all States shall be—</text>
<clause id="id7e17d2b527364aaabcee88749ea0e608"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$438,121,139 for fiscal year 2022;</text></clause> <clause id="id87920d142b5d4763bf22ec43eb6d5a37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$446,883,562 for fiscal year 2023;</text></clause>
<clause id="id633b41a57485458a84c4924ef8e66ba8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$455,821,233 for fiscal year 2024;</text></clause> <clause id="id5baa18482c2f474eb8611df9a6dfa0a7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$464,937,657 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id2339cf7318984199ace22f30fd454503"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$474,236,409 for fiscal year 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idaa0e44a264b9408a9b8505dec8176796"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State share</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall distribute among the States the total amount to carry out section 134 under subparagraph (B) so that each State receives an amount equal to the proportion that—</text>
<clause id="idae79ec10de264a65880eb23becb30542"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount apportioned to the State to carry out section 134 for fiscal year 2020; bears to</text></clause> <clause id="id0e09d225657a48cdb9b5c3676414ad49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total amount of funds apportioned to all States to carry out section 134 for fiscal year 2020.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf8d41d22dbdd4cd8b2b18c652416b293"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Carbon reduction program</header><text>For the carbon reduction program under section 175, 2.56266964565637 percent of the amount remaining after distributing amounts under paragraphs (4), (5), and (6). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf8a8f28963704035a59d8b118d348ace"><enum>(8)</enum><header>PROTECT formula program</header><text>To carry out subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176, 2.91393900690991 percent of the amount remaining after distributing amounts under paragraphs (4), (5), and (6).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB5D2E0D8C4C044D3B4D6E3C9B8A24B9C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation of amounts</header><text>Section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H75D3BFBF2EE443F8B270A8C5998B962C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC64327DCCCD141118771453DC48BAA35" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idB211C75D3F9C4B9D91BF18E9D4B9A1AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id1AB63427F9EE4D6E83A545F66102ECF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4CBFD6A895C4403B4E077322B7CB9E7"> <clause changed="not-changed" id="idC357E260F7E14A9B96F04535C3535745"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the base apportionment; by</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HC3E72A4176534216B3AD840666A8A770" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(I), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2021</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE72E04502F184B6B94C0E9ABC6D7F2D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H7067E722F0664BDDBFA7089E74FD316E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guaranteed amounts</header><text>The initial amounts resulting from the calculation under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted to ensure that each State receives an aggregate apportionment that is—</text> <clause id="H176DC9FD94C147BAA6E84099934DED7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>equal to at least 95 percent of the estimated tax payments paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available that are—</text>
<subclause id="H2BC20423E8BE48A284E582211CD47BD5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>attributable to highway users in the State; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC60B698989034C678EBEF6049D7F6172" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>associated with taxes in effect on July 1, 2019, and only up to the rate those taxes were in effect on that date;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HC08B40AB7D344937AFBAA5090D786FFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at least 2 percent greater than the apportionment that the State received for fiscal year 2021; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD420AC0FC26041759A134357A0B66B55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>at least 1 percent greater than the apportionment that the State received for the previous fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A8F8273E5094467999C525385659CAE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id82BF608359D746F5BB556E932DEC79E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id6C3DD981B79E4905A898EC68EEE0AE49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the carbon reduction program under section 175, to carry out subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176,</quote> before <quote>and to carry out section 134</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="idEC1384EEB0814A67BE35377CD73697E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Metropolitan planning</header><text>Section 104(d)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of subsection (b)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(6)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H56CB5F5560464F2BB01F6BA791E0DCA3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplemental funds</header><text>Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (h). </text></subsection> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="idA5908A1E22A34F098094469F24DFB0F2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Base apportionment defined</header><text>Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id0CF5CE2D0D7B474FB67098E59410F537"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idF1F21319DA624B5FA9191EF523E4D768"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id063F99E99DBC4B9084E83DF5D0131266"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>means</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through <quote>the combined amount</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>means the combined amount</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id771A984661954C18A3581A68210EDADB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and to carry out section 134; minus</quote> and inserting <quote>the carbon reduction program under section 175, to carry out subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176, and to carry out section 134.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id6E5A206B378D46579F6C7D978EEA8185"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idB94EBCBEB4074BF3863A5B70B3E796BE"><enum>1105.</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 commented="no" id="id7a231215254d4d418c55de1ffbc6727b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id6044000af3394e00ac2cef8f665371ff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idb5dfdea58beb4099816a63cea3a1c273"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id5cbe59567df3494bbe28a5539539a9d5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="iddbb3651204bb40ee9290b46cfd3c18c4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide support for activities to increase the resiliency of the National Highway System to mitigate the cost of damages from sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idD0FEA96F2537405BBDCAB55BCF853597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="idCAAF07EC4B0043D5AADF5E2C1F43855A"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Undergrounding public utility infrastructure carried out in conjunction with a project otherwise eligible under this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idE64722161B624C9E84823A48BF63D01F"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Resiliency improvements on the National Highway System, including protective features described in subsection (k)(2).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idB1433C321E6A4D3E83C9AB3FFC1B0338"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Implement activities to protect segments of the National Highway System from cybersecurity threats.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idA2C930EF56134BA5B0F3E198B8120A16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(4)(D), by striking <quote>analysis</quote> and inserting <quote>analyses, both of which shall take into consideration extreme weather and resilience</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id5ea679cc26214cecaa83980e39cf6d7e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id273f32b6def34bf2bd1403b0fc3221d4"> <subsection commented="no" id="id2f6cdab7289b4899b4ca4f9be2850c36"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Protective features</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="idECB455B5DE29453D93A2A2BAB83771E9"><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 not on 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 commented="no" id="id8016D22D3BF0496CB71C1323F3F71D74"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protective features described</header><text>A protective feature referred to in paragraph (1) includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id944C0D85FDA2448D90F3DE5FC96CF7C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>raising roadway grades;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idcf4aa4e19cd04b57a055fb710c3ab640"><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 commented="no" id="id1e7731615bff435ca512994224122961"><enum>(C)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id420840e515a3419d97d07c7e470559b7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>stabilizing slopes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id5ced3e8ef05c454d87e4db9d1e780f34"><enum>(E)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id084332f8f4b7443ba1e99879a82f4525"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idBEC627440A0D43F8A29FAAE9CDDBFB2E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ide2be0504c3fe4810abca3ffb976e439e"><enum>(H)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id9b0147786e95428397288c33c532d0e9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges, installing riprap, or adding other scour, stream stability, coastal, or other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idEC5FCE2690BB476E8E47FA459692FD79"><enum>(J)</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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idDED1D36FDE6D4C74980169D973FB9915"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subsection limits 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 commented="no" section-type="subsequent-section" id="HDBBF5DC9676E4C10A4158D1AB43E4E35" changed="not-changed"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Emergency relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id39d7de952830477780006a33740a5dcb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by inserting <quote>wildfire,</quote> after <quote>severe storm,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id240ca229abb14141bb6bc69ec981db7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc18801236e284ce3bfe531e01aa23e9c"> <subsection id="id8b00da1d276c467c997afcf7f7bed440"><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 the State or responsible 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="id70ac7b4134874b5a903e739845ac277c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="ida9f2f75dadb84ce687fd1e3171b24429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="id9a23f510ba344590b6e03ff00492cf0d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote></text></clause> <clause id="id1cfb430b55ad48a1917b3344e189bc01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a facility that meets the current</quote> and inserting the following: “a facility that—</text>
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<clause id="id0bb6392a0ca244dd8a0e69b36a74966a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the current</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="id0ed6671ffe28469cbad53ae0a62e3abe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="id237bf4fb5303457988e0642838406d4f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporates economically justifiable improvements that will mitigate the risk of recurring damage from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfd8f768590bd4c9cb27fc758f55f0d10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idf05a3b7131794dfcaacf80e3254186a6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3eac06ba70b344b3b27cc9cec1710b64"> <paragraph id="idd1703edbc2754900bc01d8c09527eb73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Protective features</header> <subparagraph id="ida547d9f5aecb4fc48f10017125406806"><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 will mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id963079c1ca0b4185aaa7455c465044f6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protective features described</header><text>A protective feature referred to in subparagraph (A) includes—</text> <clause id="id96e8a20632974b518881940bbb351816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>raising roadway grades;</text></clause>
<clause id="id13f66bc0a1bb45bba1e18fc4f9d2c3ac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>relocating roadways in a floodplain to higher ground above projected flood elevation levels or away from slide prone areas;</text></clause> <clause id="id96592a62926f45b69f0cf82385f2b73e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas;</text></clause>
<clause id="id9dbb4bce4c9b499482e40d0bce216c75"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>stabilizing slopes;</text></clause> <clause id="id25f9ea31c5964ccfb2c07d103ca20b04"><enum>(v)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings;</text></clause>
<clause id="id07949cc9876e43fd851044c8d3c785e4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></clause> <clause id="idda878437bbc7444a8e7e6c1e9ff31039"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>replacing culverts with bridges or upsizing culverts;</text></clause>
<clause id="id52341349d7bf494a866d6419823c4bb6"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></clause> <clause id="ide9c684bfb53941b6a953caf6bbd1a7ef"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges, installing riprap, or adding other scour, stream stability, coastal, or other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id2b65dfb5d5e643c79e31ac79a1526122"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repair from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="H747C51D3C1A9436D93C8AFEEFB57841D" changed="not-changed"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Federal share payable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idEB63D6270F4F4023B0B9F7F764EAD31C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="idc246bd78d2024e0ba72380bd0899cefc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment, </quote> after <quote>breakaway utility poles, </quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id85843d75d3e644c1b315628b5a35ac26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (3)(B)—</text> <clause id="ide2fe21e5cbcf4256ae95adf11285b135"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="id7642d6e490e04dd4a9bb4261e54fd77a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text></clause> <clause id="id37fb36ec7be443d69d7e7e279677a44a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text>
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<clause id="idaf59465ddc0d44469229c18bd7750b7c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>contractual provisions that provide safety contingency funds to incorporate safety enhancements to work zones prior to or during roadway construction activities; or</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idedd59c573c454d96ba81243a8a4feadf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idab1759ad39c842799d6394bed32b92f6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pooled funding</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may waive the non-Federal share of the cost of a project or activity under section 502(b)(6) that is carried out with amounts apportioned under section 104(b)(2) after considering appropriate factors, including whether—</text> <subparagraph id="id5808680f5d1c4970942d301a14960af9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share would best serve the interests of the Federal-aid highway program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1a7e22c95ec04bd9b006b5a2fcec281a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project or activity addresses national or regional high priority research, development, and technology transfer problems in a manner that would benefit multiple States or metropolitan planning organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id5531508CD8A34643897200399955BFEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id64EE8588EF3D401AA6C7183992913AAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>180 days</quote> and inserting <quote>270 days</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9C9D90337F7948B289585B29168E49D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>permanent</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5986A191EF4347F2B37158339EEB6FD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="idE35FEB97F9564A03BD7779D96D4840BF" act-name=""> <subsection id="idEDA45FB347AE445FAB04766CFFAEE44B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Federal share flexibility pilot program</header> <paragraph id="idEACC9799A2774385A28ED0D5D65DEFCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) to give States additional flexibility with respect to the Federal requirements under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id59FD5C3BCC3149A6A9435610B20394E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header>
<subparagraph id="id1619FF8AB98A49E9A53EA5207C16862A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State participating in the pilot program (referred to in this subsection as a <quote>participating State</quote>) may determine the Federal share on a project, multiple-project, or program basis for projects under any of the following:</text> <clause id="idA7981E88C563413B938CF7CE5002AD34"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The national highway performance program under section 119.</text></clause>
<clause id="id49406CC7D5DC4A96B7ECCC1EC9D6592D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The surface transportation block grant program under section 133.</text></clause> <clause id="idD44E4D79AEE4471EB0F0260503D4AECD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The highway safety improvement program under section 148.</text></clause>
<clause id="idD27473D92AEE442395BEFC167B7A9CF8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149.</text></clause> <clause id="idB7929E8C2EB646318149137ECDF625C5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The national highway freight program under section 167.</text></clause>
<clause id="id97C3086671754FC1970E9C15D6246CB0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The carbon reduction program under section 175. </text></clause> <clause id="id2F52DD8762174F8681C84295A6666473"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of the PROTECT program under section 176.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF99DE7E6F8394F9F9EDA441C5BCDE86D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<clause id="idF2A9F8C601584A6E85F2C24B09DEC414"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Maximum Federal share</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), the Federal share of the cost of an individual project carried out under a program described in subparagraph (A) by a participating State and to which the participating State is applying the Federal share requirements under the pilot program may be up to 100 percent.</text></clause> <clause id="idF3C81B2A8F3E4C15B642D803D53D0BA8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum Federal share</header><text>No individual project carried out under a program described in subparagraph (A) by a participating State and to which the participating State is applying the Federal share requirements under the pilot program shall have a Federal share of 0 percent.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id3DD98B8E044C4FC4A296C6B3F6129DE8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The average annual Federal share of the total cost of all projects authorized under a program described in subparagraph (A) to which a participating State is applying the Federal share requirements under the pilot program shall be not more than the average of the maximum Federal share of those projects if those projects were not carried out under the pilot program. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id75C0AF0F4EF2425B95EC7F53445B04E6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection</header> <clause id="id04FF186FFB35450DA5EEEFE2AED08776"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A State seeking to be a participating State shall—</text>
<subclause id="idDF940058749641F49408251C56068D03"><enum>(I)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id19E6835D406D452A930300F4C36285F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>have in place adequate financial controls to allow the State to determine the average annual Federal share requirements under the pilot program.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="idB9D615D774F84D7EAB69374CF6F510F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary shall select not more than 10 States to be participating States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H51CAAA85FA8A496D9BF4B553FA909C24" changed="not-changed"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Railway-highway grade crossings</header> <subsection id="H018AFE06514B4A859102A0B28C6DA266" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 130(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H55F7296E7C1C46B0AE7005C0B95317F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">protective devices</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">railway-Highway grade crossings</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB208551775424A8A84A76ACEA7C1F39B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H913E53DA743F4B1794AD9C86C786F439" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings</quote> in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through <quote>2020.</quote> in clause (v) and inserting the following: <quote>, the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, the replacement of functionally obsolete warning devices, and as described in subparagraph (B), not less than $245,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H070833FB78E84872AFE328F4CD317940" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HB6E3AE4402A442E199DD24794F7B7E94"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reducing trespassing fatalities and injuries</header><text>A State may use funds set aside under subparagraph (A) for projects to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries from trespassing at grade crossings.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H025587FE193740258ABEB85CE4D462BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Section 130(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>90 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>100 percent</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idACD99AB8E0A9430FA597AA9B95360612"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentive payments for at-Grade crossing closures</header><text>Section 130(i)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>$7,500</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id7C191711C11242C78861B8069C5F628E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expenditure of funds</header><text>Section 130(k) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>8 percent</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF34D1610387B49D299E8217F885E62F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO study</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes an analysis of the effectiveness of the railway-highway crossings program under section 130 of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H2E893DD0D1A74ACE8F0A4A2CE2802869" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to trespasser deaths along railroad rights-of-Way</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department should, where feasible, coordinate departmental efforts to prevent or reduce trespasser deaths along railroad rights-of-way and at or near railway-highway crossings.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5DD9FDC17D0A401D9D34D822EDFA7D7F" changed="not-changed"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Surface transportation block grant program</header>
<subsection id="HF3677DF1828E40C1BDAEC95480343C32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE57465E5D22B4E29AA68E8AB9AD87004" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H944A0DA0C3B44F6DA5E151628B132004" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HEF86C19CC0844BA9BFE4A25BF0E9D126" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HBAA60F05BBC3411699452A64202FEB44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4196197CD5B84D9082B001ED77C7FE15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>facilities eligible</quote> and inserting the following: “facilities—</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H767F491E5C5C464EB679E7C7F6579826"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that are eligible</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause> <subclause id="H0FA21BA481704EAC865AED5CE806E558" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H5280300266934E8AAAE4892DD5444553"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are privately or majority-privately owned, but that the Secretary determines provide a substantial public transportation benefit or otherwise meet the foremost needs of the surface transportation system described in section 101(b)(3)(D);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3FC1D77D427246BD9A3B0BC407AD1E74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1F3F21E081E54EEABAA22B8C58159DC0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCBD096B7F02F4BE8A22934A515C46B62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H4178C445ADC14B62952CCE64DE574152"><enum>(G)</enum><text>wildlife crossing structures.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC040202450C40E5A9FCF08907FACAA0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>148(a)(4)(B)(xvii),</quote> after <quote>119(g),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCC78806B7909496EA2D944A7C9E6737C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (15) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (20), (21), and (22), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id7fbd57901a3d4aa3a022b00870a968e4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>railway-highway grade crossings</quote> and inserting <quote>projects eligible under section 130 and installation of safety barriers and nets on bridges</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id636753b2518c4f39be586c8b555fe865"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id6a436eff4fce4641af0d74cd1c8adbeb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>including the maintenance and restoration of existing recreational trails,</quote> after <quote>section 206</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id23efbbe33bd746d3bba1810b27dd4abf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the safe routes to school program under section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">23 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note)</quote> and inserting <quote>the safe routes to school program under section 208</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4656A11510E84C30A72377710417A3A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (13) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H645FD91852F0423A8D2375C7F033E6E2"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Projects and strategies designed to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions, including project-related planning, design, construction, monitoring, and preventative maintenance. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5287ddaf0297451fa0c1f935c316a057"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and vehicle-to-grid infrastructure.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id79cbada0f5da4f5e873206334dcdbea0"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The installation and deployment of current and emerging intelligent transportation technologies, including the ability of vehicles to communicate with infrastructure, buildings, and other road users.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD95AF2EB26B3434B8A4AA71388F46331"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Planning and construction of projects that facilitate intermodal connections between emerging transportation technologies, such as magnetic levitation and hyperloop.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id71e612b6efb546c8a6f94242d2417193"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Protective features, including natural infrastructure, to enhance the resilience of a transportation facility otherwise eligible for assistance under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7cfe173c119148b09f5e84b6cfa9ccca"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Measures to protect a transportation facility otherwise eligible for assistance under this section from cybersecurity threats.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1EF325B805834E5FBBF073DBA9375991" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73AB3C2A9B9E42309B179ECCBBC1652F" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H9C66A6595E07447F88A5A340434909E5"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Rural barge landing, dock, and waterfront infrastructure projects in accordance with subsection (j).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idB2EDD48BBA9C47569BA40EFAA74E3252"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Projects to enhance travel and tourism.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5FC1E4AD28A24FAF8F481EF1D49F9337" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E6A18E10C9B4C279D9EF0FF888DD3BA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraphs (4) through (11)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (5) through (15) and paragraph (23)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H430B6FA39F1F44D3A8D272FF0818C4AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCBF43CB205344809A8DA10B6FD36BBB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0CFE03CCFC7A4735AFB88533B1B88426" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HE7C202925791453FBD9E69DFC3AF6F99"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for a bridge project for the replacement of a low water crossing (as defined by the Secretary) with a bridge; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99F2EA71E9AA40198BB06C4EC09991E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B9BC959E3D04009A6A435C351632B27" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id8E0B452C4F594DBCB256EF7A510BFDD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>reservation</quote> and inserting <quote>set aside</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id1C8EA16D0D534360A300D64EBBB27091"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="id257AE5398FB44873AACFA0D29685FBB7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>the percentage specified in paragraph (6) for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>55 percent for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id60e93095133644ca83113911c850eaa3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaec9ec31b7934cb7b56135210ca7e4b8"> <clause id="id8f0d92a399b4401cbd4b4f013dec8afb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized area population of not less than 50,000 and not more than 200,000;</text></clause>
<clause id="id3c8c5493a5fc40bd92877b9bc56ef785"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in urban areas of the State with a population not less than 5,000 and not more than 49,999; and</text></clause> <clause id="idc89cc9644c0d43299c79a9853f0dd226"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in other areas of the State with a population less than 5,000; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id83c848bd022e453198a51c01d818c3a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e752b78fc5541c6bbb7c44fc384f8fa"> <paragraph id="idbc8ec43338054c5bb2f9bd5ca0476ceb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local consultation</header> <subparagraph id="id884e3928299c46faaf1ca49626e4e1bb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation with metropolitan planning organizations</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), a State shall—</text>
<clause id="id15539789eace4c0fa27207ffbd972efa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish a process to consult with all metropolitan planning organizations in the State that represent an urbanized area described in that clause; and</text></clause> <clause id="id83237a02f50e4881931093aa7d9df741"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe how funds allocated for areas described in that clause will be allocated equitably among the applicable urbanized areas during the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4f7c7852a1ad4795b619cd250717e086"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation with regional transportation planning organizations</header><text>For purposes of clauses (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (1)(A), before obligating funding attributed to an area with a population less than 50,000, a State shall consult with the regional transportation planning organizations that represent the area, if any.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A8B29182B3F4558A9492695F1F98862" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (6);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93A542BCF01241E093730D4004682551" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22D300F9843143198DF2E54D0E55453D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D879A04E9D3400E9369A2B858CAC51A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H13292D09D1FE4DA7A3B32C6902127549" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or low water crossing (as defined by the Secretary)</quote> after <quote>a highway bridge</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H9F829CB4C55C4C2C91B3A826D9A4C213" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or low water crossing (as defined by the Secretary)</quote> after <quote>other than a bridge</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53D022526EF044D69D0B50F009950067" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="idD228BC532421417B82F9D647E0A31A74"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>activities described in subsection (b)(2) for off-system bridges</quote> and inserting <quote>activities described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (10) of subsection (b) for off-system bridges, projects and activities described in subsection (b)(1)(A) for the replacement of low water crossings with bridges, and projects and activities described in subsection (b)(10) for low water crossings (as defined by the Secretary),</quote>; and </text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id7A59B0AC362D42629CF6F9921F89F11D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>15 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB86F82A340F848F095C3E28F6F330EAB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HAA58D3D5943946D3AD46D4FE3D75CD4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>bridge or rehabilitation of a bridge</quote> and inserting <quote>bridge, rehabilitation of a bridge, or replacement of a low water crossing (as defined by the Secretary) with a bridge</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H70EBE6312E8641ACA48242CF1C570CA9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or, in the case of a replacement of a low water crossing with a bridge, is determined by the Secretary on completion to have improved the safety of the location</quote> after <quote>no longer a deficient bridge</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4cad9fc9003649af9b228cd8b0cd4888"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5101869d5a584890abdd30572c8393a2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">less than 5,000</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">less than 50,000</header-in-text></quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="iddfd0c2a41a1744a5b1c3325dd2dcb9e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id8d1eb5f272394205a0e8f715fe077c52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), and except as provided in paragraph (2), up to 15 percent of the amounts required to be obligated by a State under clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (d)(1)(A) for each fiscal year may be obligated on—</text> <subparagraph id="ida7124120a5b942ea8f40a902fb718bd7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>roads functionally classified as rural minor collectors or local roads; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4c0c35ed990a41759f256fed69cb1553"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on critical rural freight corridors designated under section 167(e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3252516A0A754953BD36F86D75F33B67" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="not-changed" id="H00B26F1F28F1493A99CF74AB8EC92FD9"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Rural barge landing, dock, and waterfront infrastructure projects</header>
<paragraph id="H92332C6C41D845A6948EC0619A3D0783" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may use not more than 5 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(2) for eligible rural barge landing, dock, and waterfront infrastructure projects described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B1D94AB1D264134AED34234D15F9094" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>An eligible rural barge landing, dock, or waterfront infrastructure project referred to in paragraph (1) is a project for the planning, designing, engineering, or construction of a barge landing, dock, or other waterfront infrastructure in a rural community or a Native village (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)) that is off the road system.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3d7d0e3902d541968a70e810be6ab1f3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Projects in rural areas</header>
<paragraph id="id9f84edede7ee4926aee324ceff787cd9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Set aside</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), in addition to the activities described in subsections (b) and (g), of the amounts apportioned to a State for each fiscal year to carry out this section, not more than 15 percent may be—</text> <subparagraph id="idd0a0fa8326c94959bd54b4a36659dde3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>used on eligible projects under subsection (b) or maintenance activities on roads functionally classified as rural minor collectors or local roads, ice roads, or seasonal roads; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb2f2e61691214b279c35927b3f6b6e33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transferred to—</text> <clause id="id1846c1bfa1204f9db3f9f6631ee26bd4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Appalachian Highway System Program under 14501 of title 40; or</text></clause>
<clause id="id4c7bbc267e0b42dba480122c8d14e346"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Denali access system program under section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id873b9418e77f4fc5b1fce96275e51959"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Amounts allocated under subsection (d) shall not be used to carry out this subsection, except at the request of the applicable metropolitan planning organization.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC10C33C09004413ABDA5289E04E6B0C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Set-Aside</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idA49BB3D73990441291BDDE54945A0F11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 133(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id88386295CA3943378E1B438B588A9299"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id758000023BA04C59A795517E44AAC868"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Reservation of funds</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idA297DFDA2D114BBF87567A0B6B44E817"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for each fiscal year</quote> and all that follows through <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A)(ii) and inserting the following: “for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter—</text>
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<subparagraph id="id1B88D76DB42741648B1C5DFDE13A3DD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall set aside an amount equal to 10 percent to carry out this subsection; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8CAC11FFAF1446B8B8F6A386C22A3942"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id7FFFB4B5460E4CEDA120BE42FD590F79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation within a State</header>
<subparagraph id="id67F7919CE62246098D753887FFD7883B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), funds set aside for a State under paragraph (1) shall be obligated within that State in the manner described in subsection (d), except that, for purposes of this paragraph (after funds are made available under paragraph (5))—</text> <clause id="idAEA608ABEE084FDBBF720ACB0137AE86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of that subsection shall be deemed to be 59 percent; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id3C649556CC4843838351CC78DC0CE925"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (3) of subsection (d) shall not apply.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id14AC753B9E72406EA727BE2F95333E73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local control</header><text>A State may allocate up to 100 percent of the funds referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) if—</text>
<clause id="idEC6D3F991F424E178130726EB96CA695"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State submits to the Secretary a plan that describes—</text> <subclause id="idc9e367f5044544ce99427f56dacc51ca"><enum>(I)</enum><text>how funds will be allocated to counties, metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation planning organizations as described in section 135(m), or local governments;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="ida13a1c6b3d444f47abbb347a84444e41"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how the entities described in subclause (I) will carry out a competitive process to select projects for funding and report selected projects to the State;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id38932960D381429BB2EC703E6EA333A7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the legal, financial, and technical capacity of the entities described in subclause (I);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id942b58ed3015483f83606af7196b97e0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>how input was gathered from the entities described in subclause (I) to ensure those entities will be able to comply with the requirements of this subsection; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id622b2f607b88485ca7608c2791d94b90"><enum>(V)</enum><text>how the State will comply with paragraph (8); and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id6E20D1CC894E44AB8FC1123BE6273769"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary approves the plan submitted under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5C521CA0C4264FEF967D532EB220CD8E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idad225f39c8f54bef81c2ce85dc3d85ae"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Funds set aside under this subsection may be obligated for—</text> <subparagraph id="ide79215f778b541de8b2610a679999aef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>projects or activities described in section 101(a)(29) or 213, as those provisions were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>; 129 Stat. 1312); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id19FAD5DD23A342EB98FC4C3B5A7696F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects and activities under the safe routes to school program under section 208; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idbe787bff52c74c9e983f122fa4baf5dd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities in furtherance of a vulnerable road user safety assessment (as defined in section 148(a)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2E7F60244B1941B09F11FD397451F169"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="idFE4D8454CEB54DAD99F95460F037A2E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A);</text></clause>
<clause id="id929DFA6B73C142C4AACE2D16E2EE31C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (A); </text></clause> <clause id="id93387A337EF64EEB8E04BEAD2B20D94B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subclause id="id58EB2EDAA65D49E1B9414AC7C0DB8A28"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vii) and (viii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively;</text></subclause> <subclause id="idFFFBE9AF9BA0453F8881BEB144C0FE51"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vi) the following:</text>
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<clause id="idB59B0C518F3D4DCBAECEE3907A048AC8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or fewer;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause> <subclause id="id1CD8489768794E908520FE1D2C94F1D5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (viii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>responsible</quote> and all that follows through <quote>programs; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="idDB812B5F6A8C4D70A929DEA22E727633"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (ix) (as so redesignated)—</text> <item id="id630CA040DB19467EB5ED99181387DE1D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>that serves an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000</quote> after <quote>metropolitan planning organization</quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="id4E4DDD227A3C4FBDACED50B73B817C25"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="id57F28D9D3E4345ACAB720A62F36F73F6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="idE59ED9AD1C54490D9939C5964570B0E1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>a State, at the request of an entity described in clauses (i) through (ix).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause> <clause id="idF713BCC8723E491197A55C5A74E4C732"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idC8E7EAB5EE304152B5EE53D5914DCCE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive process</header><text>A State or metropolitan planning organization required to obligate funds in accordance with paragraph (2) shall develop a competitive process to allow eligible entities to submit projects for funding that achieve the objectives of this subsection. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id93EA414C31E140599C8DAEA699C9E844"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>A metropolitan planning organization for an area described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) shall select projects under the competitive process described in subparagraph (B) in consultation with the relevant State. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA2534A9A4A664F30A63536706334B645"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The competitive process described in subparagraph (B) shall include prioritization of project location and impact in high-need areas as defined by the State, such as low-income, transit-dependent, rural, or other areas.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA609B748202141FABAF858CCB20716EF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by striking <quote>reserved under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>set aside under this subsection</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id364921AD9D404D9CB97FB0B41EA16D9B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="id221A9521C0BC407EABBF3C83F5BF2328"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>reserved</quote> and inserting <quote>set aside</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idC80339D598E14C8B9E21A017F8E21120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08A3BC8332E14A528E0EB5A2E284D748"> <subparagraph id="id7F2915BEAF2F442F92E4729855EDBD32"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Improving accessibility and efficiency</header> <clause id="id75FBEFA6EB4C4FF2A9D07754FA9E22F5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may use an amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the funds set aside for the State under this subsection, after allocating funds in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), to improve the ability of applicants to access funding for projects under this subsection in an efficient and expeditious manner by providing—</text>
<subclause id="idFB85EC53AA7B4514AB13B2EF4E1846D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to applicants for projects under this subsection application assistance, technical assistance, and assistance in reducing the period of time between the selection of the project and the obligation of funds for the project; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id33A7BBE74DEE4C4DBF36BE75766865EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>funding for 1 or more full-time State employee positions to administer this subsection.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id4E3AFBF425A04E028C44F22DC095F9DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Amounts used under clause (i) may be expended—</text> <subclause id="idDFF391B3D53740B2AE5C8DEC24135378"><enum>(I)</enum><text>directly by the State; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id45E220C763C5414C9971CAEE296ADB85"><enum>(II)</enum><text>through contracts with State agencies, private entities, or nonprofit entities.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id03A6CA2CF88D48168A04ECE9AD5D9821"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB5C0A76C075A4C589D3880B01354ADBB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1FBE79411DC4D7ABD8AB7A853DE1393"> <paragraph id="idF2A855A7C8E943F5952E8FA3A6FCE31E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph id="idac4b1f433e314c57a1f751d4a7b463fb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required aggregate non-Federal share</header><text>The average annual non-Federal share of the total cost of all projects for which funds are obligated under this subsection in a State for a fiscal year shall be not less than the average non-Federal share of the cost of the projects that would otherwise apply.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idcef00a889a82498790bfa320de3c634b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Flexible financing</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (A), notwithstanding section 120—</text> <clause id="id2c35acf8ded74d11a2f985eaaa4f09df"><enum>(i)</enum><text>funds made available to carry out section 148 may be credited toward the non-Federal share of the costs of a project under this subsection if the project—</text>
<subclause id="idE38AE8B88BC14DFD927D5641861F275D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an eligible project described in section 148(e)(1); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="idF89A1E6189A04EBFA2A0B3EFEA9148E0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is consistent with the State strategic highway safety plan (as defined in section 148(a)); </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id776e889100844cb8b5115adab39aa83a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the non-Federal share for a project under this subsection may be calculated on a project, multiple-project, or program basis; and</text></clause> <clause id="id9b380b36ce0647828452034b17a9034b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Federal share of the cost of an individual project in this section may be up to 100 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0EF835D38C394F078B06E892F45A97E8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Subparagraph (B) shall only apply to a State if the State has adequate financial controls, as certified by the Secretary, to account for the average annual non-Federal share under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idC3F370B52BA2434A84C71E91B4E86BAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="id49E29C7846A14104A08CD4EB37A01B31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>describes</quote> and inserting <quote>includes</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="id358DF652DFDD4B19AFAD137FF54BB584"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="id9aa4afc42b5d4789b34468a106fb310c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of each project selected for funding for each fiscal year, including, for each project—</text> <subclause id="idCF82716B58DB4D85A0FCC459A57CBA05"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the fiscal year during which the project was selected; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="idBA3F474F87C74FC98E3081560AEC642B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the fiscal year in which the project is anticipated to be funded;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id6726321ACC79417D94EEDB8E7751D0CB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the recipient;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id6CB962C91B7C4E86B90D88DE63A212CB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the location, including the congressional district;</text></subclause> <subclause id="idB7BBBD96378941B4AD8772AF078BA782"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the type; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="idFA0153620643426398A4E5FE11C93AFC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the cost; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id6BB03531F0AD499A9EBC600FAD887615"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>a brief description.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id62A90CFBD35A4A989C36716499EAFC3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State transferability</header><text>Section 126(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idEC09160BC28A4273BB867A721F1B6099"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5F42A0FF45DC4644BFF11A242ECD7421"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>reserved for a State under section 133(h) for a fiscal year may</quote> and inserting the following: “set aside for a State under section 133(h) for a fiscal year—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57E2097B557D4446AF6D70595CBDE025"> <subparagraph id="idA384233D0A5E4F8EBE24A9A06D2AD877"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDDC532EECA124CB2AFB68E76E5181FAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD531E7BD793540F3B268BC33DDFEC4AD"> <subparagraph id="idB6C9F1FF2E5D475D82C9681E06C9CE96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may only be transferred if the Secretary certifies that the State—</text>
<clause id="id95a60e8659844742a4d177b5503f66ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text>held a competition in compliance with the guidance issued to carry out section 133(h) and provided sufficient time for applicants to apply;</text></clause> <clause id="id443b89d44b3549daa33bd34ff97024b5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offered to each eligible entity, and provided on request of an eligible entity, technical assistance; and</text></clause>
<clause id="iddf64a175f669411ba6926c72d4a63ab5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>demonstrates that there were not sufficiently suitable applications from eligible entities to use the funds to be transferred.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H5A80E64A9D744DBC96352C2E9FEC3240" changed="not-changed"><enum>1110.</enum><header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HA797BE0014874FCAA4CC119CCDCBD576" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC3C183BC89D74508AE4BC88AE6C4043D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F237DAF14B64212B3599E8B4713149B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>in and across rural and urban areas</quote> after <quote>people</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCAAF421BDDE343B4BB061C188FAFF4BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by inserting <quote>, including highways that support movement of energy equipment</quote> after <quote>security</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H16480445CEFF4C4982FBCB27699D0812" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H86DFAE5826CA49928FDB8480CD8593EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant administration</header><text>The Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H94256539BB204D07985B231CB40F052F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retain not more than a total of 2 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau to review applications for grants under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF7188D96B05C4F39AB613FC20422CB12" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transfer portions of the funds retained under subparagraph (A) to the relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants provided under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id78EEEC33DA2A47AD9C2E5C30B34246C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAC973EB21ED046E7A05A5E72921DF84E"><enum>(A)</enum><text> by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id27D41EC97F264BFF83A1AA9957A2FE41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id3ff7f2fcf745489bb602a662c52cce80"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A multistate corridor organization.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAE5CF24103514FF0AC10724D4C767CBB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3320C8C51FED4B6EAAD14FD72B0EB77C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H53E88BAB94D44CEDAD1BC8A39C72CCF9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(II), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H40A2CD2D2C3547A8A1E50F03F62A8F51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HB8EF5A8B6F894EDBBD820D1438187A13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="HD9426E003019463A8076B7E0611A732C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a wildlife crossing project;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="H93D109E6FA464045993014F70EDE04B6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a surface transportation infrastructure project that—</text>
<subclause id="HFAF2B5FD5FE147ECA774761F45D7BFAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is located within the boundaries of or functionally connected to an international border crossing area in the United States;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF0FF692E821E4EC492FD735A16F8B1B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improves a transportation facility owned by a Federal, State, or local government entity; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H154111048922443CA1D012E8343BB728" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>increases throughput efficiency of the border crossing described in subclause (I), including—</text> <item id="HAA4A2862D1F74C1C87DD6F6FACC95A18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a project to add lanes;</text></item>
<item id="H5827FC2FA210423492A3043608743B7D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a project to add technology; and</text></item> <item id="H488FC0D0DF42456B8AA7258747A95E82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other surface transportation improvements; or</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="H98EAF3364A7A4465A1E10C21B5B07BBD"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a project for a marine highway corridor designated by the Secretary under section 55601(c) of title 46 (including an inland waterway corridor), if the Secretary determines that the project—</text> <subclause id="HF807DFD24C6B45BEAAC0BE197E8B3AED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is functionally connected to the National Highway Freight Network; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2AE92E02079B4AB8A8AB009A0CE8ED68" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is likely to reduce on-road mobile source emissions; and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6705552CAABE400D8ED8ADBF52D1FCB3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HEE156EFC6401463BB3D062AAAB6AF0A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>30 percent</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H533BE58753E74E138876D97F70552FCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020, in the aggregate,</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6EBF9EF6B0704664A6316F4BF333D30E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA37B0E73E5474CC79B1A1F0FDB44758B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>10 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 15 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H539CA23A16664B2AA32E82965D36F54B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H7FAFD65D98E745078B19727002118EE9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3F6C319AFE4B461DB3DCAEB8AFCFEA94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H348D82C13752460D9270CF0E86512732" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HA3AF21C122774A869668B0544D6C53EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the effect of the proposed project on safety on freight corridors with significant hazards, such as high winds, heavy snowfall, flooding, rockslides, mudslides, wildfire, wildlife crossing onto the roadway, or steep grades.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F4CF923B8AF42609E6F898516D3C8DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H731CD5765EAA4784B237D9331CBA1FBD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Of the amounts reserved under paragraph (1), not less than 30 percent shall be used for projects in rural areas (as defined in subsection (i)(3)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE22423ABCECB46A3A487CA6D83A3562A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE72F55ED6B3045D2A7C7884AF497615A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B479DD3F49241729DEE347D3394613E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAAD931AD9A664A138D1A095D8A2865A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H8085421CF4A74212A083DAA136C44D85" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H90E4A2BE40834761833A90C3A44678B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enhancement of freight resilience to natural hazards or disasters, including high winds, heavy snowfall, flooding, rockslides, mudslides, wildfire, wildlife crossing onto the roadway, or steep grades; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idF5A206F44A98452BA2D086451B10CB3F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>whether the project will improve the shared transportation corridor of a multistate corridor organization, if applicable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id5FD094F273EC4A40B782DBF4514B5E39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>prioritizing projects located in States in which neither the State nor an eligible entity in that State has been awarded a grant under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3BF96143610E46B884E5241DDDFEBCF6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2), by striking <quote>other grants under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>grants under subsection (e)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H031F46DD0CBF421DB88B3A8AA73080AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E29647E82F24302A94F184D7FC78DE8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Federal share</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7D5FC58839E4CCF876C0A9C9B0EC6E6" changed="not-changed"> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HD2BF3DF28F6948EBB8F4F71613DCC7B2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Federal assistance</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H99948596CC3E45F193814E7A6D9D720C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H54ADB0440EB242CCB8D363BB0DE855E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or for a grant under subsection (q), the Federal share</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD19B2EB398A64197BBD45BC349942A3A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5B3699BC4247FAB8986FC355091F3C" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H7978768FB9E34019A56CD97D0EB3643F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Small projects</header><text>In the case of a project described in subsection (e)(1), the Federal share of the cost of the project shall be 80 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H696C7C92A559421F9D080EECE5A3D6AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H709663EC2DBA4DC5962887A919D9FA3C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Federal assistance other</quote> and inserting <quote>Except for grants under subsection (q), Federal assistance other</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H29C72C54D25045F5AEAB4D70FCC21959" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>except that the total Federal</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" act-name="" id="H0895ADC94B1A456F9541271F79BA78BC" changed="not-changed"><text>except that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HA5EC25D631FF45CE8BD7B59FB4C3F7B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a State with a population density of not more than 80 persons per square mile of land area, based on the 2010 census, the maximum share of the total Federal assistance provided for a project receiving a grant under this section shall be the applicable share under section 120(b); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HEC029235300E49BE8F5516E080072952"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a State not described in subparagraph (A), the total Federal</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBAD12A7373F64684937EE1E1603A2666" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (k) through (n) as subsections (l), (m), (n), and (p), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3ED303D08F46481DB291B3E952C7E834" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H67ACEBE0C9414351804ED9AF454DD14A"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Efficient use of non-Federal funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0F007D1F681B45088685D53D6CB96A20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to approval by the Secretary under paragraph (2)(B), in the case of any grant for a project under this section, during the period beginning on the date on which the grant recipient is selected and ending on the date on which the grant agreement is signed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF567418B79004D358A02A6330BA94DA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the grant recipient may obligate and expend non-Federal funds with respect to the project for which the grant is provided; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H69E6EB6D92464034A87800B1F2D9E25A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any non-Federal funds obligated or expended in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be credited toward the non-Federal cost share for the project for which the grant is provided.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HCF39DAF979E64CB7AB6C436D47BF872A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D75A8EFFB884CB3A2438C22B82D2DED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>In order to obligate and expend non-Federal funds under paragraph (1), the grant recipient shall submit to the Secretary a request to obligate and expend non-Federal funds under that paragraph, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7965284841F84C5F8B96C8494C77D05F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the activities the grant recipient intends to fund;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HDA24FD2E2E5940BA956A2583F377DDAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a justification for advancing the activities described in clause (i), including an assessment of the effects to the project scope, schedule, and budget if the request is not approved; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HC06BC50E01F044B8BDEC35FC805D4CAA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the level of risk of the activities described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9C9BFB57D14462DBD7610D86E17461F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The Secretary shall approve or disapprove each request submitted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1096F29880D4F09BCE384ACF5FFEF73" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compliance with applicable requirements</header><text>Any non-Federal funds obligated or expended under paragraph (1) shall comply with all applicable requirements, including any requirements included in the grant agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB23D4E5BF94B4C04A19187EB643AC6F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The obligation or expenditure of any non-Federal funds in accordance with this subsection shall not—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H42925BC40B42442C9EC76E1964793810" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affect the signing of a grant agreement or other applicable grant procedures with respect to the applicable grant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA3DA9DA9851447ABB7B4BDB9317E9814" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create an obligation on the part of the Federal Government to repay any non-Federal funds if the grant agreement is not signed; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF28E9C9DA5445B4917172C4BEF9D88B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>affect the ability of the recipient of the grant to obligate or expend non-Federal funds to meet the non-Federal cost share for the project for which the grant is provided after the period described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H889E701B804E4086A351E034FBA21B1A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (n) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H4F939136320143A4BEB79D06CA610DB9"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Applicant notification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H500C0CE17D89477E9CC8B5F48AD8494D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which a grant recipient for a project under this section is selected, the Secretary shall provide to each eligible applicant not selected for that grant a written notification that the eligible applicant was not selected.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H14B9BAA677424FC69F3F1B532CED94CD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>A written notification under paragraph (1) shall include an offer for a written or telephonic debrief by the Secretary that will provide—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H173FF33C76FE492DBF0F35B30DBC60CD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>detail on the evaluation of the application of the eligible applicant; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H352262A0F9B246B191A42B340A53EB24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of and guidance on the reasons the application was not selected for a grant under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD5921D125CB542F3A8000EC29E68EB2B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Response</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H64F94026F6904165B00AE8D39B463C38" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the eligible applicant receives a written notification under paragraph (1), if the eligible applicant opts to receive a debrief described in paragraph (2), the eligible applicant shall notify the Secretary that the eligible applicant is requesting a debrief.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H761590C8CB704957B8596197ED290B79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Debrief</header><text>If the eligible applicant submits a request for a debrief under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide the debrief by not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the request for a debrief.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBFA43F85D2EC4787B2EA68E9459C5F72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by striking subsection (p) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1792889964A446448A7EBFD12885D6F9" changed="not-changed"> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HADF322BACB1442D6AEC7B37A56940FB4"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC2365612BA364104858E0DB01DACA2D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H64DFF921660848F49A1C94D481E0EB11" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary selects a project for funding under this section, 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 describes the reasons for selecting the project, based on any criteria established by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC6409991818348B68ECD249C42832A93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall specify each criterion established by the Secretary that the project meets.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE8A40AD65A7B45CDBF8B8631D7993286" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Transportation the report submitted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B2440D43865444DA6283AB7C8E47E85" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This paragraph applies to all projects described in subparagraph (A) that the Secretary selects on or after October 1, 2021.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H16BA0CD10CB5488D8FBDD1781E051B99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comptroller general</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H16BE100F98EE4D8F863AD5B4AF86F114" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the establishment, solicitation, selection, and justification process with respect to the funding of projects under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE2E567C496DC43259132280647E7A973" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title> and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 describes, for each project selected to receive funding under this section—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H67E71028C7D940AB9854F49F2C8B055D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the process by which each project was selected;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HCC625DFE058740CD8B8817ABEA0D823F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the factors that went into the selection of each project; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H9FF720AF2DDD45219125AD578E644269" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the justification for the selection of each project based on any criteria established by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4A9B417472843CEA72C537873FABAE0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inspector general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title> and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H384E3A51E73144B0A8BF072348BF18A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an assessment of the establishment, solicitation, selection, and justification process with respect to the funding of projects under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B4C1A730DAD4D759156E74E294A0E98" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 final report that describes the findings of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation with respect to the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H18AB8271F3BC4ADEBAE2776721FCC177"><enum>(q)</enum><header>State incentives pilot program</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB433415E161147AD92086C3BD571A1CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a pilot program to award grants to eligible applicants for projects eligible for grants under this section (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE8557E09ED6546B797345FC4165F3ADA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under the pilot program, the Secretary shall give priority to an application that offers a greater non-Federal share of the cost of a project relative to other applications under the pilot program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0CC879407F444BD184A4025A7959E141" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6A6726C9CA874C40AF108831E840A429" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the pilot program may not exceed 50 percent.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8722788E1176452BA5C87973BEFA0253" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No federal involvement</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HFA2635489A774CAD9A3C7219AD61F4EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For grants awarded under the pilot program, except as provided in clause (ii), an eligible applicant may not use Federal assistance to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost under subparagraph (A).</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H14EB1CD132B1438F862903232806C492" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>An eligible applicant may use funds from a secured loan (as defined in section 601(a)) to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost under subparagraph (A) if the loan is repayable from non-Federal funds.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3AA693310B514F2D8737277020D9E93A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reservation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE82CB1EBFF7749898DC57F7744454976" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available to provide grants under this section, the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year $150,000,000 to provide grants under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF0F22591A6F419584FA86D4DEB1C664" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Unutilized amounts</header><text>In any fiscal year during which applications under this subsection are insufficient to effect an award or allocation of the entire amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide other grants under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6E98154A4B734F088D3C83F8A042F303" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Set-asides</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE28EC93A63764B649347150774DA311D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Small projects</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H694C5B43316F4379B0C62F3D29CA8E41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts reserved under paragraph (4)(A), the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year not less than 10 percent for projects eligible for a grant under subsection (e).</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HA8C38E0709F94394807E13FB9BA7FE96" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For a grant awarded from the amount reserved under clause (i)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HACD846B0EEF44FE696E94C656E2B5CF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the requirements of subsection (e) shall apply; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HC1919D34F8844E52A4233AEC2B199764" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the requirements of subsection (g) shall not apply.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H17F5E9CD6DAF4BAF8163BC43EE6750C2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rural projects</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HE719D0DD59D349E095475C968E9B2C7D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts reserved under paragraph (4)(A), the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year not less than 25 percent for projects eligible for a grant under subsection (i).</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H94435F2320EA4342A875D14EAB4A07E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For a grant awarded from the amount reserved under clause (i), the requirements of subsection (i) shall apply.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEEF7139F3CA94EAFAB1B4E33E1C9556F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 describes the administration of the pilot program, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H20AD482B471C4D2E951C0B2B80A82B16" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number, types, and locations of eligible applicants that have applied for grants under the pilot program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC58F07B08F2941D4B4F28C445D68E56B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number, types, and locations of grant recipients under the pilot program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H24C40461E57747158A3AA702ADF3E21D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of whether implementation of the pilot program has incentivized eligible applicants to offer a greater non-Federal share for grants under the pilot program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E8739D1CFAF4AB987AD63B50A484115" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any recommendations for modifications to the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id17371C629EDC496592912A6000BC4E13"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Multistate corridor organization defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>multistate corridor organization</term> means an organization of a group of States developed through cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other arrangements to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for programs and projects to improve transportation system management and operations for a shared transportation corridor.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2763C2A59B1B41EDADCC61B1AA4DABB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Efficient use of non-Federal funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H97EF608740B9493D84E6E3A905AB005E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a grant described in paragraph (2), section 117(k) of title 23, United States Code, shall apply to the grant as if the grant was a grant provided under that section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HED592AC8E87F46FF9C2AF11B138E6741" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant described</header><text>A grant referred to in paragraph (1) is a grant that is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H36DAA4FEFE0542E59A374787FFA00A2A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provided under a competitive discretionary grant program administered by the Federal Highway Administration;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A12B98D7EFD4A48896E1792935DDCD1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a project eligible under title 23, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7D6D5E7951141E88FB5E703A5C293D2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in an amount greater than $5,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id4c62bd1efc0a498385dd0d3155035c6c"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Highway safety improvement program</header> <subsection id="id991080d5158246d98c7c2a6665b61e49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idb0c349380e25466f95c5c06621685dd6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="id9ab6a40ab39846febe152231cdba3d02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B)—</text>
<clause id="idf5a95c225d8b4d77a2886b11db49ff9b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>that provides for the safety of all road users, as appropriate, including a multimodal roundabout</quote> after <quote>improvement</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="idf9b71e25a43c4ab09f4ebe55e653e0ce"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by inserting <quote>or a grade separation project</quote> after <quote>devices</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="id1ab4c1e90f5d4786b1a328795d0b37c9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking clause (viii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id101956075F8648A7BF0390AFB36CD8CD"> <clause id="idfc78ce022597474c9597ce8c338a18b9"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Construction or installation of features, measures, and road designs to calm traffic and reduce vehicle speeds.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="id927f2f7ecf7e49e78bfe3ce044700836"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking clause (xxvi) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA96A75742EEC4AA9ACD60C5F29DD3A28"> <clause id="idA597CBA88220451A8E2578459630F631"><enum>(xxvi)</enum><text>Installation or upgrades of traffic control devices for pedestrians and bicyclists, including pedestrian hybrid beacons and the addition of bicycle movement phases to traffic signals.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="id11c89a2544c3443fa0eb91425660ac5d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking clauses (xxvii) and (xxviii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d2f9ed8f15841e4b695c9a0fb65d5d0"> <clause id="id1e5f6ae074f04df5827c22a920c438f1"><enum>(xxvii)</enum><text>Roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles or between bicyclists and motor vehicles, including medians, pedestrian crossing islands, protected bike lanes, and protected intersection features.</text></clause>
<clause id="id284921a60af04685a297a29a40c5d297"><enum>(xxviii)</enum><text>A pedestrian security feature designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id43d009e3b9484e578ce38b3c9b3ca6d4"><enum>(xxix)</enum><text>A physical infrastructure safety project not described in clauses (i) through (xxviii).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id05bcb2a921fe40b6a0dd873cc2cf6a2d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as paragraphs (10), (12), (13), and (14), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idcdcb53e611f2479088e7375d41d3e786"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id9e23ee6e50ba4cda9fb9e78a84917100"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Safe system approach</header><text>The term <term>safe system approach</term> means a roadway design—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id868a4e748bfb4535a7f36964ca38cd7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that emphasizes minimizing the risk of injury or fatality to road users; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4cf6fb5d0d6e4fc58c8edcd027338ba0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="idd5e339ba455e4023a6681f34150bc076"><enum>(i)</enum><text>takes into consideration the possibility and likelihood of human error;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="ide95eeb380b814e55aee1f2f461245bae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accommodates human injury tolerance by taking into consideration likely accident types, resulting impact forces, and the ability of the human body to withstand impact forces; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id72f81f8d21314ceb868a57d8abf2e47d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>takes into consideration vulnerable road users.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd0ecc5d0a5b74881ab3eebe678e23c4c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (10) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11BD314458D047AD9C6C6782E825D873"> <paragraph id="idCE76482B91004E4C88264B2ADE3E0118"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Specified safety project</header> <subparagraph id="iddf7cd0d6bbb64db4b5fe7892dbf3e819"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>specified safety project</term> means a project carried out for the purpose of safety under any other section of this title that is consistent with the State strategic highway safety plan.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idffa731e3989b47c5bf69a83d9a1e0e0b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>specified safety project</term> includes a project that—</text> <clause id="id844da7c13394454ca54474b1526c4cd4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promotes public awareness and informs the public regarding highway safety matters (including safety for motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians, individuals with disabilities, and other road users);</text></clause>
<clause id="id96571071c5ef4d78a1129eddc9edb4e6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitates enforcement of traffic safety laws;</text></clause> <clause id="id3053eb0a1af14cb49d38919d1e3b6241"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides infrastructure and infrastructure-related equipment to support emergency services;</text></clause>
<clause id="id5d9f5f88e4df41f2a0454dbba6610413"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>conducts safety-related research to evaluate experimental safety countermeasures or equipment; or</text></clause> <clause id="id6076f43e922f43bfb53e144de0b016a6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>supports safe routes to school noninfrastructure-related activities described in section 208(g)(2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1b532e55062d45fc9156261faf692188"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id4C083270F7D948B9B39EFBDCB7DB81F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idC943717ABFC04C8FB269A74852000525"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following;</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95311504fe17428a944487e46ff27040"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id160d445245e34f4b9af92dd551f8db3c"><enum>(G)</enum><text>includes a vulnerable road user safety assessment;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idfc7cc67df44747a4a5ea4bbf0981fd7f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id434dacd73b65400ea4cb564bd263700c"> <paragraph id="id2dede917a2764a3a9e73bcac035d9eb3"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user</header><text>The term <term>vulnerable road user</term> means a nonmotorist—</text>
<subparagraph id="id908d06d6f43f4aaabc07a88f951947b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with a fatality analysis reporting system person attribute code that is included in the definition of the term <term>number of non-motorized fatalities</term> in section 490.205 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd26af84a165b40398b78795b07b9e83a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>described in the term <term>number of non-motorized serious injuries</term> in that section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id69ab2a33c5a84329a94165f2be9859b4"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user safety assessment</header><text>The term <term>vulnerable road user safety assessment</term> means an assessment of the safety performance of the State with respect to vulnerable road users and the plan of the State to improve the safety of vulnerable road users as described in subsection (l).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id6bc18e91374d4989b5e27d0747fd5318"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3fa053aa75b4421583da467e74f1c5bc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>subsections (a)(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(13)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb5ba5ca4062c4ca199d883d8f07cedbe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="idc737cdd9a7174a3b8e8a2d9248bb0543"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(vi), by inserting <quote>and to differentiate the safety data for vulnerable road users, including bicyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians, from other road users</quote> after <quote>crashes</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="id9eb91e9620d74670aa24057c52c456fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>(including motorcyclists), bicyclists, pedestrians,</quote> and inserting <quote>, vulnerable road users (including motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians),</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id3f3f38325a1849f1ae049f13f039334d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text> <subclause id="idaf5395bbb6ad4f7890713ac7c49ad057"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idd7653e4b44eb42068f7a655b4c340f49"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id4344d59633ab4bd39470666619de7736"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="id7bcd13e7b6df4d53b66842708ccf94a3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>improves the ability of the State to differentiate the fatalities and serious injuries of vulnerable road users, including bicyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians, from other road users;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2a2a821ffd514393a9ad6cbc878bff3b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>subsection (a)(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(13)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id015e3159e2c745ac9a7ca7f529f1e91b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id528792eb685749b9bb236d4453eb00f3"> <paragraph id="idfe9f67a0a4d647c0b7475f2da48f8427"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Flexible funding for specified safety projects</header> <subparagraph id="idcd8096a357ad4124a6db0fe986e7f4de"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To advance the implementation of a State strategic highway safety plan, a State may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(3) for a fiscal year to carry out specified safety projects.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4d15a89584dc42a790de07df06577fea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph requires a State to revise any State process, plan, or program in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id529b5e6077544265bf92b04cd0769bdb"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect of paragraph</header> <clause id="id08aa76f75930470c95a950e9d925023c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A project carried out under this paragraph shall be subject to all requirements under this section that apply to a highway safety improvement project.</text></clause>
<clause id="idc0dce329b0ec46b2851bf7b0ddc622a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other apportioned programs</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the use of funds made available under other provisions of this title for a specified safety project that is a noninfrastructure project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida5e54e18377140a09c24c40816d5287e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id7a43c8fd18104f0ebbef6b3a0cea9771"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user safety</header><text>If the total annual fatalities of vulnerable road users in a State represents not less than 15 percent of the total annual crash fatalities in the State, that State shall be required to obligate not less than 15 percent of the amounts apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(3) for the following fiscal year for highway safety improvement projects to address the safety of vulnerable road users.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9e5376e8637b480ebecbec92041f6e1e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="idbeb3d9bc1d824a339dbc798d50314e74"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user safety assessment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ide35826b42e534569a03a01b26aae4fe3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, each State shall complete a vulnerable road user safety assessment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id70f5bfcd956942bbb43a4ef921fb9831"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A vulnerable road user safety assessment under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id56758aacbc8a42ebb12193b6cd032a70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a quantitative analysis of vulnerable road user fatalities and serious injuries that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id2a8f41a651f34189ba5d04ae8b18f950"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes data such as location, roadway functional classification, design speed, speed limit, and time of day;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idf9cbdf4f4a4f49d2827ae147ad6256f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>considers the demographics of the locations of fatalities and serious injuries, including race, ethnicity, income, and age; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id39703b6b36a0476ebf8fa2be0d9350f9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>based on the data, identifies areas as <quote>high-risk</quote> to vulnerable road users; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1b288e1a147340cf9568845a7de7fab1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a program of projects or strategies to reduce safety risks to vulnerable road users in areas identified as high-risk under subparagraph (A)(iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id03781a42e8a841c5b074390a2a8953e6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of data</header><text>In carrying out a vulnerable road user safety assessment under paragraph (1), a State shall use data from the most recent 5-year period for which data is available.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idc44e571e64294abb9454db584f05d903"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out a vulnerable road user safety assessment under paragraph (1), a State shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id7593de096b534aaca1b1eefc16879200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into consideration a safe system approach; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id571c9c6a95754fe9af8230e833aebd6b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult with local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation planning organizations that represent a high-risk area identified under paragraph (2)(A)(iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id8ea826638b0b4e2a8dc4de3f8ae0f08a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Update</header><text>A State shall update the vulnerable road user safety assessment of the State in accordance with the updates required to the State strategic highway safety plan under subsection (d).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idca5eb5dca4bc4103b83117b91bd7d59c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Requirement for transportation system access</header><text>The program of projects developed under paragraph (2)(B) may not degrade transportation system access for vulnerable road users.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idc729455ace564e92a5d9a7cdf30df7a2"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Guidance</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idf7898773dfb34fc29e9d4c6d8dc9319d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop guidance for States to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="iddddd5448af6f4a8ba590bf18d541adfb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the guidance under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with the States and relevant safety stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id3e00c6f5c3b348fc8815bd016af9e21b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High-Risk rural roads</header> <paragraph id="id1eb26227c20041a291e25cd37a3116c5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update the study under section 1112(b)(1) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/148">23 U.S.C. 148</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd3d41808744e4145a865e22b78201e6e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication of report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish on the website of the Department of Transportation an update to the report described in section 1112(b)(2) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/148">23 U.S.C. 148</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id051e6e0bd0df4b70a472c8bd8fe7b1f7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Best practices manual</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the report is published under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall update the best practices manual described in section 1112(b)(3) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/148">23 U.S.C. 148</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H14B54198C56F4B3D9DF5F0554F0D227A" changed="not-changed"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Federal lands transportation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H84941EB6729C48B0AFA0C7D6F4E57A15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(D), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14E6F652C0B840019A4DF1724526634D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="H1A67AAD045454C25ACAA1BB63BAA011E" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H0A2EAB221DFD40D0B43DD7C45B603583"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Native plant materials</header><text>In carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1), the entity carrying out the activity shall consider, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3CE1C8CCE87435089C3464F54283DF3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of locally adapted native plant materials; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14F74D7062EF4D80929880AF7F4FA0A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designs that minimize runoff and heat generation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H3BA71F5C72864998A5E205D8C066DB2E" changed="not-changed"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Federal lands access program</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id7F8B407D362E49CCA5B49E5F2CE63B7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— </text> <paragraph id="id3683c8a46fe2484dad62b750a2e8d41b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(7)(B), by striking <quote>determined in accordance with section 120</quote>, and inserting <quote>be up to 100 percent</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id39f590df66714912ad47a48a47b69604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(8)(A), by striking <quote>5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="id3EE5262103CC465381739BE702F7AE63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal lands access program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F74C382C5FD46E7B4E245E79A2F4BA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB5E88AB51EF74D6F8FF5C9E07065D347" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>context-sensitive solutions,</quote> after <quote>restoration,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F6DE33C839846D2B046916E142FE358" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>, including interpretive panels in or adjacent to those areas</quote> after <quote>areas</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5ECEE6077D7F40BC8CA6E3C2A0047B21" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3C0C3E2D98E423F92BC40B469E1EC95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (ix); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H813C67BEF385422A9EA52C9887D59BE3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H5E2F4FAC10884A5987D37CCE7C191323"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>contextual wayfinding markers;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="H646E3C72B9F64263A72121B56BA59BC3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>landscaping;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="H90183C3B54EE47209342830973D40AAC"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>cooperative mitigation of visual blight, including screening or removal; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H020B9C00E20C4FE28BAF669CE067741A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H9F0FDC0D6E1E4B8C9EE113894524C089"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Native plant materials</header><text>In carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the entity carrying out the activity considers, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph id="H925715EFF11441AAAB77E648625097AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of locally adapted native plant materials; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F45CE64715148E0AFAAE81B710AEF10" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designs that minimize runoff and heat generation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF3D267810E764635BE32DC6A3764D3FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>1114.</enum><header>National highway freight program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 167 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC8760E4A9AB46C5A35A6B09CEE94609" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H49170BE665FA44B8ACB75266376CEA7B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>150 miles</quote> and inserting <quote>300 miles</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88386069C89B4247A51C0D05FA7AE045" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EFC762DC156402ABBB672BC20CA18F2" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HE6B9710A2A074EF3B7BD136B5EA73052"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rural states</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a State with a population per square mile of area that is less than the national average, based on the 2010 census, may designate as critical rural freight corridors a maximum of 600 miles of highway or 25 percent of the primary highway freight system mileage in the State, whichever is greater.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72C74CAC4C0D4307AB9CCFFBE6EF273E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(4), by striking <quote>75 miles</quote> and inserting <quote>150 miles</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC889AEF472E45D99F3C2E585B0E1D3D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(5)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F7FE2FEF9E24B398526850585AA6261" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>10 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>30 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC21DF28D5596425F8E0B2286FF859E6F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64A76E29997941788B60A25011140E58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA50C7703C7364070A6ED8FFC7F177A82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H17AE8B943ECD43119B3F83C43DED13B4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for the modernization or rehabilitation of a lock and dam, if the Secretary determines that the project—</text> <subclause id="H904B7EB26D8E418488EF1CB3F2EBA0AE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is functionally connected to the National Highway Freight Network; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEA42A03798A8437C979F268D74F5D6D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is likely to reduce on-road mobile source emissions; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="H4BFE9F107DC749969DEB1FF001B9F95C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>on a marine highway corridor, connector, or crossing designated by the Secretary under section 55601(c) of title 46 (including an inland waterway corridor, connector, or crossing), if the Secretary determines that the project—</text>
<subclause id="H73429DAB23AA4DD0BAB18E46022F4AF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is functionally connected to the National Highway Freight Network; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC89E3571AC834216A61A114AD67165DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is likely to reduce on-road mobile source emissions.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H5972A108B3F34DF4876861D67FB11CC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>1115.</enum><header>Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 149 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA5D417EA1EF94BCD9F43C9CC942ACA0C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3337BB41C051491ABECF43050967219D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (d) and (m)(1)(B)(ii)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3e520a7c43d74666bae1b917463a22e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by inserting <quote>shared micromobility (including bikesharing and shared scooter systems),</quote> after <quote>carsharing,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3ae1b09c930347acada0b39a80a7fe34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause id="id7f64b76ff7ea460c803504c77bcadf95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="id2d96f9abc80c4dcfa2a4d3c80d39020c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>replacements or</quote> before <quote>retrofits</quote>; </text></subclause> <subclause id="idff1806f1a71a464d84ec88b2d8f0016e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="id8a9208e7cabf47e883299773440b1c1c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>verified technologies (as defined in section 791 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16131">42 U.S.C. 16131</external-xref>)) for motor vehicles (as defined in section 216 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7550">42 U.S.C. 7550</external-xref>)); or</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause> <subclause id="id5DFCD50AFB184D9681C103D1BB140BE1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(II), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id209B2CC3682F42AEBABEF82451F430D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>replacements or</quote> before <quote>retrofits</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idf777bffe755d46afbe89d8c234ff3e94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idf0ed47636e4443a78ae2be13bf730527"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the purchase of medium- or heavy-duty zero emission vehicles and related charging equipment;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B26957946304CE5974E7F48C4263487" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3638C85ED38743589027E799CE906F64" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C899E7EF8444CF99C5F5039BF4A9095" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H66972904CEA0447D8CD690AE935F15E4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>if the project is for the modernization or rehabilitation of a lock and dam that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBD9DE3FBF4B4BA99106DCB984BEBA89" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is functionally connected to the Federal-aid highway system; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EE04F10B9914CEF8D9433719D8AED76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines is likely to contribute to the attainment or maintenance of a national ambient air quality standard; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H99DC124F0B394C8E987BBAC74919A51B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>if the project is on a marine highway corridor, connector, or crossing designated by the Secretary under section 55601(c) of title 46 (including an inland waterway corridor, connector, or crossing) that—</text> <subparagraph id="H289E5990230144A19D4464C0BD3F36BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is functionally connected to the Federal-aid highway system; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H451A8A0A21BD4EDDA16FACD4B3FAF3BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines is likely to contribute to the attainment or maintenance of a national ambient air quality standard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62F8975CEEED44B9A095A9CDE9F57B75" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H3BE290044F794D4888534A9B77A47A7F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Locks and dams; marine highways</header><text>For each fiscal year, a State may not obligate more than 10 percent of the funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(4) for projects described in paragraphs (10) and (11) of subsection (b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id081aeacd11064ab0a723652e56697c3d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(4)(A), by inserting <quote>and nonroad vehicles and nonroad engines used in construction projects or port-related freight operations</quote> after <quote>motor vehicles</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idaafe5a99314a4564af4447199c83ec77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="id66780926621d45ea84d808cee5ef87af"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="id3a6437647f42491daf829b0af650d838"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subparagraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">replacement or</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">retrofit</header-in-text></quote>; </text></clause> <clause id="idB2EDE2A2C20945169F5AB0E841E7D118"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The term <quote>diesel retrofit</quote></quote> and inserting <quote>The term <quote>diesel replacement or retrofit</quote></quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id87e8097d1888406ca93c4cc337ce3ae8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or retrofit</quote> after <quote>replacement</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3358ed1064434f509d460c15fe4f874b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>replacement or</quote> before <quote>retrofit</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ide21f2f6ec70041caadec4b752b07a52c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>replacements or</quote> before <quote>retrofits</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf77bd78734f3449f938b4b5d036e1b06"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(1), by striking <quote>that reduce such fine particulate matter emissions in such area, including diesel retrofits.</quote> and inserting “that—</text>
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<subparagraph id="idbcbc4a213bb54be7b4b599ac79781628"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce such fine particulate matter emissions in such area, including diesel replacements or retrofits; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5eae188728a74726b2a5b73c663dd00b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, prioritize benefits to minority populations or low-income populations living in, or immediately adjacent to, such area.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide41fee41e2b34a22a75b7dd7c01b9ea1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (l), by adding at the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id666104fc1cc24c77893df5cfb81fecd1"> <paragraph id="idbd21bedd14974cb1828a3be527f10959"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance to metropolitan planning organizations</header> <subparagraph id="idE6364B8BE0A8499F9FA2CBEF98DDBE7D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the request of a metropolitan planning organization, the Secretary may assist the metropolitan planning organization tracking progress made in minority or low-income populations as part of a performance plan under this subsection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id06799033B6D8409FA99D457E61403F1B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph provides the Secretary the authority—</text> <clause id="id869480664458430D887CFFD623315159"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to change the performance measures under section 150(c)(5) or the performance targets established under section 134(h)(2) or 150(d); or</text></clause>
<clause id="idC798DC609FB14B3F9EC5A8F907B3BDEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to establish any other Federal requirement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0B9237EA74B645349412EF8D65363E80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H7F5B5FADFF13403CAB5E124E80F3041D"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Operating assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1287C773DA9847B99B20189E6AA26DE8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may obligate funds apportioned under section 104(b)(4) in an area of the State that is otherwise eligible for obligations of such funds for operating costs—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H967B9D85117D449FA69B3ADDEC620880" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 49; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DB564225A94462D8053C085FB108A01" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H8BE9BA3D6B1F43D3B6DC2D4742CDC72C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a system for which CMAQ funding was eligible, made available, obligated, or expended in fiscal year 2012; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HEE8EAC8AC66F4394BF8783D94D59B89A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a State-supported Amtrak route with a valid cost-sharing agreement under section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/24101">49 U.S.C. 24101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/432">Public Law 110–432</external-xref>) and no current nonattainment areas under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H389A159E33E34915ACF98E087D247C82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No time limitation</header><text>Operating assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall have no imposed time limitation if the operating assistance is for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H89B86BCE5DD74BFAB71265B8C86AAFB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a route described in subparagraph (B)(ii) of that paragraph; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8B0485B87A7C4625954FE661CD563932" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a transit system that is located in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4734E3D96A0A46D3AD1EAD2839E168BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a non-urbanized area; or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H33ACD61D2B5146B797C1AC1161A3A7BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or fewer.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9A0DAB7D829244D6B262F7D3FDA551A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>1116.</enum><header>Alaska Highway</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="HED976A911BF34D3AB70A30E9234499F2" changed="not-changed"> <section changed="not-changed" id="H75F9C7A7446D4264B0836FA061BBABF8"><enum>218.</enum><header>Alaska Highway</header> <subsection id="HD6272444312C4022A3076040341F3D14" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Recognizing the benefits that will accrue to the State of Alaska and to the United States from the reconstruction of the Alaska Highway from the Alaskan border at Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory, to Haines Junction in Canada and the Haines Cutoff Highway from Haines Junction in Canada to Haines, Alaska, the Secretary may provide for the necessary reconstruction of the highway using funds awarded through an applicable competitive grant program, if the highway meets all applicable eligibility requirements for the program, except for the specific requirements established by the agreement for the Alaska Highway Project between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada. In addition to the funds described in the previous sentence, notwithstanding any other provision of law and on agreement with the State of Alaska, the Secretary is authorized to expend on such highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System any Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to the State of Alaska under this title at a Federal share of 100 per centum. No expenditures shall be made for the construction of the portion of such highways that are in Canada unless an agreement is in place between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States (including an agreement in existence on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>) that provides, in part, that the Canadian Government—</text>
<paragraph id="H50E4B3F7A85F4B76816CE58B57695C23" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>will provide, without participation of funds authorized under this title, all necessary right-of-way for the reconstruction of such highways;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6301F0A4CE6E47338DA45D4774682F61" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will not impose any highway toll, or permit any such toll to be charged for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18F58B02E1FA4E6C834CB140B5755004" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>will not levy or assess, directly or indirectly, any fee, tax, or other charge for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons from the United States that does not apply equally to vehicles or persons of Canada;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0156F4D4B20248E9A099DBCAA5387902" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>will continue to grant reciprocal recognition of vehicle registration and driver's licenses in accordance with agreements between the United States and Canada; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC0083F8867D437EA8B5E660C60E1499" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>will maintain such highways after their completion in proper condition adequately to serve the needs of present and future traffic.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H32D39DBD51CF48DCA88A7C03740CF2CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The survey and construction work undertaken in Canada pursuant to this section shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA2A1A8FD4F742B08CFAAB8658A1E27F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>Alaska Marine Highway System</term> includes all existing or planned transportation facilities and equipment in Alaska, including the lease, purchase, or construction of vessels, terminals, docks, floats, ramps, staging areas, parking lots, bridges and approaches thereto, and necessary roads.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA459AD2FCAE4453C9D63E4848AF077F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries</header> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="idC43C526F0129443B81CC69D8CACE51CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities, whether toll or free,</quote> and inserting <quote>the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities (including ferry maintenance facilities), whether toll or free, and the procurement of transit vehicles used exclusively as an integral part of an intermodal ferry trip,</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id67C61D489926457280837A6DD3FA58E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Diesel fuel ferry vessels</header>
<paragraph id="ida2f388a1774e4bbb900451908d31a707"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 147(b), in the case of a project to replace or retrofit a diesel fuel ferry vessel that provides substantial emissions reductions, the Federal share of the cost of the project may be up to 85 percent, as determined by the State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd7676c6a8f5944a088ff1036c0f2fb2e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authority provided by paragraph (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2025.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H718B557992C845A2913352FA8883AD80" changed="not-changed"><enum>1118.</enum><header>Bridge investment program</header>
<subsection id="HF13A8360083444E590A8700C5798485C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</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 inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/123">section 123</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6472E444C4D44B6FBAA7D0C6BD1054BC" changed="not-changed"> <section changed="not-changed" id="H5FA1DB95C49547C49717EEF96BEADD5C"><enum>124.</enum><header>Bridge investment program</header> <subsection id="H5520182F7BE148DFB3E160FDBD01777D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDAAC0B76F7974DE6914F6B1539F1758F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible project</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B8E130AA024494FA3BD07214C9DD925" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible project</term> means a project to replace, rehabilitate, preserve, or protect 1 or more bridges on the National Bridge Inventory under section 144(b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F7A1CB0EEA142A89D332FBEC443CBA9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>eligible project</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H65EB35BA00E548F6AF121CF55BAABBEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a bundle of projects described in subparagraph (A), regardless of whether the bundle of projects meets the requirements of section 144(j)(5); and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HCCCCB9DBFEAF4B48AAAFA37169338E32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a project to replace or rehabilitate culverts for the purpose of improving flood control and improved habitat connectivity for aquatic species.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H63018ABF715B4F65B462990E006BD415" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Large project</header><text>The term <term>large project</term> means an eligible project with total eligible project costs of greater than $100,000,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H915FF51480F04199B13851D8ABFBACFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the bridge investment program established by subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFCAFCCF60914ED48C4512E38100E9DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of bridge investment program</header>
<paragraph id="H7CC76CB19A8E41A0B8DAADF6CBBA6D89" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established a bridge investment program to provide financial assistance for eligible projects under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84D257ACC88E4F4DA7AB526D1D88C286" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the program shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H337E4ECC9EF741A087635C1E03BAFF13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H238AD6B464ED4656A0C3A56F71944832" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve the condition of bridges in the United States by reducing—</text>
<clause id="H651A51D8C62F4EFF81D7E490FF1806F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of bridges—</text> <subclause id="H2D33CA77CA614882A68571A163CAD124" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in poor condition; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H420465B0FB46448B8CD8E20DE4186A95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next 3 years;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H2A8079E0A1D540D7892CA01D58C389B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total person miles traveled over bridges—</text>
<subclause id="HBE45361A800B42D8A840264B5E324865" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in poor condition; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF29ADCB36BDE49EDACB052BAF4160E42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next 3 years;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H01ABA75DD2794BA18615356C5F787284" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of bridges that—</text> <subclause id="HFE95D502CD0441D98D7B27304FE1CBB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>do not meet current geometric design standards; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD8DC5E88CDA64EE6A91252D67A9A2327" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cannot meet the load and traffic requirements typical of the regional transportation network; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC74540F115FB412AA39647FF55427086" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the total person miles traveled over bridges that—</text>
<subclause id="HA5805A70B4EB43FCB7E48A43F7E46728" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>do not meet current geometric design standards; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H04F2944949954504803244997ED5DE23" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cannot meet the load and traffic requirements typical of the regional transportation network; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DB608A3971D4473A6F64A40633E761E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide financial assistance that leverages and encourages non-Federal contributions from sponsors and stakeholders involved in the planning, design, and construction of eligible projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF79D99D8451E4199AB78DD30FF348D1B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant authority</header> <paragraph id="H69F43D765280430D9BBBB714D394381D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary may award grants, on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H930308AC6278429AA801485C76C664C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, a grant under the program shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H2C2B93A844944ED5B4B325A044A5FD03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a large project, in an amount that is—</text>
<clause id="HA5345476BAAB441287FE73CA3BCF52D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate to fully fund the project (in combination with other financial resources identified in the application); and</text></clause> <clause id="H581798060CF74AA4B4D8EFE3F61BBEAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than $50,000,000; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0393903BCF2E4CD1941BBA1650E13C29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of any other eligible project, in an amount that is—</text> <clause id="H7F09571B2E76413C9EA18C51CEF42C29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate to fully fund the project (in combination with other financial resources identified in the application); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H929BB14C370F45A1A47F205859ED0FA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less than $2,500,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E9941BD2A4A4DCDB0D215D08D6127BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, for an eligible project receiving assistance under the program, the amount of assistance provided by the Secretary under this section, as a share of eligible project costs, shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H350D85D1957D48FA897B92B10DC29384" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a large project, not more than 50 percent; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H241977B25F854453B69B099BC4848576" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of any other eligible project, not more than 80 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H676550356156436E9A0044AE1E72E49C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="HE6BBB0F4738541B09BF120A34481AABC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Maximum Federal involvement</header><text>Federal assistance other than a grant under the program may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is made, except that the total Federal assistance provided for a project receiving a grant under the program may not exceed the Federal share for the project under section 120.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C49585221A14D1F976A5CAD69B3C4EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Off-system bridges</header><text>In the case of an eligible project for an off-system bridge (as defined in section 133(f)(1))—</text>
<clause id="HDB4BE22F3D634A0CB53BF8A91A86D1EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal assistance other than a grant under the program may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of a project; and</text></clause> <clause id="H64A970D33DE747949F217A997E08ECB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the total Federal assistance provided for the project shall not exceed 90 percent of the total eligible project costs.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50BCB4A742D04D3AB7ED62DDDE395D82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal land management agencies and Tribal governments</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal funds other than Federal funds made available under this section may be used to pay the remaining share of the cost of a project under the program by a Federal land management agency or a Tribal government or consortium of Tribal governments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0C7124586314A619EC2DFEC31B7C046" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Considerations</header> <subparagraph id="H35D1B063DCC34E149599FEE198CA07FF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In awarding grants under the program, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<clause id="H78FA2F0EF6A847C3A87FE665A7BF1F07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a large project, the ratings assigned under subsection (g)(5)(A);</text></clause> <clause id="H7C95BB17FA7C4A31916601CBC368DD1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible project other than a large project, the quality rating assigned under subsection (f)(3)(A)(ii);</text></clause>
<clause id="H3A13E8B104FC4F9B8C42310BCF7C4DEB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average daily person and freight throughput supported by the eligible project;</text></clause> <clause id="H0C4F72AE006943349C0AC38883C4B615" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number and percentage of bridges within the same State as the eligible project that are in poor condition;</text></clause>
<clause id="H080BBA5372B64397995997BBFD1C5478" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the extent to which the eligible project demonstrates cost savings by bundling multiple bridge projects;</text></clause> <clause id="HCEE29D99BC134C5C93254D8D2C6F2381" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible project of a Federal land management agency, the extent to which the grant would reduce a Federal liability or Federal infrastructure maintenance backlog;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE87F25781AC743BCAB01FF039D67269D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>geographic diversity among grant recipients, including the need for a balance between the needs of rural and urban communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H59BC939C67CE411D8F0150BD7EEE43F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the extent to which a bridge that would be assisted with a grant—</text>
<subclause id="H91A386F6468D4213998FF52200A7D563" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is, without that assistance—</text> <item id="H0421AE4A64C147DDB1CA5F2D5E20C889" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>at risk of falling into or remaining in poor condition; or</text></item>
<item id="H31602C834CBD44DCBBCD41D1608DE7A7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next 3 years;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H408ABFB73F4B4C4DA8C8301BFFDA2B99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not meet current geometric design standards based on—</text>
<item id="H974C13F3CF36432E9A00FF421FB3D20E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the current use of the bridge; or</text></item> <item id="HC59A5BC20E114E1FA217F9A7AF1DB062" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>load and traffic requirements typical of the regional corridor or local network in which the bridge is located; or</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H059EFCA781E1438BAEAE7C8058077AA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>does not meet current seismic design standards.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D07ADB52D144A7390EEB2E818E6124F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HA5D65403BC06474791D0E066D23C8F6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>give priority to an application for an eligible project that is located within a State for which—</text> <subclause id="HE09676653F1B4C5E88756B1DD67ACE49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 or more applications for eligible projects within the State were submitted for the current fiscal year and an average of 2 or more applications for eligible projects within the State were submitted in prior fiscal years of the program; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8FD37D1E002C47D2A1EFC7262FEF1E97" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fewer than 2 grants have been awarded for eligible projects within the State under the program;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8D789DD375924D19A7FE3DC4566BF691" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, for each State described in clause (i), select—</text>
<subclause id="H7CCF4F65A9B5421A87D900AB1CEC3BBD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not fewer than 1 large project that the Secretary determines is justified under the evaluation under subsection (g)(4); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H548C52ED2B85481694DADF781A6E5BAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>2 eligible projects that are not large projects that the Secretary determines are justified under the evaluation under subsection (f)(3); and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HAAB33B03F49348379BA6196884EFF022" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not be required to award a grant for an eligible project that the Secretary does not determine is justified under an evaluation under subsection (f)(3) or (g)(4).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H64BDAE0B660942F595A3D251FB0E64B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Culvert limitation</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available for each fiscal year for grants under the program may be used for eligible projects that consist solely of culvert replacement or rehabilitation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0C178405C86440D28C323A048E9695E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under the program to any of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H8F9182128CE345EF91AA93BA8E881D4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A State or a group of States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FEEBDE4492C4A2B8CC3A9323FB3E89C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area (as designated by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of over 200,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H166EC35D50684548B69CC6E5510C197C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A unit of local government or a group of local governments.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC850413C77054FF5909E82A0500523B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A political subdivision of a State or local government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05E39B4B573D4545A1195BB4EB479C19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD15BD7F6308243318FDCA8FA58389A13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A Federal land management agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCE3416F982740749CC3CCD10EB4BCE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F8DEED75B764F1B842DDD9892EDEB94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (7).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3B2A5103110F44718727A5BCD37AAFA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible project requirements</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under the program only to an eligible entity for an eligible project that—</text>
<paragraph id="H92DD5E5329D74D979AFF566679AD706B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a large project, the Secretary recommends for funding in the annual report on funding recommendations under subsection (g)(6), except as provided in subsection (g)(1)(B);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0133BAFABF8C4C229162034DDD4BD11E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is reasonably expected to begin construction not later than 18 months after the date on which funds are obligated for the project; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC06FC475F2849D7B4A9CDDCB3A035CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is based on the results of preliminary engineering.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE8DEE64DBE0A4B00BD8F36D9C18E3A50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Competitive process and evaluation of eligible projects other than large projects</header> <paragraph id="HF3A0B014102C408D86E95C58BD40B32C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Competitive process</header> <subparagraph id="HCE8986D92C2A484BBA08FE33C3B27B8C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H2B492E7ECEB84CDEBEFEC86A35483AAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the first fiscal year for which funds are made available for obligation under the program, not later than 60 days after the date on which the template under subparagraph (B)(i) is developed, and in subsequent fiscal years, not later than 60 days after the date on which amounts are made available for obligation under the program, solicit grant applications for eligible projects other than large projects; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1C40BBBED2244A099F02E5611D3C0C7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 120 days after the date on which the solicitation under clause (i) expires, conduct evaluations under paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01E1B7F2E3CA46DDAB36F6369F7E6B72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H9CC8949CCD94436D8E9BE0A873CF2E36" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop a template for applicants to use to summarize project needs and benefits, including benefits described in paragraph (3)(B)(i); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H065B941661804E0BBD55DF9C070E92F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enable applicants to use data from the National Bridge Inventory under section 144(b) to populate templates described in clause (i), as applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2CC6BF256774DF79542FD700768EAA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A9246343C96430A8A638E49608B6040" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="HC5BD746F60CC403796430056433CE952" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Prior to providing a grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H7EA6A592F9EB421FA9C1D631FA64BE5B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conduct an evaluation of each eligible project for which an application is received under this subsection; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFB843B79B80A4C78BD9203DE5C1DF7A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assign a quality rating to the eligible project on the basis of the evaluation under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8ABEEDE9F090431489ECB8DCF54C4391" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out an evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H9FEC2FCD3AB64B6B93418C2C4DE4844A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider information on project benefits submitted by the applicant using the template developed under paragraph (1)(B)(i), including whether the project will generate, as determined by the Secretary—</text> <subclause id="HA7B3CFE5B93D4009B9C215BD81DA6556" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>costs avoided by the prevention of closure or reduced use of the bridge to be improved by the project;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5AE98CEC611942E58E72864A06850CC5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a bundle of projects, benefits from executing the projects as a bundle compared to as individual projects;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5CDDAFE7642B4A88A24983753CE79D49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>safety benefits, including the reduction of accidents and related costs;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H28FECAF84CE9469282FF6DBB7890CB9F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>person and freight mobility benefits, including congestion reduction and reliability improvements;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H12FB2FE022C64B5ABB27AA3179A732F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>national or regional economic benefits;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5FBC572E3EA44C539F40BAD6A6A41E84" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>benefits from long-term resiliency to extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3C782D6472BF408CA4611EAE07C1A57C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>benefits from protection (as described in section 133(b)(10)), including improving seismic or scour protection;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H400212118217465CA854F15D1DB6AAFC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>environmental benefits, including wildlife connectivity;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5A9464C246BA4EFC9E423D6861B4F243" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>benefits to nonvehicular and public transportation users;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0AEF0CEFD1F64CA59100C8878A3EDBE1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(X)</enum><text>benefits of using—</text> <item id="H039998EEE0C549CC80474D3EC1226F6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>innovative design and construction techniques; or</text></item>
<item id="H463D9B71022E458994FA76E923443805" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>innovative technologies; or</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="HD12781B8DC284FE7BAD927814AE9D846" changed="not-changed"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>reductions in maintenance costs, including, in the case of a federally owned bridge, cost savings to the Federal budget; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H11FE07A2A9D44ED9A13F1F63106FF01B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider whether and the extent to which the benefits, including the benefits described in clause (i), are more likely than not to outweigh the total project costs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAF310DB420294D85962AEFF396D716C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Competitive process, evaluation, and annual report for large projects</header> <paragraph id="id5798BF73C3844BA6A0B3B55CDF7AB0BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id87CFF928DEDD47DA9387FEB445FCB695"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an annual date by which an eligible entity submitting an application for a large project shall submit to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require, including information described in paragraph (2), in order for a large project to be considered for a recommendation by the Secretary for funding in the next annual report under paragraph (6).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id04c785cab643441da8ccf5944d0b2ffd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>First fiscal year</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for the first fiscal year for which funds are made available for obligation for grants under the program, the Secretary may establish a date by which an eligible entity submitting an application for a large project shall submit to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require, including information described in paragraph (2), in order for a large project to be considered for immediate execution of a grant agreement. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94B440EA22744F3FBB91D87249F32231" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information required</header><text>The information referred to in paragraph (1) includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCF5C0B8C8334E78A038DEF393FB3605" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all necessary information required for the Secretary to evaluate the large project; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99738C05B74D431EB8A3B8B1A66D1C12" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information sufficient for the Secretary to determine that—</text>
<clause id="HEF3E0BDB850541B396950A6686B0C971" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the large project meets the applicable requirements under this section; and</text></clause> <clause id="H94354EEB22A442D3A9C30AB5BC6094CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>there is a reasonable likelihood that the large project will continue to meet the requirements under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FED66BB7C65455D897AC86387D68618" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination; notice</header><text>On making a determination that information submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1) is sufficient, the Secretary shall provide a written notice of that determination to—</text> <subparagraph id="H9A7A68D4649642619EE11536D464536F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the eligible entity that submitted the application;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDA48A2510DC47C2BEB6055D1ADFB3E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7861A094B93247209FCF1112D4154621" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB9E802F759C4D6CB797F8DCB9DC457B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary may recommend a large project for funding in the annual report under paragraph (6), or, in the case of the first fiscal year for which funds are made available for obligation for grants under the program, immediately execute a grant agreement for a large project, only if the Secretary evaluates the proposed project and determines that the project is justified because the project—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBBDB93E811C493FA7929F3C20E86FCA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>addresses a need to improve the condition of the bridge, as determined by the Secretary, consistent with the goals of the program under subsection (b)(2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01625BAC83114A87AEE74C5C9C9E1FF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will generate, as determined by the Secretary—</text> <clause id="HA5C71BD852E144B4B626EFE9319944F8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>costs avoided by the prevention of closure or reduced use of the bridge to be improved by the project;</text></clause>
<clause id="H16B1A85DA3B94994B0A26E94BB4714CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a bundle of projects, benefits from executing the projects as a bundle compared to as individual projects;</text></clause> <clause id="HE5DCE88C83D24A2CAA752E040EE9BB47" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>safety benefits, including the reduction of accidents and related costs;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAD8F3FA834EC49649359CD01293ED48F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>person and freight mobility benefits, including congestion reduction and reliability improvements;</text></clause> <clause id="H6EBADDF343B949BAB2CA480E02EEFE4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>national or regional economic benefits;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFA80FB8111A04ADA87E95CA8EAC2D2FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>benefits from long-term resiliency to extreme weather events, flooding, or other natural disasters;</text></clause> <clause id="HC40424FF5F154799B6266C3B9C0DB8DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>benefits from protection (as described in section 133(b)(10)), including improving seismic or scour protection;</text></clause>
<clause id="H16908773282547038999821B98DDE430" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>environmental benefits, including wildlife connectivity;</text></clause> <clause id="HC13408A57FAF488196DAD6116906ED8F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>benefits to nonvehicular and public transportation users;</text></clause>
<clause id="H790456D73CF04BA39124C5FF0B567445" changed="not-changed"><enum>(x)</enum><text>benefits of using—</text> <subclause id="H0B738DA2667C40628664F81DFC13BBC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>innovative design and construction techniques; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8D6505991B054A79A9791CE7107DD1A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>innovative technologies; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H6B038D8E3A354D378CCB723CF29A90C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>reductions in maintenance costs, including, in the case of a federally owned bridge, cost savings to the Federal budget;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF760AF36B4F34B98B31AA4F7577FB438" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is cost effective based on an analysis of whether the benefits and avoided costs described in subparagraph (B) are expected to outweigh the project costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB96F3E8CEDB46CB8AEBC9B2AB94F7A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is supported by other Federal or non-Federal financial commitments or revenues adequate to fund ongoing maintenance and preservation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94319EB0370D4AAAAFDB6C8F7A2AD13F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is consistent with the objectives of an applicable asset management plan of the project sponsor, including a State asset management plan under section 119(e) in the case of a project on the National Highway System that is sponsored by a State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32825ADF5A6046409096815A6883BE93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Ratings</header> <subparagraph id="H80582A94AFE34DB586FA45D2B54DA2A1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a methodology to evaluate and rate a large project on a 5-point scale (the points of which include <quote>high</quote>, <quote>medium-high</quote>, <quote>medium</quote>, <quote>medium-low</quote>, and <quote>low</quote>) for each of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H24D106F759C741D78694DA9F1ACCD54A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(B);</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HBFD343F6449E4A46B23288F9D5D0D07A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(C); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H558CBF253FD14887B87875B8C9DE359C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(D).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97F6ADF284E54732A735982CF49FF326" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To be considered justified and receive a recommendation for funding in the annual report under paragraph (6), a project shall receive a rating of not less than <quote>medium</quote> for each rating required under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id24ebff8cba25435bb6de0ced5b3795ad"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interim methodology</header><text>In the first fiscal year for which funds are made available for obligation for grants under the program, the Secretary may establish an interim methodology to evaluate and rate a large project for each of—</text> <clause id="ide3c9cfd18bae40ddae3d63d26561940c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(B);</text></clause>
<clause id="idbac6635b12af4e75ac67bd30996ad784"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(C); and</text></clause> <clause id="id7c921893a5a34ca5be47d2303c9dbf8b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>paragraph (4)(D). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B132F0374DC49AB904165400A168D20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Annual report on funding recommendations for large projects</header>
<subparagraph id="HBFC85D1CD92042558AD911B670A3CE0E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Appropriations of the Senate a report that includes—</text> <clause id="HD8776D6EBDAD40D8A143577F3A7AB454" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of large projects that have requested a recommendation for funding under a new grant agreement from funds anticipated to be available to carry out this subsection in the next fiscal year;</text></clause>
<clause id="H38EDE3BBE32D4A219F3CABA3B8C15DC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the evaluation under paragraph (4) and ratings under paragraph (5) for each project referred to in clause (i);</text></clause> <clause id="H1AB88DDC05F84D4EAC4C5A3FC1E293E8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the grant amounts that the Secretary recommends providing to large projects in the next fiscal year, including—</text>
<subclause id="H0342998F8AAC46448A0BE8F68CF5CE58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>scheduled payments under previously signed multiyear grant agreements under subsection (j);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9B897F9FC2AE4E31B4C1305876D00C60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>payments for new grant agreements, including single-year grant agreements and multiyear grant agreements; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC1FB7AE808694C05AA42CF25F0304DEA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a description of how amounts anticipated to be available for the program from the Highway Trust Fund for that fiscal year will be distributed; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0115FB3827014344A5F58B9DAD29204B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for each project for which the Secretary recommends a new multiyear grant agreement under subsection (j), the proposed payout schedule for the project.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H371E5EFA953049638F6DC286DAAB2609" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<clause id="H9C0BB01E19934BA9B4610B82C60E14D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not recommend in an annual report under this paragraph a new multiyear grant agreement provided from funds from the Highway Trust Fund unless the Secretary determines that the project can be completed using funds that are anticipated to be available from the Highway Trust Fund in future fiscal years.</text></clause> <clause id="H7EF9D1AB1518444E91907BAA201D64FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>General fund projects</header><text>The Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="HD07D19623296481DA7F5A91D6E2A0FE8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may recommend for funding in an annual report under this paragraph a large project using funds from the general fund of the Treasury; but</text></subclause> <subclause id="HEDD22B04CAEB4EFFBBE914CDB3306262" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall not execute a grant agreement for that project unless—</text>
<item id="HC886625F1B0A43448339E7B0B5725F66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>funds other than from the Highway Trust Fund have been made available for the project; and</text></item> <item id="H9611BAAF058245A19825A2A53F214412" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the project can be completed using funds other than from the Highway Trust Fund that are anticipated to be available in future fiscal years.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H753D7914C00F4868BDE97BC17CA4D08B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting projects to recommend for funding in the annual report under this paragraph, or, in the case of the first fiscal year for which funds are made available for obligation for grants under the program, projects for immediate execution of a grant agreement, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H2705142FE0124A299DDD49AEDB932007" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider the amount of funds available in future fiscal years for multiyear grant agreements as described in subparagraph (B); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE4823BF2505843AF991A1FFF67F342A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assume the availability of funds in future fiscal years for multiyear grant agreements that extend beyond the period of authorization based on the amount made available for large projects under the program in the last fiscal year of the period of authorization.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D2CF17C99694BC5A477B9A53FD8EA0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Project diversity</header><text>In selecting projects to recommend for funding in the annual report under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure diversity among projects recommended based on—</text>
<clause id="HC9DA2907A32D4A25A2792D97E1E0F735" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the grant requested; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9E11866C8B324D91A9673E96874C5C0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>grants for an eligible project for 1 bridge compared to an eligible project that is a bundle of projects.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7AA049299FF4A56A672BB8C8695DB22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header><text>A grant received for an eligible project under the program may be used for—</text> <paragraph id="H89322E5462D34DA8AB661C2847338124" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10B54CA6CEF64FBC872AC4B29E0A08C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 improvements directly related to improving system performance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E0E9F5835CD46D08D18EB4283D6D120" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expenses related to the protection (as described in section 133(b)(10)) of a bridge, including seismic or scour protection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC208AC354BBC43AD82AB934FDF359E41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TIFIA program</header><text>On the request of an eligible entity carrying out an eligible project, the Secretary may use amounts awarded to the entity to pay subsidy and administrative costs necessary to provide to the entity Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 with respect to the eligible project for which the grant was awarded.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H20DCB5246E3E495D972EA7656DE3C9AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Multiyear grant agreements for large projects</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB9204BC6F7E14C67AF8399D2DF3CE68A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A large project that receives a grant under the program in an amount of not less than $100,000,000 may be carried out through a multiyear grant agreement in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFCC121BCB234131B519C8428B044AAB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A multiyear grant agreement for a large project described in paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H658B0ECAB1C648D1A1BE0E5FFEBBBC0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish the terms of participation by the Federal Government in the project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5692772B64FD429DA9BDAEC5D56906F1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the maximum amount of Federal financial assistance for the project in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (c);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8886414C38B04F239CE87EB19574AAD2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish a payout schedule for the project that provides for disbursement of the full grant amount by not later than 4 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the initial amount is provided;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44572E0E365B477C84C93C57BE20A280" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>determine the period of time for completing the project, even if that period extends beyond the period of an authorization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAB23E2D0EBA45648E26F359DEB9CF3B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>attempt to improve timely and efficient management of the project, consistent with all applicable Federal laws (including regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7B23CE9478943DFB16D9FCC3827FF88" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special financial rules</header>
<subparagraph id="HCE65438B0FC04147AF36E55978A0164F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A multiyear grant agreement under this subsection—</text> <clause id="HB9B6AF33EE6741EBBC7742F37D9E4574" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall obligate an amount of available budget authority specified in law; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7C393AF256644EC4824C214DE8D35136" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include a commitment, contingent on amounts to be specified in law in advance for commitments under this paragraph, to obligate an additional amount from future available budget authority specified in law.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19403321BFE24118BBB2BA656C8CF8D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Statement of contingent commitment</header><text>The agreement shall state that the contingent commitment is not an obligation of the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EF9E4831EAA4B83BB4ED617911488F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interest and other financing costs</header>
<clause id="H740908A802FA408D8C631BE8458FBBCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Interest and other financing costs of carrying out a part of the project within a reasonable time shall be considered a cost of carrying out the project under a multiyear grant agreement, except that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the project at the time of borrowing.</text></clause> <clause id="H0501784E6ACE49C8B64D7C2337A6237E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The applicant shall certify to the Secretary that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99DA8DC1BFE8480FA03ADF6E2BEC8F0E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Advance payment</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible entity carrying out a large project under a multiyear grant agreement—</text> <subparagraph id="HC0E5E92ACDB1464F9F96D94C085A4484" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may use funds made available to the eligible entity under this title for eligible project costs of the large project until the amount specified in the multiyear grant agreement for the project for that fiscal year becomes available for obligation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF853F873B51F4ABA906CDD0BDB7E641C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the eligible entity uses funds as described in subparagraph (A), the funds used shall be reimbursed from the amount made available under the multiyear grant agreement for the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H894B901E48D84519A306111F7D726D5D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Undertaking parts of projects in advance under letters of no prejudice</header> <paragraph id="H6C1475CBB169455CAFA2174F9F97061D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may pay to an applicant all eligible project costs under the program, including costs for an activity for an eligible project incurred prior to the date on which the project receives funding under the program if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC77661A726940D4AA64A762B4D280C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>before the applicant carries out the activity, the Secretary approves through a letter to the applicant the activity in the same manner as the Secretary approves other activities as eligible under the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97B5E90FE31D447F9ED84B9CC634345B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a record of decision, a finding of no significant impact, or a categorical exclusion 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>) has been issued for the eligible project; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D7EE35E74BE44A2AA0227361823FAB5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the activity is carried out without Federal assistance and in accordance with all applicable procedures and requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2747E4B92AC943038657DCD9BF5CF95D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest and other financing costs</header> <subparagraph id="H8197ACB8C3164E1AB702D5EC33ED8C49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the cost of carrying out an activity for an eligible project includes the amount of interest and other financing costs, including any interest earned and payable on bonds, to the extent interest and other financing costs are expended in carrying out the activity for the eligible project, except that interest and other financing costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the eligible project at the time of borrowing.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88E771200B1E49789054E870AD66CE24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The applicant shall certify to the Secretary that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF54307511BC42BAB7C6873698961BD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No obligation or influence on recommendations</header><text>An approval by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(A) shall not—</text>
<subparagraph id="H133AA90CB9C54269A500110A221502C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constitute an obligation of the Federal Government; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H950BD204DBD548C995726D9E9BA93BCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alter or influence any evaluation under subsection (f)(3)(A)(i) or (g)(4) or any recommendation by the Secretary for funding under the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0DEFB3FA5D274205BF2DCA422D811425" changed="not-changed"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Federally owned bridges</header>
<paragraph id="H06D0D49201514CF5AB26F9C65C3A022C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Divestiture consideration</header><text>In the case of a bridge owned by a Federal land management agency for which that agency applies for a grant under the program, the agency—</text> <subparagraph id="HD08232633E234534BD97B05370DE835E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consider options to divest the bridge to a State or local entity after completion of the project; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2769A23B664451A806DA630A07FE221" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may apply jointly with the State or local entity to which the bridge may be divested.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6932E33C05C54D14821EF2046B6A41C2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 129 shall apply to a bridge that was previously owned by a Federal land management agency and has been transferred to a non-Federal entity under paragraph (1) in the same manner as if the bridge was never federally owned.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H354AE4A713464DCC927F694E98E7916E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days before making a grant for an eligible project under the program, 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 a written notification of the proposed grant that includes—</text> <paragraph id="HF5F11CD562EC47F381FF81BF022E62AA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation and justification for the eligible project; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FD415D6572D4C31BAED848ACFEAEE82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of the proposed grant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEBDC108843A44214852A05B9DF962F4C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="HBF1F9A8602914E03A39111EB1B708A0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Transportation an annual report that lists each eligible project for which a grant has been provided under the program during the fiscal year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6929E586CF92430EA810CFD38B1CD65E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>GAO assessment and report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H91F599FAEEEA4F8983D526403F7F24B8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an assessment of the administrative establishment, solicitation, selection, and justification process with respect to the funding of grants under the program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB626CF2523A4FBBB13AC1C831573DED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 that describes—</text> <clause id="H7D1F9AD8C4E543D5BDA6939DFC886088" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the adequacy and fairness of the process under which each eligible project that received a grant under the program was selected; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H632F52FDE52940E5822CB59BC48CFEC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the justification and criteria used for the selection of each eligible project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H7A17F3CD6BB345F0ACED3DCBC949E34F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Limitation</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H08CC5EF2C47849BB98158178A37E5C47" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Large projects</header><text>Of the amounts made available out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, not less than 50 percent, in aggregate, shall be used for large projects.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H17EFD9DDE8D348F1AE663A4F3247E7F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unutilized amounts</header><text>If, in fiscal year 2026, the Secretary determines that grants under the program will not allow for the requirement under paragraph (1) to be met, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to make other grants under the program during that fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1F6777B31EB74CF59B21D19BF5FB089D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Tribal transportation facility bridge set aside</header> <paragraph id="H0FA83533C6694A1FB0B4304ED756E154" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a fiscal year to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use, to carry out section 202(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H064BFA1B3D8145699E80FFD6F1E8B63C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F832E36601142C6B0A11226B5D9B4E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60D172C3D2D84D0E9E3DB18B58272ED7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C7BAB971BDA4994BCABAC91AF4EA98A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H174241D8BD0B4650BEAC2D287A59BBAD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4FA3A183A374DFC986604B7C90610D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>For purposes of section 201, funds made available for section 202(d) under paragraph (1) shall be considered to be part of the tribal transportation program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C241923D6684A7B8ED98127B6526270" changed="not-changed"><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 inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/123">section 123</external-xref> the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA98882237854484830D25FD427ABE09" changed="not-changed"> <toc changed="not-changed"> <toc-entry bold="off" changed="not-changed" level="section">124. Bridge investment program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="id2A13FD7DCC704F8DAE213675F3229AB7"><enum>1119.</enum><header>Safe routes to school</header> <subsection id="id0741FD72CF40440BBCAAE1C3BA208322"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/2">Chapter 2</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/207">section 207</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="id1c769ff7b7d74f25809be0a9ab722d01"><enum>208.</enum><header>Safe routes to school</header>
<subsection id="idD161CAB4526C47B1B6C2CF35FAE3B21C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text> <paragraph id="id237D51B1DC97408AB83877985C0D8A19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the vicinity of schools</header><text>The term <term>in the vicinity of schools</term>, with respect to a school, means the approximately 2-mile area within bicycling and walking distance of the school.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id89F634DD9928464B92AC46F43D9434B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Primary, middle, and high schools</header><text>The term <term>primary, middle, and high schools</term> means schools providing education from kindergarten through 12th grade. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idBA805215B2464E2D8889228CFED1195A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall establish and carry out a safe routes to school program for the benefit of children in primary, middle, and high schools.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id468EF9E6F58C4D508AE1D31FA761F3AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the program established under subsection (b) shall be—</text> <paragraph id="id22a85ac50fa3421cbebd15453a1f8a9e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idcf73caf9437846619712d5de2d977017"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id63c8f167630f4153a645e07175c19be6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id88f7e5811c79464e9b5e1ae7d443dc42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Apportionment of funds</header>
<paragraph id="id0ddb72a9a6f849b0940d40a94cfc0ae2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be apportioned among the States so that each State receives the amount equal to the proportion that—</text> <subparagraph id="id0df8055945734f2a948f70d44f656462"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total student enrollment in primary, middle, and high schools in each State; bears to</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idfbf7541934a84a4ca54250d5286b66fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total student enrollment in primary, middle, and high schools in all States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb5ce4ffb199a4229b18cc23e025b9e96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum apportionment</header><text>No State shall receive an apportionment under this section for a fiscal year of less than $1,000,000.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd8776c5323cd49f48cd67ac4fa8c4647"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Set-aside for administrative expenses</header><text>Before apportioning under this subsection amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside not more than $3,000,000 of those amounts for the administrative expenses of the Secretary in carrying out this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id64cc624148ff4dda87b2792ee1505f7b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determination of student enrollments</header><text>Determinations under this subsection relating to student enrollments shall be made by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idcf61da08dbf24f6f8e9dc2df72b95b03"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration of amounts</header><text>Amounts apportioned to a State under this section shall be administered by the State department of transportation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id9a98db302fb641e8bc356e4810a92e6b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>Amounts apportioned to a State under this section shall be used by the State to provide financial assistance to State, local, Tribal, and regional agencies, including nonprofit organizations, that demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements of this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="ida5e54d4c483b49359ade96971af483ee"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Eligible projects and activities</header>
<paragraph id="id23cfd24e58bf4dd0aaca7531c3934746"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Infrastructure-related projects</header>
<subparagraph id="id563b8cc07879473c8b46bb660120a7c4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts apportioned to a State under this section may be used for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure-related projects that will substantially improve the ability of students to walk and bicycle to school, including sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction improvements, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street bicycle facilities, off-street bicycle and pedestrian facilities, secure bicycle parking facilities, and traffic diversion improvements in the vicinity of schools.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfdd1f6fd340c48d38054d80fffed852d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Location of projects</header><text>Infrastructure-related projects under subparagraph (A) may be carried out on any public road or any bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail in the vicinity of schools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id523f0fb0c0ae46639ffbd51f4a6e6875"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noninfrastructure-related activities</header>
<subparagraph id="id5423b5fe519f4dcba0661afa8f94030f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to projects described in paragraph (1), amounts apportioned to a State under this section may be used for noninfrastructure-related activities to encourage walking and bicycling to school, including public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders, traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools, student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and environment, and funding for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to school programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id47c5ca77d683426882a2847db6016a4d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of the amount apportioned to a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be used for noninfrastructure-related activities under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id106bd6499bd74766ad8d3ef95ca56012"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Safe routes to school coordinator</header><text>Each State shall use a sufficient amount of the apportionment of the State for each fiscal year to fund a full-time position of coordinator of the safe routes to school program of the State.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idc9a6448106494c08aff1cb7dbd6272d1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Clearinghouse</header> <paragraph id="id68b8b892bb8f48aaaaf40f5145f38e4e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants to a national nonprofit organization engaged in promoting safe routes to schools—</text>
<subparagraph id="id42d0a9bbb6c140b8b3039e3d2d8f2c1f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to operate a national safe routes to school clearinghouse;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="iddd3e403eb7ab44df868709beea6ad850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop information and educational programs on safe routes to school; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5e807d16e9c342bd8a6b94494ff5d6f3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance and disseminate techniques and strategies used for successful safe routes to school programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id41c649ce6974448aa18634fa23bcb674"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection using amounts set aside for administrative expenses under subsection (d)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ida8a20b927acd48b29006e51b348c3a50"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Treatment of projects</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a project assisted under this section shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway under chapter 1.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idA4AE8C2B73C64F30B7CA13141EFF5A28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="idBE876928717C41C3BE6C1D5C472D4E5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/2">chapter 2</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/207">section 207</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">208. Safe routes to school.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id50BB447D17EB4D139B09631A50C8DDA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">23 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idC7F65563F04B43B0A378F834C92CBC31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1404. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HEA3E5905E4674B02B7CA59A2EADCF94E" changed="not-changed"><enum>1120.</enum><header>Highway use tax evasion projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 143(b)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H777B493CA49647799388FCB65686C157" changed="not-changed"><enum>1121.</enum><header>Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 147 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="not-changed" id="HFE3A9A38DFB04B6C96BE9115B98E47F6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section—</text> <paragraph id="H38AE2F88AB214474818563E8DB50A5D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$110,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94DB5ADC7A8F4D38B64C82B1B68C8ADE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$112,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF292A1065C34849B71BE5676302B31A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$114,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AFB68CE40BF4E2392E2CD267C8E301C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$116,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDA7F9AC86344033BC4F8F4DC43E599E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$118,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H07FC6BB04EF04C97AE019C5ADF107A3D" changed="not-changed"><enum>1122.</enum><header>Vulnerable road user research</header>
<subsection id="H2BE63547FDA642C8B6CD599DEF9285A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <paragraph id="H79E4A6C91AD44841B8BB971B28266F73" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFC27E35159842C6BDCA32C32D2D3988" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user</header><text>The term <term>vulnerable road user</term> has the meaning given the term in section 148(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD7D42E5ABC37404390358C7AC061F5F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of research plan</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a research plan to prioritize research on roadway designs, the development of safety countermeasures to minimize fatalities and serious injuries to vulnerable road users, and the promotion of bicycling and walking, including research relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF6C18A1A7624492B44CDC0E932F0F7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>roadway safety improvements, including traffic calming techniques and vulnerable road user accommodations appropriate in a suburban arterial context;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB29549429F2B4CC0A00F137FE9D94BB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the impacts of traffic speeds, and access to low-traffic stress corridors, on safety and rates of bicycling and walking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73B72455295B488FB2B2F94548C7E17F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>tools to evaluate the impact of transportation improvements on projected rates and safety of bicycling and walking; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF31B9C2C562D41819EDB0AD577F3E70C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other research areas to be determined by the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC6218904BB5A4041AFC651E8EC586D76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vulnerable road user assessments</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="H0381E989D2F8430B86254E92F18A5931" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review each vulnerable road user safety assessment submitted by a State under section 148(l) of title 23, United States Code, and other relevant sources of data to determine what, if any, standard definitions and methods should be developed through guidance to enable a State to collect pedestrian injury and fatality data; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB23DF9DC4824F9793C284F12D99834B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the first progress update under subsection (d)(2), provide—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC03DECA35DA4DB8B937F028485A3796" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the determination described in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6414CF6974F94E87ABF759BD031AB340" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the collection and reporting of data on the safety of vulnerable road users.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H917C115FE2FE4B1EA694844E9416A827" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission; publication</header> <paragraph id="H97CC3D5537A744CD92FF63BA39CBC70C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 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 the research plan described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H355183C37F024F7C95D7B123D66BBE50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Progress updates</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7CE48BE2CF8C4F34A245506CF744782E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>updates on the progress and findings of the research conducted pursuant to the plan described in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10EF37E6803D4929968BF861D06353DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first submission under this paragraph, the results and recommendations described in subsection (c)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF0017E9836C94BB8BDD37BFB35474F09" changed="not-changed"><enum>1123.</enum><header>Wildlife crossing safety</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H023B917C3BFE42559142A772ECB74186" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>Section 101(b)(3)(D) of title 23, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>resilient,</quote> after <quote>efficient,</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1C7F1A37D87948499C9D6969C78CCABE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wildlife crossings pilot program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7323A481C0F04C9091EDCCD81197F0B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H113BB23762974C5485A903FE5DF3AD20" changed="not-changed"> <section commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H8478C3A73B0E41FCAD1D02204119F9EC"><enum>171.</enum><header>Wildlife crossings pilot program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HCEAA0E9E9E3F4A78807AB9FD17AAC6E2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress finds that greater adoption of wildlife-vehicle collision safety countermeasures is in the public interest because—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H61F401C458A541FCBBAA804E9B4568D0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>according to the report of the Federal Highway Administration entitled <quote>Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Study</quote>, there are more than 1,000,000 wildlife-vehicle collisions every year;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7847034EEFDE4FEA882C611D9E1E017F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>wildlife-vehicle collisions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0061EB0E45DF4BBB89E2B6D731CF8A55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>present a danger to—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H84C98AB6CD4B46E4BAB7B456A84FB03D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>human safety; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H352CDF52C04940BD9D7A461C583E35D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>wildlife survival; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE960F455E822421F8F2FF250C47DF7DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represent a persistent concern that results in tens of thousands of serious injuries and hundreds of fatalities on the roadways of the United States; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2BBEE11624044B5AA0864D2A8E40BF4E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the total annual cost associated with wildlife-vehicle collisions has been estimated to be $8,388,000,000; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H55BDBAD3768A4659B7611ECF127913A9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>wildlife-vehicle collisions are a major threat to the survival of species, including birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1E76B78AA5F94216AFDAC63C0932F57D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a competitive wildlife crossings pilot program (referred to in this section as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) to provide grants for projects that seek to achieve—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H02203BBFC4A947B09CFA327BF55A28FB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a reduction in the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H23A483DC06194CE883295CD096F5C40A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in carrying out the purpose described in paragraph (1), improved habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H0E0B01EB096C4829B9EC9C299A47183A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to apply for a grant under the pilot program is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2C3F8457EC6640619EBC27A861B918EB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State highway agency, or an equivalent of that agency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF488270067DB4D599B26C4DDC407DC92" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in section 134(b));</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEF65A7EA7FDE4A95BF8A2378FA756FE3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H992A498EE1D84392A02A0656BBFE7FE9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a regional transportation authority;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2870E95D0F02498DAA2AD473BD412501" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDA2F23FBFB6440BEBD2DE41DE9574D37" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 207(m)(1)), including a Native village and a Native Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>));</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F3141A661A04EA6ABBF49E1C21742A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7983E98D2B2647838CF32F15D29C1DE8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a group of any of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (7).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HADEB719468A74D4D94580F0F4DDB8EF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8BF70E37D7A548FC9DDDFF86FDC58CB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDEBA2091F90D4BBE883C8E78274CBE72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>If an application under paragraph (1) is submitted by an eligible entity other than an eligible entity described in paragraph (1) or (7) of subsection (c), the application shall include documentation that the State highway agency, or an equivalent of that agency, of the State in which the eligible entity is located was consulted during the development of the application.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC1D5400EFE60470EA79B2FB45EDF254E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>To enhance consideration of current and reliable data, eligible entities may obtain guidance from an agency in the State with jurisdiction over fish and wildlife.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H7371B5CE775340A3A60A87321C401406" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting grant recipients under the pilot program, the Secretary shall take into consideration the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1C553BF78D234F9D89AE41FCF48065BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Primarily, the extent to which the proposed project of an eligible entity is likely to protect motorists and wildlife by reducing the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HCB72AF7BA1C042398369F4E1E994AE30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Secondarily, the extent to which the proposed project of an eligible entity is likely to accomplish the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6AC7AFC68DE6419FBC993D7D84EF1022" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Leveraging Federal investment by encouraging non-Federal contributions to the project, including projects from public-private partnerships.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC443AB7E48394D1BAB11D3935C86DFC5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Supporting local economic development and improvement of visitation opportunities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F499E1EEE5E4F5CA1F40EBE15351159" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Incorporation of innovative technologies, including advanced design techniques and other strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC195AE1E264446EDB66CAC2F16A4AC32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Provision of educational and outreach opportunities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A26ED318D824AA2AD6B07C099F8F78F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monitoring and research to evaluate, compare effectiveness of, and identify best practices in, selected projects.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H84BAE9A82BA64A34BDC3E4FA80C941F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other criteria relevant to reducing the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions and improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, subject to the condition that the implementation of the pilot program shall not be delayed in the absence of action by the Secretary to identify additional criteria under this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H301991B516B643799AC9361042C6FCC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H98B36146D005493EB1E6482878516E91" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a grant received under the pilot program is used for a project to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H69017E1D537A49C09F31CA58EEA08870" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant administration</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B17979F75184FEA8247957FB3B3CBB1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A grant received under the pilot program shall be administered by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H43F5B0FA28A0455DBFCE17C1CA07FFF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a grant to a Federal land management agency or an Indian tribe (as defined in section 207(m)(1), including a Native village and a Native Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>))), the Federal Highway Administration, through an agreement; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H21EFE66D042749E0BAA3023670332B7A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a grant to an eligible entity other than an eligible entity described in clause (i), the State highway agency, or an equivalent of that agency, for the State in which the project is to be carried out.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H78A3440B646848C89E4ABAEABFC2E05B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Partnerships</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H87804FFE78ED495FB052BDEF3156D001" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A grant received under the pilot program may be used to provide funds to eligible partners of the project for which the grant was received described in clause (ii), in accordance with the terms of the project agreement.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HE8BA9AB4619C481DB123CA1A365B43BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible partners described</header><text>The eligible partners referred to in clause (i) include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HFFB9189B7A924705B2A7947228EFF64A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in section 134(b));</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H18B414E472C54D1789E12ACEC16A8976" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HB42272565F9A42E5BBDDE5B51DEAECF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a regional transportation authority;</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H9B55444731214A79B41C5F0E1726F204" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H7A57B0846CC64C1797431DA6A8783515" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 207(m)(1)), including a Native village and a Native Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>));</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H50C344D7258047EF89BF07E2412E2C79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6B485F1619A74FF0899C6D912367B627" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>a foundation, nongovernmental organization, or institution of higher education;</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H30EC78D85D7B47C79CBFAC6A563BE7F1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>a Federal, Tribal, regional, or State government entity; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H7AEEB9F7255A47D0AF0002CB68FBF58B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>a group of any of the entities described in subclauses (I) through (VIII).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7161F52D45DD4CAEBDA7627C46381161" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the pilot program and enters into a partnership described in paragraph (2) shall establish measures to verify that an eligible partner that receives funds from the grant complies with the conditions of the pilot program in using those funds.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB4BD7899CA8342AE835CE0575F4BB1C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 60 percent of the amounts made available for grants under the pilot program each fiscal year are for projects located in rural areas.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H6468987E7F65483898364BDF5E24CBEA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual report to Congress</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H379483E9F43B4F8CB4F12F1DE6B17565" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report describing the activities under the pilot program for the fiscal year that ends during that calendar year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H808DDB0D2579471E9D34208BD0C11E9A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F8EC688450143C2821F2E300C8699B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed description of the activities carried out under the pilot program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1445B4E728545F1908A9D5D518B5D7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot program in meeting the purposes described in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H18C547F1C1E3453BA1537A934E5B6E04" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>policy recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCCC5EA9EE97F4727BCC8906274B74EEF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</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 inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/170">section 170</external-xref> the following:</text> <toc changed="not-changed"> <toc-entry bold="off" changed="not-changed" level="section"><quote>171. Wildlife crossings pilot program.</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEF3761AD1B08450B98E70C0EDDD2C315" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Wildlife vehicle collision reduction and habitat connectivity improvement</header> <paragraph id="H23E8D4DE385C4F62AC6CD5D8472C0767" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 subsection (b)(1)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section changed="not-changed" id="H6C195381F3EB4C0589DB6811E04D0BB7"><enum>172.</enum><header>Wildlife-vehicle collision reduction and habitat connectivity improvement</header>
<subsection id="HF36CCE702F72421EA69D9DE3033F3C98" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="HA26A85EE47804AD294042B66956929F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study (referred to in this subsection as the <term>study</term>) of the state, as of the date of the study, of the practice of methods to reduce collisions between motorists and wildlife (referred to in this section as <term>wildlife-vehicle collisions</term>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA30ABD59113C4F97B93D968AC4944276" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header> <subparagraph id="H0342318BE8564CE8AB42F983DB9C8DBA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Areas of study</header><text>The study shall—</text>
<clause id="H03505FF0308344BD8065C61CB8FA955E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>update and expand on, as appropriate—</text> <subclause id="HB0F51A20175A4BA0A34987AF4159D783" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the report entitled <quote>Wildlife Vehicle Collision Reduction Study: 2008 Report to Congress</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF79A7E936DDC4E7DB93682BF7070BC83" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the document entitled <quote>Wildlife Vehicle Collision Reduction Study: Best Practices Manual</quote> and dated October 2008; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB0521BCC6C974BAAA2FB8B98DCC01C09" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include—</text>
<subclause id="HC89E68B2C5BD437581257A4B3168E496" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an assessment, as of the date of the study, of—</text> <item id="HC2997B0C01BC4E8B8B8B1F68B5643260" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the causes of wildlife-vehicle collisions;</text></item>
<item id="H74BB1BC2EB734E83B444C2105E10F822" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the impact of wildlife-vehicle collisions on motorists and wildlife; and</text></item> <item id="HA3A9E0084F77450BA353E61B4F627606" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the impacts of roads and traffic on habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H54C0209F6957422988FD29C246C36991" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>solutions and best practices for—</text> <item id="HD38E553BF48A4D4CAF9E2F249E4AC620" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></item>
<item id="H472458C78C2A4F8B96DE56DE61CEF06B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1AC4A43F8CFA46FFAA1A89175AE2373E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HF2D82D50DAFE4558BC846EDD4F0CA1C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conduct a thorough review of research and data relating to—</text> <subclause id="H4AF13D59959D4826997DEFD90C1DC1C5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6B2C2620741A4C31B81367B487F515C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>habitat fragmentation that results from transportation infrastructure;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H422B4FC5FE7443209DF6AAFB45773F80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>survey current practices of the Department of Transportation and State departments of transportation to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0CF3D75BBF8C4706B65149E82787B34D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consult with—</text> <subclause id="HCC9B4DDAF6C343EE8F0FEBB61FEE140E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appropriate experts in the field of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD535EDBF8F414B65A6DC6D9B79CB887A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appropriate experts on the effects of roads and traffic on habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8253DDF5BDD24403B1DE67456B9B87A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header> <subparagraph id="H7E8F58D4E4634EDD976325E91324640E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7AC471043E5143448DCC3B07E5A2298D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text> <clause id="H5E479E5F9DA642159339D14D010B9F34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of—</text>
<subclause id="HDAF14F98024849F584AC4AEAED48DF1F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the causes of wildlife-vehicle collisions;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H55D2E26EA5B147B081D857238544DADC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the impacts of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF0041E71EF9A4105AC7BC501F5F39DB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the impacts of roads and traffic on—</text> <item id="H60E27220A2E64C2AAD9425E786E227D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>species listed as threatened species or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></item>
<item id="H827D95F30DDE4DE4B8AD79C193CC68F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>species identified by States as species of greatest conservation need;</text></item> <item id="H196C0EFFE44E42C2AC8CDB7A73CB6E81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>species identified in State wildlife plans; and</text></item>
<item id="H7987F84C4F18478185927526AFC30A81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>medium and small terrestrial and aquatic species;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H270B36075F3A46E0BD0607428EA25ECB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an economic evaluation of the costs and benefits of installing highway infrastructure and other measures to mitigate damage to terrestrial and aquatic species, including the effect on jobs, property values, and economic growth to society, adjacent communities, and landowners;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE9CDD44AB29419FBCCC4B3DDFF4AB1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommendations for preventing wildlife-vehicle collisions, including recommended best practices, funding resources, or other recommendations for addressing wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></clause> <clause id="H89E4093D526048489C2470F0363F0D0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>guidance, developed in consultation with Federal land management agencies and State departments of transportation, State fish and wildlife agencies, and Tribal governments that agree to participate, for developing, for each State that agrees to participate, a voluntary joint statewide transportation and wildlife action plan—</text>
<subclause id="H537782E80FCC4DBFAA63D17A8BCEE0BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to address wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6929FBB6D70544B18B764E53BA5E5CB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E6B4159F6544B81B358CADED40A0258" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workforce development and technical training</header>
<paragraph id="H7CDDE3B6F97B46F596110BB1B92007B8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall, based on the study conducted under subsection (a), develop a series of in-person and online workforce development and technical training courses—</text> <subparagraph id="H2C805180BFAE40EBA35019E57F33B4DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF50692F1DF2E4B8BBCFDD0D715EC88D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB2889E5B0414126933D13C873241DBE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4B930AF6C9F402886DD79FEA24F0CE5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make the series of courses developed under paragraph (1) available for transportation and fish and wildlife professionals; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA38D643360E45D3BA63F42703D1738B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>update the series of courses not less frequently than once every 2 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H39544F8117324FE192AA9D9896C13A0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standardization of wildlife collision and carcass data</header>
<paragraph id="HDA56A3179B1B457C8F37D68A5655CBEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standardized methodology</header>
<subparagraph id="H2765803C825C4B1C9D0A351D23B137A7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Secretary</term>), shall develop a quality standardized methodology for collecting and reporting spatially accurate wildlife collision and carcass data for the National Highway System, considering the practicability of the methodology with respect to technology and cost.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54B75EE8DDA74B5AA1591FFDC6F6E999" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>In developing the standardized methodology under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H953F762DCD3A4A29B62A55B655DC2EC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>survey existing methodologies and sources of data collection, including the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the General Estimates System of the National Automotive Sampling System, and the Highway Safety Information System; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCD0CAC96A6B14D499CF4B669489567CD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, identify and correct limitations of those existing methodologies and sources of data collection.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCFF3D6C11E1433090C2ADA5248AB29C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the standardized methodology under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with—</text> <clause id="H7B5D92DF55C84DFC971846F2F005A080" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8E3C44B1336247B6931A74F7EAEEBF9F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service;</text></clause> <clause id="H727EDFC8D5F04A38BE66414669D27BA5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Tribal, State, and local transportation and wildlife authorities;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H1A81222CE500452FB1FB2258121B9C4A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations (as defined in section 134(b));</text></clause> <clause id="H3B5584A74F32426BA63E8F8DAAFBBE8C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>members of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials;</text></clause>
<clause id="H76AB4E469A52430E98C601FA94135F4C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>members of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies;</text></clause> <clause id="H7A70802FABAB4E039EDD1AAD76E356FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>experts in the field of wildlife-vehicle collisions;</text></clause>
<clause id="H21085A8EC98742089B64E5879A5E2C62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC7482CF728AB4E588AC0D0DA4780338E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>other interested stakeholders, as appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H530E8F99A59944D2914D93625AA71C4A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standardized national data system with voluntary template implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4310FB47E5A4430B9D17AA7095679A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a template for State implementation of a standardized national wildlife collision and carcass data system for the National Highway System that is based on the standardized methodology developed under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0FACC9F0E9C4C0BAAEB1F8D4C45DE95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage the voluntary implementation of the template developed under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0105DCDE1FD44B7AAC71DACF14011C93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header> <subparagraph id="HB8A36134A86549AABED559B6B500F2D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the standardized methodology developed under paragraph (1) not later than the later of—</text>
<clause id="HB842D67DF0184F0E828B97E0116FE7D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H53890FAD77C7440C80154A3CA1B15706" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Secretary completes the development of the standardized methodology.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB011D3CF0B4492CA710752E68714661" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text> <clause id="H796A9F377FAA4B0DBC57F652DB78126E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of the voluntary implementation of the standardized methodology developed under paragraph (1) and the template developed under paragraph (2)(A);</text></clause>
<clause id="HF11589E993064B28AF8CCCB8E6B7A46C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the implementation of the standardized methodology developed under paragraph (1) and the template developed under paragraph (2)(A) has impacted efforts by States, units of local government, and other entities—</text> <subclause id="H968D7EB8DF9C4C0D9AAE9F6D025655D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5D56E1781DFE4556BD36182ABA3A96DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to improve habitat connectivity;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB22D1BECD4534FB6B55DC66A21F39A33" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the degree of the impact described in clause (ii); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEAA23B34C91440DEB03910FCFEBFCEE1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the recommendations of the Secretary, including recommendations for further study aimed at reducing motorist collisions involving wildlife and improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species on the National Highway System, if any.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HF070C6AE5DD84701AD4766679474B01D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National threshold guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5924EEC02B1D439BB618EC26D4008180" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish guidance, to be carried out by States on a voluntary basis, that contains a threshold for determining whether a highway shall be evaluated for potential mitigation measures to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and increase habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species, taking into consideration—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6AC231CA1CDC49E692914F5480B807D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions on the highway that pose a human safety risk;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD29D531C492F485B83FD293B42CCF057" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>highway-related mortality and the effects of traffic on the highway on—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HA3D78F4D678A4A42AFD12E08BF2E0FC2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>species listed as endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0359FF83FFD148EA8E2BCF95DA4B99BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>species identified by a State as species of greatest conservation need;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H9ACEA42870E94A6EB975DA202F016963" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>species identified in State wildlife plans; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H664F0CD4A40742969AB4340ADBEC9BAD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>medium and small terrestrial and aquatic species; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB28EC3252F344F39EDA0410549DA922" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>habitat connectivity values for terrestrial and aquatic species and the barrier effect of the highway on the movements and migrations of those species.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF24782F47CC04292B8E414F89058ACB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</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 (as amended by subsection (b)(2)) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 171 the following:</text> <toc changed="not-changed"> <toc-entry bold="off" changed="not-changed" level="section"><quote>172. Wildlife-vehicle collision reduction and habitat connectivity improvement.</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFBA08A16198F44BDB61238A7EB96EED0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wildlife crossings standards</header><text>Section 109(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H492CF8AD0BDA468C9B8E2EEACD9660DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD2797A091964CAAB60BF56E73213C42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H114A26F14BA24484B853AE9D9C190941" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H3E70CFFBAA234EF1823643C72F003107" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H42CB8D6AD39A48458BBBC0F594012CCF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the publication of the Federal Highway Administration entitled <quote>Wildlife Crossing Structure Handbook: Design and Evaluation in North America</quote> and dated March 2011; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4C7953503406453C9FEC16E29427F4D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Wildlife habitat connectivity and national bridge and tunnel inventory and inspection standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H73765EE5D7F741628976B56C2CA8B9D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H128B23B843984D19891C7799CD06E808" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, resilience,</quote> after <quote>safety</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB7179AF18214F678CBDF81886A33A95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC34864B89A074A768BADC166E312CB63" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC1DB47F5ECCF4B33B31DB61925F63AB9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H01C687DC620E4540901A5AE551D2B32A" changed="not-changed">
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H9BA289BE82B144E9A2FF43CFE1B0D667"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to ensure adequate passage of aquatic and terrestrial species, where appropriate.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10CC5AAA1B0F4B97BC396E0920FCC656" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83BABDA108B34C7FB81F5838F8A71BF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H655191A3972348E99DF01B3F6D82B769" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3AA60EDCB9B44DAAE957CDA37B871AB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H4ECC25884B344955B4F57B0EC0E3E17F" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H544758C51D6F45DB8A2E57B669B8718A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>determine if the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges and tunnels should include measures to enable safe and unimpeded movement for terrestrial and aquatic species.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H281E3B5B5A0B46E2B43BEFD4F2B2F794" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="HE8A6225E36C745AB875ECA683340F5B6" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H85396A6EAA6A45B2B88E6912633AE034"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The first revision under paragraph (2) after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title> shall include techniques to assess passage of aquatic and terrestrial species and habitat restoration potential.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H77AFA39E01364A148F88743974800C71" changed="not-changed"><enum>1124.</enum><header>Consolidation of programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1519(a) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 574; 129 Stat. 1423) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H47D922F43D094C70898776C49A70221D" changed="not-changed"><enum>1125.</enum><header>State freight advisory committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 70201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C75DC50632A4400B96335BC4452E0DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>representatives of ports, freight railroads,</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAB0AB31AE668460C883F68789BC9D587" changed="not-changed"><text>representatives of—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H6EFF648A3E4E4A78801EF22E7793E965"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ports, if applicable;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H16B625675AC64D5F8992DC80B389CA43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>freight railroads, if applicable;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HD45A13F42695446097107272C6E2DBA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shippers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HFD699980B160497794DCAFCFA7CD4F1F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carriers;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H3EFE59296584470AA72796791CFEF5B6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>freight-related associations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H17A2A6FA7EB44034931BEF133FFBDA5C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>third-party logistics providers;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HB0916FFDC5E9482BAD1689C3C2A08F3E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the freight industry workforce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H492479F8831542FA88A9223DEBB0D3CD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the transportation department of the State;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HF8998FE50BCC491D96100EA959AB4675"><enum>(9)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H03531C44D54648C58C15075D887DFD8E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>local governments;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HFF0954836E7B4471AF314F5C428D4C91"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the environmental protection department of the State, if applicable;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H0DBF39AB104841DAAA96B4CA6B0BD6E3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the air resources board of the State, if applicable; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HB68F2A570B0A4239BA36DED5C31E4191"><enum>(13)</enum><text>economic development agencies of the State.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80161692446446CE8BE587D66D3BB667" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5), by striking <quote>70202.</quote> and inserting <quote>70202, including by providing advice regarding the development of the freight investment plan.</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AE33B3D08C947AF9F5DF011D3636EE6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33A9A8947457439F999C07C9640B6FCD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0EFB09B7FF74E86B48B4AE80CA96CBC" changed="not-changed">
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="H1827BBFFF2804AEB86F0724F0A63A964"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of a freight advisory committee established under subsection (a) shall have qualifications sufficient to serve on a freight advisory committee, including, as applicable—</text> <paragraph id="H9576C7F0648E41259C2241AD8C0FD693" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>general business and financial experience;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE882DD92ED58469595D976A446CF4430" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>experience or qualifications in the areas of freight transportation and logistics;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D15C1A8166042CC944E81174771F864" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>experience in transportation planning;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69F34FD45F6341CC8A8FDD2DE5E8D47A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>experience representing employees of the freight industry; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H916CE7103C9A4FC8896F468B23D4FF0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>experience representing a State, local government, or metropolitan planning organization.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0818F6D1D53442ED99889E1F590AE5C6" changed="not-changed"><enum>1126.</enum><header>Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD39B24490BB9489396D19E16EE196AF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H8DCB4E6349364488B5224CCF1EBAD4D1" changed="not-changed">
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HBCD7C7DF4CC14399895315EB8654B9B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the Puerto Rico highway program under subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDDF6FF7E1F21432A9D34C3204152C92C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$173,010,000 shall be for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6922E97C9EF547748980D49BF4C7B1FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$176,960,000 shall be for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC08E7D71E63C4B9BAB4D52F718F432AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$180,120,000 shall be for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF01C8D229A4147F08289A74A2EA17CD6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$183,675,000 shall be for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3192D9DFA06B467CBF9673CF129048C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$187,230,000 shall be for fiscal year 2026; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HB37E48D305B64D71B62FD337DB8615D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the territorial highway program under subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H12402252A07B4FA3A5E73EF597D3D52E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$45,990,000 shall be for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H126F55B36C1245E1ABB5F3DEC1C53F36" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$47,040,000 shall be for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84B7C4F42D0B4F2FADCAD21C8559DC0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$47,880,000 shall be for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4015DA3CA974F4C80D2CE7268BFFA77" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$48,825,000 shall be for fiscal year 2025; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E8CC790E96E4AF4B46CA1F8FB3EAA9E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$49,770,000 shall be for fiscal year 2026.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id359C66C9C10A477786D8450B99A74824"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting <quote>and preventative maintenance on the National Highway System</quote> after <quote>chapter 1</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59E9E54D976E47FBBCBC099BF40C196C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(7), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 133(c) and section 133(b)(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of section 133(c) and section 133(b)(13)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB1DB93FA7C4C4F4789D0B432B471C6A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>1127.</enum><header>Nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1123 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/201">23 U.S.C. 201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2AD4F365573346839C84CD1D2F22AF27" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(3), by striking <quote>$25,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>$12,500,000.</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AE081EC713B4FCCA7154E564CBED413" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E94B027D2864AC5A7B55DCDD8836C78" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Federal</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="not-changed" id="H0B211C6AC9514E7B8AE0D8A73D06B465"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost share</header>
<paragraph id="HCE524556B8614DC08AB817146F8BCB81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H885850440D7448688B0DB397DF7F34F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Federal</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F790160E63E4DD58EA845737B17B997" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HC1B872CF318E418AB510AA68CEFF2F85"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tribal projects</header><text>In the case of a project on a tribal transportation facility (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code), the Federal share of the cost of the project shall be 100 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D84C9069C9744DD988D610D8CFF973B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>other than those made available under title 23 or title 49, United States Code,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6247D746A07946E7B15E8775631DF014" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D12BD48D376456BA688D2EFEEC50E27" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="H5A0572F038904BE89A9C9DA0881FF938"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <paragraph id="HCEF63356E2A64C79A2B7B940454BF500" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year, of the amounts made available to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3FB6137D74B4D44972488C96ED02BB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall be used for eligible projects on Federal lands transportation facilities and Federal lands access transportation facilities (as those terms are defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF4678F74AFC49B6A8E8F5F142756DA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent shall be used for eligible projects on tribal transportation facilities (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFE6FD90FB3B4F62A6EAC9D814AFF9DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not less than 1 eligible project carried out using the amount described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be in a unit of the National Park System with not less than 3,000,000 annual visitors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71C5AAA69D9F4121A55628EB4AD50E7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts made available to carry out this section shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HAAE84129BD464834A1DF9E9B7BCC2E4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>1128.</enum><header>Tribal high priority projects program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1123(h) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/202">23 U.S.C. 202</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0E8652E650444B7FB90F93C7DDBFB5D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D5BF51BDE3A46AE80CBC08520D944B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H446A8F425C06456AAFCA1288C25B55F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="not-changed" id="HCFF2D15684044A5FA1ADE5F6F9ACB8C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H096CB93CF05B4629B2E5C8948AC170CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Set-aside</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, of the amounts made available to carry out the tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code, for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $9,000,000 to carry out the program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E3E1FE8ADB24E39A2CD798D2CB9E9EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 out of the general fund of the Treasury to carry out the program for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="idF37BF9E2118B483EB34A71E1D0A00979"><enum>1129.</enum><header>Standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idE899EC9571F74B94A41F63D750178C47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id58E7A1DB281E43DB9A5A058ABFBEE152"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(d) On any</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="id6A015E7E07B641D9BB815922CF7893BC" act-name=""> <subsection id="idC9D1C02C8954458E9800B9960E2E4B6F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices</header> <paragraph id="idB8D43CC9E89042F98D52ADFA63E1E985"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On any</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8E62B6568BC745DD85985E67ECA704B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>promote the safe</quote> and inserting <quote>promote the safety, inclusion, and mobility of all users</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id06C6683416A348B1A0774EB5A188CC2F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id1EFABF590EA24439A99F49A58B996FC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title> and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall update the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id0de6284652194cfe920fb226f0b1f956"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (o)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id061bd7e580924be582b998137267773b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Projects</quote> and inserting:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida27f383910e84d10850b117793629d98"> <subparagraph id="idd655cf0a48d94254a1f46b59dba60017"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Projects</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb2d03892682b42b2bec5f388bfb8408c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd481cbde23904d239d4aa955f5fe4fc6"> <subparagraph id="idf480258148f7412cab8e2ce997a4af29"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local jurisdictions</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a local jurisdiction may use a roadway design guide recognized by the Federal Highway Administration and adopted by the local jurisdiction that is different from the roadway design guide used by the State in which the local jurisdiction is located for the design of projects on all roadways under the ownership of the local jurisdiction (other than a highway on the National Highway System) for which the local jurisdiction is the project sponsor, provided that the design complies with all other applicable Federal laws.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8B584E3E1EAF42C7B72CF24430286482"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="idCB0FD1A97C124F9A8611F53B989DC44B" act-name=""> <subsection id="id5FC230F9D2064F2997C1AFEC8A300954"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Electric vehicle charging stations</header> <paragraph id="id30CD092E92564757B901327FA096096A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Electric vehicle charging infrastructure installed using funds provided under this title shall provide, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6B4EBC5ECA2D4C6EB7D1E4FAEB8D98DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>non-proprietary charging connectors that meet applicable industry safety standards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idCBA0A51AB8A34AE9A4F8AC5228922A7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>open access to payment methods that are available to all members of the public to ensure secure, convenient, and equal access to the electric vehicle charging infrastructure that shall not be limited by membership to a particular payment provider.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB1B5E18A6287400F994929A2247E5486"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of projects</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a project to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure using funds provided under this title shall be treated as if the project is located on a Federal-aid highway.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="id2F26BA5725EA4F32977D3D8106A3FB38"><enum>1130.</enum><header>Public transportation</header> <subsection id="idE46730D001664F44BCF50CED913BFFEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 142(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id7E8CA0A34B9148DE96179D26DF325C29"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bus corridors</header><text>In addition to the projects described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary may approve payment from sums apportioned under paragraph (2) or (7) of section 104(b) for carrying out a capital project for the construction of a bus rapid transit corridor or dedicated bus lanes, including the construction or installation of—</text> <subparagraph id="id9C5DD2D5CF494FADA47261AAFA867BE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>traffic signaling and prioritization systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB0880C2C8C214081A6F2C8EABA202AC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>redesigned intersections that are necessary for the establishment of a bus rapid transit corridor;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7DBDB3BBFC55450D802D944B6A399036"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on-street stations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id76070266825C453DB478A9D27652DF57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fare collection systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idCC087835DE044B26A2E18CDBD5C080D0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>information and wayfinding systems; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEA9CA8DE80CA433E949A5BF993A94591"><enum>(F)</enum><text>depots.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id616C98FD1F734E279A47A6F8B303990E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text>Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i). </text></subsection></section>
<section id="idDA22B10773814FBCB035CF1032536093"><enum>1131.</enum><header>Rural opportunities to use transportation for economic success council</header>
<subsection id="idB68A5E91211D4BE99DED38E7A3AE0EA9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id96F9317F2FBF4D279D618BA43CEAD330"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Council</header><text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success Council, or the ROUTES Council, established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3C0FAA24641A44D6AF1A933829A1AD35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disadvantaged rural community</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged rural community</term> means a community—</text> <subparagraph id="idBA5E5E34162D43319F562B92AD0EEB47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in a rural area; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id62DAC1CB86914BE793B393CCB50F5184"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annual median household income of which is less than 80 percent of the annual median household income of the State in which the community is located.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id15A9ECFA15E94D798FB327869FEFEBA6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Discretionary funding and financing programs</header><text>The term <term>discretionary funding and financing programs</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBE6B2BE6369E4AE0980B42BE3261DE03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the programs described in section 116(d)(1) of title 49, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id782506D3386C48F9AE9872A398C0A7F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other program of the Department, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id93810AA9A3EC4ECCB33C1352D92ED2A1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1CC8E152A4B24A05A12633E1507492F6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>The term <term>rural area</term> means an area that is outside an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3C2C9DA4119D4A05BA6ABFD77E799B9F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department a council, to be known as the <quote>Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success Council</quote>, or the <quote>ROUTES Council</quote>, to coordinate with—</text> <paragraph id="idFC9C86CDB02D458AAED88F30CDFFDC6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modal administrations and offices of the Department; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5928C8DA48D845D5A2B0F4E2CF21E8DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other Federal agencies, as appropriate—</text> <subparagraph id="idC40F46BDCE83455B9CEB5EB7859B0BAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to ensure that the unique transportation needs and attributes of rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities are fully addressed during the development and implementation of programs, policies, and activities of the Department;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id06F4E76A4DA34D888D7EC14AA230729C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to increase coordination of programs, policies, and activities of the Department in a manner that improves and expands transportation infrastructure in order to further economic development in, and the qualify of life of, rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id87694AAC93FE497283C68867208F3484"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities with proactive outreach—</text>
<clause id="id3B8A6361B14D47F391738535772627C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve access to discretionary funding and financing programs; and</text></clause> <clause id="idE74C8F9CCA2D42E99288195CD20243E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to facilitate timely resolution on environmental reviews for complex or high-priority projects.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idBABB87FEA40F476CBDE3B956C5AC770B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership; chairperson</header><text>The Council shall be composed of—</text> <paragraph id="idC3B26768BBF14ECFBD156BFFE6D4414D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, who shall serve as the chairperson of the Council;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id98F1FD63540045B3BA064846D8C73612"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4AD46B045A544CC787AA157039C5F544"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the General Counsel of the Department;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC956DFCF7A014358ACF7E6CDBBA271B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idF784E8781EAC471BAB1715BA05EE1E4A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAA600EF3A7194AFB9461FC04FA7AC360"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id01BAA42339F1422A9218163973955A92"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF25F999EE85A4703BD7A25F0F095F210"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Administrator of each of—</text> <subparagraph id="idEE5613398E574BD4B0B5E6AA690BA5FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal Highway Administration;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB4BF1A6421EC4DD3AF50A4EA13EA627D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Railroad Administration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9532F03615604A2884B1E88CC49760EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Federal Transit Administration; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1417BCC3862B44E292CA5D19526531B0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>such other individuals, who shall serve as at-large members, as the Secretary may designate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id09BD122D71D84F37A979A516E7C36BCE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Council shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id38d7fb52b9a142a49254d305754950bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>educate and provide technical assistance to rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities with respect to discretionary funding and financing programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf23e27ea582146fa89a698750c50ddaf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out research and utilize innovative approaches to resolve the transportation challenges faced by rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3a607c94768148ada177db7ccde3d968"><enum>(3)</enum><text>gather input from knowledgeable entities and the public relating to—</text> <subparagraph id="id465B7F7470374AF7A7B9EBF37CCD0EC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the benefits of transportation projects to rural areas, Indian Tribes, and disadvantaged rural communities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id887D0129B742415BA7C3F8910BBEED59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the barriers to advancing those projects; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide5baa0baafe74f9d9749a4e4e6940741"><enum>(4)</enum><text>perform such other duties, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idA6B9CD141753406C82167F9099AE0B0F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional staffing</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure the Council has adequate staff support to carry out the duties of the Council under subsection (d).</text></subsection> <subsection id="id763DB51A2D724537B71D88F2B3887BD1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Council 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 an annual report that describes the activities carried out by the Council under subsection (d).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="id65c1bf023317421eb146f62c71179bf4"><enum>1132.</enum><header>Reservation of certain funds</header>
<subsection id="id25502d503a224873a15fb6e55c76e5db"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Open container requirements</header><text>Section 154(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id9388ce5072f047348c1e2c3441c5f308"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2022</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8e06a2f990e0435fade50232ec387745"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2d405fe70c54dee810b383f0c61456e"> <subparagraph id="idd660f4176cb14ab78c2a3d2a5d2226b9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header> <clause id="id03f8ff83af2440c4bf1f3ed424e4428c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On October 1, 2021, and each October 1 thereafter, in the case of a State described in clause (ii), the Secretary shall reserve an amount equal to 2.5 percent of the funds to be apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) until the State certifies to the Secretary the means by which the State will use those reserved funds in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and paragraph (3).</text></clause>
<clause id="idbbc6261a53ac4ff6a1c51030785b7787"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>States described</header><text>A State referred to in clause (i) is a State—</text> <subclause id="id49751fb6112547da801371c31a5d0dff"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that has not enacted or is not enforcing an open container law described in subsection (b); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id2d8d58c20ff248f0a30cae866f190038"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for which the Secretary determined for the prior fiscal year that the State had not enacted or was not enforcing an open container law described in subsection (b).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2a6df35b95734e2b9f0bfb1d9a66f5fd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8999bd862d0743a39746f4f9934f85ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeat intoxicated driver laws</header><text>Section 164(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id9373774770b5401fa651f35e2bd9c69e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2022</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6e6b52fc90c24e8f89f91082c80a73b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id833386c13fe8482d9ff4c84b313e7f54"> <subparagraph id="iddfe3d677c9894fc38f4335a1f92a758a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header> <clause id="id4a3fd6b469ef41dc8544d37df70b5c86"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On October 1, 2021, and each October 1 thereafter, in the case of a State described in clause (ii), the Secretary shall reserve an amount equal to 2.5 percent of the funds to be apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) until the State certifies to the Secretary the means by which the State will use those reserved funds in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and paragraph (3).</text></clause>
<clause id="idaaaa0abe692d472991d2803b9d7985c8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>States described</header><text>A State referred to in clause (i) is a State—</text> <subclause id="idf3c8d9b80a514ccf9d7cbb2cd25d83d0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that has not enacted or is not enforcing a repeat intoxicated driver law; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id0c47a777883045d49ba40656f6302e97"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for which the Secretary determined for the prior fiscal year that the State had not enacted or was not enforcing a repeat intoxicated driver law.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd317a9be2d2a470a98457fd3fab224b1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(i)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ide34e1b1dad20440a9b0b8c2bd1e0075e"><enum>1133.</enum><header>Rural surface transportation grant program</header>
<subsection id="idd1722d67fcf7456e93bbd570d68e40f9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 section 1123(c)(1)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id153c35a561f74656a8bf255f7e860197"> <section id="id0b62eae3e44849288a1d19c2351cfdbf"><enum>173.</enum><header>Rural surface transportation grant program</header> <subsection id="idA05B78F9C9EA492C9E9296956D0EC2C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id882151576F3A4406824D0DD0774D01D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the program established under subsection (b)(1). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id19CBE5397F8F4A889000DC96ADD5A346"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>The term <term>rural area</term> means an area that is outside an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idD4BA1C2615CE475C86D824CB58C2DC20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="idFDB0AA61B7844917B93FD60EA515DEB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a rural surface transportation grant program to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1f1e7fe43574437e860e8e69211119a0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the program shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9e2fda9736a046be86e738005913c7e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase connectivity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5f0abffe7eb54e1cba3558b0b0f991b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idf96ddead3cb1463c80abc391b16c8d26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to generate regional economic growth and improve quality of life.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id40ac6588c3804c81ad0be8822103871c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant administration</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf45e2cb3bd164b979787b99bf78a4e68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retain not more than a total of 2 percent of the funds made available to carry out the program and to review applications for grants under the program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7ab0d71ac7f249fb9f73979867e02c8c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transfer portions of the funds retained under subparagraph (A) to the relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants provided under the program. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id70412183327d41cab7d0c66e82337ee5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under the program to—</text> <paragraph id="id5cfcad2ff86f4b1696c70100d97024ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idaab3ace0e4ab4832bdfa357d1dcef7a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a regional transportation planning organization;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb0ad236309bd4c6c9502a5d723ae503a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id108d4a58b2024cf2b8aed7c9797289c6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc8630ee5a1a64d74b0219eb65a485b88"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a multijurisdictional group of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idc9451e85559943ffbd35bd154852d108"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id3270877a789c47178fd91313db318c48"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header> <paragraph id="idf288bc30e22046549682020bbad1bc1b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may make a grant under the program only for a project that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb273d6dcf74c426cb7e5f5fcbd969d80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a highway, bridge, or tunnel project eligible under section 119(d);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8a64f99bd7e842b5b99995dbefb69a60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a highway, bridge, or tunnel project eligible under section 133(b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id224905c00b4d4b078efcedb383f1e585"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a project eligible under section 202(a);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id50325f849a93499b930c1a84b34f89df"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a highway freight project eligible under section 167(h)(5);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6975486da1f946c680af82cddd3f7518"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a highway safety improvement project, including a project to improve a high risk rural road (as those terms are defined in section 148(a));</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide20be930b27542dab5a924395e8f140a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a project on a publicly owned highway or bridge that provides or increases access to an agricultural, commercial, energy, or intermodal facility that supports the economy of a rural area; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9e10f487c8a1480f854d9f0ad83b15b5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a project to develop, establish, or maintain an integrated mobility management system, a transportation demand management system, or on-demand mobility services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida3a33b1573594abca7933ffcde6ed7e7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bundling of eligible projects</header> <subparagraph id="id030fc8e7455f4557822cd32bdd4fd34e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity may bundle 2 or more similar eligible projects under the program that are—</text>
<clause id="id974a3fb2a19345bfa1510ed4a7a9d665"><enum>(i)</enum><text>included as a bundled project in a statewide transportation improvement program under section 135; and</text></clause> <clause id="id77f38c26728d43eda036872bf1114d44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>awarded to a single contractor or consultant pursuant to a contract for engineering and design or construction between the contractor and the eligible entity.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4c94875300f14678b5e2122c3e1b1741"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Itemization</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), a bundling of eligible projects under this paragraph may be considered to be a single project, including for purposes of section 135.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idde2f97d98431429197e7b27da982269b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header><text>An eligible entity may use funds from a grant under the program for—</text>
<paragraph id="id77838352e6c64760bd7bbd73010508f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id914322f4ead64ca8b2fbee2efa77e7b5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 improvements.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id00956d567df64fb4bf8fd623c3067783"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Project requirements</header><text>The Secretary may provide a grant under the program to an eligible project only if the Secretary determines that the project—</text> <paragraph id="idc8d46212538f4a9494e69505d4cc80b9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>will generate regional economic, mobility, or safety benefits;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddd7185745bd9463e884480f8b11ca0d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will be cost effective;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2a3456ed32e14433813ba481084a5323"><enum>(3)</enum><text>will contribute to the accomplishment of 1 or more of the national goals under section 150;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1bb1fc5c960c428a8f09faaafe37316e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is based on the results of preliminary engineering; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc87c5a5c23b04486955855b58704625f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is reasonably expected to begin construction not later than 18 months after the date of obligation of funds for the project.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idb78fb0769d354a8297fb51247d32c76a"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional considerations</header><text>In providing grants under the program, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which an eligible project will—</text> <paragraph id="idc367380f74e2495d831c3127582b362f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve the state of good repair of existing highway, bridge, and tunnel facilities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idaaec214db0ff41bdab78e2d39eba87eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase the capacity or connectivity of the surface transportation system and improve mobility for residents of rural areas;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id410ad15e608548b8b4c662f44c3a8ead"><enum>(3)</enum><text>address economic development and job creation challenges, including energy sector job losses in energy communities as identified in the report released in April 2021 by the interagency working group established by section 218 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7628 (February 1, 2021)); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd447969c3cc542fc8484171ce65a06fb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enhance recreational and tourism opportunities by providing access to Federal land, national parks, national forests, national recreation areas, national wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, or State parks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3d4d87c6c1dd416c8bbcf4c55fa82471"><enum>(5)</enum><text>contribute to geographic diversity among grant recipients;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd4e762bc818145d6b04098e170941000"><enum>(6)</enum><text>utilize innovative project delivery approaches or incorporate transportation technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id32b4e3b21b1d44ae9e51f8cb5ee9f971"><enum>(7)</enum><text>coordinate with projects to address broadband infrastructure needs; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5130e6b261ea4997afe89a6711ef18b7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>improve access to emergency care, essential services, healthcare providers, or drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation resources.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7c13af9982444bb4b52a7f516b3f1171"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (k)(1), a grant under the program shall be in an amount that is not less than $25,000,000. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="idd0ea0a88b4d64599948dd7c13d5c1d76"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="id4cd216d634ed4d628f6ad4a15f051638"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under the program may not exceed 80 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf5ce1e8c3de3463db85578d5e3399587"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal share for certain projects</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an eligible project that furthers the completion of a designated segment of the Appalachian Development Highway System under section 14501 of title 40, or addresses a surface transportation infrastructure need identified for the Denali access system program under section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) shall be up to 100 percent, as determined by the State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idef95ee0918a64314a93f9e83bf548f41"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of other Federal assistance</header><text>Federal assistance other than a grant under the program may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idfe3a48e8de5a418e9f3cd547d2fe550e"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Set asides</header> <paragraph id="idfb82a9110e5e4b59a58df2a991f27f97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Small projects</header><text>The Secretary shall use not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects in an amount that is less than $25,000,000.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id619b4a4821d14c83b51e7afb2189ae2f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appalachian development highway system</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 25 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year for eligible projects that further the completion of designated routes of the Appalachian Development Highway System under section 14501 of title 40.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2c6be21e4d68489f9b0f3e3f63a354f3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rural roadway lane departures</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 15 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located in States that have rural roadway fatalities as a result of lane departures that are greater than the average of rural roadway fatalities as a result of lane departures in the United States, based on the latest available data from the Secretary. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEA0A9BFDF36D4E13BE4AA4ED84DE898E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Excess funding</header><text>In any fiscal year in which qualified applications for grants under this subsection do not allow for the amounts reserved under paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) to be fully utilized, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to make other grants under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id14a73e6b6634413cb4b295cbc4a1e6c7"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Congressional review</header> <paragraph id="id33895bb7f20d43cd8e116c678cba687c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not less than 60 days before providing a grant under the program, 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="id176395e2ea264485b8551ef002400008"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of all applications determined to be eligible for a grant by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id45d42d9ca90649f9b523782955e41e04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each application proposed to be selected for a grant, including a justification for the selection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8393354980df4ea5bce08c0fc27d7109"><enum>(C)</enum><text>proposed grant amounts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida93af51f551f4be69616d2561e64453c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committee review</header><text>Before the last day of the 60-day period described in paragraph (1), each Committee described in paragraph (1) shall review the list of proposed projects submitted by the Secretary.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id10cc47faf0cb435e9a33ba116eda9677"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional disapproval</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant or any other obligation or commitment to fund a project under the program if a joint resolution is enacted disapproving funding for the project before the last day of the 60-day period described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id72e60cb220a24241801c21c4b5ae73f3"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Transparency</header> <paragraph id="id69c83c77e657448fb9f5731ca006742a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after providing a grant for a project under the program, the Secretary shall provide to all applicants, and publish on the website of the Department of Transportation, the information described in subsection (l)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idc44a7245a39e4f42b020bd48e0a8b223"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>The Secretary shall provide, on the request of an eligible entity, the opportunity to receive a briefing to explain any reasons the eligible entity was not selected to receive a grant under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idab98f1eed39f482a925cf2961ff72460"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="ida612e00a800743549e8997b0bb2e9eb4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Transportation at the end of each fiscal year an annual report that lists each project for which a grant has been provided under the program during that fiscal year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id45f20cbfa7054dabb2656f31dcd0be4d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comptroller general</header>
<subparagraph id="ida17ab48eb7bd49bd8dede23d33d318f9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the administrative establishment, solicitation, selection, and justification process with respect to the awarding of grants under the program for each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id557a2586728346cfb17d2ff875196fbd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Comptroller General 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 describes, for the fiscal year—</text>
<clause id="id9ec1c58b6fdc4b1a96a9668541b6560c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the adequacy and fairness of the process by which each project was selected, if applicable; and</text></clause> <clause id="id9eb0216cccaf4fa7896e374fd67b03c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the justification and criteria used for the selection of each project, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id2758df4ca0df4c8588faba27aff4be35"><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 (as amended by section (1123(c)(2)), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 172 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86EC31E401F7482C903265BC1F280748"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">173. Rural surface transportation grant program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="idc5ab52428d7340009ed23740de4fc040"><enum>1134.</enum><header>Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 217 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idae199a5241b04d3fb89002445dabe939"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="iddb17109df24d4998be4b678363a36f3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pedestrian walkways and bicycle</quote> and inserting <quote>pedestrian walkways and bicycle and shared micromobility</quote>; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5ac4135211014bb387a165d8f69ebfab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>safe bicycle use</quote> and inserting <quote>safe access for bicyclists and pedestrians</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4a301898f5784aa98e4f531f398c5b4b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>a position</quote> and inserting <quote>up to 2 positions</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id54a2137c37fd449c9f642f8655636e54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>bicycles</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>pedestrians or bicyclists</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idF2F0ACEB4E3D4473BD5771247FFF0FBE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>and a bicycle</quote> and inserting <quote>or a bicycle or shared micromobility</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb6d4e469853a40d3bf9169e0a63270ad"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b4f9efe9b644500ab9b838e0b6bf61c"> <paragraph id="id378086a167884e43b4e03038af16b1f8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electric bicycle</header> <subparagraph id="idA6E432B6A59040E1992A78F01EB3A62B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>electric bicycle</term> means a bicycle—</text>
<clause id="idB239BFD01A0A48AD9903B1FCB1A65BAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>equipped with fully operable pedals, a saddle or seat for the rider, and an electric motor of less than 750 watts;</text></clause> <clause id="idEAC395D568AB461BAD4805149653F6DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that can safely share a bicycle transportation facility with other users of such facility; and </text></clause>
<clause id="id798AE0A1516347438AFE7D530499F56B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that is a class 1 electric bicycle, class 2 electric bicycle, or class 3 electric bicycle. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id84A2FA5000B4495C951529AAF049C9A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Classes of electric bicycles</header> <clause id="idd22e7f64271848838b1b00d0a11157bd"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Class 1 electric bicycle</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term <term>class 1 electric bicycle</term> means an electric bicycle, other than a class 3 electric bicycle, equipped with a motor that—</text>
<subclause id="id9AF40F62DD1044DAAE91867CBCC95195"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id042BF159535E4558BFC482F4641843AE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ceases to provide assistance when the speed of the bicycle reaches or exceeds 20 miles per hour.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id3585018e268e415382c9da82e5138ba6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Class 2 electric bicycle</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term <term>class 2 electric bicycle</term> means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that—</text> <subclause id="id4F61DD48F9344578B31EE80E19DA35F0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="id18D8DB16709146B7BE8DF87229A70ABB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not capable of providing assistance when the speed of the bicycle reaches or exceeds 20 miles per hour.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="iddba7b7b380714e38809edd96b3144993"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Class 3 electric bicycle</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term <term>class 3 electric bicycle</term> means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that—</text>
<subclause id="idF6C6E0AD2A9B4F62AA2FFB6194C465CF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="id1B6040652AAB4F7985297D06EA16831A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ceases to provide assistance when the speed of the bicycle reaches or exceeds 28 miles per hour.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="id2eb830f3c5154831bb39afe594f552e5"><enum>1135.</enum><header>Recreational trails program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a0709098e8944a0a751f58997fc995d"> <subsection id="id691d37cab3114580baa9e61a578b550c"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Use of other apportioned funds</header><text>Funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b) that are obligated for a recreational trail or a related project shall be administered as if the funds were made available to carry out this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="id43A6F002D9E34EBEB78FE4F996CEAA99"><enum>1136.</enum><header>Updates to Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out the first update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices under section 109(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code, to the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall include updates necessary to provide for—</text> <paragraph id="id01214AF9F0C542D09C80CF4B22243AD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the protection of vulnerable road users (as defined in section 148(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDCAC91973F2B4C64B3E47F223BC81F98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supporting the safe testing of automated vehicle technology and any preparation necessary for the safe integration of automated vehicles onto public streets; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id34DD4C6D4C2249FFBF460A862DB30674"><enum>(3)</enum><text>appropriate use of variable message signs to enhance public safety;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA9E89510FD6C4C989D557178A0F5034C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the minimum retroreflectivity of traffic control devices and pavement markings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id62626FC72CA14D8090CCCB435CBBC17A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any additional recommendations made by the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that have not been incorporated into the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HEF4DF973A2044CF3976893A8E0E6A6CC" style="OLC" changed="not-changed"><enum>B</enum><header>Planning and performance management</header>
<section id="HF03491FF65404F21890C89DB945976A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Transportation planning</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA5A97035BEB54F66890F62AE97A96391" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Metropolitan transportation planning</header><text>Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HABF1DCFA173C4258AD8A72A407CDABCA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F986847B3BE44F1B8E8F089F61C9A89" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A7AB2FBD084030B20DF55EA06A0C20" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H37D436FE90064C02B919DDE1370FB6E9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In designating officials or representatives under paragraph (2) for the first time, subject to the bylaws or enabling statute of the metropolitan planning organization, the metropolitan planning organization shall consider the equitable and proportional representation of the population of the metropolitan planning area.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H991539C3829D44CE862AB9BE0825B48B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HBF8E87D68B034BCF93F5315F0E83B3E6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an existing metropolitan planning area</quote> and inserting <quote>an existing urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H54D013055DC4416FB21B2A8BBF52A62D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the existing metropolitan planning area</quote> and inserting <quote>the area</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3FC4D9EA69B94828AC1EADAE3668DA64" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H920A17D58BA940E3BED7A128AC103BC3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>a metropolitan area</quote> and inserting <quote>an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5CDB485EB9FA4F7F9056C0B142D88949" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H1FE10E38A61844D4BD2FBD178C86E5EE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination between <enum-in-header>MPO</enum-in-header>s</header><text>If more than 1 metropolitan planning organization is designated within an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) under subsection (d)(7), the metropolitan planning organizations designated within the area shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the consistency of any data used in the planning process, including information used in forecasting travel demand.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HD4F3F0BA882D4BA082034EF29BB2993E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this subsection requires metropolitan planning organizations designated within a single urbanized area to jointly develop planning documents, including a unified long-range transportation plan or unified TIP.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB1E9780A31D848898A903D03BD634CAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(6), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9EAE42EE4174F9D9D7506E082C3128D" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H2C0DF29E05154128BB3C4E7A138A5BEE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of technology</header><text>A metropolitan planning organization may use social media and other web-based tools—</text>
<clause id="H742514E4B8474CB898A291E2F6FC8D7B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to further encourage public participation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD5AA727C13BE41048858F7D7F2157C04" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to solicit public feedback during the transportation planning process.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id8159A879169E4B518304CF79341E3D7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (p), by striking <quote>paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of section 104(b) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>section 104(b)(6)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HF795951A00C7430BAC564E0F9B92B2BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning</header><text>Section 135(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H6F65C3CBD8A14E39A61A9DDD091CABE8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of technology</header><text>A State may use social media and other web-based tools—</text> <clause id="H132C953CED1C45A591217D1C9CAB5860" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to further encourage public participation; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF133F2C043094B1D89F547C650305FF7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to solicit public feedback during the transportation planning process.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id488542B1597847359194EF5C2CA256CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 135(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of section 104(b) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>section 104(b)(6)</quote>. </text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HEB94D424BEFC4177AF204EF829AD3DDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Fiscal constraint on long-range transportation plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend section 450.324(f)(11)(v) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the outer years of a metropolitan transportation plan are defined as <quote>beyond the first 4 years</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H531F712BE0AC4EA1B45B7BD0E2DE1B82" changed="not-changed"><enum>1203.</enum><header>State human capital plans</header> <subsection id="HF525528E0652424D82AAFCDB2A234344" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 section 1133(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section changed="not-changed" id="HE6074048C57342868B44D037033382E0"><enum>174.</enum><header>State human capital plans</header>
<subsection id="H6D2FBB8C8DBA48FAB2E06B97F00AF941" changed="not-changed"><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 section, the Secretary shall encourage each State to develop a voluntary plan, to be known as a <quote>human capital plan</quote>, that provides for the immediate and long-term personnel and workforce needs of the State with respect to the capacity of the State to deliver transportation and public infrastructure eligible under this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAE16AC197B7B4BEDA900B4CFD67939A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan contents</header> <paragraph id="H7709045A3A924741999AFADC270DA204" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A human capital plan developed by a State under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA311396CCCE45E1BB979ED526584FDB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>significant transportation workforce trends, needs, issues, and challenges with respect to the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B7DC9B56EB841D39EB4F42FF3B73A05" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the human capital policies, strategies, and performance measures that will guide the transportation-related workforce investment decisions of the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H372C4364735645BD8E398D677E69B126" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordination with educational institutions, industry, organized labor, workforce boards, and other agencies or organizations to address the human capital transportation needs of the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF261B2B2B2374928A97B1A7F13AD914E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a workforce planning strategy that identifies current and future human capital needs, including the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to recruit and retain skilled workers in the transportation industry;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADAF9AA8A2404F0CBB9D79036A796BE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a human capital management strategy that is aligned with the transportation mission, goals, and organizational objectives of the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25E742164D1E43B09D2118EB9AAC3E0A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an implementation system for workforce goals focused on addressing continuity of leadership and knowledge sharing across the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BD203B91D0F4C588B4A14EB397FFA1B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an implementation system that addresses workforce competency gaps, particularly in mission-critical occupations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAECDB328ED7C406EA6E43EB241AB9086" changed="not-changed"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in the case of public-private partnerships or other alternative project delivery methods to carry out the transportation program of the State, a description of workforce needs—</text>
<clause id="HCBA786AEA55D4729BA853DA2FD5E0FA7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure that the transportation mission, goals, and organizational objectives of the State are fully carried out; and</text></clause> <clause id="HFCA76A74441A4469ADD43CD7377F2A2C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to ensure that procurement methods provide the best public value;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4370ABD7644A4019A29BC8B2041A1AF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a system for analyzing and evaluating the performance of the State department of transportation with respect to all aspects of human capital management policies, programs, and activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE81F160D785E42048D37BDEA9CAFE01C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the manner in which the plan will improve the ability of the State to meet the national policy in support of performance management established under section 150.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE70F3F68B0124B65914D2E701E1756CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Planning period</header><text>If a State develops a human capital plan under subsection (a), the plan shall address a 5-year forecast period.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H782B676D765D4D5CA891C7DE839C8A7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan updates</header><text>If a State develops a human capital plan under subsection (a), the State shall update the plan not less frequently than once every 5 years.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4715DA9B6D8B461AAF7274582516562C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to long-Range plan</header>
<paragraph id="H683FB100FBFA440493C5AE325D77E2D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a human capital plan developed by a State under subsection (a) may be developed separately from, or incorporated into, the long-range statewide transportation plan required under section 135.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB69852D1CB544A298F3332CC8D960CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text>Nothing in this section requires a State, or authorizes the Secretary to require a State, to incorporate a human capital plan into the long-range statewide transportation plan required under section 135.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H12CB5A4433944EABB029FFC3E5C2668B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>Each State that develops a human capital plan under subsection (a) shall make a copy of the plan available to the public in a user-friendly format on the website of the State department of transportation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H28428D1940AB45D9B79BB65D63FEEBB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section prevents a State from carrying out transportation workforce planning—</text>
<paragraph id="H0666307CECA842F3811044D1F71C8D93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not described in this section; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEBB158BDF1645DEA26E611EB1B5C053" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H92BB4447072B478C9BC89B41C95E64AD" changed="not-changed"><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 (as amended by section 1133(b)), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 173 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HD6DEB1731743414BBC384DFE4AAAF629" changed="not-changed"> <toc changed="not-changed"> <toc-entry changed="not-changed" idref="HE6074048C57342868B44D037033382E0" level="section">174. State human capital plans.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H3ABBE62D916D4555B5F8A0492A4C4D12" changed="not-changed"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Prioritization process pilot program</header> <subsection id="HF2784B9477B144C1B2647299E65DF293" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H97FFC6190BBD441DA37AE1E94369949D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H0804A1633EDF4856B626FE1308A27D7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization that serves an area with a population of over 200,000.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6EAB838BAFA54139AC3DED08971B988A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3828BB5EA4E485CBB37E160C1F9A709" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Metropolitan planning organization</header><text>The term <term>metropolitan planning organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14109BD027A94B42818AF892700C144A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization process pilot program</header><text>The term <term>prioritization process pilot program</term> means the pilot program established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F08B5B31B6F40A0906ACAB954308524" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="HEF8A1DFC171D4103A12537047A013787" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and solicit applications for a prioritization process pilot program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA5785BC33B44D47A6CAB98D17F1E4EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the prioritization process pilot program shall be to support data-driven approaches to planning that, on completion, can be evaluated for public benefit.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6BA77EB0B6F64ED59EE89B600AA102DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program administration</header> <paragraph id="H9FB0144C126E4999894DEE4A2170ECE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity participating in the prioritization process pilot program shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7CD423EAF7F4F76A849AD23B1BF05F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use priority objectives that are developed—</text> <clause id="H6A69D6DB4A3046F6A786E28A1575A724" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000, by the metropolitan planning organization that serves the area, in consultation with the State;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF7BE6400B3F04297B1E9AF79FB485078" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or fewer, by the State in consultation with all metropolitan planning organizations in the State; and</text></clause> <clause id="HED5A647EA9B54D2DAF2309F81B66D38E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through a public process that provides an opportunity for public input;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4F5618A4CED42C1BF2353743E1AE4A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess and score projects and strategies on the basis of—</text> <clause id="H9070F5ABB56F4ADAA11FE6DE87BB037D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the contribution and benefits of the project or strategy to each priority objective developed under subparagraph (A);</text></clause>
<clause id="H9A3317F6612841A3AD123214743E4AB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of the project or strategy relative to the contribution and benefits assessed and scored under clause (i); and</text></clause> <clause id="H3FEA9B740C8242AE94007C1AC82E845F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>public support;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF42502179354FDE8744F122469B188F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>use the scores assigned under subparagraph (B) to guide project selection in the development of the transportation plan and transportation improvement program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H605EA6C9E0F24FAABC522133FE6C904D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that the public—</text>
<clause id="H7F25C22C83B148CEA3770A2D457D0A6A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has opportunities to provide public comment on projects before decisions are made on the transportation plan and the transportation improvement program; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3DD0FCF8B0A4466D91807B7ABFCB4BAE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has access to clear reasons why each project or strategy was selected or not selected.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF989FC84A7984144AE596819357CE2DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the prioritization process pilot program shall use the funds as described in each of the following, as applicable:</text> <subparagraph id="HA2266FA570EB4C559AE77489698B54BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Metropolitan transportation planning</header><text>In the case of a metropolitan planning organization that serves an area with a population of over 200,000, the entity shall—</text>
<clause id="H47DC4AF3722449AE8A07DD8152E02301" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop and implement a publicly accessible, transparent prioritization process for the selection of projects for inclusion on the transportation plan for the metropolitan planning area under section 134(i) of title 23, United States Code, and section 5303(i) of title 49, United States Code, which shall—</text> <subclause id="H60421B9AF9C546128D4E56949FE4C5D0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include criteria identified by the metropolitan planning organization, which may be weighted to reflect the priority objectives developed under paragraph (1)(A), that the metropolitan planning organization has determined support—</text>
<item id="H027F6A7E096A49EF99268DAFD369B92E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>factors described in section 134(h) of title 23, United States Code, and section 5303(h) of title 49, United States Code;</text></item> <item id="H7B4F8557423544A59ED6919484A5FDCC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>targets for national performance measures under section 150(b) of title 23, United States Code;</text></item>
<item id="H62E68D63004B4C77B19C4893D8B52B37" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>applicable transportation goals in the metropolitan planning area or State set by the applicable transportation agency; and</text></item> <item id="H517487783A5F4C2E9AFDF355D6D3A37B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>priority objectives developed under paragraph (1)(A);</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H8BDFD7BC88B54D11A4F27AFE4940650F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evaluate the outcomes for each proposed project on the basis of the benefits of the proposed project with respect to each of the criteria described in subclause (I) relative to the cost of the proposed project; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H37192AC5A8984C5A8179799D03CA1D82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>use the evaluation under subclause (II) to create a ranked list of proposed projects; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB6FB4B04DE6B44E3830A8F3087B35B4E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to the priority list under section 134(j)(2)(A) of title 23 and section 5303(j)(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code, include projects according to the rank of the project under clause (i)(III), except as provided in subparagraph (D).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB0DF3F8399044A8A436E47DF8588264" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Statewide transportation planning</header><text>In the case of a State, the State shall—</text>
<clause id="H1204C7986D1D4ED183134CD4ECA657F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop and implement a publicly accessible, transparent process for the selection of projects for inclusion on the long-range statewide transportation plan under section 135(f) of title 23, United States Code, which shall—</text> <subclause id="H1FB7F3599060449C8461541C2AB57384" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include criteria identified by the State, which may be weighted to reflect statewide priorities, that the State has determined support—</text>
<item id="H3276F1E5070E4557BC9180EEB057C761" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>factors described in section 135(d) of title 23, United States Code, and section 5304(d) of title 49, United States Code;</text></item> <item id="HEDF1834A04D84EA5AA0590A115C21B44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>national transportation goals under section 150(b) of title 23, United States Code;</text></item>
<item id="H34C9DC4E223A4134BBF48917C6F999C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>applicable transportation goals in the State; and</text></item> <item id="HC61D96B1A8824382B8AA2A176648B8A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the priority objectives developed under paragraph (1)(A);</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HEF2FBF3FAA7C4035B4309FAC757601DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>evaluate the outcomes for each proposed project on the basis of the benefits of the proposed project with respect to each of the criteria described in subclause (I) relative to the cost of the proposed project; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HB367D7DF476148579E034EADBB28ABED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>use the evaluation under subclause (II) to create a ranked list of proposed projects; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H58793A02912C45D3AA18427848F357A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to the statewide transportation improvement program under section 135(g) of title 23, United States Code, and section 5304(g) of title 49, United States Code, include projects according to the rank of the project under clause (i)(III), except as provided in subparagraph (D).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8467CC9B64304AC29AAC966BA924525D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional transportation planning</header><text>If the eligible entity has implemented, and has in effect, the requirements under subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable, the eligible entity may use any remaining funds from a grant provided under the pilot program for any transportation planning purpose.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1008C324DF10445CAE06FA020F543E3F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exceptions to priority ranking</header><text>In the case of any project that the eligible entity chooses to include or not include in the transportation improvement program under section 134(j) of title 23, United States Code, or the statewide transportation improvement program under section 135(g) of title 23, United States Code, as applicable, in a manner that is contrary to the priority ranking for that project established under subparagraph (A)(i)(III) or (B)(i)(III), the eligible entity shall make publicly available an explanation for the decision, including—</text> <clause id="H6C61F726BA4146629AF0BAF53AB90133" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a review of public comments regarding the project;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB0932A8D13734EE1A87BBEF3B048A227" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of public support for the project;</text></clause> <clause id="H4F05709DAAF74D0B9DF3003CFC51115A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an assessment of geographic balance of projects of the eligible entity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA687944AD0D74DEBA3B147DFCEB4DD85" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of projects of the eligible entity in economically distressed areas.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CAE25E8207048CE94C0C950898123F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum amount of a grant under the prioritization process pilot program is $2,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5677182E79748829EC43B01ACC39FBC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to participate in the prioritization process pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD9ECA43E32894E809C9BFCE32B47D987" changed="not-changed"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Travel demand data and modeling</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H9560ABBFC94840C28649564746BA54F1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of metropolitan planning organization</header><text>In this section, the term <term>metropolitan planning organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1BD93F4A34744E29AAB9FD5F3927503D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H40E055AB0735451CA67A92C1E8C9D0FF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall carry out a study that—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A909E9DF15945C197A39E2DC9660B71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>gathers travel data and travel demand forecasts from a representative sample of States and metropolitan planning organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD778F039AE774F0A8E90D83422B259F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>uses the data and forecasts gathered under subparagraph (A) to compare travel demand forecasts with the observed data, including—</text> <clause id="H26BFAF5A0FF141639EC56F3DB60C8515" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>traffic counts;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFAD968980A014B6AB5C0D96612AD06BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>travel mode share and public transit ridership; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6C34485B72454B7EA231487FF70958DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>vehicle occupancy measures; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8562F68B76F34C5D85F00211A43000E9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>uses the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B)—</text> <clause id="H4C0095747FE548E2BC9048EC729C67C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to develop best practices or guidance for States and metropolitan planning organizations to use in forecasting travel demand for future investments in transportation improvements;</text></clause>
<clause id="H18E0606285DB4283912F62855C06AC75" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to evaluate the impact of transportation investments, including new roadway capacity, on travel behavior and travel demand, including public transportation ridership, induced highway travel, and congestion;</text></clause> <clause id="HFD68769E85B04AFEB22A9797A8558B4A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to support more accurate travel demand forecasting by States and metropolitan planning organizations; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H62D6C494A83F47608FBD11BFA1882FCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to enhance the capacity of States and metropolitan planning organizations—</text> <subclause id="HB620182EAE7148F3B95ECAAD10EA49D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to forecast travel demand; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HAB319F853B6342EE99D2B79184927FC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to track observed travel behavior responses, including induced travel, to changes in transportation capacity, pricing, and land use patterns.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46B8C34C6B674EBB900F73DD84A592A1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretarial support</header><text>The Secretary shall seek opportunities to support the transportation planning processes under sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United States Code, through the provision of data to States and metropolitan planning organizations to improve the quality of plans, models, and forecasts described in this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97092CD3303E4A0E8C7804508BDADFF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation tool</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a publicly available multimodal web-based tool for the purpose of enabling States and metropolitan planning organizations to evaluate the effect of investments in highway and public transportation projects on the use and conditions of all transportation assets within the State or area served by the metropolitan planning organization, as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H60B89E7188A84A98AE908A6FC8F13043" changed="not-changed"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Increasing safe and accessible transportation options</header> <subsection id="HEE22ACC602B3406A9BDC497E828FFCE9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Complete Streets standards or policies</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Complete Streets standards or policies</term> means standards or policies that ensure the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, children, older individuals, individuals with disabilities, motorists, and freight vehicles.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H43C5821F25CF494E99532EB0E59FF7D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State and metropolitan planning organization shall use to carry out 1 or more activities described in subsection (c)—</text> <paragraph id="H7B1699934D2B4166A57C27DF017B6244" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a State, not less than 2.5 percent of the amounts made available to the State to carry out section 505 of title 23, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6CDB17637894DCCA40DA918D8ED8587" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a metropolitan planning organization, not less than 2.5 percent of the amounts made available to the metropolitan planning organization under section 104(d) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9769E116AB124562A46AC7B41E17D35A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text>An activity referred to in subsection (b) is an activity to increase safe and accessible options for multiple travel modes for people of all ages and abilities, which, if permissible under applicable State and local laws, may include—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC876E2611D24A2E8C38205C6AFA43A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>adoption of Complete Streets standards or policies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A88F2EAC0A0420594B6085D3CA66F06" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>development of a Complete Streets prioritization plan that identifies a specific list of Complete Streets projects to improve the safety, mobility, or accessibility of a street;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7974E48127E4A3B9D8DE5DC3EE6B12F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>development of transportation plans—</text> <subparagraph id="H3DE7D7F7355C4B28B88FC36DB9A438AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to create a network of active transportation facilities, including sidewalks, bikeways, or pedestrian and bicycle trails, to connect neighborhoods with destinations such as workplaces, schools, residences, businesses, recreation areas, healthcare and child care services, or other community activity centers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71781A4FFEF04BF0A05FEFEBA4DE0320" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to integrate active transportation facilities with public transportation service or improve access to public transportation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08F6D1FA64C4431D84AEB087E32CB973" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to create multiuse active transportation infrastructure facilities, including bikeways or pedestrian and bicycle trails, that make connections within or between communities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04053E62FA10437EAF49E08EB465ED18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to increase public transportation ridership; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFD002C51FA2472BB8E28A42F0EB1A94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to improve the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FC83D801AC9415282DB7A20316BE431" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>regional and megaregional planning to address travel demand and capacity constraints through alternatives to new highway capacity, including through intercity passenger rail; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C390FB759184F63BB3AD01D67C4EA2C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>development of transportation plans and policies that support transit-oriented development.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB00008E9C96C4B57B18F86D6F36559E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section shall be 80 percent, unless the Secretary determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway program would be best served by decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id2cf65f31da7543fa97136fe2c8baebfc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State flexibility</header><text>A State or metropolitan planning organization, with the approval of the Secretary, may opt out of the requirements of this section if the State or metropolitan planning organization demonstrates to the Secretary, by not later than 30 days before the Secretary apportions funds for a fiscal year under section 104, that the State or metropolitan planning organization—</text>
<paragraph id="id774F6FC59B1E488885EA66222250099C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has Complete Streets standards and policies in place; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id72D874DE77994BBE8D04348EA13AFFFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has developed an up-to-date Complete Streets prioritization plan as described in subsection (c)(2). </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle changed="not-changed" id="H94DBC599AE7D480BB53F37FD756927E6" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Project delivery and process improvement</header>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idff3de47432304d42812a669cf78118f2"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Codification of One Federal Decision</header>
<subsection id="ida7e30bf21cbb42988611f64508698a2d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 139 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id9c135e4b1ca74fda84e151ebe615f881"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">decisionmaking</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">decisionmaking and One Federal Decision</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id46a2b085fe4a4f5f93c4b32b992a6e62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="ida3b0a465ca824458a8e60960d57574cf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5ef5109aac454e7280a02082734bec2f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id818bf80f0a7343bcbc218b898239495e"> <paragraph id="ide79a83336a374da9920bbff38d62c8e1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The term <term>authorization</term> means any environmental license, permit, approval, finding, or other administrative decision related to the environmental review process that is required under Federal law to site, construct, or reconstruct a project.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddad914e412654997866eff4c7141870e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental document</header><text>The term <term>environmental document</term> includes 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>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id52641bba607141f5ad2a365a2cb91ccb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 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>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9e81717280ee4101b8d8d90c65fda28b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51a67d1a5622446d87c19d7a7e6815f5"> <paragraph id="id448cdf76f8824068b206d42b350a424e"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Major project</header> <subparagraph id="id3cd8ed1e54224a77b36a41805fe4f202"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>major project</term> means a project for which—</text>
<clause id="idc16bd245f908433aa6c1486544f8dd6d"><enum>(i)</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></clause> <clause id="id0d9cd557a2d140438dc527d40d586691"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project sponsor has identified the reasonable availability of funds sufficient to complete the project;</text></clause>
<clause id="idcc2610d12ab6427bb5811732eaff0d14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the project is not a covered project (as 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></clause> <clause id="id4ee5b6df355b4b75b1e34402e3d7487b"><enum>(iv)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7a8af59f9e34491081417aedbd58f2c3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the head of the lead agency has determined that an environmental impact statement is required; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idE047245489B3436EAA95865ECDA0C761" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the head of the lead agency has determined that an environmental assessment is required, and the project sponsor requests that the project be treated as a major project.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id734440d4552142ea94bc8ad8b95d086e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>In this section, the term <term>major project</term> does not have the same meaning as the term <term>major project</term> as described in section 106(h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id38ecfecd2b494d18982e2d6bd85015c8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="id6868f971758c4649ae959ef6f9ffed45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including major projects,</quote> after <quote>all projects</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idcf5ae1de9e2745f490d859f26421f9fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as requested by a project sponsor and</quote> after <quote>applied,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id0d6f4d00d3694bdcbbed0f5c49866fb8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4a3bf580c89c486db3ac7be090d0fbe6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="id5a2357677bce4dadbbf5b2dcf80960af"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="id6c40b55d17134c52ba825a9d53b530dc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idd80abf95d9a149a9bac947f005cfc502"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idd8de972ac6264279a61534df8804cffd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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="idaf054172d539404295b7b6c3ffd58b61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id115575e5e17444bc8ce0a97f189b786f"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Process improvements for projects</header>
<subparagraph id="id5f244ad92e8f47658c4fe4a2f57ba629"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review—</text> <clause id="ida877f6a46e464772badd33c446c9c8af"><enum>(i)</enum><text>existing practices, procedures, rules, regulations, and applicable laws to identify impediments to meeting the requirements applicable to projects under this section; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id360b9c5925c6444bb8a31cd1f7cfd916"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>best practices, programmatic agreements, and potential changes to internal departmental procedures that would facilitate an efficient environmental review process for projects.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida5742c0bba894bd1818a88663a510e2e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the review under 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="idd7aa891615ac4f4bb76abe0a73a3d02a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, 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> <clause id="id02fd4a0ed7e34605a7fdb1357843a791"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the review under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause>
<clause id="idbbe866ff6e0641039f96cb3f71ea6c31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an analysis of whether additional funding would help the Secretary meet the requirements applicable to projects under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5f8e03d78879410d9583c8db49f54a95"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd357025034084652adbe6b634286fc85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause id="idf2c3f6db42a64782a4a7abc6028712fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph 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="id43ebb2cc816f4b4d828375faf7dc8526"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="id90224fa60cf640759db9591306a30f51"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and except as provided in subparagraph (D)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (7)</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="ida09b44a0224044228ea2e4b062947768"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>permits</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizations</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="idda2bea94f7ea4bbf8020e9d1ffe4aff5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>single environment document</quote> and inserting <quote>single environmental document for each kind of environmental document</quote>;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id945c9612fa6f456ea5f7e217e1cb4530"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i)—</text> <subclause id="idbaeff2fdbb694d22acf7d7952721de57"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an environmental document</quote> and inserting <quote>environmental documents</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id380328aa17fa489ba977e23a77265114"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>permits issued</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizations</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="idf6fb45fa3dcc4ac6b72fe6a1d5c76b57"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id133390132d15429ca7d1f0f9ce92d844"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The lead agency may waive the application of subparagraph (A) with respect to a project if—</text> <clause id="id938d931b589c4c54bb2959a8b9490f89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project sponsor requests that agencies issue separate environmental documents;</text></clause>
<clause id="id595ba7620213455e917515679101ec17"><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 the project; or</text></clause> <clause id="idd2497712cf9342098de91f05757019d8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the lead agency determines that reliance on a single environmental document (as described in subparagraph (A)) would not facilitate timely completion of the environmental review process for the project.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8c29f7993a4347eca0dac932c0e3a9ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id581805944f93426fbcd88ce32106f0fe"> <paragraph id="id86a6dcfe0460432f8892e94dc9d0e325"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Timely authorizations for major projects</header> <subparagraph id="id6fdb2a077a9546f48fccceaaaff704e5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), 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="id526a9506d4ca4db5b783b648fca2c69b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Detail</header><text>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 and cooperating agencies in the environmental review process.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id6a8208d774d243a7bab56a8fbe98e050"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Extension of deadline</header><text>The head of the lead agency may extend the deadline under subparagraph (A) if—</text>
<clause id="id68332856a5e54b4396bb4b8ea364f197"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal law prohibits the lead agency or another agency from issuing an approval or permit within the period described in that subparagraph;</text></clause> <clause id="id4186b897d6b4469496481903bbcb8d3a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project sponsor requests that the permit or approval follow a different timeline; or</text></clause>
<clause id="idbb02deddc55b460cb07e4f1f535d19ab"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an extension would facilitate 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="ide1acd9c514c040a9832334dee1395b89"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8f6e28296b7e4a1785e0ef724c2b08cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="id23aecf15511542b3b654d3272fe18caf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(IV), by striking <quote>schedule for and cost of</quote> and inserting <quote>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</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idf883d36b7c094163ba9a1333bc63b1ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26F0D4A42511440686E3AA2B5A054EAA"> <clause id="id55fe1b2587e443d584add60fb02514c2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Major project schedule</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable Federal law, in the case of a major project, the lead agency shall develop, in concurrence 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, as measured from, as applicable—</text>
<subclause id="id18bce7928fd44b43a2714527e0f08ffe"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the date of publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to the record of decision; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="idd33fa799e22c4d5fa470789097e92c15"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date on which the head of the lead agency determines that an environmental assessment is required to a finding of no significant impact.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8f1db6b159554d028f4ca9fead7d760b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24252C567215494A9B552B7F085C8352"> <subparagraph id="id78bae0fd2448464594a36c99bc56cfbc"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Modification</header> <clause id="id48cd59ab01cf429fbc56bcd64657e5e9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the lead agency may lengthen or shorten a schedule established under subparagraph (B) for good cause.</text></clause>
<clause id="id65bcf13b795741018ce45401a9e19b4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subclause id="id97b4aeb5cb4f40c295fe6be5d05a501f"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Major projects</header><text>In the case of a major project, the lead agency may lengthen a schedule under clause (i) for a cooperating Federal agency by not more than 1 year after the latest deadline established for the major project by the lead agency.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id316d617e2d8b4d469bc35f7343882fd6"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Shortened schedules</header><text>The lead agency may not shorten a schedule under clause (i) if doing so would impair the ability of a cooperating Federal agency to conduct necessary analyses or otherwise carry out relevant obligations of the Federal agency for the project.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6abe4c077b354da2a016496927128766"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="iddfe6a5093ae14005918c1b0f903b40ce"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id2e10ff0cad544798b457efb48a58ad62"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Failure to meet deadline</header><text>If a cooperating Federal agency fails to meet a deadline established under subparagraph (D)(ii)(I)—</text> <clause id="id915411ce1b534bdeb273d37fb94423e7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cooperating Federal agency shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the reasons why the deadline was not met; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id53d6f9d8936242e295e1b9a654550625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="ida917fc2b3653418e8e1b0c6333cb93b6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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 the report under clause (i); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idf2fb39a5c0684bb09707fb63608f3e71"><enum>(II)</enum><text>make the report under clause (i) publicly available on the internet.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id21519228960B458F9DAC9EF4E91084CC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (n), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id6E1B78E4B1934A97931F96765FC76A8A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Length of environmental document</header>
<subparagraph id="id5A8AE60F25934DF6AD262776A9793A27"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subparagraph (B), to the maximum extent practicable, the text of the items described in paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 1502.10(a) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), of an environmental impact statement for a project shall be 200 pages or fewer. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id83CE0E930F1D48BBB03085A4C02418C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>An environmental impact statement for a project may exceed 200 pages, if the lead agency establishes a new page limit for the environmental impact statement for that project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1d5a84ef19ca4382803d8a9fc01a83b2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23E8D6D68A3447769B5DB635A7D516A7"> <subsection id="idd402fe34022f47b1949e22fb492d7451"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Accountability and reporting for major projects</header> <paragraph id="id4327075bb3c846f681f5714c5596e72d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a performance accountability system to track each major project.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id71ca2982cdd14eb1ad5aeac0ed9436b7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The performance accountability system under paragraph (1) shall, for each major project, track, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="id6d9d6d5c26404448ba97fb17a72cd167"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the environmental review process for the major project, including the project schedule;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id978665452a2c42688faae89d60b498d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the lead agency, cooperating agencies, and participating agencies are meeting the schedule established for the environmental review process; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id592438f9a0cc45ac8b31c8666be4f74d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the time taken to complete the environmental review process.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id724d53cf44204729b5e0cd9fa4bce626"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Development of categorical exclusions</header>
<paragraph id="id89de7b153a35412781896f8aee6707af"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id7cab50811f334c268213600000a40abf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in consultation with the agencies described in paragraph (2), identify the categorical exclusions described in section 771.117 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), that would accelerate delivery of a project if those categorical exclusions were available to those agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id62457c6e1be248dfa719817913573857"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collect existing documentation and substantiating information on the categorical exclusions described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5dd7b3930080418ebd492a72e4fe7a5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide to each agency described in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="idFF51828FCCCF426FA071477CF5046261"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a list of the categorical exclusions identified under subparagraph (A); and </text></clause> <clause id="id982B4F3175BC4B93A1F5BC00F808E523"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the documentation and substantiating information under subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3f7568e5ebf74936a84bb9a56d87400e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agencies described</header><text>The agencies referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text> <subparagraph id="id131c4d28f01241f386350d58a2452acb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9c3126cd483c41bdb8dc8785e6a12895"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of the Army;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id541224099a3d4fdd8e6a0d0b17f1db8d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id221f5392a11546fc81bf00a170ba9b46"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id99e4124e6cb24f01bc6e0889b7b3dbbf"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Department of Energy;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8b983637c07d4b50aea5a13d43351eea"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Department of Defense; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idac15c8fb60834bc3875a9d581d4b9d7a"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any other Federal agency that has participated in an environmental review process for a project, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd82f29edbfe645bdb6ff2bec7aee7755"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adoption of categorical exclusions</header>
<subparagraph id="id8872a0dcc6454d3e92406c78965a13c1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary provides a 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 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1cd3261e4edb4cdea7486b3d7554693e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text>In a notice of proposed rulemaking under subparagraph (A), the applicable agency may solicit comments on whether any of the proposed new categorical exclusions meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion under section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4874e538615b4458b7dcf65d3304fd0f"><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 striking the item relating to section 139 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF3A4270F9C9464B92C1A344E901269E"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">139. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking and One Federal Decision.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H1AF267F3272549D8A0CA0E076BF59C68" changed="not-changed"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Work zone process reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall amend section 630.1008(e) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the work zone process review under that subsection is required not more frequently than once every 5 years.</text></section>
<section id="H94271AB8699D43ADA56EC9BCFDF78E80" changed="not-changed"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Transportation management plans</header>
<subsection id="HA6C4BFA749CA426FBCF80CD146E6A6B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall amend section 630.1010(c) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that only a project described in that subsection with a lane closure for 3 or more consecutive days shall be considered to be a significant project for purposes of that section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB8D76D69AEAB492EA6EDAF4ED64FE5DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Interstate projects</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State shall not be required to develop or implement a transportation management plan (as described in section 630.1012 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) for a highway project not on the Interstate System if the project requires not more than 3 consecutive days of lane closures.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6F27B0F8F61F47FCAC2B96BBA85CD362" changed="not-changed"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Intelligent transportation systems</header>
<subsection id="HEB8A9C66890B49F3B6F6A90DE2DE87A1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop guidance for using existing flexibilities with respect to the systems engineering analysis described in part 940 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H04296CA2234A487EA49C055A01B0CEAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any guidance developed under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H8151C3CE23C945838B471F3D14475905" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>clearly identifies criteria for low-risk and exempt intelligent transportation systems projects, with a goal of minimizing unnecessary delay or paperwork burden;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD00F2E2CBA94913AC77533512E33599" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is consistently implemented by the Department nationwide; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C690EE20B554B4192D726CD67E47B5B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is disseminated to Federal-aid recipients.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7B56E78670C6405F88AC4524C7DF4E4E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section prevents the Secretary from amending part 940 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to reduce State administrative burdens.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5A193830578D4557B8D0A6B75BFEBE68" changed="not-changed"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Alternative contracting methods</header>
<subsection id="H3956EB58249C430DA55F22C91831C8F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alternative contracting methods for federal land management agencies and tribal governments</header><text>Section 201 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H150400CD46C5424AB90B9A44D033C7F8" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="H9CF2CE156B154F7AA0271CFFF0D87A12"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Alternative contracting methods</header> <paragraph id="H8C49B9F756FD4C89AA097C6BF5EF50BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), a contracting method available to a State under this title may be used by the Secretary, on behalf of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21AF21DB15E543F0A7B8DE8518C5BE82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency, in using any funds pursuant to section 203, 204, or 308;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H986AEB3CA4EA4AEDAF37E88111F4E8CC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency, in using any funds pursuant to section 1535 of title 31 for any of the eligible uses described in sections 203(a)(1) and 204(a)(1) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 308(a); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF308397729E94D0EBE35957178FF2295" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Tribal government, in using funds pursuant to section 202(b)(7)(D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FB6EA6487594C02A8AB0AE3D1C71955" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Methods described</header><text>The contracting methods referred to in paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9668007AD3A44DD09155711246925AC2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project bundling;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H296195B577BD4793B6F04E170D67FC2E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bridge bundling;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H958919A13F554DEABFF08CEBBC4030BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>design-build contracting;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F47C309B30B4C0CBBEB713F68FC8973" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>2-phase contracting;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BC3C711E4BE431697BCC405984F17A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>long-term concession agreements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9505138B6C7C4DD9935CE7330068D0CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any method tested, or that could be tested, under an experimental program relating to contracting methods carried out by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBE486D1E7E0410EB05AA73B674E7303" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="HF46DEC7ABC384499B3EBA0E380DFE4E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affects the application of the Federal share for the project carried out with a contracting method under this subsection; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9556DAD9AAD4C28BD01FB1061ECA551" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modifies the point of obligation of Federal salaries and expenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAAFFE67DF1E947A3B1721461930E41D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation with federal and state agencies and foreign countries</header><text>Section 308(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H82CDA466B58E4498B56F5B77F0AA6218"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative contracting methods</header>
<subparagraph id="HBBA57CD9C4A240F5A55E96DFED0A4A49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), in performing services under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use any contracting method available to a State under this title.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72075FC2F91741049FC198212BAF5342" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Methods described</header><text>The contracting methods referred to in subparagraph (A) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="HFA0BDAAC92B3408D96F12B702A8BA45B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>project bundling;</text></clause> <clause id="HB753A2D307CC43EDA6EF66CE825E9DF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>bridge bundling;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFE07D4F46D83442186924BB32D7D6E26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>design-build contracting;</text></clause> <clause id="H624E20808F00479BB7C69DAE31B051FD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>2-phase contracting;</text></clause>
<clause id="H39D9A8A7A329419685EAE9CA0D9ECBD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>long-term concession agreements; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAC3A6E95E5C84EC5AD067866B90770F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any method tested, or that could be tested, under an experimental program relating to contracting methods carried out by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H052363D4E0EC47B6A24DC3C98000FF26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of alternative contracting methods</header><text>In carrying out an alternative contracting method under section 201(f) or 308(a)(4) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HFF94C17F720549809DC011868945ACB5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in consultation with the applicable Federal land management agencies, establish clear procedures that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D69467907204726BA9BD3AC6ACF0888" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applicable to the alternative contracting method; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE597F1B58A4C45D8969017B84AD52A44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the requirements applicable to Federal procurement transactions;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D8932F882414EC39638FF4124A01080" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit input on the use of the alternative contracting method from the affected industry prior to using the method; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H449566A46DC44F3283C20341EA8D5B55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>analyze and prepare an evaluation of the use of the alternative contracting method.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA73F345302B54022A08514AD5D85B3BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Flexibility for projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1420 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/101">23 U.S.C. 101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFCF053DBA4C442F6910E2B8423FDEF9A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>and on request by a State, the Secretary may</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “, on request by a State, and if in the public interest (as determined by the Secretary), the Secretary shall exercise all existing flexibilities under—</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HC0FC44F13E4A4C40981CF2C758B9F52C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the requirements of title 23, United States Code; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HF9D44B157A5646B097A6711021C285DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other requirements administered by the Secretary, in whole or in part.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A5DAAEC6B524805BCA3E9CC76097934" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting <quote>(including regulations)</quote> after <quote>environmental law</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HE6D202D419A04D4290C7DD17C8A99B53" changed="not-changed"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Improved Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreements</header> <subsection id="HFF53439DD9C441E1936E2EB688FEE694" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of template</header><text>In this section, the term <term>template</term> means a template created by the Secretary for Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreements that—</text>
<paragraph id="H99E6A619FC0A41E7AE45B64EDFA69FE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes all standard terms found in stewardship and oversight agreements, including any terms in an attachment to the agreement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37806EDD0FF448649A2651DCF430B270" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is developed in accordance with section 106 of title 23, United States Code, or any other applicable authority; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81B2D8C6E71E42AC9637A1EF0A2C34B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may be developed with consideration of relevant regulations, guidance, or policies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1DBDCBF523404F9A96E96B1D23618C08" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Request for comment</header> <paragraph id="H837888AF6AA44F89AC2FED74CDEE8E1C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the template and a notice requesting public comment on ways to improve the template.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75CA735874F04BB8A297B7040248FBFD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comment period</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a period of not less than 60 days for public comment on the notice under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9114732E5D6431DBEE80CFD267A730A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain issues</header><text>The notice under paragraph (1) shall allow comment on any aspect of the template and shall specifically request public comment on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6803F3DA04B9483DB66B8CF05248D09D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the template should be revised to delete standard terms requiring approval by the Secretary of the policies, procedures, processes, or manuals of the States, or other State actions, if Federal law (including regulations) does not specifically require an approval;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3EA532FABF4141B6A9B16F858D0E35A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>opportunities to modify the template to allow adjustments to the review schedules for State practices or actions, including through risk-based approaches, program reviews, process reviews, or other means; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F2D3EDB9B8A4A189E0AF68507EFE987" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other matters that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE13DCD89FBD9439C850AD309887009EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice of action; updates</header> <paragraph id="HDD0CD6DC70344345BEC67F469329761F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, after considering the comments received in response to the Federal Register notice under subsection (b), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H776F53CD7031445BBE18175618ADA95C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes any proposed changes to be made, and any alternatives to such changes, to the template;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A52CAF002934CEABF534AA296700326" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses comments in response to which changes were not made to the template; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7FCFCD510F1485FAD4D046DDD747CA4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prescribes a schedule and a plan to execute a process for implementing the changes referred to in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B4CABAA6AFB482FAC83A43682D2A336" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval requirements</header><text>In addressing comments under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall include an explanation of the basis for retaining any requirement for approval of State policies, procedures, processes, or manuals, or other State actions, if Federal law (including regulations) does not specifically require the approval.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9F337495352403CB78267B97F88FCD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="HD8B7CBD38F1D41D69E7FE73681C44219" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the notice under paragraph (1) is published, the Secretary shall make changes to the template in accordance with—</text> <clause id="H30BD5727C9B24AAF9B702AA8F962DA23" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the changes described in the notice under paragraph (1)(A); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H79B42D4E3F4E40F5901484E0CE5AF1A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the schedule and plan described in the notice under paragraph (1)(C).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H015EAC3F4EC44C08A6A21BD699E8E053" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the revised template under subparagraph (A) is published, the Secretary shall update existing agreements with States according to the template updated under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H987751513E7F4DFF87C5D2C95C58C5D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusion of non-Standard terms</header><text>Nothing in this section precludes the inclusion in a Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreement of non-standard terms to address a State-specific matter, including risk-based stewardship and Department oversight involvement in individual projects of division interest.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H30FCFADD122449828B4941799FCA916A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance with non-Statutory terms</header> <paragraph id="H4E528D3E301D4026A3EC041DA7FE171E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not enforce or otherwise require a State to comply with approval requirements that are not required by Federal law (including regulations) in a Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreement.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36F95E8D2868427B8A7F5639ADB0DEF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not assert approval authority over any matter in a Federal-State stewardship and oversight agreement reserved to States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1439BE51E4C046919C4A24CA7DC3444D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Frequency of reviews</header><text>Section 106(g)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H46BAD4C8BC9B4DDB8EC6C31CC2469028" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annual</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D327EC571614B17A48A5FF023285383" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H70C9CC832CDB44E7A41113374BE4DE47"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE58667B7D2CE47F0800659A9FBE6A4A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H89DFB74B565D43608D1ED64A7F61C100"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Frequency</header>
<clause id="H54956A67BDF440729CFB06F920F0166B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall carry out a review under subparagraph (A) not less frequently than once every 2 years.</text></clause> <clause id="H7943365BA01745BC9DE5E1FB31733DB8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consultation with State</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with a State, may make a determination to carry out a review under subparagraph (A) for that State less frequently than provided under clause (i).</text></clause>
<clause id="H17215EC914634733B6B3EB986B033BFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Cause</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there is a specific reason to require a review more frequently than provided under clause (i) with respect to a State, the Secretary may carry out a review more frequently than provided under that clause.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H195E0FFDAF6146C9B40FB3035793E20B" changed="not-changed"><enum>1308.</enum><header>Geomatic data</header> <subsection id="HF82C03C392BE4F47B7814D89DC461482" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop guidance for the acceptance and use of information obtained from a non-Federal entity through geomatic techniques, including remote sensing and land surveying, cartography, geographic information systems, global navigation satellite systems, photogrammetry, or other remote means.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1F0749528898418285E54EF1BFA6AA7D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that acceptance or use of information described in subsection (a) meets the data quality and operational requirements of the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H54EDCD79B7CD44CE9FA90A99ED3B423F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text>Before issuing any final guidance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to the public—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2A96984DCD248BAA8A18E112D547711" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notice of the proposed guidance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A9A8F9652A94949940DC0E5F3B654BA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an opportunity to comment on the proposed guidance.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2DFF2B1A824E43B99BB680F24BBA8F92" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text> <paragraph id="H9D5B5CFC06954E1B93F57A4F640507E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requires the Secretary to accept or use information that the Secretary determines does not meet the guidance developed under this section; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H408453A0138C4038A885CD0E1AA765DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>changes the current statutory or regulatory requirements of the Department.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF8DE43488E374E8D8BCED19B771C69DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>1309.</enum><header>Evaluation of projects within an operational right-of-way</header> <subsection id="H9CB03AF42F8A4ABD96F9C07E60AB0B25" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H1989EC0CFA6141098B803D9571B9268E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H52C931394C7A452B911DDFBD781CEC53" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible project or activity</header>
<subparagraph id="H663F76DAAD91485C921F45936F9522BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible project or activity</term> means a project or activity within an existing operational right-of-way (as defined in section 771.117(c)(22) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations))—</text> <clause id="H3EDD985462A8435091D079B7BD5977E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEA600E9289644611A513ADABF3D27F58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>eligible for assistance under this title; or</text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="H6262C6AB89EE4579AD86B7FD1161E593" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>administered as if made available under this title;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H6751149D3394418CA5A985E3163C031B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is—</text>
<subclause id="H8A0D6B266EAD49D481D8D364C48941C0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a preventive maintenance, preservation, or highway safety improvement project (as defined in section 148(a)); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3581FE86058C4C1DA20AAFDAEEDF9C68" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a new turn lane that the State advises in writing to the Secretary would assist public safety; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H8452A67443A2476D890FF77A957D0F1E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that—</text> <subclause id="HF95C467672E14372900583313A18909E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is classified as a categorical exclusion under section 771.117 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H75812D7F26AD417F9C679EADED59CE5F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the project or activity does not receive assistance described in clause (i) would be considered a categorical exclusion if the project or activity received assistance described in clause (i).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H470678570F364422B0DBBD565933A9DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>eligible project or activity</term> does not include a project to create a new travel lane.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5E3904430044C1B996614727DE34FC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preliminary evaluation</header><text>The term <term>preliminary evaluation</term>, with respect to an application described in subsection (b)(1), means an evaluation that is customary or practicable for the relevant agency to complete within a 45-day period for similar applications.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C8B3515E19442FF884E014252708E20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant agency</header><text>The term <term>relevant agency</term> means a Federal agency, other than the Federal Highway Administration, with responsibility for review of an application from a State for a permit, approval, or jurisdictional determination for an eligible project or activity.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H033BB2D478B94DE085DD840E777AFDA1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Action required</header>
<paragraph id="HD1BCF80340984C9D9EBCBF9DC6DF8B5D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 45 days after the date of receipt of an application by a State for a permit, approval, or jurisdictional determination for an eligible project or activity, the head of the relevant agency shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE3848B050514068BED10A8DFAB83072" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make at least a preliminary evaluation of the application; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59731636E7AE49F198A8C4CFA43B0033" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the State of the results of the preliminary evaluation under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03AC79A3BC1C4DE18684F86557FE5537" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The head of the relevant agency may extend the review period under paragraph (1) by not more than 30 days if the head of the relevant agency provides to the State written notice that includes an explanation of the need for the extension.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B10013ED53B42669F66093FE98D7EAF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to act</header><text>If the head of the relevant agency fails to meet a deadline under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, the head of the relevant agency shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFFBCC1CE83474C4EB65ECA89534633EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after the date of the missed deadline, submit to the State, 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 describes why the deadline was missed; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25B97077BD2F44C0B285874F1B74BD79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 14 days after the date on which a report is submitted under subparagraph (A), make publicly available, including on the internet, a copy of that report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7107F5C0F70946B98A0F5DB032E50161" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H66B5D705DC734E74A6796A5D42101D18" changed="not-changed"><enum>1310.</enum><header>Preliminary engineering</header>
<subsection id="H6DA98E2591904A199577DD1217E68B86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H73A9E84A6F374F65AE2ED07F64FDE968" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D1F1226AF564A34B546F3DF3907D86E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Nothing in this subsection</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89A7C8C9C95C4FC1BCD37CEE3EF7AB34" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="H53C3F62695764B56A824DB8F55E2C65A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H01C98D50D1184D11950BA35B6CD0179D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 144(j) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text></subsection></section> <section id="id11620691b9cd4207829652d8edf1a905"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Efficient implementation of NEPA for Federal land management projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id7B2113618A644338B2F942B4122C09E4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Efficient implementation of NEPA</header>
<paragraph id="id19C32C0D8D7C4921B395A05C1A326080"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id33842DB6D5EF45BDA168954643CA7A65"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Environmental document</header><text>The term <term>environmental document</term> means an environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other 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>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBFE46311025445BD8B7E61682A63AAFC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term> means a highway project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal project that—</text> <clause id="id743147AFF94246F7AEFDCFD948B06F92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>receives funds under this title; and </text></clause>
<clause id="id91FAF14E886243E2B7C434E0128DB561"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is authorized under this section or section 204.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0B157FA586334C488D7E9D7F0A8EA481"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Project sponsor</header><text>The term <term>project sponsor</term> means the Federal land management agency that seeks or receives funds under this title for a project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6AD4C279F9D24036802DF2A3792C55E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental review to be completed by Federal Highway Administration</header><text>The Federal Highway Administration may prepare an environmental document pursuant to the implementing procedures of the Federal Highway Administration to comply with the requirements 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>) if—</text> <subparagraph id="id5E137CC2692846988FCE3AFFF2C4A453"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requested by a project sponsor; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2F710A3C19184E93844CDA0727F10FE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all areas of analysis required by the project sponsor can be addressed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id46959F9D5ED3456F8DE845ED612B7948"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal land management agencies adoption of existing environmental review documents</header> <subparagraph id="id8904F2A61CD0415A88F2AC9A2B7357FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, if the Federal Highway Administration prepares an environmental document pursuant to paragraph (2), that environmental document shall address all areas of analysis required by a Federal land management agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF48347BEF2FD427BB66D6A04EED29880"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Independent evaluation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal land management agency shall not be required to conduct an independent evaluation to determine the adequacy of an environmental document prepared by the Federal Highway Administration pursuant to paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id557B1EDCCED749139031C14D1F333554"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of same document</header><text>In authorizing or implementing a project, a Federal land management agency may use an environmental document previously prepared by the Federal Highway Administration for a project addressing the same or substantially the same action to the same extent that the Federal land management agency could adopt or use a document previously prepared by another Federal agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id78D3C443EA8C442EB006ECA069B846A9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application by Federal land management agencies of categorical exclusions established by Federal Highway Administration</header><text>In carrying out requirements 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>) for a project, the project sponsor may use categorical exclusions designated under that Act in the implementing regulations of the Federal Highway Administration, subject to the conditions that—</text> <subparagraph id="idE6F0DE5FD51845EF939269BA220CFE6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the project sponsor makes a determination, in consultation with the Federal Highway Administration, that the categorical exclusion applies to the project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3F27BB22450446119D8EF5AAFFD3E8EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project satisfies the conditions for a categorical exclusion 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>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA5C1B601F0E641AABA76098879D39F80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the use of the categorical exclusion does not otherwise conflict with the implementing regulations of the project sponsor, except any list of the project sponsor that designates categorical exclusions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id457E2902883748E1A2CAED4EF53CDD25"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Mitigation commitments</header><text>The Secretary shall assist the Federal land management agency with all design and mitigation commitments made jointly by the Secretary and the project sponsor in any environmental document prepared by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="ide2ecbca85ed24f8b88d3a64491d36db3"><enum>1312.</enum><header>National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 reporting program</header> <subsection id="id97E8BE4D40A9421497D6EB7E680586B3"><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 amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/156">section 156</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="id592d5cbc1c9347399f15681424d2a89b"><enum>157.</enum><header>National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 reporting program </header>
<subsection id="id7fed068de64e4b09b6fc3148e1937eeb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id535a161405be418b8309ca7a0d5912eb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><text>The term <term>categorical exclusion</term> has the meaning given the term in section 771.117(c) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6de62b3d61f946749a3af1706e8f0f8e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Documented categorical exclusion</header><text>The term <term>documented categorical exclusion</term> has the meaning given the term in section 771.117(d) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idADCB2CD907C249FE961C5782B6396E35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental assessment</header><text>The term <term>environmental assessment</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idda0a2101fa3444638314c93db859b7b9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Environmental impact statement</header><text>The term <term>environmental impact statement</term> means a detailed statement required under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida13b9eaf88fd424b8d84bfbade49ab68"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal agency</term> includes a State that has assumed responsibility under section 327.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idec4f55034a2345d388fd4c46f097abc8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>NEPA process</header><text>The term <term>NEPA process</term> means the entirety of the development and documentation of the analysis required 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>), including the assessment and analysis of any impacts, alternatives, and mitigation of a proposed action, and any interagency participation and public involvement required to be carried out before the Secretary undertakes a proposed action.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id971c20bcdb324e4fab50047395f31360"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Proposed action</header><text>The term <term>proposed action</term> means an action (within the meaning 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>)) under this title that the Secretary proposes to carry out.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7B31B2E233CB4556AF1A002315C3052B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Reporting period</header><text>The term <term>reporting period</term> means the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which a report is issued under subsection (b). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idce8d843ed76e43769725aa5f5403380e"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> includes the governor or head of an applicable State agency of a State that has assumed responsibility under section 327. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ide0801a940dfb4a848b416a41a9cb7579"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on NEPA data</header>
<paragraph id="id6fe1b01c3f5149219afd3a1f9375e91e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a process to track, and annually 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 containing, the information described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7F97A31C948B4AD8A0942D7B1147877E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time to complete</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (3), the NEPA process— </text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idDE3F7EF76E63400E93F026B58D83CCAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for an environmental impact statement—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id8c3e7a0ea6f74eb8b679d3d5e37e58a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>begins on the date on which the Notice of Intent is published in the Federal Register; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id0312ca8644dc4a2f8b11b6a3e32c07d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ends on the date on which the Secretary issues a record of decision, including, if necessary, a revised record of decision; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idB7CF81DBDBB646399C4ED0571FBBD436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for an environmental assessment—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idFC9707D51FCE42B7B3CFA5F3D78CD4A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>begins on the date on which the Secretary makes a determination to prepare an environmental assessment; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id1F80E5B649674332B910B9CCF08FBE3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ends on the date on which the Secretary issues a finding of no significant impact or determines that preparation of an environmental impact statement is necessary. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd850fd131ec64602917c216949c7a094"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information described</header><text>The information referred to in paragraph (1) is, with respect to the Department of Transportation—</text> <subparagraph id="idf5404e469d3b4054b67ca2b7d941d5e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions for which a categorical exclusion was issued during the reporting period;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc146653873004b7ca743d161fc304a33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions for which a documented categorical exclusion was issued by the Department of Transportation during the reporting period;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id81822449075c444cbc034abd62286ec7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which the issuance of a documented categorical exclusion by the Department of Transportation is pending;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb1fa804df3cb4170aee71546ad961047"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions for which an environmental assessment was issued by the Department of Transportation during the reporting period;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id182f600dd6e9483998b353f140f1fa06"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the length of time the Department of Transportation took to complete each environmental assessment described in subparagraph (D);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id589982bbc0b84da8ac00b946c694fa3e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental assessment is being drafted by the Department of Transportation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc7b9260e972c49148d3852db59e11bbb"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions for which an environmental impact statement was completed by the Department of Transportation during the reporting period;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id27b515f8c8214063ab6d059fbfed91a4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the length of time that the Department of Transportation took to complete each environmental impact statement described in subparagraph (G); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9be412b878c24a808edaaa1cb580fcd2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of proposed actions pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental impact statement is being drafted; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE9F4059F5C38461EB0956200763E32C4"><enum>(J)</enum><text>for the proposed actions reported under subparagraphs (F) and (I), the percentage of those proposed actions for which—</text> <clause id="idEC8EDB0E2C3F4381933C769053F1F52D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>funding has been identified; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idA08E4B49A5A64C52B3AE9FD7757E9222"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all other Federal, State, and local activities that are required to allow the proposed action to proceed are completed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idAB2C2E5D3E95485C84E56E4992691F09"><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 inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/156">section 156</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section id="ida8a439c77e7047e0a0e99103539f2e8c"><enum>1313.</enum><header>Surface transportation project delivery program written agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 327 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idD3A607838C614033B770FE300EE50C45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(G), by inserting <quote>, including the payment of fees awarded under section 2412 of title 28</quote> before the period at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id85369d7ffd3643c1b4a1e18a656852e1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="id9cf6bedcf6024dd1bf4103ccd7e310e2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idaf367bec55d64513bfc0bd73f397dcec"><enum>(5)</enum><text>except as provided under paragraph (7), have a term of not more than 5 years;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8e19872a7a6d4cd98dfe55b012fe2703"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2a4c38b1f72149fbbfd273679e2f42ab"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb118a071af8c4044bc19530b44c7ee7e"> <paragraph id="idea77875f84e34b328a166fe826bfe718"><enum>(7)</enum><text>for any State that has participated in a program under this section (or under a predecessor program) for at least 10 years, have a term of 10 years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida6b6d0110f6f4ab7a52871ce8d9f4bfd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="id61b47ac9b7d242f29c0cd4472e2e2a6f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id800BE8F3FF874E588ECF3EA04D3079F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>annual</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9145d79daa0b469182b4bc1017deaeb1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2b92a33615304f39a01135d12b2c633b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd754a30899c46ad9fe74043b892bf25"> <subparagraph id="idf027ecd57abb4bb1947990f6ffeae919"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an agreement period of greater than 5 years pursuant to subsection (c)(7), conduct an audit covering the first 5 years of the agreement period; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id258b1a84b1a944c28c68b2bff2c336a3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70ae8eb979f54d0e9d15ceba327914f3"> <subsection commented="no" id="id1e158b065b8e4162a0403c8fd173b769"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Agency deemed To be Federal agency</header><text>A State agency that is assigned a responsibility under an agreement under this section shall be deemed to be an agency for the purposes of section 2412 of title 28.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section changed="not-changed" id="id38198D51DE19465384F69239CA4D0BBB"><enum>1314.</enum><header>State assumption of responsibility for categorical exclusions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 326(c)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idad9d6bbed41e421a99f71d419676ba76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id4b089aac66cb493091b0242ff8ace08d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided under subparagraph (C), shall have a term of not more than 3 years;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd976b5f1b9cb4df49be5d07243f85853"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6210a4e009914539a961bbc1134841cd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71aedab80ec8417a94b729fe8b7c95e7"> <subparagraph id="id9c5080ffff824ad5b8a16e13f21c4366"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall have a term of 5 years, in the case of a State that has assumed the responsibility for categorical exclusions under this section for not fewer than 10 years.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section changed="not-changed" id="id02A32272BECC4D5989E5B09FC11444C6"><enum>1315.</enum><header>Early utility relocation prior to transportation project environmental review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 123 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id205290944A5046A4A279703F416850C9"> <section id="idA99FD2095DAB4E7EB57A25008B8D9E7D"><enum>123.</enum><header>Relocation of utility facilities</header> <subsection id="id6A37AB1D502A40BDB1CCC51A93CFB6DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text>
<paragraph id="id26bf66b39a4e4d66b0acab5c45a7973d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost of relocation</header><text>The term <term>cost of relocation</term> includes the entire amount paid by a utility properly attributable to the relocation of a utility facility, minus any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4946C2F4A1964C8199DB8BE3B2B8CA15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early utility relocation project</header><text>The term <term>early utility relocation project</term> means utility relocation activities identified by the State for performance before completion of the environmental review process for the transportation project.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id11D4AF43FC1647BB8FA7F21B65122BF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental review process</header><text>The term <term>environmental review process</term> has the meaning given the term in section 139(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idCEE77F98E36B41E89200D4621ECB59B8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transportation project</header><text>The term <term>transportation project</term> means a project. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1147264DC20E49E191A7AB0AAD4B0AF4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Utility facility</header><text>The term <term>utility facility</term> means any privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing communications, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste, stormwater not connected with highway drainage, or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system or street lighting system, that directly or indirectly serves the public. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idFDCFC0FD74704EBD953C51B2B3579094"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Utility relocation activity</header><text>The term <term>utility relocation activity</term> means an activity necessary for the relocation of a utility facility, including preliminary and final design, surveys, real property acquisition, materials acquisition, and construction.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id5B3A35CFA38A4C45A15E3515DC1C1775"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement to States</header>
<paragraph id="idA0C1D60E60D14338A004D56DE485D79C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a State pays for the cost of relocation of a utility facility necessitated by the construction of a transportation project, Federal funds may be used to reimburse the State for the cost of relocation in the same proportion as Federal funds are expended on the transportation project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD7DB6196E4D741FB90B615BEE2A43551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Federal funds shall not be used to reimburse a State under this section if the payment to the utility—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE6BE87E00C414985A82C7C6AD7C34D4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>violates the law of the State; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id187CA13F60E3478BA7E05AA91BC55DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>violates a legal contract between the utility and the State. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id81F5EBC51CEF46A3B90D53789C0A07AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be made only if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State paid the cost of the utility relocation activity from funds of the State with respect to transportation projects for which Federal funds are obligated subsequent to April 16, 1958, for work, including utility relocation activities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id16E85A6ACE1F4AB189F2EB0CBC3E4783"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reimbursement eligibility for early relocation prior to transportation project environmental review process</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idD00E535C1EBD4D0A961F3AA4AC0A16ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the requirements under paragraphs (1) through (3), a State may carry out, at the expense of the State, an early utility relocation project for a transportation project before completion of the environmental review process for the transportation project. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF1C948BBEF7B48028FC61D5319E92C42"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for reimbursement</header><text>Funds apportioned to a State under this title may be used to pay the costs incurred by the State for an early utility relocation project only if the State demonstrates to the Secretary, and the Secretary finds that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id1EDCDABB1CCE4371A75D9016771D7631"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the early utility relocation project is necessary to accommodate a transportation project;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id5647E8665E5845658A6DD81EC3F31499"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State provides adequate documentation to the Secretary of eligible costs incurred by the State for the early utility relocation project; </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id7533EA5A0B2046ACBF9DE6927107812D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>before the commencement of the utility relocation activities, an environmental review process was completed for the early utility relocation project that resulted in a finding that the early utility relocation project—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id48DAC0CE6A0B4390AA87AB11DD97F0E6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>would not result in significant adverse environmental impacts; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="id34FD36FD71644D81BBA21C50EED97059"><enum>(II)</enum><text>would comply with other applicable Federal environmental requirements;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idE21E342E51784905B8B0194FAC0FB7A5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the early utility relocation project did not influence—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="id442551428F1144ACB3DB9E3C94603410"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the environmental review process for the transportation project;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="id63DEA55E91D743A380315184F10DFE9B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the decision relating to the need to construct the transportation project; or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="idDA738FF8F9B2440DAC3B20BA9E663E63"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the selection of the transportation project design or location; </text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id3D63C6869E68454A8891BC7C00C59BD4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the early utility relocation project complies with all applicable provisions of law, including regulations issued pursuant to this title; </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id37160AE6381144278DC6534A74FEA6E5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the early utility relocation project follows applicable financial procedures and requirements, including documentation of eligible costs and the requirements under section 109(l), but not including requirements applicable to authorization and obligation of Federal funds; </text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id9A211D27481841ADA44741C90AD2410E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the transportation project for which the early utility relocation project was necessitated was included in the applicable transportation improvement program under section 134 or 135; </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id3DE6631DE0E847E087454901B923D458"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>before the cost incurred by a State is approved for Federal participation, environmental compliance pursuant to 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>) has been completed for the transportation project for which the early utility relocation project was necessitated; and </text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id69314B2D384C4D31BB56DC8A1BED128D"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the transportation project that necessitated the utility relocation activity is approved for construction.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3BB565DBC5BD42BDBD5F81C018790C6E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph affects other eligibility requirements or authorities for Federal participation in payment of costs incurred for utility relocation activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id87D6863152E84DA59E3AC64B3B7501AA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of other provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the applicability of other requirements that would otherwise apply to an early utility relocation project, including any applicable requirements under—</text> <paragraph id="id3FB5334BAA7841D1AEF57075FBB6C970"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 138;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id44D137C49C1F4F8F928EA7A7A3921160"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4601">42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.</external-xref>), including regulations under part 24 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id75EF0555BC77486586435ED211A2CF5C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d">42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id352B4D45D410456BB40B078F4E9D429D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an environmental review process.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="id197a2a7b6f4140ebb6ffeff939c0bdf6"><enum>1316.</enum><header>Streamlining of section 4(f) reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 138(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida2805d73d2c4420e8fd97bfa1b755c7f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>In carrying out</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03c8f5c923be4326956c3c26f5308bda"> <paragraph id="idfd1529dd242241a5a60c51432b988020"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Studies</header><text>In carrying out</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9cab4de828354355806f89679f7e8301"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence—</text> <subparagraph id="idcf3435ff5ed3421ab457c7efde6bdf62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such land, and (2) such program</quote> and inserting the following: “the land; and</text>
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<subparagraph id="id810efd49898b40148e5011e62763aa30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the program</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb744a5904263462e862c48d779596c1e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>unless (1) there is</quote> and inserting the following: “unless—</text>
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<subparagraph id="id5e13d03cdad54b029055d84a0408b963"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there is</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide2974e4276d046de95046c9d5c118d34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>After the</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="ideda2a0f7b40543c882d89a196a7f01c9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>After the</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id004cfeb958134440a7cdca75af04c4bc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="idffc60b6ab167481da246233b361b13fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f0db969c3464002a9e98ba618c8cd4e"> <paragraph id="id7418715f24cf4e34b15ea016dd6541f0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation and consultation</header> <subparagraph id="idc1b7207fb6494ee98db48ed04518b367"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id436129ac437a4a249765a5795ca553b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id846c6beaa0c74f2c999e6af06c4e3c20"> <subparagraph id="id912ad6e6cc8d429089814bb357e3d88a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timeline for approvals</header> <clause id="idB072F60EADE342FEB4E6F66D35DCE5BC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="idA1C51C03239443C6BA3817B3B64A990E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide an evaluation under this section to the Secretaries described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="idC8CE85ECEA6049B3BC3EF985E47F8689"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide a period of 30 days for receipt of comments. </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="idCBC52799BB054DD690B26B2EF6677D91"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Assumed acceptance</header><text>If the Secretary does not receive comments by 15 days after the deadline under clause (i)(II), the Secretary shall assume a lack of objection and proceed with the action. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf72c13ff236145e883e5b71f1426fb81"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in subparagraph (B) affects—</text>
<clause id="id9AD1CDB03E0F4DA288BC799AB7414FED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the requirements under—</text> <subclause id="id949de95e5a724caca07a9bea3d819ba2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (b) through (f); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id0d89b8bfef98442ca18b8d94237141ba"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the consultation process under section 306108 of title 54; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="id672724E3BDBD4F20974561C9FDA43A7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programmatic section 4(f) evaluations, as described in regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb0d5ee3cda9e4e72b4d2279528bfa3dc"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>It is declared to be</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78006f25a17841869c57f8657892bc9e"> <paragraph id="id6b187c8cf2094cb1ba9a9be9da492f8c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It is</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="id8303BB10C40D4B63AC1745D4FAD8753E"><enum>1317.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1317(1) of MAP–21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/109">23 U.S.C. 109</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id925fb866566a4f17a7a5c45c710f93d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$6,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id863df4e0f7cf479b96591ff947bff00a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$30,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$35,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HE8B265ECB8B349B5AADECC1725CACEAE" changed="not-changed"><enum>1318.</enum><header>Certain gathering lines located on Federal land and Indian land</header> <subsection id="HD1A4D1DB0D314C20A234B93BBC521EC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HF2CB3273ECCD4973A86C8FA6FFAE7373" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal land</header>
<subparagraph id="H8E6C63D1E2E94F1D8FB7E9C94DC92F52" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means land the title to which is held by the United States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85F6F911B9B640DBBA50C4BA4771E70E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> does not include—</text>
<clause id="HCF75F17595F54C11A6FF1C6C3D76EE50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a unit of the National Park System;</text></clause> <clause id="HEE6CB4E8E6B54B26B89D3DA1A4915CC2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB4F6A018E6AD4C14A2BBE7979F30092E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text></clause> <clause id="HD93151C90F524A308A7573ED550435A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a wilderness study area within the National Forest System; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H2D02FC11BEE24BE08FF298EB82236742" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Indian land.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF42AB973AB64E39A789058854851DE1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit</header> <subparagraph id="H9BE51772827C4B05B5AE97580A242077" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HD1149D39091841D2B8D8284339A36E7A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a pipeline that is installed to transport oil, natural gas and related constituents, or produced water from 1 or more wells drilled and completed to produce oil or gas; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC48EE3043EC64459ACFADFC5BCE27ADE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if necessary, 1 or more compressors or pumps to raise the pressure of the transported oil, natural gas and related constituents, or produced water to higher pressures necessary to enable the oil, natural gas and related constituents, or produced water to flow into pipelines and other facilities.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H078ECA711C0547AEBC509FCF47E41B7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit</term> includes a pipeline or associated compression or pumping unit that is installed to transport oil or natural gas from a processing plant to a common carrier pipeline or facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5935876F90E84DC1922C7823022A53A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit</term> does not include a common carrier pipeline.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD7DD71376344F179A7C191BE2972F2B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian land</header><text>The term <term>Indian land</term> means land the title to which is held by—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF3B23DD9AA24666B88D61EB27B8069D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States in trust for an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF4EB200B2634C888B4A85CFCB58DC04" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51209289570A420BA383910758D15C2A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Produced water</header><text>The term <term>produced water</term> means water produced from an oil or gas well bore that is not a fluid prepared at, or transported to, the well site to resolve a specific oil or gas well bore or reservoir condition.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H585D9AB0A4B94A87856D6EC3532316F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8C3F6A916EB4637BE0CF413B68FB055" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain gathering lines</header> <paragraph id="H6C4C2AF4A82C44BB9364E9E743A5CBF3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the issuance of a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit that is located on Federal land or Indian land and that services any oil or gas well may be considered by the Secretary to be an action that is categorically excluded (as defined in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)) for purposes 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>) if the gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10941B061B6C4FB5B4BCBAADD6F620B3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are within a field or unit for which an approved land use plan or an environmental document prepared pursuant to 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>) analyzed transportation of oil, natural gas, or produced water from 1 or more oil or gas wells in the field or unit as a reasonably foreseeable activity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8CE55C27DC845838F486620C3944BC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are located adjacent to or within—</text>
<clause id="H6453AB35CE3741F2BFDA633BA2512754" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any existing disturbed area; or</text></clause> <clause id="H2B0BB097A51840F8B523282665280196" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an existing corridor for a right-of-way; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FB96DB7ACA04B4192C1D9949E49EC5F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>would reduce—</text> <clause id="HA86BDFEF4CF64361B750C5780169848D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit transporting methane, the total quantity of methane that would otherwise be vented, flared, or unintentionally emitted from the field or unit; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H05ACCD0FF4EA43A090F873674C1CE9A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit not transporting methane, the vehicular traffic that would otherwise service the field or unit.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DBD6F459A734BB2AACB22B64FC122AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply to Indian land, or a portion of Indian land—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5174A1E5ED214FE9832F6B95EB2A14D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to which the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) applies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA46BD4264BA343B2B62A2FC27803ECFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the Indian Tribe with jurisdiction over the Indian land submits to the Secretary a written request that paragraph (1) apply to that Indian land (or portion of Indian land).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H92E647C2F6504685B8944A1E15DEBAFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on other law</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text> <paragraph id="HF55B19D11D664B34AD74C1695D263703" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>affects or alters any requirement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E8B294C761842C6B476D606A78FE87E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relating to prior consent under—</text> <clause id="HDABE130E799640EB97C05B5FF4268896" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 2 of the Act of February 5, 1948 (62 Stat. 18, chapter 45; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/324">25 U.S.C. 324</external-xref>); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H5DC0C94ED5C84F86971CB2A1C67CBBF0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 16(e) of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987, chapter 576; 102 Stat. 2939; 114 Stat. 47; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5123">25 U.S.C. 5123(e)</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Indian Reorganization Act</quote>);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFEBC3F8BD234930913CC0327A04976A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under section 306108 of title 54, United States Code; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H922D05CEB9E14D3D9EDAB8C04E68A8D2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under any other Federal law (including regulations) relating to Tribal consent for rights-of-way across Indian land; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC35E094724254CE89506F2F422AEC68A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) applicable to land to which that Act otherwise would not apply. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idf37924e7-32cc-447c-b7c5-3137fc5487e2" changed="not-changed"><enum>1319.</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<subsection id="id40e663fb-10da-46b4-bf03-8fc68a45d7b0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered project</term> means a project or activity carried out with funds provided by the Department, including a project carried out under title 23 or 49, United States Code—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id4D49E8BBB8234D2CA97588BFFF74BDF7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAB6BA859D561449A9FB9980D0AB50DD3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for which the total amount spent on the project or activity is not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original cost estimate for the project or activity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idfc3e9506-cd54-462e-91bf-63984b4862ed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on covered projects of the Department, which shall include, for each covered project—</text>
<paragraph id="id28bdf3d9-c6ff-4919-a7b4-4233dbaf2b82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a brief description of the covered project, including—</text> <subparagraph id="idb7d4343f-0ccc-45da-ad9c-7e3d089b18a3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purpose of the covered project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id70d6fa7a-e3b5-42ec-b9c6-20770a9dbce7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each location in which the covered project is carried out;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA8C98CFB293B464EA4792455C0681B7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the contract or award number of the covered project, if applicable;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ideca00e17-4bab-4172-ac41-164243d37feb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the year in which the covered project was initiated;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id749e6acd-e646-48be-8dec-b9c720ae9e76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal share of the total cost of the covered project; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5f2647ab-b844-4257-b230-59d26882d4e9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc4ba7379-f6d6-4565-a9aa-037bbe36fce5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an explanation of any change to the original scope of the covered project, including by the addition or narrowing of the initial requirements of the covered project;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idaa033279-c813-4894-9888-0cdb408ccaf8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the original expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idfca4dacc-f4d3-48f2-8c01-282ecb65e4f7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the current expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id91c0041c-7512-45c0-82d2-8b9622980846" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the original cost estimate for the covered project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide752ee90-5612-4d8c-bd55-39a3e96c1c51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the current cost estimate for the covered project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id750d5216-07ed-42e8-8a8f-1f5da9985564" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an explanation for a delay in completion or an increase in the original cost estimate for the covered project, including, where applicable, any impact of insufficient or delayed appropriations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id490b9bd9-691e-4dfc-81a8-5f8f7f08b2ea" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered project. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle changed="not-changed" id="H3F79202E06C846EDBC2AF2647ABDF746" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Climate change</header>
<section id="HE7A09372EF86498FBC4954AC8090FACB" changed="not-changed"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Grants for charging and fueling infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="HAF27D3F563284885BDA7DA374956CBB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish a grant program to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors or in certain other locations that will be accessible to all drivers of electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, propane vehicles, and natural gas vehicles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF1192170BEE54034BF4278B8D5594A95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program</header><text>Section 151 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA491D30D87814AFF9D6E265EE4B4314F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id7DA809FE999B49B7BC7925A1AB876629"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the FAST Act, the Secretary shall</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall periodically</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idA697CA10B2CD4AC1AE75DA3FE77834D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to improve the mobility</quote> and inserting <quote>to support changes in the transportation sector that help achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and improve the mobility</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F708A172D2F458780EE100321F09EFA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by inserting <quote>previously designated by the Federal Highway Administration or</quote> before <quote>designated by</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id0B75CB1A3D644204A1AE88FD7D0857FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="idEF742B437A6449BABDA6C1B8F7A3B8BB" act-name=""> <subsection id="idE55F1CCD9ABA4FB48075DDFA643D850E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redesignation</header> <paragraph id="idAE1C357FF8C2452FBAA68EC047DFA646"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial redesignation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall update and redesignate the corridors under subsection (a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id184A7034E83348B49418D49A682C513D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent redesignation</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a recurring process to regularly update and redesignate the corridors under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D90E4255F624D9B978AB95FFE2C6D7E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H807487B48212413FA98884D2D7647436" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A9C20B13062495DBB6E3C557D1DFABF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HC1ED1F121BDD459A87C6579C242AE76F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>establishes an aspirational goal of achieving</quote> and inserting <quote>describes efforts, including through funds awarded through the grant program under subsection (f), that will aid efforts to achieve</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC50A84252928495AA316FF68FDC8DC58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>by the end of fiscal year 2020.</quote> and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H178372C3396A4C0284DAAADCF5B06199" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11FC3D4C6E0F412FA18AB8BB9C92FFB2" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HACEA3097F803446A85B8221DAA4FC9AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>summarizes best practices and provides guidance, developed through consultation with the Secretary of Energy, for project development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure and natural gas fueling infrastructure at the State, Tribal, and local level to allow for the predictable deployment of that infrastructure.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E72797202A24E2AB7F4006A359747F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD903C23E669E4584B4C2B71DC7EAADDF" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="H07A3C30525584F27A6704DAD647A76BC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant program</header> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idD39C7D51FC6A431291449363728D1734"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of private entity</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>private entity</term> means a corporation, partnership, company, or nonprofit organization.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H127E450722A8493789611514492045BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a grant program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out the activities described in paragraph (6).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA7C450AC892465AB55A1F9B512D8BED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to receive a grant under this subsection is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF7AA17CD7764FB1953CE6923C4F9DC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State or political subdivision of a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1789C5B955D4834A982DA50E1669179" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H711DB37816F748C980B23912568BD8E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C63D6D88DEA457DB1103C702A5E1352" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4235957D4BBD48A786AC55E2A77F5169" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idE3A1D0D79CD349EC942F308AC7C02BD4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a territory of the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB03CF18B58442529505D3A247630D59" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an authority, agency, or instrumentality of, or an entity owned by, 1 or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F4F76F67B584833A69B150A2D748BDF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a group of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (G).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5BFB3ACCB9D14BD3A57198C74512B791" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HBDBD825F34ED414E87A9FCFA53C55093" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of how the eligible entity has considered—</text>
<clause id="HFC90B089D5EB412AB7013A0865876405" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public accessibility of charging or fueling infrastructure proposed to be funded with a grant under this subsection, including—</text> <subclause id="H93098ED785D24BEF9C5A2083842E8786" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>charging or fueling connector types and publicly available information on real-time availability; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC436509DA4214F52869E4C671B97A274" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>payment methods to ensure secure, convenient, fair, and equal access;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H5749EB114B7D4797B204F4D34B8A3D8B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collaborative engagement with stakeholders (including automobile manufacturers, utilities, infrastructure providers, technology providers, electric charging, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fuel providers, metropolitan planning organizations, States, Indian tribes, and units of local governments, fleet owners, fleet managers, fuel station owners and operators, labor organizations, infrastructure construction and component parts suppliers, and multi-State and regional entities)—</text>
<subclause id="HA324E03FB344495A995AD05F726DE00B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to foster enhanced, coordinated, public-private or private investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5C57A5B678214173ACCA073B16CBDA0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to expand deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H983AE89BFB9D4515B2AF2CD13D4CB64F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to protect personal privacy and ensure cybersecurity; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H383780C2403F4754996D6D1923C6F491" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to ensure that a properly trained workforce is available to construct and install electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H794054F55A7C47288F7E8C74D1ACD00A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the location of the station or fueling site, such as consideration of—</text> <subclause id="H57D92AD12F52453F90D69A05E195B3AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the availability of onsite amenities for vehicle operators, such as restrooms or food facilities;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFAE8F692D0224AEBB80301F21FE0F25F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>access in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H51CB2307C8F44103AC63BB3461ACEA79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>height and fueling capacity requirements for facilities that charge or refuel large vehicles, such as semi-trailer trucks; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEAE7B81E849A4594853AB7CCA233AC44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>appropriate distribution to avoid redundancy and fill charging or fueling gaps;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA65B06C0662E424381AFF56B6C9232FB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>infrastructure installation that can be responsive to technology advancements, such as accommodating autonomous vehicles, vehicle-to-grid technology, and future charging methods; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H07665DE645F54821B20049FA72D3889E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the long-term operation and maintenance of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure, to avoid stranded assets and protect the investment of public funds in that infrastructure; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6B9527CF53547FFB0BA3EDA672C47EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the estimated emissions that will be reduced through the use of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure, which shall be conducted using the Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation (AFLEET) tool developed by Argonne National Laboratory (or a successor tool).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44EB9897EBA740C5902ECECFB46A7325" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting eligible entities to receive a grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C83035EDCB142C4B61814116F353F22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider the extent to which the application of the eligible entity would—</text>
<clause id="H729DE2E22F234BF6A40DDE29E2BEB66B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improve alternative fueling corridor networks by—</text> <subclause id="H733016A29AF14D899BF818011F2F3087" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>converting corridor-pending corridors to corridor-ready corridors; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H79A9CE1BA6BF4C62A3EF78695232285B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of corridor-ready corridors, providing redundancy—</text> <item id="H7E8D84B1FB2346A29500511F700B259D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to meet excess demand for charging or fueling infrastructure; or</text></item>
<item id="H3337BA36E6374F87A51D045485351E55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to reduce congestion at existing charging or fueling infrastructure in high-traffic locations;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF57D8473D2D448F3B33689949DBE9096" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meet current or anticipated market demands for charging or fueling infrastructure;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE61E4BEB8C514666A830226DF592F4F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enable or accelerate the construction of charging or fueling infrastructure that would be unlikely to be completed without Federal assistance;</text></clause> <clause id="H45DC0500975546ABAFF4288374EC06F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>support a long-term competitive market for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that does not significantly impair existing electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure providers;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id15BEE1E138C54EEA90AD67C8936F4315"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure in areas with a current or forecasted need; and</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="idE3794561B19F4910954A694B2EFAB785"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (including along the National Highway Freight Network established under section 167(c)) and in proximity to intermodal transfer stations;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12B307D9F18047B6A697EE4FC0B9C194" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, geographic diversity among grant recipients to ensure that electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure is available throughout the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD7C3C3772E44F93AD8823821E0B11E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consider whether the private entity that the eligible entity contracts with under paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H367137DD03184F5184465308624ECBD3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submits to the Secretary the most recent year of audited financial statements; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H4F0AC0698EC244938CE101815ACB3513" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has experience in installing and operating electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB124D53E6DA845E387A5690194AD527D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consider whether, to the maximum extent practicable, the eligible entity and the private entity that the eligible entity contracts with under paragraph (6) enter into an agreement—</text> <clause id="H378C750985F6408B9ED687E83BBB96FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to operate and maintain publicly available electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas infrastructure; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCD93056978D14FB69261D32BFCD41DBE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that provides a remedy and an opportunity to cure if the requirements described in clause (i) are not met.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4495215BC5BC4D0498DA5AC3FFCCF485" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <subparagraph id="HCE49B681309A49AF83A2A807874F0045" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall only use the funds in accordance with this paragraph to contract with a private entity for acquisition and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D2F495DC0534295BE228C610921F5C5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Location of infrastructure</header><text>Any publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure acquired and installed with a grant under this subsection shall be located along an alternative fuel corridor designated under this section, on the condition that any affected Indian tribes are consulted before the designation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A5846323A9A41BB816AD6840DC8EA57" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Operating assistance</header> <clause commented="no" id="H9899EF34725C4E7D905DCE293E370732" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), an eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection may use a portion of the funds to provide to a private entity operating assistance for the first 5 years of operations after the installation of publicly available electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure while the facility transitions to independent system operations.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H2E45A750309D4CD2A88CEBD95BD260C5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Operating assistance under this subparagraph shall be limited to costs allocable to operating and maintaining the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure and service.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H29B822A72DE44EEE8870C8AB7D9C8AB1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Operating assistance under this subparagraph may not exceed the amount of a contract under subparagraph (A) to acquire and install publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0384AD4468A14EDCB913E8471266A532" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Traffic control devices</header>
<clause id="HF73F966FA6BF4268B8FF7C61B882D8FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to this paragraph, an eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection may use a portion of the funds to acquire and install traffic control devices located in the right-of-way to provide directional information to publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure acquired, installed, or operated with the grant.</text></clause> <clause id="H22FD861FAE964D91988EF7A57969CBB2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Clause (i) shall apply only to an eligible entity that—</text>
<subclause id="HD390A0F56EC84DEDB8B8CE9EAFAE9EE6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>receives a grant under this subsection; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6763BA552E4C499A85626AE8E24C8B0B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is using that grant for the acquisition and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4335EA2B9A57411DA1593D218CA485DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation on amount</header><text>The amount of funds used to acquire and install traffic control devices under clause (i) may not exceed the amount of a contract under subparagraph (A) to acquire and install publicly accessible charging or fueling infrastructure.</text></clause> <clause id="HF7E9D2B45A8E4E178B52B98CA4644934" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>No new authority created</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph authorizes an eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection to acquire and install traffic control devices if the entity is not otherwise authorized to do so.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C2E7A0B1D904011A79B785E403F0016" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Revenue</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="idE1732ED60FAE44FB90D896E5729A5EC9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection and a private entity referred to in subparagraph (A) may enter into a cost-sharing agreement under which the private entity submits to the eligible entity a portion of the revenue from the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure.</text></clause> <clause id="id6ee332159f674e7f8d1e61b136da2de3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Uses of revenue</header><text>An eligible entity that receives revenue from a cost-sharing agreement under clause (i) may only use that revenue for a project that is eligible under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id677B852B6A8C4298B57D13F862CA850D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Certain fuels</header><text>The use of grants for propane fueling infrastructure under this subsection shall be limited to infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5F6702F9CF464ABB8B15BEDBF13CA6D9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Community grants</header> <subparagraph id="id70BC2DDFB563478FBA51D26CD1058E1A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the Secretary shall reserve 50 percent of the amounts made available each fiscal year to carry out this section to provide grants to eligible entities in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3FF070C23D4C457BABC5ED1B8359FA06"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idCA6D9A305DB048A28E22672BAED0104A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph is—</text>
<clause id="id55CE10592387444AA1B51AA2D9D163F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an entity described in paragraph (3); and</text></clause> <clause id="idC3A1ED930D8644AEA99C16E741359109"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a State or local authority with ownership of publicly accessible transportation facilities.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2D1E2266406C443CA0221CCCFBE95E6C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>The Secretary may provide a grant under this paragraph for a project that is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to expand or fill gaps in access to publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure, including—</text> <clause id="id50eb94d951274aee87f71791c5e5e7f4"><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></clause>
<clause id="id488709385F0E48DA8C1F735C5B8DB029"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the acquisition and installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle, including any related construction or reconstruction and the acquisition of real property directly related to the project, such as locations described in subparagraph (E), to expand access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idAE8BC79D1C3749AB89B5561EFF9ADF2B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Project locations</header><text>A project receiving a grant under this paragraph may be located on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations, such as parking facilities at public buildings, public schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities owned or managed by a private entity.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEEA7D1935E2A4BAE94E1463DB3408EBE"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In providing grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that expand access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure within—</text> <clause id="id1927B64A71144294B8D615E68AE79F5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>rural areas;</text></clause>
<clause id="id864F9A52C91D4F7BB22B8A3A024B48EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>low- and moderate-income neighborhoods; and</text></clause> <clause id="id1530A1E9D26A4DF79A8473A5120817F4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>communities with a low ratio of private parking spaces to households or a high ratio of multiunit dwellings to single family homes, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id02102A219D294FC2AA1F1522D1AC7E6C"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional considerations</header><text>In providing grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which the project—</text> <clause id="ide21f5fb9c7ac439ca4e9d0cdc58d1f87"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contributes to geographic diversity among eligible entities, including achieving a balance between urban and rural communities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id6f5b61a058554f0f979b4f8d2c01d404"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets current or anticipated market demands for charging or fueling infrastructure, including faster charging speeds with high-powered capabilities necessary to minimize the time to charge or refuel current and anticipated vehicles.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9E7D69384E2B41E9B190029A5B2B7120"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Partnering with private entities</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this paragraph may use the grant funds to contract with a private entity for the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance, or operation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id407A27B8CCCF493888F7362E659EC96D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Maximum grant amount</header><text>The amount of a grant under this paragraph shall not be more than $15,000,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idD9D936264CC342F3B57E00240AE930DF"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Of the amounts reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may use not more than 1 percent to provide technical assistance to eligible entities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id68F6627FFC5E414B913C6BCD7B65CF79"><enum>(K)</enum><header>Additional activities</header><text>The recipient of a grant under this paragraph may use not more than 5 percent of the grant funds on educational and community engagement activities to develop and implement education programs through partnerships with schools, community organizations, and vehicle dealerships to support the use of zero-emission vehicles and associated infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id58FF1C49553B4C50AF8E80AFFA8233C5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph id="HAD44688D78AF4A5081C09B5B52795D56" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Project treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any project funded by a grant under this subsection shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway under this chapter.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8c7d8844efcd46768d872a1315fbd0e1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Signs</header><text>Any traffic control device or on-premises sign acquired, installed, or operated with a grant under this subsection shall comply with—</text> <clause id="id0df79b18722a47c692b2f06870fcc897"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, if located in the right-of-way; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id146efc98605c4dd3b8ca88da4c517f50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other provisions of Federal, State, and local law, as applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA7486746C82467F88CBE6FCA2F026A7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph id="H7033BC4E195749C9B408C99AD881B45B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6446818FAABA4591A73C4B512682F3FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibility of private entity</header><text>As a condition of contracting with an eligible entity under paragraph (6) or (8), a private entity shall agree to pay the share of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under this subsection that is not paid by the Federal Government under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65F9B1B37ECD408DAACA110A20812C47" changed="not-changed"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 and make publicly available a report on the progress and implementation of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3977073804BC42A1AE60922CB15F2550" changed="not-changed"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Reduction of truck emissions at port facilities</header>
<subsection id="H860C1B6D077243EAB739CCB416DB6400" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header>
<paragraph id="H9A2907993DC645C6ABBB5E621366D8D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to reduce idling at port facilities, under which the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8852FAF9D854FEE80554316AE52D394" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>study how ports and intermodal port transfer facilities would benefit from increased opportunities to reduce emissions at ports, including through the electrification of port operations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEAE4615903245DCA1E765F4C4DF98C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>study emerging technologies and strategies that may help reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H703416552D03481887143CBBC62BF217" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate and provide funding to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency, focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and other related projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45EF12D078F6401B9314824705DF1492" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the program under this subsection, the Secretary may consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H15E15F3E1CCF4E81B60A73D5ED9F8F38" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header> <paragraph id="HC0329F0557064C8EA5954267F4D2F16D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C), the Secretary shall award grants to fund projects that reduce emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2EBDFC87877477481CB0264B752D9B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>A grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the project funded by the grant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D7283EE579540EDADB1B48647AEA389" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out the grant program under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2E7A8856D76427EB972B6018A4C4FD4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, leverage existing resources and programs of the Department and other relevant Federal agencies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AB738DC9EF04B03A7CD564611B34556" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with other Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB922B3C985A4DE6B87FF30FEBFE153A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application; selection</header>
<subparagraph id="H72D59C5167744540B6CA10528C19F5DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit applications for grants under paragraph (1) at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF848B98C02544F0699C722958626B1D0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants under paragraph (1) by not later than April 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is made available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB894B33877B4C87919050E87931C0BA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any project funded by a grant under this subsection shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway 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></subsection> <subsection id="HC50A35A9BAEA46D998B5F7666C7C31EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which all of the projects funded with a grant under subsection (b) are completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H548454326FB14C99B0E958627A37E320" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of the studies described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DE26FC88197435091F5D61253FB0616" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of the projects that received a grant under subsection (b);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A51125858F94AC0AA4F705BD193820E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any recommendations for workforce development and training opportunities with respect to port electrification; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEC4406638B24597AC4A3C9E0BEEBBD6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any policy recommendations based on the findings and results described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id1756CF3B56F644ACAC05F9260E5B8443"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Carbon reduction program</header>
<subsection id="idFDD3F7298C4A4415A9E3B5BCFB3035D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 section 1203(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="idE92E12527B4549B4981116EB09D93959" act-name=""> <section id="idB011AE08306042BB81E2740D32E266CA"><enum>175.</enum><header>Carbon reduction program</header> <subsection id="id210A07B785E64E23A4DD0367D9865110"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id03e19141934540218b19e0de1ee1859d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Metropolitan planning organization; urbanized area</header><text>The terms <quote>metropolitan planning organization</quote> and <quote>urbanized area</quote> have the meaning given those terms in section 134(b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idbd73a879397749f3bc64afdb1cc7908e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transportation emissions</header><text>The term <term>transportation emissions</term> means carbon dioxide emissions from on-road highway sources of those emissions within a State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id720de95b6132455a917033a6f8e3fd58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transportation management area</header><text>The term <term>transportation management area</term> means a transportation management area identified or designated by the Secretary under section 134(k)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idBA45193AF7604EEC9B29B02ED828FEB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a carbon reduction program to reduce transportation emissions.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id678515A7F7AC48AA911FE73811C5F313"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header>
<paragraph id="idBBCF4E9398FD4BC7B56696446B83A459"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(7) may be obligated for projects to support the reduction of transportation emissions, including—</text> <subparagraph id="id4EFD2CFDB51145EDACB15694E34A079A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a project described in section 149(b)(4) to establish or operate a traffic monitoring, management, and control facility or program, including advanced truck stop electrification systems; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8949B3E9B98845EDA256F17ED38ACC91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public transportation project that is eligible for assistance under section 142;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id97F7D1FF431947CF8DBC7F095DD77B27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a project described in section 101(a)(29) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>; 129 Stat. 1312)), including the construction, planning, and design of on-road and off-road trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other nonmotorized forms of transportation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB2CF20A4AFB74A96940BBE9010745EDD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a project described in section 503(c)(4)(E) for advanced transportation and congestion management technologies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idEC106ED59F9A442EB6EBC403A5E6A92F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a project for the deployment of infrastructure-based intelligent transportation systems capital improvements and the installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communications equipment, including retrofitting dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology deployed as part of an existing pilot program to cellular vehicle-to-everything (C–V2X) technology;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id51CDC4C91DE3403E9233FAB1E7A0D314"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a project to replace street lighting and traffic control devices with energy-efficient alternatives;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3E91901B77A741CCA4A4F9A26543B22C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the development of a carbon reduction strategy in accordance with subsection (d);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEEF5885F187A4EAB91E46A5CD68C938F"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a project or strategy that is designed to support congestion pricing, shifting transportation demand to nonpeak hours or other transportation modes, increasing vehicle occupancy rates, or otherwise reducing demand for roads, including electronic toll collection, and travel demand management strategies and programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0C5AD2E8B21A44708CCB03B5344096F2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>efforts to reduce the environmental and community impacts of freight movement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB0D5DED4A6754FD88EDA8B86E3222BCC"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a project to support deployment of alternative fuel vehicles, including—</text> <clause id="id32CE47EA08D949B5A6F39E4021A58F23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the acquisition, installation, or operation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure or hydrogen, natural gas, or propane vehicle fueling infrastructure; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id65C6B7AA14134DEF8E6A9A9F21CF76FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the purchase or lease of zero-emission construction equipment and vehicles, including the acquisition, construction, or leasing of required supporting facilities;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idD7E0CDF9FFDE4F2EBBA8D6AACD4119AC"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a project described in section 149(b)(8) for a diesel engine retrofit;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFA3DAE3E794047299262AAF1F7775AE0"><enum>(L)</enum><text>a project described in section 149(b)(5) that does not result in the construction of new capacity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9BD0DDB4681749B996CE80408FFDB9F5"><enum>(M)</enum><text>a project that reduces transportation emissions at port facilities, including through the advancement of port electrification.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCAF6D935E0BA4C2BA65E3C5A5668EE86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>In addition to the eligible projects under paragraph (1), a State may use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(7) for a project eligible under section 133(b) if the Secretary certifies that the State has demonstrated a reduction in transportation emissions—</text> <subparagraph id="id8A4B024EB06A46DEA695B35B62D90FB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as estimated on a per capita basis; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF9CF39E904B84388B3516BF1E35B118F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as estimated on a per unit of economic output basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id872540A74E2D48EAB5171353A781FA2B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Carbon reduction strategy</header> <paragraph id="idFB4848D027184A90830E461C00186539"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, a State, in consultation with any metropolitan planning organization designated within the State, shall develop a carbon reduction strategy in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8FDFC783F45C44CBBCB7C70A5E9E9729"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The carbon reduction strategy of a State developed under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id30507F2B8CEC49A6855AE19068BD6616"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support efforts to reduce transportation emissions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id65AA66E61D1A40348009AEE147929517"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify projects and strategies to reduce transportation emissions, which may include projects and strategies for safe, reliable, and cost-effective options—</text> <clause id="idBE4EC15EFB6340B7919B5BFC410936A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to reduce traffic congestion by facilitating the use of alternatives to single-occupant vehicle trips, including public transportation facilities, pedestrian facilities, bicycle facilities, and shared or pooled vehicle trips within the State or an area served by the applicable metropolitan planning organization, if any;</text></clause>
<clause id="id0F88BCAE5DDC4CDABF297C6356DA93E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to facilitate the use of vehicles or modes of travel that result in lower transportation emissions per person-mile traveled as compared to existing vehicles and modes; and</text></clause> <clause id="id8B6072EE5C634806A1B921612BD5380F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to facilitate approaches to the construction of transportation assets that result in lower transportation emissions as compared to existing approaches;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA039C2C7F3CE4260BF984B3DF408013A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support the reduction of transportation emissions of the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA59DBDD391B84752B51FECE54BA00C7C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at the discretion of the State, quantify the total carbon emissions from the production, transport, and use of materials used in the construction of transportation facilities within the State; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5ECEB2496EA8418C8C6153B647677565"><enum>(E)</enum><text>be appropriate to the population density and context of the State, including any metropolitan planning organization designated within the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id81879860BDF14D8BB00AA0F7041B6DF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The carbon reduction strategy of a State developed under paragraph (1) shall be updated not less frequently than once every 4 years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id41C86F26E6474CB4BDDCA9BB9647DC80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which a State submits a request for the approval of a carbon reduction strategy developed by the State under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="idF6EF55FF0EF9496A96FC85FA0BD8608F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the process used to develop the carbon reduction strategy; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB781383573FE49DB989756E70174C788"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id319B7C13BF494984B3455D86508849BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>certify that the carbon reduction strategy meets the requirements of paragraph (2); or</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="id54C414803FFB4F7B95F0AC705E2E5AA8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deny certification of the carbon reduction strategy and specify the actions necessary for the State to take to correct the deficiencies in the process of the State in developing the carbon reduction strategy.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id594F11F4C9184BB990E8920882610B39"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of a State, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance in the development of the carbon reduction strategy under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id91B70E0DA307426E93355C9DE9FB03AB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Suballocation</header> <paragraph id="id479EE6BF015E41B290A635E2EC2CA8E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year, of the funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBC70F474297E4962BBCFCFF706F919DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent shall be obligated, in proportion to their relative shares of the population of the State—</text> <clause id="idCAB7BBF395A64205B2F107C517B3F961"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized area population of more than 200,000;</text></clause>
<clause id="idA7FDB3A16CB24E9AA4A952BCEBD99A32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized population of not less than 50,000 and not more than 200,000;</text></clause> <clause id="idF4CDA735F28D41939B1A30EACA0DB0B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in urban areas of the State with a population of not less than 5,000 and not more than 49,999; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idCCBCF0B64FE7405EB84257AC02F24054"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in other areas of the State with a population of less than 5,000; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0D7272351EE7459E81ED68BC71EF1B94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the remainder may be obligated in any area of the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id94634E6100F84756BA43A990BB5972A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Metropolitan areas</header><text>Funds attributed to an urbanized area under paragraph (1)(A)(i) may be obligated in the metropolitan area established under section 134 that encompasses the urbanized area.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7DA1F00F4DD04870B0395A1ABD5D64E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution among urbanized areas of over 50,000 population</header> <subparagraph id="id5FBC60527E474039A52E5D272DFCCE0C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amounts that a State is required to obligate under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) shall be obligated in urbanized areas described in those clauses based on the relative population of the areas.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9066e5d8fa274cbda2566efb14c65d37"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other factors</header><text>The State may obligate the funds described in subparagraph (A) based on other factors if—</text> <clause id="idc4267de768754943bf3156ebcefe01be"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State and the relevant metropolitan planning organizations jointly apply to the Secretary for the permission to base the obligation on other factors; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idc2903cded2514a9fbe7f267376137f61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary grants the request.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd1894b865f7b45a8870c615c1bdd1d70"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination in urbanized areas</header><text>Before obligating funds for an eligible project under subsection (c) in an urbanized area that is not a transportation management area, a State shall coordinate with any metropolitan planning organization that represents the urbanized area prior to determining which activities should be carried out under the project.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id806afc056fb2456babc9fe98de4e2064"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation in rural areas</header><text>Before obligating funds for an eligible project under subsection (c) in a rural area, a State shall consult with any regional transportation planning organization or metropolitan planning organization that represents the rural area prior to determining which activities should be carried out under the project.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id46260EEEA17B4839B00B7D12AC554575"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Obligation authority</header> <subparagraph id="id9E4B557E721C4E3D8832C6888DFD9C84"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State that is required to obligate in an urbanized area with an urbanized area population of 50,000 or more under this subsection funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(7) shall make available during the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 an amount of obligation authority distributed to the State for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for use in the area that is equal to the amount obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="id857121894aad476dbaddc2dda8d1ee86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of funds that the State is required to obligate in the area under this subsection during the period; and</text></clause> <clause id="id1b2252c2024c4dbf8d47d5de3ebc7dc7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the ratio that—</text>
<subclause id="idc4e4a6d37da942cca23193464e6f2f83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of obligation authority distributed to the State for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs during the period; bears to</text></subclause> <subclause id="id1e61b6d39579424a8704a38f80b193c0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total of the sums apportioned to the State for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (excluding sums not subject to an obligation limitation) during the period.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC596B545B419429F922BFB6C21FCAE10"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Joint responsibility</header><text>Each State, each affected metropolitan planning organization, and the Secretary shall jointly ensure compliance with subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idB210E9419A974DBD9E626FE7739958D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(7) shall be determined in accordance with section 120.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id16DD3FBB7B4443EDABC6F964FD4350D0"><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 (as amended by section 1203(b)) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 174 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D21AC07E24846B581A139606781D9C1"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">175. Carbon reduction program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H9458B469199E4C02AFD5DFF4067B3009" changed="not-changed"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Congestion relief program</header> <subsection id="H01826CA42C4641088BABF24BBB101048" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1335BF63D6BD4FA190445B5141139453" changed="not-changed">
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="H042E9B79936C4C53BC37C1E1595235DF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congestion relief program</header>
<paragraph id="HA946D744304B4BCE9AA675E9840F619D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HDAD2769B81EE4D2D83062E0B95C4A30A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means any of the following:</text>
<clause id="H720FFB99978E42879001A3019C45C4DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A State, for the purpose of carrying out a project in an urbanized area with a population of more than 1,000,000.</text></clause> <clause id="H04054CFA3ED74782A9D10E5FF52BF433" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization, city, or municipality, for the purpose of carrying out a project in an urbanized area with a population of more than 1,000,000.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C71BBF33910493A8E3D5AD9155ECF15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Integrated congestion management system</header><text>The term <term>integrated congestion management system</term> means a system for the integration of management and operations of a regional transportation system that includes, at a minimum, traffic incident management, work zone management, traffic signal timing, managed lanes, real-time traveler information, and active traffic management, in order to maximize the capacity of all facilities and modes across the applicable region.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8F7559FEF1C4BE88B310F2C1262C995" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the congestion relief program established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E0C49B2FC4040259027E5B28BFE9612" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a congestion relief program to provide discretionary grants to eligible entities to advance innovative, integrated, and multimodal solutions to congestion relief in the most congested metropolitan areas of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EA6513F0ACD4836A86C478D96DEE445" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program goals</header><text>The goals of the program are to reduce highway congestion, reduce economic and environmental costs associated with that congestion, including transportation emissions, and optimize existing highway capacity and usage of highway and transit systems through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F0B04B41D3F415BBC0F9863E0708DA0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improving intermodal integration with highways, highway operations, and highway performance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H580D88DCFF0D47FDA3198A37FD495B33" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reducing or shifting highway users to off-peak travel times or to nonhighway travel modes during peak travel times; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9386D532E057461B9715D314E0F1C98A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>pricing of, or based on, as applicable—</text> <clause id="H67CFEF1671CA4CA399B2D1B4881FAFB3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>parking;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEF5F94BF81DA4484BE2D5193C634F2F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use of roadways, including in designated geographic zones; or</text></clause> <clause id="H76EBC240F38E47C1AA6B3E400A5AC0E4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>congestion.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9346FC5DB9EC4BF8B619054F6806100F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Funds from a grant under the program may be used for a project or an integrated collection of projects, including planning, design, implementation, and construction activities, to achieve the program goals under paragraph (3), including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC5DEF2B0807348259AA1FCDC06325070" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deployment and operation of an integrated congestion management system;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H530A874B34094A978CF42AEEB4DDC6F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deployment and operation of a system that implements or enforces high occupancy vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, parking pricing, or congestion pricing;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2745D95A7336404A809DB178CE9B0505" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deployment and operation of mobility services, including establishing account-based financial systems, commuter buses, commuter vans, express operations, paratransit, and on-demand microtransit; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36296F442927476DB460253791FD55B6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>incentive programs that encourage travelers to carpool, use nonhighway travel modes during peak period, or travel during nonpeak periods.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H383CF6178E074E4AA90B13187390CA42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application; selection</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBBDB5F98ECCC4E8986067C5C548E94D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A19409F0049447D9D5FD9616332A0D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In providing grants under the program, the Secretary shall give priority to projects in urbanized areas that are experiencing a high degree of recurrent congestion.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF69498004A3840B4A84060939F46658B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under the program shall not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41707DDB87A6458A9353EAE083E41223" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Minimum award</header><text>A grant provided under the program shall be not less than $10,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6E8916CB01047ED87BB60DA5E38899A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of tolling</header> <subparagraph id="H1B573F8F5FF842CE9A88581CD9F372C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) and section 301 and subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall allow the use of tolls on the Interstate System as part of a project carried out with a grant under the program.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF434A3E9D5A7484BA8B353D4EF877BE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary may only approve the use of tolls under subparagraph (A) if—</text> <clause id="HC09E15C5C49B4AFC84CBCA0BBEDA2016" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the eligible entity has authority under State, and if applicable, local, law to assess the applicable toll;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2AC59BF9654B49F2AD81C19C2562E8DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the maximum toll rate for any vehicle class is not greater than the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <subclause id="HF53CA3D9C80E4634B8F41BC344B2AD2D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the toll rate for any other vehicle class; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB710611A0E124E1FB54AA7BED68C5A95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>5;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HDCBD23323E994E7CB8A082703CA205C0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the toll rates are not charged or varied on the basis of State residency;</text></clause>
<clause id="H010F4B03AEA44132BD0CD3DF153763B7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the use of tolls will enable the eligible entity to achieve the program goals under paragraph (3) without a significant impact to safety or mobility within the urbanized area in which the project is located; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB44B5353AFF142A79D7058B82F9531DE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the use of toll revenues complies with subsection (a)(3).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9162B49D477E44CDB62B95EC1AC32B20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not approve the use of tolls on the Interstate System under the program in more than 10 urbanized areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA267148A92E1490B9951FF821867D71A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Financial effects on low-income drivers</header><text>A project under the program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60903EFEA3F748BF8BAC3DA815E5128F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include, if appropriate, an analysis of the potential effects of the project on low-income drivers; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E7643FB47E94C34B7C8783A6603A927" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include mitigation measures to deal with any potential adverse financial effects on low-income drivers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H418D8CB7C7F44C53839475B57F9AF8A1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High occupancy vehicle use of certain toll facilities</header><text>Section 129(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6D2189F12D1E40FDA1DC5D1DF3201BF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H689062EB9CDC4B84B32DD1BE590C334F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5F90FEA24BF41DABCAFBAB5BD3D764C" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HA1F1491E9D3F4757B66C1A07FA6ED904"><enum>(10)</enum><header>High occupancy vehicle use of certain toll facilities</header><text>Notwithstanding section 102(a), in the case of a toll facility that is on the Interstate System and that is constructed or converted after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the public authority with jurisdiction over the toll facility shall allow high occupancy vehicles, transit, and paratransit vehicles to use the facility at a discount rate or without charge, unless the public authority, in consultation with the Secretary, determines that the number of those vehicles using the facility reduces the travel time reliability of the facility.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HADE10E5629EC401298E5C727C8101518" changed="not-changed"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Freight plans</header>
<subsection id="HAC0B6346873D42799A0961FE84218B46" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National and State freight plans</header>
<paragraph id="H9563DE70E8104D738FA2135BBD654BA0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National freight strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 70102(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7788B55291A047C39552FE3C9700C7D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H450240EE8EB3412C9A02240D67800377" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0CF1FDF7C7084001B0F1162B83630C78" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HAAF63B4AA1134BC0BBFC01FA037549F5"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possible strategies to increase the resilience of the freight system, including the ability to anticipate, prepare for, or adapt to conditions, or withstand, respond to, or recover rapidly from disruptions, including extreme weather and natural disasters;</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HF0A5CB19EB274F7F9DEF5B8A6D205613"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategies to promote United States economic growth and international competitiveness; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HF25A4ABDED2B4035BCC9AEAFB6C1147E"><enum>(14)</enum><text>strategies to reduce local air pollution from freight movement, stormwater runoff, and wildlife habitat loss resulting from freight facilities, freight vehicles, or freight activity.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3997CB7F00442368EE0314F31E02EA9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State freight plans</header><text>Section 70202 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F139D83258B4D0289B5B0C0CA0760D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="HCCD1A64172164322A88B1C85D59FE7B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCF55ECD9671B4BF6A80097B1056B4D0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (12); and</text></clause> <clause id="HC2CF84B8639B4B35B7B7ECB5E1784D34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HF285632773C0435E9D69CAC84C0E0C4D"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the most recent commercial motor vehicle parking facilities assessment conducted under subsection (f);</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H3783483DFCB848D78F79A3BF7BB48D13"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategies and goals to decrease—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E49BFBF85074AD395A74BE2F299B87C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the severity of impacts of extreme weather and natural disasters on freight mobility;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA3358F7EF51477FBEAC0081669631FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impacts of freight movement on local air pollution;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C13158C9C4941B097AD456FD9A15E18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the impacts of freight movement on flooding and stormwater runoff; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB95F8087152F4E28854C52FF674FE401" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the impacts of freight movement on wildlife habitat loss; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB216E16A332742538286EC8E8D067666" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (h); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB890AAC04FC24F60985FE627B33B1B29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed" id="HC4DCCCD3763A4D2AB9B8EB5485862FAE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Each State freight plan under this section shall include a requirement that the State, in carrying out activities under the State freight plan—</text> <paragraph id="HD3962200FC094964AF260B5377C662B3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhance reliability or redundancy of freight transportation; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE6ADB733CD54BDA8A3776BFAB5F07D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporate the ability to rapidly restore access and reliability of freight transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed" id="H7FBB50DA2DBD44CF89B90424A6F7957C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Commercial motor vehicle parking facilities assessments</header><text>As part of the development or updating, as applicable, of the State freight plan under this section, each State that receives funding under section 167 of title 23, in consultation with relevant State motor carrier safety personnel, shall conduct an assessment of—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B1D204D77784C819C9431BEB78D5898" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the capability of the State, together with the private sector in the State, to provide adequate parking facilities and rest facilities for commercial motor vehicles engaged in interstate transportation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0399D4387FFE4DA7A9266CABFB29146A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the volume of commercial motor vehicle traffic in the State; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H487CCBB873B74EBBB26B8F1A5F593097" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether there are any areas within the State that have a shortage of adequate commercial motor vehicle parking facilities, including an analysis (economic or otherwise, as the State determines to be appropriate) of the underlying causes of any such shortages.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" changed="not-changed" id="HD1D9DC66CD014512ADF53BB30254E55C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Approval</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AE00456444F4247904D044B328A82D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall approve a State freight plan described in subsection (a) if the plan achieves compliance with the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68839512E7D44D17900D4DFAAC8E7A9C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subsection establishes new procedural requirements for the approval of a State freight plan described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4C40DBAADB5449DB651CB3A78638ECD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Studies</header><text>For the purpose of facilitating the integration of intelligent transportation systems into the freight transportation network powered by electricity, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, shall conduct a study relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="H9999CB37397049948D8140D1F2A92B69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preparing to supply power to applicable electrical freight infrastructure; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4DE3D7CDBF854E8C8C9883D181A9B7FD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>safely integrating freight into intelligent transportation systems.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H17F46A96CAE24537A850C4EFA4A57DB5" changed="not-changed"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program</header>
<subsection id="HD40F4B8D83114600A97F6A10CB06B318" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><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 section 1403(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50AC0166529F41F49E7146CB9BFF3440" changed="not-changed"> <section changed="not-changed" id="HEB8907D54AF94329A27FD459B2A516DA"><enum>176.</enum><header>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program</header> <subsection id="HD0389EE6040F48E684C6C472085D58BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H97EF88FF8060428191B55BF70EE524B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emergency event</header><text>The term <term>emergency event</term> means a natural disaster or catastrophic failure resulting in—</text> <subparagraph id="H49147CCAEE76437197D65B295EDCD556" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an emergency declared by the Governor of the State in which the disaster or failure occurred; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F21B911ECD74783B57C3D2CEE3311A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an emergency or disaster declared by the President.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6CF1C296CC04A04A9DE482C384E1A07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evacuation route</header><text>The term <term>evacuation route</term> means a transportation route or system that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HACD8C01BC97F4A20B8127053C0ED9E39" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is owned, operated, or maintained by a Federal, State, Tribal, or local government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA52DC796D6C64C90B07E6073DA59C842" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is used—</text>
<clause id="H042268B0599D4B64BE5322777BA42B52" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to transport the public away from emergency events; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA5D8E1F149804DE0B360AF0464452A3C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to transport emergency responders and recovery resources; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D00687450DF4758BADDDB14E73DAD65" changed="not-changed"><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="H589F7E15D36F48B99A10E4F9D72C7C71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the program established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3D4DCECBAF6464BB9C7E4FF60DDBCDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</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="HB319150DCE3543E19F141073C397D2B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that allow a project—</text>
<clause id="H65E6B8CE069B43ADA87DE74FD55A746A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to better anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and respond to disruptions; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC73B060C33234D6BA1149EE5B1844F7A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to be better able to continue to serve the primary function of the project during and after weather events and natural disasters for the expected life of the project; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60EB2EEE71044621A07AB7A35F1489DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that—</text> <clause id="H54BF3F47B83D40F08AE47F58BB0447DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reduce the magnitude and duration of impacts of current and future weather events and natural disasters to a project; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H6504EA206D9A40C1A8DC038EEE8947E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to decrease project vulnerability to current and future weather events or natural disasters.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H053145915D9447D9B2A38EEB27896A48" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H790D3AC185F74F43A764E29761F14780" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation program</quote> or the <quote>PROTECT program</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF365504E0F8840699BE3F268EF677CD2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program is to provide grants for resilience improvements through—</text> <subparagraph id="H0780CF84CF7049E5ABCBDAAB31CB739B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>formula funding distributed to States to carry out subsection (c);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D06F81EDFA84CD4BE6B68F5D5F7199B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>competitive planning grants to enable communities to assess vulnerabilities to current and future weather events and natural disasters and changing conditions, including sea level rise, and plan transportation improvements and emergency response strategies to address those vulnerabilities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A7199D6F4BA455BA294BBB1508BB195" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>competitive resilience improvement grants to protect—</text>
<clause id="H2C1884C9C472423A963090657B06F592" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>surface transportation assets by making the assets more resilient to current and future weather events and natural disasters, such as severe storms, flooding, drought, levee and dam failures, wildfire, rockslides, mudslides, sea level rise, extreme weather, including extreme temperature, and earthquakes;</text></clause> <clause id="H2CB4ECEDE97C45C7BFF11F7EF2C77E82" changed="not-changed"><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="H76A3576A4E5C4481AECA1DEB175484C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>serve critical local, regional, and national needs, including evacuation routes; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7123DCE3C38548DDB91F150AB2A943E0" changed="not-changed"><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="H512F65A561684178BB558CFD5BADF4E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coastal infrastructure, such as a tide gate to protect highways, that is at long-term risk to sea level rise; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA4AC9A82D227403DB1BC0EAA250AC388" changed="not-changed"><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="H0DB3A5F45F0D4A9E916AC83D093A9067" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible activities for apportioned funding</header>
<paragraph id="H74130D5C359544368A1FF675B3807AFB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) shall be obligated for activities eligible under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB5BCE287F174921AC86CD13BF7E770A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Planning set-aside</header><text>Of the funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(8) for each fiscal year, not less than 2 percent shall be for activities described in subsection (d)(3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58A5998C8B9B4FA5825C826DBE3717DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H16FFC1B5CD0A4FB09957DA3434C42A89" changed="not-changed"><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="H77595F7D4885442E836AD73E99723F09" changed="not-changed"><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="H4B43F318A1AA445C8F9CB70889F2B04F" changed="not-changed"><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="H9A3DCAB3F0E84EF9A7A44968C4E67405" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibilities</header><text>A State shall use funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) for—</text>
<clause id="H408BE53FE0024D62A4986FA50B68B753" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a highway project eligible for assistance under this title;</text></clause> <clause id="HAC61FCB85F0F410181BFC8090B9E1BC2" changed="not-changed"><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="H41B275FF88614200993CB7C22169C52A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a port facility, including a facility that—</text> <subclause id="H188F55B4F14744D8A9DAD0F095CE7041" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>connects a port to other modes of transportation;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HAC59DB08D8054C52B348E57FD3AD5579" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improves the efficiency of evacuations and disaster relief; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H101AB5674F464DA2A0F5A4C0494DF294" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>aids transportation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6DC8ABA04D444FA9ABE14CBCE123F18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>System resilience</header><text>A project carried out by a State with funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) may include 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="H7964E5C7AB3140E193223B339C07CE3E" changed="not-changed"><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="H824776EE43D449279CC836DC124622D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of culverts designed to withstand 100-year flood events;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id4DB64B7759B14E3BB61EF92154D40A5B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of tide gates to protect highways;</text></clause>
<clause id="id7654064A0E634548AA736C1B9BAADB7B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of flood gates to protect tunnel entrances; and</text></clause> <clause id="id3FECB58F3A654E87BDC1E8F5094106D4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>improving functionality and resiliency of stormwater controls, including inventory inspections, upgrades to, and preservation of best management practices to protect surface transportation infrastructure. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HACF77A77629940BDA149372DC92564F3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal cost share</header>
<clause id="H5651B7CF56D240D08718E51670D3FE4A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (e)(1), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.</text></clause> <clause id="H0B8734CAE5474C4E8C664F30545890E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>A State may use Federal funds other than Federal funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) to meet the non-Federal cost share requirement for a project under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF57AAEA06CFF4564A4EED56B39B4F357" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header>
<clause id="H70C1D0ECA2A246DCB28BAE5AD51FEF80" changed="not-changed"><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 apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) may include the costs of—</text> <subclause id="H1105543412C74BF592431DC996BE535B" changed="not-changed"><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="H8710967DE64C4DE188685CFBBE3C8931" changed="not-changed"><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="HD28C17E24D3347AD8E823EE33FF62D1B" changed="not-changed"><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 apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8), 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="HC7CB29C5718A4B24A11DD76F037701EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A State—</text> <clause id="H826C09BBDE634098AFF62A80AC77A047" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may use not more than 40 percent of the amounts apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) for the construction of new capacity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H20496C7E9E7242A8907C67BC07E51885" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may use not more than 10 percent of the amounts apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) for activities described in subparagraph (E)(i)(I).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE073C0E89563461BBCBDEDF6E972F72B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Competitive awards</header> <paragraph id="H6FE2F062DE7C4E119AF0D345CA97999B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to funds apportioned to States under section 104(b)(8) to carry out activities under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide grants on a competitive basis under this subsection to eligible entities described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B20D0892251414E8A2A2E377FBA48FB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4)(C), the Secretary may make a grant under this subsection to any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H9E7EB4FED165466DB69FB24FB791AD24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State or political subdivision of a State.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F1E07680F604E74A67402CB71E538A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H709BFA4D856B40BC82FF2AF6286EDBAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A unit of local government.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6132CA5D7A2C468EAED2EBA227BB7029" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0CF405FF52C0443C9C030B074CD4004A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An Indian tribe (as defined in section 207(m)(1)).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD690AA340CB240ACB28F5D06A73B42A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A Federal land management agency that applies jointly with a State or group of States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE703973E3ADA4EACB1A4376AD5E864EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5DE78E76D0144F7BD6FA2D93EFBC6CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Planning grants</header><text>Using funds made available under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide planning grants to eligible entities for the purpose of—</text> <subparagraph id="H52ED23659B784AA689D6F5622B53C16D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a State or metropolitan planning organization, developing a resilience improvement plan under subsection (e)(2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E123EB3E29E4FFB98A0246C1B70BCC3" changed="not-changed"><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="H6E594A8430A44DECA38C0163003DDF5F" changed="not-changed"><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 surface transportation assets and community response strategies of the eligible entity under current conditions and a range of potential future conditions; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D05489FDFBB46B081916D27C73D1EFA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evacuation planning and preparation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H831FA4A430254F4E9E222117FA337E29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Resilience grants</header> <subparagraph id="HA3DED582A83D4B3EAE3CF489315E8F76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Resilience improvement grants</header> <clause id="H9C4A62E7C133435BBA23A84F1A8973BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds made available 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="H946A3C81CB37426E9DC9590F8C57184D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header>
<subclause id="H11229297EB374F45AB791F289E75B3F3" changed="not-changed"><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 improve the ability of an existing surface transportation asset to withstand 1 or more elements of a weather event or natural disaster, or to increase the resilience of surface transportation infrastructure from the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3FE7DC0BA8544A49846086B794E6E89A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>An activity eligible to be carried out under this subparagraph includes—</text>
<item id="H801D126EA24745A18613292B5DFC500D" changed="not-changed"><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="H07F3A8D8F2F54964B8EBA81913B33BE0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the incorporation of natural infrastructure;</text></item>
<item id="H47790AB37C86419395E81930ED13178C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the upgrade of an existing surface transportation facility to meet or exceed a design standard adopted by the Federal Highway Administration;</text></item> <item id="HAFE60C7027F849C7A06A8797345789E8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the installation of mitigation measures that prevent the intrusion of floodwaters into surface transportation systems;</text></item>
<item id="HBF329B64F2A940B2806033B48863EC6C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>strengthening systems that remove rainwater from surface transportation facilities; </text></item> <item id="id85A520F2000B44F4AB05FA2EAA7F25F9"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of structural stormwater controls;</text></item>
<item id="id0A0204A101574BCDB06D2CDA53942AB7"><enum>(gg)</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="HE273CE73CF29400B81B368878F2248F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(hh)</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="H55F72273A72147C59135CC52F7ED9F97" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>stabilizing slide areas or slopes;</text></item> <item id="H6986E309F81C4DE08B5E277D183F5422" changed="not-changed"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>installing riprap;</text></item>
<item id="HBE677C359C1840D6AA2F75D502E5AC8E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>lengthening or raising bridges to increase waterway openings, including to respond to extreme weather;</text></item> <item id="H643312D29CC0401298EEF61FB7A0252E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>increasing the size or number of drainage structures;</text></item>
<item id="H098C5FCFF03B488D9893EE9753ED4276" changed="not-changed"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>installing seismic retrofits on bridges;</text></item> <item id="H3F93FF55C38441BCACEF43E7BB4E1E23" changed="not-changed"><enum>(nn)</enum><text>adding scour protection at bridges;</text></item>
<item id="HF9DB9FF9DC6B4D3C98A2790A6A0EAEEB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(oo)</enum><text>adding scour, stream stability, coastal, and other hydraulic countermeasures, including spur dikes; </text></item> <item changed="not-changed" id="idDBD7D5E764D248B886473063061007D2"><enum>(pp)</enum><text>vegetation management practices in transportation rights-of-way to improve roadway safety, prevent against invasive species, facilitate wildfire control, and provide erosion control; and</text></item>
<item id="HB15D4322AE5945D2AE677E1CD0211ADC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(qq)</enum><text>any other protective features, including natural infrastructure, as determined by the Secretary.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA9687929F049404BAA21B2E52E312288" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize a resilience improvement grant to an eligible entity if—</text>
<subclause id="HF28ECC2799C2403A9AFF17D20FE58C53" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary determines—</text> <item id="H861DCF0A5BBA47788EB06497ED08A3D6" changed="not-changed"><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="H16E8687372F7457AB9F8DA1EC509F1F1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>there is a need to address the vulnerabilities of surface transportation assets of the eligible entity with a high risk of, and impacts associated with, failure due to the impacts of weather events, natural disasters, or changing conditions, such as sea level rise, wildfires, and increased flood risk; or</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H24073C40EB184BC19F460A092119F4DE" changed="not-changed"><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 (e)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89090E740451481A8535D9FE7C677F8D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Community resilience and evacuation route grants</header>
<clause id="H9D67832D40D34705948D3261FCA76438" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds made available 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="H218DB84029C94297BAC4F7491CF0F96F" changed="not-changed"><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="HB86FB62AC0DA4EF583394F040322FF6A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an eligible activity under subparagraph (A)(ii), if that eligible activity will improve an evacuation route;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD95C769A3B2847F7AB119B5F95837F25" changed="not-changed"><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="H36C8F20D742C423F8978EEF7C6A6CD03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if the eligible entity notifies the Secretary 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="H0A7C3B7ABA8F4946A400C68F2267BAB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>communications and intelligent transportation system equipment and infrastructure;</text></item>
<item id="H20CF4611E68A4599B4027E72068FFAE6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>counterflow measures; or</text></item> <item id="HA73C929F6D674E19959CEA17813DCB6E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>shoulders;</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H9ED6C9DD1D8445FCB8447F36FB315DF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is for the construction of new or redundant evacuation routes, if the eligible entity notifies the Secretary that existing evacuation routes are not sufficient to adequately facilitate evacuations, including the transportation of emergency responders and recovery resources; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H8B1BBAF656494898BBAABA3041641FB1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>is for the acquisition of evacuation route or traffic incident management equipment or signage; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9C0387DA145947FB8DCA702AAB9AD3B1" changed="not-changed"><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="H5A404E5F6C76483FB992A10CDAEAF8BB" changed="not-changed"><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="H802A3DE17C974AE486E55C57E9FCC816" changed="not-changed"><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="H465653A580A44091B9D6FCC619D4DE26" changed="not-changed"><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="HED62DEDC11E2472385CBEDB1EB6B4017" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In providing grants for community resilience and evacuation routes under this subparagraph, the Secretary may consult with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who may provide technical assistance to the Secretary and to eligible entities.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF3505CF9DB14AF1990761E2808C8A72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>At-risk coastal infrastructure grants</header> <clause id="H305AA77E057F4B6987650498DC5824D2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means any of the following:</text>
<subclause id="ide924ddfdb330426ab1beb134fbe60e30"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A State (including the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or 1 or more of the Great Lakes.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id2cfbc183f1024a0787f078ba8f263404"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A political subdivision of a State described in subclause (I).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id9087dcab823345fabc5675c5d28ec84a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A metropolitan planning organization in a State described in subclause (I).</text></subclause> <subclause id="id862cfed7e2b54f56902ca272c1850266"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A unit of local government in a State described in subclause (I).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id2e9b12c7ddbb40c2bbcd082b8a1f0f3d"><enum>(V)</enum><text>A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority, in a State described in subclause (I).</text></subclause> <subclause id="id410f7d28fb814c4ca4987bde435d358f"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>An Indian tribe in a State described in subclause (I).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id8aa265236fb04727b71647670eb9c3ae"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>A Federal land management agency that applies jointly with a State or group of States described in subclause (I).</text></subclause> <subclause id="idf902ff35cb7646d2b64a6a2eb26c8d23"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>A multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities described in subclauses (I) through (VII). </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HDFE20EAC8E594E9A974F680CF78C806F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Using funds made available under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide at-risk coastal infrastructure grants to eligible entities to carry out 1 or more eligible activities under clause (iii).</text></clause> <clause id="H855A66CA78124B8D91D0AA195A35BBCD" changed="not-changed"><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 to protect highways, that are subject to, or face increased long-term future risks of, a weather event, a natural disaster, 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="H648121F182484338BAAE187BC37AE2DC" changed="not-changed"><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="H4DB84EF5D1C54343867968FF12E0DF9E" changed="not-changed"><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 change; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H71CD5C2BD6B24A19AC0D7756D3C2A828" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that reduces long-term infrastructure costs by avoiding larger future maintenance or rebuilding costs.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H2C5BD33ECCBA459A882B2EEC46661B3C" changed="not-changed"><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="H6103D184278A4292A46BF61822FCDB08" changed="not-changed"><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="H089CFE94D93641A087F0FD3E6832036E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>access to a designated evacuation route.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30F5AC25726D4F35848E43DD1608572F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H9617C2BD58484EADB7480AC3FB70F940" changed="not-changed"><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="HE1EDFC73DF2A4CF28BBEE9771D12E253" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applications</header> <clause id="HBB3A7182B2614C268DD9340BA37941BB" changed="not-changed"><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="H2F75836211F74BA6BE2BD95B0CA16C5B" changed="not-changed"><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="H0456A67CEF954C0DA1E2C398AFA746AA" changed="not-changed"><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="H3E2EB25EE611465391B500B0E3360A0D" changed="not-changed"><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="H3196F2B7299C45A68021E82B598E28D3" changed="not-changed"><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="H831E7EC26E0141B9AA0246833E51BA65" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a highway project eligible for assistance under this title;</text></clause> <clause id="HBF8177009CAC403983B3EE8A7B9A55E5" changed="not-changed"><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;</text></clause>
<clause id="H719B898B0E5D4E94A0D75CF910018951" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a facility or service for intercity rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49); or</text></clause> <clause id="H2448FEDEBB1042C88C4871009AC94A7A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a port facility, including a facility that—</text>
<subclause id="H09D286FDE37241DB85EF005C34398999" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>connects a port to other modes of transportation;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2E3ECCFA6CE54784AFBA4824EBCBDC7B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>improves the efficiency of evacuations and disaster relief; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8ABE666B1B5344A695398B3CB23016C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>aids transportation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F29291C95F749A094581C5A14D2FC8C" changed="not-changed"><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="H857CC4E5F35745E0A970527ED4D5FF48" changed="not-changed"><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="H2B1C44DF14BC47629D0E30DF934EF703" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installing of culverts designed to withstand 100-year flood events;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEA2B130C31C04C82B806200AC6ADA877" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of tide gates to protect highways; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2806FD4690A149788B235CC46B08603E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upgrades to and installation of flood gates to protect tunnel entrances.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H874AA6F5787E4E10B4867F8C0088CF8D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Federal cost share</header>
<clause id="HF74185C6FA74427CBFD9B9ED345510DA" changed="not-changed"><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="H44D4C98714D34F448F08B2F2BAA4FDAB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Resilience grants</header> <subclause id="HB5CA35FCB391447E939382CB2A5FBFD3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II) and subsection (e)(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 project cost.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9AB16D172C4D40B69C1875126A9BCEA8" changed="not-changed"><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 (as defined in section 207(m)(1)) may be up to 100 percent.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB619181CB3FD4FF5AB8B5D495F03EC9C" changed="not-changed"><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="HB0E368918D13460383E60785D6DD105E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Eligible project costs</header>
<clause id="H57C1C2185DBC4C8CB4B2B662BBD4A681" changed="not-changed"><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="H62A8FC1B91E542218C3062D65EAD52A4" changed="not-changed"><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="HDE4E51FDBA464A7C914D54276613D397" changed="not-changed"><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="H361566CFE18C40318FBBB8FEA41BEDF9" changed="not-changed"><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="H826A3EE4AF3147848E22C731144CADCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id43DB89816D3546059F8F8C2A72841FF1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (4)—</text> <subclause id="HE615692CD2EF438385419603DD309C8E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may use not more than 40 percent of the amount of the grant for the construction of new capacity; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8A28E8D083C0416E86E1C572AAC904BE" changed="not-changed"><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></subclause></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id3ABF85BE543A43319658460E060E97EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limit on certain activities</header><text>For each fiscal year, not more than 25 percent of the total amount provided under this subsection may be used for projects described in subparagraph (C)(iii).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70A03E0F34F045E6BB49FF7FEAE25154" changed="not-changed"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Distribution of grants</header>
<clause id="H0E0A20206F6848B89B03FBBB0D5DC135" changed="not-changed"><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 multiyear basis, as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></clause> <clause id="HF66EDDB541264E429D98E41A49EF0653" changed="not-changed"><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="H95545FACEF32455DA05A6FF1B7C0325E" changed="not-changed"><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 (as defined in section 207(m)(1)).</text></clause> <clause id="H96FE66D278D14B58BA87E85565BF9A77" changed="not-changed"><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>
<paragraph id="HC2A9299C40D24B6BBA0A30AA19F2F4E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H9887418CBE1D4AD4B11233AEBC8E6692" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</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></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE718D98061347BCBABCE9C1A560C019" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solicit technical support from the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide6b3af4ea0294dec92718ccf103d6a77"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Grant administration</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7a838cf6b9d74e18ad118c8f6e2a33e3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retain not more than a total of 5 percent of the funds made available to carry out this subsection and to review applications for grants under this subsection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id44c6686cd4954d73858546b9316ec968"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transfer portions of the funds retained under subparagraph (A) to the relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants provided under this subsection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB3A2B0B427FA4D80ABA5A85F650C68D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Resilience improvement plan and lower non-Federal share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2AAD9F3FFFC4358A7AC703861696543" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share reductions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F5E736A8A2F4892A68491B97226380C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that receives funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) 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="HD616FF1CD37F41CB9DF3AEA5C39410C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of reductions</header> <clause id="H8FBF89945AF4481ABAFB9C2DD34CEB9A" changed="not-changed"><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 apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(8) or a grant under subsection (d) shall be reduced by 7 percentage points if—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6F7BB200F20941A69825468397F69194" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" id="HEE3C0CFE7773425C8839B807189FC0FE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developed a resilience improvement plan in accordance with this subsection; and</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="H039168BF7D594B6F8755FA9E2872A695" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritized the project on that resilience improvement plan; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H59DE1B61E1944B95B9C3E6ECF589E73C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" id="H2FF4277A6E1747BDB8D543E1380E27BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developed a resilience improvement plan in accordance with this subsection; and</text></item> <item commented="no" id="HFC9B6A5C61C542A6B55920F2AC40D693" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritized the project on that resilience improvement plan.</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H701680EA94064A68856B8F71D0385FF8" changed="not-changed"><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="H09B5BC1DDAAB4BCA96E25D95D8622188" changed="not-changed"><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="H77A346F6268A4C4F95517A1B9E90E479" changed="not-changed"><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="H333F1F4FC3954E96A8607EDE3A4A1D1B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subclause id="HC9835571424E48638EDC0FBF85D7EDF0" changed="not-changed"><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="H138659EF1535404782C42B4DC7C483DD" changed="not-changed"><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 commented="no" id="H8BE466BA88EA4B329D0959ADBC2CB293" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A resilience improvement plan referred to in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A24713D4367482485F5D64544BAA6D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be for the immediate and long-range planning activities and investments of the State or metropolitan planning organization with respect to resilience of the surface transportation system within the boundaries of the State or metropolitan planning organization, as applicable;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7CD407AB239F483E97A94B1EB2C43780" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall demonstrate a systemic approach to surface 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 commented="no" id="HA333EFEC0B1E4DCA991657C35D9B7111" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include a risk-based assessment of vulnerabilities of transportation assets and systems to current and future weather events and natural disasters, such as severe storms, flooding, drought, levee and dam failures, wildfire, rockslides, mudslides, sea level rise, extreme weather, including extreme temperatures, and earthquakes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id1450C8E8C347432EA6B92B3DC03BC473"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1ABA15CAAD3345EF9610B429926F92EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate evacuation routes and strategies, including multimodal facilities, designated with consideration for individuals without access to personal vehicles;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H0486BA021FD143F094AA67612684988C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plan for response to anticipated emergencies, including plans for the mobility of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1B02545E541C44079E506F647D46D365" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emergency response personnel and equipment; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HA6CD372EEB4D4E3A9CC69FDDEDE8FCC4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to emergency services, including for vulnerable or disadvantaged populations;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H50B838FDBBF243A9BBCCB9D1BECA2D02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</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="H36BA04F4E6FD449A81D60FAB9B26D52C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>include an investment plan that—</text>
<subclause id="H71474CE738F64D3889A1727BE31975F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>includes a list of priority projects; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H056F7D0C08534374BB544426032FC03F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>describes how funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(8) or 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="HB7215D7EF21945D0874EAE4C5A7A36EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>use science and data and indicate the source of data and methodologies; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F1E058271DC4F76AA5A43D2159C8628" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall, as appropriate—</text>
<clause id="H3D03184C267248B3A9D7B62BB999EE29" changed="not-changed"><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="H3DD2491B15014001B3169F9F52B8D032" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to respond promptly to the impacts of weather events and natural disasters; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7A3624E6FEE642228622204506FEFB58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to be prepared for changing conditions, such as sea level rise and increased flood risk;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H6ACA49377AB548C0A730E8A2A98E8E44" changed="not-changed"><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="HC5AC48843D4A49FC9588A3D77E6D3A1A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consider the benefits of combining hard surface transportation assets, and natural infrastructure, through coordinated efforts by the Federal Government and the States;</text></clause> <clause id="H2718D50BF3074BE396546A628B702AF2" changed="not-changed"><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="HECC0AF116E21470780B5CAC639019459" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>use a long-term planning period; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3D86E1B71AEA4B4CBC7FDE330FE1BA42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>include such other information as the State or metropolitan planning organization considers appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H341411DDDB0444EE83E4D1F1CE9DD355" changed="not-changed"><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 commented="no" id="HE2FB6E03D8B1419698ADE5BB61237CEC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Monitoring</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA70AD66E94BD49A78728A8218AAC0CD4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H55A98AECA99F4106A7C2107957073D8D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish, for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of projects carried out with a grant under subsection (d)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H2FDCACB6331147CFB218AE79E430DC15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), transportation and any other metrics as the Secretary determines to be necessary; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF35A2380F94F4414A3BFB02FDDEE89A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>procedures for monitoring and evaluating projects based on those metrics; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H82A7D0034E9949F99C5867EC0A72522D" changed="not-changed"><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 commented="no" id="H6CA2720719634C1EB33209D07D72DF17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Before adopting any metrics described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F56BD8D788742F293AD674E709718D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publish the proposed metrics in the Federal Register; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H87740323EC494AB588EC1F155E9A1929" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the public an opportunity for comment on the proposed metrics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H90CBBA610D2E4FFFAE1D3D2E561902F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H48127C5A8D9E42B6968DD4230FB9A99E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports from eligible entities</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which a project carried out with a grant under subsection (d) is completed, the eligible 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 awarded.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H931C2B527ADE49D1832BB5B9A0FF0837" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD965072C852D4121BA6C95EBE93C891B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>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, 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 commented="no" id="H038C5436A7374450A3D6344E1B671C18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each project for which a grant was provided under subsection (d);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDEEA48AB02D74B2AB745E63B9E9EB97E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information relating to project applications received;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H51FC33A5917C4336BE71A75A526538BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the manner in which the consultation requirements were implemented under subsection (d);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE24A35A2176440E5BA8C3FA98E00D1A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommendations to improve the administration of subsection (d), including whether assistance from additional or fewer agencies to carry out the program is appropriate;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HBDDE31EFA3084FC0A400160A94E0BE75" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the period required to disburse grant funds to eligible entities based on applicable Federal coordination requirements; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H4A9C5B729F2544C183E55AAEBCBA8A0B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a list of facilities that repeatedly require repair or reconstruction due to emergency events.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H07E6C51C26E24DB587D1D9FA3D68C4DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes the results of the reports submitted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H4AC918A67DD94EADB2515C956976D7DE" changed="not-changed"><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 (as amended by section 1403(b)), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 175 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B5D10B05546479CA547337A73EB2BD8" changed="not-changed"> <toc changed="not-changed"> <toc-entry bold="off" changed="not-changed" level="section">176. Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="id3015890CF68C46D7A757715F3FCD129B"><enum>1407.</enum><header>Healthy Streets program</header> <subsection id="id5b10dda6a98b4beca51d07cf4d7b10cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ide0f717b563a64cb9a58cd8168d4398d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community of color</header><text>The term <term>community of color</term> means, in a State, a census block group for which the aggregate percentage of residents who identify as Black, African-American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, other nonwhite race, or linguistically isolated is—</text> <subparagraph id="ida0a228458bcc400491bf1546cfcfe730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 50 percent; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb76b7fb8589f4d948a6bd93d56855d31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>significantly higher, as determined by the Secretary, than the State average.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id994A814601FD482AB73346AAE58CB13C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cool pavement</header><text>The term <term>cool pavement</term> means a pavement with reflective surfaces with higher albedo to decrease the surface temperature of that pavement.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF52C54E527C14FA980193F3CE2285985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="idEDEF99F0975C457A9AF6716BBD193D1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id22D7589C52C241269F9AEFD926ABE862"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8EC3F30C52F24FA591E4E71619773F68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCBC6B61043C04C9ABE2D93773B88C2A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a Tribal government; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id17DD84275E964B67A98DB4448065D8A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization working in coordination with an entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id343b2a3fdc7a4af0ba88151f81c59366"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Low-income community</header><text>The term <term>low-income community</term> means a census block group in which not less than 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line (as defined in section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9902">42 U.S.C. 9902</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idce55ea71fdc34fd0bf904ad9a41ac673"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Porous pavement</header><text>The term <term>porous pavement</term> means a paved surface with a higher than normal percentage of air voids to allow water to pass through the surface and infiltrate into the subsoil.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8e2ce672efbd4eaa95d821b2aee65b1c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the Healthy Streets program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idCFC6E91E9D0343848C33D7461632ECBC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id34f8bac6010d4bd5a0c853d668a716ed"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Tribal government</header><text>The term <term>Tribal government</term> means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5131">25 U.S.C. 5131</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id309cb2c9bc714359bcfcff3d86d2624e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a discretionary grant program, to be known as the <quote>Healthy Streets program</quote>, to provide grants to eligible entities—</text>
<paragraph id="idC8ED4607FF1F434DBCB546804356EF30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to deploy cool pavements and porous pavements; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD5254745C8C145CB99761D92E6E46160"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to expand tree cover.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id671AAD486F2E487DB464D318D040460A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the program are—</text> <paragraph id="idb551fe80068d4a59949f728b9b5c855d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to mitigate urban heat islands;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf3cc5368a169477f9a6f7af237f2b8af"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve air quality; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7e13fc0cd6df434d8b27f3b42a9b573b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reduce—</text>
<subparagraph id="id57e78192187e44cbaeab6d429a125932"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent of impervious surfaces;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf4db4bb600324eb48fb91a0e3eeecfad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>stormwater runoff and flood risks; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idfa5bd9787d874dcdbbe297f92e8f4062"><enum>(C)</enum><text>heat impacts to infrastructure and road users.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ide69392b2d49b475682a74601f93c5e49"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="idC3B60DFD03E94D91A9BB99CBEF20E931"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idAC340FB3B5C34DCB9C26D55915C9A955"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The application submitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall include a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="idda955f57d4a44d22a9c3efd5b5192fdf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the eligible entity would use the grant funds; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id049c46468dc34b47a5178886af007d48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contribution that the projects intended to be carried out with grant funds would make to improving the safety, health outcomes, natural environment, and quality of life in low-income communities and communities of color.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id2527bc4680e84829a58e5f230ed76030"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the program may use the grant funds for 1 or more of the following activities: </text>
<paragraph id="id760bfb12a6cb4e3aa69e3e382dd903e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conducting an assessment of urban heat islands to identify hot spot areas of extreme heat or elevated air pollution.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id906a0af7b3ae470090ddae80110dde50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Conducting a comprehensive tree canopy assessment, which shall assess the current tree locations and canopy, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf4d0f197d5924c2f9725c409c4f39a4c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an inventory of the location, species, condition, and health of existing tree canopies and trees on public facilities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc4706078ece643fea46abd3b6f630634"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification of—</text>
<clause id="idF39568A1A21644A5933A9FBA7F0F8FF0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the locations where trees need to be replaced;</text></clause> <clause id="idefa13a47fb17430db03ff465a28139fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>empty tree boxes or other locations where trees could be added; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id72e1abe8326d4ccb8ed31b960763f790"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>flood-prone locations where trees or other natural infrastructure could mitigate flooding.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id73e62a921e97407ca8162e695a1f0595"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Conducting an equity assessment by mapping tree canopy gaps, flood-prone locations, and urban heat island hot spots as compared to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbc3c6d15e5fa45ebb4d8163f5ddd47a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pedestrian walkways and public transportation stop locations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc9f4822c85204381a616ff8c4b566539"><enum>(B)</enum><text>low-income communities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2278e3ba330b4c7e898058a31d44f207"><enum>(C)</enum><text>communities of color.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id191226beeb594be895c1b108683106be"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Planning activities, including developing an investment plan based on the results of the assessments carried out under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide9b0819bffd6451eaeda47ed0917146d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Purchasing and deploying cool pavements to mitigate urban heat island hot spots.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ideb627de1f4d24a65a9289fedb6e2f4c6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Purchasing and deploying porous pavement to mitigate flooding and stormwater runoff in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5A5F716A87E74C61AED6FD3C1E11EE57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pedestrian-only areas; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id2451205F82C74228BD5235AECB349931"><enum>(B)</enum><text>areas of low-volume, low-speed vehicular use.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id425ec1d85ce24617a6fa10753024687e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Purchasing of trees, site preparation, planting of trees, ongoing maintenance and monitoring of trees, and repairing of storm damage to trees, with priority given to—</text> <subparagraph id="id52c6db0044174a3198dc0440f233a763"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, the planting of native species; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id32655117a26e4bb2a6b56dec310acb3f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects located in a neighborhood with lower tree cover or higher maximum daytime summer temperatures compared to surrounding neighborhoods.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7435ebdadcea4562ab16ad07ad988e6e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Assessing underground infrastructure and coordinating with local transportation and utility providers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id01e1c4ca1db547bbb671d05bb1acad79"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Hiring staff to conduct any of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (8).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id46ab247094ab4f18b1a7e87bab5ec627"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants to eligible entities under the program, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible entity—</text>
<paragraph id="id7bb83089d8324483a835456419c7e021"><enum>(1)</enum><text>proposing to carry out an activity or project in a low-income community or a community of color;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf0524c4ca1a643b88b3fbf1d88c8f801"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that has entered into a community benefits agreement with representatives of the community; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf0bbb13bf238451284893a56119a35cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that is partnering with a qualified youth or conservation corps (as defined in section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1722">16 U.S.C. 1722</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idefaaa5a4b43b4db4b51b9900d698c4af"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Distribution requirement</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out the program for each fiscal year, not less than 80 percent shall be provided for projects in urbanized areas (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id92b5ab74b5a44b2ab9c11b65cb978e6c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="id9a1e35e017054eb6bf7539a3e4829dfc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under the program shall be 80 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id176b158dc11c4e98b81b56c1f8295dc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may increase the Federal share requirement under paragraph (1) to 100 percent for projects carried out by an eligible entity that demonstrates economic hardship, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3fc1463c26a8498ba05b8173bc767f4c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Maximum grant amount</header><text>An individual grant under this section shall not exceed $15,000,000.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle changed="not-changed" id="HEABD1386DA7F4753B843696E4D368901" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="HB952B09143524342ABE1C8BBB4F19639" changed="not-changed"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund</header> <subsection id="H837E1244393249E0A8C8720F2A33E973" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is repealed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H45D7E6BD218B439FAB3EC4B1651B1D44" changed="not-changed"><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 striking the item relating to section 105.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1481EB66FC54491C9F377C407962C20E" changed="not-changed"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Stopping threats on pedestrians</header> <subsection id="H9DA25DCF72FA41648360D22358C240BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of bollard installation project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>bollard installation project</term> means a project to install raised concrete or metal posts on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway that are designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF499A0EF62DA4626B7149F812E39DEB3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish and carry out a competitive grant pilot program to provide assistance to State departments of transportation and local government entities for bollard installation projects designed to prevent pedestrian injuries and acts of terrorism in areas used by large numbers of pedestrians.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4ED898B2A70B46C794E287659364E5AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State department of transportation or local government entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, which shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H59EB892959334767AB26D474CFA6D79F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the proposed bollard installation project to be carried out;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF01FA6500FC4C5097177452600B227F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the pedestrian injury or terrorism risks with respect to the proposed installation area; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H895E7EB7022C4FE4988D1264EFE71B82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of how the proposed bollard installation project will mitigate those risks.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBF88C0586394A3DABC0FB61E9ACF3C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section may only use the grant funds for a bollard installation project.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA8651124224C414EB5611E7D0AA38956" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs of a bollard installation project carried out with a grant under this section may be up to 100 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE531191C2A0B4D9AB0BF42BA732DC1F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H881125B005B14327AAFEFABE0493829F" changed="not-changed"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Transfer and sale of toll credits</header>
<subsection id="H4911B9A09B0B4E7AAC73859644221F19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HBAAECD03514E458E8CA79573DBD4B7F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Originating state</header><text>The term <term>originating State</term> means a State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A6D5FF239CB499BBE29BFD12E73A6B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is eligible to use a credit under section 120(i) of title 23, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H761C0C12B6CB43CAB9B41F4E43AE8C30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been selected by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A1A02B6676D4E4CA87181FB2B07D3CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the pilot program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FE8BE03113341D08312766A0390A862" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recipient state</header><text>The term <term>recipient State</term> means a State that receives a credit by transfer or by sale under this section from an originating State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB36581C923F46C38B5845977B304E12" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22E12B0DB03E464480FFB03CE0E3EFF9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of pilot program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and implement a toll credit exchange pilot program in accordance with this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBDAFB601A83A48CC8798F9525E7F0444" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the pilot program are—</text> <paragraph id="H057765E3DAB74E0EA3D127CC793F6DEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to identify the extent of the demand to purchase toll credits;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7FB55FCCF994ADC99202A37EAAB5601" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify the cash price of toll credits through bilateral transactions between States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H194B85E3DBD3412F8805B0B82EBDFA17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to analyze the impact of the purchase or sale of toll credits on transportation expenditures;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA41EECA861A4BAD90C88882045683C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to test the feasibility of expanding the pilot program to allow all States to participate on a permanent basis; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H16AD34E8D1164F25A9DFB57BF331978A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to identify any other repercussions of the toll credit exchange.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H95DAB59BC33546158F46061BEBE50B48" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of originating States</header>
<paragraph id="H41AD58DAB1E2451B887C5873E05B52E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>In order to participate in the pilot program as an originating State, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum, such information as is required for the Secretary to verify—</text> <subparagraph id="HAF97D9F75DD94452BC48A1163CEE541D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of unused toll credits for which the State has submitted certification to the Secretary that are available to be sold or transferred under the pilot program, including—</text>
<clause id="HADD2C370B7A0417A9AEBF49EE5872F60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>toll revenue generated and the sources of that revenue;</text></clause> <clause id="H070F9303B2484EB1BC4D6D63C979F5C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>toll revenue used by public, quasi-public, and private agencies to build, improve, or maintain highways, bridges, or tunnels that serve the public purpose of interstate commerce; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA2E4F817C3C5499C9F0BB1B6203E53F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an accounting of any Federal funds used by the public, quasi-public, or private agency to build, improve, or maintain the toll facility, to validate that the credit has been reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage of the total cost of building, improving, or maintaining the facility that was derived from Federal funds;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F3D6F5F714D410B93CDB7EA587FC329" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the documentation of maintenance of effort for toll credits earned by the originating State; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB2D5F2EC08343B2AE3341303B003DF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the accuracy of the accounting system of the State to earn and track toll credits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDA2C164F51F4E6594351CEDD7782E71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Of the States that submit an application under paragraph (1), the Secretary may select not more than 10 States to be designated as an originating State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H732651BE1EB4440C809961D285210DE0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on sales</header><text>At any time, the Secretary may limit the amount of unused toll credits that may be offered for sale under the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H820D56A7805041558399356E99440423" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer or sale of credits</header> <paragraph id="H1CC8DDDCEEB4489CA386B4DFCDCF0B92" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide that an originating State may transfer or sell to a recipient State a credit not previously used by the originating State under section 120(i) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78BDA1C472014CDAACEFD973DF5921C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Website support</header><text>The Secretary shall make available a publicly accessible website on which originating States shall post the amount of toll credits, verified under subsection (d)(1)(A), that are available for sale or transfer to a recipient State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8737CD4C539644B59D7067A9A53F135A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bilateral transactions</header><text>An originating State and a recipient State may enter into a bilateral transaction to sell or transfer verified toll credits.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62AD6F563F8B42ADB5D44DCB5CA07AFD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which a credit is transferred or sold, the originating State and the recipient State shall jointly submit to the Secretary a written notification of the transfer or sale, including details on—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A03FAF1DBEB499BAC056BD74CD13D58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of toll credits that have been sold or transferred;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4A529EF6BA34B129386C9C2B45B581D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the price paid or other value transferred in exchange for the toll credits;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30E42305D8944019ADDE20D1ED7FB482" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the intended use by the recipient State of the toll credits, if known;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10635E5C74E34FF7B50EE84DFB992D43" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the intended use by the originating State of the cash or other value transferred;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3711767842114506A94B047F71078877" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an update on the toll credit balance of the originating State and the recipient State; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8F93EF0289F4A97A6DAE1D7655F6374" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other information about the transaction that the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB893EE4B74D48C6B7A0C0D42659BD61" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of credits by transferee or purchaser</header><text>A recipient State may use a credit received under paragraph (1) toward the non-Federal share requirement for any funds made available to carry out 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, in accordance with section 120(i) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36569170953747629212A8A23C9A19D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of proceeds from sale of credits</header><text>An originating State shall use the proceeds from the sale of a credit under paragraph (1) for the construction costs of any project in the originating State that is eligible under title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1F9808949C5E4B6AA1F36ECC144696D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="H85EA8127133246B59AE729A54F39B8AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the pilot program is established, 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 on the progress of the pilot program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0F064C7EE1D4B58B8771CBA7A195410" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which the pilot program is established, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF7287D849E44546B88E4A83F6DBEB75" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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—</text>
<clause id="H03641EBBD996471895F32768D5A3B4CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines whether a toll credit marketplace is viable and cost-effective;</text></clause> <clause id="HDCB11CD3956543F79586383924C9F210" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the buying and selling activities under the pilot program;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF6D707FE628045C0A27FFF46C2A55B1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describes the average sale price of toll credits;</text></clause> <clause id="HBB8678AB5FBA4A239A76321513ECC4EF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>determines whether the pilot program could be expanded to more States or all States or to non-State operators of toll facilities;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB502F37134A84470AA98C445E436E3A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provides updated information on the toll credit balance accumulated by each State; and</text></clause> <clause id="H89FD7945487D46E790E8151117F7DB17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>describes the list of projects that were assisted by the pilot program; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AB42605347343F1B9CCCD6D13DE55A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the report under subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the Department.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE74FCEA4B365477385A2A2B5AD530E1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header> <paragraph id="H23BDC5C19124423490A5ED50D9B738DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may terminate the pilot program or the participation of any State in the pilot program if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H370C7472D7C043B8993275DE23733CAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pilot program is not serving a public benefit; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0061598AE4734D67A9FB7BCD633D38EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>it is not cost effective to carry out the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9D4C17EE49243089B5C664196A0FC5C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The termination of the pilot program or the participation of a State in the pilot program shall be carried out consistent with Federal requirements for project closeout, adjustment, and continuing responsibilities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H0F05447E7188409D85FE0B409A46CE11" changed="not-changed"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Study of impacts on roads from self-driving vehicles</header> <subsection id="H7ECC0B31D7A04577B9AE3FBC579885CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a study on the existing and future impacts of self-driving vehicles to transportation infrastructure, mobility, the environment, and safety, including impacts on—</text>
<paragraph id="H534C514FB99346B9BF69661FEF64E315" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Interstate System (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8645469D7D874CB5B976ABD35B218A2D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>urban roads;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H816E735A076343CBA261D5A2399B7104" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>rural roads;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7986C5617799437FAD62CF59828ED35F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>corridors with heavy traffic congestion;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7D9565BF799454F86DB430CA68D0F78" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>transportation systems optimization; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H813DC982075F4714B04D49D18F4C22EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other areas or issues relevant to operations of the Federal Highway Administration that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H395326880FD5414C9F2F64E71590389D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of study</header><text>The study under subsection (a) shall include specific recommendations for both rural and urban communities regarding the impacts of self-driving vehicles on existing transportation system capacity.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE3AD50A39A4F453AAC4C65E7F2E39EED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF2112B31C63424681BD5B5750011621" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider the need for and recommend any policy changes to be undertaken by the Federal Highway Administration on the impacts of self-driving vehicles as identified under paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB6FC68B16394ECB8DE87889157B3DFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for both rural and urban communities, include a discussion of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDAD3384920D478B852F2FE4E1DDA13E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impacts that self-driving vehicles will have on existing transportation infrastructure, such as signage and markings, traffic lights, and highway capacity and design;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H474C11C7D396448FBF28E04277403AB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impact on commercial and private traffic flows;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44355DD4479C4CF3B9B71F41A7733951" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>infrastructure improvement needs that may be necessary for transportation infrastructure to accommodate self-driving vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98B18026D17141839808DC5F5B06119C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the impact of self-driving vehicles on the environment, congestion, and vehicle miles traveled; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEE3DA1BD54A44E6BC41C04F9FB3A6AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the impact of self-driving vehicles on mobility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF05BBE6A8B64D83A75264F2253807CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider and incorporate relevant current and ongoing research of the Department.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H29A2AB3F65164C78AFBFDD23164CBC7D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall convene and consult with a panel of national experts in both rural and urban transportation, including—</text> <paragraph id="HC7FA7636304A4420AE0353EDCF5B6C1E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operators and users of the Interstate System (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code), including private sector stakeholders;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C1A462927F545E8920F29B4C1A9F470" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>States and State departments of transportation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47463759C5F840AE8DA8AF65D2CA471A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA8434F26FD044B9B3D391059570E0FB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the motor carrier industry;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD8E9BDF9FE941F8BA78C82C848637DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>representatives of public transportation agencies or organizations;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD3D077562BA468B940FF84E2EE70B29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>highway safety and academic groups;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBECA7941439A48C2B6A71B8571A930B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>nonprofit entities with experience in transportation policy;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5D975CB9C8B4B778FB1B0F9291642AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>));</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8E7DD3C316F48A59962EEFA0D6030BD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>environmental stakeholders; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7ED3FBF388B64A528DA560566EA0658F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><text>self-driving vehicle producers, manufacturers, and technology developers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB2D761EC6EEE4376866D3C3F53CD7BAE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the study under subsection (a) is initiated, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the study to—</text>
<paragraph id="HC529B0B36BE34283BD80450090992E93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1225BA73AD8249EA8DB623B922818721" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id83AE56B07D95471BB0BD068373D3E4EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Disaster relief mobilization study</header>
<subsection id="H37278A05A7774D5A924315EF5CB869D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of local community</header><text>In this section, the term <term>local community</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H458B9689650448A0A98CC7B67C8573E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65EDE8EE1C28413D8FB76927B1D92560" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a political subdivision of a State or local government;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4FBC320474B40A88EE328D61EF175B8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA33D450FB6E0409692DAAF68810C7DF3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a rural planning organization; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CA4FB2FE9CC48F9A3C721B2F90C5C43" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a Tribal government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id0661BBEA42454E70B63B84F71B04F5F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idE4C87DBEB65A4E6B91C5076956AA823D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a study to determine the utility of incorporating the use of bicycles into the disaster preparedness and disaster response plans of local communities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idAF5C68A15A7841A990C4F08C90CEAD37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The study carried out under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd07a38d2d0b2409db45c5fbad53711c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a vulnerability assessment of the infrastructure in local communities as of the date of enactment of this Act that supports active transportation, including bicycling, walking, and personal mobility devices, with a particular focus on areas in local communities that—</text> <clause id="idc3b58237189d47a6ac6455481ea9456e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have low levels of vehicle ownership; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id3224fe4cc7ed4e88b22540588e3783c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>lack sufficient active transportation infrastructure routes to public transportation;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1d428938718241b9b02a2d01bab116ea"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of whether disaster preparedness and disaster response plans should include the use of bicycles by first responders, emergency workers, and community organization representatives—</text>
<clause id="idcd09903392ff4815a9f3b520ab9ac816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during a mandatory or voluntary evacuation ordered by a Federal, State, Tribal, or local government entity—</text> <subclause id="ided93238ad202424a91726e8703ce82f8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to notify residents of the need to evacuate;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idd9a002d8c4e44211b2d50da52993351d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to evacuate individuals and goods; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="ide11d0f1524c246838d7363a5327202ca"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to reach individuals who are in need of first aid and medical assistance; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="idf9cb338a8ce94a51b9e63e541e7c2826"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after a disaster or emergency declared by a Federal, State, Tribal, or local government entity—</text> <subclause id="ideeb21035d8834ab6b4559010e09cfe91"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to participate in search and rescue activities;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id45bc5ef150e944928ab971af7f0df20c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to carry commodities to be used for life-saving or life-sustaining purposes, including—</text> <item id="id1fd1be0c750441a992cea34fe08be47a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>water;</text></item>
<item id="ide551d8bc1382419990b1e0dc9380fe4c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>food;</text></item> <item id="idb2fe67605f13428f9ebe7f5e28223fec"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>first aid and other medical supplies; and</text></item>
<item id="id464363368e304688a2f1911c2ab99639"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>power sources and electric supplies, such as cell phones, radios, lights, and batteries;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="idc387e566b196463fb22f98a5b1cecb56"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to reach individuals who are in need of the commodities described in subclause (II); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id17e3df921f234acb97f9ee2195834045"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to assist with other disaster relief tasks, as appropriate; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0dc3547df211479aa0108946ff0985d3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a review of training programs for first responders, emergency workers, and community organization representatives relating to—</text>
<clause id="id60783eb856604f679da833e44580ac92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>competent bicycle skills, including the use of cargo bicycles and electric bicycles, as applicable;</text></clause> <clause id="id81b87cb1ec9a484b8713631c2660c835"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>basic bicycle maintenance;</text></clause>
<clause id="id2c7c77b02ba34d67849f51c7a904ac29"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>compliance with relevant traffic safety laws;</text></clause> <clause id="id4aea2a74ef0744a18d1b38a59ea0c5e2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>methods to use bicycles to carry out the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (2)(B); and</text></clause>
<clause id="idf1adaf9754054ef39f0ca25ce9a3aa71"><enum>(v)</enum><text>exercises conducted for the purpose of—</text> <subclause id="idded6891032a54a609a2250b5aaf1b1b9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exercising the skills described in clause (i); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id524824ad095c42fab0a8610bed37dbdb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>maintaining bicycles and related equipment.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H67B4F4C0B0D343AE8E6C65E5EC170B00" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years 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—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id394037F08D814FC3A4C22AECB10B98E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the results of the study carried out under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id9FCDD8FE9BE742A0966A74C03E81593A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides recommendations, if any, relating to—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id043C2E0B81804963AEF31F424225B0B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the methods by which to incorporate bicycles into disaster preparedness and disaster response plans of local communities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id0E693C0970594E62AEA0BB3B9151CDC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improvements to training programs described in subsection (b)(2)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id35CA41D7547D4DF1B135E76696298C7F"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Appalachian Regional Commission</header>
<subsection id="iddaa7dc8a0a384d08a1d8e1d073ed227c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 14102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idEA3E64FDBF064CAFAF8B787147AC2ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id20a08fbef9c14a1bac6be3b330be7925"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Catawba,</quote> after <quote>Caldwell,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfb3950cc43634a58bed26c2bda9ed4f3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Cleveland,</quote> after <quote>Clay,</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idE74DF2A391BA46E68E591D6C3639941F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (J), by striking <quote>and Spartanburg</quote> and inserting <quote>Spartanburg, and Union</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB38571739B7D40BE90A213C6241712F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (M), by inserting <quote>, of which the counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio shall be considered to be located in the North Central subregion</quote> after <quote>West Virginia</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4DBC6EA3A5E04A2AB8526BAA1D4AA50D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>Section 14303(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idDB12DA85496F4A2B8DC48D99EE3CD893"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8B5A5F29F2F447DAB8150688024A1DF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idCF40B484EC804F2091D2C51B5A44B4E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idC7793F5E74AA46FB8348F36EB7932872"><enum>(11)</enum><text>support broadband access in the Appalachian region.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id16076FA22BB44FF3A16488375C6BCCF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header> <paragraph id="id78E69CC3A5AF48488E7C502F6C10E415"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 143 of subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id23BEA3040D894FED9BDD198487CDE808"><enum>14323.</enum><header>Congressional notification </header>
<subsection id="idEB04CCC013C6471ABC1787896C227FD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a project described in subsection (b), the Appalachian Regional Commission shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate notice of the award of a grant or other financial assistance not less than 3 full business days before awarding the grant or other financial assistance. </text></subsection> <subsection id="id02CB7A948F614D9D883410745D437ED5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects described</header><text>A project referred to in subsection (a) is a project that the Appalachian Regional Commission has selected to receive a grant or other financial assistance under this subtitle in an amount not less than $50,000.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5BFC5212BD6B43E68F4B3A39985E6129"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter II of chapter 143 of subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8593E9C436A646A3B3204A19F6DD988F"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">14323. Congressional notification.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idDB7C416A2C4C46498CC7CEE8BC3C7489"><enum>(d)</enum><header>High-Speed broadband deployment initiative</header><text>Section 14509 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id836EB3D0C6FE44CD87E8B4BD593516D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id030371F57F0E4A6E961146934C82B9C5"> <subsection id="id193EF0A6BC4E49609D8FE83C30A79480"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities to increase affordable access to broadband networks throughout the Appalachian region.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCDE8D6906BF74E0693F6AF08DD7D566F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id44F01C73682149A2AAEB7142CCFEB6FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id44B11A52DA9C42C69B093BA4B4FE1C6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible projects and activities</header><text>A project or activity eligible to be carried out under this section is a project or activity—</text> <paragraph id="idCC05D9016FB541E8B2E46902FE4B1350"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDCD7293369584BCC9F25C1014ED035EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the construction and deployment of broadband service-related infrastructure in the Appalachian region.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="idB365E756207148C2881D0C1352B28481"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFA8A0B5D905E4B18839566F652464B8D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8556BFF9E2741BEB15B96714D3C71CA"> <subsection id="id652369A38435477B8F7039E0358ED4F7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Request for data</header><text>Before making a grant for a project or activity described in subsection (b)(2), the Appalachian Regional Commission shall request from the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Economic Development Administration, and the Department of Agriculture data on—</text>
<paragraph id="idB1FFA6AF975243E29A7C190E981C2223"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the level and extent of broadband service that exists in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD602CB43914348728D0AA2718739BC33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the level and extent of broadband service that will be deployed in the area proposed to be served by the broadband service-related infrastructure pursuant to another Federal program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idFE21D3B117FA46789C11799C052BA9CB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For each fiscal year, not less than 65 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used for grants for projects and activities described in subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id0680ac92892f47ff9f1ff7f8adda12c1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appalachian regional energy hub initiative</header> <paragraph id="id489e5f76184c4978bf75f08ab6982aee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 145 of subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id44043ead358044538942201160787cd3"><enum>14511.</enum><header>Appalachian regional energy hub initiative</header>
<subsection id="id23e1792535d4485d977b0ea78bbf5736"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance to, make grants to, enter into contracts with, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities—</text> <paragraph id="idbbcaafd9981d4a6f9936225913089220"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct research and analysis regarding the economic impact of an ethane storage hub in the Appalachian region that supports a more-effective energy market performance due to the scale of the project, such as a project with the capacity to store and distribute more than 100,000 barrels per day of hydrocarbon feedstock with a minimum gross heating value of 1,700 Btu per standard cubic foot;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4a29dd56e48b4eb48d927a911749248c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the potential to significantly contribute to the economic resilience of the area in which the project is located; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd8b66b6b62f44ed295e9dba84801cba8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that will help establish a regional energy hub in the Appalachian region for natural gas and natural gas liquids, including hydrogen produced from the steam methane reforming of natural gas feedstocks.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id1be2be4fd6f44a338adb02eacadd60e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on available amounts</header><text>Of the cost of any project or activity eligible for a grant under this section—</text> <paragraph id="id70bda8c1de4240519edfb0a2a70cdd88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), not more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id591cdfb5b6a14ea099f8ed8b4fa11961"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a project or activity to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id6a1875ff585d4c2c8a4b26e82c915211"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a project or activity to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idec7fa03447d64a1c868250e43af4f3d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sources of assistance</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), a grant provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section, in combination with amounts made available—</text> <paragraph id="id7c37c4f36f3c42aca6563ac44cf4b386"><enum>(1)</enum><text>under any other Federal program; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id744faf7dd1654113a989416b03244e86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from any other source.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id20438e164f9a43f3aa6bd898172eff7b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, amounts made available to carry out this section may be used to increase that Federal share, as the Appalachian Regional Commission determines to be appropriate.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idc838561f6591478a94397bc250f2aebe"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/145">chapter 145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id717A813570094477B06D856C3B285726"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">14511. Appalachian regional energy hub initiative.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idD23974DDFC9E475E9F5A17C7A8B111CB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 14703 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA9432138951548DB91BD56801225FB0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="idC61047E632904FC993293E3B1A1FCF79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE227DFC6CAEB488BB1DF4E6C84D0676D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idE02C4030F5004BEE85250E1F78FE1D0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id9B484CF7E02C4569981E586FCC2163A0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idDE4383837FE04C06BA2796C08F251795"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>$10,000,000 may be used to carry out section 14509 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000 may be used to carry out section 14509 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBB59191108114616AEE5D452B9D1BB06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7073DC5460BB425E8B590697D29DDC8B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idE9C183D7E666410A88A9B8BF372B18C3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appalachian regional energy hub initiative</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $5,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 14511 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id800C6188B271488793DE6D34EA0873CD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2021</quote> and inserting <quote>2026</quote>. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="id0E185D9704D74E9D92BCA7BF571FF84F"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Denali Commission</header>
<subsection id="id8D3261E973B04D03A542C8DD0EE58B23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Denali access system program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (j) of section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>), there is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out that section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="idD85990D87B8544B9A706B76DACD15171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(c) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) is amended— </text>
<paragraph id="id37F41A5528C449279160950B9BB2B9A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id52C0A61DAAA143BA9C19434CF3A9DB0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB880530B51CF4F09BFB25E72DCF4634D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A9D35A8CCE546128B19B3AD77D844A4"> <paragraph id="id504511435A2C47CAB0D4ED8CEE2B6B43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id156F1A9F8C714E1C8C6B4BECBD77A134"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be treated as if directly appropriated to the Commission and subject to applicable provisions of this Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0E3C213ECD824488BB089952FDF2F9B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not be subject to any requirements that applied to the funds before the transfer, including a requirement in an appropriations Act or a requirement or regulation of the Federal agency from which the funds are transferred.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H87E81A2D843B4DEEB0E9600C0B8AF14B" changed="not-changed"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Requirements for transportation projects carried out through public-private partnerships</header>
<subsection id="HAD013DF3B43D44CD9506D095745BBA15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC14555DA165C4492B194CFF8BE2BAED3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term> means a project (as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H48D80DE13A004DA7BAD3D0E1CA1A4C9B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is carried out, in whole or in part, using Federal financial assistance; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC8A38CAAFD049D6A25201943A8DE2BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has an estimated total cost of $100,000,000 or more.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9C7D0559CCC46E5968F6C3745DCD810" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public-private partnership</header><text>The term <term>public-private partnership</term> means an agreement between a public agency and a private entity to finance, build, and maintain or operate a project.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H60BB07B565274175B1DA6EC102DBDCEA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for projects carried out through public-Private partnerships</header><text>With respect to a public-private partnership, as a condition of receiving Federal financial assistance for a project, the Secretary shall require the public partner, not later than 3 years after the date of opening of the project to traffic—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AD61132256F4BC595EE75F808D75DE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct a review of the project, including a review of the compliance of the private partner with the terms of the public-private partnership agreement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB95189EBA1A2401AB5DA3475EA4D24F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF1106A76D3514446ADC4E248E56F5073" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to certify to the Secretary that the private partner of the public-private partnership is meeting the terms of the public-private partnership agreement for the project; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HE802FA4E7FAE41CBB37175F63DE1BBAE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to notify the Secretary that the private partner of the public-private partnership has not met 1 or more of the terms of the public-private partnership agreement for the project, including a brief description of each violation of the public-private partnership agreement; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE195F92633FE4D099626629C5CB702AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to make publicly available the certification or notification, as applicable, under paragraph (2) in a form that does not disclose any proprietary or confidential business information.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD125EE318E254DDA8D6DC31F3DFE9F53" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary provides Federal financial assistance to a project carried out through a public-private partnership, not later than 30 days after the date on which the Federal financial assistance is first obligated, 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 notification of the Federal financial assistance made available for the project.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCC0E177E1C2B438E8BA77AA7E2E84E19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Value for money analysis</header> <paragraph id="HBFE36FE7A6F74FD18AD4B7E0C97CF815" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project approval and oversight</header><text>Section 106(h)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD162CCF4C2F24C989CBDE4B6C55C034D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B78EFE664824BCAA935C8C5FE5A5648" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H677351C62E0348378A59C1E3CE1EB644" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83795FF7879244049FDD2654E2FB2AFB" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H03B52E19354C4538850686B337CF4A4C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for a project in which the project sponsor intends to carry out the project through a public-private partnership agreement, shall include a detailed value for money analysis or similar comparative analysis for the project; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD20C0B40C0646049C420313AD9596B6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Surface transportation block grant program</header><text>Paragraph (21) of section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code (as redesignated by section 1109(a)(1)(C)), is amended by inserting <quote>, including conducting value for money analyses or similar comparative analyses,</quote> after <quote>oversight</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4314563CAD94B6585071261D4E20054" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>TIFIA</header><text>Section 602(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H1E07371C5AC54B89B7620273E6F538AD"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Public-private partnerships</header><text>In the case of a project to be carried out through a public-private partnership, the public partner shall have—</text> <subparagraph id="H19C127A4940D450CBC3F8808C2AFB669" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducted a value for money analysis or similar comparative analysis; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB9C572F0F864485BC34125438504F08" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determined the appropriateness of the public-private partnership agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFF5F74C62DAD43EEBE40F9614B634EE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section and the amendments made by this section shall only apply to a public-private partnership agreement entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="id2CB9B92384CC43E78ECAFE8DF4EF9A55" changed="not-changed"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Reconnecting communities pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H4EDDD488A6C24E25A4B2BB15CE8E33B6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible facility</header>
<paragraph id="HC664E403EA734D2F83751A34A8DF012D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible facility</term> means a highway or other transportation facility that creates a barrier to community connectivity, including barriers to mobility, access, or economic development, due to high speeds, grade separations, or other design factors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA2D7035D55E45B4A8EB07BC89C59FAB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible facility</term> may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CB145B442344D47A1E3571F32BF6FAC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a limited access highway;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D693138D815499ABDD7F7EBCAF5D79C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a viaduct; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11320D24CBE741C28B3335464390102A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other principal arterial facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8058C6E9F5154562A49033A5B07EDA7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program through which an eligible entity may apply for funding, in order to restore community connectivity—</text>
<paragraph id="H5A52939EC4794C778F588B06159B8BB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to study the feasibility and impacts of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating an existing eligible facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23BBCBE656C244F396076AE8EF4E3F50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conduct planning activities necessary to design a project to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an existing eligible facility; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF69BCA227FB94A03BFBFE0A5E4D1F879" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to conduct construction activities necessary to carry out a project to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an existing eligible facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE1B715ECE8294799BAE1C9441AF16175" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Planning grants</header> <paragraph id="HAF25792F5A594F21B6956DD47910739A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant (referred to in this section as a <quote>planning grant</quote>) to carry out planning activities described in paragraph (2) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5384CBA6A2454FE3B716523F051A8718" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD890B039EF08475784ED02A8AB234EC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F5CC4C39FDF46F388609B8907277218" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Tribal government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEF86502825846FF9C0ABFBAC8D67E2B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A6F849A663842D3AC506CA99D0FEC04" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H112DA8EADA4C4A3C8EC532A979B8A601" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities described</header><text>The planning activities referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5E989B9F9914C9E83803E6AFCC5BC0C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>planning studies to evaluate the feasibility of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating an existing eligible facility to restore community connectivity, including evaluations of—</text> <clause id="H2B9EA42EB500496C914774A1EEF529D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>current traffic patterns on the eligible facility proposed for removal, retrofit, or mitigation and the surrounding street network;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFCFF7B1DBA56485DA7CABF638B175F02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the capacity of existing transportation networks to maintain mobility needs;</text></clause> <clause id="H3A9C34E7862742858E5019CEE8550267" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an analysis of alternative roadway designs or other uses for the right-of-way of the eligible facility, including an analysis of whether the available right-of-way would suffice to create an alternative roadway design;</text></clause>
<clause id="H01EF125D6DD54A5C900E16759E6293A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the effect of the removal, retrofit, or mitigation of the eligible facility on the mobility of freight and people;</text></clause> <clause id="H92F4F23B3DFA45D7B3EC0E85B665C778" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the effect of the removal, retrofit, or mitigation of the eligible facility on the safety of the traveling public;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8A1492D79A9D454491B399A900AB3720" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the cost to remove, retrofit, or mitigate the eligible facility—</text> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="id8258694236F541C0AC4E0187C6453CB2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to restore community connectivity; and </text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="idB521F860E60246BE9DAC746388A44FB7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to convert the eligible facility to a different roadway design or use, compared to any expected costs for necessary maintenance or reconstruction of the eligible facility;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HFA12E821EDA7413E9DD89460EF4B9F3C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the anticipated economic impact of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating and converting the eligible facility and any economic development opportunities that would be created by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating and converting the eligible facility; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1F99A476B185451E9F5CBDF87451A660" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the environmental impacts of retaining or reconstructing the eligible facility and the anticipated effect of the proposed alternative use or roadway design;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D443BCB9F74460D8B57654ABE24A1CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public engagement activities to provide opportunities for public input into a plan to remove and convert an eligible facility; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB81E1B31CAD741869AC2B4A3389391E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other transportation planning activities required in advance of a project to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an existing eligible facility to restore community connectivity, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E01312CD53B4E698776AA53307F49B8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance program</header> <subparagraph id="HA8A024CADA1F4D76936FBBF80E9B4EDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may provide technical assistance described in subparagraph (B) to an eligible entity.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7293231D565457CA0446289C1C4C2D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical assistance described</header><text>The technical assistance referred to in subparagraph (A) is technical assistance in building organizational or community capacity—</text> <clause id="HB4275CC925CD42D2A6668EA0E2ED54F8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to engage in transportation planning; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H07999D666D4443EEB28856495A9CCA97" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to identify innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges, including reconnecting communities that—</text> <subclause id="HDE39F1B73828411B9ED0E62FA3C5ED69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are bifurcated by eligible facilities; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4ED8FA95F0DF49D2A3C31F10326F200A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>lack safe, reliable, and affordable transportation choices.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C234AAA91D046FD95177565F4333000" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In selecting recipients of technical assistance under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to an application from a community that is economically disadvantaged.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H687D27B1844C49438E734E52F1A74FF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBD12EB53A9484E38AB359A32B795A313" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>solicit applications for—</text>
<clause id="HE1B9034146CA4421B77625E2D4569415" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>planning grants; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE34F178A6CB7404490097B4494E4F362" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>technical assistance under paragraph (3); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A280BB3008942428EF952484ADBFAE2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate applications for a planning grant on the basis of the demonstration by the applicant that—</text> <clause id="HB40F5E307FBD4260AFE511B6CB040886" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the eligible facility is aged and is likely to need replacement or significant reconstruction within the 20-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the application;</text></clause>
<clause id="H927AA873152643FBB2253EEC5114C70F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the eligible facility—</text> <subclause id="HE413A4CC386843FC9F86EA485F476B06" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>creates barriers to mobility, access, or economic development; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H684AC4CAC0794887A337E1E08437DABC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not justified by current and forecast future travel demand; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4334C790EDE44B1999267D23C0A4EA76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on the basis of preliminary investigations into the feasibility of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating the eligible facility to restore community connectivity, further investigation is necessary and likely to be productive.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H537481F3C3D9413EB7174B58BF9E44E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Award amounts</header><text>A planning grant may not exceed $2,000,000 per recipient.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H758E0037C8C04D4F9A865797A8E876EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The total Federal share of the cost of a planning activity for which a planning grant is used shall not exceed 80 percent.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6821EAED2A3D4F23897A60AD8F710C87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Capital construction grants</header>
<paragraph id="H7E87B7D353CA4BACACB02CFD1EB34E9C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant (referred to in this section as a <quote>capital construction grant</quote>) to the owner of an eligible facility to carry out an eligible project described in paragraph (3) for which all necessary feasibility studies and other planning activities have been completed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF06F9FFCF4044963954AEE17BADE3EF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>An owner of an eligible facility may, for the purposes of submitting an application for a capital construction grant, if applicable, partner with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28973A2ECFF14E28BC75415035E0478C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E88B539239446C19CFE1CE6D7D52C22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E15AABA90EF49248A3EDA3BFBB48B81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Tribal government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBEB3A780DA3047CE846AC2FC9A5220CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2872F696283D4CAD891112A0CB03F7AB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BF6AC7B387A4A42BA491E12FB46BD41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>A project eligible to be carried out with a capital construction grant includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H262B4BD5949149B3A626DF6C98C6E37B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the removal, retrofit, or mitigation of an eligible facility; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7EBCB6B774B749299287772118A2B9A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the replacement of an eligible facility with a new facility that—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id805F58587AE342FAA8D3DE9AF84913B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restores community connectivity; and </text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="idF37456B6730144D4A803E680B2C36CB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subclause id="HC356B9BD868447CEA4A3C95EFAFFD0AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>sensitive to the context of the surrounding community; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H022A9DEF661447408928E1A7CA34CA16" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>otherwise eligible for funding under title 23, United States Code.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF9E2F50959F437B9620EF1801D317E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H5213F4786AD14955A294913CB0337007" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>solicit applications for capital construction grants; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC10F07AE40484F8BB8EDB7B9D7BB3E8A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate applications on the basis of—</text> <clause id="H83E7C3AACDA54B3FB10CEA4498659AD0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the degree to which the project will improve mobility and access through the removal of barriers;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE22B0B8072B94172A19571D9504DE6D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the appropriateness of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating the eligible facility, based on current traffic patterns and the ability of the replacement facility and the regional transportation network to absorb transportation demand and provide safe mobility and access;</text></clause> <clause id="H1C2A30827B4C46828FF32D70A73EF74D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the impact of the project on freight movement;</text></clause>
<clause id="H33B2FA7D6E3D4D2DB67CEC0A1B6DBDAA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the results of a cost-benefit analysis of the project;</text></clause> <clause id="HADD22B88BC8642F4B5B921354A80A884" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the opportunities for inclusive economic development;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7B9D7D0DE2934BE6BF299FEA8B1E9876" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the degree to which the eligible facility is out of context with the current or planned land use;</text></clause> <clause id="H2F8164AE564E4854A76E61EEFAA45861" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the results of any feasibility study completed for the project; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H714DC9D74F4644F5AFC6A3F058E2CDDF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the plan of the applicant for—</text> <subclause id="HD2E948792C8C413580423B66CE8D55FF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>employing residents in the area impacted by the project through targeted hiring programs, in partnership with registered apprenticeship programs, if applicable; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5D0508A637DD4441A548A6132C941912" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contracting and subcontracting with disadvantaged business enterprises.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC82F55EB2D05415599213FAA40146814" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Minimum award amounts</header><text>A capital construction grant shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000 per recipient.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF431743411443BD865F182B27B84F4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H047D22FFA6434CA2A50D313BE44D4B6F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a capital construction grant may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is awarded.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D4E680D9F974A92990113BBBB45798C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum Federal involvement</header><text>Federal assistance other than a capital construction grant may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which the grant is awarded, except that the total Federal assistance provided for a project for which the grant is awarded may not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46EDCBDDAEE24A1BB15014FA60C48B17" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Community advisory board</header>
<subparagraph id="HB871185B790E45108C9FE48F8BD43F42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To help achieve inclusive economic development benefits with respect to the project for which a grant is awarded, a grant recipient may form a community advisory board, which shall—</text> <clause id="H8A247D6298E644EE8FB994E24346BF4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>facilitate community engagement with respect to the project; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H322B86C8254E448CAA10726A7C1E3CED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>track progress with respect to commitments of the grant recipient to inclusive employment, contracting, and economic development under the project.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D59ABD957FB44358455597C9D40EB0F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>If a grant recipient forms a community advisory board under subparagraph (A), the community advisory board shall be composed of representatives of—</text>
<clause id="H17D2920862B94FC1AF0B54A3004B6452" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the community;</text></clause> <clause id="HA7CCAB9FAE484E439A2C0EBDBEB2171E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>owners of businesses that serve the community;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAB4D7121B5E848399D69A1BA743BDA71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>labor organizations that represent workers that serve the community; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9A13F9F1303D4EFDBE521014424D2207" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State and local government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE726368E10A44A6ABC55D5B02A6E9EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HDA89F789EBEB49328E733BA05359934B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>USDOT report on program</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2026, 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 evaluates the program under this section, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H49EAA725A2F84714BBAF8BCE89D40AF3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information about the level of applicant interest in planning grants, technical assistance under subsection (c)(3), and capital construction grants, including the extent to which overall demand exceeded available funds; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A899C1B8E4344059CC85496AFD726DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for recipients of capital construction grants, the outcomes and impacts of the highway removal project, including—</text> <clause id="H5E98C61CD9D742EA9B6B47817B07040F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any changes in the overall level of mobility, congestion, access, and safety in the project area; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HCA37912F39C840BBB19C13F4D91EEB69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>environmental impacts and economic development opportunities in the project area.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6041566B6354B44B1364C10138AF9A7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>GAO report on highway removals</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCF7AABB32524367B70E123C8B558AB5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies examples of projects to remove highways using Federal highway funds;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F01B69020274951815916FF3BA6CD31" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluates the effect of highway removal projects on the surrounding area, including impacts to the local economy, congestion effects, safety outcomes, and impacts on the movement of freight and people;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FB626C0701B42459D22623B1AC923B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluates the existing Federal-aid program eligibility under title 23, United States Code, for highway removal projects;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5029694D593441AAA28D739E4CA9E080" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>analyzes the costs and benefits of and barriers to removing underutilized highways that are nearing the end of their useful life compared to replacing or reconstructing the highway; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3781919990854DB1B7074D90F0F43B49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provides recommendations for integrating those assessments into transportation planning and decision-making processes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92F6B9BBF0BD420FA7644E6AB1DAA065" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section for planning grants, the Secretary may use not more than $15,000,000 during the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to provide technical assistance under subsection (c)(3).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H42EB68A7FCD74FD298BF1215E0C7F0B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Cybersecurity tool; cyber coordinator</header>
<subsection id="H5EBCC2BE980348DD9E6106070E80BD3E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4218F5C8FCDD4DA182BC8B362EDD7452" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89EFC1EF9D7140F8917A4A8585F7A835" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cyber incident</header><text>The term <term>cyber incident</term> has the meaning given the term <term>significant cyber incident</term> in Presidential Policy Directive–41 (July 26, 2016, relating to cyber incident coordination).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31F8996333C74684890488F1CECC2B3F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transportation authority</header><text>The term <term>transportation authority</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED86D9087F0046AF8038A0E38280EA50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a public authority (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H69FED91DE875449B83334E569D524AE1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an owner or operator of a highway (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8FAB534781D470C956AEDAA2F321CEA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a manufacturer that manufactures a product related to transportation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD4D9BB04AFCA4F4AB87E3E1174CC612C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a division office of the Federal Highway Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFE5649D2018641188AFFC5488BCB1ACD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cybersecurity tool</header>
<paragraph id="HA2A01B79E111414B8A57DA32C8F76AE6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall develop a tool to assist transportation authorities in identifying, detecting, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from cyber incidents.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA8D0D81C5AB4F5990FC07061B9FEFFC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In developing the tool under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H399E30D991A84D1F98448BB01DA077FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the cybersecurity framework established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and required by Executive Order 13636 of February 12, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 11739; relating to improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD601FC80E1D54DFAAAACD07A3CB1A75C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish a structured cybersecurity assessment and development program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A709398775A4EDEA1CEB63A10079517" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consult with appropriate transportation authorities, operating agencies, industry stakeholders, and cybersecurity experts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2815CD44F5E46C89381B12EBB0D866F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for a period of public comment and review on the tool.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF4179D7F66024B54A106A055E2A14A15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of cyber coordinator</header>
<paragraph id="H5B6623A26ACC44F6BF49E6D2BB6FE6E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall designate an office as a <quote>cyber coordinator</quote>, which shall be responsible for monitoring, alerting, and advising transportation authorities of cyber incidents.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE21FC435BC14619B14EEE59B1A82F8D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The office designated under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B58E185407A4EFDA25A90D7610657FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide to transportation authorities a secure method of notifying a single Federal entity of cyber incidents;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77C71449E9094168997B7649EED2BC6D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>monitor cyber incidents that affect transportation authorities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A06973834564332912FAF6C8C2BE4E4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>alert transportation authorities to cyber incidents that affect those transportation authorities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5349B5A307AC4D08AB16F5BFE582261B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>investigate unaddressed cyber incidents that affect transportation authorities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21FE029E9A444F96A5E56B29928AC95C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide to transportation authorities educational resources, outreach, and awareness on fundamental principles and best practices in cybersecurity for transportation systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id6c8a830f61584c878fe7fefda00a1848"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Report on emerging alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure</header> <subsection id="id94D405CDA2B649EA985A300A70929BBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id2D7FFEE6E4F74DE78E479D3588FD7476"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emerging alternative fuel vehicle</header><text>The term <term>emerging alternative fuel vehicle</term> means a vehicle fueled by hydrogen, natural gas, or propane. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD62566BCF4DE4A8CB2254AF430CC8710"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emerging alternative fueling infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>emerging alternative fueling infrastructure</term> means infrastructure for fueling an emerging alternative fuel vehicle. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2A0C8ED16F7E4B3691DA3AA837EF33DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, to help guide future investments for emerging alternative fueling infrastructure, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report that—</text> <paragraph id="id747544397C394A80B1062EE1E19F34FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an evaluation of emerging alternative fuel vehicles and projections for potential locations of emerging alternative fuel vehicle owners during the 5-year period beginning on the date of submission of the report;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0405FD4277744AA8AC4B2DEB366E16F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies areas where emerging alternative fueling infrastructure will be needed to meet the current and future needs of drivers during the 5-year period beginning on the date of submission of the report;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2AB15C32D1604377A6F1B8478E823141"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies specific areas, such as a lack of pipeline infrastructure, that may impede deployment and adoption of emerging alternative fuel vehicles;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34192710FECA40A99F25F28406D3F111"><enum>(4)</enum><text>includes a map that identifies concentrations of emerging alternative fuel vehicles to meet the needs of current and future emerging alternative fueling infrastructure;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2DCB4918C55E47EBBA9C4F632EC3AAB6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>estimates the future need for emerging alternative fueling infrastructure to support the adoption and use of emerging alternative fuel vehicles; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3EE66DF0492F4854BC03AD16540D54D9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>includes a tool to allow States to compare and evaluate different adoption and use scenarios for emerging alternative fuel vehicles, with the ability to adjust factors to account for regionally specific characteristics. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1E5DC635BF1D409FB4D1FBA02335AB6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>1512.</enum><header>Nonhighway recreational fuel study</header> <subsection id="HD044A2FC880E40D2874D0306AFB26662" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H13B0AD08990E430AB65158FC94F3BA61" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Highway Trust Fund</header><text>The term <term>Highway Trust Fund</term> means the Highway Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9503">section 9503(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBFCBC31CA8E5467084B943C793C59C57" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonhighway recreational fuel taxes</header><text>The term <term>nonhighway recreational fuel taxes</term> means taxes under section 4041 and 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to fuel used in vehicles on recreational trails or back country terrain (including vehicles registered for highway use when used on recreational trails, trail access roads not eligible for funding under title 23, United States Code, or back country terrain).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6421FB8900FE4B3287E308AEF0CC1395" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recreational trails program</header><text>The term <term>recreational trails program</term> means the recreational trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF5937647D4E54ACB95CF9E7CF143204D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment; report</header> <paragraph id="H4320E66D5972411195538D88EB9229C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall carry out an assessment of the best available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Secretary of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund for the period covered by the assessment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EF82CF09F8E4C08AF630783732BBE43" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>After carrying out each assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Finance and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HE094246D4FE74498A0E20095CFBB400B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist Congress in determining an appropriate funding level for the recreational trails program—</text>
<clause id="H5FC2027C33E745BC832452BACCB5FE29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the results of the assessment; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB9321F0E220C4E748F4A483D5F625116" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of whether the current recreational trails program funding level reflects the amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes collected and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABEDD7E34485466881E9035D8ECBFC47" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the first report submitted under this paragraph, an estimate of the frequency with which the Secretary anticipates carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), subject to the condition that such an assessment shall be carried out not less frequently than once every 5 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF0F1F760E6864E2F9C52E4137BE15B1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out an assessment under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may consult with, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="H886F0A5136A94CC9838089E02423DE4E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the heads of—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C44564D067F407EAC902B40E467EFD0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State agencies designated by Governors pursuant to section 206(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, to administer the recreational trails program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43A01720A1E54010958CC23799649A0D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>division offices of the Department;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H237D9DCBF6E8435E81DAA2315C4DF3C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Treasury;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF842CF076DC42759ED2AACA018CF176" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CC6687EBD65450388DE8051D315C170" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>groups representing recreational activities and interests, including hiking, biking and mountain biking, horseback riding, water trails, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, off-highway motorcycling, all-terrain vehicles and other offroad motorized vehicle activities, and recreational trail advocates.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0C8334933D564EC6B8742AFB1CEE182E" changed="not-changed"><enum>1513.</enum><header>Buy America</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H61E720C8A7F94EE195322B44089207CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D25D112044948B0B589444001ED1868" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27BC08B8B1A94BB4A373606619496D40" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="HACE973C7CA0D4045B063E01B26101370"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Waivers</header> <paragraph id="H7FABFD11D1A94EFDA34418D6DB230159" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less than 15 days before issuing a waiver under this section, the Secretary shall provide to the public—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9988CCF0938142B582EA242AEB5D2E80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notice of the proposed waiver;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H572DBACF153940D69361D0DBE8048D71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an opportunity for comment on the proposed waiver; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H560A7D81ED2B4942AD895F973A7E7FE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the reasons for the proposed waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFB3BE3259244A50A50B7A1BC73B266B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, 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 on the waivers provided under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H5F74A9DBC8FC46E1A65DE4D57DB7C40D" changed="not-changed"><enum>1514.</enum><header>High priority corridors on the National Highway System</header>
<subsection id="HEC24045D950C4F559811028C5E0CB45F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>High priority corridors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/240">Public Law 102–240</external-xref>; 105 Stat. 2032; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE04B953E585A4481B121B564EECDC0CD" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HE6E8E474FB384FE6B53BDD8555E53246"><enum>(92)</enum><text>United States Route 421 from the interchange with Interstate Route 85 in Greensboro, North Carolina, to the interchange with Interstate Route 95 in Dunn, North Carolina.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H8B550EE596FF41D9A894612BF87ED17C"><enum>(93)</enum><text>The South Mississippi Corridor from the Louisiana and Mississippi border near Natchez, Mississippi, to Gulfport, Mississippi, shall generally follow—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC61F09DC9BA4AEFB52491F4FDC92A32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States Route 84 from the Louisiana border at the Mississippi River passing in the vicinity of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss, and Collins, Mississippi, to the logical terminus with Interstate Route 59 in the vicinity of Laurel, Mississippi, and continuing on Interstate Route 59 south to the vicinity of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FD85845FE054D3AB3C2E0775B6F2197" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>United States Route 49 from the vicinity of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, south to Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of Gulfport, Mississippi, following Mississippi Route 601 south and terminating near the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H33DB9C78C6974EC589384A9344575B56"><enum>(94)</enum><text>The Kosciusko to Gulf Coast corridor commencing at the logical terminus of Interstate Route 55 near Vaiden, Mississippi, running south and passing east of the vicinity of the Jackson Urbanized Area, connecting to United States Route 49 north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and generally following United States Route 49 to a logical connection with Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of Gulfport, Mississippi.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H37084888ED9C411AB5BB98D88794EC7D"><enum>(95)</enum><text>The Interstate Route 22 spur from the vicinity of Tupelo, Mississippi, running south generally along United States Route 45 to the vicinity of Shannon, Mississippi.</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id379B114E6A624F249C0378D69B5ADCCB"><enum>(96)</enum><text>The route that generally follows United States Route 412 from its intersection with Interstate Route 35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, passing through Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its intersection with Interstate Route 49 in Springdale, Arkansas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id115778BBA8AD4A2A944F68D62DFBD079"><enum>(97)</enum><text>The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway from the interchange with Interstate Route 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with United States Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky.</text></paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idFCA8B14E3A2D4B758E6EE37A31EC9927"><enum>(98)</enum><text>The route that generally follows State Route 7 from Grenada, Mississippi, to Holly Springs, Mississippi, passing in the vicinity of Coffeeville, Water Valley, Oxford, and Abbeville, Mississippi, to its logical connection with Interstate Route 22 in the vicinity of Holly Springs, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0D30445D534945C58613F433CBA8A1F0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation as future Interstates</header><text>Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/240">Public Law 102–240</external-xref>; 109 Stat. 597; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>and subsection (c)(91)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(91), subsection (c)(92), subsection (c)(93)(A), subsection (c)(94), subsection (c)(95), subsection (c)(96), and subsection (c)(97)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="idEE63996E519D4EB7966E658F6242166C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Numbering of parkway</header><text>Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/240">Public Law 102–240</external-xref>; 109 Stat. 598; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The route referred to in subsection (c)(97) is designated as Interstate Route I–365.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4DEFCAF3C71C4E5BA406943510340AC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GAO report on designation of segments as part of Interstate System</header>
<paragraph id="H17AC1E5722B54893A5A10246369E078A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of applicable segment</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>applicable segment</term> means the route described in paragraph (92) of section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/240">Public Law 102–240</external-xref>; 105 Stat. 2032).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A36CBFADE1947DB807984B437B507E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header> <subparagraph id="HB71F82FA770848A09053D6E6D783920B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the applicable segment is open for operations as part of the Interstate System, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the impact, if any, during that 2-year period of allowing the continuation of weight limits that applied before the designation of the applicable segment as a route on the Interstate System.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2CF14A48072346248F69FE2D0E814C8C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause id="H5E4F00805E504E2891667B2B53070B74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be informed by the views and documentation provided by the State highway agency (or equivalent agency) in the State in which the applicable segment is located;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6C373C8194DD43B99C3882CDB2EFC513" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe any impacts on safety and infrastructure on the applicable segment;</text></clause> <clause id="H7AF4592333A54AE0A637446E1BC12DDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describe any view of the State highway agency (or equivalent agency) in the State in which the applicable segment is located on the impact of the applicable segment; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H93740F9B88A14D8ABF89F7B14D62FDC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>focus only on the applicable segment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H0B0A2BFDD2234C239F46AF07F6A6F582" changed="not-changed"><enum>1515.</enum><header>Interstate weight limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idC68DF841795147E8A973CE25B376D3AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(3)(A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idD433C9B223EC44D7BA9F05ADF35A814F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>clauses (i) through (iv) of this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>clauses (i) through (v)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idDBDD19D3E6374C85815280E851C69A89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="id09CE186A75244954AE4EB6CDF67ADADB" act-name=""> <clause id="id458E98CCD12C4B28A6E9E87268150261"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway (to be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from the interchange with Interstate Route 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with United States Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id97883844F45246F896AC4031850BE19A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF1538A184784D1EB16334584334318E" changed="not-changed"> <subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H236B271C2BB44E09A7895F8678CD2E6F"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Operation of vehicles on certain North Carolina highways</header><text>If any segment in the State of North Carolina of United States Route 17, United States Route 29, United States Route 52, United States Route 64, United States Route 70, United States Route 74, United States Route 117, United States Route 220, United States Route 264, or United States Route 421 is designated as a route on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of such designation may continue to operate on that segment, without regard to any requirement under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id993C4FA69177431DB9BD0D73BFBC3B77"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Operation of vehicles on certain Oklahoma highways</header><text>If any segment of the highway referred to in paragraph (96) of section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/240">Public Law 102–240</external-xref>; 105 Stat. 2032) is designated as a route on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of such designation may continue to operate on that segment, without any regard to any requirement under this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H0BE717E3ABD5426D9B95AF1202E2845B" changed="not-changed"><enum>1516.</enum><header>Report on air quality improvements</header> <subsection id="HFE4CBC6B15F24E2D9999A58402F7E5CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report that evaluates the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149 of title 23, United States Code (referred to in this section as the <quote>program</quote>), to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E169A60D0AE41B39C414BAE5AAC25C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C86D1DB0CC846F981756CAF2BB2B38A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H76489DC2EF694C1F82A19F6B9AACF362" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The evaluation under subsection (a) shall include an evaluation of—</text> <paragraph id="H76BF38C52D6C4F69B048BA1924C770AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the reductions of ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter that result from projects under the program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEE4BC3FC1D34534804EF9ABF9D842A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the cost-effectiveness of the reductions described in paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41F5EF382E9148878148B244FF0E6348" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the result of investments of funding under the program in minority and low-income communities that are disproportionately affected by ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29ECEEF68710489485254D08800C88A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the effectiveness, with respect to the attainment or maintenance of national ambient air quality standards under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C. 7409</external-xref>) for ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter, of performance measures established under section 150(c)(5) of title 23, United States Code, and performance targets established under subsection (d) of that section for traffic congestion and on-road mobile source emissions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE769E33386A40289AE5E1702B718E6F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which there are any types of projects that are not eligible funding under the program that would be likely to contribute to the attainment or maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards described in paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53565521B66B41F1843E6691977C30C6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the extent to which projects under the program reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and lead.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6A1CB50822944D489D842321EA7BA367" changed="not-changed"><enum>1517.</enum><header>Roadside highway safety hardware</header> <subsection id="HBD0A2BFBDA5B46F6B17E83C727C634CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement, to the maximum extent practicable, the following recommendations from the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled <quote>Highway Safety: More Robust DOT Oversight of Guardrails and Other Roadside Hardware Could Further Enhance Safety</quote> published in June 2016 and numbered GAO–16–575:</text>
<paragraph id="H652A977B563942A78418C3498D17695C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Develop a process for third party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs to include a process for—</text> <subparagraph id="H3AC51751A197481986FA68BA9EEC1C2F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>formally verifying the testing outcomes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6221180EFB414A31B87BA2713656E8C6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing for an independent pass/fail determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55CED2EF21D6434492F8026C503B12AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Establish a process to enhance the independence of crash test labs by ensuring that those labs have a clear separation between device development and testing in cases in which lab employees test devices that were developed within the parent organization of the employee.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H35E555E65A334AC38F49E682E485F134" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continued issuance of eligibility letters</header><text>Until the implementation of the recommendations described in subsection (a) is complete, the Secretary shall ensure that the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration continues to issue Federal-aid reimbursement eligibility letters as a service to States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4555F07871ED4886941C39A547D83AE9" changed="not-changed"><enum>1518.</enum><header>Permeable pavements study</header> <subsection id="H0F08A4C416814AD1B345B37939F6C7DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out a study—</text>
<paragraph id="H59A20C70042844A0A789337FD7A7692A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to gather existing information on the effects of permeable pavements on flood control in different contexts, including in urban areas, and over the lifetime of the permeable pavement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98A18D2A1D6F4F3CB800643A3E6E1879" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to perform research to fill gaps in the existing information gathered under paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H340959448D8048E993E22B58A0EC8D71" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to develop—</text> <subparagraph id="H8E736BF9410D484AB682F6B67ED5918E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>models for the performance of permeable pavements in flood control; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CA67ECA6EB1441E97C3CEA3C01CB2DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>best practices for designing permeable pavement to meet flood control requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H086551523BCF4902B8ECDC1FC9B58272" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data survey</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B4D770F5E9E4000BFB8F9A80EFBE81F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary, based on available literature and models, of localized flood control capabilities of permeable pavement that considers long-term performance and cost information; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H178C1570B0C243FCAB8BBA207BBE1CFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>best practices for the design of localized flood control using permeable pavement that considers long-term performance and cost information.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB0591681141E4260984934BC42D59C20" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall make a report describing the results of the study under subsection (a) publicly available.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0FB5B1FA601C4CE8B694384561C6F6CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>1519.</enum><header>Emergency relief projects</header> <subsection id="H0C130F8DD01E4E7EA60C3DC1F9DF1766" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</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></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C43BBB45E894271A34977082B8FB151" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Improving the emergency relief program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCD6880B1EB344DC2945ED7E79A741521" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal Highway Administration—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H49BF29181BED48FAB994D911AAA6B103" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to include and reflect the definition of the term <quote>resilience</quote> (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26FA18CD960A444EB3E697B5A45B08B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to identify procedures that States may use to incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF890B4ABD85948E2B036F183DD876F8D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to encourage the use of Complete Streets design principles and consideration of access for moderate- and low-income families impacted by a declared disaster;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94208969255C425A8C940747ED09BDB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop best practices for improving the use of resilience in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB6A40E64FE942AD95D5AA8C01DE4243" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86124281397C4CED84DAB1C1529F00CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>emergency relief efforts;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7759C99429C4CF0A89D0FFACDAE41BA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</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></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42862C6FE16742CEBC26A2583E45AEFA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop and implement a process to track—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F992385F3634916AFCD6286A9658677" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the consideration of resilience as part of the emergency relief program under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D570A9518144705BF77ABD86A2B5B9D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the costs of emergency relief projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3EF9CB60D8D64CC898FB745B7B08F016" changed="not-changed"><enum>1520.</enum><header>Study on stormwater best management practices</header>
<subsection id="H8E0461E6D8EA4ED0A95E620DF345AC9F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency shall offer to enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study—</text> <paragraph id="HA26FE1EC4F8F4AC4A48195E5875CB9A6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to estimate pollutant loads from stormwater runoff from highways and pedestrian facilities eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code, to inform the development of appropriate total maximum daily load (as defined in section 130.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) requirements;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F9A8FF652594504BCB4FC80C96E7FF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide recommendations regarding the evaluation and selection by State departments of transportation of potential stormwater management and total maximum daily load compliance strategies within a watershed, including environmental restoration and pollution abatement carried out under section 328 of title 23, United States Code (including any revisions to law (including regulations) that the Transportation Research Board determines to be appropriate); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ED3CB1C28674F7F8E7BD3A85EC7C65A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to examine the potential for the Secretary to assist State departments of transportation in carrying out and communicating stormwater management practices for highways and pedestrian facilities that are eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code, through information-sharing agreements, database assistance, or an administrative platform to provide the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) to entities issued permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H905CC5E341894DA289BB6D9EAA0B0C72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>If the Transportation Research Board enters into an agreement under subsection (a), in conducting the study under that subsection, the Transportation Research Board shall—</text> <paragraph id="H89B5A75B65D4491EB6BBC050A04C6F07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review and supplement, as appropriate, the methodologies examined and recommended in the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled <quote>Approaches for Determining and Complying with TMDL Requirements Related to Roadway Stormwater Runoff</quote> and dated 2019;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H175E0A675D6D4001A840DF8CD2CA0BEF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8BACA9D592744FD8C805003A45ABCA3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3772082BBB3E41278A6437C992C2EB4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE163FBE48BE04F39B5A3BDAA2EA42941" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H090C59392EEE4B5AB7874B7486637826" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State departments of transportation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F676427E7BF4BCCBC72BD2847F02957" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>solicit input from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H304CFB518C5248C5A997366FB2790909" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>stakeholders with experience in implementing stormwater management practices for projects; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6FF1A2ECBB84373A8DF054F759BA2ED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>educational and technical stormwater management groups.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5B050A34EF7F48658AFD2915A13C351C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>If the Transportation Research Board enters into an agreement under subsection (a), not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Transportation Research Board shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD5254D78E7B44CF8AD113B03DCD9ECFB" changed="not-changed"><enum>1521.</enum><header>Stormwater best management practices reports</header> <subsection id="H7D2C0E698933477DBCBE95CAAF048E3C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0F3105EEDE524F87A9C141E59F9A52A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3155C3F811D0408E91421F0F49B97F41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Best management practices report</header><text>The term <term>best management practices report</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D89C1BE748D4CDB84F682E8ADC75D32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the 2014 report sponsored by the Administrator entitled <quote>Determining the State of the Practice in Data Collection and Performance Measurement of Stormwater Best Management Practices</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4505CD89BFE84FA0B7FD72926479484F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the 1997 report sponsored by the Administrator entitled <quote>Stormwater Best Management Practices in an Ultra-Urban Setting: Selection and Monitoring</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7A50C75994D845AE907160A187284B40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reissuance</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall update and reissue each best management practices report to reflect new information and advancements in stormwater management.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H913A3CDA1DDC449DB1280883796DA62D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 5 years after the date on which the Administrator reissues a best management practices report described in subsection (b), the Administrator shall update and reissue the best management practices report until the earlier of the date on which—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE1527FC2874401D8571D2EFDDE36738" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the best management practices report is withdrawn; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1433CE80BAF450CABC41DC3DC3345C8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contents of the best management practices report are incorporated (including by reference) into applicable regulations of the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBB1269FFF2A04E258A259098D2266191" changed="not-changed"><enum>1522.</enum><header>Invasive plant elimination program</header>
<subsection id="H2489605ACB0044BEBA83EABA3B7C6977" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE7B543DC988343FB8BC168C864EA7381" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Invasive plant</header><text>The term <term>invasive plant</term> means a nonnative plant, tree, grass, or weed species, including, at a minimum, cheatgrass, Ventenata dubia, medusahead, bulbous bluegrass, Japanese brome, rattail fescue, Japanese honeysuckle, phragmites, autumn olive, Bradford pear, wild parsnip, sericea lespedeza, spotted knapweed, garlic mustard, and palmer amaranth.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81315AD146F746E2B81E69880BD8337D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the grant program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H30867058510B4B0D861454CBB2180859" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transportation corridor</header><text>The term <term>transportation corridor</term> means a road, highway, railroad, or other surface transportation route.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H97C91FDDC97B4EF3B9761C2733BB361C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to provide grants to States to eliminate or control existing invasive plants or prevent introduction of or encroachment by new invasive plants along and in areas adjacent to transportation corridor rights-of-way.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H03475A43CCC24E5F93D273B7B24DF1C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3E2A975E670E40638E83B5621CE0C851" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header>
<paragraph id="H2E408095FF5643D9B77CC9809E8DC5F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to this subsection, a State that receives a grant under the program may use the grant funds to carry out activities to eliminate or control existing invasive plants or prevent introduction of or encroachment by new invasive plants along and in areas adjacent to transportation corridor rights-of-way.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H806DE987657040ADA94818B638569899" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prioritization of projects</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that utilize revegetation with native plants and wildflowers, including those that are pollinator-friendly.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7406294A3D794DF1AA2808FE82EC9EE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on certain uses of funds</header><text>Amounts provided to a State under the program may not be used for costs relating to mowing a transportation corridor right-of-way or the adjacent area unless—</text> <subparagraph id="H18EE646CB3E14B9D9C4ADA8AE7736153" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mowing is identified as the best means of treatment according to best management practices; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E36DF93152D4D0EB5C1B20F8472EC14" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mowing is used in conjunction with another treatment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62800CE934F14C46B25E9216FBDFCB42" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the amounts provided to a State under the program may be used for the purchase of equipment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBD2379D7C6B48C998539390D44DC96E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administrative and indirect costs</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the amounts provided to a State under the program may be used for the administrative and other indirect costs (such as full time employee salaries, rent, insurance, subscriptions, utilities, and office supplies) of carrying out eligible activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9284940590FD4511B57A59D8447012FD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H104862131BAA4980AE92E2FB2ECC92FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out eligible activities with a grant under the program, a State shall coordinate with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC900A767ADAF4B538D5483A8112C83CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>units of local government, political subdivisions of the State, and Tribal authorities that are carrying out eligible activities in the areas to be treated;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C363D4E169A449087045B70BF4B8D02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local regulatory authorities, in the case of a treatment along or adjacent to a railroad right-of-way; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB29E404C42A94DD2B8E6F1B95DDC1A6D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to the most effective roadside control methods, State and Federal land management agencies and any relevant Tribal authorities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FBA4AFC6B2048588EE9190F404D9F79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which a State receives a grant under the program, and annually thereafter, that State shall provide to the Secretary an annual report on the treatments carried out using funds from the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5A7C2D255AC5448C8AC09EAAC79FCF7F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="HD6060B07F2734893B46B9ADA1E4B00B8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an eligible activity carried out using funds from a grant under the program shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HDFEA6C0BCD41478AAEA40ED1FAFE7CE5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a project that utilizes revegetation with native plants and wildflowers, including those that are pollinator-friendly, 75 percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H861F1BDDD18540DAAD8F379780B122F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of any other project not described in subparagraph (A), 50 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H241ACAD402E24B13BB029CBE84BC63A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain funds counted toward non-Federal share</header><text>A State may include amounts expended by the State or a unit of local government in the State to address current invasive plant populations and prevent future infestation along or in areas adjacent to transportation corridor rights-of-way in calculating the non-Federal share required under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A032185F39F4D6DACB70151D7DB6358" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H9BF61AEC7FF54F1AAD5A27E945AF44EE" changed="not-changed"><enum>1523.</enum><header>Over-the-road bus tolling equity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 129(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EDCDE57007C48268696C8AA230535EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>, together with the results of the audit under paragraph (9)(C),</quote> after <quote>the audits</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5B2D738D711405E9EC4A9A12E6F948F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A4CFD3935C243DD9C4BB844F2DB01CD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An over-the-road</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DE496566B5542E1BB640E7785F8015A" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H1146FF4DD44C4774863A4DEA500818FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An over-the-road</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4B1DE0B3310C47559ACE6AF1C0033255" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>public transportation buses</quote> and inserting <quote>public transportation vehicles</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F582B9BA60846C38A2EE920A03C16BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6785D02A9AB64FE2BE8C0AF4F3F3D1A0" changed="not-changed">
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HA259D806527D4F7F8C405E75B029F1D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<clause id="H05A62333E3E8490FB0D76C6CF00AD46E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, a public authority that operates a toll facility shall report to the Secretary any rates, terms, or conditions for access to the toll facility by public transportation vehicles that differ from the rates, terms, or conditions applicable to over-the-road buses.</text></clause> <clause id="HCA57CA448EBD48EFB2AA70DC12302351" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>A public authority that operates a toll facility shall report to the Secretary any change to the rates, terms, or conditions for access to the toll facility by public transportation vehicles that differ from the rates, terms, or conditions applicable to over-the-road buses by not later than 30 days after the date on which the change takes effect.</text></clause>
<clause id="H86328AD48BF24884B9C1F3FA1E09E5B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall publish information reported to the Secretary under clauses (i) and (ii) on a publicly accessible internet website.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HFB9E559B9C8B40ABBAF98EAEBC4DD0A0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Annual audit</header> <clause id="H1CD8FBEF6B5B4E81B1447A4352DE386E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A public authority (as defined in section 101(a)) with jurisdiction over a toll facility shall—</text>
<subclause id="H88AE872C521D41B7AAFC52D507BF4B62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>conduct or have an independent auditor conduct an annual audit of toll facility records to verify compliance with this paragraph; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H417DC61E4A7E45E5B2C51923894C2074" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>report the results of the audit, together with the results of the audit under paragraph (3)(B), to the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HC034400EACCD4AAB910B3F24B3FFE7D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Records</header><text>After providing reasonable notice, a public authority described in clause (i) shall make all records of the public authority pertaining to the toll facility available for audit by the Secretary.</text></clause> <clause id="H705D840445AB480CAB97C387F787C4C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a public authority described in clause (i) has not complied with this paragraph, the Secretary may require the public authority to discontinue collecting tolls until an agreement with the Secretary is reached to achieve compliance.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H810431EECE1D4D9D8E506D399F555209" changed="not-changed"><enum>1524.</enum><header>Bridge terminology</header>
<subsection id="H32BC2E730F294A818D892EB36FB31FD6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Condition of NHS bridges</header><text>Section 119(f)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>structurally deficient</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>in poor condition</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H424DC4516D68418B907404B15172421F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Bridge and Tunnel inventories</header><text>Section 144(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>structurally deficient bridge</quote> and inserting <quote>bridge classified as in poor condition</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H043C1F9D33E14B7C9BBC6E2DEAFB3F2F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal transportation facility bridges</header><text>Section 202(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7F753B18418C4705AE993FC5C986B3C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>deficient bridges eligible for the tribal transportation program</quote> and inserting <quote>bridges eligible for the tribal transportation program classified as in poor condition, having low load capacity, or needing geometric improvements</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA34E8435C2834914B2950FCCB87D4FA7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C), by striking <quote>structurally deficient or functionally obsolete</quote> and inserting <quote>classified as in poor condition, having a low load capacity, or needing geometric improvements</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB3A1851FA5234BE184CC6006C36E324B" changed="not-changed"><enum>1525.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header> <subsection id="H14D34BE7C3B84C4BACED46324EE3EBE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 101(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>Highways</quote> after <quote>and Defense</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6566BFAFD45D4E4F84A0AA90A49E9D87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 104(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6C4F4B7BBFEF455A877CFACE1A0DD18A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">federal highway administration</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">an operating administration of the Department of Transportation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E69ED2B346C4C7797D25389B9C8521C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Federal Highway Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>an operating administration of the Department of Transportation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE53380109DD49BC84EC6D3835D9CF2F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Section 108(c)(3)(F) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6453F6C6A3940ABBB9DE264DC69E7B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>Policy Act</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB82F4F8AAEC4C068A0C8DA0E050241D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>this title</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBD369D14AB9640EEAB6B31F4150EECFD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>(F) (F) Subparagraphs</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H954A540A55CD421AA2D5AFFDA7A7439E" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HBFE0E6D60B364725827D80E0230D7F37"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Subparagraphs</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0B066AF2EBC48EDA765A945AA08252E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 115(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 135(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 135(g)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC79B04E102D54E7993E564A36618E9E9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Section 130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2107773FE0E14847A13FA50647E3930D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the third sentence—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF4DA0F95B7A47C3848887F53DF7DFE8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and Transportation,</quote> and inserting <quote>and Transportation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E83487AA969488C904A1359B79B1ED8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>thereafter,,</quote> and inserting <quote>thereafter,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11EE1B4E178A4FB5AB4BD62D8C49CB6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the fifth sentence, by striking <quote>railroad highway</quote> and inserting <quote>railway-highway</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2225863DFEE41039689EC79D7793B72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Section 135(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H322592895AED4777B7FCB86E412282AA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>operators),,</quote> and inserting <quote>operators),</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70130109411845779DFFBC73C45BB74B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(B), by striking <quote>5310, 5311, 5316, and 5317</quote> and inserting <quote>5310 and 5311</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0D63A604EE624A7C940A6AF55A5E88A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Section 139 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1301), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H908D1A4F403B4DC4AD4CCE34456E06E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>of 1969</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21F6A32B04254F3C8ED2EEC98300C6DC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>of 1969</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA23753F3081A4336A881CDE5B574F779" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(2), by inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>of 1969</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F66B7169917446C92EB07E39F43880C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 140(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting a comma after <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="idF6E8B412B8BB4DDAB5FF1ABE3FD421F9"><enum>(j)</enum><text>Section 148(i)(2)(D) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>safety safety</quote> and inserting <quote>safety</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1E0994D5DF094A5EA896FEE8E0DC3E55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Section 166(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>A public authority</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HBDB46639DEE54D50A9D64364B9D9E93E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority of public authorities</header><text>A public authority</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H12DE239CB41B4A9E88CBAA316A400942" changed="not-changed"><enum>(l)</enum><text>Section 201(c)(6)(A)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H74E47178506146248F343ADAF8A2C76E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(m)</enum><text>Section 202 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H37F92E5CE17C44E2834A527158D06EBD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF41BB202CD7545C7A21CCD46FCDFF334" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(10)(B), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450e">25 U.S.C. 450e(b)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5307">25 U.S.C. 5307(b)</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA711C2E94BCC495CA17CA1D1569DB08A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the</quote> after <quote>agreement under</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H60426DEC27F348029110BEEB27E5CA19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(n)</enum><text>Section 206(d)(2)(G) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>use of recreational trails</quote> and inserting <quote>uses of recreational trails</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB5DD2DF7F9CC4086A9E73F20173B5CEA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(o)</enum><text>Section 207 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF836F94B406449E9BA02C5F8F413447D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F648E745667414192211FFA6440829E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450j-1">25 U.S.C. 450j–1</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5325">25 U.S.C. 5325</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA9A595321644046AA4E8A5A45F5B378" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450j-1">25 U.S.C. 450j–1(f)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5325">25 U.S.C. 5325(f)</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H444B05CE0CC04852A8D072EB8C275D7D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (l)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H658A5CEEA90A49CA897B8447417FDB52" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-5">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–5</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5386">25 U.S.C. 5386</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H631C446C31AA4CA1AAFE257D9B194C44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-6">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–6</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5387">25 U.S.C. 5387</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36FEB753732A4639AA481A840DEF09E8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-7">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–7</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5388">25 U.S.C. 5388</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C6F7746998F4CC28A7D014A60DC8B82" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-9">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–9</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5390">25 U.S.C. 5390</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7AA74B5225784D8D8302205F30EC9894" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-10">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–10</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5391">25 U.S.C. 5391</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H922063BC0BFF4B72BC69D55EB809937A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-11">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–11</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5392">25 U.S.C. 5392</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA63D703F3BEF42BDB2F31E8B81C4E639" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-14">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–14</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5395">25 U.S.C. 5395</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H632E0A8AD33B47CABCE373A60A9005A5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-15">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–15</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5396">25 U.S.C. 5396</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BE162F6EAC14DA5BC7F5364DE3BA76E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/458aaa-17">25 U.S.C. 458aaa–17</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5398">25 U.S.C. 5398</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57B5EC32946C4417B654E202E95360CC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (m)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H747F7ADA296140F0B16558A864953691" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>505</quote> and inserting <quote>501</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59E14689DD8442D39BF9F4B1977F010B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>; 458aaa)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>; 5381)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA68E52553984915BFDA1006551E3E02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(p)</enum><text>Section 217(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>104(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>104(b)(4)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7B5F9DEA6D614106B1016F76E227CC5B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(q)</enum><text>Section 323(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>of 1969</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H086DC7347A594CE3B40DBE6B6059E60C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(r)</enum><text>Section 325 of title 23, United States Code, is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1A677BCBB4404963AF79F86E01CF09BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(s)</enum><text>Section 504(g)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>make grants or to</quote> and inserting <quote>make grants to</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H515CC4869656437AB3BB02E4CD7EE61F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 325. </text></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HDDD1DC967830481EA1DD9EC61EA6BBE1"><enum>1526.</enum><header>Working group on covered resources</header> <subsection id="HC7FE175010D440C2AE00F586888F3541"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H7203DF09A1C74F5BB14CE2C9B7745848"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered resource</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered resource</term> means a common variety material used in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance, including stone, sand, and gravel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FB44392554F4A9589D617F3126DE2A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>State</quote> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB2DB55AD132048B68D8D768E8696E11D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Working Group</header><text>The term <term>Working Group</term> means the working group established under subsection (b). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25933A8B30F940C2A77A1D323CB6380E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working group to conduct a study on access to covered resources for infrastructure projects. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3FF223F5780C449BBFB2DEBAE696BE87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H495497B1F3A345B8A7660C95D41E095D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appoint to the Working Group individuals with knowledge and expertise in the production and transportation of covered resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42FE9E3FE3124C92BF438ED8F6D09AD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall include not less than 1 representative of each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4353933E8BD641B3A38022EFA20F53BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State departments of transportation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDE85D3F7AA64562BB7F76692343C20E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agencies associated with covered resources protection.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA2C8C2C9E424FE9812EECF5436EAB5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State planning and geologic survey and mapping agencies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB9805A5D2BF4C1C8227A88C5A826B97"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial motor vehicle operators, including small business operators and operators who transport covered resources.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD82FB83CA4C246CBA8EDB0821EDA0184"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered resources producers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H243DDE5829B440FEBFB144FB48C15CAD"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction contractors.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6E1CCD8A13C4AE0A0BFC38F708980F4"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Labor organizations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCBD910EAB664CB9BA5D0797A76AD26D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning organizations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E42741509E5444F83239594930DE2F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian Tribes, including Tribal elected leadership or Tribal transportation officials.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF500B6ED565436AB757EAC6F59A730E"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other stakeholders that the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC35128F0547477A8DB2C57639684BDD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Working Group shall terminate 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the report under subsection (f)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H325841E58305486BA7C1E8728EEDC856"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study required under subsection (b), the Working Group shall analyze—</text>
<paragraph id="H23F24BC3048B40EF9EC45E9005B33F2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of covered resources in transportation projects funded with Federal dollars; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCAA96D1484C4B16842E52E6D244F905"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the proximity of covered resources to such projects affects the cost and environmental impact of those projects; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34651B7F609E4C978666A619F81AB672"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether and how State, Tribal, and local transportation and planning agencies consider covered resources when developing transportation projects; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31D93478963F496D985C7FE082ABBF8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any challenges for transportation project sponsors regarding access and proximity to covered resources.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H97D2868B180B45AEA4AF95227C7BADAB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study required under subsection (b), the Working Group shall consult with, as appropriate—</text> <paragraph id="H0D6F3E5EDBFD4288A431CD3F451FE27D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">chief executive officers of States; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC0D7B9F745445599EE58A33987E3C5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>State, Tribal, and local transportation and planning agencies; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9761307F46640ACB4AE0D9E6E165BA9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other relevant State, Tribal, and local agencies, including State agencies associated with covered resources protection; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2672EF98B6024666BC1EFBFFE6FE4955"><enum>(4)</enum><text>members of the public with industry experience with respect to covered resources; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF141581947134DF5BB7D9A559C5FCC40"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other Federal entities that provide funding for transportation projects; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B71B32391C44F288C6C180810475FCC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other stakeholder the Working Group determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H28DEE7CEBA504A018C040640F71561B3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H5DFF6521756E4361A9900EEB01B379A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Working group report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Working Group is established, the Working Group shall submit to the Secretary a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81D4184F53ED4E7CA2BFAD3CF4D80EA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the study required under subsection (b), including a summary of comments received during the consultation process under subsection (e); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD81515FE6A794403B1914646C457A28D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations to preserve access to and reduce the costs and environmental impacts of covered resources for infrastructure projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80E16575DB7B40B7A5F7EB57F660A018"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Departmental report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the report under paragraph (1), 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 a summary of the findings under the report and any recommendations, as appropriate. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id32B831BB770045849A05DE4CF34E64EE"><enum>1527.</enum><header>Blood transport vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 166(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idB06499F0954F4A30B3C98AA53FB55141"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Blood transport vehicles</header><text>The public authority may allow blood transport vehicles that are transporting blood between a collection point and a hospital or storage center to use the HOV facility if the public authority establishes requirements for clearly identifying such vehicles.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="id54919F10FAF548738AEB37C925CAAF11"><enum>1528.</enum><header>Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way</header> <subsection id="id1F0CB773F87242FDAB949B83B6146CF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1309(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id427171E024F44664B2E1DCBA83ABFDA0"><enum>332.</enum><header>Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way</header>
<subsection id="idD0AD7381D9A344EAA81A6AA6223677FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of native, locally appropriate grasses and wildflowers, including milkweed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id6F1154643FD7400EAAD699DC9AD1A05F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to receive a grant under this section is—</text>
<paragraph id="idD955C3F31BA848AFBFC62D26BC5CD192"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State department of transportation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4E94DB4D6DFA4914BC0FD551A0033A88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an Indian tribe; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4498C6E902114071B3FB1140748123F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a Federal land management agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id01FB9AFDE3C74C57BF2E666A35BF2402"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a pollinator-friendly practices plan described in subsection (d).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idFF9943452EF94A79ACA6D94200208A3D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pollinator-Friendly practices plan</header>
<paragraph id="idAF0C8D4E8DA047D387B0F174EEC804B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity shall include in the application under subsection (c) a plan that describes the pollinator-friendly practices that the eligible entity has implemented or plans to implement, including—</text> <subparagraph id="id83F252A470F548A2A2C1C41330275429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>practices relating to mowing strategies that promote early successional vegetation and limit disturbance during periods of highest use by target pollinator species on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, such as—</text>
<clause id="idAB03A94D89DD4DC49DB53EC56FB7BDBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reducing the mowing swath outside of the State-designated safety zone;</text></clause> <clause id="id616566DE7A004BF0B3091CC21E2AE66E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increasing the mowing height;</text></clause>
<clause id="idB709BF1F5E7D414F942AAD9DB489CD1F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reducing the mowing frequency;</text></clause> <clause id="id49923A603AEE4A7A95A24A5C0EEDA3A2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>refraining from mowing monarch and other pollinator habitat during periods in which monarchs or other pollinators are present; </text></clause>
<clause id="id9D7B09C942244A92A285CF9BE843F870"><enum>(v)</enum><text>use of a flushing bar and cutting at reduced speeds to reduce pollinator deaths due to mowing; or</text></clause> <clause id="id1CC95AE23D7D474FAAFD2F034FEB1638"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>reducing raking along roadsides and highway rights-of-way;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB775B215E6544CF78E98D0955D606F37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implementation of an integrated vegetation management plan that includes approaches such as mechanical tree and brush removal, targeted and judicious use of herbicides, and mowing, to address weed issues on roadsides and highway rights-of-way; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4F6105DD76F3415A86B29EADB4129ED7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>planting or seeding of native, locally appropriate grasses and wildflowers, including milkweed, on roadsides and highway rights-of-way to enhance pollinator habitat, including larval host plants; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id38D9465C1C854FBD86C0A2A871113747"><enum>(D)</enum><text>removing nonnative grasses from planting and seeding mixes, except for use as nurse or cover crops; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idD4DF208FF114463D9B551EBC32045E41"><enum>(E)</enum><text>obtaining expert training or assistance on pollinator-friendly practices, including—</text>
<clause id="idA0F4C90CC04F4054B1C2B5BCCF8275C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>native plant identification;</text></clause> <clause id="id65CA438F7F2244ABA6B35554C929D610"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establishment and management of locally appropriate native plants that benefit pollinators;</text></clause>
<clause id="idC251045AADDF49C2804EA620C3B79441"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>land management practices that benefit pollinators; and</text></clause> <clause id="id28438826A80A4ED5876A4A17DF5E541F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>pollinator-focused integrated vegetation management; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEB7AD092DA6448FE9D73C9665F11B6FE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other pollinator-friendly practices the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id44F5EB7A467442E9BE6B2AD068647D11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing a plan under paragraph (1), an eligible entity that is a State department of transportation or a Federal land management agency shall coordinate with applicable State agencies, including State agencies with jurisdiction over agriculture and fish and wildlife.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id460F6D561DFC43C68E1E805E6804D61E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing a plan under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="idBF0F29B13F1D49B9B0F6590D8F220C6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an eligible entity that is a State department of transportation or a Federal land management agency shall consult with affected or interested Indian tribes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1E721A39CBD54458B9FF76898FB77C93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any eligible entity may consult with nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, metropolitan planning organizations, and any other relevant entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idE567732E01894390B9430DB0674878ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Award of grants</header> <paragraph id="id041028A759C7431280BAFD0D199F9196"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a grant to each eligible entity that submits an application under subsection (c), including a plan under subsection (d), that the Secretary determines to be satisfactory.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id284765F3EE024E2189ECB2C63FFC6DEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of grants</header><text>The amount of a grant under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="idDB4CD15D764E4AD583BD452130ED191E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be based on the number of pollinator-friendly practices the eligible entity has implemented or plans to implement; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEAAC3591FA034EE7B9C1F1167380DBA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not exceed $150,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id2DF4D63E20294C86958A1D239B08B3AE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the funds for the implementation, improvement, or further development of the plan under subsection (d).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idFDDED3FABFB64E1A9D4F4433F7293FD8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out with a grant under this section shall be 100 percent. </text></subsection> <subsection id="idE6A2F87848CC454D90D5794B3D4000DF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and make available to eligible entities best practices for, and a priority ranking of, pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idA7156124ADAE469D87DC08B4A9C5F6DB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On request of an eligible entity that receives a grant under this section, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance with the implementation, improvement, or further development of a plan under subsection (d).</text></subsection> <subsection id="idCE4289C430414161B0FF728B0F5C4442"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section for the administrative costs of carrying out this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idCE2BAE409B4A41A1B8EDF85CFC4C5BBA"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first grant is provided under this section, 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 on the implementation of the program under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id3F54E1637215467AA2F1AAC524365059"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="id6382BDF7F1BC40DBA13EB9C5816D7FBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id083AC049BDC448D78B4A17B99DF2A11F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts made available under this section shall remain available for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id254F914B25434E0996EA2D8959192BA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1309(b)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HC0144CAF4A064EBDA355C94D65371389"><enum>1529.</enum><header>Active transportation infrastructure investment program</header>
<subsection id="HDA66C53486B24AE69011B1793734A7DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out an active transportation infrastructure investment program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible organizations to construct eligible projects to provide safe and connected active transportation facilities in an active transportation network or active transportation spine.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H51C88CA701A5496FA8834812CDBCE49F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="HD4D85BACC1314244BAB453E4B4C8274C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible organization shall submit to the Secretary an application in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D5F2722A3554C15B2CEF776D8B69EBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible projects partially on Federal land</header><text>With respect to an application for an eligible project that is located in part on Federal land, an eligible organization shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the appropriate Federal agency with jurisdiction over such land to submit an application described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7349D34690E2419D8E7457F7FF646717"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a grant for construction of an active transportation network or active transportation spine under this section, the Secretary shall consider the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1616C2DFA0BA4B0090462D2A4EF35DEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the eligible organization submitted a plan for an eligible project for the development of walking and bicycling infrastructure that is likely to provide substantial additional opportunities for walking and bicycling, including effective plans—</text> <subparagraph id="H5297C1E191584642992FEC8DD7FC3094"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to create an active transportation network connecting destinations within or between communities, including schools, workplaces, residences, businesses, recreation areas, and other community areas, or create an active transportation spine connecting two or more communities, metropolitan regions, or States; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9697FD3E0BB47FCB37BDE7F7389E9AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to integrate active transportation facilities with transit services, where available, to improve access to public transportation. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC328100E31D41C1BE1CB82DB3509075"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Whether the eligible organization demonstrates broad community support through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2D9B4E386524A218EB49D1A926C1765"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of public input in the development of transportation plans; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE6740FC818A45949EF727589C0BFAC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the commitment of community leaders to the success and timely implementation of an eligible project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5C59CABF6EE43AEAA0A00259A48E4B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whether the eligible organization provides evidence of commitment to traffic safety, regulations, financial incentives, or community design policies that facilitate significant increases in walking and bicycling.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7884284CDF7F4E4A8DCBFFCD0A33B054"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The extent to which the eligible organization demonstrates commitment of State, local, or eligible Federal matching funds, and land or in-kind contributions, in addition to the local match required under subsection (f)(1), unless the applicant qualifies for an exception under subsection (f)(2). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1688FECC30654AB2B91FE09E1FA760EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The extent to which the eligible organization demonstrates that the grant will address existing disparities in bicyclist and pedestrian fatality rates based on race or income level or provide access to jobs and services for low-income communities and communities of color.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06A29E3778BA4645AEF5F52EE68B90FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Whether the eligible organization demonstrates how investment in active transportation will advance safety for pedestrians and cyclists, accessibility to jobs and key destinations, economic competitiveness, environmental protection, and quality of life.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C3993EED38A4B409A4FEAE913D4BD24"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="H5A23D9272AE34C9697E716036EA1A421"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this section and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall obligate—</text> <subparagraph id="H2EE23FEBFA81491C8FFE0F67AADEE689"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 30 percent to eligible projects that construct active transportation networks that connect people with public transportation, businesses, workplaces, schools, residences, recreation areas, and other community activity centers; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H976D214E0CE244CFA7D3BC0152CA7D68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than 30 percent to eligible projects that construct active transportation spines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3FF2135430A4BBF9D54131A0963CE66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Planning and design grants</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside not less than $3,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this section to provide planning grants for eligible organizations to develop plans for active transportation networks and active transportation spines. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21153154F27B408AA6B221C2AE14F9C1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside not more than $2,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this section to cover the costs of administration, research, technical assistance, communications, and training activities under the program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H550735D16499405E869E6DF897335EA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection prohibits an eligible organization from receiving research or other funds under title 23 or 49, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC83FD694C7D04DA99EBCAC94E9A9AD96"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant timing</header>
<paragraph id="HA1C577D5509D4F2086D0DEDAE3D962D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request for application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after funds are made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a request for applications for grants under this section for that fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0339D5F9D0834ACBAA1E716D3507C220"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of grant recipients</header><text>Not later than 150 days after funds are made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall select grant recipients of grants under this section for that fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H87ACD7F9F8A0437BB820A9EFD09D2FBA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="H0EDE6A3B50DD4751B005D18402297818"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of an eligible project carried out using a grant under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE2F5E2384BC4B6495D881A530418762"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for disadvantaged communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For eligible projects serving communities with a poverty rate of over 40 percent based on the majority of census tracts served by the eligible project, the Secretary may increase the Federal share of the cost of the eligible project up to 100 percent of the total project cost.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H266F1D7CD99249F0AC285D287C9EEFE0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Assistance to Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary may enter into grant agreements, self-determination contracts, and self-governance compacts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>) with Indian tribes that are eligible organizations, and such agreements, contracts, and compacts shall be administered in accordance with that Act. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HF2CC7D23F8F149488C1E7DFDC69B0BEB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="HF986D91B84214DEABB667789DFBCABD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the information described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H085E5631115145F495FB4D8BE8D27EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2026, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the information described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD903902FB8434304B6A48FCEC2E32ABC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A report submitted under this subsection shall contain the following, with respect to the period covered by the applicable report:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC22DC5A7AA5B4B20A71ED5FF5122EF61"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of grants made under this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6494E5F234844CBD98890FCF6D20C87A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Best practices of eligible organizations that receive grants under this section in implementing eligible projects. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2436E2018776435DB52F15441440F9A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Impediments experienced by eligible organizations that receive grants under this section in developing and shifting to active transportation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H309D2FA2C98A4D9A9697AA022435F6E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rule required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule that encourages the use of the programmatic categorical exclusion, expedited procurement techniques, and other best practices to facilitate productive and timely expenditures for eligible projects that are small, low-impact, and constructed within an existing built environment. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF6F26579D4814E3C8B94A12D233CF91F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id86DC1DCDF7ED4F2DBE4F64DB561CCE99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id238a5e30630d477dba6b2775754e7068"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts made available to carry out this section shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD47344450B4D46C0A678A04FACE44373"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HD2987A7F2D3C476997895C7D51A35B01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Active transportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>active transportation</term> means mobility options powered primarily by human energy, including bicycling and walking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E4085179B904D6DA05032CCF62ADF2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Active transportation network</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>active transportation network</term> means facilities built for active transportation, including sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails, that connect between destinations within a community or metropolitan region.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A1FC61DCF9B4FE79800C3AEE829A802"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Active transportation spine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>active transportation spine</term> means facilities built for active transportation, including sidewalks, bikeways, and pedestrian and bicycle trails that connect between communities, metropolitan regions, or States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF24966C4EE34B269A4107DEE347CF2B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Community</header><text>The term <term>community</term> means a geographic area that is socioeconomically interdependent and may include rural, suburban, and urban jurisdictions. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5B9A1070CCC42F0A6C44A1533CBD52C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible organization</header><text>The term <term>eligible organization</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5466AB1A448D4BA79F8C31E4BEB62BF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a local or regional governmental organization, including a metropolitan planning organization or regional planning organization or council;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D5C17DCA5EE421E9C583E13907D87BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a multicounty special district;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65AF5BEC0F1748718259BFED47599DAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2A2AE52D5874F4190774064B30CC04A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a multistate group of governments; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H975B725234244928B7ACE598FFDB13AC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70B608781A5F4982A17E92B98273AB62"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible project</term> means an active transportation project or group of projects—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F623116AF95429988BD41275BF44F81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within or between a community or group of communities, at least one of which falls within the jurisdiction of an eligible organization, which has submitted an application under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2FFF8757055548EC90DA85C51AF04523"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that has—</text>
<clause id="HDEC3CC031F684EB6A99CC1654EBCEE4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a total cost of not less than $15,000,000; or</text></clause> <clause id="H4231DB317AE947FC96C20678C57FFB66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to planning and design grants, planning and design costs of not less than $100,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA9C945F3B264F9F9EE05B3B806D0F7B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H840061AF83CE46C88355A34E46A85B26"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Total project cost</header><text>The term <term>total project cost</term> means the sum total of all costs incurred in the development of an eligible project that are approved by the Secretary as reasonable and necessary, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80575428209B43239C944E4D279F5B9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cost of acquiring real property;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB068BEF91B0146A8AFE4AB4D0FE6CF84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of site preparation, demolition, and development;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H072CFBA8D8B244C3BC8A1CB29E191B2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenses related to the issuance of bonds or notes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA15EF1B32984791B2CA9E95B7C44B17"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fees in connection with the planning, execution, and financing of the eligible project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DE3F71980644297A1A7E529E69E8206"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the cost of studies, surveys, plans, permits, insurance, interest, financing, tax, and assessments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD99341D4D81E42CD93FCBACA24F9ADD0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the cost of construction, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and equipping the eligible project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78BA802C74E842B7ACC0E6DB0A6ED6B5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the cost of land improvements;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H100299277AB64E4589AC53775150C1C4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>contractor fees;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0C3401382534EED83913061D1006743"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of training and education related to the safety of users of any bicycle or pedestrian network or spine constructed as part of an eligible project; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F04835F88BE4847BD4609993064D63D"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other cost that the Secretary determines is necessary and reasonable. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum><header>Transportation infrastructure finance and innovation </header>
<section id="H95C1FAD8BC224A74925FB99A51253594" changed="not-changed"><enum>2001.</enum><header>Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 amendments</header>
<subsection id="HF0C96CF55FA24D34BA3DCFE937EB6755" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H756B4DA6679F4460BCED47470D92C2D0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (10), by striking <quote>3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H247C8AF5FA8943E6812B85221F394111" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6C1610DF8F4D414FBC6C1087371E4FE4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H48AC451FFC4749528FD2051B3615A1ED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a project to improve or construct public infrastructure—</text> <clause id="HF10AA5C52CDF4DEDB339F00C04D4C2B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that—</text>
<subclause id="H8886696A28BF47D8963E4BF24AF26382" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is located within walking distance of, and accessible to, a fixed guideway transit facility, passenger rail station, intercity bus station, or intermodal facility, including a transportation, public utility, or capital project described in section 5302(3)(G)(v) of title 49, and related infrastructure; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBEF02F223CB0461992C4E81B31A451B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a project for economic development, including commercial and residential development, and related infrastructure and activities—</text>
<item id="H4159472509AA4071A4CB4761AB1CC7F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>that incorporates private investment;</text></item> <item id="H5C7C8B4E1A564AF18BC4AC26DCEC7908" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that is physically or functionally related to a passenger rail station or multimodal station that includes rail service;</text></item>
<item id="H2BC6AED9BBB940B4A5E4DFAFB2696F08" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>for which the project sponsor has a high probability of commencing the contracting process for construction by not later than 90 days after the date on which credit assistance under the TIFIA program is provided for the project; and</text></item> <item id="H607A6AD13B6B461E8801CB0F3A68F864" changed="not-changed"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>that has a high probability of reducing the need for financial assistance under any other Federal program for the relevant passenger rail station or service by increasing ridership, tenant lease payments, or other activities that generate revenue exceeding costs; and</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H22A034E1045B46BA80E29A444EDB4EF4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for which, by not later than September 30, 2026, the Secretary has—</text> <subclause id="HE0CB9E4DFE9A4AB6B14EDA85BD2BB48B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>received a letter of interest; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1BEA86B98BB24F868E7A65C37C6A1A0C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>determined that the project is eligible for assistance;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6DE3E04D4495419A8F5C7B8423197EED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H347F5C728513438E99AF3FA0F6129D38" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H993FD19F0ED94E8D8F9CB1DC15C8AB73" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H419E347A4C584912B6050F00860B994A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an eligible airport-related project (as defined in section 40117(a) of title 49) for which, not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary has—</text>
<clause id="H055473976A384501B669C7468AD387AF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>received a letter of interest; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB53BB143A2F54297AF65BCE74D5170D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determined that the project is eligible for assistance; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H659922838FB64AC7AD47BD9C8F3E2F71"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a project for the acquisition of plant and wildlife habitat pursuant to a conservation plan that—</text> <clause id="H2F709A5700E5401CB81871184B5D6CA0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1539">16 U.S.C. 1539</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2DA49E9EFCEE4536928F872B1046F752" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the judgment of the Secretary, would mitigate the environmental impacts of transportation infrastructure projects otherwise eligible for assistance under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H85687E6A858A4451BB86DACF162E093A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section 602(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCE162D7DE884A52B02EDAD1C34CC3E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iv)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9B1FE90175ED44F39F1896E937303301" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a rating</quote> and inserting <quote>an investment-grade rating</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF6CF01E4EA54264A33CD812B4CD27BB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F6BC3B0DCB9464E82C8DEA4F95E02AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8CB0E7C225BC443398B7FCF9AA9DEE69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the senior debt</quote> and inserting <quote>senior debt</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36C86FDDC92045F7BC874BF33AF7B542" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>credit instrument is for an amount less than $75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>total amount of other senior debt and the Federal credit instrument is less than $150,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id106B49FF922C4495A61260075E4A1607"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal requirements</header><text>Section 602(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and the requirements of section 5333(a) of title 49 for rail projects,</quote> and inserting <quote>the requirements of section 5333(a) of title 49 for rail projects, and the requirements of sections 47112(b) and 50101 of title 49 for airport-related projects,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H972D4C11F93545ADA3B8CD4C0E6D2D3B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Processing timelines</header><text>Section 602(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H21BC31D690E045A0BA594DCE032D577E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37DA6ADC6FB24400A576B480EFE0963F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A88ED8EB8824EB2957B57C10A80E42F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="" id="HD4A3CF12B06045BDBE8EE421D60342C3" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H837BBD97AC484B198E198AF65CA79F83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Processing timelines</header><text>Except in the case of an application described in subsection (a)(8) and to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide an applicant with a specific estimate of the timeline for the approval or disapproval of the application of the applicant, which, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall endeavor to complete by not later than 150 days after the date on which the applicant submits a letter of interest to the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id69A7A9F9D9DC4742A07C6B0AC2D0FF3B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maturity date of certain secured loans</header><text>Section 603(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idD2A31D2E09754A108394FF8109A8E872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (B) and (C)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC6DC798FF18A4EA3B12B503EF4D92418"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb98c4e7a4b74368bf3d35d494938d73"> <subparagraph id="id15c9dcf1dbae4ee991cd54f70667ac46"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Long lived assets</header><text>In the case of a capital asset with an estimated life of more than 50 years, the final maturity date of the secured loan shall be the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="id79f349bfabec4a8eb24d70b13b8178ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>75 years after the date of substantial completion of the project; or</text></clause> <clause id="id368f0c614dde465baabadeace4df271d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>75 percent of the estimated useful life of the capital asset.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5F985FAD4D32464FA765AA0C878D6C28" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Secured loans</header><text>Section 603(c)(4)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDAD57D9448824D9F8AD7CA9404F5C901" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Any excess</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE450F92E0A374125BF376A233B08E3E6" changed="not-changed">
<clause changed="not-changed" id="HFADF0359848F49029E37C0BE7FA78DA1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), any excess</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5506BA95EF884140BD540542CEE987D4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF91B58746D2A46F79647038C062C913A" changed="not-changed">
<clause changed="not-changed" id="HF4455B21C2944C1AB237170C660BA7DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certain applicants</header><text>In the case of a secured loan or other secured Federal credit instrument provided after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, if the obligor is a governmental entity, agency, or instrumentality, the obligor shall not be required to prepay the secured loan or other secured Federal credit instrument with any excess revenues described in clause (i) if the obligor enters into an agreement to use those excess revenues only for purposes authorized under this title or title 49.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF146D2DBCED5434787A28C9FCBAF6048" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Section 602(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 601(a)(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 601(a)(2)(A)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7905494C1364025B0B1DD9DFA477881" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Streamlined application process</header><text>Section 603(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E6E421916954171A90068ED4E3F3869" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HA82E69D83147417EB3AB21C7BF6389CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional terms for expedited decisions</header> <subparagraph id="HB4073FE8604340FBBD70EA431AD59FBE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall implement an expedited decision timeline for public agency borrowers seeking secured loans that meet—</text>
<clause id="H2635D8B38F064B81AB355C85EC23D014" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the terms under paragraph (2); and</text></clause> <clause id="H28F4B600CE10480E89779EBF2B87058B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the additional criteria described in subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F237A591BE140C18D1912A572EAF117" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional criteria</header><text>The additional criteria referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) are the following:</text> <clause id="HF8384A099F1445998110D5E18EC94B69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The secured loan is made on terms and conditions that substantially conform to the conventional terms and conditions established by the National Surface Transportation Innovative Finance Bureau.</text></clause>
<clause id="HFAB608E83A5248DF8FFA12CD5A28FE97" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The secured loan is rated in the A category or higher.</text></clause> <clause id="HCE4E974B325B40849DA07BED5A49C3C9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The TIFIA program share of eligible project costs is 33 percent or less.</text></clause>
<clause id="H7109D2CD94D040B2BA7615874C2277BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The applicant demonstrates a reasonable expectation that the contracting process for the project can commence by not later than 90 days after the date on which a Federal credit instrument is obligated for the project under the TIFIA program.</text></clause> <clause id="H44B479D5055D425EAF2473B071378E4B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The project has received a categorical exclusion, a finding of no significant impact, or a 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></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF68AE540FF0B46519F7259FB02F6AA2A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Written notice</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to an applicant seeking a secured loan under the expedited decision process under this paragraph a written notice informing the applicant whether the Secretary has approved or disapproved the application by not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the applicant a letter indicating that the National Surface Transportation Innovative Finance Bureau has commenced the creditworthiness review of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEBDEBAA66B8B4E008023753569D5A7C1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H31B04F643775428996A327E9A10C7FB1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 608(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C028868B40D49099A0A19E7755ADE56" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B4F138AC0244CEBB231390A3FF611F5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90C0FA31484948D9A2DE97C037EB5BC0" changed="not-changed">
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H212293835BC44FB7BAA9B80E60F31FD6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation for certain projects</header>
<subparagraph id="H0F9CEC138B30443BAD8835BF451FE347" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transit-oriented development projects</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary may use to carry out projects described in section 601(a)(12)(E) not more than 15 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the TIFIA program for that fiscal year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H03B265BA04214069A36CCA9A44CE17AB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Airport-related projects</header><text>The Secretary may use to carry out projects described in section 601(a)(12)(G)—</text>
<clause id="HA6081093FF68408BAADDCCF789BBC805" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for each fiscal year, not more than 15 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the TIFIA program under the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title> for that fiscal year; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC39A3466F27F40E7A4C8B0D8485A2A4B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, not more than 15 percent of the unobligated carryover balances (as of October 1, 2021).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3A8760B3F2CE4E8ABB3402C086BF8024" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H148DBAD120BC42F5A830E4AFE4C9B9CD" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H65F39539232C4CFE95E51E52F3F25FB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out the TIFIA program, the Secretary may use not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the administration of the TIFIA program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4D01364DB4B941A0A65B091C2A06F0B7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 605(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 608(a)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 608(a)(6)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6385E9CACF5E4F7AA2655020CF164E63" changed="not-changed"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Status reports</header><text>Section 609 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="not-changed" id="H89DA59B3D2DD4BCEA21E0A01A1D97B6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Status reports</header>
<paragraph id="H709A345B7E5E4B868EC884CFE5292164" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall publish on the website for the TIFIA program—</text> <subparagraph id="H16731F4F41E74FCF812191F1D14AFEBE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a monthly basis, a current status report on all submitted letters of interest and applications received for assistance under the TIFIA program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0446676BC5AB44C4B0053D7F5D8ED458" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on a quarterly basis, a current status report on all approved applications for assistance under the TIFIA program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8BE8F3E2804424F8C2BDD01F1C2B969" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Each monthly and quarterly status report under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, with respect to each project included in the status report—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB6516A775E247E1A2C33AB8D731DD9A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the party submitting the letter of interest or application;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE28DFECE0A3C421E93CE0EED903C60AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name of the project;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF69DC394F82C49DFBBEA5054E42CD34D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date on which the letter of interest or application was received;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H658940BF253F4EA3AC841F0AB5762401" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the estimated project eligible costs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3761211A84954EA6BE10E6AE53B4EFD9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the type of credit assistance sought; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA76E050F5AC48EBA1A6C4FA9D24A933" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the anticipated fiscal year and quarter for closing of the credit assistance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5927F435970C4957BCC330CCEE15FFC5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(k)</enum><header>State infrastructure bank program</header><text>Section 610 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8D6461F0555B458E8DC7A8F1DEA2312F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A502F30597B4F08966813D607FF513C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3871E71183B7462B93690AE174E58CAD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H24D03AEFDB4F4C71BD0200128C198D8B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FB6950F9FF54A579A9D76E5FF010568" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC92081F60C4144519621573400D5303D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2025, 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 on the impact of the amendment relating to airport-related projects under subsection (a)(2)(C) and subsection (i)(1)(B), including—</text> <paragraph id="H0795C7346A7C485DB5125193BC662D44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information on the use of TIFIA program (as defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code) funds for eligible airport-related projects (as defined in section 40117(a) of title 49, United States Code); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6AEF3A2E6E64A349DD0D6F79189BC40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for modifications to the TIFIA program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Research, technology, and education</header> <section id="id48e710b1efb94061924545e1864834a3"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Strategic innovation for revenue collection</header> <subsection id="ida9471133d42a4aed86a9b85bd78d6856"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to test the feasibility of a road usage fee and other user-based alternative revenue mechanisms (referred to in this section as <quote>user-based alternative revenue mechanisms</quote>) to help maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, through pilot projects at the State, local, and regional level.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id509f877353494d4faf565935f54ca8d0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="idD5E03D03FDD04ABB80D47BF5F84BC16B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities to carry out pilot projects under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc76fa92db8f3485582dc5ea7334e6e1a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6867f7e96efb421c99c68884a141e2f1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that, in the aggregate, the pilot projects carried out using funds provided under this section meet the following objectives:</text> <subparagraph id="id26d9f075a96644788521689641186f35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To test the design, acceptance, equity, and implementation of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms, including among—</text>
<clause id="ide50a447626324d90914a989e19621850"><enum>(i)</enum><text>differing income groups; and</text></clause> <clause id="id86393479ea684dd4a868a353912c2de6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rural and urban drivers, as applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd1745005b81245c9b6b9b6635ce19c18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To provide recommendations regarding adoption and implementation of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id50a7691b186b46cfbbc74d9a1691bd4f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To quantify and minimize the administrative costs of any potential user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida81c07f5bcdd46b3a80d4520a4fdc10d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To test a variety of solutions, including the use of independent and private third-party vendors, for the collection of data and fees from user-based alternative revenue mechanisms, including the reliability and security of those solutions and vendors.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0fbf36169402440e991c7c65b4aee6c0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To test solutions to ensure the privacy and security of data collected for the purpose of implementing a user-based alternative revenue mechanism.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id30c6c27ec8bc4c83828471aff0ac884c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To conduct public education and outreach to increase public awareness regarding the need for user-based alternative revenue mechanisms for surface transportation programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id617874f4976a4cf98c8abc17f405e583"><enum>(G)</enum><text>To evaluate the ease of compliance and enforcement of a variety of implementation approaches for different users of the surface transportation system.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2cac56f8c42448e8b2011e8ae023b1bc"><enum>(H)</enum><text>To ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, the use of innovation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id600687fc0c3044288fb04fa718a62bb0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>To consider, to the greatest extent practicable, the potential for revenue collection along a network of alternative fueling stations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2acddf4b3faf4c728eaf67ceef772fff"><enum>(J)</enum><text>To evaluate the impacts of the imposition of a user-based alternative revenue mechanism on—</text> <clause id="idd7f044045cf144f2bef9b84ee08f4f29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transportation revenues;</text></clause>
<clause id="ide729f8cdb246450caf7c0e7756e22e58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>personal mobility, driving patterns, congestion, and transportation costs; and</text></clause> <clause id="id43b6ca877623430a8d782703cd61a83f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>freight movement and costs.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9b9315800227464d8a5c6cc29a48216e"><enum>(K)</enum><text>To evaluate options for the integration of a user-based alternative revenue mechanism with—</text> <clause id="id4fb69df56c434fcea0ae8020ca84b2b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nationwide transportation revenue collections and regulations;</text></clause>
<clause id="idd34561c11e9f4e1d92c149d0ff0d5617"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>toll revenue collection platforms;</text></clause> <clause id="id92740e30691340a9bb87c902946fc207"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transportation network company fees; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id846837d1a762422d81ec5b84d4d10505"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other relevant transportation revenue mechanisms.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idCE8B769F619B4F9CA59019D14B2E12BE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>An entity eligible to apply for a grant under this section is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0b3fffe9a8c644738def35dfa55424bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State or a group of States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id82ca3a54d2df43e8a8d691a0914c7e52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a local government or a group of local governments; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida77936b16fd94a109b912bff9409c339"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code) or a group of metropolitan planning organizations. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id61715A210A1E43BF8C7033E1279F4800"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant to carry out a pilot project to address 1 or more of the objectives described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6b19b34bacd8472fbd94e6c5f85ca305"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Secretary shall consider geographic diversity in awarding grants under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id58735a7f54fc4691b8c5cc539bf5be93"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a pilot project carried out under this section may not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="id247DFA92D8D34FF1B5BF7299EF46CD78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>80 percent of the total cost of a project carried out by an eligible entity that has not otherwise received a grant under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idEA3C3C7E51E449A89B43F33482C4358C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>70 percent of the total cost of a project carried out by an eligible entity that has received at least 1 grant under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id82549ee39db443fb973b3f95ffdb98f2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on revenue collected</header><text>Any revenue collected through a user-based alternative revenue mechanism established using funds provided under this section shall not be considered a toll under section 301 of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="idc1ffc857fef647629c162157132e5d8d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations and report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal System Funding Alternative Advisory Board established under section 3002(g)(1), 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—</text>
<paragraph id="idc3865d148295440ba62e8293b54fe5fe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>summarizes the results of the pilot projects under this section and the national pilot program under section 3002; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide3dfb4507e1b4908bfdf4833e5e5beba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides recommendations, if applicable, to enable potential implementation of a nationwide user-based alternative revenue mechanism.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idde14dd3c77e9414381e978adf7347760"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="id598f5d3b3d7244ca98990b1f9712c984"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 $15,000,000 shall be used for pilot projects under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2b61e4d38d5f415e82db191cfc36a935"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>If, by August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary determines that there are not enough grant applications to meet the requirements of this section for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer to the national pilot program under section 3002 or to the highway research and development program under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="idde9ac89939df4548b551e6e3f2703797"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any funds reserved for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) that the Secretary has not yet awarded under this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida75e4a2e33e4453eb035eb653fe0ac19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount of obligation limitation equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary transfers under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id211f2c2529ae447698e133a8cca06833"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="id0f137f53a86d42dcaeb46675e068778d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 6020 of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/503">23 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7d6d5fa03fb24f76bfa7cab45610c746"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>; 129 Stat. 1312) is amended by striking the item relating to section 6020. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id2948CA89F006455EBC949867320F3DDC"><enum>3002.</enum><header>National motor vehicle per-mile user fee pilot</header>
<subsection id="id88db265e27264b66ae10511da66df556"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id8abba24c3040463881a9d30f2ef0ec01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory board</header><text>The term <term>advisory board</term> means the Federal System Funding Alternative Advisory Board established under subsection (g)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9033D5E1CF104209A491577882EB84E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial vehicle</header><text>The term <term>commercial vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id08e14cf9a79c4b3a97912120e7d65182"><enum>(3)</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="idcb1dc61d12344b69b923b27e8de85132"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Light truck</header><text>The term <term>light truck</term> has the meaning given the term in section 523.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id6305ba1ee18a471d8399872246e3aef8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Medium- and heavy-duty truck</header><text>The term <term>medium- and heavy-duty truck</term> has the meaning given the term <term>commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicle</term> in section 32901(a) of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id14D10001156C4F5483DF6BA01A77592E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Passenger motor vehicle</header><text>The term <term>passenger motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term in section 32101 of title 49, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4e47ed391a8f4e48b3b2db894bd0eef2"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Per-mile user fee</header><text>The term <term>per-mile user fee</term> means a revenue mechanism that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id46fb605fb0d943848469f2ab0175840d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is applied to road users operating motor vehicles on the surface transportation system; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida3ffadacad4a49bba7b9756dd6f1fff2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is based on the number of vehicle miles traveled by an individual road user.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id196B5B73E8544A7ABF177218F23AE890"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the pilot program established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1cff4b57bc6c48c9b040c41d7a5c2a07"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Volunteer participant</header><text>The term <term>volunteer participant</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idad6bafc48c7046b5be3df48013448968"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an owner or lessee of a private, personal motor vehicle who volunteers to participate in the pilot program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf2e87089df3b410eb0b5f7facd1a5b27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a commercial vehicle operator who volunteers to participate in the pilot program; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5cfba9f8e4c346b2a5e58d2998a59185"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an owner of a motor vehicle fleet who volunteers to participate in the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idDD7A8D8C097B44CABD60B6A9819B899F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="id2fbcd936a4b54407868af0e02e028bec"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, and consistent with the recommendations of the advisory board, shall establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4E83C7B85EDA4BA59127CAAD829D3D85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5AB408168EB74C13AE215119DCF83928"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve and maintain the surface transportation system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2a25da0a08a047fea9416ca39452eed7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The objectives of the pilot program are—</text> <subparagraph id="id00e3c5deacc540b19353cf7c505a975e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to test the design, acceptance, implementation, and financial sustainability of a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5e341973305c4a6c9c2af9b26fe16749"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address the need for additional revenue for surface transportation infrastructure and a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id251fda850cb34bdb87130da131a722f3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide recommendations relating to the adoption and implementation of a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2aecf2e4894e438f818012987b414602"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Parameters</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall—</text> <paragraph id="idd4678906cee541a1a3ce5738414b5263"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide different methods that volunteer participants can choose from to track motor vehicle miles traveled;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ideeff3aac3287495fad6b4c42a0457e00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit volunteer participants from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb00b0cba2f3b40e6aa483c04cd6e666b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure an equitable geographic distribution by population among volunteer participants;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5ad8c95c8f7a4b5d941a155ad59aba4d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include commercial vehicles and passenger motor vehicles; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3b63369459fe464d80f2b56c84f79d7b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>use components of and, where appropriate, coordinate with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD7EB95D564B64CB2ACA6907A86AA79DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the States that received a grant 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; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idF990CF5E82374DD3B75E00B0B29B8FAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>eligible entities that received a grant under section 3001.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id09081dc1f09842a681b40ef431d3d7e0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Methods</header>
<paragraph id="id00a4ad69f2c746f98ae36815658bcb45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tools</header><text>In selecting the methods described in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall coordinate with entities that voluntarily provide to the Secretary for use under the pilot program any of the following vehicle-miles-traveled collection tools:</text> <subparagraph id="idccbdd7e269bd48de900fdc80263e7f21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Third-party on-board diagnostic (OBD–II) devices.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7d5ff5cb23a741e792a9b06aebb8da76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Smart phone applications.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7bca541753484617854d604a9af1c62c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Telemetric data collected by automakers.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idfc355c5d5f34430aa65a748a9e7d77bf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Motor vehicle data obtained by car insurance companies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idce69f562d5c345c6a68380df3127f4db"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Data from the States that received a grant 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; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0187f9f1a0ac468d9c77436b2c02797b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Motor vehicle data obtained from fueling stations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idbe4ab511eff84131b9102fb38f3fd805"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Any other method that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf0232610cc6f4be3879f9019e1803a20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<subparagraph id="id18a9678b07ba415fa4e83065869b8510"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall determine which collection tools under paragraph (1) are selected for the pilot program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida5af15d023a443a1b2ac7e0b7a2da818"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Volunteer participants</header><text>In a manner that the Secretary considers appropriate, the Secretary shall enable each volunteer participant to choose 1 of the selected collection tools under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8951eac74b904792a14620d78dd1de60"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Motor vehicle per-Mile user fees</header><text>For the purposes of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish, on an annual basis, per-mile user fees for passenger motor vehicles, light trucks, and medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which amount may vary between vehicle types and weight classes to reflect estimated impacts on infrastructure, safety, congestion, the environment, or other related social impacts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="idd7492dbf6e5d459cbcef37d681036469"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Volunteer participants</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idb6f75fac2d414d5397212aa07e863ab5"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8814EC7210D54B2C981C80DFBF7FDA33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure, to the extent practicable, that the greatest number of volunteer participants participate in the pilot program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="idB8BBCC25A9F94BA785C7C2BBC2117803"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that such volunteer participants represent geographically diverse regions of the United States, including from urban and rural areas; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0d4f821572b34ba48715fe9699f14145"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue policies relating to the protection of volunteer participants, including policies that—</text> <subparagraph id="id4e539f99f79541e5954f5dc9aa94ed75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect the privacy of volunteer participants; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id88b7b66adafb401c82f41619dbbec481"><enum>(B)</enum><text>secure the data provided by volunteer participants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idc655a0234ba84274829d85a136d436ec"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal system funding alternative advisory board</header> <paragraph id="id40fb9213f9014599a68ad20f67a9a5f3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory board, to be known as the <quote>Federal System Funding Alternative Advisory Board</quote>, to assist with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf9809f004eeb4c7fb591fcbccc788a9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing the Secretary with recommendations related to the structure, scope, and methodology for developing and implementing the pilot program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id09ad0b4e9a6242a5894befadf6d57e42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carrying out the public awareness campaign under subsection (h); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1a5e0384a7de48e09a3d602f29aaab49"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing the report under subsection (n).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id38844c61ffb24ed3995213f3bf581b26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The advisory board shall include, at a minimum, the following representatives and entities, to be appointed by the Secretary:</text>
<subparagraph id="id3dac82580ca34a94927fa494b719afd8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State departments of transportation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide6cfcaeb16b64055ab7a10fa5aab62a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any public or nonprofit entity that led 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; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idcb0d35ff50d74d29a454c3526fb9c7e0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Representatives of the trucking industry, including owner-operator independent drivers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide37e7b9563064a42856a170ecd68c079"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Data security experts with expertise in personal privacy.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9c14f7092c4549d4aae5367d5ed30056"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Academic experts on surface transportation systems.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id257b5a038a354583b1129323d97ff5f8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Consumer advocates, including privacy experts.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idde42819de4da4561804f0573fe6dfa90"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Advocacy groups focused on equity.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide43d43c9c0094f19a9c3737a7681abea"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Owners of motor vehicle fleets.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id28baf96d684e40ff8761b20746b51706"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Owners and operators of toll facilities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id703bb1eeb71440049eedf6415bc9e85b"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Tribal groups or representatives.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id76d7ad22e1e346bfb02907f1cced1fb3"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Any other representatives or entities, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id50c2f084bf0c421ea61074e22c25e3aa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the advisory board is established under paragraph (1), the advisory board shall provide the Secretary with the recommendations described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph, which the Secretary shall use in implementing the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id074d941fa3a2440cbb9ac47463900ea7"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Public awareness campaign</header>
<paragraph id="id01fbe81606074b68bfa236f32558d238"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, with guidance from the advisory board, may carry out a public awareness campaign to increase public awareness regarding a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, including distributing information—</text> <subparagraph id="id7E3B62582E9F4B92894707E5E8326FFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>related to the pilot program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC9D57B0973844BA0A0DC7B08827DF7F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from the State surface transportation system funding alternatives 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; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id68994766CB3748CEBA36FF287512717D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>related to consumer privacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6e1080e123754467ab369674797879a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In carrying out the public awareness campaign under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider issues unique to each State.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idbd33e77b966c4f59b2e969d4391a1082"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Revenue collection</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary, shall establish a mechanism to collect motor vehicle per-mile user fees established under subsection (e) from volunteer participants, which—</text>
<paragraph id="id9703907268d34f57b11ccb535e204de4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be adjusted as needed to address technical challenges; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd694fbb8db934c6dbc38bc106af9b376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may allow independent and private third-party vendors to collect the motor vehicle per-mile user fees and forward such fees to the Treasury.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id81f8310d2a094a03b7fceaf25e90ce0f"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a volunteer participant containing such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary for participation in the pilot program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id0d153dcfea4e4d9287fe663ac451fb9f"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Any revenue collected through the mechanism established under subsection (i) shall not be considered a toll under section 301 of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id1abb1ecf126c4551a3b7d46fbf646730"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Highway trust fund</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that any revenue collected under subsection (i) is deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id1f60db27c0cf456a9bdb6aa80953c7ce"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Refund</header><text>Not more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter in which a volunteer participant has participated in the pilot program, the Secretary of the Treasury shall calculate and issue an equivalent refund to such volunteer participant for applicable Federal motor fuel taxes under section 4041 and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4081">section 4081</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id8c54e09fe40b481cb8dab9673d7a343b"><enum>(n)</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 for the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury 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 an analysis of—</text> <paragraph id="idd477e60195e14f6a997a2bc068d638c1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether the objectives described in subsection (b)(2) were achieved;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide085f69151b94a9b9caae8aba66a75ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how volunteer participant protections in subsection (f)(2) were complied with;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9ee1e617495c4b1b96829c143bb91efe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether motor vehicle per-mile user fees can maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and improve and maintain the surface transportation system, which shall include estimates of administrative costs related to collecting such motor vehicle per mile user fees;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd06c9aa0752b4fefb8c57d2790bb404a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how the privacy of volunteers was maintained; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id32cd13e50e494e8b81f64bba4a69898b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>equity impacts of the pilot program, including the impacts of the pilot program on low-income commuters.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9f1b88c0e75347d695edf88d1c854ecb"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="idF5A3A12A159F46038EAF91E9B6B1C87D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 $10,000,000 shall be used to carry out the pilot program under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idad4c6d297eca44e78059a4319d2824c2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Excess funds</header><text>Any excess funds remaining after carrying out the pilot program under this section shall be available to make grants for pilot projects under section 3001. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H83043B40FEB1497D94B556A8E910C1C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Performance management data support program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6028(c) of the FAST Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/150">23 U.S.C. 150</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/94">Public Law 114–94</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H68A9ED253A4E449CA86AABD877EFA700" changed="not-changed"><enum>3004.</enum><header>Data integration pilot program</header> <subsection id="H81BF720FE42F49549BE61D723209571F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program—</text>
<paragraph id="H61FE08FF84914C9CAD136C4A8A6DF9F0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide research and develop models that integrate, in near-real-time, data from multiple sources, including geolocated—</text> <subparagraph id="H802DCF84BC3D4A1FA7F60D1411F177D9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>weather conditions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB2773A432644D1584EFA5A9C0E605CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>roadway conditions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE72C2D548D24486BC2DBD966DCE9DD3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incidents, work zones, and other nonrecurring events related to emergency planning; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0709A122E65C4809B6779020A8927C0A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information from emergency responders; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A7BEDA477C64CED9505B06EE31B9706" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate data integration between the Department, the National Weather Service, and other sources of data that provide real-time data with respect to roadway conditions during or as a result of severe weather events, including, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A3C3879EDB346C7A922121AC883258A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>winter weather;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9F343D424304F6484D7DD66D0073308" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>heavy rainfall; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF7F7E5BF89D4E81828CE1E2B58045EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>tropical weather events.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFC28AC6F76A3467384BC1A9A694B9B5B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA947797868C545BC99C7EF3116052EA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address the safety, resiliency, and vulnerability of the transportation system to disasters; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H58E97C19F62B4104A6FCB9AB262EE2FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop tools for decisionmakers and other end-users who could use or benefit from the integrated data described in that subsection to improve public safety and mobility.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1FFA30C5078240A38C51E3448FA1D631" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall carry out activities under the pilot program under this section as if—</text> <paragraph id="H9C38C8D948CF4810BDC61BA268F5C2F1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>those activities were authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E8636698D374298A375F0EFF1F8BA7C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the funds made available to carry out the pilot program were made available under that chapter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H26F50323B5B943898F3371D26669464C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6B7F693FB10F4CF791F5F7A6F1D7D9C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>3005.</enum><header>Emerging technology research pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H529D028F3D6A47FFAA77BD3EDDE4363E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to conduct emerging technology research in accordance with this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H054CC9816883456BBCCE345AFED14DFE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The pilot program under this section shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H6ACF614DB19D4C0CABDFF86B8FE0524B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research and development activities relating to leveraging advanced and additive manufacturing technologies to increase the structural integrity and cost-effectiveness of surface transportation infrastructure; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5999452CD3314AF3AD7D51D189726596" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>research and development activities (including laboratory and test track supported accelerated pavement testing research regarding the impacts of connected, autonomous, and platooned vehicles on pavement and infrastructure performance)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H74615F8D9C1A428BAA206E960039E100" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reduce the impact of automated and connected driving systems and advanced driver-assistance systems on pavement and infrastructure performance; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEBCB02A629E4B6E847DC8C95324DB22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve transportation infrastructure design in anticipation of increased usage of automated driving systems and advanced driver-assistance systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H73D43F7F0C454468B85B243A98BCA829" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall carry out activities under the pilot program under this section as if—</text> <paragraph id="H24F0A3D085D34FA3A65B8516D4BB7F08" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>those activities were authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9E4FC01F2CF49CCB02CB96D4036FBF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the funds made available to carry out the pilot program were made available under that chapter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H678CEE86315E4320B1F1EB7A06573577" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0B78341CA1254744804320A9F440ED20" changed="not-changed"><enum>3006.</enum><header>Research and technology development and deployment</header>
<subsection id="H0E5FD0D287F443F89D1D1B43A27C2E2B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB27233CDC9E54DDBA35BFE4BA2F166B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>section 508</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6503 of title 49</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA4A4B096B4F4CC49D4E4516FB576208" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2246DD99E51443F989695C3A28B22888" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HE2DBD81E4E0C4D9895C13E2653C52AD6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H78AED4FF3E1B44B184C5685333A43FF7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H032E2A553D9B400A86006FEEFAF47469" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44214745D25F4C58BF38603BFFD9CD73" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HCA82C726B74746CD859C074A7CC83310"><enum>(E)</enum><text>engage with public and private entities to spur advancement of emerging transformative innovations through accelerated market readiness; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HE35822C6BFBA4D25AA2A80BCDD77B2BE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>consult frequently with public and private entities on new transportation technologies.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCCE626803444D3490A94AA99F4AADC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C)—</text>
<clause id="HCE28CC337E604C44B584CE97BDB58938" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (x) through (xv) as clauses (xi) through (xvi), respectively; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9DDDE344EABC4C99863674A0DD151764" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ix) the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H3882105AF14E4F6B9C754BD29390D160"><enum>(x)</enum><text>safety measures to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2F94FE5CA8D4D11870BEEFADCC703BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H89F95F048D9A41B68278FFB0E0D7BBD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(viii), by inserting <quote>weather</quote> after <quote>extreme</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2DA30F4D23774C86B4AAC0E0E4FA5A47" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="H6FA2D54414214C91A342F37A668DB46E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (xv), by inserting <quote>extreme weather events and</quote> after <quote>withstand</quote>;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC20B738E841348E6AF5254ACA4E50890" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (xviii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA156E0F4F2994F558FC2DE9952402D4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (xix), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H926CEAF9B0C04E74B42958D5A515BD9F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause changed="not-changed" id="H06B4F01AB76540AD946D69327F59D2C7"><enum>(xx)</enum><text>studies on the deployment and revenue potential of the deployment of energy and broadband infrastructure in highway rights-of-way, including potential adverse impacts of the use or nonuse of those rights-of-way.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD11A9D082FDB474D8E49C1646E28CFCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="HD5F4C86380FC49128AE7EA86E22CCD4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H1739E844CA364CAB871FE77CE9811E0B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H921BF83F5CA54F19B03463F668767C38" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE8790B60582420E81F57F9216F2383B" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HF9B7C2BCC21F461D83733FFF8F95F44A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support research on non-market-ready technologies in consultation with public and private entities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89EF5B362213459E83F3A650D7CAF14A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(B)—</text> <clause id="H1243D095574E48F2B0E2CCEB87D25DE0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>innovations by leading</quote> after <quote>support</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H61B1E412FB02462681B1FCAD22B7F8B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H7E42BB5F0EC1489BB6B49E12F4C4B02B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H867F90E7307A4BD2838094BB7861C6D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H257A5D48D76541729FACD83D45CCFCEC" changed="not-changed"> <clause changed="not-changed" id="HCEC1515367C640C2B17016CE3E8C8838"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the evaluation of information from accelerated market readiness efforts, including non-market-ready technologies, in consultation with other offices of the Federal Highway Administration and key partners.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42274096C8BD486F810EFFB97F32A5F3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(A), by striking <quote>future highway</quote> and all that follows through <quote>needs.</quote> and inserting the following: “current conditions and future needs of highways, bridges, and tunnels of the United States, including—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA79CFD56348344E8BD1ECD3AC8708F2C" changed="not-changed"> <clause changed="not-changed" id="HCB15B77D26EE461195E6920F1465202F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conditions and performance of the highway network for freight movement;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="HD9D5C50A1A514F6B802F7992D32D65F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>intelligent transportation systems;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="H27A48183BAF740E1B73ECF9325807BDB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>resilience needs; and</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="H3157F1A9C2734A34BAC336FC79BC460A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the backlog of current highway, bridge, and tunnel needs.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3721795DADCB482A82CA118C54253834" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H5BED9E557B0649B6B5D808017BF4B73C"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Analysis tools</header><text>The Secretary may develop interactive modeling tools and databases that—</text> <subparagraph id="H240476960D29444DB087E1171A084E01" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>track the full condition of highway assets, including interchanges, and the reconstruction history of those assets;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1E3D728D2154F7AAFB7DE883607CC03" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>can be used to assess transportation options;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H356C9BFCCF794EB8A17F6517A0F562B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow for the monitoring and modeling of network-level traffic flows on highways; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5BCE2C711C64346A923F2777B7F3EF9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>further Federal and State understanding of the importance of national and regional connectivity and the need for long-distance and interregional passenger and freight travel by highway and other surface transportation modes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF040E548C7C4E3A8B8535B7A43D45D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4465424B72FC46A1B90E7907967E8EB4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H291A814661864921B96137F09F011DF1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>use of rights-of-way permissible under applicable law,</quote> after <quote>structures,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB1812AA6CB1047BFA5DC6FFD0ED9004F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H7CA87C0E578F4594AF2EAB50B876AA13" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H23373D37315E49CEA9238399CBBEE707" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC299E48C59D4C2A9C7C22D14392BFEE" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H1CC2327C71804B2EAA7E68E054BA9721"><enum>(F)</enum><text>disseminating and evaluating information from accelerated market readiness efforts, including non-market-ready technologies, to public and private entities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A57CF46B95F43EDB0EF0A618288FEF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HE1FC905A27E2427BAAE7CBCDE5245422" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>improved tools and methods to accelerate the adoption</quote> and inserting <quote>and deploy improved tools and methods to accelerate the adoption of early-stage and proven innovative practices and technologies and, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, support continued implementation</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE272E2A68DBF4AAABCA7F2520E559A44" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C79DE3A7374E73BD02F5014E615D4A" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H003313661C53464B829371182A35DFCE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph and every 2 years thereafter, 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 and make publicly available on an internet website a report that describes—</text>
<clause id="H635DC6C5A47C4EF4B4B3578D8C394D0E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the activities the Secretary has undertaken to carry out the program established under paragraph (1); and</text></clause> <clause id="H109719590D4C4B08A6CCFD34803A763D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how and to what extent the Secretary has worked to disseminate non-market-ready technologies to public and private entities.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69A8BA48A7DD49F28B8B4EA9EC114ABC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HAB38B3FA834D48598A43249B40049E74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB0B4D348A6F547E4B4F68CDA6D98CA37" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H9F609CD508A844C682F1D78DCDA6C872" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H5B4E7D0FF599452A980D44FF8B71D896"><enum>(C)</enum><header>High-friction surface treatment application study</header> <clause id="H0C15E3F2EA434A9C9CEEF9993BA12CB7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of institution</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>institution</term> means a private sector entity, public agency, research university or other research institution, or organization representing transportation and technology leaders or other transportation stakeholders that, as determined by the Secretary, is capable of working with State highway agencies, the Federal Highway Administration, and the highway construction industry to develop and evaluate new products, design technologies, and construction methods that quickly lead to pavement improvements.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8A2989F76F4F4D2BB6B39C106D9E25C6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with an institution to carry out a study on the use of natural and synthetic calcined bauxite as a high-friction surface treatment application on pavement.</text></clause> <clause id="HB3F552E02F934379ADA5E32777F1D9C7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the study under clause (ii) to—</text>
<subclause id="H531B6F5B6E9C421D801B1CAAFE55C122" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2310D1EE29DA4211ADF300977BC89CF7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3A94CB3B09004FA094421041629ABF1F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Federal Highway Administration; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE68E2B55E78A4292AC50501CC4CC1C55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HA09ADC50BC0141B7B8E5FF0B0CB44BB2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H75A3F6F0624B468D82A6475F64DC8FD7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subclause id="H85DB83C4AEF34206AD848CB0546B9187" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>annually</quote> and inserting <quote>once every 3 years</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA9F02DD29CDA4D398E43567CDFCA4309" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<item id="HEF63DB0DF54943B995A3FE6EEF18C892" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></item> <item id="HB89680E340AC4023AED6456B4BD39465" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></item>
<item id="H4FFDA2CA24B14F79A166B54A2F6E7FC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5187B37BAD104E4F9486E69986A9236E" changed="not-changed"> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="HC54168540AFF4D9487616A4E7ED28208"><enum>(V)</enum><text>pavement monitoring and data collection practices;</text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="H7872C8B3A1AF4C7085D8052E97CBA3F5"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>pavement durability and resilience;</text></subclause> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="H0F97CD14ACAA4C9D8931CC21AF89C4B0"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>stormwater management;</text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="HFCA7AF29C93349419A29EA0379536840"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>impacts on vehicle efficiency;</text></subclause> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="HBB0DB5E675B44874BD5C2D513A4A36A9"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>the energy efficiency of the production of paving materials and the ability of paving materials to enhance the environment and promote sustainability; and</text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="H735DBF88F5214AC88EB9FD79410B7DEB"><enum>(X)</enum><text>integration of renewable energy in pavement designs.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB668D2EA55D34538A9177B747EB0D3EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H5D498DD04B684164BE4176FEB0742C7E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems</header>
<subparagraph id="HB8F4EB026A264510972194AD31AA808C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and implement a program under the technology and innovation deployment program established under paragraph (1) to promote, implement, deploy, demonstrate, showcase, support, and document the application of advanced digital construction management systems, practices, performance, and benefits.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6C8D139A4484442D87049700A18094A9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems program established under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="H3200260683D24DE6941DB38FC077882A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accelerated State adoption of advanced digital construction management systems applied throughout the construction lifecycle (including through the design and engineering, construction, and operations phases) that—</text> <subclause id="HC2202CA6BFF9482D8412DB15ABB9B918" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>maximize interoperability with other systems, products, tools, or applications;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0547EAE2ECE240A08AB53DB2B10B99BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>boost productivity;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8BCF5AA1DDDA416B81914F4F7E1F2ACF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>manage complexity;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H98D8C001EE894393ADAC3ADC09218481" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>reduce project delays and cost overruns; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFB907AE9A4AA4431B4100F0B8830C962" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>enhance safety and quality;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H34DA238A556A46F984ED18E50CBE9484" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>more timely and productive information-sharing among stakeholders through reduced reliance on paper to manage construction processes and deliverables such as blueprints, design drawings, procurement and supply-chain orders, equipment logs, daily progress reports, and punch lists;</text></clause> <clause id="H84343F4F32E748E8AD5D80FBAD449384" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>deployment of digital management systems that enable and leverage the use of digital technologies on construction sites by contractors, such as state-of-the-art automated and connected machinery and optimized routing software that allows construction workers to perform tasks faster, safer, more accurately, and with minimal supervision;</text></clause>
<clause id="H727A8B4D850C44A89F8334D014A3195D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the development and deployment of best practices for use in digital construction management;</text></clause> <clause id="H8F44BA59E8074624AE83E8525C3E18C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>increased technology adoption and deployment by States and units of local government that enables project sponsors—</text>
<subclause id="H27A99C973A4240EAB715E356110B8808" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to integrate the adoption of digital management systems and technologies in contracts; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H34E382E9ED594D3B8EF33DBC52C6317F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to weigh the cost of digitization and technology in setting project budgets;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HCC1E53C8D21F4FB69BD0666BB71BDD46" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>technology training and workforce development to build the capabilities of project managers and sponsors that enables States and units of local government—</text> <subclause id="H2A830D976E894352810BE479DE5AB7A0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to better manage projects using advanced construction management technologies; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0F2B849BD68B46AEB7CD95B01CB7A5A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to properly measure and reward technology adoption across projects of the State or unit of local government;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4AEC1CE50838494BBDC16AD5FC66CF51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>development of guidance to assist States in updating regulations of the State to allow project sponsors and contractors—</text>
<subclause id="H4060A0C0FF8C41788BAAF8D64511B659" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to report data relating to the project in digital formats; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5A69901FA5F84E72BECAC717102D5B32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to fully capture the efficiencies and benefits of advanced digital construction management systems and related technologies;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H5AC9B3777A83418590611FA25B5BB909" changed="not-changed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>reduction in the environmental footprint of construction projects using advanced digital construction management systems resulting from elimination of congestion through more efficient projects; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDC78A9643095427C9974116EE9FB1CAD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>enhanced worker and pedestrian safety resulting from increased transparency.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09EDA53F6F4140DA86F86024B32C0207" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary shall obligate from funds made available to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 to accelerate the deployment and implementation of advanced digital construction management systems.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35DFA3C0605F4828A11415B6033E8CC0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Publication</header> <clause id="H1522332E48324ADDAD5FC8D90E4D514B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary shall issue and make available to the public on a website a report on—</text>
<subclause id="H1769A036CBB34FE3B81D6CCFB7E8B78A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>progress made in the implementation of advanced digital management systems by States; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3BD5ABB2B10A4F4899EF390326382960" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the costs and benefits of the deployment of new technology and innovations that substantially and directly resulted from the program established under this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H8B6836A532E6403FA2BB96BE09235E09" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under clause (i) may include an analysis of—</text> <subclause id="HEE62365B15104936B3887E281A70A687" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local cost savings;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6507293861174A4483BABCFC54DDF8DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>project delivery time improvements;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE29543688E6D490A9DBC58F4ECE56CEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>congestion impacts; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2C9D8206CA684F909AE9869DC2B6C996" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>safety improvements for roadway users and construction workers.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H43372845E5F24A69B51F72C9F606AFF2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced transportation technologies and innovative mobility deployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503(c)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H08D12F02EB0A4E0C93674C3F395E81E0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">and innovative mobility</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">deployment</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC20285DAACA74040BC873BF54592CAD9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H46F55F7771E042479A2EE68C90464292"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5240F726F7DE46BCBE145C3CFFD2F506" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFED177BAC0084E35B296147B66D5FD86" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>the enhanced use</quote> and inserting <quote>optimization</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H56C0527558024A47B3E847DA1C5D61DD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (v)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3223DCD5A22D44E68F2DD2181B650929" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>transit,</quote> and inserting <quote>work zone, weather, transit, paratransit,</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H2DABB4D0F00A4B43824D5CFAFBEE36D4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and accessible transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>, accessible, and integrated transportation and transportation services</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4823FEA62B1D4C239007062DFD1D9C6D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vi) through (viii) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (x), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA4236124BB354D1F8D5BD8D3BB4B90F4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HE95D8C8611574DBB8F144EA3A0104F6F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>facilitate account-based payments for transportation access and services and integrate payment systems across modes;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6466824A918946678DDB6F32D5F11DB4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in clause (viii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF99FB8F95F948D8BD2078616801B414" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (viii) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8131975F0EC04571A5557933EE504511" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HE5E3A89E7A0049558B1BACA5B76C7887"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>incentivize travelers—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD471CCC177E34536A9009DFC10D2F35F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to share trips during periods in which travel demand exceeds system capacity; or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H740E960B52EB4544BC5F1EF37FB93EEB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to shift trips to periods in which travel demand does not exceed system capacity; or</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB73F2D0BD1934CE8B4AFAD933C1546C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H27C64CC3AA3944C0872E0D95BC9AFCCC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and all that follows through <quote>thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>Each fiscal year for which funding is made available for activities under this paragraph</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DBB31EB964E4D7096491B51887E9913" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H4160267D6C9F4D6A9FBC1E9771CB3D65" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by inserting <quote>mobility,</quote> after <quote>safety,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H2E3FEB44A0574720B33BEA137524B66C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H7A58E04BFE8C4F0BBF5829DCA2FFB098" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in item (bb), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H63F9A89068FB422A84A9097ABCA373F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in item (cc), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HAEC2AE7F777D49E4A04B3B059A1E060A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<item commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HCFDCA71E17914C5087FAC9642DF079CA"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>facilitating payment for transportation services.</text></item><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H44C395481B43416197CAA6C1EC030837" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2AB517B3AC94273ADA64350D2D7F069" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and all that follows through <quote>thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>Each fiscal year for which funding is made available for activities under this paragraph</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C1604167C974E84B74C2134D6589DF4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0069898A16C34C43BD8151D55FBB3EF9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In awarding</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CD465E1D0EE479FA4E2879302A7BF35" changed="not-changed"> <subclause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H6132CD7027374867887C8C415F425535"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), in awarding</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF303712E85BF4BD1BB8AB3594BE417A2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00C8B4666333469D8EB9051281971B9D" changed="not-changed"> <subclause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HEAA6E45A82994B7B9947C42E847A1627"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Rural set-aside</header><text>Not less than 20 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this paragraph shall be reserved for projects serving rural areas.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF91010C9102F4D5AB13B3D8C839AB65D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H858C5D968327413DB298EAF7C3D41CA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) through (ix) as clauses (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (xi), and (xiv), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1084392B615648E7871347111CA40E14" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H083D4A883C284EDFA4CAFE6D40351B43" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HA85EEF47706D4D97BB971388C397891B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>advanced transportation technologies to improve emergency evacuation and response by Federal, State, and local authorities;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFEAD7986054542248C36EEC8F7DD9D40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (viii) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF7FEAC74C69448CB78B2F65B0ADFFEB" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H2E425AA54C0B4192B75B2DB3F93546C8"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>integrated corridor management systems;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H475EF6B0F90B4BFB8B873ADE61F04210"><enum>(x)</enum><text>advanced parking reservation or variable pricing systems;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A13B31CC61749E0AA6F845CC38E3175" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (xi) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4700B590CF4B4411BEA3F84E239122A9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, toll collection,</quote> after <quote>pricing</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HEB350AD02A314C589AA11FEF84BD78B6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF8D586AA1F284AF79F2E66B07D677E4F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (xi) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4110098E49A947E68F3FE513F70D9588" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HFFCD3A7BE38E451591D46902DD2B3D3F"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>technology that enhances high occupancy vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, or congestion pricing;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H7061C9E91E7F40CDBB7B424AC6924A59"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>integration of transportation service payment systems;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H46CC93927180414A81F045EA53AEF606" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in clause (xiv) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H30539AA41E5B4C76838F38A167F1270E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and access</quote> and inserting <quote>, access, and on-demand transportation service</quote>; </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HDA75F06BA11243D0B2E40DA07A9C5726" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and other shared-use mobility applications</quote> after <quote>ridesharing</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id4EC6FC32BA39492EBA0531CA1D0BB9F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="id0D2FCFE914E54987B2964F42FF97E87C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="idC50E20F0119849B381811FEAE0862A58"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>retrofitting dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology deployed as part of an existing pilot program to cellular vehicle-to-everything (C–V2X) technology.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE51E061370A4493FA76AAECAD7CA557F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(ii)(IV), by striking <quote>efficiency and multimodal system performance</quote> and inserting <quote>mobility, efficiency, multimodal system performance, and payment system performance</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H567E65A91E55475A813E2DFA9A81389C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD5CD831AAAD499BAF5FE217A243BBED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (vi) through (viii) as clauses (vii) through (ix), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA8E92299C936414DBE3505215E4650C4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95FDB37B627547AAB70AC79152099D42" changed="not-changed"> <clause commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="H02341E2FED544FC5BD5857848AD7497F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>improved integration of payment systems;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AD2989674FC42AEA60A78E671AFCB36" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I)(i), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2022 through 2026</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idCC111D695E814F0DADC2AC8C9E79E9CA"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (J) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id2567B61C946A454C97C5E2FE905F5D07"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<clause id="idEA84D990A16B4B1C98BE11AECA113719"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent.</text></clause> <clause id="id808764BAE7D747D69820D15A878F5D79"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certain projects</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under this subsection for activities described in subparagraph (E)(xv) shall not exceed 80 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H892D1240D04644FBA9D062656228254E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subparagraph (N)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HECD9ABF0F8294326A4A13F6A20FF0DDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>representing a population of over 200,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9C43149165D4315B9A1D3329F6FAB6D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>a any</quote> and inserting <quote>any</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H97C9C999F7114C3596717A918734FAFD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Center of Excellence on new mobility and automated vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)(3)(D)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H66716DBC3AAD4D33BB45643BA5E98879"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Center of Excellence</header>
<subparagraph id="HC5ACB0F1B76E4D59A6A2C8407DF235CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC0B12A1AB6BE44089C660DCB88593B07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Automated vehicle</header><text>The term <term>automated vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H844D2215083F42D18FB2028B3ACAEC46" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a taxable gross weight (as defined in section 41.4482(b)–1 of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) of 10,000 pounds or less; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H87D7A44620DE43B9AEA421374D4C48D7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is capable of performing the entire task of driving (including steering, accelerating and decelerating, and reacting to external stimulus) without human intervention.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H9A7BCC93B6054BF0905CCC1151953236" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>New mobility</header><text>The term <term>new mobility</term> includes shared services such as—</text> <subclause id="H61C1AB9A195146C38029FBF3FE6B0F26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>docked and dockless bicycles;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HABE854A4180B4E00B4A85DC57957030C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>docked and dockless electric scooters; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD9FE23284CC2484D8311C91EB86C1C26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>transportation network companies.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7F8D2AC5AD6424B8670AC0F97B1480C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a Center of Excellence to collect, conduct, and fund research on the impacts of new mobility and automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, equity, and municipal budgets.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0B92D5339F74AC691A7F075499AFC2F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>In establishing the Center of Excellence under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall enter into appropriate partnerships with any institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)) or public or private research entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H2FEB5CD207A64682B1733A090AE6F562" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accelerated implementation and deployment of advanced digital construction management systems</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="H14D07849C2214B739336551ECF6A3B88" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F7B9FF0EEF244169382A1BAED329C95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current status of the use of advanced digital construction management systems in each State; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0FF28BB4DA64779A565A4E0C569CE29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the progress of each State toward accelerating the adoption of advanced digital construction management systems; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H209099B5945046E2B15D5165EA5F3EBC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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> <subsection id="H5305501D9F6B4B1CA4E79F2D502F5907" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Open challenge and research proposal pilot program</header> <paragraph id="HA2A0794FAEAE4F6FA209A1CFDF263BCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an open challenge and research proposal pilot program under which eligible entities may propose open highway challenges and research proposals that are linked to identified or potential research needs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02A1FAE12F15486EB1A24724B201E189" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A research proposal submitted to the Secretary by an eligible entity shall address—</text> <subparagraph id="H5A733F501D294CE29021C6419F4029BF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a research need identified by the Secretary or the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1432E1C346CE4EDF9B19FCF108A66154" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an issue or challenge that the Secretary determines to be important.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44A865AABAE04F238E95A86A2F38FFFA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to submit a research proposal under the pilot program under paragraph (1) is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBDC476A83964369A4874B8A6B1A037C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5E65B116264419693F59781596E89CB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67BC247A5B9349F8A20B9AA4E82107CF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a university transportation center under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF23CA22E4C37444993C542E34B10CA1D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a private nonprofit organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB3985E40E8C46DABDE33ABFBF1CD9CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a private sector organization working in collaboration with an entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9431CB2C189F4D1FB637887AD5C99B3E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other individual or entity that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7351281D2EAE469498EA37E9069F467C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Project review</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H999E3697F7134B248DF7C641A828DB19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review each research proposal submitted under the pilot program under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FE24FCD3C474278BCB9347A5F939327" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the eligible entity a written notice that—</text> <clause id="H9CABD39C1B5F487CACC41E07888B9B90" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the research proposal is not selected—</text>
<subclause id="HE5072E0E48974622B9555D6D4ED778E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>notifies the eligible entity that the research proposal has not been selected for funding;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H541222BC73FD4778A7A7FCF1FB73BC8A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides an explanation as to why the research proposal was not selected, including if the research proposal does not cover an area of need; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF1C11BA994964C84B442BC0B2B93FA77" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if applicable, recommend that the research proposal be submitted to another research program and provide guidance and direction to the eligible entity and the proposed research program office; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1568E4651C0C46E694752DC2185FBEC4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the research proposal is selected, notifies the eligible entity that the research proposal has been selected for funding.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H798C1E7B8C1B45429BDE1B4C2C9564F7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="H5E2910EF902D4EA8B54EB9A7461D9187" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C7C8004A64F43D9B7194473B4007D59" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>All costs directly incurred by the non-Federal partners, including personnel, travel, facility, and hardware development costs, shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H538D5BAA21B34732B4192ADDBE35B2B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 167 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF78E235773DA427AAAECE27439804A41" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1734C283B8F4E78AB9058A29F452B3A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) as subsections (h) through (k), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA5AC7C57F3304C1A96DEAC5DB1C2CAE6" changed="not-changed"><enum>3007.</enum><header>Workforce development, training, and education</header> <subsection id="HC82B7DDFC4CD4EC5A499A9F5056A4DDE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Surface transportation workforce development, training, and education</header><text>Section 504(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFCA71717EAB149398A746366F13D5408" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEBBC258B955041C29283A74ED3A7396A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H623F488616F9452EAF3387C0B3BAA47A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DADD44813D54690982DDAB3280CE8D9" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H6E93CA7861F6489D8E14411C9E9C4D87"><enum>(D)</enum><text>pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and career opportunities for on-the-job training;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9759B74AA07A4AB8A67FCCD6647F503C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>or community college</quote> and inserting <quote>, college, community college, or vocational school</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7DD8F9D566F4F088183A9F17D21458D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H1A2CD9030C534F4EA22F4C7BBB795FDA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>activities associated with workforce training and employment services, such as targeted outreach and partnerships with industry, economic development organizations, workforce development boards, and labor organizations;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3B8305F4C5F4BC58208FD040D52E4E8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(G)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(I)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75D51A87CE12410A898046FD4803F04B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9B98395178354D57877921B1A88022B9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EF091590F2B42B789FC7F23EA2D33A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>including activities</quote> and inserting the following: “including—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40D3DB6CB1A545398EE6042DF8B2FCD1" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="HC9A7231E78754F868EA7F05FE8540435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>activities</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFFEDCB21DB64E0F9FC39B5F571EFC50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC307775F12554623B3F09FD6108EE3E4" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H15BCE034772F4D7E9A918A0A26EF1A5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>activities that address current workforce gaps, such as work on construction projects, of State and local transportation agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H5E6D06F418FE4009803F1CD5B8871590"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities to develop a robust surface transportation workforce with new skills resulting from emerging transportation technologies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H80C17337339B443995C527B3B3DAD766"><enum>(D)</enum><text>activities to attract new sources of job-creating investment.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9CA54684D2174C788C83F8DD61F4C1AD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transportation education and training development and deployment program</header><text>Section 504(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBD5B6F22560B4830B5A39D672D6785ED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Development</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">and Training Development and Deployment</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21C45BBDEF13452BBA0940040CA3AD62" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD074C7592FE43A4A18A39615252495C" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H00A417A192E64969A75063ED0E65EC1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to educational institutions or State departments of transportation, in partnership with industry and relevant Federal departments and agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8A08AD8A3334579998A0D1250057D89" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop, test, and review new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B023A8913C846A2B183597FFBF4AF87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to implement the new curricula and education programs to provide for hands-on career opportunities to meet current and future needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF41904918AC493EB24E68F3F27280CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF5530DAC3A640ECAAAD202F3C5F987C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>may</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79E26D3AC70D47F2B496786ACE80BB87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>current or future</quote> after <quote>specific</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEAC7E58C95FE443DA356CC2B2569BD83" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<clause id="H89B0857A88E14041AD5532E826A51C16" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in nontraditional departments</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H366D755FB5E44B789DF503C677E4AB2A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>construction,</quote> after <quote>such as</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3F89CA5E2A384DC78CE86876386055E7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or emerging</quote> after <quote>industrial</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5FE90DE81184448877220341D04F516" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19EC2988E9B44B199C65CB6AB7C18C74" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C40A2AEBE554150979E5DA7B6817404" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="H66D25B8BFEE54B9FB8E8A27EE6BE0A40"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall establish minimum reporting requirements for grant recipients under this subsection, which may include, with respect to a program carried out with a grant under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F179AE0B1634F29B059F940F03CD10F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the percentage or number of program participants that are employed during the second quarter after exiting the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H66114A78661A48DFAE6C59084B1F902D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage or number of program participants that are employed during the fourth quarter after exiting the program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8309FBCBA6C94BB385E6C4D1578902D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the median earnings of program participants that are employed during the second quarter after exiting the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2A1C009E01B493C9CC3E42CE71AB712" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the percentage or number of program participants that obtain a recognized postsecondary credential or a secondary school diploma (or a recognized equivalent) during participation in the program or by not later than 1 year after exiting the program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA05694E1D3264D4A843EE1C03FA4EFA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the percentage or number of program participants that, during a program year—</text> <clause id="HF7D7505E10BB4C2EA8B276393A23446E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4ECE11C58B554C52902F53A5F239E133" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are achieving measurable skill gains toward such a credential or employment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H9681D5FBBD3447E7BBE182F89B8F9E5F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Section 504 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" changed="not-changed" id="HB7A17F5D3E16410BB28C3862AC555C26"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out this section to carry out activities related to workforce development and technical assistance and training if—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBA80BC45B0BE4334873AAB9219CD9EC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the activities are authorized by another provision of this title; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4FC7E71198C445598B2238C11514A223" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the activities are for entities other than employees of the Secretary, such as States, units of local government, Federal land management agencies, and Tribal governments.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="HE4C3A4322CA7488796411119143B4131" changed="not-changed"><enum>3008.</enum><header>Wildlife-vehicle collision research</header> <subsection id="HC58DAC6AD5DB46E38D13BBF7BCC60F15" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General authorities and requirements regarding wildlife and habitat</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 515(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H364E49E1A6C84B82B87A59826793E7F9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (K), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62B2F0F552A3401194F0EC004DC50CED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (L) as subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (K), (L), (M), and (O), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BF9DDE0CF644A5AA33BB041B81A3455" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF340DBEA9090459BAAFA3F4165D615B4" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H037C46008B4440938C5F679AA7B80247"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a representative from a State, local, or regional wildlife, land use, or resource management agency;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC27F50EFF54F4060973A32944FDF9EA2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (I) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H527C462DE0904ABD86194BBDBEF2338D" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H1D384D43B6324DF98FE6794BC6CC40DF"><enum>(J)</enum><text>an academic researcher who is a biological or ecological scientist with expertise in transportation issues;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF2996722155488299EFDBF1458A1813" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (M) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FEAF9EB61C04C4C969A5EDBEFDAE3A6" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H84D32B5408A5441D95EF3825F424758D"><enum>(N)</enum><text>a representative from a public interest group concerned with the impact of the transportation system on terrestrial and aquatic species and the habitat of those species; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H11F66CD6792A4664A1035350EE171296" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Animal detection systems research and development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 516(b)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including animal detection systems to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions</quote> after <quote>systems</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="id20794ff303ce4ccaa5c3515971faec28"><enum>3009.</enum><header>Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence</header> <subsection id="id4B8A3A5846B6497F84CE770EA88DEDDB"><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>
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<section id="idfce50446d56d49de8c54ab1f382778a6"><enum>520.</enum><header>Transportation Resilience and Adaptation Centers of Excellence</header>
<subsection id="id0cc1452c133a4a05b2bbee09f4e9a71a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Center of Excellence</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Center of Excellence</term> means a Center of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation designated under subsection (b). </text></subsection> <subsection id="id6135D050BE5F403CAD70B81C0E3DC298"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Secretary shall designate 10 regional Centers of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation and 1 national Center of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation, which shall serve as a coordinator for the regional Centers, to receive grants to advance research and development that improves the resilience of regions of the United States to natural disasters and extreme weather by promoting the resilience of surface transportation infrastructure and infrastructure dependent on surface transportation. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="id83bdfef884e240939b43396dc27c1b0a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An entity eligible to be designated as a Center of Excellence is—</text> <paragraph id="idC0988E1CF0BB42938D3BE18D37C85276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)); or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34A41A7494944962BE3E39F9A412AB95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a consortium of nonprofit organizations led by an institution of higher education.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idB398632673D842F6BFAE09AE2DB7201B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to be designated as a Center of Excellence, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a proposal that includes a description of the activities to be carried out with a grant under this section. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="idc8c8b696c82741d7929576eb3e6dd538"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection</header>
<paragraph id="id4B3DCE3FAAA943D89CC600E2256F8B02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regional Centers of Excellence</header><text>The Secretary shall designate 1 regional Center of Excellence in each of the 10 Federal regions that comprise the Standard Federal Regions established by the Office of Management and Budget in the document entitled <quote>Standard Federal Regions</quote> and dated April 1974 (circular A–105).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7E2FA36F864547B48710D37267EA42AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National Center of Excellence</header><text>The Secretary shall designate 1 national Center of Excellence to coordinate the activities of all 10 regional Centers of Excellence to minimize duplication and promote coordination and dissemination of research among the Centers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD202ACA8E75E47159A32019234DBD5E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In selecting eligible entities to designate as a Center of Excellence, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <subparagraph id="id0ae88838b0c9463f96f82900b3ae56c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the past experience and performance of the eligible entity in carrying out activities described in subsection (g);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idde950228f4674998a786f360a8700b36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the merits of the proposal of an eligible entity and the extent to which the proposal would—</text> <clause id="idCA51D1498B394FBF9F8C6EC7292AF68F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advance the state of practice in resilience planning and identify innovative resilience solutions for transportation assets and systems;</text></clause>
<clause id="id548adfb1ed9e4ecd94b70541c494b8c9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>support activities carried out under the PROTECT program under section 176;</text></clause> <clause id="id37E7B2A015784BAB82A47594A30A7927"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support and build on work being carried out by another Federal agency relating to resilience;</text></clause>
<clause id="id3a476bf426424a8fbe8cd7eea7c88773"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>inform transportation decisionmaking at all levels of government;</text></clause> <clause id="id4f33da2ba0a7498dab8503dcae4d72dc"><enum>(v)</enum><text>engage local, regional, Tribal, State, and national stakeholders, including, if applicable, stakeholders representing transportation, transit, urban, and land use planning, natural resources, environmental protection, hazard mitigation, and emergency management; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id300bd7f346b54e9d8998c34a3aea8aab"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>engage community groups and other stakeholders that will be affected by transportation decisions, including underserved, economically disadvantaged, rural, and predominantly minority communities; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0fdbc66be0774228aee2f812b4b3a141"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the local, regional, Tribal, State, and national impacts of the proposal of the eligible entity. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idE6E1650DF0E544CA8317BD41FE5CA5DB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide to each Center of Excellence a grant of not less than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031 to carry out the activities described in subsection (g).</text></subsection> <subsection id="idbc273141361b45d995f45b7c2da9920e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that a Center of Excellence uses the funds from a grant under subsection (f) to promote resilient transportation infrastructure, including through—</text>
<paragraph id="ide59f2f448e2d4b0e87aa7452a9c15842"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supporting climate vulnerability assessments informed by climate change science, including national climate assessments produced by the United States Global Change Research Program under section 106 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2936">15 U.S.C. 2936</external-xref>), relevant feasibility analyses of resilient transportation improvements, and transportation resilience planning; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id780dff6b75074c44ae2bef05b7b42d12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>development of new design, operations, and maintenance standards for transportation infrastructure that can inform Federal and State decisionmaking;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id53ebec2de93c4d73a9db008181c955c3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>research and development of new materials and technologies that could be integrated into existing and new transportation infrastructure;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide2a6435a04e24f9997bcf093834224a0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>development, refinement, and piloting of new and emerging resilience improvements and strategies, including natural infrastructure approaches and relocation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf52344ea825b474780dad313e6017011"><enum>(5)</enum><text>development of and investment in new approaches for facilitating meaningful engagement in transportation decisionmaking by local, Tribal, regional, or national stakeholders and communities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8969457cb5ef4d25a5867da51a5294c1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>technical capacity building to facilitate the ability of local, regional, Tribal, State, and national stakeholders—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEC07BBB099F748CD8F9F372ED8BD8BF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assess the vulnerability of transportation infrastructure assets and systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idC7786D67AC104BEEA54B200D6D6F73C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop community response strategies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3A83700B699B4E818E68909DBEB4A53B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to meaningfully engage with community stakeholders; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1A811908F07048AAB6F1A10780C31350"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to develop strategies and improvements for enhancing transportation infrastructure resilience under current conditions and a range of potential future conditions;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8949cff192db4d9183a45c8f734917fa"><enum>(7)</enum><text>workforce development and training; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="iddf6f816578ef45c19685f3a8d525a555"><enum>(8)</enum><text>development and dissemination of data, tools, techniques, assessments, and information that informs Federal, State, Tribal, and local government decisionmaking, policies, planning, and investments; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id5FDBECA400D944EE9C555B42BC00FD5A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>education and outreach regarding transportation infrastructure resilience; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id1CBC46B2638B4A2E8DF0D2A77D357C39"><enum>(10)</enum><text>technology transfer and commercialization.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id161077c71e844bd88bfae1398f180186"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of an activity under this section, including the costs of establishing and operating a Center of Excellence, shall be 50 percent.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idB126E57DA0E14C96AAAAF3D7F3E1F895"><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:</text>
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<section id="id159E46244C414D03B143A30FC8C7CC6B"><enum>3010.</enum><header>Transportation access pilot program</header>
<subsection id="id7146C7DD866E4049840D971A0DB99F75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id1EBFDF8BB4BA454395454EE431743557"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Metropolitan planning organization</header><text>The term <term>metropolitan planning organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7AE79569F08B4B32A5142A502D366892"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9CC1978CE8DA4C5CB57E0E1AC6B8B5F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Surface transportation modes</header><text>The term <term>surface transportation modes</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCD1A472601814429B4389FBF4240C299"><enum>(A)</enum><text>driving;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id09831A3D62214C7CBAE0DD3C5E17F318"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public transportation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id491FF65B34E44CCDBDA9AA460E757C2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>walking;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5C58DB5778EC4F0EAE3E85707F7D5896"><enum>(D)</enum><text>cycling; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id406D3D4D84C7404795E282338BAF1FB9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a combination of any of the modes of transportation described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5FCD00278E9041798C77975E95133870"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the transportation pilot program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id82243A1D5CA04C0DA56598080C527692"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regional transportation planning organization</header><text>The term <term>regional transportation planning organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 134(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id307F4E8E22C54C45B46CFC3B72538958"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a transportation pilot program.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9D885FCAAF924EB8A0D701A233B0FFA3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or procure an accessibility data set and make that data set available to each eligible entity selected to participate in the pilot program—</text> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idB486EC70903B4D348920ED837A8F1CCC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the transportation planning of those eligible entities by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB46B07590A29485BB181339F04DDA77C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measuring the level of access by surface transportation modes to important destinations, which may include—</text> <clause id="H97DF075D560F46FEADDBD4F5FE253569" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>jobs;</text></clause>
<clause id="H19DF3015E07B4186B67FE042B9A1E0EC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>health care facilities;</text></clause> <clause id="HB7449ACE483C4401BCA78FB106925BEC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>child care services;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD2DEEF4D2BD64CF1BDB41DBEAE023E72" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>educational and workforce training facilities;</text></clause> <clause id="H3AFD6C3C42FC4C78ADF46BB4C8DE9905" changed="not-changed"><enum>(v)</enum><text>housing;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE397485397574EA8A7F0832CE6983402" changed="not-changed"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>food sources;</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id79B696884F2C4512B209875488EB2B2A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>points within the supply chain for freight commodities;</text></clause>
<clause changed="not-changed" id="id60400B6F0BAE43AE921DF0E0672D8794"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>domestic or international markets; and</text></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="idC69A79E73B4840388136F60DD1A8E09A"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>connections between surface transportation modes; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93EDCC0780B44D6FB146E70CEC92D5C2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disaggregating the level of access by surface transportation modes by a variety of— </text> <clause changed="not-changed" id="idB498FBF102874F2299769A8AC77797F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>population categories, which may include—</text>
<subclause id="H2E8F427D39034D478A52765F23AFFA2C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>low-income populations;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7D241194E6944027A0413991220B9A6D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>minority populations;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6E9BB59BAE2B45E5B638BE5B9BFD8B01" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>age;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9AA636B565DC4F60B1B4B82D9D4CC852" changed="not-changed"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>disability; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H55B55D55469D4183955C41EB02FE0FA5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(V)</enum><text>geographical location; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause changed="not-changed" id="id358F6133240E41F5BA33060F33E72D0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>freight commodities, which may include—</text>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="idF8A95BEF2BA847DE97C760A4E50B31CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>agricultural commodities;</text></subclause> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="idFB8728B848DE4A348EC9335A3F3CF7FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>raw materials;</text></subclause>
<subclause changed="not-changed" id="id31069DA25F564237934B73C0292A9082"><enum>(III)</enum><text>finished products; and</text></subclause> <subclause changed="not-changed" id="id86957EF400704E60BFC388F3DEE6CE6E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>energy commodities; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A17CCC965674858BD0D4B354815EB99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to assess the change in accessibility that would result from new transportation investments.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA764804D8E114AD486A7DF15FBEA12DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity eligible to participate in the pilot program is—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B19A4F4B949421C8E4D5DBF515DF537" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA768A5A566CF426CB4CFFD135716B137" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a metropolitan planning organization; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H437A0D83D9074F78ABE1314B22572E49" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a regional transportation planning organization.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H65F4958709464438982FCDE08BD91852" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including information relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD9C18BE64BB4E0D971AF7AC129CD3B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>previous experience of the eligible entity measuring transportation access or other performance management experience, if applicable;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4118F8FD5C04A9BB65117835DD76AB4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the types of important destinations to which the eligible entity intends to measure access;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35802506F9B04B89AB07326DDEE54001" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the types of data disaggregation the eligible entity intends to pursue;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6143547895C749648CAE49AB3192B4F3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a general description of the methodology the eligible entity intends to apply; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H776AB4D78A5A40DB94F9BDB0D08AC04B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if the applicant does not intend the pilot program to apply to the full area under the jurisdiction of the applicant, a description of the geographic area in which the applicant intends the pilot program to apply.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3019D56B1591451B94CBC0E6E587E996" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Selection</header> <paragraph id="H5E6AA9FC34AB48159155EF7393CAE89E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to achieve diversity of participants in the pilot program by selecting a range of eligible entities that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H24ACDFFDCC59400793C48DA34F709EC1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E292CD5ED9A413D88C9537C2E27EFDF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations that serve an area with a population of 200,000 people or fewer;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BCF2BFE58D74E72A32AC96389C1F7D0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>metropolitan planning organizations that serve an area with a population of over 200,000 people; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H702B45E2FA5841FCBB04DBEA73FCDD0A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>regional transportation planning organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46ADCDFC0A114E56A834C448D58E1A12" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to ensure that, among the eligible entities selected under paragraph (1), there is—</text> <subparagraph id="H239B47B4AE534B1D8DA58C343F905A8A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a range of capacity and previous experience with measuring transportation access; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3C44213F0F74E1CA56236CCFA1C8906" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a variety of proposed methodologies and focus areas for measuring level of access.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H16A9F30CFEFA4C9993320296E68C7127" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>For each eligible entity participating in the pilot program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H456B692564024CFDB17DA1F3EEE798A8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop or acquire an accessibility data set described in subsection (c); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A8F878D70DA41C385D0B205D0698EF9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit the data set to the eligible entity.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H245EC43CF75345FC99CC03326A6DA7B3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>In calculating the measures for the data set under the pilot program, the Secretary shall ensure that methodology is open source.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H22845CC52A004C6BBA4092716F35960E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make an accessibility data set under the pilot program available to—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C502C20DE8E4150B7DBEC92BE53B2D6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>units of local government within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity participating in the pilot program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37AC7063DCE741E59596919CB7D9EF92" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>researchers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7895026862E546119F01A5C96C60468A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 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 on the results of the pilot program, including the feasibility of developing and providing periodic accessibility data sets for all States, regions, and localities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="idd4991a22f874455b97276613750c2388"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Transportation system access</header> <paragraph id="idD701689C6A6B45508763162A08D44C2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish consistent measures that States, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation planning organizations may choose to adopt to assess the level of safe and convenient access by surface transportation modes to important destinations as described in subsection (c)(1)(A).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1E5C515CDA314EF3B8D4F1C1EB72FB02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section provides the Secretary the authority—</text> <subparagraph id="idba1c0dd22f8645f7a1e009362e8240d2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to establish a performance measure or require States or metropolitan planning organizations to set a performance target for access as described in paragraph (1); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id719317568257467a949c37a3a5c11c48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish any other Federal requirement. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id396a469b1c3a463cb50544617ad9d5c5"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program using amounts made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses to carry out programs under the authority of the Secretary. </text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827E568D45694A31BE3AFB7D79D5221D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The pilot program shall terminate on the date that is 8 years after the date on which the pilot program is implemented.</text></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Indian Affairs</header> <section id="H27F4B3212CA54C61A8EC9563D9C8CD35" changed="not-changed"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Definition of Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></section>
<section id="H8543E0883F2E44DA96AF3A7DE91C9144" changed="not-changed"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Environmental reviews for certain tribal transportation facilities</header>
<subsection id="HE0E5A8082949435D97AD1A1F0119EABB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of tribal transportation safety project</header>
<paragraph id="HE3EEE04D06254ED280D54240A382250C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>tribal transportation safety project</term> means a project described in paragraph (2) that is eligible for funding under section 202 of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H506E8F904F0841D2B032FDAFB4158019" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project described in this paragraph is a project that corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature or addresses a highway safety problem through 1 or more of the activities described in any of the clauses under section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA94AF88E1714659AA6B57099A72D63B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reviews of tribal transportation safety projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BE9D83A685D4BCD8591F6E40E416659" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary or the Secretary of Transportation, as applicable, or the head of another Federal agency responsible for a decision related to a tribal transportation safety project shall complete any approval or decision for the review of the tribal transportation safety project required 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>) or any other applicable Federal law on an expeditious basis using the shortest existing applicable process.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB50717587E81441F9713EDB2E158171B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of receipt of a complete application by an Indian tribe for approval of a tribal transportation safety project, the Secretary or the Secretary of Transportation, as applicable, shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A10D9D540A447588722DE9DA2B8A963" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take final action on the application; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5934413992AB466691F9EF58968061A4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the Indian tribe a schedule for completion of the review described in paragraph (1), including the identification of any other Federal agency that has jurisdiction with respect to the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H762CBA4B99B34347878AC7D44F4F20C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Decisions under other Federal laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which a decision under any other Federal law relating to a tribal transportation safety project (including the issuance or denial of a permit or license) is required, not later than 45 days after the Secretary or the Secretary of Transportation, as applicable, has made all decisions of the lead 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>) with respect to the project, the head of the Federal agency responsible for the decision shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7986809E7EF1460E9BBD11875675413F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the applicable decision; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E544E74DA06423B84889E8E9A135450" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the Indian tribe a schedule for making the decision.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDA152A5C5964F2B9A0023A6686E7DF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extensions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary or the Secretary of Transportation, as applicable, or the head of the Federal agency may extend the period under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, by an additional 30 days by providing the Indian tribe notice of the extension, including a statement of the need for the extension.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C4492CAAAF3456E918EA053868F88D5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification and explanation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which a required action is not completed by the deadline under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), as applicable, the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation, or the head of a Federal agency, as applicable, shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H912117D53BD0495895D68A322F584911" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Committees on Indian Affairs and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives of the failure to comply with the deadline; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6588CE991D64AAC9B3A6F4EADB8F120" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the Committees described in subparagraph (A) a detailed explanation of the reasons for the failure to comply with the deadline.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60279576F0E843A48939FE162EF6274C" changed="not-changed"><enum>4003.</enum><header>Programmatic agreements for tribal categorical exclusions</header> <subsection id="HCCBE4D4B34C4458AA5F2F55E6EBE3515" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into programmatic agreements with Indian tribes that establish efficient administrative procedures for carrying out environmental reviews for projects eligible for assistance under section 202 of title 23, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDD3C890BA1D34113996ED560146C4801" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A programmatic agreement under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="HF7A92F848CAE4AEAB624B14ECFA29E1A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may include an agreement that allows an Indian tribe to determine, on behalf of the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation, whether a project is categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement 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>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF482AA7324CD4F35A56A32EF7AB787D3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H1A56EBEC8FCA4213A3F06E5C92DC5066" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require that the Indian tribe maintain adequate capability in terms of personnel and other resources to carry out applicable agency responsibilities pursuant to section 1507.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E624F68D5B145BA894A39119FF54B5E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>set forth the responsibilities of the Indian tribe for making categorical exclusion determinations, documenting the determinations, and achieving acceptable quality control and quality assurance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H704B506388044C1F98084925BB914C69" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow—</text>
<clause id="H5AD0638E61B144BABCE9EF1898A37C94" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation to monitor compliance of the Indian tribe with the terms of the agreement; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2BB43AAB170B4EBE8342DB52D3B729E6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Indian tribe to execute any needed corrective action;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BD141724E6F43D88C2DC60453BB85E5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contain stipulations for amendments, termination, and public availability of the agreement once the agreement has been executed; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C0BFEBDDF6A43F78DCC7C59B0394ACF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>have a term of not more than 5 years, with an option for renewal based on a review by the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation of the performance of the Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H31EA7DDD8CD44DE286B3F602BE89A956" changed="not-changed"><enum>4004.</enum><header>Use of certain tribal transportation funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0691CC3A922F49EF82B2C54D3AF3A558" changed="not-changed"> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="HB4EA598976DA43FD8D69CF959CDD6FAD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be used—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D66E4F00EF649A9B9B2EDCD6D88F225" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out any planning, design, engineering, preconstruction, construction, and inspection of new or replacement tribal transportation facility bridges;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB26541FAF7E942D892FC9C1555E74A8F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to replace, rehabilitate, seismically retrofit, paint, apply calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and deicing composition; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H601EE856AAD34933A36F904103C5134B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to implement any countermeasure for tribal transportation facility bridges classified as in poor condition, having a low load capacity, or needing geometric improvements, including multiple-pipe culverts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section commented="no" id="HA40E06B3CFD543368B3CA6C700489939" changed="not-changed"><enum>4005.</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Affairs road maintenance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the road maintenance program of the Bureau—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H59D97D38EAB84B80B0C1B349940801D4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H94A892D9D4384605A911951C3B5EBAFF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$52,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7A97665AE1ED48F0ACF5E89CC6DF09CA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$54,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5042778A4AD041AB863ED4C570819751" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$56,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H066DED599D2A44A2B8FD2AE1035A6CDC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$58,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.</text></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="H042AA911D4D44FFE83B6680ACBF83FB6" changed="not-changed"><enum>4006.</enum><header>Study of road maintenance on Indian land</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H2386829E27D946E59B3D6DF4BC1E9B6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H90753A5AE07B4CB9B40823A5AB11FAD6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian land</header><text>The term <term>Indian land</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Indian lands</term> in section 3 of the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4302">25 U.S.C. 4302</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H971E84607C5945C6850806F800038B55" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6579C5F0CEDB4A09AC7E0FC46F98905D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Road</header><text>The term <term>road</term> means a road managed in whole or in part by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD7500E679884AA6B288D6814A44993C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2CB9D543798F46118F49FFAEB333B607" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall carry out a study to evaluate—</text> <paragraph id="H3188EA621FCE47D8B5CCE976A668DF58" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the long-term viability and useful life of existing roads on Indian land;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57CB4DCEE2F9416BA27C8F70C42C1805" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any steps necessary to achieve the goal of addressing the deferred maintenance backlog of existing roads on Indian land;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1BBA74FDACA43AE8B81CA0F486B5BB4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>programmatic reforms and performance enhancements necessary to achieve the goal of restructuring and streamlining road maintenance programs on existing or future roads located on Indian land; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B31F779A28D46F8BDB15364F727EA87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations on how to implement efforts to coordinate with States, counties, municipalities, and other units of local government to maintain roads on Indian land.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H56C00CAA12D9430B9DC88C4ACC5B95E2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal consultation and input</header><text>Before beginning the study under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H32472C23FAE94BFE9532927BB4D9F1F6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with any Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over roads eligible for funding under the road maintenance program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF022821648C6432198D67C7AB39AB04E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit and consider the input, comments, and recommendations of the Indian tribes described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H81BDFA57C6FA4C22A78D2C422D2FE234" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the study under subsection (b), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results and findings of the study.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDF24B55211674BFB90BC810608E8A2DB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Status report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="HB30453E0CCFE45D585835207226E9920" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the progress made toward addressing the deferred maintenance needs of the roads on Indian land, including a list of projects funded during the fiscal period covered by the report;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FD2692F1B774AC4BAD9F55CFC333DB3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the outstanding needs of the roads that have been provided funding to address the deferred maintenance needs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45A1FB8A76004A4CAFE72A5DDB5AD8A3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the remaining needs of any of the projects referred to in paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC83B3B15BE694BC6A17DDFF763DFE30A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>how the goals described in subsection (b) have been met, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FB3102A6D1E4400A2D444DC3A2631BC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification and assessment of any deficiencies or shortfalls in meeting the goals; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFFA8A896EDF74FEE86F276C50AF267E6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan to address the deficiencies or shortfalls in meeting the goals; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8540CDE08209496D983591A108D9606D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any other issues or recommendations provided by an Indian tribe under the consultation and input process under subsection (c) that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE149D13EA53A49F88700DDF4844A3C09" changed="not-changed"><enum>4007.</enum><header>Maintenance of certain Indian reservation roads</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may transfer funds to the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to maintain, repair, or reconstruct roads under the jurisdiction of the Director, subject to the condition that the Commissioner and the Director shall mutually agree that the primary user of the subject road is U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></section>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H86BFC12802734F6E96BEBEC9E94E6BFE" changed="not-changed"><enum>4008.</enum><header>Tribal transportation safety needs</header>
<subsection id="H79736B959208419D810F1EE388959568" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H9BA2C4495A114AE19BD41D7AE9A5240E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alaska Native</header><text>The term <term>Alaska Native</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Native</term> in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AABC72FED844358A11DB1D4DAD4F431" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alaska Native village</header><text>The term <term>Alaska Native village</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Native village</term> in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90772A87A9774F1B8119C02EB0F21FF6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H99E8C1AE2FCE45268955CDD4C5972583" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Best practices, standardized crash report form</header>
<paragraph id="H6AF00AC4360148B399A877131010F1D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary, Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and State departments of transportation shall develop—</text> <subparagraph id="H5502E078E54A45949BC82A57896C4E32" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best practices for the compiling, analysis, and sharing of motor vehicle crash data for crashes occurring on Indian reservations and in Alaska Native communities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9D45C0EC6BA4066B3D62A33896F34B0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a standardized form for use by Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities to carry out those best practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3447DDB29A14888BC2ACBA508E34525" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the best practices and standardized form developed under paragraph (1) shall be to improve the quality and quantity of crash data available to and used by the Federal Highway Administration, State departments of transportation, Indian tribes, and Alaska Native villages.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H947F735DF1B9497E92B1FF707CBFF024" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the development of the best practices and standardized form under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the best practices and standardized form.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0F1C6B9CEBEB4505922A0C47595F3B80" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of IMARS</header><text>The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall require all law enforcement offices of the Bureau, for the purpose of reporting motor vehicle crash data for crashes occurring on Indian reservations and in Alaska Native communities—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2ED88B4435B4E269A7E0F7843C17211" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to use the crash report form of the applicable State; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54782E97187345E0B5498D5D8A34198E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to upload the information on that form to the Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System (IMARS) of the Department of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6271ED1AFB0E4B8BB483A2BB3B0C9D34" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tribal Transportation Program safety funding</header><text>Section 202(e)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>4 percent</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF71965848F5646D28ECDA5831378FBC8" changed="not-changed"><enum>4009.</enum><header>Office of Tribal Government Affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H12E14D524C564C51BFC5D5A98563ED87" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0C7F034762EA49C69225ED89F1A48A5A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>6 Assistant</quote> and inserting <quote>7 Assistant</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFDEF98631CA4E0CA2D541D941191425" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H881817681FF54A4B9F21BDAFC7967D95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3B8252AF0C347379431FDACAA74C36A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H07F7CF3B39724FEE812638B19498E858" changed="not-changed"> <subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="H70BE6E6FBDBD40CC87C04F42B272F991"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA528B5DCCF24EC1B9B59B53A32F0BD0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" act-name="" id="H42C988D582EA450F99C814EAE5B68298" changed="not-changed"> <subsection changed="not-changed" id="HDBFA7B9EFA2D47AE9690022E3F176C2E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Office of Tribal Government Affairs</header> <paragraph id="HC8B5E949D1A947D38CDB93F30D6BEBF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Department an Office of Tribal Government Affairs, under the Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BA2B923493443D69676609560400CF4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to oversee the tribal self-governance program under section 207 of title 23;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H37830328321748FC9BB28FB85FDE512D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to plan, coordinate, and implement policies and programs serving Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A4CA672EA4B430F8EE85697D7C5D509" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to coordinate Tribal transportation programs and activities in all offices and administrations of the Department; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7ECB624113E5497E814284990F84A8EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to be a participant in any negotiated rulemakings relating to, or having an impact on, projects, programs, or funding associated with the Tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>