[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 150 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14210-S14221]
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION ACT OF 1995--MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate 
a message from the House of Representatives on S. 440, a bill to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the 
National Highway System, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the House of Representatives:

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 440) entitled 
     ``An Act to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide 
     for the designation of the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes'', do pass with the following amendments:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National 
     Highway System Designation Act of 1995''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

                    TITLE I--NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM

Sec. 101. National Highway System designation.

                 TITLE II--HIGHWAY FUNDING RESTORATION

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 203. State high priority project restoration program.
Sec. 204. Rescissions.
Sec. 205. State unobligated balance flexibility.
Sec. 206. Minimum allocation.
Sec. 207. Relief from mandates.
Sec. 208. Definitions.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Distribution of transit operating assistance limitation.
Sec. 302. Accountability for high cost Federal-aid projects.
Sec. 303. Letters of intent and full financing grant and early systems 
              work agreements.
Sec. 304. Report on capital projects.
Sec. 305. Repeal and modification of existing projects.
Sec. 306. Miscellaneous transit projects.
Sec. 307. Metropolitan planning for transit projects.
Sec. 308. Contracting for engineering and design services.
Sec. 309. Ferry boats and terminal facilities.
Sec. 310. Utilization of the private sector for surveying and mapping 
              services.
Sec. 311. Formula grant program.
Sec. 312. Accessibility of over-the-road buses to individuals with 
              disabilities.
Sec. 313. Alaska Railroad.
Sec. 314. Alcohol and controlled substances testing.
Sec. 315. Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
Sec. 316. Safety research initiatives.
Sec. 317. Public transit vehicles exemption.
Sec. 318. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 319. Quality improvement.
Sec. 320. Applicability of transportation conformity requirements.
Sec. 321. Quality through competition.
Sec. 322. Applicability of certain vehicle weight limitations in 
              Wisconsin.
Sec. 323. Treatment of Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, 
              agreement.
Sec. 324. Metric requirements and signs.
Sec. 325. ISTEA technical clarification.
Sec. 326. Metropolitan planning for highway projects.
Sec. 327. Non-Federal share for certain toll bridge projects.
Sec. 328. Discovery and admission as evidence of certain reports and 
              surveys.
Sec. 329. National recreational trails.
Sec. 330. Identification of high priority corridors.
Sec. 331. High priority corridor feasibility studies.
Sec. 332. High cost bridge projects.
Sec. 333. Congestion relief projects.
Sec. 334. High priority corridors on National Highway System.
Sec. 335. High priority corridor projects.
Sec. 336. Rural access projects.
Sec. 337. Urban access and mobility projects.
Sec. 338. Innovative projects.
Sec. 339. Intermodal projects.
Sec. 340. Miscellaneous revisions to Surface Transportation and Uniform 
              Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
Sec. 341. Eligibility.
Sec. 342. Orange County, California, toll roads.
Sec. 343. Miscellaneous studies.
Sec. 344. Collection of bridge tolls.
Sec. 345. National driver register.
Sec. 346. Roadside barrier technology.
Sec. 347. Motorist call boxes.
Sec. 348. Repeal of national maximum speed limit compliance program.
Sec. 349. Elimination of penalty for noncompliance for motorcycle 
              helmets.
Sec. 350. Safety rest areas.
Sec. 351. Exemptions from requirements relating to commercial motor 
              vehicles and their operators.
Sec. 352. Traffic control signs.
Sec. 353. Brightman Street Bridge, Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts.
Sec. 354. Motor carrier safety program.
Sec. 355. Technical amendment.
Sec. 356. Safety report.
Sec. 357. Operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated minors.
Sec. 358. Effectiveness of drunk driving laws.

     SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.

       In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
     Transportation.
                    TITLE I--NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM

     SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION.

       Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Initial Designation of NHS.--The National Highway 
     System as submitted by the Secretary of Transportation on the 
     map entitled `Official Submission, National Highway System, 
     Federal Highway Administration', and dated September 1, 1995, 
     is hereby designated within the United States, including the 
     District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       ``(d) Modifications to the NHS.--
       ``(1) Proposed modifications.--The Secretary may submit for 
     approval to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives proposed 
     modifications to the National Highway System. The Secretary 
     may only propose a modification under this subsection if the 
     Secretary determines that such modification meets the 
     criteria and requirements of subsection (b). Proposed 
     modifications may include new segments and deletion of 
     existing segments of the National Highway System.

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       ``(2) Approval of congress required.--A modification to the 
     National Highway System may only take effect if a law has 
     been enacted approving such modification.
       ``(3) Required submissions.--
       ``(A) Initial submission.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of the National Highway System 
     Designation Act of 1995, the Secretary shall submit under 
     paragraph (1) proposed modifications to the National Highway 
     System. Such modifications shall include a list and 
     description of additions to the National Highway System 
     consisting of connections to major ports, airports, 
     international border crossings, public transportation and 
     transit facilities, interstate bus terminals, and rail and 
     other intermodal transportation facilities.
       ``(B) Congressional high priority corridors.--Upon the 
     completion of feasibility studies, the Secretary shall submit 
     under paragraph (1) proposed modifications to the National 
     Highway System consisting of any congressional high priority 
     corridor or any segment thereof established by section 1105 
     of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
     1991 (105 Stat. 2037) which was not identified on the 
     National Highway System designated by subsection (c).
       ``(4) Interim eligibility.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a 
     modification to the National Highway System which adds to the 
     National Highway System a connection to a major port, 
     airport, international border crossing, public transportation 
     or transit facility, interstate bus terminal, or rail or 
     other intermodal transportation facility shall be eligible 
     for funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1) for the 
     National Highway System if the Secretary finds that such 
     modification is consistent with criteria developed by the 
     Secretary for such modifications to the National Highway 
     System.
       ``(B) Period of eligibility.--A modification to the 
     National Highway System which is eligible under subparagraph 
     (A) for funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1) may remain 
     eligible for such funds only until the date on which a law 
     has been enacted approving modifications to the National 
     Highway System which connect the National Highway System to 
     facilities referred to in subparagraph (A).''.
                 TITLE II--HIGHWAY FUNDING RESTORATION

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Highway Funding 
     Restoration Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares that--
       (1) Federal infrastructure spending on highways is critical 
     to the efficient movement of goods and people in the United 
     States;
       (2) section 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 has been estimated to 
     result in fiscal year 1996 highway spending being reduced by 
     as much as $4,200,000,000;
       (3) such section 1003(c) will cause every State to lose 
     critical funds from the Highway Trust Fund that can never be 
     recouped; and
       (4) the funding reduction would have disastrous effects on 
     the national economy, impede interstate commerce, and 
     jeopardize the 40-year Federal investment in the Nation's 
     highway system.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
       (1) to make the program categories in the current Federal-
     aid highway program more flexible so that States may fund 
     current, high-priority projects in fiscal year 1996;
       (2) to eliminate programs that are not critical during 
     fiscal year 1996 and to reallocate funds so that the States 
     will be able to continue their core transportation 
     infrastructure programs;
       (3) to restore funding for exempt highway programs;
       (4) to ensure the equitable distribution of funds to 
     urbanized areas with a population over 200,000 in a manner 
     consistent with the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991; and
       (5) to suspend certain penalties that would be imposed on 
     the States in fiscal year 1996.

     SEC. 203. STATE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT RESTORATION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--On October 1 of each of fiscal years 1996 
     and 1997, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Secretary 
     shall allocate among the States the amounts made available to 
     carry out this section for Interstate highway substitute, 
     National Highway System, surface transportation program, 
     Interstate, congestion mitigation and air quality improvement 
     program, bridge, hazard elimination, and rail-highway 
     crossings projects.
       (b) Allocation Formula.--Funds made available to carry out 
     this section shall be allocated among the States in 
     accordance with the following table:

States:                                          Allocation Percentages
  Alabama.........................................................1.80 
  Alaska..........................................................1.20 
  Arizona.........................................................1.43 
  Arkansas........................................................1.42 
  California......................................................9.17 
  Colorado........................................................1.27 
  Connecticut.....................................................1.74 
  Delaware........................................................0.39 
  District of Columbia............................................0.52 
  Florida.........................................................4.04 
  Georgia.........................................................2.92 
  Hawaii..........................................................0.54 
  Idaho...........................................................0.70 
  Illinois........................................................3.88 
  Indiana.........................................................2.18 
  Iowa............................................................1.27 
  Kansas..........................................................1.13 
  Kentucky........................................................1.53 
  Louisiana.......................................................1.52 
  Maine...........................................................0.65 
  Maryland........................................................1.68 
  Massachusetts...................................................4.11 
  Michigan........................................................2.75 
  Minnesota.......................................................1.69 
  Mississippi.....................................................1.11 
  Missouri........................................................2.28 
  Montana.........................................................0.93 
  Nebraska........................................................0.79 
  Nevada..........................................................0.69 
  New Hampshire...................................................0.48 
  New Jersey......................................................2.86 
  New Mexico......................................................1.02 
  New York........................................................5.35 
  North Carolina..................................................2.62 
  North Dakota....................................................0.64 
  Ohio............................................................3.64 
  Oklahoma........................................................1.36 
  Oregon..........................................................1.23 
  Pennsylvania....................................................4.93 
  Rhode Island....................................................0.56 
  South Carolina..................................................1.42 
  South Dakota....................................................0.69 
  Tennessee.......................................................2.00 
  Texas...........................................................6.21 
  Utah............................................................0.73 
  Vermont.........................................................0.43 
  Virginia........................................................2.28 
  Washington......................................................2.05 
  West Virginia...................................................1.15 
  Wisconsin.......................................................1.90 
  Wyoming.........................................................0.65 
  Puerto Rico.....................................................0.46 
  Territories....................................................0.01. 
       (c) Effect of Allocations.--Funds distributed to States 
     under subsection (b) shall not affect calculations to 
     determine allocations to States under section 157 of title 
     23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c), 1015(a), and 
     1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
     Act of 1991.
       (d) Period of Availability.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts made available to carry out this 
     section shall be available for obligation for the fiscal year 
     for which such amounts are made available plus the 3 
     succeeding fiscal years and shall be subject to the 
     provisions of title 23, United States Code. Obligation 
     limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
     construction programs established by the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and subsequent laws 
     shall apply to obligations made under this section.
       (e) Special Rule for Urbanized Areas of Over 200,000.--
       (1) General rule.--The percentage determined under 
     paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a State under this 
     section for a fiscal year shall be obligated in urbanized 
     areas of the State with an urbanized population of over 
     200,000 under section 133(d)(3) of title 23, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Percentage.--The percentage referred to in paragraph 
     (1) is the percentage determined by dividing--
       (A) the total amount of the reduction in funds which would 
     have been attributed under section 133(d)(3) of title 23, 
     United States Code, to urbanized areas of the State with an 
     urbanized population of over 200,000 for fiscal year 1996 as 
     a result of the application of section 1003(c) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; by
       (B) the total amount of the reduction in authorized funds 
     for fiscal year 1996 that would have been allocated to the 
     State, and that would have been apportioned to the State, as 
     a result of the application of such section 1003(c).
       (f) Limitation on Planning Expenditures.--One-half of 1 
     percent of amounts allocated to each State under this section 
     in any fiscal year may be available for expenditure for the 
     purpose of carrying out the requirements of section 134 of 
     title 23, United States Code (relating to transportation 
     planning). 1\1/2\ percent of the amounts allocated to each 
     State under this section in any fiscal year may be available 
     for expenditure for the purpose of carrying out activities 
     referred to in subsection (c) of section 307 of such title 
     (relating to transportation planning and research).
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account), to carry out this section 
     $321,420,595 for fiscal year 1996 and $155,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997.
       (h) Applicability of Chapter 1 of Title 23.--Except as 
     otherwise provided in this section, funds allocated under 
     this section shall be available for obligation in the same 
     manner and for the same purposes as if such funds were 
     apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
     Code.
       (i) Territories Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``territories'' means the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
     Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

     SEC. 204. RESCISSIONS.

       (a) Rescissions.--Effective October 1, 1995, and after any 
     necessary reductions are made under section 1003(c) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the 
     following unobligated balances available on September 30, 
     1995, of funds made available for the following provisions 
     are hereby rescinded:
       (1) $78,993.92 made available by section 131(c) of the 
     Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.
       (2) $798,701.04 made available by section 131(j) of the 
     Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.
       (3) $942,249 made available for section 149(a)(66) of the 
     Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1987.
       (4) $88,195 made available for section 149(a)(111)(C) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.
       (5) $155,174.41 made available for section 149(a)(111)(E) 
     of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
     Assistance Act of 1987.
       (6) $36,979.05 made available for section 149(a)(111)(J) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.
       (7) $34,281.53 made available for section 149(a)(111)(K) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.

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       (8) $164,532 made available for section 149(a)(111)(L) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.
       (9) $86,070.82 made available for section 149(a)(111)(M) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.
       (10) $52,834 made available for section 149(a)(95) of the 
     Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1987.
       (11) $909,131 made available for section 149(a)(99) of the 
     Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1987.
       (12) $3,817,000 made available for section 149(a)(35) of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987.
       (13) $797,800 made available for section 149(a)(100) of the 
     Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1987.
       (14) $2 made available by section 149(c)(3) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
       (15) $44,706,878 made available by section 1012(b)(6) of 
     the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
       (16) $15,401,107 made available by section 1003(a)(7) of 
     the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
       (17) $1,000,000 made available by item number 38 of the 
     table contained in section 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
       (18) $150,000,000 deducted by the Secretary under section 
     104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
       (19) $10,800,000 made available by section 5338(a)(1) of 
     title 49, United States Code.
       (b) Reductions in Authorized Amounts.--
       (1) Magnetic levitation.--Section 1036(d)(1) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
     Stat. 1986) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``and'' after 
     ``1994,'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``, $125,000,000'' and 
     all that follows through ``1997''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``1996, and 1997'' and 
     inserting ``and 1996''.
       (2) Highway safety programs.--Section 2005(1) of such Act 
     (105 Stat. 2079) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``and'' the first place it appears and 
     inserting a comma; and
       (B) by striking ``1996, and 1997'' and inserting ``and 
     1996, and $146,000,000 for 1997''.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) shall take effect on the day after the date on which 
     authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 are reduced as a result 
     of application of section 1003(c) of such Act.
       (c) Congestion Pricing Pilot Program Transfers.--After the 
     date on which authorized funds for fiscal year 1996 are 
     reduced as a result of application of section 1003(c) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the 
     amounts made available for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to 
     carry out section 1012(b) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1938) shall 
     be available to carry out section 203 of this Act, relating 
     to the State high priority restoration program.

     SEC. 205. STATE UNOBLIGATED BALANCE FLEXIBILITY.

       (a) Reduction in Federal Funding.--
       (1) Notification of states.--On October 1, 1995, or as soon 
     as possible thereafter, the Secretary shall notify each State 
     of the total amount of the reduction in authorized funds for 
     fiscal year 1996 that would have been allocated to such 
     State, and that would have been apportioned to such State, as 
     a result of application of section 1003(c) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
       (2) Exclusion of certain funding.--In determining the 
     amount of any reduction under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     shall deduct--
       (A) the amount allocated to each State in fiscal year 1996 
     to carry out section 203 of this Act, relating to the State 
     high priority project restoration program; and
       (B) any amounts made available under section 
     157(a)(4)(B)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
     year 1996.
       (b) Unobligated Balance Flexibility.--Upon request of a 
     State, the Secretary shall make available to carry out 
     projects described in section 203(a) of this Act in fiscal 
     year 1996 an amount not to exceed the amount determined under 
     subsection (a) for the State. Such funds shall be made 
     available from authorized funds that were allocated or 
     apportioned to such State and were not obligated as of 
     September 30, 1995. The State shall designate on or before 
     November 1, 1995, or as soon as possible thereafter which of 
     such authorized funds are to be made available under this 
     section to carry out such projects. The Secretary shall make 
     available before November 15, 1995, or as soon as possible 
     thereafter funds designated under the preceding sentence to 
     the State.
       (c) Special Rule for Urbanized Areas of Over 200,000.--
     Funds which were apportioned to the State under section 
     104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and attributed to 
     urbanized areas of a State with an urbanized population of 
     over 200,000 under section 133(d)(3) of such title may only 
     be designated by the State under subsection (b) if the 
     metropolitan planning organization designated for such area 
     concurs, in writing, with such designation.
       (d) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Balances.--States 
     may designate under subsection (b) funds apportioned under 
     section 104(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, and not 
     obligated as of September 30, 1995, to carry out projects 
     described in section 203(a) of this Act only if such funds 
     will be obligated in areas described in section 104(b)(2) of 
     such title or, in the case of a State which does not include 
     such an area, the funds may be obligated in any area of the 
     State.
       (e) Interstate Construction Balances.--A State may not 
     designate under subsection (b) any more than \1/3\ of funds 
     apportioned or allocated to the State for Interstate 
     construction and not obligated as of September 30, 1995.
       (f) Period of Availability.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts designated under subsection (b) 
     shall be available for obligation for the same period for 
     which such amounts were originally made available for 
     obligation and shall be subject to the provisions of title 
     23, United States Code. Obligation limitations for Federal-
     aid highways and highway safety construction programs 
     established by the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 and subsequent laws shall apply to 
     obligations made under this section.
       (g) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to affect calculations to 
     determine allocations to States under section 157 of title 
     23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c), 1015(a), and 
     1015(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
     Act of 1991.
       (h) State.--In this section and section 203, the term 
     ``State'' has the meaning such term has under section 401 of 
     title 23, United States Code.

     SEC. 206. MINIMUM ALLOCATION.

       (a) Formula.--Section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``In fiscal'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--In fiscal'';
       (2) by inserting ``funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     subsection (f)'' after ``shall allocate'';
       (3) by moving subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph 
     (1) of this subsection, 2 ems to the right; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Additional allocation.--If the aggregate amount 
     allocated to the States under subparagraph (A) after 
     application of section 1003(c) the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for any fiscal year 
     beginning after September 30, 1995, is less than the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for 
     such fiscal year, then the excess of such authorized amount 
     shall be allocated as follows:
       ``(i) The Secretary shall first allocate to each State such 
     amount as may be necessary to increase the allocation under 
     subparagraph (A) to the amount that would have been allocated 
     to the State for such fiscal year if the full amount of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year by 
     such Act out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
     Transit Account) were appropriated without regard to such 
     section 1003(c).
       ``(ii) If any of such excess remains after the allocation 
     under clause (i), the Secretary shall allocate to each State 
     such amount as may be necessary so that the amount authorized 
     to be appropriated for such fiscal year for each project to 
     be carried out in such State under sections 1103 through 1108 
     of such Act without regard to section 1003(c) of such Act is 
     available for the project.
       ``(iii) The Secretary shall allocate among the States any 
     excess remaining after the allocations under clauses (i) and 
     (ii) so that each State is allocated the following 
     percentages of the remaining excess:

    ``States:                                              Percentages 
      Alabama.....................................................1.80 
      Alaska......................................................1.20 
      Arizona.....................................................1.43 
      Arkansas....................................................1.42 
      California..................................................9.17 
      Colorado....................................................1.27 
      Connecticut.................................................1.74 
      Delaware....................................................0.39 
      District of Columbia........................................0.52 
      Florida.....................................................4.04 
      Georgia.....................................................2.92 
      Hawaii......................................................0.54 
      Idaho.......................................................0.70 
      Illinois....................................................3.88 
      Indiana.....................................................2.18 
      Iowa........................................................1.27 
      Kansas......................................................1.13 
      Kentucky....................................................1.53 
      Louisiana...................................................1.52 
      Maine.......................................................0.65 
      Maryland....................................................1.68 
      Massachusetts...............................................4.11 
      Michigan....................................................2.75 
      Minnesota...................................................1.69 
      Mississippi.................................................1.11 
      Missouri....................................................2.28 
      Montana.....................................................0.93 
      Nebraska....................................................0.79 
      Nevada......................................................0.69 
      New Hampshire...............................................0.48 
      New Jersey..................................................2.86 
      New Mexico..................................................1.02 
      New York....................................................5.35 
      North Carolina..............................................2.62 
      North Dakota................................................0.64 
      Ohio........................................................3.64 
      Oklahoma....................................................1.36 
      Oregon......................................................1.23 
      Pennsylvania................................................4.93 
      Rhode Island................................................0.56 
      South Carolina..............................................1.42 
      South Dakota................................................0.69 
      Tennessee...................................................2.00 
      Texas.......................................................6.21 
      Utah........................................................0.73 
      Vermont.....................................................0.43 
      Virginia....................................................2.28 
      Washington..................................................2.05 
      West Virginia...............................................1.15 
      Wisconsin...................................................1.90 
      Wyoming.....................................................0.65 
      Puerto Rico.................................................0.46 
      Territories................................................0.01. 

       ``(C) Territories defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
     `territories' means the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
     and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.

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       (b) Special Rule for Urbanized Areas of Over 200,000 in 
     Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997.--Section 157 of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsection 
     (e) and (f), respectively, and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Special Rule for Urbanized Areas of Over 200,000 in 
     Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997.--
       ``(1) General rule.--The percentage determined under 
     paragraph (2) of funds allocated to a State under subsection 
     (a)(4)(B)(iii) for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997 shall 
     be obligated in urbanized areas of the State with an 
     urbanized population of over 200,000 under section 133(d)(3).
       ``(2) Percentage.--The percentage referred to in paragraph 
     (1) is the percentage determined by dividing--
       ``(A) the total amount of the reduction in funds which 
     would have been attributed under section 133(d)(3) to 
     urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized population of 
     over 200,000 for fiscal year 1996 as a result of the 
     application of section 1003(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; by
       ``(B) the total amount of the reduction in authorized funds 
     for fiscal year 1996 that would have been allocated to the 
     State, and that would have been apportioned to the State, as 
     a result of the application of such section 1003(c).''.
       (c) Funding.--Section 157(f) of such title, as redesignated 
     by subsection (b), is amended by inserting before the period 
     the following: ``and before October 1, 1995, $1,101,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1996, $1,378,000,000 for fiscal year 1997''.

     SEC. 207. RELIEF FROM MANDATES.

       (a) Management Systems.--The Secretary shall not take any 
     action pursuant to or enforce the provisions of section 
     303(c) of title 23, United States Code, with respect to any 
     State during fiscal year 1996.
       (b) Asphalt Pavement Containing Recycled Rubber.--Section 
     1038 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
     of 1991 (105 Stat. 1987-1990) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (d); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

     SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title, the following definitions apply:
       (1) Authorized funds.--The term ``authorized funds'' means 
     funds authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
     Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out title 
     23, United States Code (other than sections 402 and 410) and 
     the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
     and subject to an obligation limitation.
       (2) Urbanized area.--The term ``urbanized area'' has the 
     meaning such term has under section 101(a) of title 23, 
     United States Code.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSIT OPERATING ASSISTANCE 
                   LIMITATION.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 5336(d) of title 
     49, United States Code, the Secretary shall distribute the 
     limitation on operating assistance under such section--
       (1) so that each urbanized area (as such term is defined 
     under section 5302 of such title) that had a population under 
     the 1990 decennial census of the United States of less than 
     200,000 will receive, under the distribution of such 
     limitation for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 75 percent 
     of the amount the area received under the distribution of 
     such limitation for fiscal year 1995; and
       (2) so that an urbanized area that had a population under 
     the 1980 decennial census of the United States of more than 
     1,000,000 and has a population under the 1990 decennial 
     census of less than 1,000,000, will receive under the 
     distribution of such limitation for each of fiscal years 1996 
     and 1997, 90 percent of the amount of funds apportioned in 
     fiscal year 1982 under sections 5(a)(1)(A), 5(a)(2)(A), and 
     5(a)(3)(A) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to 
     such area.
       (b) Consideration.--In the distribution of the limitation 
     referred to in subsection (a) to urbanized areas that had a 
     population under the 1990 decennial census of 1,000,000 or 
     more, the Secretary shall direct each such area to give 
     priority consideration to the impact of reductions in 
     operating assistance on smaller transit authorities operating 
     within the area and to consider the needs and resources of 
     such transit authorities when the limitation is distributed 
     among all transit authorities operating in the area.

     SEC. 302. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIGH COST FEDERAL-AID PROJECTS.

       (a) Requirements.--The Secretary shall require each 
     recipient of Federal financial assistance for a highway or 
     transit project with an estimated total cost of 
     $1,000,000,000 or more to submit to the Secretary an annual 
     financial plan. Such plan shall be based on detailed annual 
     estimates of the cost to complete the remaining elements of 
     the project and on reasonable assumptions, as determined by 
     the Secretary, of future increases in the cost to complete 
     the project.
       (b) Recommendations on Withholding of Assistance.--As part 
     of an annual report to be submitted under subsection (c), the 
     Secretary shall make a recommendation to Congress on whether 
     or not future Federal assistance should be withheld with 
     respect to any project described in subsection (a) for which 
     an annual financial plan is not submitted under subsection 
     (a) or for which the Secretary determines that the estimates 
     or assumptions referred to in subsection (a) are not 
     reasonable.
       (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
     annual report on the financial plans submitted to the 
     Secretary under this section, and any recommendation made by 
     the Secretary under subsection (b), in the preceding fiscal 
     year.

     SEC. 303. LETTERS OF INTENT AND FULL FINANCING GRANT AND 
                   EARLY SYSTEMS WORK AGREEMENTS.

       Section 5309(g) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by indenting and dropping paragraph (1) down 1 line;
       (2) by moving all the paragraphs, subparagraphs, and 
     clauses of such section 2 ems to the right;
       (3) by inserting after ``(1)'' the first place it appears 
     the following: ``Letters of intent.--'';
       (4) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking ``Public Works and 
     Transportation'' and inserting ``Transportation and 
     Infrastructure'';
       (5) by inserting after (2) the first place it appears 
     ``Full financing grant agreements.--'';
       (6) by inserting after (3) the first place it appears 
     ``Early system work agreements.--'';
       (7) by inserting after (4) the first place it appears 
     ``Total estimated future obligations and contingent 
     commitments.--''; and
       (8) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Preauthorization of full federal financial 
     responsibility.--
       ``(A) In general.--After the date of the enactment of this 
     paragraph and before the date on which Federal-aid highway 
     and transit programs are reauthorized, the Secretary of 
     Transportation may not issue a letter of intent, or enter 
     into a full financing grant agreement or early systems work 
     agreement, under this section for a project or operable 
     segment of a project unless the full amount of Federal 
     financial responsibility for the project or operable segment 
     of a project has been included in an authorization law.
       ``(B) Limitation.--The prohibition on entering into a full 
     financing grant agreement under this paragraph shall not 
     apply--
       ``(i) to any project for which a letter of intent was 
     issued before the date of the enactment of this paragraph; 
     and
       ``(ii) to any project included as an element of an 
     interrelated project which also includes another project for 
     which a letter of intent was issued before such date of 
     enactment.''.

     SEC. 304. REPORT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY 
                   SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING FIXED 
                   GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS.

       Section 5309(m) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by indenting and dropping paragraph (1) down 1 line;
       (2) by moving all the paragraphs and subparagraphs of such 
     section 2 ems to the right;
       (3) by inserting ``Percentages.--'' after ``(1)'' the first 
     place it appears;
       (4) by inserting ``Nonurbanized area allocation.--'' after 
     ``(2)'' the first place it appears;
       (5) by inserting ``Reports.--'' after ``(3)'' the first 
     place it appears;
       (6) in paragraph (3) by striking ``Public Works and 
     Transportation'' and inserting ``Transportation and 
     Infrastructure'';
       (7) in paragraph (3) by striking ``a proposal on the 
     allocation'' and inserting ``a report on the proposed 
     allocation'';
       (8) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the following:

     ``Such report shall include for each such capital project the 
     following:
       ``(A) An analysis of the potential funding requirements of 
     the project under paragraph (1)(B) in the succeeding 5 fiscal 
     years.
       ``(B) A description of the planning and study process 
     undertaken to select the locally preferred alternative for 
     the project.
       ``(C) A description of efforts undertaken to seek 
     alternative funding sources for the project.''; and
       (9) by inserting ``Multiple allocations.--'' after ``(4)'' 
     the first place it appears.

     SEC. 305. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS.

       (a) Long Beach Metro Link Fixed Rail Project.--Section 
     3035(o) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
     Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131) is repealed.
       (b) Honolulu Rapid Transit Project.--Section 3035(ww) of 
     such Act (105 Stat. 2136) is amended by striking 
     ``$618,000,000'' and inserting ``$541,100,000''.

     SEC. 306. MISCELLANEOUS TRANSIT PROJECTS.

       (a) New Jersey Urban Core Project.--Section 3031(d) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
     Stat. 2122-2123) is amended--
       (1) by inserting after ``Hudson River Waterfront 
     Transportation System'' the following: ``(including corridor 
     connections to and within the city of Bayonne)''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``Concourse,'' the following: ``the 
     West Shore Line,''.
       (b) North Bay Ferry Service.--Section 3035(c) of such Act 
     (105 Stat. 2129) is amended by striking ``$8,000,000'' and 
     all that follows through ``1993'' and inserting 
     ``$17,000,000''.
       (c) Staten Island-Midtown Manhattan Ferry Service.--Section 
     3035(d) of such Act is amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' and 
     all that follows through ``1993'' and inserting 
     ``$12,000,000''.
       (d) Central Area Circulator Project.--Section 3035(e) of 
     such Act is amended by striking the last sentence which 
     begins ``Such amount''.
       (e) Salt Lake City Light Rail Project.--Section 3035(f) of 
     such Act is amended by inserting after ``including'' the 
     following: ``related high-occupancy vehicle lane, intermodal 
     corridor design,''.
       (f) Los Angeles-San Diego Rail Corridor Improvement 
     Project.--Section 3035(g) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``not less than'' the 1st place it appears and all that 
     follows through ``1994'' and inserting ``$20,000,000''.
       (g) San Jose-Gilroy-Hollister Commuter Rail Project.--
     Section 3035(h) of such Act is amended--
       (1) by striking ``July 1, 1994'' and inserting ``September 
     30, 1996''; and

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       (2) by striking ``August 1, 1994,'' and inserting ``October 
     31, 1996,''.
       (h) Dallas Light Rail Project.--
       (1) Multiyear grant agreement.--Section 3035(i) of such Act 
     is amended--
       (A) by striking ``6.4 miles'' and inserting ``9.6 miles'';
       (B) by striking ``10 stations'' and inserting ``not to 
     exceed 14 stations'';
       (C) by striking ``such light rail line'' and inserting 
     ``the program of interrelated projects identified in section 
     5328(c)(1)(G) of title 49, United States Code,''; and
       (D) by striking ``of such elements'' and inserting 
     ``element of such program of interrelated projects''.
       (2) Program of interrelated projects.--Section 
     5328(c)(1)(G) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``Camp Wisdom'' and inserting ``Interstate Route 
     20, L.B.J. Freeway''.
       (i) Kansas City Light Rail Line.--Section 3035(k) of such 
     Act is amended by striking ``$1,500,000 in fiscal year 1992, 
     and $4,400,000 in fiscal year 1993'' and inserting 
     ``$5,900,000''.
       (j) Downtown Orlando Circulator Project.--Section 3035(l) 
     of such Act is amended--
       (1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
     ``Downtown Orlando Circulator Project'';
       (2) by striking ``No later than April 30, 1992, the'' and 
     inserting ``The'';
       (3) by striking ``for'' the second place it appears and all 
     that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``and the completion of final design, construction, land and 
     equipment acquisition, and related activities for the 
     Downtown Orlando Circulator project.''.
       (k) Detroit Light Rail Project.--Section 3035(m) of such 
     Act is amended by striking ``not less than'' the first place 
     it appears and all that follows through ``1993,'' and 
     inserting ``$20,000,000''.
       (l) Lakewood-Freehold-Matawan or James- burg Rail 
     Project.--Section 3035(p) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``$1,800,000'' and all that follows through ``1994'' and 
     inserting ``$7,800,000''.
       (m) Charlotte Light Rail Study.--Section 3035(r) of such 
     Act is amended by striking ``$125,000'' and all that follows 
     through ``1993'' and inserting ``$500,000''.
       (n) San Diego Mid Coast Fixed Guideway Project.--Section 
     3035(u) of such Act is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Mid Coast Light 
     Rail Project'' and inserting ``Metropolitan Transit 
     Improvement Program'';
       (2) by striking ``No later than April 30, 1992, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''; and
       (3) by striking ``, $2,000,000'' and all that follows 
     through the period and inserting ``$27,000,000 for the 
     integrated project financing of the San Diego Mid Coast and 
     Mission Valley East Corridor fixed guideway projects.''.
       (o) Eureka Springs, Arkansas.--Section 3035(z) of such Act 
     is amended by striking the text and inserting the following: 
     ``From funds made available under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of 
     title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make 
     available $63,600 to Eureka Springs Transit for the purchase 
     of an alternative fueled vehicle which is accessible to and 
     usable by individuals with disabilities.''.
       (p) Baltimore-Washington Transportation Improvements 
     Program.--Section 3035(nn) of such Act is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``as follows:'' and all 
     that follows through ``1994.'' and inserting ``and shall not 
     be less than $60,000,000.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``as follows:'' and all 
     that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph 
     (C) and inserting ``and shall total $160,000,000.''; and
       (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``for fiscal year 1993''.
       (q) Dulles Corridor Rail Project.--Section 3035(aaa) of 
     such Act is amended--
       (1) by striking ``No later than April 30, 1992, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''; and
       (2) by striking ``the completion'' and all that follows 
     through ``engineering for''.
       (r) Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Project.--Section 
     3035(bbb) of such Act is amended to read as follows:
       ``(bbb) Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Project.--From 
     funds made available under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, 
     United States Code, the Secretary shall make available 
     $300,000,000 for the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit 
     Project.''.
       (s) Canal Street Corridor Light Rail.--Section 3035(fff) of 
     such Act is amended--
       (1) by striking ``No later than April 30, 1992, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''; and
       (2) by striking ``negotiate'' and all that follows through 
     ``includes'' and inserting ``make available''.
       (t) Suspended Light Rail System Technology Pilot Project.--
     Section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (h)(1)(A) by striking ``for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1992,'';
       (2) in subsection (h)(1)(B) by striking ``for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1993,'';
       (3) in subsection (h)(1)(C) by striking ``for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1994,''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(l) Deadline.--
       ``(1) Completion of competition.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     complete the national competition initiated under subsection 
     (c) by selecting the public entity referred to in subsection 
     (c)(3).
       ``(2) Thereafter.--Following selection of the public entity 
     in accordance with paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) the Secretary shall make to such public entity the 
     payments under subsections (h)(1)(B) and (h)(1)(C); except 
     that such payments shall be made in the form of grants under 
     section 5312(a); and
       ``(B) the Secretary, upon completion of preliminary 
     engineering and design, shall negotiate and enter into a full 
     financing grant agreement with such public entity under 
     subsection (e), consistent with section 5309(g).''.
       (u) Additional Transit Projects.--
       (1) Canton-akron-cleveland commuter rail.--From funds made 
     available under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United 
     States Code, the Secretary shall make available $6,500,000 
     for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland Commuter Rail project.
       (2) Cincinnati northeast/northern kentucky rail.--From 
     funds made available under such section, the Secretary shall 
     make available $2,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/
     Northern Kentucky Rail project.
       (3) DART north central light rail extension.--From funds 
     made available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $2,500,000 for the DART North Central Light Rail 
     Extension project.
       (4) Dallas-fort worth railtran.--From funds made available 
     under such section, the Secretary shall make available 
     $5,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project.
       (5) Florida tri-county commuter rail.--From funds made 
     available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County Commuter 
     Rail project.
       (6) Miami-north 27th avenue.--From funds made available 
     under such section, the Secretary shall make available 
     $2,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project.
       (7) Memphis, tennessee, regional rail plan.--From funds 
     made available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $2,500,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Regional 
     Rail Plan project.
       (8) New orleans canal street corridor.--From funds made 
     available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street 
     Corridor project.
       (9) Orange county transitway.--From funds made available 
     under such section, the Secretary shall make available 
     $5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway project.
       (10) Whitehall ferry terminal, new york, new york.--From 
     funds made available under such section, the Secretary shall 
     make available $5,000,000 for the Whitehall Ferry Terminal 
     project.
       (11) Wisconsin central commuter.--From funds made available 
     under such section, the Secretary shall make available 
     $14,400,000 for the Wisconsin Central Commuter project.
       (12) San juan, puerto rico, tren urbano.--From funds made 
     available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $15,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren 
     Urbano project.
       (13) Tampa to lakeland commuter rail.--From funds made 
     available under such section, the Secretary shall make 
     available $1,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland Commuter Rail 
     project.

     SEC. 307. METROPOLITAN PLANNING FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS.

       Section 5303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(16) recreational travel and tourism.''.

     SEC. 308. CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.

       Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Special Rules for Engineering and Design Contracts.--
       ``(1) Performance and audits.--Any contract or subcontract 
     awarded in accordance with subsection (d), whether funded in 
     whole or in part with Federal transit funds, shall be 
     performed and audited in compliance with cost principles 
     contained in the Federal acquisition regulations of part 31 
     of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(2) Indirect cost rates.--Instead of performing its own 
     audits, a recipient of funds under a contract or subcontract 
     awarded in accordance with subsection (d) shall accept 
     indirect cost rates established in accordance with the 
     Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year applicable 
     accounting periods by a cognizant Federal or State government 
     agency, if such rates are not currently under dispute. Once a 
     firm's indirect cost rates are accepted, the recipient of 
     such funds shall apply such rates for the purposes of 
     contract estimation, negotiation, administration, reporting, 
     and contract payment and shall not be limited by 
     administrative or de facto ceilings of any kind. A recipient 
     of such funds requesting or using the cost and rate data 
     described in this paragraph shall notify any affected firm 
     before such request or use. Such data shall be confidential 
     and shall not be accessible or provided, in whole or in part, 
     to another firm or to any government agency which is not part 
     of the group of agencies sharing cost data under this 
     paragraph, except by written permission of the audited firm. 
     If prohibited by law, such cost and rate data shall not be 
     disclosed under any circumstances.
       ``(3) State option.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take 
     effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection with respect to all States; except that if a 
     State, during such 2-year period, adopts by statute an 
     alternative process intended to promote engineering and 
     design quality and ensure maximum competition by professional 
     companies of all sizes providing engineering and design 
     services, such paragraphs shall not apply with respect to 
     such State.''.

     SEC. 309. FERRY BOATS AND TERMINAL FACILITIES.

       Section 129(c)(5) of title 23, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
     sentence the following: ``or between a 

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     point in a State and a point in the Dominion of Canada''; and
       (2) in the second sentence by inserting after ``Puerto 
     Rico'' the following: ``, between a point in a State and a 
     point in the Dominion of Canada,''.

     SEC. 310. UTILIZATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR SURVEYING AND 
                   MAPPING SERVICES.

       Section 306 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``In''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Guidance.--The Secretary shall issue guidance to 
     encourage States to utilize, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, private sector sources for surveying and mapping 
     services for highway projects under this title. In carrying 
     out this subsection, the Secretary shall determine 
     appropriate roles for State and private mapping and surveying 
     activities, including--
       ``(1) preparation of standards and specifications;
       ``(2) research in surveying and mapping instrumentation and 
     procedures and technology transfer to the private sector;
       ``(3) providing technical guidance, coordination, and 
     administration of State surveying and mapping activities; and
       ``(4) establishing a schedule with quantifiable goals for 
     increasing the use by the States of private sector sources 
     for surveying and mapping activities.''.

     SEC. 311. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) Transit Security Systems.--Section 5307(d)(1)(J)(i) of 
     title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting before 
     ``and any other'' the following: ``employing law enforcement 
     or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to such 
     systems,''.
       (b) Ferryboat Operations.--For purposes of calculating 
     apportionments under section 5336 of title 49, United States 
     Code, for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1995, 50 
     percent of the ferryboat revenue vehicle miles and 50 percent 
     of the ferryboat route miles attributable to service provided 
     to the city of Avalon, California, for which the operator 
     receives public assistance shall be included in the 
     calculation of ``fixed guideway vehicle revenue miles'' and 
     ``fixed guideway route miles'' attributable to the Los 
     Angeles urbanized area under sections 5336(b)(2)(A) and 5335 
     of such title.

     SEC. 312. ACCESSIBILITY OF OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES TO INDIVIDUALS 
                   WITH DISABILITIES.

       Section 306(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Americans With 
     Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12186(a)(2)(B)(iii)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subclause (I) by striking ``7 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``3 years after 
     the date of issuance of final regulations under subparagraph 
     (B)(ii)''; and
       (2) in subclause (II) by striking ``6 years after such date 
     of enactment'' and inserting ``2 years after the date of 
     issuance of such final regulations''.

     SEC. 313. ALASKA RAILROAD.

       Section 5337(a)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Alaska 
     Railroad is eligible for assistance under this subparagraph 
     with respect to improvements to its passenger operations.''.

     SEC. 314. ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TESTING.

       (a) Mass Transit Testing.--Section 5331(b)(1)(A) of title 
     49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Testing Program for Mass Transportation Employees.--
     (1)(A) In the interest of mass transportation safety, the 
     Secretary shall prescribe regulations that establish a 
     program requiring mass transportation operations that receive 
     financial assistance under section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of 
     this title or section 103(e)(4) of title 23 to conduct 
     preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-
     accident testing of mass transportation employees responsible 
     for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Secretary) 
     for the use of a controlled substance in violation of law or 
     a United States Government regulation, and to conduct 
     reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of 
     such employees for the use of alcohol in violation of law or 
     a United States Government regulation. The regulations shall 
     permit such operations to conduct preemployment testing of 
     such employees for the use of alcohol.''.
       (b) Railroad Testing.--Section 20140(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(A) a railroad carrier to conduct preemployment, 
     reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of 
     all railroad employees responsible for safety-sensitive 
     functions (as decided by the Secretary) for the use of a 
     controlled substance in violation of law or a United States 
     Government regulation, and to conduct reasonable suspicion, 
     random, and post-accident testing of such employees for the 
     use of alcohol in violation of law or a United States 
     Government regulation; the regulations shall permit such 
     railroad carriers to conduct preemployment testing of such 
     employees for the use of alcohol; and''.
       (c) Motor Carrier Testing.--Section 31306(b)(1)(A) of such 
     title is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Testing Program for Operators of Commercial Motor 
     Vehicles.--(1)(A) In the interest of commercial motor vehicle 
     safety, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe 
     regulations that establish a program requiring motor carriers 
     to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and 
     post-accident testing of operators of commercial motor 
     vehicles for the use of controlled substance in violation of 
     law or a United States Government regulation and to conduct 
     reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of 
     such operators for the use of alcohol in violation of law or 
     a United States Government regulation. The regulations shall 
     permit such motor carriers to conduct preemployment testing 
     of such employees for the use of alcohol.''.
       (d) Aviation Testing.--
       (1) Program for employees of air carriers and foreign air 
     carriers.--Section 45102(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Program for Employees of Air Carriers and Foreign Air 
     Carriers.--(1) In the interest of aviation safety, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     prescribe regulations that establish a program requiring air 
     carriers and foreign air carriers to conduct preemployment, 
     reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of 
     airmen, crewmembers, airport security screening contract 
     personnel, and other air carrier employees responsible for 
     safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Administrator) 
     for the use of a controlled substance in violation of law or 
     a United States Government regulation; and to conduct 
     reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of 
     airmen, crewmembers, airport security screening contract 
     personnel, and other air carrier employees responsible for 
     safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the Administrator) 
     for the use of alcohol in violation of law or a United States 
     Government regulation. The regulations shall permit air 
     carriers and foreign air carriers to conduct preemployment 
     testing of airmen, crewmembers, airport security screening 
     contract personnel, and other air carrier employees 
     responsible for safety-sensitive functions (as decided by the 
     Administrator) for the use of alcohol.''.
       (2) Program for employees of the federal aviation 
     administration.--Section 45102(b)(1) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Program for Employees of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration.--(1) The Administrator shall establish a 
     program of preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, and 
     post-accident testing for the use of a controlled substance 
     in violation of law or a United States Government regulation 
     for employees of the Administration whose duties include 
     responsibility for safety-sensitive functions and shall 
     establish a program of reasonable suspicion, random and post-
     accident testing for the use of alcohol in violation of law 
     or a United States Government regulation for such employees. 
     The Administrator may establish a program of preemployment 
     testing for the use of alcohol for such employees.''.

     SEC. 315. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES.

       (a) Technical Amendment.--Section 410(d)(1)(E) of title 23, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``the date of 
     enactment of this section'' and inserting ``December 18, 
     1991''.
       (b) Basic Grant Eligibility.--Section 410(d) of such title 
     is further amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) A State shall be treated as having met the 
     requirement of this paragraph if--
       ``(i) the State provides to the Secretary a written 
     certification that the highest court of the State has issued 
     a decision indicating that implementation of subparagraph (A) 
     would constitute a violation of the constitution of the 
     State; and
       ``(ii) the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
     Secretary--
       ``(I) that the alcohol fatal crash involvement rate in the 
     State has decreased in each of the 3 most recent calendar 
     years for which statistics for determining such rate are 
     available; and
       ``(II) that the alcohol fatal crash involvement rate in the 
     State has been lower than the average such rate for all 
     States in each of such calendar years.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Any individual under age 21 with a blood alcohol 
     concentration of 0.02 percent or greater when driving a motor 
     vehicle shall be deemed to be driving while intoxicated.''.
       (c) Supplemental Grants.--Section 410(f) of such title is 
     amended by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating 
     paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), 
     respectively.

     SEC. 316. SAFETY RESEARCH INITIATIVES.

       (a) Older Drivers and Other Special Driver Groups.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of 
     technologies and practices to improve the driving performance 
     of older drivers and other special driver groups.
       (2) Demonstration activities.--In conducting the study 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall undertake 
     demonstration activities which incorporate and build upon 
     gerontology research related to the study of the normal aging 
     process. The Secretary shall initially implement such 
     activities in those States which have the highest population 
     of aging citizens for whom driving a motor vehicle is their 
     primary mobility mode.
       (3) Cooperative agreement.--The Secretary shall carry out 
     the study under paragraph (1) by entering into a cooperative 
     agreement with an institution that has demonstrated 
     competencies in gerontological research, population 
     demographics, human factors related to transportation, and 
     advanced technology applied to transportation.
       (b) Work Zone Safety.--In carrying out the work zone safety 
     program under section 1051 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the Secretary shall 
     utilize a variety of methods to increase safety at highway 
     construction sites, including each of the following:
       (1) Conferences to explore new techniques and stimulate 
     dialogue for improving work zone safety.

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       (2) Creation of a national clearinghouse to assemble and 
     disseminate, by electronic and other means, information 
     relating to the improvement of work zone safety.
       (3) A national promotional campaign in cooperation with the 
     States to provide timely, site-specific information to 
     motorists when construction workers are actually present.
       (c) Radio and Microwave Technology for Motor Vehicle Safety 
     Warning System.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal 
     Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration, shall conduct a study to 
     develop and evaluate radio and microwave technology for a 
     motor vehicle safety warning system in furtherance of safety 
     in all types of motor vehicles.
       (2) Equipment.--Equipment developed under the study to be 
     conducted under subsection (a) shall be directed toward, but 
     not limited to, advance warning to operators of all types of 
     motor vehicles of--
       (A) temporary obstructions in a highway;
       (B) poor visibility and highway surface conditions caused 
     by adverse weather; and
       (C) movement of emergency vehicles.
       (3) Safety applications.--In conducting the study under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the 
     technology described in this subsection has other appropriate 
     safety applications.

     SEC. 317. PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLES EXEMPTION.

       Section 1023(h)(1) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``2-year'' the first place it appears and 
     all that follows through ``Act,'' and inserting ``period 
     beginning on October 6, 1992, and ending on the date on which 
     Federal-aid highway and transit programs are reauthorized 
     after the date of the enactment of the National Highway 
     System Designation Act of 1995,''; and
       (2) by striking the second sentence.

     SEC. 318. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Areas Eligible for Funds.--
       (1) In general.--The first sentence of section 149(b) of 
     title 23, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``if the project or program is for an area 
     in the State that was designated as a nonattainment area 
     under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)) 
     during any part of fiscal year 1994 and'' after ``program'' 
     the 2nd place it appears; and
       (B) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``contribute'' and all 
     that follows through ``; or'' and inserting the following: 
     ``contribute to--
       ``(i) the attainment of a national ambient air quality 
     standard; or
       ``(ii) the maintenance of a national ambient air quality 
     standard in an area that was designated as a nonattainment 
     area but that was later redesignated by the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency as an attainment area 
     under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7407(d)); or''.
       (2) Apportionment.--Section 104(b)(2) of title 23, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``is a 
     nonattainment area (as defined in the Clean Air Act) for 
     ozone'' and inserting ``was a nonattainment area (as defined 
     in section 171(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(2))) 
     for ozone during any part of fiscal year 1994''; and
       (B) in the third sentence--
       (i) by striking ``is also'' and inserting ``was also''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``during any part of fiscal year 1994'' 
     after ``monoxide''.
       (b) Effect of Limitation on Apportionment.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997, any limitation under an amendment made by this section 
     on an apportionment of funds otherwise authorized under 
     section 1003(a)(4) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1919) shall not affect any 
     hold harmless apportionment adjustment under section 1015(a) 
     of such Act (105 Stat. 1943).

     SEC. 319. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

       (a) Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.--Section 106 of title 23, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(e) Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.--
       ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     program to require States to conduct an analysis of the life-
     cycle costs of all projects on the National Highway System 
     with an estimated total cost of $25,000,000 or more.
       ``(2) Analysis of life-cycle costs defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `analysis of life-cycle costs' means a 
     process for evaluating the total economic worth of one or 
     more projects by analyzing both initial costs as well as 
     discounted future costs, such as maintenance, reconstruction, 
     rehabilitation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the 
     life of the project or projects.''.
       (b) Value Engineering.--Such section is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Value Engineering for NHS.--
       ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary shall establish a program 
     to require States to carry out a value engineering analysis 
     for all projects on the National Highway System with an 
     estimated total cost of $25,000,000 or more.
       ``(2) Value engineering defined.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `value engineering analysis' means a 
     systematic process of review and analysis of a project or 
     activity during its design phase by a multidisciplined team 
     of persons not originally involved in the project or activity 
     in order to provide suggestions for reducing the total cost 
     of the project or activity and providing a project or 
     activity of equal or better quality. Such suggestions may 
     include a combination or elimination of inefficient or 
     expensive parts of the original proposed design for the 
     project or activity and total redesign of the proposed 
     project or activity using different technologies, materials, 
     or methods so as to accomplish the original purpose of the 
     project or activity.''.

     SEC. 320. APPLICABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Highway Construction.--Section 109(j) of title 23, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``plan for the 
     implementation of any ambient air quality standard for any 
     air quality control region designated pursuant to the Clean 
     Air Act, as amended.'' and inserting the following: ``plan 
     for--
       ``(1) the implementation of a national ambient air quality 
     standard for which an area is designated as a nonattainment 
     area under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7407(d)); or
       ``(2) the maintenance of a national ambient air quality 
     standard in an area that was designated as a nonattainment 
     area but that was later redesignated by the Administrator as 
     an attainment area for the standard and that is required to 
     develop a maintenance plan under section 175A of the Clean 
     Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a).''.
       (b) Clean Air Act Requirements.--Section 176(c) of the 
     Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(5) Applicability.--This subsection shall apply only with 
     respect to--
       ``(A) a nonattainment area and each specific pollutant for 
     which the area is designated as a nonattainment area; and
       ``(B) an area that was designated as a nonattainment area 
     but that was later redesignated by the Administrator as an 
     attainment area and that is required to develop a maintenance 
     plan under section 175A with respect to the specific 
     pollutant for which the area was designated nonattainment.''.

     SEC. 321. QUALITY THROUGH COMPETITION.

       (a) Contracting for Engineering and Design Services.--
     Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(C) Performance and audits.--Any contract or subcontract 
     awarded in accordance with subparagraph (A), whether funded 
     in whole or in part with Federal-aid highway funds, shall be 
     performed and audited in compliance with cost principles 
     contained in the Federal acquisition regulations of part 31 
     of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(D) Indirect cost rates.--Instead of performing its own 
     audits, a recipient of funds under a contract or subcontract 
     awarded in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall accept 
     indirect cost rates established in accordance with the 
     Federal acquisition regulations for 1-year applicable 
     accounting periods by a cognizant Federal or State government 
     agency, if such rates are not currently under dispute. Once a 
     firm's indirect cost rates are accepted, the recipient of 
     such funds shall apply such rates for the purposes of 
     contract estimation, negotiation, administration, reporting, 
     and contract payment and shall not be limited by 
     administrative or de facto ceilings of any kind. A recipient 
     of such funds requesting or using the cost and rate data 
     described in this subparagraph shall notify any affected firm 
     before such request or use. Such data shall be confidential 
     and shall not be accessible or provided, in whole or in part, 
     to another firm or to any government agency which is not part 
     of the group of agencies sharing cost data under this 
     subparagraph, except by written permission of the audited 
     firm. If prohibited by law, such cost and rate data shall not 
     be disclosed under any circumstances.
       ``(E) State option.--Subparagraphs (C) and (D) shall take 
     effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     subparagraph with respect to all States; except that if a 
     State, during such 2-year period, adopts by statute an 
     alternative process intended to promote engineering and 
     design quality and ensure maximum competition by professional 
     companies of all sizes providing engineering and design 
     services, such subparagraphs shall not apply with respect 
     to such State.''.
       (b) Repeal of Pilot Program.--Section 1092 of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 
     U.S.C. 112 note; 105 Stat. 2024) is repealed.

     SEC. 322. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS 
                   IN WISCONSIN.

       Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Operation of Certain Specialized Hauling Vehicles on 
     Certain Wisconsin Highways.--If the 104-mile portion of 
     Wisconsin State Route 78 and United States Route 51 between 
     Interstate Route 94 near Portage, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin 
     State Route 29 south of Wausau, Wisconsin, is designated as 
     part of the Interstate System under section 139(a), the 
     single axle weight, tandem axle weight, gross vehicle weight, 
     and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a) shall 
     not apply to the 104-mile portion with respect to the 
     operation of any vehicle that could legally operate on the 
     104-mile portion before the date of enactment of this 
     subsection.''.

     SEC. 323. TREATMENT OF CENTENNIAL BRIDGE, ROCK ISLAND, 
                   ILLINOIS, AGREEMENT.

       For purposes of section 129(a)(6) of title 23, United 
     States Code, the agreement concerning the Centennial Bridge, 
     Rock Island, Illinois, entered into under the Act entitled 
     ``An Act authorizing the city of Rock Island, Illinois, or 
     its assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll 
     bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island, 
     Illinois, and to a place at or near the city of Davenport, 
     Iowa'', approved March 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 110, chapter 48), 
     shall be treated as if the agreement had been entered 

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     into under section 129 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on 
     December 17, 1991, and may be modified in accordance with 
     section 129(a)(6) of the title.

     SEC. 324. METRIC REQUIREMENTS AND SIGNS.

       (a) Placement of Signs.--Before September 30, 1997, the 
     Secretary may not require the States to expend any Federal or 
     State funds to construct, erect, or otherwise place any sign 
     relating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement 
     on any highway for the purpose of having such sign establish 
     such speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the 
     metric system.
       (b) Modification of Signs.--Before September 30, 1997, the 
     Secretary may not require the States to expend any Federal or 
     State funds to modify any sign relating to any speed limit, 
     any distance, or other measurement on any highway for the 
     purpose of having such sign establish such speed limit, 
     distance, or measurement using the metric system.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section, the following 
     definitions apply:
       (1) Highway.--The term ``highway'' has the meaning such 
     term has under section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
       (2) Metric system.--The term ``metric system'' has the 
     meaning the term ``metric system of measurement'' has under 
     section 4 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 
     205c).

     SEC. 325. ISTEA TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION.

       Section 131(s) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``; except that nothing in this 
     subsection or section 1047 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 shall restrict, or 
     otherwise be applied by the Secretary to affect, the 
     authority of a State under subsection (d) of this section 
     with respect to commercial or industrial areas or the 
     authority of a State under subsection (k) of this section to 
     establish standards imposing stricter limitations than those 
     established in this subsection.''.

     SEC. 326. METROPOLITAN PLANNING FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

       Section 134(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(16) Recreational travel and tourism.''.

     SEC. 327. NON-FEDERAL SHARE FOR CERTAIN TOLL BRIDGE PROJECTS.

       Section 144(l) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following: ``Any non-Federal funds 
     expended for the seismic retrofit of the bridge may be 
     credited toward the non-Federal share required as a condition 
     of receipt of any Federal funds for seismic retrofit of the 
     bridge made available after the date of the expenditure.''.

     SEC. 328. DISCOVERY AND ADMISSION AS EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN 
                   REPORTS AND SURVEYS.

       Section 409 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting ``or collected'' after ``compiled''.

     SEC. 329. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL TRAILS.

       (a) State Eligibility.--Section 1302(c) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (33 U.S.C. 
     1261(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Act'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``part'';
       (2) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
     redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) 
     and (C), respectively; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Sixth year provision.--On and after the date that is 
     5 years after the date of the enactment of this part, a State 
     shall be eligible to receive moneys under this part in a 
     fiscal year only if the State agrees to expend from non-
     Federal sources for carrying out projects under this part an 
     amount equal to 20 percent of the amount received by the 
     State under this part in such fiscal year.''.
       (b) Administrative Costs.--Section 1302(d)(1) of such Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1261(d)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
       ``(D) contracting for services with other land management 
     agencies; and''.
       (c) Environmental Mitigation.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1302(e) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
     1261(e)) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as 
     paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) Environmental mitigation.--
       ``(A) Requirement.--To the extent practicable and 
     consistent with other requirements of this section, in 
     complying with paragraph (4), a State shall give priority to 
     project proposals which provide for the redesign, 
     reconstruction, nonroutine maintenance, or relocation of 
     trails in order to mitigate and minimize the impact to the 
     natural environment.
       ``(B) Compliance.--The State shall receive guidance for 
     determining compliance with subparagraph (A) from the 
     recreational trail advisory board satisfying the requirements 
     of subsection (c)(2)(A).''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1302(e)(4) of such Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1261(e)(4)) is amended by striking ``paragraphs 
     (6) and (8)(B)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (7) and (9)(B)''.
       (d) Exclusions.--Section 1302(e)(7) of such Act, as 
     redesignated by subsection (c), is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(7) Small state exclusion.--'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(7) Exclusions.--
       ``(A) Small state.--'';
       (2) by moving the text of subparagraph (A), as designated 
     by paragraph (1), 2 ems to the right; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Best interest of a state.--Any State which determines 
     based on trail needs identified in its State Comprehensive 
     Outdoor Recreation Plan that it is in the best interest of 
     the State to be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (4) 
     may apply to the Secretary for such an exemption. Before 
     approving or disapproving an application for such an 
     exemption, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
     Register notice of receipt of the application and provide an 
     opportunity for public comment on the application.''.
       (e) Return of Moneys Not Expended.--Section 1302(e)(9) of 
     such Act, as redesignated by subsection (c), is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``the State'' before ``may be exempted''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``and expended or committed'' and all that 
     follows before the period.
       (f) Advisory Committee.--Section 1303(b) of such Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1262(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``11 members'' and inserting ``12 
     members'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) 1 member appointed by the Secretary representing 
     individuals with disabilities;''.

     SEC. 330. IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
       ``(5)(A) I-73/74 North-South Corridor from Charleston, 
     South Carolina, through Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to 
     Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to termini at Detroit, 
     Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Sault Ste. Marie 
     terminus shall be reached via a corridor connecting Adrian, 
     Jackson, Lansing, Mount Pleasant, and Grayling, Michigan.
       ``(B)(i) In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Corridor 
     shall generally follow--
       ``(I) United States Route 220 from the Virginia-North 
     Carolina border to I-581 south of Roanoke;
       ``(II) I-581 to I-81 in the vicinity of Roanoke;
       ``(III) I-81 to the proposed highway to demonstrate 
     intelligent transportation systems authorized by item 29 of 
     the table in section 1107(b) in the vicinity of 
     Christiansburg to United States Route 460 in the vicinity of 
     Blacksburg; and
       ``(IV) United States Route 460 to the West Virginia State 
     line.
       ``(ii) In the States of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, 
     the Corridor shall generally follow--
       ``(I) United States Route 460 from the West Virginia State 
     line to United States Route 52 at Bluefield, West Virginia; 
     and
       ``(II) United States Route 52 to United States Route 23 at 
     Portsmouth, Ohio.
       ``(iii) In the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, 
     the Corridor shall generally follow--
       ``(I) in the case of I-73--
       ``(aa) United States Route 220 from the Virginia State line 
     to State Route 68 in the vicinity of Greensboro;
       ``(bb) State Route 68 to I-40;
       ``(cc) I-40 to United States Route 220 in Greensboro;
       ``(dd) United States Route 220 to United States Route 1 
     near Rockingham;
       ``(ee) United States Route 1 to the South Carolina State 
     line; and
       ``(ff) South Carolina State line to Charleston, South 
     Carolina; and
       ``(II) in the case of I-74--
       ``(aa) I-77 from Bluefield, West Virginia, to the junction 
     of I-77 and the United States Route 52 connector in Surry 
     County, North Carolina;
       ``(bb) the I-77/United States Route 52 connector to United 
     States Route 52 south of Mount Airy, North Carolina;
       ``(cc) United States Route 52 to United States Route 311 in 
     Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
       ``(dd) United States Route 311 to United States Route 220 
     in the vicinity of Randleman, North Carolina.
       ``(ee) United States Route 220 to United States Route 74 
     near Rockingham;
       ``(ff) United States Route 74 to United States Route 76 
     near Whiteville;
       ``(gg) United States Route 74/76 to the South Carolina 
     State line in Brunswick County; and
       ``(hh) South Carolina State line to Charleston, South 
     Carolina.'';
       (2) in paragraph (18)--
       (A) by striking ``and'';
       (B) by inserting ``Mississippi, Arkansas,'' after 
     ``Tennessee,''; and
       (C) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, and to the Lower Rio Grande Valley at the 
     border between the United States and Mexico'';
       (3) by inserting before the period at the end of paragraph 
     (18) the following: ``, and to include the Corpus Christi 
     Northside Highway and Rail Corridor from the existing 
     intersection of United States Route 77 and Interstate Route 
     37 to United States Route 181''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(22) The Alameda Transportation Corridor along Alameda 
     Street from the entrance to the ports of Los Angeles and Long 
     Beach to Interstate 10, Los Angeles, California.
       ``(23) The Interstate Route 35 Corridor from Laredo, Texas, 
     through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Wichita, Kansas, to 
     Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri, to Des Moines, Iowa, to 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Duluth, Minnesota.
       ``(24) The Dalton Highway from Deadhorse, Alaska to 
     Fairbanks, Alaska.
       ``(25) State Route 168 (South Battlefield Boulevard), 
     Virginia, from the Great Bridge Bypass to the North Carolina 
     State line.

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       ``(26) The CANNAMEX CORRIDOR from Nogales, Arizona, through 
     Las Vegas, Nevada, to Salt Lake City, Utah, to Idaho Falls, 
     Idaho, to Great Falls, Montana, to the Canadian Border as 
     follows:
       ``(A) In the State of Arizona, the CANAMEX CORRIDOR shall 
     generally follow--
       ``(i) I-19 from Nogales to Tucson;
       ``(ii) I-10 from Tucson to Phoenix; and
       ``(iii) United States Route 93 from Phoenix to the Nevada 
     Border.
       ``(B) In the State of Nevada, the CANAMEX CORRIDOR shall 
     follow--
       ``(i) United States Route 93 from the Arizona Border to Las 
     Vegas; and
       ``(ii) I-15 from Las Vegas to the Utah Border.
       ``(C) From the Utah Border to the Canadian Border, the 
     CANAMEX CORRIDOR shall follow I-15.
       ``(27) The Camino Real Corridor from El Paso, Texas, to 
     Denver, Colorado, as follows:
       ``(A) In the State of Texas, the Camino Real Corridor shall 
     generally follow--
       ``(i) arterials from the international ports of entry to I-
     10 in El Paso County; and
       ``(ii) I-10 from El Paso County to the New Mexico border.
       ``(B) In the State of New Mexico, the Camino Real Corridor 
     shall generally follow--
       ``(i) I-10 from the Texas Border to Las Cruces; and
       ``(ii) I-25 from Las Cruces to the Colorado Border.
       ``(C) In the State of Colorado, the Camino Real Corridor 
     shall generally follow I-25 from the New Mexico Border to 
     Denver.''.
       (b) Inclusion of Certain Route Segments on Interstate 
     System.--Section 1105(e) of such Act (105 Stat. 2033) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Inclusion of certain route segments on interstate 
     system.--Where not a part of the Interstate System, the 
     routes referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 
     subsection (c)(5)(B) (other than the portion located in the 
     State of West Virginia), in subsection (c)(9), and in 
     subsections (c)(18) and (c)(20) are hereby designated future 
     parts of the Interstate System. Any segment of such routes 
     shall become a part of the Interstate System at such time as 
     the Secretary determines that the segment--
       ``(A) meets the Interstate System design standards approved 
     by the Secretary under section 109(b) of title 23, United 
     States Code; and
       ``(B) connects to an existing Interstate System segment and 
     functions as a safe and usable segment.''.

     SEC. 331. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

       (a) Evacuation Routes for Louisiana Coastal Areas.--Section 
     1105(e)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new sentence: ``A feasibility study 
     may be conducted under this subsection to identify routes 
     that will expedite future emergency evacuations of coastal 
     areas of Louisiana.''.
       (b) East-West Transamerica Corridor.--With amounts 
     available to the Secretary under section 1105(h) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the 
     Secretary in cooperation with the States of Virginia and West 
     Virginia shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility 
     of establishing a route for the East-West Transamerica 
     Corridor (designated pursuant to section 1105(c)(3) of such 
     Act) from Beckley, West Virginia, utilizing a corridor 
     entering Virginia near the city of Covington then moving 
     south from the Allegheny Highlands to serve Roanoke and 
     continuing east to Lynchburg. From there such route would 
     continue across Virginia to the Hampton Roads-Norfolk area.

     SEC. 332. HIGH COST BRIDGE PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1103(b) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2027-2028) is amended--
       (1) in item number 5, relating to Gloucester Point, 
     Virginia, by inserting after ``York River'' the following: 
     ``and for repair, strengthening, and rehabilitation of the 
     existing bridge''; and
       (2) in item number 10, relating to Shakopee, Minnesota, by 
     inserting ``project, including the bypass of'' after 
     ``replacement''.

     SEC. 333. CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1104(b) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2029-2031) is amended--
       (1) in item number 1, relating to Long Beach, California, 
     by striking ``HOV Lanes on'' and inserting ``downtown Long 
     Beach access ramps into the southern terminus of'';
       (2) in item number 10, relating to San Diego, California, 
     by striking ``1 block of Cut and Cover Tunnel on Rt. 15'' and 
     inserting ``bridge decking on Route 15'';
       (3) in item number 23, relating to Tucson, Arizona, by 
     inserting ``, of which a total of $3,609,620 shall be 
     available for the project authorized by item number 74 of the 
     table contained in section 1106(b)'' after ``in Tuscon, 
     Arizona''; and
       (4) in item number 43, relating to West Virginia, by 
     striking ``Coal Fields'' and inserting ``Coalfields''.

     SEC. 334. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

       Section 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: 
     ``commencing on the Atlantic Coast in the Hampton Roads-
     Norfolk area going westward across Virginia to a West 
     Virginia corridor centered around Beckley to Welch as part of 
     the Coalfields Expressway described in section 1069(v), then 
     to Williamson sharing a common corridor with the I-73/74 
     Corridor (referred to in item 12 of the table contained in 
     subsection (f)), then to a Kentucky Corridor centered on the 
     cities of Pikeville, Jenkins, Hazard, London, Somerset, 
     Columbia, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah, 
     into Illinois, and into Missouri and exiting Western Missouri 
     and entering the southeast corner of Kansas''.

     SEC. 335. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1105(f) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2033-2035) is amended--
       (1) in item 1, relating to Pennsylvania, by inserting after 
     ``For'' the following: ``the segment described in item 6 of 
     this table and up to $11,000,000 for'';
       (2) in item 2, relating to Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, 
     Tennessee, by inserting after ``Rt. 72'' the following: ``and 
     up to $1,500,000 from the State of Alabama's share of the 
     project for modification of the Keller Memorial Bridge in 
     Decatur, Alabama, to a pedestrian structure''; and
       (3) in item number 26, relating to Indiana, Kentucky, 
     Tennessee, by striking ``Newberry'' and inserting 
     ``Evansville''.

     SEC. 336. RURAL ACCESS PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2037-2042) is amended--
       (1) in item number 34, relating to Illinois, by striking 
     ``Resurfacing'' and all that follows through ``Omaha'' and 
     inserting ``Bel-Air Road improvement from south of Carmi to 
     State Route 141 in southeastern White County'';
       (2) in item number 52, relating to Bedford Springs, 
     Pennsylvania, by striking ``and Huntington'' and inserting 
     ``Franklin, and Huntingdon'';
       (3) in item number 61, relating to Lubbock, Texas, by 
     striking ``with Interstate 20'' and inserting ``with 
     Interstate 10 through Interstate 20 and Interstate 27 north 
     of Amarillo to the Texas/Oklahoma border'';
       (4) in item number 71, relating to Chautauqua County, New 
     York, by inserting ``and other improvements'' after 
     ``expressway lanes'';
       (5) in item number 75, relating to Pennsylvania, by 
     striking ``Widen'' and all that follows through ``lanes'' and 
     inserting ``Road improvements on a 14-mile segment of U.S. 
     Route 15 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania'';
       (6) in item number 93, relating to New Mexico, by striking 
     ``Raton-Clayton Rd., Clayton, New Mexico'' and inserting 
     ``U.S. Rt. 64/87 from Raton, New Mexico, through Clayton to 
     the Texas-New Mexico State line''; and
       (7) in item number 111, relating to Parker County, Texas 
     (SH199)--
       (A) by striking ``Parker County'' and inserting ``Parker 
     and Tarrant Counties''; and
       (B) by striking ``to four-'' and inserting ``in Tarrant 
     County, to freeway standards and in Parker County to a 4-''.

     SEC. 337. URBAN ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1106(b)(2) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2043-2047) is amended--
       (1) in item number (9), relating to New York, New York, by 
     striking ``Improvements'' and all that follows through ``NY'' 
     and inserting ``Projects in New York City, New York (other 
     than improvements to the Miller Highway)'';
       (2) in item number 13, relating to Joliet, Illinois, by 
     striking ``and construction and interchange at Houbolt Road 
     and I-80'';
       (3) in item number 36, relating to Compton, California, by 
     striking ``For a grade'' and all that follows through 
     ``Corridor'' and inserting ``For grade separations and other 
     improvements in the city of Compton, California''; and
       (4) in item number 52, relating to Chicago, Illinois, by 
     striking ``Right-of-way'' and all that follows through 
     ``Connector)'' and inserting ``Reconstruct the Michigan 
     Avenue viaduct''.

     SEC. 338. INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1107(b) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2048-2059) is amended--
       (1) in item 19, relating to Water Street, Pennsylvania--
       (A) by striking ``Water Street,''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, or other projects in the counties of 
     Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, and Huntingdon as selected 
     by the State of Pennsylvania'' after ``Pennsylvania'' the 
     second place it appears;
       (2) in item 20, relating to Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania--
       (A) by striking ``Holidaysburg,'' the first place it 
     appears; and
       (B) by inserting ``, or other projects in the counties of 
     Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, and Huntingdon as selected 
     by the State of Pennsylvania'' after ``Pennsylvania'' the 
     second place it appears;
       (3) in item number 24, relating to Pennsylvania, by 
     inserting after ``line'' the following: ``and for the 
     purchase, rehabilitation, and improvement of any similar 
     existing facility within a 150-mile radius of such project, 
     as selected by the State of Pennsylvania'';
       (4) in item number 29, relating to Blacksburg, Virginia, by 
     inserting ``methods of facilitating public and private 
     participation in'' after ``demonstrate'';
       (5) in item number 35, relating to Alabama, by striking 
     ``to bypass'' and all that follows through ``I-85'' and 
     inserting ``beginning on U.S. Route 80 west of Montgomery, 
     Alabama, and connecting to I-65 south of Montgomery and I-85 
     east of Montgomery'';
       (6) in item 49, relating to Suffolk County, New York, by 
     inserting after ``perimeters'' the following: ``and provide 
     funds to the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Smithtown, East 
     Hampton, Southold, Shelter Island, and Southampton for the 
     purchase of vehicles to meet the transportation needs of the 
     elderly and persons with disabilities'';
       (7) in item number 52, relating to Pennsylvania, by 
     striking ``2'' and all that follows 

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     through ``Pennsylvania'' and inserting ``or rehabilitate (or both) 
     highway and transportation infrastructure projects within 30 
     miles of I-81 or I-80 in northeastern Pennsylvania'';
       (8) in item number 61, relating to Mojave, California, by 
     striking ``Mojave'' and inserting ``Victorville'' and by 
     inserting ``Mojave'' after ``reconstruct'';
       (9) in item number 68, relating to Portland/S. Portland, 
     Maine--
       (A) by striking ``Portland/S. Portland,''; and
       (B) by inserting after ``Bridge'' the following: ``and 
     improvements to the Carlton Bridge in Bath-Woolworth'';
       (10) in item number 76, relating to Tennessee, by inserting 
     ``Improved access to'' before ``I-81'' and striking 
     ``Interchange'' and inserting after ``Tennessee'' the 
     following: ``via improvements at I-181/Eastern Star Road and 
     I-81/Kendrick Creek Road'';
       (11) in item number 100, relating to Arkansas, by striking 
     ``Thornton'' and inserting ``Little Rock'';
       (12) in item number 113, relating to Durham County, North 
     Carolina, by inserting after ``Route 147'' the following: ``, 
     including the interchange at I-85'';
       (13) in item number 114, relating to Corpus Christi to 
     Angleton, Texas, by striking ``Construct new multi-lane 
     freeway'' and inserting ``Construct a 4-lane divided 
     highway'';
       (14) in item number 193, relating to Corning, New York, by 
     inserting ``and other improvements'' after ``expressway 
     lanes''; and
       (15) in item 196, relating to Orlando, Florida--
       (A) by striking ``Orlando,''; and
       (B) by striking ``Land'' and all that follows through 
     ``project'' and inserting ``One or more regionally 
     significant, intercity ground transportation projects''.

     SEC. 339. INTERMODAL PROJECTS.

       The table contained in section 1108(b) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2060-2063) is amended--
       (1) in item number 12, relating to Buffalo, New York, by 
     inserting after ``Project'' the following: ``and the 
     Crossroads Arena Project'';
       (2) in item number 31, relating to Los Angeles, California, 
     by striking ``To improve ground access from Sepulveda Blvd. 
     to Los Angeles, California'' and inserting the following: 
     ``For the Los Angeles International Airport central terminal 
     ramp access project, $3,500,000; for the widening of Aviation 
     Boulevard south of Imperial Highway, $3,500,000; for the 
     widening of Aviation Boulevard north of Imperial Highway, 
     $1,000,000; and for transportation systems management 
     improvements in the vicinity of the Sepulveda Boulevard/Los 
     Angeles International Airport tunnel, $950,000''; and
       (3) in item 33, relating to Orange County, New York, strike 
     ``Stuart Airport Interchange Project'' and insert ``Stewart 
     Airport interchange projects''.

     SEC. 340. MISCELLANEOUS REVISIONS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 
                   AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1987.

       (a) California.--Section 149(a)(69) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 191), relating to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena 
     Airport, California, is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence by striking ``highway'';
       (2) in the first sentence by striking ``and construction of 
     terminal and parking facilities at such airport''; and
       (3) by striking ``by making'' in the second sentence and 
     all that follows through the period at the end of such 
     sentence and inserting the following: ``by preparing a 
     feasibility study and conducting preliminary engineering, 
     design, and construction of a link between such airport and 
     the commuter rail system that is being developed by the Los 
     Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.''.
       (b) Louisiana.--
       (1) Rural access project.--
       (A) Rescission.--Effective October 1, 1995, the unobligated 
     balances on September 30, 1995, of funds made available for 
     section 149(a)(87) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform 
     Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 194; relating to 
     West Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) are hereby rescinded.
       (B) Funding.--Item number 17 of the table contained in 
     section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2038), relating to Lake 
     Charles, Louisiana, is amended by striking ``4.1'' and 
     inserting ``8.8''.
       (2) I-10 exit ramp and other projects.--Section 149(a)(89) 
     of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
     Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 191) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``and lake charles'' after ``lafayette'' 
     in the paragraph heading; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end ``and, of 
     amounts made available to carry out this paragraph, may use 
     up to $456,022 to carry out a comprehensive transportation 
     and land use plan for Lafayette, Louisiana, $1,000,000 to 
     carry out a project to construct an exit ramp from the 
     eastbound side of Interstate Route I-10 to Ryan Street in 
     Lake Charles, Louisiana, and $269,661 under this paragraph 
     for projects described in section 149(a)(90)''.
       (3) Contraband bridge.--Section 149(a)(90) of such Act (101 
     Stat. 191) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``and lake charles'' after ``lafayette'' 
     in the paragraph heading; and
       (B) by inserting ``and a project to construct the 
     Contraband Bridge portion of the Nelson Access Road Project'' 
     before the period at the end.
       (c) Pennyslvania.--Section 149(a)(74) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 192) is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``and other projects in the counties 
     of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, and Huntingdon, 
     Pennsylvania''.
       (d) Maryland.--Section 149(a)(92) of such Act (101 Stat. 
     194) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United states route 48'' and inserting 
     ``Washington and frederick counties''; and
       (2) by inserting ``and to construct an interchange between 
     Interstate Route I-70 and Interstate Route I-270 in Frederick 
     County, Maryland'' after ``Mountain Road''.
       (e) Bus Testing Facility.--Section 5318 of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ``or cooperative 
     agreement'' after ``contract'' each place it appears; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Conversion of Contracts.--The Secretary may convert 
     existing contracts entered into under this section into 
     cooperative agreements.''.

     SEC. 341. ELIGIBILITY.

       (a) Existing Project.--Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid 
     Highway Act of 1956 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(1)'' before ``such costs may be 
     further''; and
       (2) by striking ``, and (2) the amount of such costs shall 
     not include the portion of the project between High Street 
     and Causeway Street''.
       (b) Other Existing Projects.--
       (1) Reconstruction and widening.--The project authorized by 
     section 162 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 
     1982 (96 Stat. 2136) shall include reconstruction and 
     widening to 6 lanes of existing Interstate Route 95 and of 
     the Pennsylvania Turnpike from United States Route 1 to the 
     junction with the New Jersey Turnpike, including the 
     structure over the Delaware River.
       (2) Federal share.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Federal share payable on account of the project 
     referred to in paragraph (1), including the additional 
     through roadway and bridge travel lanes, shall be 90 percent 
     of the cost of the project.
       (3) Tolls.--Notwithstanding section 301 of title 23, United 
     States Code, the project for construction of an interchange 
     between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate Route 95, 
     including the widening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, shall be 
     treated as a reconstruction project described in section 
     129(a)(1)(B) of such title and tolls may be continued on all 
     traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between United States 
     Route 1 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
       (c) Type II Noise Barriers.--No funds made available out of 
     the Highway Trust Fund may be used to construct Type II noise 
     barriers (as defined by section 772.5(i) of title 23, Code of 
     Federal Regulations) pursuant to sections 109 (h) and (i) of 
     title 23, United States Code if such barriers were not part 
     of a project approved by the Secretary before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 342. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TOLL ROADS.

       The Secretary shall enter into an agreement modifying the 
     agreement entered into pursuant to section 339 of the 
     Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-338) to conform such 
     agreement to the provisions of section 336 of the Department 
     of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1995 (Public Law 103-331). Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to change the amount of the previous appropriation 
     in such section 339, and the line of credit provided for 
     shall not exceed an amount supported by the previous 
     appropriation. In implementing such sections 336 and 339, the 
     Secretary may enter into an agreement requiring an interest 
     rate that is higher than the rate specified in such sections.

     SEC. 343. MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES.

       (a) Pan American Highway.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
     adequacy of and the need for improvements to the Pan American 
     Highway.
       (2) Elements.--The study to be conducted under paragraph 
     (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following elements:
       (A) Findings on the benefits of constructing a highway at 
     Darien Gap, Panama and Colombia.
       (B) Recommendations for a self-financing arrangement for 
     completion and maintenance of the Pan American Highway.
       (C) Recommendations for establishing a Pan American highway 
     authority to monitor financing, construction, maintenance, 
     and operations of the Pan American Highway.
       (D) Findings on the benefits to trade and prosperity of a 
     more efficient Pan American Highway.
       (E) Findings on the benefits to United States industry 
     through the use of United States technology and equipment in 
     construction of improvements to the Pan American Highway.
       (F) Findings on environmental considerations, including 
     environmental considerations relating to the Darien Gap.
       (3) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
     Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under 
     this subsection.
       (b) Highway Signs for National Highway System.--The 
     Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the cost, need, 
     and efficacy of establishing a highway sign for identifying 
     routes on the National Highway System. In conducting such 
     study, the Secretary shall make a determination concerning 
     whether to identify National Highway System route numbers.
       (c) Compliance With Buy American Act.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on 
     compliance with the provisions of the Buy American Act (41 
     U.S.C. 10a-10c) with respect to contracts entered into using 
     amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

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     shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study 
     conducted under paragraph (1).

     SEC. 344. COLLECTION OF BRIDGE TOLLS.

       Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls 
     collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the 
     boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, 
     shall continue to be collected for only those vehicles 
     exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.

     SEC. 345. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.

       Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``and $2,550,000 for fiscal year 1995'' 
     and inserting ``and $2,550,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 
     and 1996''.

     SEC. 346. ROADSIDE BARRIER TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 1058 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; 105 Stat. 2003) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``median'' and inserting 
     ``or temporary crashworthy'';
       (2) in subsection (a) by inserting ``crashworthy'' after 
     ``innovative'';
       (3) in the heading of subsection (c) by inserting 
     ``Crashworthy'' after ``Innovative'';
       (4) in subsection (c) by inserting ``crashworthy'' after 
     ``innovative'';
       (5) in subsection (c) by striking ``median'';
       (6) by inserting ``or guiderail'' after ``guardrail''; and
       (7) by inserting before the period at the end of subsection 
     (c) ``, and meets or surpasses the requirements of the 
     National Cooperative Highway Research Program 350 for 
     longitudinal barriers''.

     SEC. 347. MOTORIST CALL BOXES.

       (a) Effective Control.--Section 131(c) of title 23, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and (5)'' and inserting the following: 
     ``(5) signs, displays, and devices identifying and announcing 
     free motorist aid call boxes and advertising their 
     sponsorship by corporations or other organizations, and 
     (6)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
     Secretary shall ensure that spacing of signs, displays, and 
     devices announcing motorist aid call boxes is reasonable.''.
       (b) Specific Service Signs.--Section 131(f) of title 23, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``For purposes of this subsection, the term 
     `specific information in the interest of the traveling 
     public' includes identification, announcement, and 
     sponsorship of motorist aid call boxes.''.

     SEC. 348. REPEAL OF NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT COMPLIANCE 
                   PROGRAM.

       Sections 141(a) and 154 of title 23, United States Code, 
     and the item relating to section 154 in the analysis to 
     chapter 1 of such title are repealed.

     SEC. 349. ELIMINATION OF PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE FOR 
                   MOTORCYCLE HELMETS.

       Subsection (h) of section 153 of title 23, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``a law described in subsection 
     (a)(1) and'' each place it appears.

     SEC. 350. SAFETY REST AREAS.

       Section 120(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     by inserting ``safety rest areas,'' after ``signalization,''.

     SEC. 351. EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMMERCIAL 
                   MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR OPERATORS.

       (a) Exemptions.--
       (1) Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm 
     supplies.--Regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 
     sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, 
     regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used 
     by motor carriers shall not apply to drivers transporting 
     agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural 
     purposes in a State if such transportation is limited to an 
     area within a 100 air mile radius from the source of the 
     commodities or the distribution point for the farm supplies 
     and is during the planting and harvesting seasons within such 
     State, as determined by the State.
       (2) Transportation and operation of ground water well 
     drilling rigs.--Such regulations shall, in the case of a 
     driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is used primarily in 
     the transportation and operation of a ground water well 
     drilling rig, permit any period of 8 consecutive days to end 
     with the beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more 
     consecutive hours for the purposes of determining maximum 
     driving and on-duty time.
       (3) Transportation of construction materials and 
     equipment.--Such regulations shall, in the case of a driver 
     of a commercial motor vehicle who is used primarily in the 
     transportation of construction materials and equipment, 
     permit any period of 8 consecutive days to end with the 
     beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive 
     hours for the purposes of determining maximum driving and on-
     duty time.
       (4) Drivers of utility service vehicles.--Such regulations 
     shall, in the case of a driver of a utility service vehicle, 
     permit any period of 8 consecutive days to end with the 
     beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive 
     hours for the purposes of determining maximum driving and on-
     duty time.
       (5) Snow and ice removal.--A State may waive the 
     requirements of chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, 
     with respect to a vehicle that is being operated within the 
     boundaries of an eligible unit of local government by an 
     employee of such unit for the purpose of removing snow or ice 
     from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting. Such waiver 
     authority shall only apply in a case where the employee is 
     needed to operate the vehicle because the employee of the 
     eligible unit of local government who ordinarily operates the 
     vehicle and who has a commercial drivers license is unable to 
     operate the vehicle or is in need of additional assistance 
     due to a snow emergency.
       (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall 
     take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (c) Review by the Secretary.--The Secretary may conduct a 
     rulemaking proceeding to determine whether granting any 
     exemption provided by subsection (a) is not in the public 
     interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the 
     safety of commercial motor vehicles. If, at any time, the 
     Secretary determines that granting such exemption would not 
     be in the public interest and would have a significant 
     adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles, 
     then the Secretary may prevent the exemption from going into 
     effect, modify the exemption, or revoke the exemption.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following 
     definitions apply:
       (1) 8 consecutive days.--The term ``8 consecutive days'' 
     means the period of 8 consecutive days beginning on any day 
     at the time designated by the motor carrier for a 24-hour 
     period.
       (2) 24-hour period.--The term ``24-hour period'' means any 
     24-consecutive hour period beginning at the time designated 
     by the motor carrier for the terminal from which the driver 
     is normally dispatched.
       (3) Ground water well drilling rig.--The term ``ground 
     water well drilling rig'' means any vehicle, machine, 
     tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or specialized mobile 
     equipment propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on 
     highways to transport water well field operating equipment, 
     including water well drilling and pump service rigs equipped 
     to access ground water.
       (4) Transportation of construction materials and 
     equipment.--The term ``transportation of construction 
     materials and equipment'' means the transportation of 
     construction materials, construction finished related 
     products, construction personnel, and construction equipment 
     by a driver within a 50 air mile radius of the normal work 
     reporting location of the driver.
       (5) Eligible unit of local government.--The term ``eligible 
     unit of local government'' means a city, town, borough, 
     county, parish, district, or other public body created by or 
     pursuant to State law which has a total population of 3,000 
     individuals or less.
       (6) Utility service vehicle.--The term ``utility service 
     vehicle'' means any motor vehicle, regardless of gross 
     weight--
       (A) used on highways in interstate or intrastate commerce 
     in the furtherance of building, repairing, expanding, 
     improving, maintaining, or operating any structures, 
     facilities, excavations, poles, lines, or any other physical 
     feature necessary for the delivery of public utility 
     services, including the furnishing of electric, water, 
     sanitary sewer, telephone, and television cable or community 
     antenna service;
       (B) while engaged in any activity necessarily related to 
     the ultimate delivery of such public utility services to 
     consumers, including travel or movement to, from, upon, or 
     between activity sites (including occasional travel or 
     movement outside the service area necessitated by any utility 
     emergency as determined by the utility provider); and
       (C) except for any occasional emergency use, operated 
     primarily within the service area of a utility's subscribers 
     or consumers, without regard to whether the vehicle is owned, 
     leased, or rented or otherwise contracted for by the utility.

     SEC. 352. TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS.

       Traffic control signs referred to in the experimental 
     project conducted in the State of Oregon in December 1991 
     shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of section 
     2B-4 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the 
     Department of Transportation.

     SEC. 353. BRIGHTMAN STREET BRIDGE, FALL RIVER HARBOR, 
                   MASSACHUSETTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Brightman 
     Street Bridge in Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts, may be 
     reconstructed to result in a clear channel width of less than 
     300 feet.

     SEC. 354. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM.

       Section 31136(e) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1) In general.--'' before ``After 
     notice'';
       (2) by indenting paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph 
     (1) of this section, and moving paragraph (1), as so 
     redesignated, 2 ems to the right; and
       (3) by adding the following at the end:
       ``(2) Motor carrier safety program.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, within 180 days of the 
     application of an operator of motor vehicles with a gross 
     vehicle weight rating of at least 10,001 pounds but not more 
     than 26,000 pounds, shall exempt some or all of such vehicles 
     and drivers of such vehicles from some or all of the 
     regulations prescribed under this section and sections 504 
     and 31502 of this title if the Secretary finds such 
     applicant--
       ``(i) has a current satisfactory safety fitness rating 
     issued by the Secretary; and
       ``(ii) will implement a program of safety management 
     controls designed to achieve a level of operational safety 
     equal to or greater than that resulting from compliance with 
     the regulations prescribed under this section.

     The Secretary shall modify the exemption if there is a 
     material change in the regulations prescribed under such 
     sections. In granting such exemptions, the Secretary shall 
     ensure that approved participants in the motor carrier safety 
     program are subject to a minimum of paperwork and regulatory 
     burdens.
       ``(B) Monitoring; exemption period.--The Secretary and 
     participants in the program established by this paragraph 
     shall periodically monitor the safety of vehicles and drivers 
     exempted from regulations under the program. An exemption 
     approved under subparagraph (A) 

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     shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary finds--
       ``(i) that the operator has exceeded the average ratio of 
     preventable accidents to vehicle miles travelled for a period 
     of 12 months for the class of vehicles with a gross vehicle 
     weight of at least 10,001 pounds but not more than 26,000 
     pounds; or
       ``(ii) that such operator's exemption is not in the public 
     interest and would result in a significant adverse impact on 
     the safety of commercial motor vehicles.
       ``(C) Factors.--In approving applications under the program 
     established by this paragraph, the Secretary shall--
       ``(i) ensure that applicants in the program represent a 
     broad cross-section of fleet size and operators of vehicles 
     between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds; and
       ``(ii) to the extent feasible, ensure participation by as 
     many qualified applicants as possible.
       ``(D) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not grant the 
     exemptions set forth in subparagraph (A) to vehicles--
       ``(i) designed to transport more than 15 passengers; 
     including the driver; or
       ``(ii) used in transporting material found by the Secretary 
     to be hazardous under section 5103 of this title and 
     transported in a quantity requiring placarding under 
     regulations prescribed by the Secretary under such section 
     5103.
       ``(E) Emergencies.--The Secretary may revoke or modify the 
     participation of an operator in the program established by 
     this section in the case of an emergency.
       ``(3) Review of regulations.--The Secretary shall conduct a 
     zero-based review of the need and the costs and benefits of 
     all regulations issued under this section and sections 504 
     and 31502 of this title to determine whether such regulations 
     should apply to vehicles weighing between 10,000 and 26,000 
     pounds. The review shall focus on the appropriate level of 
     safety and the paperwork and regulatory burdens of such 
     regulations as they apply to operators of vehicles weighing 
     between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds. The Secretary shall 
     complete the review within 18 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph. Upon completion of the review, 
     the Secretary shall grant such exemptions or modify or repeal 
     existing regulations to the extent appropriate.''.

     SEC. 355. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

       Notwithstanding section 101(a) of title 23, United States 
     Code, the projects described in section 149(a)(62) of Public 
     Law 100-17 and section 1 of Public Law 100-211 shall be 
     eligible under section 204 of title 23, United States Code.

     SEC. 356. SAFETY REPORT.

       Not later than September 30, 1997, the Secretary of 
     Transportation, in cooperation with any State which raises 
     any speed limit in such State to a level above the level 
     permitted under section 154 of title 23, United States Code, 
     as such section was in effect on September 15, 1995, shall 
     prepare and submit to the Congress a study of--
       (1) the costs to such State of deaths and injuries 
     resulting from motor vehicle crashes; and
       (2) the benefits associated with the repeal of the national 
     maximum speed limit.

     SEC. 357. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY INTOXICATED MINORS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 161. National standard to prohibit the operation of 
       motor vehicles by intoxicated minors

       ``(a) Withholding of Apportionments for Noncompliance.--
       ``(1) Fiscal year 1999.--The Secretary shall withhold 5 
     percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State 
     under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of section 104(b) 
     on October 1, 1998, if the State does not meet the 
     requirement of paragraph (3) on such date.
       ``(2) Thereafter.--The Secretary shall withhold 10 percent 
     (including any amounts withheld under paragraph (1)) of the 
     amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of 
     paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of section 104(b) on October 1, 
     1999, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, if the 
     State does not meet the requirement of paragraph (3) on such 
     date.
       ``(3) Requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this 
     paragraph if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law 
     that makes unlawful throughout the State the operation of a 
     motor vehicle by an individual under the age of 21 who has a 
     blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater.
       ``(b) Period of Availability; Effect of Compliance and 
     Noncompliance.--
       ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--
       ``(A) Funds withheld on or before september 30, 2000.--Any 
     funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 
     State on or before September 30, 2000, shall remain available 
     until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal 
     year for which such funds are authorized to be appropriated.
       ``(B) Funds withheld after september 30, 2000.--No funds 
     withheld under this section from apportionment to any State 
     after September 30, 2000, shall be available for 
     apportionment to such State.
       ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.--
     If, before the last day of the period for which funds 
     withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment are to 
     remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph 
     (1), the State meets the requirement of subsection (a)(3), 
     the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 
     meets such requirement, apportion to the State the funds 
     withheld under subsection (a) that remain available for 
     apportionment to the State.
       ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned 
     funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
     remain available for expenditure until the end of the third 
     fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such funds are 
     so apportioned. Sums not obligated at the end of such period 
     shall lapse or, in the case of funds apportioned under 
     section 104(b)(5), shall lapse and be made available by the 
     Secretary for projects in accordance with section 118.
       ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the 
     period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) from 
     apportionment are available for apportionment to a State 
     under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirement 
     of subsection (a)(3), such funds shall lapse or, in the case 
     of funds withheld from apportionment under section 104(b)(5), 
     such funds shall lapse and be made available by the Secretary 
     for projects in accordance with section 118.''.
       (b) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``161. National standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by 
              intoxicated minors.''.

     SEC. 358. EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUNK DRIVING LAWS.

       The Secretary shall conduct a study to evaluate the 
     effectiveness on reducing drunk driving of laws enacted in 
     the States which allow a health care provider who treats an 
     individual involved in a vehicular accident to report the 
     blood alcohol level, if known, of such individual to the 
     local law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the 
     accident site if the blood alcohol concentration level 
     exceeds the maximum level permitted under State law.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to amend title 23, 
     United States Code, to designate the National Highway System, 
     and for other purposes.''.
  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I move that the Senate disagree with the 
House amendments and agree to a request for a conference, and that the 
Chair be authorized to appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The motion was agreed to, and the Presiding Officer appointed Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Moynihan, Mr. Reid and from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, solely for matters within their jurisdiction, Mr. 
Pressler, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Hollings, conferees on the part of the 
Senate.



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