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[Discussion Draft]
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[DISCUSSION DRAFT]
1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
This Act may be cited as the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
or the FAST Act
.
(b)
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Division A—Surface Transportation
Sec. 1001. Definitions.
Sec. 1002. Reconciliation of funds.
Sec. 1003. Effective date.
Sec. 1004. References.
Title I—Federal-Aid Highways
Subtitle A—Authorizations and Programs
Sec. 1101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1102. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 1103. Definitions.
Sec. 1104. Apportionment.
Sec. 1105. Nationally significant freight and highway projects.
Sec. 1106. National highway performance program.
Sec. 1107. Emergency relief for federally owned roads.
Sec. 1108. Railway-highway grade crossings.
Sec. 1109. Surface transportation block grant program.
Sec. 1110. Highway use tax evasion projects.
Sec. 1111. Bundling of bridge projects.
Sec. 1112. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
Sec. 1113. Highway safety improvement program.
Sec. 1114. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
Sec. 1115. Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program.
Sec. 1116. National highway freight program.
Sec. 1117. Federal lands and tribal transportation programs.
Sec. 1118. Tribal transportation program amendment.
Sec. 1119. Federal lands transportation program.
Sec. 1120. Federal lands programmatic activities.
Sec. 1121. Tribal transportation self-governance program.
Sec. 1122. State flexibility for National Highway System modifications.
Sec. 1123. Nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program.
Subtitle B—Planning and Performance Management
Sec. 1201. Metropolitan transportation planning.
Sec. 1202. Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning.
Subtitle C—Acceleration of project delivery
Sec. 1301. Satisfaction of requirements for certain historic sites.
Sec. 1302. Clarification of transportation environmental authorities.
Sec. 1303. Treatment of certain bridges under preservation requirements.
Sec. 1304. Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking.
Sec. 1305. Integration of planning and environmental review.
Sec. 1306. Development of programmatic mitigation plans.
Sec. 1307. Technical assistance for States.
Sec. 1308. Surface transportation project delivery program.
Sec. 1309. Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews.
Sec. 1310. Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects.
Sec. 1311. Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews.
Sec. 1312. Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews.
Sec. 1313. Aligning Federal environmental reviews.
Sec. 1314. Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance.
Sec. 1315. Programmatic agreement template.
Sec. 1316. Assumption of authorities.
Sec. 1317. Modernization of the environmental review process.
Sec. 1318. Assessment of progress on accelerating project delivery.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1401. Prohibition on the use of funds for automated traffic enforcement.
Sec. 1402. Highway Trust Fund transparency and accountability.
Sec. 1403. Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 1404. Design standards.
Sec. 1405. Justification reports for access points on the Interstate System.
Sec. 1406. Performance period adjustment.
Sec. 1407. Vehicle-to-infrastructure equipment.
Sec. 1408. Federal share payable.
Sec. 1409. Milk products.
Sec. 1410. Interstate weight limits.
Sec. 1411. Tolling; HOV facilities; Interstate reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Sec. 1412. Projects for public safety relating to idling trains.
Sec. 1413. National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors.
Sec. 1414. Repeat offender criteria.
Sec. 1415. Administrative provisions to encourage pollinator habitat and forage on transportation rights-of-way.
Sec. 1416. High priority corridors on National Highway System.
Sec. 1417. Work zone and guard rail safety training.
Sec. 1418. Consolidation of programs.
Sec. 1419. Elimination or modification of certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 1420. Flexibility for projects.
Sec. 1421. Productive and timely expenditure of funds.
Sec. 1422. Study on performance of bridges.
Sec. 1423. Relinquishment of park-and-ride lot facilities.
Sec. 1424. Pilot program.
Sec. 1425. Service club, charitable association, or religious service signs.
Sec. 1426. Motorcyclist advisory council.
Sec. 1427. Highway work zones.
Sec. 1428. Use of durable, resilient, and sustainable materials and practices.
Sec. 1429. Identification of roadside highway safety hardware devices.
Sec. 1430. Use of modeling and simulation technology.
Sec. 1431. National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure.
Sec. 1432. Emergency exemptions.
Sec. 1433. Report on Highway Trust Fund administrative expenditures.
Sec. 1434. Availability of reports.
Sec. 1435. Appalachian development highway system.
Sec. 1436. Appalachian regional development program.
Sec. 1437. Border State infrastructure.
Sec. 1438. Adjustments.
Sec. 1439. Elimination of barriers to improve at-risk bridges.
Sec. 1440. At-risk project preagreement authority.
Sec. 1441. Regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration program.
Sec. 1442. Safety for users.
Sec. 1443. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1444. Every Day Counts initiative.
Sec. 1445. Water infrastructure finance and innovation.
Sec. 1446. Technical corrections.
Title II—Innovative Project Finance
Sec. 2001. Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 amendments.
Sec. 2002. Availability payment concession model.
Title III—Public Transportation
Sec. 3001. Short title.
Sec. 3002. Definitions.
Sec. 3003. Metropolitan and statewide transportation planning.
Sec. 3004. Urbanized area formula grants.
Sec. 3005. Fixed guideway capital investment grants.
Sec. 3006. Enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 3007. Formula grants for rural areas.
Sec. 3008. Public transportation innovation.
Sec. 3009. Technical assistance and workforce development.
Sec. 3010. Private sector participation.
Sec. 3011. General provisions.
Sec. 3012. Project management oversight.
Sec. 3013. Public transportation safety program.
Sec. 3014. Apportionments.
Sec. 3015. State of good repair grants.
Sec. 3016. Authorizations.
Sec. 3017. Grants for buses and bus facilities.
Sec. 3018. Obligation ceiling.
Sec. 3019. Innovative procurement.
Sec. 3020. Review of public transportation safety standards.
Sec. 3021. Study on evidentiary protection for public transportation safety program information.
Sec. 3022. Improved public transportation safety measures.
Sec. 3023. Paratransit system under FTA approved coordinated plan.
Sec. 3024. Report on potential of Internet of Things.
Sec. 3025. Report on parking safety.
Sec. 3026. Appointment of directors of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Sec. 3027. Effectiveness of public transportation changes and funding.
Sec. 3028. Authorization of grants for positive train control.
Sec. 3029. Amendment to title 5.
Sec. 3030. Technical and conforming changes.
Title IV—Highway traffic safety
Sec. 4001. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4002. Highway safety programs.
Sec. 4003. Highway safety research and development.
Sec. 4004. High-visibility enforcement program.
Sec. 4005. National priority safety programs.
Sec. 4006. Tracking process.
Sec. 4007. Stop motorcycle checkpoint funding.
Sec. 4008. Marijuana-impaired driving.
Sec. 4009. Increasing public awareness of the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
Sec. 4010. National priority safety program grant eligibility.
Sec. 4011. Data collection.
Sec. 4012. Study on the national roadside survey of alcohol and drug use by drivers.
Sec. 4013. Barriers to data collection report.
Sec. 4014. Technical corrections.
Sec. 4015. Effective date for certain programs.
Title V—Motor Carrier Safety
Subtitle A—Motor Carrier Safety Grant Consolidation
Sec. 5101. Grants to States.
Sec. 5102. Performance and registration information systems management.
Sec. 5103. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 5104. Commercial driver's license program implementation.
Sec. 5105. Extension of Federal motor carrier safety programs for fiscal year 2016.
Sec. 5106. Motor carrier safety assistance program allocation.
Sec. 5107. Maintenance of effort calculation.
Subtitle B—Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Reform
Part I—Regulatory Reform
Sec. 5201. Notice of cancellation of insurance.
Sec. 5202. Regulations.
Sec. 5203. Guidance.
Sec. 5204. Petitions.
Sec. 5205. Inspector standards.
Sec. 5206. Applications.
Part II—Compliance, Safety, Accountability Reform
Sec. 5221. Correlation study.
Sec. 5222. Beyond compliance.
Sec. 5223. Data certification.
Sec. 5224. Data improvement.
Sec. 5225. Accident review.
Subtitle C—Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Sec. 5301. Windshield technology.
Sec. 5302. Prioritizing statutory rulemakings.
Sec. 5303. Safety reporting system.
Sec. 5304. New entrant safety review program.
Sec. 5305. High risk carrier reviews.
Sec. 5306. Post-accident report review.
Sec. 5307. Implementing safety requirements.
Subtitle D—Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
Sec. 5401. Opportunities for veterans.
Sec. 5402. Drug-free commercial drivers.
Sec. 5403. Medical certification of veterans for commercial driver’s licenses.
Sec. 5404. Commercial driver pilot program.
Subtitle E—General Provisions
Sec. 5501. Delays in goods movement.
Sec. 5502. Emergency route working group.
Sec. 5503. Household goods consumer protection working group.
Sec. 5504. Technology improvements.
Sec. 5505. Notification regarding motor carrier registration.
Sec. 5506. Report on commercial driver’s license skills test delays.
Sec. 5507. Electronic logging device requirements.
Sec. 5508. Technical corrections.
Sec. 5509. Minimum financial responsibility.
Sec. 5510. Safety study regarding double-decker motorcoaches.
Sec. 5511. GAO review of school bus safety.
Sec. 5512. Access to National Driver Register.
Sec. 5513. Report on design and implementation of wireless roadside inspection systems.
Sec. 5514. Regulation of tow truck operations.
Sec. 5515. Study on commercial motor vehicle driver commuting.
Sec. 5516. Additional State authority.
Sec. 5517. Report on motor carrier financial responsibility.
Sec. 5518. Covered farm vehicles.
Sec. 5519. Operators of hi-rail vehicles.
Sec. 5520. Automobile transporter.
Sec. 5521. Ready mix concrete delivery vehicles.
Sec. 5522. Transportation of construction materials and equipment.
Sec. 5523. Commercial delivery of light- and medium-duty trailers.
Sec. 5524. Exemptions from requirements for certain welding trucks used in pipeline industry.
Sec. 5525. Report.
Title VI—Innovation
Sec. 6001. Short title.
Sec. 6002. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 6003. Technology and innovation deployment program.
Sec. 6004. Advanced transportation and congestion management technologies deployment.
Sec. 6005. Intelligent transportation system goals.
Sec. 6006. Intelligent transportation system purposes.
Sec. 6007. Intelligent transportation system program report.
Sec. 6008. Intelligent transportation system national architecture and standards.
Sec. 6009. Communication systems deployment report.
Sec. 6010. Infrastructure development.
Sec. 6011. Departmental research programs.
Sec. 6012. Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
Sec. 6013. Web-based training for emergency responders.
Sec. 6014. Hazardous materials research and development.
Sec. 6015. Office of Intermodalism.
Sec. 6016. University transportation centers.
Sec. 6017. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Sec. 6018. Port performance freight statistics program.
Sec. 6019. Research planning.
Sec. 6020. Surface transportation system funding alternatives.
Sec. 6021. Future interstate study.
Sec. 6022. Highway efficiency.
Sec. 6023. Transportation technology policy working group.
Sec. 6024. Collaboration and support.
Sec. 6025. GAO report.
Sec. 6026. Traffic congestion.
Sec. 6027. Smart cities transportation planning study.
Sec. 6028. Performance management data support program.
Title VII—Hazardous Materials Transportation
Sec. 7001. Short title.
Subtitle A—Authorizations
Sec. 7101. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Hazardous material safety and improvement
Sec. 7201. National emergency and disaster response.
Sec. 7202. Motor carrier safety permits.
Sec. 7203. Improving the effectiveness of planning and training grants.
Sec. 7204. Improving publication of special permits and approvals.
Sec. 7205. Enhanced reporting.
Sec. 7206. Wetlines.
Sec. 7207. GAO study on acceptance of classification examinations.
Sec. 7208. Hazardous materials endorsement exemption.
Subtitle C—Safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail
Sec. 7301. Community safety grants.
Sec. 7302. Real-time emergency response information.
Sec. 7303. Emergency response.
Sec. 7304. Phase-out of all tank cars used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids.
Sec. 7305. Thermal blankets.
Sec. 7306. Minimum requirements for top fittings protection for class DOT–117R tank cars.
Sec. 7307. Rulemaking on oil spill response plans.
Sec. 7308. Modification reporting.
Sec. 7309. Report on crude oil characteristics research study.
Sec. 7310. Hazardous materials by rail liability study.
Sec. 7311. Study and testing of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes.
Title VIII—Multimodal Freight Transportation
Sec. 8001. Multimodal freight transportation.
Title IX—National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau
Sec. 9001. National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau.
Sec. 9002. Council on Credit and Finance.
Title X—Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety
Sec. 10001. Allocations.
Sec. 10002. Recreational boating safety.
Title XI—Rail
Sec. 11001. Short title.
Subtitle A—Authorizations
Sec. 11101. Authorization of grants to Amtrak.
Sec. 11102. Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements.
Sec. 11103. Federal-State partnership for state of good repair.
Sec. 11104. Restoration and enhancement grants.
Sec. 11105. Authorization of appropriations for Amtrak Office of Inspector General.
Sec. 11106. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Amtrak reforms
Sec. 11201. Accounts.
Sec. 11202. Amtrak grant process.
Sec. 11203. 5-year business line and asset plans.
Sec. 11204. State-supported route committee.
Sec. 11205. Composition of Amtrak’s Board of Directors.
Sec. 11206. Route and service planning decisions.
Sec. 11207. Food and beverage reform.
Sec. 11208. Rolling stock purchases.
Sec. 11209. Local products and promotional events.
Sec. 11210. Amtrak pilot program for passengers transporting domesticated cats and dogs.
Sec. 11211. Right-of-way leveraging.
Sec. 11212. Station development.
Sec. 11213. Amtrak boarding procedures.
Sec. 11214. Amtrak debt.
Sec. 11215. Elimination of duplicative reporting.
Subtitle C—Intercity Passenger Rail Policy
Sec. 11301. Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements.
Sec. 11302. Federal-State partnership for state of good repair.
Sec. 11303. Restoration and enhancement grants.
Sec. 11304. Gulf Coast rail service working group.
Sec. 11305. Northeast Corridor Commission.
Sec. 11306. Northeast corridor planning.
Sec. 11307. Competition.
Sec. 11308. Performance-based proposals.
Sec. 11309. Large capital project requirements.
Sec. 11310. Small business participation study.
Sec. 11311. Shared-use study.
Sec. 11312. Northeast Corridor through-ticketing and procurement efficiencies.
Sec. 11313. Data and analysis.
Sec. 11314. Amtrak Inspector General.
Sec. 11315. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 11316. Technical and conforming amendments.
Subtitle D—Safety
Sec. 11401. Highway-rail grade crossing safety.
Sec. 11402. Private highway-rail grade crossings.
Sec. 11403. Study on use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings.
Sec. 11404. Positive train control at grade crossings effectiveness study.
Sec. 11405. Bridge inspection reports.
Sec. 11406. Speed limit action plans.
Sec. 11407. Alerters.
Sec. 11408. Signal protection.
Sec. 11409. Commuter rail track inspections.
Sec. 11410. Post-accident assessment.
Sec. 11411. Recording devices.
Sec. 11412. Railroad police officers.
Sec. 11413. Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment.
Sec. 11414. Report on vertical track deflection.
Sec. 11415. Rail passenger liability.
Subtitle E—Project Delivery
Sec. 11501. Short title.
Sec. 11502. Treatment of improvements to rail and transit under preservation requirements.
Sec. 11503. Efficient environmental reviews.
Sec. 11504. Railroad rights-of-way.
Subtitle F—Financing
Sec. 11601. Short title; references.
Sec. 11602. Definitions.
Sec. 11603. Eligible applicants.
Sec. 11604. Eligible purposes.
Sec. 11605. Program administration.
Sec. 11606. Loan terms and repayment.
Sec. 11607. Credit risk premiums.
Sec. 11608. Master credit agreements.
Sec. 11609. Priorities and conditions.
Sec. 11610. Savings provisions.
Sec. 11611. Report on leveraging RRIF.
Division B—Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015
Title XXIV—Motor Vehicle Safety
Subtitle A—Vehicle Safety
Sec. 24101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 24102. Inspector general recommendations.
Sec. 24103. Improvements in availability of recall information.
Sec. 24104. Recall process.
Sec. 24105. Pilot grant program for state notification to consumers of motor vehicle recall status.
Sec. 24106. Recall obligations under bankruptcy.
Sec. 24107. Dealer requirement to check for open recall.
Sec. 24108. Extension of time period for remedy of tire defects.
Sec. 24109. Rental car safety.
Sec. 24110. Increase in civil penalties for violations of motor vehicle safety.
Sec. 24111. Electronic odometer disclosures.
Sec. 24112. Corporate responsibility for NHTSA reports.
Sec. 24113. Direct vehicle notification of recalls.
Sec. 24114. Unattended children warning.
Sec. 24115. Tire pressure monitoring system.
Sec. 24116. Information regarding components involved in recall.
Subtitle B—Research And Development And Vehicle Electronics
Sec. 24201. Report on operations of the council for vehicle electronics, vehicle software, and emerging technologies.
Sec. 24202. Cooperation with foreign governments.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Part I—DRIVER PRIVACY ACT OF 2015
Sec. 24301. Short title.
Sec. 24302. Limitations on data retrieval from vehicle event data recorders.
Sec. 24303. Vehicle event data recorder study.
Part II—SAFETY THROUGH INFORMED CONSUMERS ACT OF 2015
Sec. 24321. Short title.
Sec. 24322. Passenger motor vehicle information.
Part III—TIRE EFFICIENCY, SAFETY, AND REGISTRATION ACT OF 2015
Sec. 24331. Short title.
Sec. 24332. Tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards.
Sec. 24333. Tire registration by independent sellers.
Sec. 24334. Tire identification study and report.
Sec. 24335. Tire recall database.
Part IV—ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES
Sec. 24341. Regulatory parity for natural gas vehicles.
Part V—MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY WHISTLEBLOWER ACT
Sec. 24351. Short title.
Sec. 24352. Motor vehicle safety whistleblower incentives and protections.
Subtitle D—Additional Motor Vehicle Provisions
Sec. 24401. Required reporting of NHTSA agenda.
Sec. 24402. Application of remedies for defects and noncompliance.
Sec. 24403. Retention of safety records by manufacturers.
Sec. 24404. Nonapplication of prohibitions relating to noncomplying motor vehicles to vehicles used for testing or evaluation.
Sec. 24405. Treatment of low-volume manufacturers.
Sec. 24406. Motor vehicle safety guidelines.
Sec. 24407. Improvement of data collection on child occupants in vehicle crashes.
Division C—Finance
Title XXXI—Highway trust fund and related taxes
Subtitle A—Extension of trust fund expenditure authority and related taxes
Sec. 31101. Extension of Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority.
Sec. 31102. Extension of highway-related taxes.
Subtitle B—Additional transfers to Highway Trust Fund
Sec. 31201. Further additional transfers to trust fund.
Sec. 31202. Transfer to Highway Trust Fund of certain motor vehicle safety penalties.
Sec. 31203. Appropriation from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
Title XXXII—Offsets
Subtitle A—Tax provisions
Sec. 32101. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes.
Sec. 32102. Reform of rules relating to qualified tax collection contracts.
Sec. 32103. Special compliance personnel program.
Sec. 32104. Repeal of modification of automatic extension of return due date for certain employee benefit plans.
Subtitle B—Fees and receipts
Sec. 32201. Adjustment for inflation of fees for certain customs services.
Sec. 32202. Limitation on surplus funds of Federal reserve banks.
Sec. 32203. Dividends of Federal reserve banks.
Sec. 32204. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale.
Sec. 32205. Repeal.
Subtitle C—Outlays
Sec. 32301. Interest on overpayment.
Subtitle D—Budgetary effects
Sec. 32401. Budgetary effects.
Division D—Miscellaneous
Title XLI—Federal Permitting Improvement
Sec. 41001. Definitions.
Sec. 41002. Federal Permitting Improvement Council.
Sec. 41003. Permitting process improvement.
Sec. 41004. Interstate compacts.
Sec. 41005. Coordination of required reviews.
Sec. 41006. Delegated State permitting programs.
Sec. 41007. Litigation, judicial review, and savings provision.
Sec. 41008. Reports.
Sec. 41009. Funding for governance, oversight, and processing of environmental reviews and permits.
Sec. 41010. Application.
Sec. 41011. GAO Report.
Sec. 41012. Savings provision.
Sec. 41013. Sunset.
Sec. 41014. Placement.
Title XLII—Additional provisions
Sec. 42001. GAO report on refunds to registered vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation.
Title XLIII—Payments to certified States and Indian tribes
Sec. 43001. Payments from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.
Division E—Export-Import Bank of the United States
Sec. 50001. Short title.
Title LI—Taxpayer protection provisions and increased accountability
Sec. 51001. Reduction in authorized amount of outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance.
Sec. 51002. Increase in loss reserves.
Sec. 51003. Review of fraud controls.
Sec. 51004. Office of Ethics.
Sec. 51005. Chief Risk Officer.
Sec. 51006. Risk Management Committee.
Sec. 51007. Independent audit of bank portfolio.
Sec. 51008. Pilot program for reinsurance.
Title LII—Promotion of small business exports
Sec. 52001. Increase in small business lending requirements.
Sec. 52002. Report on programs for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Title LIII—Modernization of operations
Sec. 53001. Electronic payments and documents.
Sec. 53002. Reauthorization of information technology updating.
Title LIV—General provisions
Sec. 54001. Extension of authority.
Sec. 54002. Certain updated loan terms and amounts.
Title LV—Other matters
Sec. 55001. Prohibition on discrimination based on industry.
Sec. 55002. Negotiations to end export credit financing.
Sec. 55003. Study of financing for information and communications technology systems.
Division F—Energy Security
Sec. 61001. Emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions.
Sec. 61002. Resolving environmental and grid reliability conflicts.
Sec. 61003. Critical electric infrastructure security.
Sec. 61004. Strategic Transformer Reserve.
Sec. 61005. Energy security valuation.
Division G—Financial Services
Title LXXI—Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies
Sec. 71001. Filing requirement for public filing prior to public offering.
Sec. 71002. Grace period for change of status of emerging growth companies.
Sec. 71003. Simplified disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies.
Title LXXII—Disclosure Modernization and Simplification
Sec. 72001. Summary page for form 10–K.
Sec. 72002. Improvement of regulation S–K.
Sec. 72003. Study on modernization and simplification of regulation S–K.
Title LXXIII—Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings
Sec. 73001. Technical corrections.
Sec. 73002. American Eagle Silver Bullion 30th Anniversary.
Title LXXIV—SBIC Advisers Relief
Sec. 74001. Advisers of SBICs and venture capital funds.
Sec. 74002. Advisers of SBICs and private funds.
Sec. 74003. Relationship to State law.
Title LXXV—Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion
Sec. 75001. Exception to annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Title LXXVI—Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises
Sec. 76001. Exempted transactions.
Title LXXVII—Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity
Sec. 77001. Distributions and residual receipts.
Sec. 77002. Future refinancings.
Sec. 77003. Implementation.
Title LXXVIII—Tenant Income Verification Relief
Sec. 78001. Reviews of family incomes.
Title LXXIX—Housing Assistance Efficiency
Sec. 79001. Authority to administer rental assistance.
Sec. 79002. Reallocation of funds.
Title LXXX—Child Support Assistance
Sec. 80001. Requests for consumer reports by State or local child support enforcement agencies.
Title LXXXI—Private Investment in Housing
Sec. 81001. Budget-neutral demonstration program for energy and water conservation improvements at multifamily residential units.
Title LXXXII—Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions
Sec. 82001. Privately insured credit unions authorized to become members of a Federal home loan bank.
Sec. 82002. GAO Report.
Title LXXXIII—Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform
Sec. 83001. Smaller institutions qualifying for 18-month examination cycle.
Title LXXXIV—Small Company Simple Registration
Sec. 84001. Forward incorporation by reference for Form S–1.
Title LXXXV—Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization
Sec. 85001. Registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies.
Title LXXXVI—Repeal of indemnification requirements
Sec. 86001. Repeal.
Title LXXXVII—Treatment of debt or equity instruments of smaller institutions
Sec. 87001. Date for determining consolidated assets.
Title LXXXVIII—State licensing efficiency
Sec. 88001. Short title.
Sec. 88002. Background checks.
Title LXXXIX—Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities
Sec. 89001. Short title.
Sec. 89002. Designation of rural area.
Sec. 89003. Operations in rural areas.
A
1001.
In this division, the following definitions apply:
(1)
The term Department means the Department of Transportation.
(2)
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation.
1002.
The Secretary shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity under titles I and VI of this Act in fiscal year 2016 by amounts apportioned or allocated pursuant to any extension Act of MAP–21, including the amendments made by that extension Act, during the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of making such reductions, funds set aside pursuant to section 133(h) of title 23, United States Code, as amended by this Act, shall be reduced by the amount set aside pursuant to section 213 of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
1003.
Except as otherwise provided, this division, including the amendments made by this division, takes effect on October 1, 2015.
1004.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act
contained in this division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.
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</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8608F40B02AF4F26BFCB9CE022966F4F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program</header>
<text>For credit assistance under the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF75B9203E1454AB6961EC5DF635A1AC0" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$275,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5499DD640EBC43DE9F0CA3116DE0E219" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$275,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9438F071065D413B9A17157F4710478A" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$285,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF681957C82EC43909F64F91AF9FABD98" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE741E049101642B8AAA2CBE1743E0E58" commented="no">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF9054EBD4B04FE7B06541261B64F2EA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal lands and tribal transportation programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H169E0E59B5354620A6FEBE35A84005DE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Tribal transportation program</header>
<text>For the tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<clause id="H6C11C95B60B94BE691744293D42BEAA9" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$465,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8E89BEC4D2964DB68F917E4679383ED7" commented="no">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$475,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9E99212B7C5345B9B2D1535AF601B60F" commented="no">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$485,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFB134C03A59A4E19B3BAD66AB5975D89" commented="no">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>$495,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H73AAEB70451C4184A5705AB2BF7886E7" commented="no">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>$505,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FAD0DE5495840A689D630FEC891DA52">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Federal lands transportation program</header>
<clause id="HDD197F792689464998656AE62A44DA42">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For the Federal lands transportation program under section 203 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subclause id="HADA1FD07276A4A9698D085DC80B88F6C" commented="no">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$335,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H319C62EABF514F25A96038AFFE503DC9" commented="no">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>$345,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H574CC590B96B458FA81583380D8656B3" commented="no">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>$355,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEA21F4FB04054016A0CE46116DBA3481" commented="no">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>$365,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1F7AEC11A5DA4196A2BD1B4B4DCCE85B" commented="no">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>$375,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HEDE9A7CFC78D42058B80742F346E6179">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Allocation</header>
<text>Of the amount made available for a fiscal year under clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H065D539124D142D69D9DA0FC6700E60D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the amount for the National Park Service is—</text>
<item id="HEF6155C790464A688A7573D109402283" commented="no">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$268,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</item>
<item id="H014BAC8F934E4F37AFBBE5A2D3E6CA90" commented="no">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>$276,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</item>
<item id="HE592487502744B238CC562A6C333905D" commented="no">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>$284,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</item>
<item id="HFFF9076C260140D2BC1BAD78A0783F53" commented="no">
<enum>(dd)</enum>
<text>$292,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</item>
<item id="HEE59D4FCF8B048B58AFC997B3F9AA736" commented="no">
<enum>(ee)</enum>
<text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H70E0DE2829014FACA213B7CC4CD86421">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC0C59ABDA213413790C7C5B6D7512E98">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount for the United States Forest Service is—</text>
<item id="H0128BE95AE7347469E3E49C8BE7D3871" commented="no">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</item>
<item id="HAE650A3B89A249FCB9A1D680C00C0C3E" commented="no">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</item>
<item id="H7B593FFF0E4C41E8B06570A16D8160C5" commented="no">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>$17,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</item>
<item id="H156930E77B5C45CB9EC302184310A3BF" commented="no">
<enum>(dd)</enum>
<text>$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H670A617DE2FC4550BDB31D8686AEE980" commented="no">
<enum>(ee)</enum>
<text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E35F4C730734F929E1E62052CCADBCC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Federal lands access program</header>
<text>For the Federal lands access program under section 204 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<clause id="HE77EBBA5F5FD4CE88EAB667CC12D9932" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9EDA4121C3FB49598955EE5409AF0865" commented="no">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$255,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC83C649A3F0B4E04852770555EB3EAD9" commented="no">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$260,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H52C8514CADFB47E9A613E0F5D352CEFD" commented="no">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>$265,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H74C0D7F74A7A4301BD9424F21B108F57" commented="no">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF68D423CB4142099C66496BFAF3A97C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program</header>
<text>For the territorial and Puerto Rico highway program under section 165 of title 23, United States Code, $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBF97EF707BF4326827129F62CCE86A5">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header>
<text>For nationally significant freight and highway projects under section 117 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H176B6846158543AA9425B550A194C6A5" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$800,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3F5FD7A12A94F8290D8B2235845BA1D" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$850,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83163DEE996C47C79D9C8A354A68CB23" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H904A69E6A3094C0D862ED8D58DD6966F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$950,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90832562B3754E8BA82D7D7CE7C713C4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H27A4173C09394DA5B211710BE519C905">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Disadvantaged business enterprises</header>
<paragraph id="HD083164C63E04C9493829D9B50708B58">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF80996101CD44B219F691BEE62BD722D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>while significant progress has occurred due to the establishment of the disadvantaged business enterprise program, discrimination and related barriers continue to pose significant obstacles for minority- and women-owned businesses seeking to do business in federally assisted surface transportation markets across the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0CF90643935D497BA16BE8EFE29578B2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the continuing barriers described in subparagraph (A) merit the continuation of the disadvantaged business enterprise program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A2F53BA71F64CA78F31E8FE31C1B5EF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Congress has received and reviewed testimony and documentation of race and gender discrimination from numerous sources, including congressional hearings and roundtables, scientific reports, reports issued by public and private agencies, news stories, reports of discrimination by organizations and individuals, and discrimination lawsuits, which show that race- and gender-neutral efforts alone are insufficient to address the problem;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA231052BD94C4F15ABE2D3490581E297">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the testimony and documentation described in subparagraph (C) demonstrate that discrimination across the United States poses a barrier to full and fair participation in surface transportation-related businesses of women business owners and minority business owners and has impacted firm development and many aspects of surface transportation-related business in the public and private markets; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6CF539F1002A492C8F88835124B05E78">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the testimony and documentation described in subparagraph (C) provide a strong basis that there is a compelling need for the continuation of the disadvantaged business enterprise program to address race and gender discrimination in surface transportation-related business.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01B95F96F3C44EFEA43B220C562EB4DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1097E12E29840398F03CB9F2339C2B7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Small business concern</header>
<clause id="H16694A50DA054B47B08A791C31337C6E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>small business concern</term> means a small business concern (as the term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H04FDC2034FFA4EF587947C8013B74709">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>small business concern</term> does not include any concern or group of concerns controlled by the same socially and economically disadvantaged individual or individuals that have average annual gross receipts during the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess of $23,980,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for inflation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61C61ECB2BB0400ABD126AF6F5513139">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</header>
<text>The term <term>socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and relevant subcontracting regulations issued pursuant to that Act, except that women shall be presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for purposes of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BC489B285114E489817A0E57B2364C1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Amounts for small business concerns</header>
<text>Except to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available for any program under titles I, II, III, and VI of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, shall be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4E2488F307F4E8582372E756B87D13C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Annual listing of disadvantaged business enterprises</header>
<text>Each State shall annually—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB6F918B5F1B4CFAB816AB3DD65BF8C3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>survey and compile a list of the small business concerns referred to in paragraph (3) in the State, including the location of the small business concerns in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60A70D3FF31841F3AB919E8F4548E10A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>notify the Secretary, in writing, of the percentage of the small business concerns that are controlled by—</text>
<clause id="H6C6BB7160A724267B92FFFFACF5BCD8F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>women;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H10396FC320194EABBC6556BC3A6BB326">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (other than women); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H48EEE0C853F8423683133A293FB234A7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>individuals who are women and are otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD875DA4BACFD473DA528BD5E699A6CEE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Uniform certification</header>
<subparagraph id="H5FED79D99A514511BBB0055E57AB9F64">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish minimum uniform criteria for use by State governments in certifying whether a concern qualifies as a small business concern for the purpose of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DC4732718A847569F53AB3672AF51D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The minimum uniform criteria established under subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to a potential small business concern—</text>
<clause id="H4553C3263BB94830AD3BD2594636073A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>on-site visits;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9A74B9F438724AB9A09818BDF5B6FD77">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>personal interviews with personnel;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H173675E281D9491EB460DE23F13F80EC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>issuance or inspection of licenses;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H47BF3897B22B4FFC8A63E78AB521DE96">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>analyses of stock ownership;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7318E93F00D344F4AB4836A53614F1A1">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>listings of equipment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H98DD7DE2BB424ED392693DB029AF525B">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>analyses of bonding capacity;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAF644F4CED9F4859BD9755F46BC1487C">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>listings of work completed;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0D859FB22F6143CDAA466BC928FB5485">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>examination of the resumes of principal owners;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA653C270555E40268AB7F1CCDEB89D3F">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>analyses of financial capacity; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA9F2E1E124214A8CB15D1E0717130C75">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>analyses of the type of work preferred.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EAD167BF98A4A5A8CA95D9B6B138854">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish minimum requirements for use by State governments in reporting to the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5FB91810EB1439F9EEA4C270619017C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>information concerning disadvantaged business enterprise awards, commitments, and achievements; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H318F04D60308457A9ED13F20D248D63B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the proper monitoring of the disadvantaged business enterprise program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3AC14FDA13C24BA8B8DCDBECAF13F853">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Compliance with court orders</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of an individual or entity to receive funds made available under titles I, II, III, and VI of this Act and section 403 of title 23, United States Code, if the entity or person is prevented, in whole or in part, from complying with paragraph (3) because a Federal court issues a final order in which the court finds that a requirement or the implementation of paragraph (3) is unconstitutional.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1D1F0C131B1462780147A503DF0F6CA">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Sense of Congress on prompt payment of DBE subcontractors</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EEB313F40384BA3AFFA5607F14C990C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Secretary should take additional steps to ensure that recipients comply with section 26.29 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (the disadvantaged business enterprises prompt payment rule), or any corresponding regulation, in awarding federally funded transportation contracts under laws and regulations administered by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6F0280BF9A64C24B51979A36E2E25D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>such additional steps should include increasing the Department’s ability to track and keep records of complaints and to make that information publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HA78C888D839345F1AE7DCCEDAE3E5A51">
<enum>1102.</enum>
<header>Obligation ceiling</header>
<subsection id="HD29A48C775B14DCE98723595EF34F552">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>General limitation</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (e), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not exceed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H03E07B0CC5FD4F7E9EA29C54EE563285">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$42,361,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8D794A6B692E41319E4E19EBC74790BD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$43,266,100,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9D26D40D2574E1FA2DDAE4484A3949C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$44,234,212,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H005E718943654F1691ADF8B9DDE6ABC9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$45,268,596,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF64D0C759FF4D73B320F38DB8DE52BC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$46,365,092,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8377E7157E6E4AB4BAEB4447206ED893">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>The limitations under subsection (a) shall not apply to obligations under or for—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF944D2ED4984174BD11606DFC0CC758">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>section 125 of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9DD402D33AA4A7884C8E5C12A75F29E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EFCF139BF54453F95968D08DDEE5327">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFB98CB1DFBE4740ADA049E8DE80FE6C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69E6AF720219496991EE4600130B559D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4EAD8D4B83F4AC0A888C64B4CEDAE4E">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8A13E9175574BE9A3EB28390F814C8D">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on June 8, 1998);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDFC0DCE4CCC45B6AEFA29A5CD9349AD">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D31D70D0E124BB2A48A03F1DE7A3C93">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89257FADEBCB4F4DA2C32510CDAC185A">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H957F285CC7DA4E8C98257B37B274CA89">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made available for obligation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBCDD555ED294686BB279792DEC1D5FA">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 2013 through 2015, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A95A33ADAD14B9BA4F15B4635AD093F">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3D1B0AFF9BD14931971DB98B2C7E3364">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Distribution of obligation authority</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H043C12A9FBEE4AD99E602808FE6D97C4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall not distribute obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for the fiscal year for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F7CFFFC84BA43C7BFDA9957981740F0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EA94FC4C3774CD5B4163F95189066DD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7627C96D95645F2B4F0B859BE260B1A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall not distribute an amount of obligation authority provided by subsection (a) that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5020ACF136F64B789D6E9C2BD5977A98">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9AA03DECD87740508032BC9CB3ED702A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for which obligation authority was provided in a previous fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52020C82F4294A918F4A5BBD73392297">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>shall determine the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69C0F90F787243289772666FCBD58157">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the obligation authority provided by subsection (a) for the fiscal year, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCB013B5FDDA4136A9A44FAB518B7C6D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(13) for the fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC986F941A9654EA7921161C4BA156867">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>shall distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a), less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under this Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91589306E7024879964A2460128A5E64">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1DF122E865514023ACC99209C8A0B6E0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for the fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AA4C85C872345109DC60ABE99EBF839">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>shall distribute the obligation authority provided by subsection (a), less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the national highway performance program in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the limitation under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7178BB09BED6497698A4DEF3F73702C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to each State for the fiscal year; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2CCA66AA3E540D0923F265751CC8197">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to all States for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6E80B9D6DE844109B8978E2D7F1B1AE8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Redistribution of unused obligation authority</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020—</text>
<paragraph id="H40E25C1A445F441E8FEDF62E73850A1A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>revise a distribution of the obligation authority made available under subsection (c) if an amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81D85CD433FC42C385725A7AEAD443D8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141)) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF9E596C1382B4D6C8997F21A7F378DE4">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Applicability of obligation limitations to transportation research programs</header>
<paragraph id="H51055A8EFCEA4111ABD3B33608D1C85B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), obligation limitations imposed by subsection (a) shall apply to contract authority for transportation research programs carried out under—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD537BC126EE4542955FB741B6B63E85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0703647E55304C84A303DEE75BFA5474">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>title VI of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85E88D7B791D448BADC178F2AB852023">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text>Obligation authority made available under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H779270B51FD64AF8B171F56426B44584">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA148D8CA7E0432D846F35BC7DA3DA56">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H832D2B8687974BDFBBC90CAAC4A4D496">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Redistribution of certain authorized funds</header>
<paragraph id="HDA4B295D0817422D80BA8FDB7AB70350">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date of distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c) for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H940BEF6604024AF39200967F4D355AB8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06CA4666384241B1A083E93EBA977463">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be available for obligation, for the fiscal year because of the imposition of any obligation limitation for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB88070B6F14F4D47A1EF5DA6C7468CDE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Ratio</header>
<text>Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (c)(5).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCE8824E9C9442EF81B9BBD477082B6F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text>Funds distributed to each State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H061BEACF0C3A423C9FAF5E9D8C64B2DE" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1103.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H042B155052994F35B71BF358FFADB5D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (29);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5066051384F4FDEBC5E365364C3A824">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (28) as paragraphs (16) through (29), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDCCDF9B3E9E4CC0A314438C7C539E7E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB950A090DBD400ABBB758C2ECCA66F0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H75956CF15D5A4CA6A22EC56D8F221CA3">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<header>National Highway Freight Network</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Highway Freight Network</term> means the National Highway Freight Network established under section 167.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H642375FA927F4DA1ADE4E9A21DCC8DD3">
<enum>1104.</enum>
<header>Apportionment</header>
<subsection id="HF98B384B4EF0430EA3560A22E0F40E9F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H883E9E4C83F34A38B7C18DC88CC0B43E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5F53134F2F5E4D33A1B68C6B3B9E9E02">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to be made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C4465923D3A4C98894E9173E309FB6C" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$453,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C3DE30A5BD54BCB84BE7E6914A47C62" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$459,795,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE825F48CEAC4BF29E0D58486AB73748" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$466,691,925 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A0E86CBE2314B71889848F54E2C6558" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$473,692,304 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB9C3FC3E20B4075A6C712762A4CEDDD" commented="no">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$480,797,689 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H74143E6F710045F6B9813911172BDA32">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Division among programs of State’s share of base apportionment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7373D00BE10440BC8FD9BC7145634888">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Division of</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows before paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC5122721036942EDB764FCC9F7AF3B52" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H07E837979CDF429490D6F512854C83BC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Division among programs of State’s share of base apportionment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall distribute the amount of the base apportionment apportioned to a State for a fiscal year under subsection (c) among the national highway performance program, the surface transportation block grant program, the highway safety improvement program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the national highway freight program, and to carry out section 134 as follows:</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73F53EFE2D4B4351954C6216C84FF0C7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) by striking <quote>paragraphs (4) and (5)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66D0412BFE5A4EC1BA7DB7759DA54238">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53328F73CD23481790D2BC1201A32517">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Surface transportation program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Surface transportation block grant program</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6414208A5D35417BB8ED53A37984BB99">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>surface transportation program</quote> and inserting <quote>surface transportation block grant program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CD2412DA2FD44CB9573103D0885848B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the amount determined for the State under subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>the amount of the base apportionment remaining for the State under subsection (c) after making the set aside in accordance with paragraph (5)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3769D39DE16549588E8ED278F943C443">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E24C3658C56455098ECB2273DB19D71">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFD42C0BBB5C04D0F83F3D6DA474B337C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HB38D9C204300468FBC91A879F98D45B2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>National highway freight program</header>
<subparagraph id="H326EC4E5E72D48BA88B26D6373E4C4E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For the national highway freight program under section 167, the Secretary shall set aside from the base apportionment determined for a State under subsection (c) an amount determined for the State under subparagraphs (B) and (C).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8296E9BF9A5F46D6BBA036B0D69B0531">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Total amount</header>
<text>The total amount set aside for the national highway freight program for all States shall be—</text>
<clause id="H3B5AE914DE5B433DBF5D0E50F510E4B9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1709A496E3FD4FF88AB3F28F7DE173A9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2F8E9D53DAE94610B97CE10F3EB1F094">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6FA93ACD2BC84DC6A1340712F6D286BB">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>$1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4801B1F4808545E28026AAEA82C5086A">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H943EE1A6449D41529F802331E4C3A031">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>State share</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall distribute among the States the total set-aside amount for the national highway freight program under subparagraph (B) so that each State receives the amount equal to the proportion that—</text>
<clause id="H0DE3DFCB6366420D99731FBB7D081576">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the total base apportionment determined for the State under subsection (c); bears to</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7EA0EF44AE3E44B6A4D52594CE9809F3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total base apportionments for all States under subsection (c).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E800A9B97344AEABEF69E98ABFE4FD7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Metropolitan planning</header>
<text>Of the amount set aside under this paragraph for a State, the Secretary shall use to carry out section 134 an amount determined by multiplying the set-aside amount by the proportion that—</text>
<clause id="H44DB00ACCA854528B1C1444E7D266E3A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the amount apportioned to the State to carry out section 134 for fiscal year 2009; bears to</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC8BE32AC40084F59B6D2B6D9586B26A8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total amount of funds apportioned to the State for that fiscal year for the programs referred to in section 105(a)(2) (except for the high priority projects program referred to in section 105(a)(2)(H)), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 405).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BAB97B075254719891E964A65470DDC">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the amount determined for the State under subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>the amount of the base apportionment remaining for a State under subsection (c) after making the set aside in accordance with paragraph (5)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H89C904EDDCBE4A7EAE2DF392E733D1C6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Calculation of State amounts</header>
<text>Section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBCA878EEC114A2FB2273D18AEB005DE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H79E513204AB04159B80BC290CFB4AA10">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Calculation of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="HFB4E38D5B70844C2905BBBB8F635EE4A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>State share</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the amount for each State shall be determined as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H75426C7452EB48989F4E2E3D9AF25604">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Initial amounts</header>
<text>The initial amounts for each State shall be determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="H85AD82CA7BF840D198CF7A184819FB54">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>each of—</text>
<subclause id="HF8198B612A4C47ECA8A0AFF4FFAD9E0B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the base apportionment;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7C42B493181B42A3B5F98368154D4F07">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>supplemental funds reserved under subsection (h)(1) for the national highway performance program; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC3F9E542E14443E181B5813149EB31EB">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>supplemental funds reserved under subsection (h)(2) for the surface transportation block grant program; by</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H82D59A1DCA1147BFA91F6BD5FA55081A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the share for each State, which shall be equal to the proportion that—</text>
<subclause id="H7D438C66A16047C886DBDBADF5C99332">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the amount of apportionments that the State received for fiscal year 2015; bears to</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4E33763A34274689AA87DC338AF65FE9">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the amount of those apportionments received by all States for that fiscal year.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H248934C5D74D4E719C95C309A8EDDE64">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Adjustments to amounts</header>
<text>The initial amounts resulting from the calculation under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted to ensure that each State receives an aggregate apportionment equal to at least 95 percent of the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in the State paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H569D4A04DED14D0B9E1DC0E7C7E59804">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State apportionment</header>
<text>On October 1 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall apportion the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the national highway performance program under section 119, the surface transportation block grant program under section 133, the highway safety improvement program under section 148, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, the national highway freight program under section 167, and to carry out section 134 in accordance with paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H61E8494F807B40C2B491C8ABAA820A80">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Supplemental funds</header>
<text>Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8013E7C206DB4E29A18708537F731300" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H54A18C54D6954C1EB55095D1DE7E66AA">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Supplemental funds</header>
<paragraph id="HDDE7A164F573427AB2D73B97B6198AF1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Supplemental funds for national highway performance program</header>
<subparagraph id="HCCFF73E39BF44013AC1F9D1BF010B29D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Amount</header>
<text>Before making an apportionment for a fiscal year under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reserve for the national highway performance program under section 119 for that fiscal year an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="HD143A8C90BBA43B78CC25E143BBDEDDC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$53,596,122 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0B2E42A0DE4141529A423EE859D7DC9A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$66,717,816 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65555C70E872462691356EE629DAB4C7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Treatment of funds</header>
<text>Funds reserved under subparagraph (A) and apportioned to a State under subsection (c) shall be treated as if apportioned under subsection (b)(1), and shall be in addition to amounts apportioned under that subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E055B0E1E2E448BA8E85616F9313EE7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Supplemental funds for surface transportation block grant program</header>
<subparagraph id="H878BC7887F50453F9049907A5BCD0915">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before making an apportionment for a fiscal year under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reserve for the surface transportation block grant program under section 133 for that fiscal year an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="H8AF8505A64BE461D80AD59FD415C487E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$835,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 pursuant to section 133(h), plus—</text>
<subclause id="HBCB777B96658427DAAA75C0E28BBB949">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>$55,426,310 for fiscal year 2016; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H09FA5BF10184420793D30C295413BB35">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>$89,289,904 for fiscal year 2017; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HBEDB5898D6594A019373DB5F124C12F7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$850,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020 pursuant to section 133(h), plus—</text>
<subclause id="H0C025534679C4B0987B18273C3459DAC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>$118,013,536 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H379D569D4A124658847B55C6DD0BB7DD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>$130,688,367 for fiscal year 2019; and </text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDF25AC483FF34A46BE94D1100FA59560">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$170,053,448 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7EC8AB2B8744B9F89B4F489B2F6F83C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Treatment of funds</header>
<text>Funds reserved under subparagraph (A) and apportioned to a State under subsection (c) shall be treated as if apportioned under subsection (b)(2), and shall be in addition to amounts apportioned under that subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3B0362C7425F4D14BA0F1912EF639E79">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Base apportionment defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>base apportionment</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H02BC4AC6DAEB48A09CE897DF86C0C91F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the combined amount authorized for appropriation for the national highway performance program under section 119, the surface transportation block grant program under section 133, the highway safety improvement program under section 148, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program under section 149, the national highway freight program under section 167, and to carry out section 134; minus</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA2D0B2A38CD44A281823E2CF17EAB3E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>supplemental funds reserved under subsection (h) for the national highway performance program and the surface transportation block grant program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE055A5734CBD4804B6DA98E836DD8742">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H68EA0A01C00444519DB5B27515376692">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(d)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of subsection (b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B862037A49E40F19F3BD7C92A0780CB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 120(c)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97CD34D90A414FFE9A67DBC66913B4A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>or (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)(D), or (6)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE45817497BB84E7E8503B2DB445C33BC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C)(i) by striking <quote>and (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)(D), and (6)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27B2CBE7BEA74ADFAB87542CF4D4EDD0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 135(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 104(b)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of section 104(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC635EB57E60C4CBABE0D279D3DE415E6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 136(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 104(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) through (6) of section 104(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62499967291C41D3B60E563496450DC1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 141(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 104(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) through (6) of section 104(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03BC86DB4BB4491D82E29758B03DD59E">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Section 505(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>through (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>through (5)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA82C023F9C5F4480ACABEE9B00F19F67" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1105.</enum>
<header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header>
<subsection id="H5877A434586842BA83D9BED126D213DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 116 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H527E577A68034F389E377A94D8E26E63" style="USC">
<section id="H5CFC611C4D644F00989B31C9AF000703">
<enum>117.</enum>
<header>Nationally significant freight and highway projects</header>
<subsection id="HA525F856A5574BE89B6CC143481C5800">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H8847D07EE34D42D4923B29F0759C5ED9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There is established a nationally significant freight and highway projects program to provide financial assistance for projects of national or regional significance.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H040D74F5BD5C48DAA66B5082784C240D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Goals</header>
<text>The goals of the program shall be to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF16072FC93F140C891598CCC88B69DBE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7D78138632946D2A7BBCB1E961F17C6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>generate national or regional economic benefits and an increase in the global economic competitiveness of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAE0A0446ADD416CAE6411977C315C5F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>reduce highway congestion and bottlenecks;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C959E2A90DE41C5B353B3F1181D0F0E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>improve connectivity between modes of freight transportation; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C259213E08C4B6B9A597691E661A44A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the resiliency of critical highway infrastructure and help protect the environment;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B08A1E8F7034A48835866F29026DFB5">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>improve roadways vital to national energy security; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B0E873F00B64D2D9F4FED6C7F3BE0D5">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>address the impact of population growth on the movement of people and freight.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6B297A9979274AE696C8DE5EA4D0FA53">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Grant authority</header>
<paragraph id="HD29581082CD24861963F4C7F496E78B3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In carrying out the program established in subsection (a), the Secretary may make grants, on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EE0A44FB29F4CD2AF362B7B8BC044E1" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grant amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, each grant made under this section shall be in an amount that is at least $25,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H369AA9B9E3324B5CB1F3068EE8C8DCE1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible applicants</header>
<paragraph id="HAE92EEE5371E4E2E84B6FE009CBB8545">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant under this section to the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H45D3E8B83B334C7281FB56C9D54432B8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A State or a group of States.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B266FF704F34DC6A757127F62628427">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of more than 200,000 individuals.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H642D0BADB6E94CFAAC3D617020CB9940">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>A unit of local government or a group of local governments.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6FC4587C1C04D759C67EFF1C741A149">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>A political subdivision of a State or local government.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H215A20E2609C4CA49AEB1C94E3DD49B4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37C12D9EEB0E480AB3BBAD4E11D7920A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>A Federal land management agency that applies jointly with a State or group of States.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5928FA8E467D4D2C8FAEFF5D9C0DCA8E">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>A tribal government or a consortium of tribal governments.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62236103E82B4B668DD1549DE07A3963">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>A multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities described in this paragraph. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC10C1396ED524E0C8E794C2B1F4515CF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity specified in paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary determines is appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC50D7B9F7832426F9951A3390E27128D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<paragraph id="HD501454230FD40D0A18BE0A4B02C5283">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (e), the Secretary may make a grant under this section only for a project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A48D90CB2BE43F4AFC1F783D3AC18AD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is—</text>
<clause id="HBA51D4F2BD9F4FABA0D252D80510A642">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a highway freight project carried out on the National Highway Freight Network established under section 167;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H94B909174E7849159777C3B68369F040">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a highway or bridge project carried out on the National Highway System, including—</text>
<subclause id="H83D1AE931A214E329CD82ABD2E7AE849">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a project to add capacity to the Interstate System to improve mobility; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC0185015E4C14B74B0BA41DC7795F19D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a project in a national scenic area;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H3E930A37D3DD4268BDAF1D99A12766B5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a freight project that is—</text>
<subclause id="H6FE9AC200BDC41719A40A2A1F5709B08">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a freight intermodal or freight rail project; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8EE163006D3D45958C4B5CE3801C36C0" commented="no">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>within the boundaries of a public or private freight rail, water (including ports), or intermodal facility and that is a surface transportation infrastructure project necessary to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, or access into or out of the facility; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HDA57A62C84DF44DC9CEDCF2543CE5D41">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a railway-highway grade crossing or grade separation project; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11609B047B0E4794B79C3730CE5FF9E6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has eligible project costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HB2940E78DC084EC88DEC64629435C1B8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$100,000,000; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84C2E3A4CE7740AF80313BDFC40D64A0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a project—</text>
<subclause id="H03B1C0F4E55F4155B47AD41EAC27F6AB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>located in 1 State, 30 percent of the amount apportioned under this chapter to the State in the most recently completed fiscal year; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H33963F8D47C144BF85BEFEA18BF3DC79">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>located in more than 1 State, 50 percent of the amount apportioned under this chapter to the participating State with the largest apportionment under this chapter in the most recently completed fiscal year.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H86971664402D45468389DC2584790B21">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB5DD822963104B7F95F4B21D164A91A2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than $500,000,000 of the amounts made available for grants under this section for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, in the aggregate, may be used to make grants for projects described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii) and such a project may only receive a grant under this section if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H73503F93BBE641739DBD3D4786C3FE33">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project will make a significant improvement to freight movements on the National Highway Freight Network; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HA6A79C6482B74A39A914A8F7C723BD03">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal share of the project funds only elements of the project that provide public benefits.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC44694E6D8C84D6A8C267A94BCC36E7A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H80E745884FF84C5B996ADCBEB60D4D9E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall not apply to a railway-highway grade crossing or grade separation project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H5E210CB08DB246039DAFBEF7033EEE7C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>with respect to a multimodal project, shall apply only to the non-highway portion or portions of the project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBAB090F10346482C944BB4CEE26872D2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Small projects</header>
<paragraph id="H56FEDFC5D7CD49C29DFE5FD72D7AF5A0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section each fiscal year to make grants for projects described in subsection (d)(1)(A) that do not satisfy the minimum threshold under subsection (d)(1)(B).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H423CD3E9F6C94B42AE24FF6A2A00ACE7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grant amount</header>
<text>Each grant made under this subsection shall be in an amount that is at least $5,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H177A1CA340354AE2AF3C87E326835EE7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Project selection considerations</header>
<text>In addition to other applicable requirements, in making grants under this subsection the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7844621440B54DF4A721E1BD83CE5D48">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cost effectiveness of the proposed project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEC00F8417B3B44C7A780AEE8000FFD17">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the effect of the proposed project on mobility in the State and region in which the project is carried out.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7EB5A66620144933B8C4357824445994">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Eligible project costs</header>
<text>Grant amounts received for a project under this section may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="HC3DA790502BB40F3A18F973DE78665F4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B8AA1BAA2F84EE2BC0CE8085BABA2DC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property (including land related to the project and improvements to the land), environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvements directly related to improving system performance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H600F51AA377740BAB77410110EC5A0CF">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Project requirements</header>
<text>The Secretary may select a project described under this section (other than subsection (e)) for funding under this section only if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C64AC51CD65403F92252A6D7A4F42A5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the project will generate national or regional economic, mobility, or safety benefits;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F86F63AD2BD4CB9B05B897CA7123BA6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the project will be cost effective;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AB4703BE317463E93244113A3529227">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the project will contribute to the accomplishment of 1 or more of the national goals described under section 150 of this title;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F5407E460334EB7A8374AE52BB0C51A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the project is based on the results of preliminary engineering;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D8517BD1CB04A5196E137DB6C00497D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>with respect to related non-Federal financial commitments—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2326AF44AAF047BDA9FCD367DDB59F04">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>1 or more stable and dependable sources of funding and financing are available to construct, maintain, and operate the project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8996F1704CFB4683965FF3943F618253">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>contingency amounts are available to cover unanticipated cost increases;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D4C3AB05F7A4CACAEBBBF1D5A7008D1">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>the project cannot be easily and efficiently completed without other Federal funding or financial assistance available to the project sponsor; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F8A36562AEE47C192B3F8398452465E">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the project is reasonably expected to begin construction not later than 18 months after the date of obligation of funds for the project.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE568BDF23BE84B888A05EDB9394354DC">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Additional considerations</header>
<text>In making a grant under this section, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H57C7FB7DE67F426F8E1C5496101C26D0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>utilization of nontraditional financing, innovative design and construction techniques, or innovative technologies;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78C28CA50EB7431D8F0758CAD81E6EC4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>utilization of non-Federal contributions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AD09F9428FF4F5BB1F1DE9F3207A6FF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>contributions to geographic diversity among grant recipients, including the need for a balance between the needs of rural and urban communities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBA387D49323A4A4E93E4BFB82E208844">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Rural areas</header>
<paragraph id="H012FB4B3E307428A9D79D16FA1398EB8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall reserve not less than 25 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section, including the amounts made available under subsection (e), each fiscal year to make grants for projects located in rural areas.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEEDFBC72FC4E47C189873FD1B8E399E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Excess funding</header>
<text>In any fiscal year in which qualified applications for grants under this subsection will not allow for the amount reserved under paragraph (1) to be fully utilized, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to make other grants under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB7AAC54D532437E8BEC6A284DC32E98">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rural area defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <quote>rural area</quote> means an area that is outside an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F34279821534DA099665C5B20358A50">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="HAEE461971C0B4DF790CB069E417E591E" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under this section may not exceed 60 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE9A40B8C2BF487EBA3618559618D634">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Maximum Federal involvement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal assistance other than a grant under this section may be used to satisfy the non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which such a grant is made, except that the total Federal assistance provided for a project receiving a grant under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE95563521361434E8BB0336D8E19BBC8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal land management agencies</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal funds other than those made available under this title or title 49 may be used to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section by a Federal land management agency, as described under subsection (c)(1)(F).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H32E50088486347A8855F2DED5C4D2A0E">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Treatment of freight projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a freight project carried out under this section shall be treated as if the project is located on a Federal-aid highway.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H59B015EE77C24F5785E537F1598EB1B9">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>TIFIA program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of an eligible applicant under this section, the Secretary may use amounts awarded to the entity to pay subsidy and administrative costs necessary to provide the entity Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 with respect to the project for which the grant was awarded.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFDA7DFCFA9A044778D71E813D2E3CF7F">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Congressional notification</header>
<paragraph id="HCEAF203510644C3881FFDF8647B7EA24">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<subparagraph id="H4256AE62D7934D9D9B0212E3F4D56A3A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>At least 60 days before making a grant for a project under this section, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of the proposed grant. The notification shall include an evaluation and justification for the project and the amount of the proposed grant award.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H576A3A3FB00D41C18043BE10E6B14F61">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Multimodal projects</header>
<text>In addition to the notice required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate before making a grant for a project described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DB97B8410F547D2A6B64ADD1A470C95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Congressional disapproval</header>
<text>The Secretary may not make a grant or any other obligation or commitment to fund a project under this section if a joint resolution is enacted disapproving funding for the project before the last day of the 60-day period described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB8637A973B3F48EAA8341217E69A9891">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9B4AC23830B47CF826EF0AB535AF86F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make available on the Web site of the Department of Transportation at the end of each fiscal year an annual report that lists each project for which a grant has been provided under this section during that fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD62CA8A779DF4A2BA15EB122077A3725">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Comptroller General</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4AAC690292EC4729BC1F3F6C90052D55">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Assessment</header>
<text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the administrative establishment, solicitation, selection, and justification process with respect to the funding of grants under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H93BE61B777F14DFA88E4C8DFE19C77BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the initial awarding of grants under this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H49C00FCC68F34EE7BFAEE85A4135C286">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the adequacy and fairness of the process by which each project was selected, if applicable; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H775D56E66BE64F2F85D5B3CE03BE6A27">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the justification and criteria used for the selection of each project, if applicable.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HABE09B240B8A4BA290E4AB0AA31E8278">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 116 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C44BFC94D024B9085142C03AC79226E" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">117. Nationally significant freight and highway projects.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9620DF7FBD1B4B35B9D9CCBB0D7CFA59">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text>Section 1301 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC0E819C0A0FD41AE8F50831EAC47A709" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1106.</enum>
<header>National highway performance program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE29046133FDE497BB3B5AEBBF684AE3D" style="USC">
<subsection id="H637D396C66984774BFB59F5372929365">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>TIFIA program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon Secretarial approval of credit assistance under chapter 6, the Secretary, at the request of a State, may allow the State to use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1) to pay subsidy and administrative costs necessary to provide an eligible entity Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 with respect to a project eligible for assistance under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H26BA826C1AE24382962E2C10528047AD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Additional funding eligibility for certain bridges</header>
<paragraph id="H235E26981484431AA422C756832BFB95">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Funds apportioned to a State to carry out the national highway performance program may be obligated for a project for the reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, or preservation of a bridge not on the National Highway System, if the bridge is on a Federal-aid highway.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AEE1B7D0F7F429DB0A8C4A823860975">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State required to make obligations under subsection (f) shall ensure such requirements are satisfied in order to use the flexibility under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBC701468A6B440D8B3DE886C0232EAD5">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Critical infrastructure</header>
<paragraph id="H6603ED5FEA3F4988B322948A13C473C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Critical infrastructure defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <quote>critical infrastructure</quote> means those facilities the incapacity or failure of which would have a debilitating impact on national or regional economic security, national or regional energy security, national or regional public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFECD7475DD034F28AAD17476FF998FE8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<text>The asset management plan of a State may include consideration of critical infrastructure from among those facilities in the State that are eligible under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE265BDEBE27745E9AC5D6AB9D07D831B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Risk reduction</header>
<text>A State may use funds apportioned under this section for projects intended to reduce the risk of failure of critical infrastructure in the State.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HE0273E46FB90468D84095B25D52CACD2">
<enum>1107.</enum>
<header>Emergency relief for federally owned roads</header>
<subsection id="H53A8D5CC7AD9450CA1A41A6545A06D5E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>Section 125(d)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5374A7CED9E24EC6B2147BF3E13EE8A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB01CA82C702F411E97DEDC6B3408CA8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6815111D6D9A4A7289B75E9A1EFA54B4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA62FD21527C4078B2FE18FA2894CAEC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDD1CDCAE6DC54F8BAAC02D8C37F1DA46">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>projects eligible for assistance under this section located on tribal transportation facilities, Federal lands transportation facilities, or other federally owned roads that are open to public travel (as defined in subsection (e)(1)).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0157E7C2FA914A66B225A833890E7FBD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>Section 125(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7615818B8FD4BBC9A6058FA6CD0E45D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD89CDEF7F3E4783A3E0098381155A23">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F87E022604B4DBB833B8D1ED51CD6D9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Open to public travel</header>
<text>The term <term>open to public travel</term> means, with respect to a road, that, except during scheduled periods, extreme weather conditions, or emergencies, the road—</text>
<clause id="HB37B0A2CF2EC477DA576F19574F92989">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is maintained;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDDA237C396484F8A9E5407354CAD562F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is open to the general public; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC92BC40A73B84B60AC03AD8EA21FA6FA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>can accommodate travel by a standard passenger vehicle, without restrictive gates or prohibitive signs or regulations, other than for general traffic control or restrictions based on size, weight, or class of registration.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2818836A4AFF434899982131F639F5C7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Standard passenger vehicle</header>
<text>The term <term>standard passenger vehicle</term> means a vehicle with 6 inches of clearance from the lowest point of the frame, body, suspension, or differential to the ground.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8728578406014A498D9F171B6A16011E" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1108.</enum>
<header>Railway-highway grade crossings</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 130(e)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28F289173A6642048386C53D87232F87" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HE2AE73E377014695ABF14315C6CD64DE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H01076C8D140A488B9A4999146B368C32">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Set aside</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before making an apportionment under section 104(b)(3) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside, from amounts made available to carry out the highway safety improvement program under section 148 for such fiscal year, for the elimination of hazards and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings at least—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HCA0CDA93FA9B417E8B07139CB3B7F0CB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$225,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HEA89A8CBD60E420AA37870C5F46BD11C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$230,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HBA30316C00824A3F85718A80975B1831">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$235,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H85962820123547F690880FBB32EE9829">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>$240,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD9385E9EE9F94011A5E33C619E18155F">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>$245,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47234208DBF04AE19713D713986ED1C3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Installation of protective devices</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least <fraction>½</fraction> of the funds set aside each fiscal year under subparagraph (A) shall be available for the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2CDEB1841EA940CB9C2B2B3DE7DCE598">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Obligation availability</header>
<text>Sums set aside each fiscal year under subparagraph (A) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as funds apportioned under section 104(b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HD2ED6A3FC1C242168A52204DD1726A04" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1109.</enum>
<header>Surface transportation block grant program</header>
<subsection id="HED2C91D8CD954254A2AB19438E0CEABB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FC9FC7894A74101A2E90F7534C2505E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the benefits of the surface transportation block grant program accrue principally to the residents of each State and municipality where the funds are obligated;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA81C7CE7BD8547228C68EE3579515602">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>decisions about how funds should be obligated are best determined by the States and municipalities to respond to unique local circumstances and implement the most efficient solutions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A5E2F5D06D349B98F22400FDC3CAAAC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>reforms of the program to promote flexibility will enhance State and local control over transportation decisions.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE47E2F9C93D1419F85153842CB52A991">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Surface transportation block grant program</header>
<text>Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H75A5847FF1E74C6F83F49312A474D9BC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD9D0D01472514CD8A5B3C5FB06CC33D1" style="USC">
<subsection id="HF95BDA3FF94F434E85A990C9A6A43C18">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a surface transportation block grant program in accordance with this section to provide flexible funding to address State and local transportation needs.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB6FCAC6EA7A24EACBF5A711B4B453FFC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text>Funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(2) for the surface transportation block grant program may be obligated for the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE2DCAB14A7084DD2A3644225EB7FC84C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Construction of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H479B58C49AB8409DAE3DAB90485B11AE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>highways, bridges, tunnels, including designated routes of the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads under section 14501 of title 40;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H728E9AB1A1374DC7A2AB4C3AA6CB8CBD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ferry boats and terminal facilities eligible for funding under section 129(c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB239BB55FE834942A7A3217A06D04C70">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>transit capital projects eligible for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA30F69E49670403BB386A11D7A270BD4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>infrastructure-based intelligent transportation systems capital improvements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE10ECE0919448679A5A263135991B61">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>truck parking facilities eligible for funding under section 1401 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 137 note); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8658DB94DCDE4D6080D4D02700EBFBDE">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>border infrastructure projects eligible for funding under section 1303 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5ADD24C72C9467F8DED1C2B3030EF42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Operational improvements and capital and operating costs for traffic monitoring, management, and control facilities and programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90A4AE62C5614985A6634AF62D2ACAF4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Environmental measures eligible under sections 119(g), 328, and 329 and transportation control measures listed in section 108(f)(1)(A) (other than clause (xvi) of that section) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7408(f)(1)(A)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3479566F75B463C8FDA133F2E8401BA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Highway and transit safety infrastructure improvements and programs, including railway-highway grade crossings.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6130834B8B64310A5F4F11C47CA9D56">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Fringe and corridor parking facilities and programs in accordance with section 137 and carpool projects in accordance with section 146.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C572E3AA6314A6DA15A2982130BF197">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recreational trails projects eligible for funding under section 206, pedestrian and bicycle projects in accordance with section 217 (including modifications to comply with accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.)), and the safe routes to school program under section 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFBA1A1DE3CB4E049202D0E2B516EEC2">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Planning, design, or construction of boulevards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former Interstate System routes or other divided highways.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00D4946E962E4D9D98460996090B2623">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Development and implementation of a State asset management plan for the National Highway System and a performance-based management program for other public roads.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4B3C335554A46DEA387FB0BC8920E64">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection (including painting, scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) for bridges (including approaches to bridges and other elevated structures) and tunnels on public roads, and inspection and evaluation of bridges and tunnels and other highway assets.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H370A4412F7B54C889CD8FE454E595283">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>Surface transportation planning programs, highway and transit research and development and technology transfer programs, and workforce development, training, and education under chapter 5 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA7B9EC974754D0092F97ED02E6BCCDB">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Surface transportation infrastructure modifications to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access into and out of a port terminal.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HABE95FF89CDA4BF586DF9EE3EE674DE5">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Projects and strategies designed to support congestion pricing, including electronic toll collection and travel demand management strategies and programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18A45F68BBA144AB98EFBEB120791F4E">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of a State, and upon Secretarial approval of credit assistance under chapter 6, subsidy and administrative costs necessary to provide an eligible entity Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 with respect to a project eligible for assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C7DFAFA01E846F7BFC7AED6D69340E6">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>The creation and operation by a State of an office to assist in the design, implementation, and oversight of public-private partnerships eligible to receive funding under this title and chapter 53 of title 49, and the payment of a stipend to unsuccessful private bidders to offset their proposal development costs, if necessary to encourage robust competition in public-private partnership procurements.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8769A12FD221454FAD995EA55F049A15">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<text>Any type of project eligible under this section as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST Act, including projects described under section 101(a)(29) as in effect on such day.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF4E67B753C21437EA107B0E6FE04164F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Location of projects</header>
<text>A surface transportation block grant project may not be undertaken on a road functionally classified as a local road or a rural minor collector unless the road was on a Federal-aid highway system on January 1, 1991, except—</text>
<paragraph id="H9EF766D3C6E44B779E3161EA2AF5435C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a bridge or tunnel project (other than the construction of a new bridge or tunnel at a new location);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE355D6F8BC0E46D39036F4049A60B522">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for a project described in paragraphs (4) through (11) of subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDC5D57C949E4BF5816C256A734AEE68">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for a project described in section 101(a)(29), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D9012B9C6E94F589C1D0D383EC3B5A9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>as approved by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA29AB51C9BFF4FE68CC7CE13B308CA70">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Allocations of apportioned funds to areas based on population</header>
<paragraph id="HFB16A36AFFD24154AF67228C1986079A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Calculation</header>
<text>Of the funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(2) (after the reservation of funds under subsection (h))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26B4931C13184D1189DADE49514D57BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the percentage specified in paragraph (6) for a fiscal year shall be obligated under this section, in proportion to their relative shares of the population of the State—</text>
<clause id="H6A27AC3D3B754A7CB49270A855C236F8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in urbanized areas of the State with an urbanized area population of over 200,000;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H39019A5D69FF476AB20DFF08BFC529E3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in areas of the State other than urban areas with a population greater than 5,000; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEA10EE0832724EEA9DA77AA189F4B5A3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in other areas of the State; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D40C42A67A0457EAD6D339D9AD69EB8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the remainder may be obligated in any area of the State.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D23032D409240B495E57FEF00048F20">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Metropolitan areas</header>
<text>Funds attributed to an urbanized area under paragraph (1)(A)(i) may be obligated in the metropolitan area established under section 134 that encompasses the urbanized area.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H329A506993C14B00BD4CC024B5C8ABD6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Consultation with regional transportation planning organizations</header>
<text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(iii), before obligating funding attributed to an area with a population greater than 5,000 and less than 200,000, a State shall consult with the regional transportation planning organizations that represent the area, if any.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3644BBAD510D4CBB9E60F802E99F9AD4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Distribution among urbanized areas of over 200,000 population</header>
<subparagraph id="HD43A55337DF740849BCA80A756D83A2A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount of funds that a State is required to obligate under paragraph (1)(A)(i) shall be obligated in urbanized areas described in paragraph (1)(A)(i) based on the relative population of the areas.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7C04F51034F4BA3AF531E435FE59CF5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Other factors</header>
<text>The State may obligate the funds described in subparagraph (A) based on other factors if the State and the relevant metropolitan planning organizations jointly apply to the Secretary for the permission to base the obligation on other factors and the Secretary grants the request.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B5A24A5D89743CC826E822BFCBE66F6">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Applicability of planning requirements</header>
<text>Programming and expenditure of funds for projects under this section shall be consistent with sections 134 and 135.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H515A991FA0864E48979A9987AEFA0636">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Percentage</header>
<text>The percentage referred to in paragraph (1)(A) is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC54402F86F6042558A3F97CDD74B048A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2016, 51 percent;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02788FB6C5654D48867B582D1041FB0A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2017, 52 percent;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H39434043C3114315ACA93F51280269FC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2018, 53 percent;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE55C362C5CCC4FEF958CB3CADF9D0F3C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2019, 54 percent; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD23A245A4334C7B99C5007431E491A2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2020, 55 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF26BD2519B8049368281D4203909FB63">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Surface transportation block grant program</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE73B270F5C4245AAB77B0A917EC3649F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF40EFB140A224E319185CFB9DFC3D60F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H240FC3FA879D479C84ABA0F46F19EF17">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated by this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H931FC04FD4154914A8F848494C1B1479">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>104(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>104(b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F6440D2FD5C4DBD9D39E60667E7A9B4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2011 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED074AD38BFC4721A378DACAE30B035C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(1), as redesignated by this subsection, by striking <quote>under subsection (d)(1)(A)(iii) for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>under subsection (d)(1)(A)(ii) for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA3B5638BAB4D4B55B548FBF83CD53D60">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE179A952BA4A49329274BFEECC418E97" style="USC">
<subsection id="H1FA62B209E61484FAF7E4D1652BB02E9">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>STP Set-Aside</header>
<paragraph id="H2BACBE1E3DB44AAAA35F1C0806F3531E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Reservation of funds</header>
<text>Of the funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(2) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve an amount such that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B20D00B678846BD91D2F7C9A6426342">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Secretary reserves a total under this subsection of—</text>
<clause id="H55357EC6BB4C4BCEBC410BBA6D4B0E4B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$835,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H98F33E63FA4D4904AFE0B5CAE47F47B7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$850,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B80C41E40024BFCA6F94854B1A6CE4A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the State’s share of that total is determined by multiplying the amount under subparagraph (A) by the ratio that—</text>
<clause id="HE40A073566F04DA694396DF418431556">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the amount apportioned to the State for the transportation enhancements program for fiscal year 2009 under section 133(d)(2), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21; bears to</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7265D7CFA936427C880F1D521199452E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total amount of funds apportioned to all States for the transportation enhancements program for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91BAFA539B4843E2856ABF5EF085743C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Allocation within a state</header>
<text>Funds reserved for a State under paragraph (1) shall be obligated within that State in the manner described in subsection (d), except that, for purposes of this paragraph (after funds are made available under paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD724189871144DC8FCCE206E638DD5E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>for each fiscal year, the percentage referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of that subsection shall be deemed to be 50 percent; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B17D7F9DF1749978F364107C939A0B1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the following provisions shall not apply:</text>
<clause id="HEABEE9649A274899AF9613B391547419">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (3) of subsection (d).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC81B09AB25ED4112A498BC7FA0B72E75">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Subsection (e).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34E9426D178345848A1722EAA18D3A78">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text>Funds reserved under this subsection may be obligated for projects or activities described in section 101(a)(29) or 213, as such provisions were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05C0722B766140E88EE1BE2924F03198">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Access to funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H63F62A4C341D45D08AFB3D1AD87C43A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State or metropolitan planning organization required to obligate funds in accordance with paragraph (2) shall develop a competitive process to allow eligible entities to submit projects for funding that achieve the objectives of this subsection. A metropolitan planning organization for an area described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) shall select projects under such process in consultation with the relevant State.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6E368B0CE8C45BF9E2B69FAEFACC909">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity defined</header>
<text>In this paragraph, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HBCE9B877EC1D4D1BA991BCD992139476">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a local government;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC31B2206B6F8447A9205D53C0BE355BF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a regional transportation authority;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCEC1B3409AA04301A7FD6B3A096D83A0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a transit agency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF992A141C87540B6BBCF0BEDA1EFDCFE">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a natural resource or public land agency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4B36F9CB4E4041B6B5C29DC46701E62A">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>a school district, local education agency, or school;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8FA6C701549C4C559B7415D33CF15FFC">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>a tribal government;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB03438DEBB8F405693A11403734D0C29">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>a nonprofit entity responsible for the administration of local transportation safety programs; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3DC6B0ED49BE4A09A69C5C1AB3DA69EE">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>any other local or regional governmental entity with responsibility for or oversight of transportation or recreational trails (other than a metropolitan planning organization or a State agency) that the State determines to be eligible, consistent with the goals of this subsection.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3318B1728CC84A3F8621ABBA10076693">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Continuation of certain recreational trails projects</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, a State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6ADA345C7CD48168356147BDE7A3EFD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obligate an amount of funds reserved under this section equal to the amount of the funds apportioned to the State for fiscal year 2009 under section 104(h)(2), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21, for projects relating to recreational trails under section 206;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66B4E646B6694B65A8408B3A3A3C1238">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>return 1 percent of those funds to the Secretary for the administration of that program; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4107B8BF26C043C484154E21AFC1B7F3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>comply with the provisions of the administration of the recreational trails program under section 206, including the use of apportioned funds described in subsection (d)(3)(A) of that section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28A3DFD54AF44983A3909860BB1EDF49">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>State flexibility</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE57747A006141CA88F82023BD860FC5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Recreational trails</header>
<text>A State may opt out of the recreational trails program under paragraph (5) if the Governor of the State notifies the Secretary not later than 30 days prior to apportionments being made for any fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF5F5D1093704421AE51843C91C05D53">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Large urbanized areas</header>
<text>A metropolitan planning area may use not to exceed 50 percent of the funds reserved under this subsection for an urbanized area described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) for any purpose eligible under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18838B8BDF6046CDAE8ED194F39E85DB">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Annual reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H76393CF0031742CB8D1FFFAEFB4F5917">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each State or metropolitan planning organization responsible for carrying out the requirements of this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes—</text>
<clause id="HD8E3E54F8D094D5EA8C9D8D2C8243707">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the number of project applications received for each fiscal year, including—</text>
<subclause id="HB88BCAC389114398B7B9E383BAF6889A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the aggregate cost of the projects for which applications are received; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA685B4EE93BA44169D8F74718AD0F9DE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the types of projects to be carried out, expressed as percentages of the total apportionment of the State under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HC14BEA963BE34CF4B32A42DDC85AA532">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the number of projects selected for funding for each fiscal year, including the aggregate cost and location of projects selected.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF66EB05ACF1549F8A6600501AF0DDE1F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make available to the public, in a user-friendly format on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, a copy of each annual report submitted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAF16C08466BC447182FC49A931689A0F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Treatment of projects</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects funded under this section (excluding those carried out under subsection (h)(5)) shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid highway under this chapter.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H95FB67DCE4D649AD99203FA3231AC47D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60AF3996D56249FBA68CBB7CE252910F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Section 126</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 126(b)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB47E2718179846E585B31D1C084E8517">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 213</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133(h)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H976E1FCB4D1E4E5987FBE0E4C9C1A0CE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 213(c)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133(h)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02EBB913F67D4B4EB07E91800EC5BC6D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Section 213</header>
<text>Section 213 of title 23, United States Code, is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20874A319C7F48948E6405489C85DE33">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Section 322</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322(h)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>surface transportation program</quote> and inserting <quote>surface transportation block grant program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBD9EA91DD694ADEB49530C87735353A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Section 504</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 504(a)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4387008E12947E4916CD374F4D59D44">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>104(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>104(b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAC11CDD51544F7EBEC1AF4EE9B27B9E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>surface transportation program</quote> and inserting <quote>surface transportation block grant program</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7676CBDA2B840B8B9E39581CB49B647">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Chapter 1</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>surface transportation program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>surface transportation block grant program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3F3CE9D638C460788F1A23184B5360C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Chapter analyses</header>
<subparagraph id="HFD8C81310E1849F8BA716351D2C15E77">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Chapter 1</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 133 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21EF26BD922F4A86ABDB41AEBCAE3C95" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">133. Surface transportation block grant program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38E997E26FF04483B2594D8720B52AAE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Chapter 2</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 213 in the analysis for chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EAB436AFD2B4C63AA6B4026D934F220">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Other references</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in any other law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the surface transportation program under section 133 of title 23, United States Code, shall be deemed to be a reference to the surface transportation block grant program under such section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HADB67FF2546640358C491B88A9405C3F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1110.</enum>
<header>Highway use tax evasion projects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 143(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H87B8467D0C854709BB0440E941948E4D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CD44E1B9BCD4CFF96BD2964676AFF73" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H7AAAB42D17C84BEA8586B5B0E77FFB2B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From administrative funds made available under section 104(a), the Secretary may deduct such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA81B3324C8444C192B5EDD13A5A4666" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the heading for paragraph (8) by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">block grant</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">surface transportation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H768B39B4449F43B9A31DFF2F8368F77A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9) by inserting <quote>, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate</quote> after <quote>the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H577269FF566C4902B0A7B050E4E25F9D">
<enum>1111.</enum>
<header>Bundling of bridge projects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDA56CFE2EF947DF9C1054BF6E14E9C3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2)(A) by striking <quote>the natural condition of the bridge</quote> and inserting <quote>the natural condition of the water</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5FDC0A761A7430EB11F4628A34CCEE2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8B67F4C98774E26B86AF2ACEA208036">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0D03296E3CD2426C9FB75FE0A2C71E66" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5D666F771D084BB5B2627F0BEA31BE8E">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Bundling of bridge projects</header>
<paragraph id="H911233F3333A42ED8E22FECB84989E53">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of this subsection is to save costs and time by encouraging States to bundle multiple bridge projects as 1 project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H728F8D83311146A3B741FDF065B3ABB7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means an entity eligible to carry out a bridge project under section 119 or 133.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E88A1AA21CA4C649D285B3600AD7E9C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Bundling of bridge projects</header>
<text>An eligible entity may bundle 2 or more similar bridge projects that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB09B253B577E49E689C67BDC8C531C8C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>eligible projects under section 119 or 133;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78B05BB66E824CDCB5029E0E61FC7B0A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included as a bundled project in a transportation improvement program under section 134(j) or a statewide transportation improvement program under section 135, as applicable; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H089B1C0FF3A945F2B7D465CBBD738B9E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>awarded to a single contractor or consultant pursuant to a contract for engineering and design or construction between the contractor and an eligible entity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0C370208F124B8FB49CD1E9A29B83AD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Itemization</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), a bundling of bridge projects under this subsection may be listed as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2645E076F4F647B592C31DB49BBA8D53">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>1 project for purposes of sections 134 and 135; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9EC92677EB84EA49F30E5EFAF557506">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a single project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCAEAD2BDA5D14B55B6B0BACFDF79EE69">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Financial characteristics</header>
<text>Projects bundled under this subsection shall have the same financial characteristics, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HACE182C840A94B5A9C7A76C4EFDCC14B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the same funding category or subcategory; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H856E9CBF4C17421B9EE98F1404FCC377">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the same Federal share.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6026336C602E4293A2D0C379C295A2BC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Engineering cost reimbursement</header>
<text>The provisions of section 102(b) do not apply to projects carried out under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFEBA40244714459B16CE4984C504777">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k)(2), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, by striking <quote>104(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>104(b)(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H3BD0FEB09D2D4B029A75E4A3706B863C">
<enum>1112.</enum>
<header>Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities</header>
<subsection id="HC3A877FCF7294350B09144097A182A90">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities</header>
<text>Section 147 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6FFB992BB32D4D5487C1D6C251A0D493">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Program</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8278E51AF52948E795F05E0222FF7DC9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (d) through (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EEC42C4AD7B4358AE517D7874087659" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H50AF3E2C0EE14C0996960E1D1EED4BF9">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Formula</header>
<text>Of the amounts allocated under subsection (c)—</text>
<paragraph id="H03AC8D444DBE490B81494AFF7F401EEE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>35 percent shall be allocated among eligible entities in the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64DDDD9E35A84C7C9ABCFAFFC91D6B82">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of ferry passengers, including passengers in vehicles, carried by each ferry system in the most recent calendar year for which data is available; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B83882F337341F7B5B07CF0C2734675">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the number of ferry passengers, including passengers in vehicles, carried by all ferry systems in the most recent calendar year for which data is available;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF39DAD6DEC648F5B6B0E26486FEF01A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>35 percent shall be allocated among eligible entities in the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H76A9B759F80D48839E7241EA47EC87C8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of vehicles carried by each ferry system in the most recent calendar year for which data is available; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DB3E0595BC64EF099A9F984F1BE00B8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the number of vehicles carried by all ferry systems in the most recent calendar year for which data is available; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD9F84E2368649F087CE246B9CDCE856">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>30 percent shall be allocated among eligible entities in the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0411060E583E401AACF18696EDE7BCEE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the total route nautical miles serviced by each ferry system in the most recent calendar year for which data is available; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32E27E21159244A6A96214E9A67C5071">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the total route nautical miles serviced by all ferry systems in the most recent calendar year for which data is available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B7B78CDC0024A55BA2962869B9DA8FD">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Redistribution of unobligated amounts</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H51F2E68149944B2EA23447530B87E1B0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>withdraw amounts allocated to an eligible entity under subsection (c) that remain unobligated by the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amounts were allocated; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F20FA5DACA146B8946404EF217742E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the subsequent fiscal year, redistribute the amounts referred to in paragraph (1) in accordance with the formula under subsection (d) among eligible entities for which no amounts were withdrawn under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA03C7060963345E1A67CBB5403A9A0DD">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Minimum amount</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), a State with an eligible entity that meets the requirements of this section shall receive not less than $100,000 under this section for a fiscal year.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5200A0F73C5B4850B39B00A55C6D8DD2">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H2FD32FFD60F448B3AF3B447E30261228">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Data collection</header>
<subparagraph id="H4BB6A13CE8D743E78D82017DF365488B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>National ferry database</header>
<text>Amounts made available for a fiscal year under this section shall be allocated using the most recent data available, as collected and imputed in accordance with the national ferry database established under section 1801(e) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 129 note).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CEAE99485F546EA90B9FE18E4598A35">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligibility for funding</header>
<text>To be eligible to receive funds under subsection (c), data shall have been submitted in the most recent collection of data for the national ferry database under section 1801(e) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 129 note) for at least 1 ferry service within the State.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8370F6F54B9F4B8C81BAEB810CFC55B9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjustments</header>
<text>On review of the data submitted under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary may make adjustments to the data as the Secretary determines necessary to correct misreported or inconsistent data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H39BC0F0DCAC3490FA51409A3967F6252">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H264765184A444B53AB8717E53A6CE8E3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Period of availability</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 118(b), funds made available to carry out this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAC655A8113ED4659905565F9943BC0B9">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>All provisions of this chapter that are applicable to the National Highway System, other than provisions relating to apportionment formula and Federal share, shall apply to funds made available to carry out this section, except as determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC22DF30A0A8C4DD591761C4CE9A6DE1D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>National ferry database</header>
<text>Section 1801(e)(4) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 129 note) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01030EAA087C4B499B55E32B7E9932FB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB9301BE808AD468F851FFD465A47AE58">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>make available, from the amounts made available for each fiscal year to carry out chapter 63 of title 49, not more than $500,000 to maintain the database.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5D5427C7DFD3446CB99CAD8998E30285">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA74233D77B02417A80B3910B4ED17E78">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>or on a public transit ferry eligible under chapter 53 of title 49</quote> after <quote>Interstate System</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E37C8E5C5784353A6C7DB16ECAFA588">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H437D911067AE4AD2BA2167C2FD080F38">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(3) Such ferry</quote> and inserting <quote>(3)(A) The ferry</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EA4402A8B3F4412B004267366AFBBDA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9689C63D2E042CD92756C61FD9268F6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB4B965443B884DFEB925D8EB23B5897B" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Any Federal participation shall not involve the construction or purchase, for private ownership, of a ferry boat, ferry terminal facility, or other eligible project under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7D54E34E0C64FAF983D36478A1E208F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>and repair,</quote> and inserting <quote>repair,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEEDBEBEBB2045AB84B408B3CAC797D8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB45953FC56694B1D84BDC6B5B561AF02" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H97F2AD55A87A4E1B91B86029A2E363C6">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>The ferry service shall be maintained in accordance with section 116.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC368A418544C4953BD162BF743588D82">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H79375DB1C3C54C5E9053CD33B45BBF94">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>No ferry boat or ferry terminal with Federal participation under this title may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, except in accordance with part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99EE100FF0AB4DBD81B2DC0E72166E3F" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The Federal share of any proceeds from a disposition referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be used for eligible purposes under this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0568160B70E840E4BE81CC635917CF58" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1113.</enum>
<header>Highway safety improvement program</header>
<subsection id="H32EB3A6EDFC540509263CDD80EA5CFD4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H888CFAA176A04EE58F513D07FA928D76">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC660C1C814C49ED8683A94C9D01FB6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HE4316E7FE2104023AABDAD2D52C87521">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>includes, but is not limited to,</quote> and inserting <quote>only includes</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H646189CB7653447A9A14B6A5A687362C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF33ABEB662984ABB8C54229589304939" style="USC">
<clause id="H55CD7E3028FD4E8985E430DC807B17A7">
<enum>(xxv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1C1395514DF946609989FD73200D8D94">
<enum>(xxvi)</enum>
<text>Pedestrian hybrid beacons.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3977ECE0069844FC8BD309A07E9FAABC">
<enum>(xxvii)</enum>
<text>Roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including medians and pedestrian crossing islands.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAED7499267A043B6ACA8A605068E808E">
<enum>(xxviii)</enum>
<text>A physical infrastructure safety project not described in clauses (i) through (xxvii).</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BC4F751909D4582BDD7C5D693BE9545">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (10); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54717C1C004B4A78BA4C6E65C17AECA0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDF3CADA1A57409E9864BBA27C660101">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking <quote>subsections (a)(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(11)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8F9422001214D4FA57826FC543A20C6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)(2)(B)(i) by striking <quote>subsection (a)(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(11)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56223DC856A4450AB2C3EDF8FDE708BA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HDBF8C18B1DBB4D36A2F0469DE4F29564" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H8082928300A948258905CFE56676E5BC">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Data collection on unpaved public roads</header>
<paragraph id="HF1C66ED646264C5885BE6092887A4B6F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may elect not to collect fundamental data elements for the model inventory of roadway elements on public roads that are gravel roads or otherwise unpaved if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF194E07F85434818A5FB623C88573830">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State does not use funds provided to carry out this section for a project on any such roads until the State completes a collection of the required model inventory of roadway elements for the applicable road segment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8B80F798ADF4E35912EA0962C4A5F6E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State demonstrates that the State consulted with affected Indian tribes before ceasing to collect data with respect to such roads that are included in the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory under section 202(b)(1) of this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24AA2981B4284FCA97C3D53E1B636B9B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection may be construed to allow a State to cease data collection related to serious injuries or fatalities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0AA1505BF5614B1BBE93437DA487CF93">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Commercial motor vehicle safety best practices</header>
<paragraph id="H6AC5868FAFA0451DABC6100B3D3DE2B7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a review of best practices with respect to the implementation of roadway safety infrastructure improvements that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF3BA8255E5E43C4A6D9A11D0C7AA57E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>are cost effective; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABF09A35607C4309925A2E2718B97B85">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reduce the number or severity of accidents involving commercial motor vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8B89CFB4F3643DB8BF13CA16ED3399C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In conducting the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with State transportation departments and units of local government.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2547B39283EA461682FEF9154C098E8B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H15535A01F79049A7B5C648050FAFC1A8">
<enum>1114.</enum>
<header>Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 149 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAD31A8EBC36549ACBF90AFEEEAC4CD1F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A6ED80AFA2D46A8ABECBF2EC73D0FB8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I) by inserting <quote>in the designated nonattainment area</quote> after <quote>air quality standard</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A03A20CA46741C886D6E6069ECB1C39">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by inserting <quote>or maintenance</quote> after <quote>likely to contribute to the attainment</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CAA7933469349859C2B0548697BDDD2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>attainment of</quote> and inserting <quote>attainment or maintenance in the area of</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE36F2512D40469BB6359541D6A754B0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A5379FEC58D4679A009893F523DA258">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8)—</text>
<clause id="H6D3D9C42594A4B8C81E630389D0CA1DB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H8E5047F556EE4C4EBE2E868B26332A5F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) by inserting <quote>or port-related freight operations</quote> after <quote>construction projects</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0392413B51F9448882622F4E3225FC37">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in subclause (II) by inserting <quote>or chapter 53 of title 49</quote> after <quote>this title</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HA8C584A08A9D43B28160912713208E8B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD07BE6AAE7804F53B6656CBEC04F4B90">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HED43127B1D29496392C20238D43CE717" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HBA4AF81ED0F443E3A6E6825945460984">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the project or program is for the installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF80D6186CC74B76AC022540F7E12B78">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2) by inserting <quote>(giving priority to corridors designated under section 151)</quote> after <quote>at any location in the State</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3502DE283CB42379042C4DB8BD13BAA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E5CE185FEF0401E8CBA7C32C6D4AE5E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC5BB7A6D3D1A403F8401BCF29359A15C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H96325C264BFD4FC2AE3B08E152A3DCD5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible under the surface transportation block grant program under section 133.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H071C522333544280818D155D9B61D9D6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HD7AA06AF23294F7C9D38C7A0B5D66BAF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HFF84E00296C949B39CBA0401231C3133">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting <quote>would otherwise be eligible under subsection (b) if the project were carried out in a nonattainment or maintenance area or</quote> after <quote>may use for any project that</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H606D1B0FE603415886EA33F29C14A4BE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>paragraph (l)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (k)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD99BA0C430A642AAB7923A850E000ADC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking <quote>MAP–21t</quote> and inserting <quote>MAP–21</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB757C104BDC4B9BA9C5291D43255C49">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by inserting <quote>, in a manner consistent with the approach that was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21,</quote> after <quote>the Secretary shall modify</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD018AA44DA70434EA138D1529FFE4FA3">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(2)(B) by striking <quote>not later that</quote> and inserting <quote>not later than</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC7165214CB24A1DA8442DD087AC0000">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0834F25D89A041DABF998DDEEA8BE6D2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H45681964C1A94604B2EAAE6D4F425104">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>PM2.5 nonattainment and maintenance in low population density States</header>
<subparagraph id="HEF81122DCD9F4A22B68292521C5026C1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text>In any State with a population density of 80 or fewer persons per square mile of land area, based on the most recent decennial census, the requirements under subsection (g)(3) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall not apply to a nonattainment or maintenance area in the State if—</text>
<clause id="H94F519A2FB404E63BF81031ACE4B6B62">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the nonattainment or maintenance area does not have projects that are part of the emissions analysis of a metropolitan transportation plan or transportation improvement program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H28D4BD612E2C4FF6ADF50B4EA4EA5F06">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>regional motor vehicle emissions are an insignificant contributor to the air quality problem for PM2.5 in the nonattainment or maintenance area.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D6C9D9F3EB74F469067615801F5D605">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Calculation</header>
<text>If subparagraph (A) applies to a nonattainment or maintenance area in a State, the percentage of the PM2.5 set-aside under paragraph (1) shall be reduced for that State proportionately based on the weighted population of the area in fine particulate matter nonattainment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3578EBFBE1BB456B848DB1151F31981A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Port-related equipment and vehicles</header>
<text>To meet the requirements under paragraph (1), a State or metropolitan planning organization may elect to obligate funds to the most cost-effective projects to reduce emissions from port-related landside nonroad or on-road equipment that is operated within the boundaries of a PM2.5 nonattainment or maintenance area.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20462C888BEF46FCB17BF99A71A47C6C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l)(1)(B) by inserting <quote>air quality and traffic congestion</quote> before <quote>performance targets</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B8A8FC0E80A4CD3A054F50471685F41">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>in subsection (m) by striking <quote>section 104(b)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 104(b)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H4717331A4F2A485CB58B7CD6E843DD43" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1115.</enum>
<header>Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H13912E32C9DF46D185621CF1D78C4C81">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>$150,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$158,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82C0975721C9482A9B2D7AE4BCF5E462">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>$40,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$42,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF3AC820A90A2433D9FC6E67EC0D60839">
<enum>1116.</enum>
<header>National highway freight program</header>
<subsection id="H075FAD4E6474459B8101C2E11E6152C7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 167 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4BAE2F6414994B1980402DA1321E4CE0" style="USC">
<section id="HF3A2E5E91B964992939338C424161E7C">
<enum>167.</enum>
<header>National highway freight program</header>
<subsection id="HF1022BBDAA7147AF839A696CE072FDC5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="HBA0B34382CB1420FA5F0A721FC5BA212">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Policy</header>
<text>It is the policy of the United States to improve the condition and performance of the National Highway Freight Network established under this section to ensure that the Network provides the foundation for the United States to compete in the global economy and achieve the goals described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H614AB66517774CAA9F85E9EE3032B1E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>In support of the goals described in subsection (b), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall establish a national highway freight program in accordance with this section to improve the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H10E5D31BE889438FA2D295CB91717F85">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Goals</header>
<text>The goals of the national highway freight program are—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B002623510B433B83AA449E89CA2A1A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to invest in infrastructure improvements and to implement operational improvements on the highways of the United States that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42AEAD431C664B34940D154BC0EDD02B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>strengthen the contribution of the National Highway Freight Network to the economic competitiveness of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22C4B7C5129B4C61A3D186A54644BA95">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reduce congestion and bottlenecks on the National Highway Freight Network;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41C0FD8DE21F4B7C8BC4E832829DB1D4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>reduce the cost of freight transportation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H522FFBA1B3F7455D9BD1DAD42D41C493">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>improve the year-round reliability of freight transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB7A8B6431B74CF98BFDAD2EEC441350">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>increase productivity, particularly for domestic industries and businesses that create high-value jobs;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D01D69940E2467E96A8E3E4837CF4BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to improve the safety, security, efficiency, and resiliency of freight transportation in rural and urban areas;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC59B0D82BBA347CAA14DE2FF3CAEF925">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to improve the state of good repair of the National Highway Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EF2D0492C6B4B828DFB5C14E61D3703">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>to use innovation and advanced technology to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the National Highway Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A9C16EC018F43428B58BCF2F5E2BDF5">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to improve the efficiency and productivity of the National Highway Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9260304EB5EE470B9A12D1CD20BF376E">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>to improve the flexibility of States to support multi-State corridor planning and the creation of multi-State organizations to increase the ability of States to address highway freight connectivity; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64166036A1DF4604843ABA8F0BA79B66">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>to reduce the environmental impacts of freight movement on the National Highway Freight Network.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HADEAC65A60CB4D468609745E00FEEAEE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Establishment of National Highway Freight Network</header>
<paragraph id="H9A1602E838684FD0BAC104B0AB1B687D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Administrator shall establish a National Highway Freight Network in accordance with this section to strategically direct Federal resources and policies toward improved performance of the Network.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC7E051EEF8248B8AEFC066389E0935B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Network components</header>
<text>The National Highway Freight Network shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88AE5720D516425BBF4C495D47E1BDBB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the primary highway freight system, as designated under subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7C8E684907640628471A401511D8310">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>critical rural freight corridors established under subsection (e);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5F7B27724824B44ACA34A5C3169E775">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>critical urban freight corridors established under subsection (f); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC43F883246CE4D85A2A5FEE3BF24F253">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the portions of the Interstate System not designated as part of the primary highway freight system.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6829956FA3E0451EBF7E526E9CB50ABB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Designation and redesignation of the primary highway freight system</header>
<paragraph id="H37EF506725104E1C882B21E0A8A62817">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Initial designation of primary highway freight system</header>
<text>The initial designation of the primary highway freight system shall be the 41,518-mile network identified during the designation process for the primary freight network under section 167(d) of this title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the FAST<short-title> Act.</short-title></text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5808E309F23D4303AE41334A95E2EB7C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Redesignation of primary highway freight system</header>
<subparagraph id="HA3C072A9271D4A178D236DDEDB8B5C4D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Beginning 5 years after the date of enactment of the FAST <short-title>Act</short-title>, and every 5 years thereafter, using the designation factors described in subparagraph (E), the Administrator shall redesignate the primary highway freight system.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H221286285D644697BABDDFB42FA3CC9D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Redesignation mileage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each redesignation may increase the mileage on the primary highway freight system by not more than 3 percent of the total mileage of the system.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC10DACC67E4749908F598A1B9A88F9DD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Use of measurable data</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In redesignating the primary highway freight system, to the maximum extent practicable, the Administrator shall use measurable data to assess the significance of goods movement, including consideration of points of origin, destinations, and linking components of the United States global and domestic supply chains.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C869C7149EA4C57B054E9FE6E0033B3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Input</header>
<text>In redesignating the primary highway freight system, the Administrator shall provide an opportunity for State freight advisory committees, as applicable, to submit additional miles for consideration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CEE0F563E7A4BDFA8C0E136C96A5013">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Factors for redesignation</header>
<text>In redesignating the primary highway freight system, the Administrator shall consider—</text>
<clause id="H8CF46824A9B044E4979D806C368A3C49">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>changes in the origins and destinations of freight movement in, to, and from the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE6725F6ABE1B4508AABCEED2487AF237">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>changes in the percentage of annual daily truck traffic in the annual average daily traffic on principal arterials;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCB6DB4ED575E4068AA8F329EB56E0F6B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>changes in the location of key facilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB960FD44273C404BB939EFB19F1ACFF6">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>land and water ports of entry;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H79218F4BA74442DB838F2DCA9342CB00">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>access to energy exploration, development, installation, or production areas;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1BBBB683850C4501AC24750874778587">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>access to other freight intermodal facilities, including rail, air, water, and pipelines facilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE5A91153992841D0849EFECBE2F4D574">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>the total freight tonnage and value moved via highways;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2AAC25510F4A4574B5C2BD9981FEB682">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>significant freight bottlenecks, as identified by the Administrator;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFC8A7C9C4B9E493DAC46216C662F6A00">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>the significance of goods movement on principal arterials, including consideration of global and domestic supply chains;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H728FEF5AAA104CBEAEE6F83680E9B870">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>critical emerging freight corridors and critical commerce corridors; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H427BBE62553B442085257E1424E45E2A">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>network connectivity.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBFAF5F15C08041829E0F56280900AF5B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Critical rural freight corridors</header>
<paragraph id="HB58DB02F30F5460A9479056F17A51EF9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State may designate a public road within the borders of the State as a critical rural freight corridor if the public road is not in an urbanized area and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H283E3306DA1D487797E0FC6FBC6B5EDD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is a rural principal arterial roadway and has a minimum of 25 percent of the annual average daily traffic of the road measured in passenger vehicle equivalent units from trucks (Federal Highway Administration vehicle class 8 to 13);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09BD1E76382A4FB4A322D828396A8AE0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>provides access to energy exploration, development, installation, or production areas;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0FB4EDD59394138859D592C356E8745">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>connects the primary highway freight system, a roadway described in subparagraph (A) or (B), or the Interstate System to facilities that handle more than—</text>
<clause id="H5409E506710C479BA33307F63EEF4A53">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>50,000 20-foot equivalent units per year; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE8D25688D57D4B79968F8260835DB5EF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>500,000 tons per year of bulk commodities;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFF3699C00134A399F9B9E7077B7F676">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>provides access to—</text>
<clause id="H03316D7834264FA78699B19F01371288">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a grain elevator;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H606B370ACDAA42A1AD94B9520945B977">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an agricultural facility;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFBA4ECA31B6542F387F5BBE5C083A7A5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a mining facility;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB9B939C904D545559E2105CC0BA07472">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a forestry facility; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H59A9F97063244DD0989D64A8329EA84E">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>an intermodal facility;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABAD8B66AEA44818843636EAB6FE53DD">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>connects to an international port of entry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92455BA63C7B43C9ADAC150F84098991">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>provides access to significant air, rail, water, or other freight facilities in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF254E21512B14E7DB23CE77DFEB9C0A0">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>is, in the determination of the State, vital to improving the efficient movement of freight of importance to the economy of the State.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79FFCC7DCAD94E8D9BD50F7CB8AFDD41">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>A State may designate as critical rural freight corridors a maximum of 150 miles of highway or 20 percent of the primary highway freight system mileage in the State, whichever is greater.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDE38766FAA86469ABDBADD1B95F265FA">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Critical urban freight corridors</header>
<paragraph id="H8354971275904EF69748463936DD8FF9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Urbanized area with population of 500,000 or more</header>
<text>In an urbanized area with a population of 500,000 or more individuals, the representative metropolitan planning organization, in consultation with the State, may designate a public road within the borders of that area of the State as a critical urban freight corridor.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9F4511FF64A46A5934ABF15C32D8AA1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Urbanized area with a population less than 500,000</header>
<text>In an urbanized area with a population of less than 500,000 individuals, the State, in consultation with the representative metropolitan planning organization, may designate a public road within the borders of that area of the State as a critical urban freight corridor.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H314F99CD5490472595C452023B7894A3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Requirements for designation</header>
<text>A designation may be made under paragraph (1) or (2) if the public road—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98822E9D57CC4B34B3E204FEA381B825">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is in an urbanized area, regardless of population; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F58789A29AC4BCEB92BBD4EF10E2287">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2D383D71703645D5A9A16E64CF883B77">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>connects an intermodal facility to—</text>
<subclause id="HFC58FD937A2740C298537B640DFBF0BF" indent="up1">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the primary highway freight system;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1266307BD4914328A50B933815693F4B" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the Interstate System; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC14DAEA67C304A118031BE1C934A15C0" indent="up1">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>an intermodal freight facility;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H16335D0B6AF34BCEACD67B9A054C4D4F" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is located within a corridor of a route on the primary highway freight system and provides an alternative highway option important to goods movement;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB3DE48C9EFBF4296AAF3748BAF899A4D" indent="up1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>serves a major freight generator, logistic center, or manufacturing and warehouse industrial land; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9CED348CEC454E91BD6508D0B5B7D90F" indent="up1">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>is important to the movement of freight within the region, as determined by the metropolitan planning organization or the State.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H958D299A5B6549F3B2E51880F43D8A86">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>For each State, a maximum of 75 miles of highway or 10 percent of the primary highway freight system mileage in the State, whichever is greater, may be designated as a critical urban freight corridor under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0DE1DEEC08AB46348F7E436503EB9A9E">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Designation and certification</header>
<paragraph id="H74789D22ACCD48998EF2536ECB7F90E6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Designation</header>
<text>States and metropolitan planning organizations may designate corridors under subsections (e) and (f) and submit the designated corridors to the Administrator on a rolling basis.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H408B53A861A44A4BB035476BB9B549C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text>Each State or metropolitan planning organization that designates a corridor under subsection (e) or (f) shall certify to the Administrator that the designated corridor meets the requirements of the applicable subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDAA350905B4B432C871426348C558260">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Highway freight transportation conditions and performance reports</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the FAST<short-title> Act</short-title>, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that describes the conditions and performance of the National Highway Freight Network in the United States.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3538F1EBAC904455BB941BF21456C216">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Use of apportioned funds</header>
<paragraph id="HC32A7A587BB543F2B54CB92E685F355F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State shall obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) to improve the movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE629C943C728481AB1B549C4D8F952A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Formula</header>
<text>The Administrator shall calculate for each State the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H603D8E0E2AB344F4803641414668FD24">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the total mileage in the State designated as part of the primary highway freight system; bears to</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB920865B0584EC9834129D3CF0623E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the total mileage of the primary highway freight system in all States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91AC8103905F428E8DE7B6549B3B1096">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H4311706FA0A744498057B9D2F2CF2AF0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>States with high primary highway freight system mileage</header>
<text>If the proportion of a State under paragraph (2) is greater than or equal to 2 percent, the State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) for projects on—</text>
<clause id="H5E1194447A1A4D43B3550F3F7B403F02">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the primary highway freight system;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H714FF27DA86047E5AE4122B846C4F832">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>critical rural freight corridors; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H65D3660A4F2C46FCB2F65B3FA7ADD95B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>critical urban freight corridors.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F61E178FC8548DF8CDDAA5DAE864857">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>States with low primary highway freight system mileage</header>
<text>If the proportion of a State under paragraph (2) is less than 2 percent, the State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) for projects on any component of the National Highway Freight Network.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFC30840597A4B57B993408500218741">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Freight planning</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of the FAST<short-title> Act</short-title>, a State may not obligate funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) unless the State has developed a freight plan in accordance with section 70202 of title 49, except that the multimodal component of the plan may be incomplete before an obligation may be made under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FDA9204002244049DA6BF9EB8BAAD21">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<subparagraph id="HD3323323E91248A78DFBCF98DCB028E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in this subsection, for a project to be eligible for funding under this section the project shall—</text>
<clause id="H54624E8A5AD24533BB943F08B42BFFF1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>contribute to the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB1D4D5E7CE7E461C83FDF4BC887774EA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be identified in a freight investment plan included in a freight plan of the State that is in effect.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H808856DAA40B4DBFA5A663B06D770C74">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Other projects</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, a State may obligate not more than 10 percent of the total apportionment of the State under section 104(b)(5) for freight intermodal or freight rail projects, including projects—</text>
<clause id="H8810478F7F434A52AB01F6D709CFB343">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>within the boundaries of public or private freight rail or water facilities (including ports); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3C2ADBF844DA44B1A274AED9B6938DD2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that provide surface transportation infrastructure necessary to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access into or out of the facility.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A4E85BBDBD948C4A59DD8ED7A86DDA4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text>Funds apportioned to the State under section 104(b)(5) for the national highway freight program may be obligated to carry out 1 or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="HC94603120E6748CF987069CE9EE66B5F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>Development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2A563C1DD51947D1BCB7C33BE370496E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, acquisition of real property (including land relating to the project and improvements to land), construction contingencies, acquisition of equipment, and operational improvements directly relating to improving system performance.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD91668D4C4224216A120DD9991E012CE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Intelligent transportation systems and other technology to improve the flow of freight, including intelligent freight transportation systems.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H606A020B5D3A4D5D9B5378DD80404078">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>Efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of freight movement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H82A84C1F3CBA4D8889801EA908EAB636">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>Environmental and community mitigation for freight movement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB7BD6F1561B34FDA8541687967EC725A">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>Railway-highway grade separation.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H44644D4EFD954CCD853A5306C08582FD">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>Geometric improvements to interchanges and ramps.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H57FE6F1D7AAB43C78C82AE5CCDD7F153">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>Truck-only lanes.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8FD2F500A2C840A5A198C76932A1EC41">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>Climbing and runaway truck lanes.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H86DF90A81CA748EEB24FEC95C010E81F">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>Adding or widening of shoulders.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4FB82691EE7646938B601E069B2A95FD">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>Truck parking facilities eligible for funding under section 1401 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 137 note).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF144ACA8CF184B4D83DD01B2C04389AD">
<enum>(xii)</enum>
<text>Real-time traffic, truck parking, roadway condition, and multimodal transportation information systems.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE9EBF8282F88438A9C8F35EF2A22874A">
<enum>(xiii)</enum>
<text>Electronic screening and credentialing systems for vehicles, including weigh-in-motion truck inspection technologies.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6AD77C4DB98F4DED842F56F43DA4E7D6">
<enum>(xiv)</enum>
<text>Traffic signal optimization, including synchronized and adaptive signals.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF6D1C3D74D6E4D0596D9AEBA3C25A294">
<enum>(xv)</enum>
<text>Work zone management and information systems.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC99A18CA590B4E57AB92E8CD592242A7">
<enum>(xvi)</enum>
<text>Highway ramp metering.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H917698C8B1F04E4393D6328E8088033D">
<enum>(xvii)</enum>
<text>Electronic cargo and border security technologies that improve truck freight movement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFDE240EE672F4D558540C66667D72797">
<enum>(xviii)</enum>
<text>Intelligent transportation systems that would increase truck freight efficiencies inside the boundaries of intermodal facilities.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H40FEE11ED44643B1BF190C58DD06E8F7">
<enum>(xix)</enum>
<text>Additional road capacity to address highway freight bottlenecks.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD0F7B2DBEB4E4500951C367C8733A2B1">
<enum>(xx)</enum>
<text>Physical separation of passenger vehicles from commercial motor freight.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2DFB6FB1DE434BC88129107D418C96AF">
<enum>(xxi)</enum>
<text>Enhancement of the resiliency of critical highway infrastructure, including highway infrastructure that supports national energy security, to improve the flow of freight.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3A0309E35E374CC48D807733C962F2B6">
<enum>(xxii)</enum>
<text>A highway or bridge project, other than a project described in clauses (i) through (xxi), to improve the flow of freight on the National Highway Freight Network.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H14A11A66AAF145CBA319B3927552BE82">
<enum>(xxiii)</enum>
<text>Any other surface transportation project to improve the flow of freight into and out of a facility described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H688014116E2948B390FD7397E0A4DFC2">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Other eligible costs</header>
<text>In addition to the eligible projects identified in paragraph (5), a State may use funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5) for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF1EB38912CD4C98B8D1F44AC797433F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>carrying out diesel retrofit or alternative fuel projects under section 149 for class 8 vehicles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C825D1BE09E4D2AB857D52CCEDF8E6F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the necessary costs of—</text>
<clause id="H19B6C54AAC7746F98A1B33A71CCFEB73">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>conducting analyses and data collection related to the national highway freight program;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H06D661495FB84A9C8CA66916C3BA6DF6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>developing and updating performance targets to carry out this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDDF72CA07F084256A9BF94618353153D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>reporting to the Administrator to comply with the freight performance target under section 150.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9995A7B5DE614720ABF220D9CFE170F1">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Applicability of planning requirements</header>
<text>Programming and expenditure of funds for projects under this section shall be consistent with the requirements of sections 134 and 135.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA1BDD258ACED481E91AEE2708E7F1651">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>State performance targets</header>
<text>If the Administrator determines that a State has not met or made significant progress toward meeting the performance targets related to freight movement of the State established under section 150(d) by the date that is 2 years after the date of the establishment of the performance targets, the State shall include in the next report submitted under section 150(e) a description of the actions the State will undertake to achieve the targets, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A8FCACDBA9A4A51A14154D7D609543C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an identification of significant freight system trends, needs, and issues within the State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB13CE348E4F4D9ABBDB7D006A9C7597">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a description of the freight policies and strategies that will guide the freight-related transportation investments of the State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE964446C4D74C61813CB8716275F0E4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>an inventory of freight bottlenecks within the State and a description of the ways in which the State is allocating national highway freight program funds to improve those bottlenecks; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC366330E38F4EE987328B1D60BA91C6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a description of the actions the State will undertake to meet the performance targets of the State.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DB567E2919B4165B305764451778562">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Intelligent freight transportation system</header>
<paragraph id="H945F413C39E24638BAFF49C411C9A8C0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of intelligent freight transportation system</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>intelligent freight transportation system</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB8227435F5E45729D7EA5979E5E79EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>innovative or intelligent technological transportation systems, infrastructure, or facilities, including elevated freight transportation facilities—</text>
<clause id="H230F75C1C2BB4B38BB5E52D5D6C547B7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in proximity to, or within, an existing right of way on a Federal-aid highway; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8F321D1A8FF7401E9ABB42E89AD1CC40">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that connect land ports-of entry to existing Federal-aid highways; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF4416C30FAF46EB9487146F3185E1DE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>communications or information processing systems that improve the efficiency, security, or safety of freight movements on the Federal-aid highway system, including to improve the conveyance of freight on dedicated intelligent freight lanes.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H446A1C9C4E3F43C79E8C4E85CEF5F405">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Operating standards</header>
<text>The Administrator shall determine whether there is a need for establishing operating standards for intelligent freight transportation systems.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC957F93E9A2A48379E1F17794D0DBED8">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Treatment of freight projects</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a freight project carried out under this section shall be treated as if the project were on a Federal-aid highway.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H89E067C5F0F8415CB50CBE1118048C40">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 167 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE82B71909E540C7AAF2009F7DD9B6E5" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">167. National highway freight program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HECD77F7B91B04FA7ACC6A10E0D28BC1C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeals</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 1116, 1117, and 1118 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 167 note), and the items relating to such sections in the table of contents in section 1(c) of such Act, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H88618217844A41B4BC2E32CBAE0BE80C" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1117.</enum>
<header>Federal lands and tribal transportation programs</header>
<subsection id="HC676F0001E1D4CEA9028E2F894EA846E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Tribal data collection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(c)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65D324D947C242DAA79BC5A757275316" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H83C2140B4D9B40B7AC3B06F4360D9DE2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Tribal data collection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the data to be collected under subparagraph (A), not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year, any entity carrying out a project under the tribal transportation program under section 202 shall submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, based on obligations and expenditures under the tribal transportation program during the preceding fiscal year, the following data:</text>
<clause id="H313FD22FFCD9465BA5ACE1941BAC326F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The names of projects and activities carried out by the entity under the tribal transportation program during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEECDDABFE15D4FE18A5573652D0BB968">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>A description of the projects and activities identified under clause (i).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF20A6CED72184B238DCA7F9F1BEF81C8">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>The current status of the projects and activities identified under clause (i).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H13206C99C9334AE1B2B9EC6F4CA4273D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>An estimate of the number of jobs created and the number of jobs retained by the projects and activities identified under clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H35279194AD0648DF87D906B325F4A2B3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report on tribal government transportation safety data</header>
<paragraph id="H06472A1E0F3741769B7B01AB219EF3C9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97EC5532E44B45E7B70F73D495DCA72D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in many States, the Native American population is disproportionately represented in fatalities and crash statistics;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85F9C051195D4328AABCEE57B9F05F20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>improved crash reporting by tribal law enforcement agencies would facilitate safety planning and would enable Indian tribes to apply more successfully for State and Federal funds for safety improvements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E1C9A05EB764F07BC88FAC482D64CD0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the causes of underreporting of crashes on Indian reservations include—</text>
<clause id="H0055A715109342539AD2E1EC79BEAF9E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>tribal law enforcement capacity, including—</text>
<subclause id="H710DBB9CE8134C188ED30A964CB08C7C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>staffing shortages and turnover; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEE260D705BA046B1A2590D2696F5AE49">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>lack of equipment, software, and training; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H85C81EEDF0394483BC684962A6C524D4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>lack of standardization in crash reporting forms and protocols; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H301C8FA0D5D8454597F9C9EAE52FB1BB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>without more accurate reporting of crashes on Indian reservations, it is difficult or impossible to fully understand the nature of the problem and develop appropriate countermeasures, which may include effective transportation safety planning and programs aimed at—</text>
<clause id="HF048B62BE0F7471E967F251CF624FDAA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>driving under the influence (DUI) prevention;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3EA26B9DB90A46CC8783D1BED788B13C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>pedestrian safety;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0BBBCD4B11CB42B7B6F3B59DA5EB7EFD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>roadway safety improvements;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8522748035AD4185961EA3AE9B93EB0A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>seat belt usage; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF0EC4A45AF444DF6BE00FE8067145265">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>proper use of child restraints.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8466556CC3454881BD8C2C2970E75B05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C34531D4815403BAD1414245C091C2F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Interior, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, and Indian tribes, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the quality of transportation safety data collected by States, counties, and Indian tribes for transportation safety systems and the relevance of that data to improving the collection and sharing of data on crashes on Indian reservations.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5F6260DCDF646F18BC6710DEC0F1F73">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The purposes of the report are—</text>
<clause id="HA28FFD21E89C43C9B016DF1746B5D2A3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to improve the collection and sharing of data on crashes on Indian reservations; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE87725537D43447C99CAD22B31DC77D2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to develop data that Indian tribes can use to recover damages to tribal property caused by motorists.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE356E61A015444D89DA7510944B78AC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Paperless data reporting</header>
<text>In preparing the report, the Secretary shall provide States, counties, and Indian tribes with options and best practices for transition to a paperless transportation safety data reporting system that—</text>
<clause id="HE966C2B992AD409F94341921406D4B22">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>improves the collection of crash reports;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H49DDE8D75C10410B84A72004C3140380">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>stores, archives, queries, and shares crash records; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H822D16F8D8E14A2EA1125D4890875C78">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>uses data exclusively—</text>
<subclause id="H63FABBC3725B4AE1B87077E0A6E3B961">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>to address traffic safety issues on Indian reservations; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6160EA6B83E24871BDDF11F98D2B2956">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>to identify and improve problem areas on public roads on Indian reservations.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6AA469DC30B4F39B474EAFDC56566EA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Additional budgetary resources</header>
<text>The Secretary shall include in the report the identification of Federal transportation funds provided to Indian tribes by agencies in addition to the Department and the Department of the Interior.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4D05FA2C837F4957935CBF3BC9EBA705">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Study on Bureau of Indian Affairs road safety</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Interior, the Attorney General, States, and Indian tribes shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC14EF00E1A47471C8A780AFBDDC4EB82">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete a study that identifies and evaluates options for improving safety on public roads on Indian reservations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82538409EB1A40B4A31ACA00A44386F4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5A2D82920C914E3C9AF29F29F9CAE4E9">
<enum>1118.</enum>
<header>Tribal transportation program amendment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB94AA743B78B486AA79F0D1D0FC19B2A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(6) by striking <quote>6 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A64E48EB04E4817A8BC186D490F29FF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>3 percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HCA7112D690954E4584EE0FC8C8680C12">
<enum>1119.</enum>
<header>Federal lands transportation program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EA2329474E849AC86FB63B45A8B5E97">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CD9BBE3FB574BD2944717DA483B046D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>operation</quote> and inserting <quote>capital, operations,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D891C2FDCAA438E843DE92BA56C6D15">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D) by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)(iv)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(iv)(I)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9233BBB60A794960B71A39E1EF2FE54C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDABF84D64FC749D085B11D5BC5CAC758">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HF501CD263CDC4548A22990EFAE10F483">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEC93FCBF38444CF496509A6E99279015">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (v) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA9DF1C20F453465BAF46146E50AB2DD6">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4E8D79A6578C4145A20BF9BDE40B5ADB" style="OLC">
<clause id="H8881C9E207D0437FBE9F7BD3D22CBB7F">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the Bureau of Reclamation; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5BCDD7F3CE6742A2AC01415B502961DD">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>independent Federal agencies with natural resource and land management responsibilities.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09BD779D22664209AADE8523EA389E7E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="H3EF43B710F3A4E28A422CF85A9AD10C4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting <quote>performance management, including</quote> after <quote>support</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HBE83AA84D70B418BA1B8025CCBECEC74">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (i)(II) by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0558996461F646F98AF22C691F2ED204">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2)(B) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2A96C808C988496CABF9E6D5A0E0978F" style="OLC">
<clause id="HFD0B5F783E284DF2B2B95C745152CE99">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>The Bureau of Reclamation.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H6B02869FDB1C4A3596DEFE701C208808">
<enum>1120.</enum>
<header>Federal lands programmatic activities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H882716F356AA4A70B07A69E029306FA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A210991021D472B83ECDB483B170635">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively (and by moving the subclauses 2 ems to the right);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02C9D5610FC944608C7472AC66033F81">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The Secretaries</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA440C9FB0C01457A837C397A26171480" style="OLC">
<clause id="H043774A40AAE40AC8FA6820D609D7D43">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretaries</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC485B7C381124D99AE561AD3C7CEB9C0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting a period after <quote>tribal transportation program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55BB06EDB9E34304B1E8ED58D9BCCE6E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>in accordance with</quote> and all that follows through <quote>including—</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD0DC1A46BAA40DBB7F076B50582FD4C" style="OLC">
<clause id="H48B11A7AE7F245908845192D25D2904F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>Data collected to implement the tribal transportation program shall be in accordance with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H49A40A29ABD743519F6EEF60CC4BC277">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>Data collected under this paragraph includes—</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D900811A5B047228F877DD8CED96DFE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AD465F0904A476E8965600CD677ACAB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4D5D6723EEE14DE7A1E78F896730E9C0">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Cooperative research and technology deployment</header>
<text>The Secretary may conduct cooperative research and technology deployment in coordination with Federal land management agencies, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A6EEE313F754CCAACF5A7236FB74BEE">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="H4869E772BA7C4B25897483D37542F5C1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>To carry out the activities described in this subsection for Federal lands transportation facilities, Federal lands access transportation facilities, and other federally owned roads open to public travel (as that term is defined in section 125(e)), the Secretary shall for each fiscal year combine and use not greater than 5 percent of the funds authorized for programs under sections 203 and 204.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF36DB6AD2F5462C98EBAC49E22E0A45">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Other activities</header>
<text>In addition to the activities described in subparagraph (A), funds described under that subparagraph may be used for—</text>
<clause id="HB5032DA31F3E49D9BC8590FEA2BA6565">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>bridge inspections on any federally owned bridge even if that bridge is not included on the inventory described under section 203; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA455D9A85F9F4E63BD0273F8511468C8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>transportation planning activities carried out by Federal land management agencies eligible for funding under this chapter.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF17AFCB4F1DD43078E605CECBD8A9629">
<enum>1121.</enum>
<header>Tribal transportation self-governance program</header>
<subsection id="H4152B719AA614FE98214C5F623553253">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 206 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEAB7B376AA1349388DB2C89F4255DE8D" style="USC">
<section id="H2EFC2202BA5B40D985B72E8B432D42D9">
<enum>207.</enum>
<header>Tribal transportation self-governance program</header>
<subsection id="H08286E7968694B75A3486C6624E9DAF7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to be known as the tribal transportation self-governance program. The Secretary may delegate responsibilities for administration of the program as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC9B88E0F95B84841BF1947E3D0AF2574">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HBB959150F7034071BB0978ADDD4D3F87">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an Indian tribe shall be eligible to participate in the program if the Indian tribe requests participation in the program by resolution or other official action by the governing body of the Indian tribe, and demonstrates, for the preceding 3 fiscal years, financial stability and financial management capability, and transportation program management capability.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10A4592AA53D4333A2C6B7D2D59D33C1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Criteria for determining financial stability and financial management capacity</header>
<text>For the purposes of paragraph (1), evidence that, during the preceding 3 fiscal years, an Indian tribe had no uncorrected significant and material audit exceptions in the required annual audit of the Indian tribe’s self-determination contracts or self-governance funding agreements with any Federal agency shall be conclusive evidence of the required financial stability and financial management capability.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB03D0D76A3224F21A1134B9DC6258E87">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Criteria for determining transportation program management capability</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require an Indian tribe to demonstrate transportation program management capability, including the capability to manage and complete projects eligible under this title and projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, to gain eligibility for the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FABAC2AEC1C42718184093925CD2D7A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Compacts</header>
<paragraph id="H5A6276BAF4D74683AB95F8F0D8330FE4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compact required</header>
<text>Upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, and subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written compact with the Indian tribe for the purpose of providing for the participation of the Indian tribe in the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFE27463835C44ABB62E12C850EDE94A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>A compact entered into under paragraph (1) shall set forth the general terms of the government-to-government relationship between the Indian tribe and the United States under the program and other terms that will continue to apply in future fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB298715D5094D8EA52C9813C30634A6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Amendments</header>
<text>A compact entered into with an Indian tribe under paragraph (1) may be amended only by mutual agreement of the Indian tribe and the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC6E8F8EA39054C479C731469EAAC0E63">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Annual funding agreements</header>
<paragraph id="HF9DC3EBC357D413A83B5EDCC7AD823C0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Funding agreement required</header>
<text>After entering into a compact with an Indian tribe under subsection (c), the Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written annual funding agreement with the Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H845EECB94E4B48A0B284630543CCCC4F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<subparagraph id="HE92CDB04D5814B1BBFEC4D0C922CB028">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<clause id="H990EE800D9B14AF6844E9D03F8A816D6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Formula funding and discretionary grants</header>
<text>A funding agreement entered into with an Indian tribe shall authorize the Indian tribe, as determined by the Indian tribe, to plan, conduct, consolidate, administer, and receive full tribal share funding, tribal transit formula funding, and funding to tribes from discretionary and competitive grants administered by the Department for all programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) that are made available to Indian tribes to carry out tribal transportation programs and programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) administered by the Secretary that are otherwise available to Indian tribes.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBC47EB5DB67B4482B2FD6CA8BA9AD773">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transfers of state funds</header>
<subclause id="H1D10E30D5C3F4F928BD1A6FE10462448">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Inclusion of transferred funds in funding agreement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A funding agreement entered into with an Indian tribe shall include Federal-aid funds apportioned to a State under chapter 1 if the State elects to provide a portion of such funds to the Indian tribe for a project eligible under section 202(a). The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the methods for making funding contributions described in section 202(a)(9). Nothing in this section shall diminish the authority of the Secretary to provide funds to an Indian tribe under section 202(a)(9).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBB1CF11BB2B4489A890BF397814F1596">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Method for transfers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State elects to provide funds described in subclause (I) to an Indian tribe—</text>
<item id="H58E2BC348F4F4B3DA799B46B1E0F4EA8">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the transfer may occur in accordance with section 202(a)(9); or</text>
</item>
<item id="H0F0FCA1348C84CB68FBF716133E12964">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the State shall transfer the funds back to the Secretary and the Secretary shall transfer the funds to the Indian tribe in accordance with this section.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE47192778A1C48BE85B810671494A135">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Responsibility for transferred funds</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a State provides funds described in subclause (I) to an Indian tribe—</text>
<item id="H630DAF83B03B4158826BB5B0E8341E37">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the State shall not be responsible for constructing or maintaining a project carried out using the funds or for administering or supervising the project or funds during the applicable statute of limitations period related to the construction of the project; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H66F8B05115E04225AB9601EA9E14E0F9">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the Indian tribe shall be responsible for constructing and maintaining a project carried out using the funds and for administering and supervising the project and funds in accordance with this section during the applicable statute of limitations period related to the construction of the project.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDA0C00353ED4B90ACFA30CFF9B722B7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Administration of tribal shares</header>
<text>The tribal shares referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be provided without regard to the agency or office of the Department within which the program, service, function, or activity (or portion thereof) is performed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1602D66ED7843E0A0C3F3E8E349FE50">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Flexible and innovative financing</header>
<clause id="H3F506B83FB594261A3979367914C9019">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A funding agreement entered into with an Indian tribe under paragraph (1) shall include provisions pertaining to flexible and innovative financing if agreed upon by the parties.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B6CDDE78DF54E1C9EB3561DFFF528AC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions</header>
<subclause id="HA70D0AFE01214266AE822864A65340F7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Authority to issue regulations</header>
<text>The Secretary may issue regulations to establish the terms and conditions relating to the flexible and innovative financing provisions referred to in clause (i).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC70618EC6632475D9EF7034508349CE2">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions in absence of regulations</header>
<text>If the Secretary does not issue regulations under subclause (I), the terms and conditions relating to the flexible and innovative financing provisions referred to in clause (i) shall be consistent with—</text>
<item id="HA1E84D6F6F884453BDCE510801723D86">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>agreements entered into by the Department under—</text>
<subitem id="H614850CED25E4625AFCFB94CC142E39D">
<enum>(AA)</enum>
<text>section 202(b)(7); and</text>
</subitem>
<subitem id="HF418B9F730114ACBA26C9055EEBAFC97">
<enum>(BB)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 202(d)(5), as in effect before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141); or</text>
</subitem>
</item>
<item id="H3B53A334E5784CD9BCDE97A64C9FE79C">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>regulations of the Department of the Interior relating to flexible financing contained in part 170 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the FAST Act.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E99D6D51CEC4CC793A653B3CB33BD7D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Terms</header>
<text>A funding agreement shall set forth—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03BE742BA7DA42D79290F5696B17D3F0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>terms that generally identify the programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) to be performed or administered by the Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDDC543C70C547948ED7D5A33508365F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for items identified in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H566A74D6E43E42F5BF1AF5A8D8B23D8C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the general budget category assigned;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H09CBCBB2D0EA49829E1E9E3955CF0E8F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the funds to be provided, including those funds to be provided on a recurring basis;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0D48178C2AF843A99C1C6060B113EB8A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the time and method of transfer of the funds;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7769D1D20D0D4875B979CA296F5B29A6">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the responsibilities of the Secretary and the Indian tribe; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9AB61FAE0D924943B68C6886100D99E5">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>any other provision agreed to by the Indian tribe and the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC54D57F2D45F4E3F9BEFCE72EA9627A6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Subsequent funding agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="HB31F3E6B619A4C8F9DBBD8A84EAEC8CE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Applicability of existing agreement</header>
<text>Absent notification from an Indian tribe that the Indian tribe is withdrawing from or retroceding the operation of 1 or more programs, services, functions, or activities (or portions thereof) identified in a funding agreement, or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, each funding agreement shall remain in full force and effect until a subsequent funding agreement is executed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3C937208F674022BA527DE9835525FD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effective date of subsequent agreement</header>
<text>The terms of the subsequent funding agreement shall be retroactive to the end of the term of the preceding funding agreement.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC70260FA3C904E71B2692EF0F759F2C9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Consent of Indian tribe required</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not revise, amend, or require additional terms in a new or subsequent funding agreement without the consent of the Indian tribe that is subject to the agreement unless such terms are required by Federal law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F4EDC7BA27A44BE94884025FD975BC8">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>General provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H19EAA5C5380F43149B656CCC92B4445F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Redesign and consolidation</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E6C2E3872F142AAAC7F34AB01235B3B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An Indian tribe, in any manner that the Indian tribe considers to be in the best interest of the Indian community being served, may—</text>
<clause id="H6EE9BC5F13734CA78836F3C6D7912E3F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>redesign or consolidate programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) included in a funding agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE44C04AD3204437CABEBFCEC7D74EDC4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>reallocate or redirect funds for such programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof), if the funds are—</text>
<subclause id="HB68CB07707A444C6B61F5D6C5C625F3F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>expended on projects identified in a transportation improvement program approved by the Secretary; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDD32CEFDAE124EC39EEA7D597B466F0D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>used in accordance with the requirements in—</text>
<item id="H7A9DB7F6A2B24FB2B4DC24D8A9B4EF43">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>appropriations Acts;</text>
</item>
<item id="HC131CD5192824465A7FF1F6DEFF3BBE6">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>this title and chapter 53 of title 49; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H47CDDE1C62F4497383D137385A6AA8BD">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>any other applicable law.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC793F54DC9814512B9E1F2CCF5822E21">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if, pursuant to subsection (d), an Indian tribe receives a discretionary or competitive grant from the Secretary or receives State apportioned funds, the Indian tribe shall use the funds for the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F034CF7B2914446A6CC072336EB43FC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Retrocession</header>
<subparagraph id="H90C7D9D3B34C40578A748727778CB2F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<clause id="HA21515DC68F640B3B2062D21B9AF140B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Authority of Indian tribes</header>
<text>An Indian tribe may retrocede (fully or partially) to the Secretary programs, services, functions, or activities (or portions thereof) included in a compact or funding agreement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB44106ED2D15416C94181E6A20F1B415">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Reassumption of remaining funds</header>
<text>Following a retrocession described in clause (i), the Secretary may—</text>
<subclause id="H04D3215EA01548C38970F4B793641FDA">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>reassume the remaining funding associated with the retroceded programs, functions, services, and activities (or portions thereof) included in the applicable compact or funding agreement;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3C73A87C4984440399FE458DC854A5ED">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>out of such remaining funds, transfer funds associated with Department of Interior programs, services, functions, or activities (or portions thereof) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out transportation services provided by the Secretary of the Interior; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA3991FBEA4804D3CA53DF54F5A88894C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>distribute funds not transferred under subclause (II) in accordance with applicable law.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HDC7CE62BBEED40BEB211136C66F02979">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Correction of programs</header>
<text>If the Secretary makes a finding under subsection (f)(2)(B) and no funds are available under subsection (f)(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary shall not be required to provide additional funds to complete or correct any programs, functions, services, or activities (or portions thereof).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AB0EA03214042119DDF4DFCCC588A3C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>Unless the Indian tribe rescinds a request for retrocession, the retrocession shall become effective within the timeframe specified by the parties in the compact or funding agreement. In the absence of such a specification, the retrocession shall become effective on—</text>
<clause id="HD1BA6059E6254CF097B28B71C72E9E02">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the earlier of—</text>
<subclause id="HA9861F56001247998CAE84698199D395">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>1 year after the date of submission of the request; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3EAF055D4619499D9CEFEE2563A84A39">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the date on which the funding agreement expires; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H519819ECB8034AD8AE1D85D8601E7646">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>such date as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties and, with respect to Department of the Interior programs, functions, services, and activities (or portions thereof), the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAB8399FAF631431982A2C463998BF887">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Provisions relating to Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="H5B8EB23085C2473D94BDE607A5EB2CB2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Decisionmaker</header>
<text>A decision that relates to an appeal of the rejection of a final offer by the Department shall be made either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A92F6BEE54649589D228A8917BC3F8D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by an official of the Department who holds a position at a higher organizational level within the Department than the level of the departmental agency in which the decision that is the subject of the appeal was made; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF11523E81874E9A9DAE500D1242EB32">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by an administrative judge.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56C65CE116B74DD48E5A500893A67E42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Termination of compact or funding agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="H086E77E5FE8546ACBE36303097624D3B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority to terminate</header>
<clause id="HD58534602F524E7FA222D42372493CAD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Provision to be included in compact or funding agreement</header>
<text>A compact or funding agreement shall include a provision authorizing the Secretary, if the Secretary makes a finding described in subparagraph (B), to—</text>
<subclause id="H7B2E829D5B5D4ECEBB9817FB27880F62">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>terminate the compact or funding agreement (or a portion thereof); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H96BFEBDA9C954459AD54E276D35CA71A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>reassume the remaining funding associated with the reassumed programs, functions, services, and activities included in the compact or funding agreement.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H1C3026E3825441D395B6F66C5D674204">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transfers of funds</header>
<text>Out of any funds reassumed under clause (i)(II), the Secretary may transfer the funds associated with Department of the Interior programs, functions, services, and activities (or portions thereof) to the Secretary of the Interior to provide continued transportation services in accordance with applicable law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87B63B18F93B41429658F5A9D2138FEE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Findings resulting in termination</header>
<text>The finding referred to in subparagraph (A) is a specific finding of—</text>
<clause id="H1BECAC07EE0F4E239A4A8BF375750EA1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>imminent jeopardy to a trust asset, natural resources, or public health and safety that is caused by an act or omission of the Indian tribe and that arises out of a failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H96599651BEC042C69321F6058542EE0F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>gross mismanagement with respect to funds or programs transferred to the Indian tribe under the compact or funding agreement, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department, as appropriate.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8AA4441721794EA086B01740D49139A1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not terminate a compact or funding agreement (or portion thereof) unless—</text>
<clause id="HD07999636CD84E8AAC6B4F7D8954C0D0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary has first provided written notice and a hearing on the record to the Indian tribe that is subject to the compact or funding agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H31FA0303F8494E7DB74F4AF120D3AFD0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Indian tribe has not taken corrective action to remedy the mismanagement of funds or programs or the imminent jeopardy to a trust asset, natural resource, or public health and safety.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AA5CAD9A2C7478BA1C9DED6DA10D42F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<clause id="H95CCFB5062504909894D63B1099F3BCF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), the Secretary, upon written notification to an Indian tribe that is subject to a compact or funding agreement, may immediately terminate the compact or funding agreement (or portion thereof) if—</text>
<subclause id="HDC4C49D123504E1E819012EB49421941">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the Secretary makes a finding of imminent substantial and irreparable jeopardy to a trust asset, natural resource, or public health and safety; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H04C0DD4E0B384ED4B582CBBB9279A0DB">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the jeopardy arises out of a failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H2364240196034ADC9FED91F8557A52AB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Hearings</header>
<text>If the Secretary terminates a compact or funding agreement (or portion thereof) under clause (i), the Secretary shall provide the Indian tribe subject to the compact or agreement with a hearing on the record not later than 10 days after the date of such termination.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEA56B09DC9044B781691767C5CD63AB">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Burden of proof</header>
<text>In any hearing or appeal involving a decision to terminate a compact or funding agreement (or portion thereof) under this paragraph, the Secretary shall have the burden of proof in demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence the validity of the grounds for the termination.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB2E35642F4BF4F419E236CF4DFE4215B">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Cost principles</header>
<text>In administering funds received under this section, an Indian tribe shall apply cost principles under the applicable Office of Management and Budget circular, except as modified by section 106 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450j–1), other provisions of law, or by any exemptions to applicable Office of Management and Budget circulars subsequently granted by the Office of Management and Budget. No other audit or accounting standards shall be required by the Secretary. Any claim by the Federal Government against the Indian tribe relating to funds received under a funding agreement based on any audit conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of section 106(f) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450j–1(f)).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF46027BAA4245D4B521B0F06FB0767A">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Transfer of funds</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide funds to an Indian tribe under a funding agreement in an amount equal to—</text>
<paragraph id="H662003FB6F4045BC95933ABEB492F355">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the sum of the funding that the Indian tribe would otherwise receive for the program, function, service, or activity in accordance with a funding formula or other allocation method established under this title or chapter 53 of title 49; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2182B6CCEAE4AE6AC434DA69E7CB3E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>such additional amounts as the Secretary determines equal the amounts that would have been withheld for the costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for administration of the program or project.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFE0470DCDB834551A9EA0EFABD46D055">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Construction programs</header>
<paragraph id="H1331BD4D7D0044BF926D4414D4375920">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Standards</header>
<text>Construction projects carried out under programs administered by an Indian tribe with funds transferred to the Indian tribe pursuant to a funding agreement entered into under this section shall be constructed pursuant to the construction program standards set forth in applicable regulations or as specifically approved by the Secretary (or the Secretary’s designee).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2826E607B0204550893903C194810FD4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Monitoring</header>
<text>Construction programs shall be monitored by the Secretary in accordance with applicable regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE7EF532C63B4487CBDE5502B7D007AAD">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Facilitation</header>
<paragraph id="H6610F30B12BE4D34AD7329673095FAC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Secretarial interpretation</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary shall interpret all Federal laws, Executive orders, and regulations in a manner that will facilitate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12B256B116204F94BAB4142A4D330CED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the inclusion of programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) and funds associated therewith, in compacts and funding agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H795CA841839F4F108A9BDF2FA2145307">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the implementation of the compacts and funding agreements.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FE6FE7FF437460599301E881CFA093D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Regulation waiver</header>
<subparagraph id="H095DF8B54FCB418BAB255E6695AACA20">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An Indian tribe may submit to the Secretary a written request to waive application of a regulation promulgated under this section with respect to a compact or funding agreement. The request shall identify the regulation sought to be waived and the basis for the request.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54EF6F43642541A0815CC4B5437FBE59">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Approvals and denials</header>
<clause id="H13DE230A23014DE6B8C104FE4CA796F7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of a written request under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve or deny the request in writing.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H587578E392FC4A768ACD3491D8A199FC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text>The Secretary shall review any application by an Indian tribe for a waiver bearing in mind increasing opportunities for using flexible policy approaches at the Indian tribal level.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H13914EF2F5BA4BC5979C8CC9D5D353F6">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Deemed approval</header>
<text>If the Secretary does not approve or deny a request submitted under subparagraph (A) on or before the last day of the 90-day period referred to in clause (i), the request shall be deemed approved.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H482B4A5F03FA42E69EC470838500D90A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Denials</header>
<text>If the application for a waiver is not granted, the agency shall provide the applicant with the reasons for the denial as part of the written response required in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB1C61414CD8E4E7AB91C25F89FA19B5D">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<header>Finality of decisions</header>
<text>A decision by the Secretary under this subparagraph shall be final for the Department.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCEAF003BF0C14956BA572D8276CC823E">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Disclaimers</header>
<paragraph id="H83CFF0E192B844B4ACA62E9FE0CC4B9E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Existing authority</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the election of an Indian tribe, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDCF14544B414C95923C2A677294B31A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain current tribal transportation program funding agreements and program agreements; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F6A989F179A422FA267A7113648A04A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>enter into new agreements under the authority of section 202(b)(7).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93F49F9309084C5DBFFA6DBBAE47020D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation on statutory construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to impair or diminish the authority of the Secretary under section 202(b)(7).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6EB6F22FA5A84499B34327DB87D30CDB">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Applicability of Indian self-Determination and education assistance act</header>
<text>Except to the extent in conflict with this section (as determined by the Secretary), the following provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act shall apply to compact and funding agreements (except that any reference to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Health and Human Services in such provisions shall be treated as a reference to the Secretary of Transportation):</text>
<paragraph id="H93CFFD11DFB8455BAC09FF1785D705E5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Subsections (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of section 506 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–5), relating to general provisions.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC7F17AB500C403D9CB39FE2198F7E1F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Subsections (b) through (e) and (g) of section 507 of such Act (25 U.S.C.458aaa–6), relating to provisions relating to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H558D8CCAB77A4C60BE39FB7D98564648">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), and (k) of section 508 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–7), relating to transfer of funds.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F3AB3C0042F42139C3E2B42AE4D4C88">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 510 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa-9), relating to Federal procurement laws and regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACE3E312813747119F98959C75DD76CD">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 511 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–10), relating to civil actions.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFC7633149394FFCA99D11AB6AB35E72">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (c) through (f) of section 512 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–11), relating to facilitation, except that subsection (c)(1) of that section shall be applied by substituting <quote>transportation facilities and other facilities</quote> for <quote>school buildings, hospitals, and other facilities</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A29B6E6CBE94ED987EE1494ECADD6BD">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Subsections (a) and (b) of section 515 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–14), relating to disclaimers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3E999F3946A4B408A37D37A89D8929C">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Subsections (a) and (b) of section 516 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–15), relating to application of title I provisions.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CA157085E0B4D97B73F8ACBC798AD7E">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Section 518 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa–17), relating to appeals.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAFB1ACB05CB146318E8BACDCDBFC5914">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="HDEC4540CD4B148B5BED984147C7D3CBB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply (except as otherwise expressly provided):</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC57DB21DE3B4A52B70E466D1D560DA9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Compact</header>
<text>The term <term>compact</term> means a compact between the Secretary and an Indian tribe entered into under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BEA716E5C274AEA845C171F09692BAD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Department</header>
<text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D7885193F9946519817BEFEF98E46C3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligible Indian tribe</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible Indian tribe</term> means an Indian tribe that is eligible to participate in the program, as determined under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FBEC45EA6904AA2B6C239E2D99BB240">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Funding agreement</header>
<text>The term <term>funding agreement</term> means a funding agreement between the Secretary and an Indian tribe entered into under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48DF289C290740778E148F9E87AA9074">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Indian tribe</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. In any case in which an Indian tribe has authorized another Indian tribe, an intertribal consortium, or a tribal organization to plan for or carry out programs, services, functions, or activities (or portions thereof) on its behalf under this section, the authorized Indian tribe, intertribal consortium, or tribal organization shall have the rights and responsibilities of the authorizing Indian tribe (except as otherwise provided in the authorizing resolution or in this title). In such event, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> as used in this section shall include such other authorized Indian tribe, intertribal consortium, or tribal organization.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0F172299480420AAD466BC530E1F165">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>program</term> means the tribal transportation self-governance program established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD32A3CCEF3B49F697C9BC51B7874235">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34DEB83790524A1697626F6F7941650F">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<header>Transportation programs</header>
<text>The term <term>transportation programs</term> means all programs administered or financed by the Department under this title and chapter 53 of title 49.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC02A1B3E6B441948325C3AF7AAF0623">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applicability of other definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the definitions set forth in sections 4 and 505 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b; 458aaa) apply, except as otherwise expressly provided in this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H86F043D96C0B4FD1B7FDD40FB00E82C6">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H6871FD69ED03463B81E82E77C4C45591">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="HEB4AD89B4A3A48018659AB578C47A6A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Promulgation</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the FAST Act, the Secretary shall initiate procedures under subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5 to negotiate and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H520D4DE6FEAC488DB78437FE074BBCC1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Publication of proposed regulations</header>
<text>Proposed regulations to implement this section shall be published in the Federal Register by the Secretary not later than 21 months after such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4614EFD9D0D14142B33E69F03AC4B6B8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Expiration of authority</header>
<text>The authority to promulgate regulations under subparagraph (A) shall expire 30 months after such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18A9BEDCABB147339A6182BCA6D18D5E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Extension of deadlines</header>
<text>A deadline set forth in subparagraph (B) or (C) may be extended up to 180 days if the negotiated rulemaking committee referred to in paragraph (2) concludes that the committee cannot meet the deadline and the Secretary so notifies the appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C0D093718DF489099B88D3CC4BCC3B6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Committee</header>
<subparagraph id="H40FB69696BE14FA5A5FC31434C457C57">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A negotiated rulemaking committee established pursuant to section 565 of title 5 to carry out this subsection shall have as its members only Federal and tribal government representatives, a majority of whom shall be nominated by and be representatives of Indian tribes with funding agreements under this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE26EF07D61224C83A2CDAA0FF2AC82BF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The committee shall confer with, and accommodate participation by, representatives of Indian tribes, inter-tribal consortia, tribal organizations, and individual tribal members.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE50A08226174326BDB830CDAAB51665">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Adaptation of procedures</header>
<text>The Secretary shall adapt the negotiated rulemaking procedures to the unique context of self-governance and the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55C9F84A2FC1448E863AF6A42C767939">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Effect</header>
<text>The lack of promulgated regulations shall not limit the effect of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD36DF724CBE24745AE30AFCAED6FF512">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Effect of circulars, policies, manuals, guidance, and rules</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless expressly agreed to by the participating Indian tribe in the compact or funding agreement, the participating Indian tribe shall not be subject to any agency circular, policy, manual, guidance, or rule adopted by the Department, except regulations promulgated under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF96A05B82C254B5B872812A259BBA22E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6E4B0FD49D04669B1444917C3A5352A" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">207. Tribal transportation self-governance program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H46B90EEFC5B64FA280611EF85B3B811C">
<enum>1122.</enum>
<header>State flexibility for National Highway System modifications</header>
<subsection id="H8E6E2FE5967E4334965EE7BD75048BA2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>National Highway System flexibility</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance relating to working with State departments of transportation that request assistance from the division offices of the Federal Highway Administration—</text>
<paragraph id="H7AF9822E56E44B93AA36FD45CFE41601">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to review roads classified as principal arterials in the State that were added to the National Highway System as of October 1, 2012, so as to comply with section 103 of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13CEF7A22A8F4195B31A84F4F7E813D1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to identify any necessary functional classification changes to rural and urban principal arterials.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBB6728D00EFA4ADE908AD92342B5E643">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administrative actions</header>
<text>The Secretary shall direct the division offices of the Federal Highway Administration to work with the applicable State department of transportation that requests assistance under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF820CB9D20242C98D203C8BA4B9A2A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to assist in the review of roads in accordance with guidance issued under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD187265BC6B94AB98E587A110DFD33F1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to expeditiously review and facilitate requests from States to reclassify roads classified as principal arterials; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F61A28E10994EA5851392AD5681A2F9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the case of a State that requests the withdrawal of reclassified roads from the National Highway System under section 103(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, to carry out that withdrawal if the inclusion of the reclassified road in the National Highway System is not consistent with the needs and priorities of the community or region in which the reclassified road is located.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2253F15E57640F1A6A1ADF1B816D0E6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>National Highway System modification regulations</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3C67E6FBCFD4F7389557C12C92F3A6B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the National Highway System modification process described in appendix D of part 470 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D6CFECE9BA24D56884A7C8E3123DB29">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>take any action necessary to ensure that a State may submit to the Secretary a request to modify the National Highway System by withdrawing a road from the National Highway System.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H66B240F6511648588F7AFFB1580E3FAC">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="H91FBE0CBA9DA45548C945CFFB509E2B5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>each request for reclassification of National Highway System roads;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H472FAFB5FE9D4D138DA3E75744BF7B65">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the status of each request; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H463E0F0240C84AD69DD4A37EB271ECD8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if applicable, the justification for the denial by the Secretary of a request.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6CFAE21D9CF34596BFEBB6E24525D5F5">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Modifications to the National Highway System</header>
<text>Section 103(b)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H96C2F2DF5F974371B53DEFF58028D72D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA85E7F476189442FA6D1FC179851BAA3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>, including any modification consisting of a connector to a major intermodal terminal,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B26A36D01CC4347B453332731168D83">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>, including any modification consisting of a connector to a major intermodal terminal or the withdrawal of a road from that system,</quote> after <quote>the National Highway System</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H000E5680B9BF4F59BECE3F5BEB06893E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H355DAC9A98EA4BF08CBF74E24C366403">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(ii) enhances</quote> and inserting <quote>(ii)(I) enhances</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H996E01A030A74638A9C062300A0DB199">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCC0E07437B142E192A3748FA502E63B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE092133FB9194C95A3377BD39BD95288" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HE4A3E232956B49E6A375884B7363C55A" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in the case of the withdrawal of a road, is reasonable and appropriate.</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD7C1883F301746FC9C8396CE143B4D1B">
<enum>1123.</enum>
<header>Nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program</header>
<subsection id="H23255201CAB640F4A98CCE4DF44F945C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program (referred to in this section as the <quote>program</quote>) to provide funding to construct, reconstruct, or rehabilitate nationally significant Federal lands and tribal transportation projects.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFC4B90E34DF44523890498CA40FA12A2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligible applicants</header>
<paragraph id="H6E185B3ECA9046C59ED03C0605AB45DE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), entities eligible to receive funds under sections 201, 202, 203, and 204 of title 23, United States Code, may apply for funding under the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8D87E8AF1394A73A47E3F7DF098E96D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special rule</header>
<text>A State, county, or unit of local government may only apply for funding under the program if sponsored by an eligible Federal land management agency or Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A363910CEFB4A448524BA121ED3A081">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text>An eligible project under the program shall be a single continuous project—</text>
<paragraph id="H34BE2A08C25F481EA3AA84BEACBB26F2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>on a Federal lands transportation facility, a Federal lands access transportation facility, or a tribal transportation facility (as those terms are defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code), except that such facility is not required to be included in an inventory described in section 202 or 203 of such title;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA38FE84CE29D47159EAD0F92A17BC1B7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for which completion of activities required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) has been demonstrated through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B24087193494C468B29E0CD867A25C9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a record of decision with respect to the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC075F5352FCC4D87B9D4B3C5D5022F25">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a finding that the project has no significant impact; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AF081DE31F94F58BED727745A4ECD81">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a determination that the project is categorically excluded; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H246609AF49B64911949AC7AE3B090723">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>having an estimated cost, based on the results of preliminary engineering, equal to or exceeding $25,000,000, with priority consideration given to projects with an estimated cost equal to or exceeding $50,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF24396F9F10D462EBE558D113C73371A">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Eligible activities</header>
<paragraph id="H03DED633024E4D959D150EC47C79CC5F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible applicant receiving funds under the program may only use the funds for construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation activities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FBF96B60F61469CA7EA5D07DD1FBEF9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Ineligible activities</header>
<text>An eligible applicant may not use funds received under the program for activities relating to project design.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H40DF8993C5B8430CBC69C680A8E6D41C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<text>Eligible applicants shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0E764B2913484FD5B8B8C74BE66EDCC3">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Selection criteria</header>
<text>In selecting a project to receive funds under the program, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which the project—</text>
<paragraph id="HA52D5D36C2084FD1BC875FCC43DA52AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>furthers the goals of the Department, including state of good repair, economic competitiveness, quality of life, and safety;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B6AB1D4F2324E73968538154BC7B86F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>improves the condition of critical transportation facilities, including multimodal facilities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8703DFB0B38E420EBE6177006AFCEB68">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>needs construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H554561540D39453AA475DEE926F760F6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has costs matched by funds that are not provided under this section, with projects with a greater percentage of other sources of matching funds ranked ahead of lesser matches;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60A1AB498C3E41A4BD72F3B0D5B7C9FF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>is included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97B66D398AE34D099B08B081B760C236">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>uses new technologies and innovations that enhance the efficiency of the project;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB13C1E8D1504412BF78B70E78FDDA98">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>is supported by funds, other than the funds received under the program, to construct, maintain, and operate the facility;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C4E8925D4144B4E829EDFB444E3BFB0">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>spans 2 or more States; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF8E19D5C392415E96FB3CC1BB932F95">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>serves land owned by multiple Federal agencies or Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H105DAF3334D046A9B8F61E8CDFDED9FF">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="H1ED679C5EF5A4543940DB45EB33DCABA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of a project shall be up to 90 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEAEC0E63DE742298942BA726DFB6813">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Non-Federal share</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal funds other than those made available under title 23 or title 49, United States Code, may be used to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5729E8C28FAD4472AE94FE59E117F7F8">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. Such sums shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H744B763080304DE58B9CF55121EC1EFC">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Planning and Performance Management</header>
<section id="HC6A53718E61C40F7A275BDB93C852D4A">
<enum>1201.</enum>
<header>Metropolitan transportation planning</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H428EBE1C8A1544C2B7E9FAF84C55D5E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB31438AA34C14BB89624FD16C6C535AD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>people and freight and</quote> and inserting <quote>people and freight,</quote> and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F9AE33B869E4F04A23CCAB18EC577FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and take into consideration resiliency needs</quote> after <quote>urbanized areas,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5163CD70EF747FF96E7D743A393DAE5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2) by striking <quote>and bicycle transportation facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>, bicycle transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities that support intercity transportation, including intercity buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter vanpool providers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF326A2C51C344BFDBAE1B4C91AFE217A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H891ABFD27D69477C9D3A693233589A56">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AB9DFE478674DA7A4C90CAF5CDC2909">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7F6D9D9285914EEDB6E645489C22A1BF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE07B39D130BE48C69656DEA47F0A55B7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Representation</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C4B3B11772F44EF85C7CAB483D92106">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Designation or selection of officials or representatives under paragraph (2) shall be determined by the metropolitan planning organization according to the bylaws or enabling statute of the organization.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC672DA00CAA4CB3BE8F45209DB3475C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Public transportation representative</header>
<text>Subject to the bylaws or enabling statute of the metropolitan planning organization, a representative of a provider of public transportation may also serve as a representative of a local municipality.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90E19A0F9C954A3C96F1AB7DD0DCF9B7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Powers of certain officials</header>
<text>An official described in paragraph (2)(B) shall have responsibilities, actions, duties, voting rights, and any other authority commensurate with other officials described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47AF139634E64262A1F38DB886DD59A5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5) as so redesignated by striking <quote>paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71DD559E129E4929966FEFC3CEFC58A8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(4)(B) by striking <quote>subsection (d)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)(6)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54B9A52B17DC41378A6C3BA9D2D36730">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(3)(A) by inserting <quote>tourism, natural disaster risk reduction,</quote> after <quote>economic development,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD5D1427980E43A0B913AEA99A0726AB">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16E2172188224E5FB7010746C5778501">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H5C25A8ABCE4944A09BC667770C02D6B7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAC849F00CA88411A8179F91B0C969FBB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA1AB2275ED02475682DF85380A5C4036">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H093E82F5FFE44A4EA69A1757577314A3" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H69BDCBC37E6A41958D9BA18B7C4BAE02">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B76EB68BCA647F5BC23860F71217BD5">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>enhance travel and tourism.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83A38925DAA74A57AFCC1DA0B478F72B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A) by striking <quote>and in section 5301(c) of title 49</quote> and inserting <quote>and the general purposes described in section 5301 of title 49</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1F008662B8841AC937EA7C137D1FA4A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E076A04F45B4FF5876282BF8B5022CE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H6127CFB20D5A4E77858A49DAC10C72B9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking <quote>transit,</quote> and inserting <quote>public transportation facilities, intercity bus facilities,</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5C11F62D45B04906985AD89C8A8F6166">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subclause id="H6EE5385BFFB44B0FB74F855A8A44C70C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and provide</quote> and inserting <quote>, provide</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H12454F791DDE408EA60EFEFCDA86F718">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>, and reduce the vulnerability of the existing transportation infrastructure to natural disasters</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H9375BAD594DB41828185246D8F394211">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (H) by inserting <quote>including consideration of the role that intercity buses may play in reducing congestion, pollution, and energy consumption in a cost-effective manner and strategies and investments that preserve and enhance intercity bus systems, including systems that are privately owned and operated</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D1E70AFCD6F4B229848D39BA1F3BDD4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)(A)—</text>
<clause id="HAE20A776E1094D7A93F8DD7F3D1CF520">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>public ports,</quote> before <quote>freight shippers,</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFEEAB64DE28F46AC92D93876E6796E91">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs, such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program)</quote> after <quote>private providers of transportation</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE20F8086DDD14A88843BFB37D13F7572">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8) by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)(E)</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0797652D4218476D9BF82F4A8C972936">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2088449AA21D42549D49F34B58FA2823">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program), job access projects,</quote> after <quote>reduction</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72A25F8BDCE742928554F9338AD9C003">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8AE4BF8335EB4051A1F93E1BCDB3E057" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H2B01B42D1D78448FBD63474A7EEC9914">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Congestion management plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A metropolitan planning organization serving a transportation management area may develop a plan that includes projects and strategies that will be considered in the TIP of such metropolitan planning organization. Such plan shall—</text>
<clause id="H8E522F68F23047F7A3148F65C2388916">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>develop regional goals to reduce vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours and improve transportation connections between areas with high job concentration and areas with high concentrations of low-income households;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84E49BF5896D403CAEAC2801FB73B561">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>identify existing public transportation services, employer-based commuter programs, and other existing transportation services that support access to jobs in the region; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA46627DBBEA74AF3A6CBB2B891BE9E1F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify proposed projects and programs to reduce congestion and increase job access opportunities.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F09AC6E0B814214A79A26B9D5DF4921">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Participation</header>
<text>In developing the plan under subparagraph (C), a metropolitan planning organization shall consult with employers, private and nonprofit providers of public transportation, transportation management organizations, and organizations that provide job access reverse commute projects or job-related services to low-income individuals.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E62F0A46F7B448E878F8C319C6370E2">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31AFC23D440E49F785EE5752478BC49D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by adding a period at the end of paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H574CB95D20C54EE9A4269F890137DCE3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(D) by striking <quote>of less than 200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>with a population of 200,000 or less</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3ADB9B94E5AC4204B86506790127C74A">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>in subsection (n)(1) by inserting <quote>49</quote> after <quote>chapter 53 of title</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B84F63E10F941FE8D0928E0933B0A58" commented="no">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>in subsection (p) by striking <quote>Funds set aside under section 104(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>Funds apportioned under paragraphs (5)(D) and (6) of section 104(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF777EE088B7E4F04A384AAD1C64A65BD">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0D79F19CFDFE496F87DC893AABB29A8D" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H42DF4A2F592442339D3D5DF6B6E17B9A">
<enum>(r)</enum>
<header>Bi-State metropolitan planning organization</header>
<paragraph id="H74DB656F2C4941FCB5C078A15F98D627">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of bi-state MPO region</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <quote>Bi-State MPO Region</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>region</quote> in subsection (a) of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06BD31A8FB774D0D9921FC0F2B93F74C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Treatment</header>
<text>For the purpose of this title, the Bi-State MPO Region shall be treated as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D02B8F3A7284015984114E580BB3FF6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a metropolitan planning organization;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97DACD6E86544D51A6469FE0342CF30B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a transportation management area under subsection (k); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87F12ED841F04C85B2D454CABA54DFB0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an urbanized area, which is comprised of a population of 145,000 in the State of California and a population of 65,000 in the State of Nevada.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE343061BDB9046388974968B7FA65151">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Suballocated funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HB186A687A1D14907A41D1BC63579C854">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Planning</header>
<text>In determining the amounts under subparagraph (A) of section 133(d)(1) that shall be obligated for a fiscal year in the States of California and Nevada under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of that subparagraph, the Secretary shall, for each of those States—</text>
<clause id="HC4635E0789EB4DB0BB469143E205E503">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>calculate the population under each of those clauses;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBECC624DAA9B4C688874D2A5D3CFC0BB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>decrease the amount under section 133(d)(1)(A)(iii) by the population specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection for the Bi-State MPO Region in that State; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H287A44F961D14D3A8CD0D721E6091D5A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>increase the amount under section 133(d)(1)(A)(i) by the population specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection for the Bi-State MPO Region in that State.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44F05F0CAC7D471F88564726F939BA2E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>STBGP set aside</header>
<text>In determining the amounts under paragraph (2) of section 133(h) that shall be obligated for a fiscal year in the States of California and Nevada, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of that subsection, calculate the populations for each of those States in a manner consistent with subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H98E20D03A7C6412589DCECA5C3CC0384">
<enum>1202.</enum>
<header>Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EAC13855F594304A13FAE1BB344D42E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2) by striking <quote>and bicycle transportation facilities</quote> and inserting, <quote>, bicycle transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities that support intercity transportation, including intercity buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter van pool providers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EEDD5DB1B104053AC86C4C423DFFEB2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6BFF1B94D26458B8E7CD820596D9B31">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HE9114BA5799F4EB5B6AF69ED94190DA4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1B237BB5A6FC49A09BFE204FDB25867D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5D834AF6D92C4755A5567A9BAA36AFD3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H432C5C5FB5C04E76BF06A30235464FF9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H095F1E4F5DAB4839AFCF18325E6B9B2D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17B781F4752844CE85BEDEA8A6AD9AED">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>enhance travel and tourism.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H39948DC60425454D8E46D9274CB8FBA2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H94ABD90542BC4473884D5FE8BF6D9B49">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and in section 5301(c) of title 49</quote> and inserting <quote>and the general purposes described in section 5301 of title 49</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB3EEC307C4E74A9FA26C9798AA43A0E8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking <quote>urbanized</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE3D7B080AD0D43CAA2889C8E0E4A4EA3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>urbanized</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9714098F230A41A4955986CF207F19FD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF86D2FBD8E46461EAD62CD609A213C5F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A)(ii)—</text>
<clause id="H27BB8FD7640442E39AE42F5291F53BFE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>public ports,</quote> before <quote>freight shippers,</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7C8C0130E9D4479387A88F43EA162CF0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs, such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program)</quote> after <quote>private providers of transportation</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DE04A14D5E94A4AB6A1F4E7CB3D8CBD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>should</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE5797A68D5041D4A541AD6F03304B0B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8), by inserting <quote>, including consideration of the role that intercity buses may play in reducing congestion, pollution, and energy consumption in a cost-effective manner and strategies and investments that preserve and enhance intercity bus systems, including systems that are privately owned and operated</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDDA81C1ACC1483B847ACA82B5B6C3CD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4EA12015D6E455AAAEE40109C1BDD8D" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>public ports,</quote> before <quote>freight shippers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H204AAEA6F79B4F8A92A010585D44EE20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators),</quote> after <quote>private providers of transportation</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HC765319764B1488681E71BA1EF86C459" style="OLC">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Acceleration of project delivery</header>
<section id="H599638E54750494FA8E88F5CB661BEBD">
<enum>1301.</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of requirements for certain historic sites</header>
<subsection id="H44B83EDE13CE45F8B5B2BF6677255390">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Highways</header>
<text>Section 138 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H799112F012E9498BA80283176E559C09" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEF9549A7DC924C3E84110E1CE87526A1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of requirements for certain historic sites</header>
<paragraph id="H3866B56ADE7440098091FB60621CB730">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H689C1E7E64434B028973C6C58D15DE19">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>align, to the maximum extent practicable, with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 306108 of title 54, including implementing regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1986003484845A7A69FAD3338EC10C9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Executive Director of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Council</quote>) to establish procedures to satisfy the requirements described in subparagraph (A) (including regulations).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB8F5756396B4F98B90D39E6FB0E862C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Avoidance alternative analysis</header>
<subparagraph id="H6525AB93BFB64ED4A0098640835CECF6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If, in an analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Secretary determines that there is no feasible or prudent alternative to avoid use of a historic site, the Secretary may—</text>
<clause id="H8D5DEF1BA80E4055AFB38E57C05233DD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>include the determination of the Secretary in the analysis required under that Act;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H856931EFB4DB4DBEB5359D800897A7B1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>provide a notice of the determination to—</text>
<subclause id="H5DD714C2DEF24B55969ECB9EC967C6A4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>each applicable State historic preservation officer and tribal historic preservation officer;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA903F04023B54E4AA36C118C6C4DF68A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the Council, if the Council is participating in the consultation process under section 306108 of title 54; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFE46502CCBCC4B05987C20A4123ADFBC">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the Interior; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H74607F1395414727A7CF44F3993A4070">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>request from the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior a concurrence that the determination is sufficient to satisfy subsection (a)(1).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1CB7B98EAE8548CA846C09BA32DC973F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Concurrence</header>
<text>If the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior each provide a concurrence requested under subparagraph (A)(iii), no further analysis under subsection (a)(1) shall be required.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCC1EFBB7C79483186B85CB7199ECF05">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>A notice of a determination, together with each relevant concurrence to that determination, under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="H04A454CBA75B451F8BA5FA3ADC69633E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be included in the record of decision or finding of no significant impact of the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAC6E8F2BE51E417D8DC78D429F6A5773">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be posted on an appropriate Federal website by not later than 3 days after the date of receipt by the Secretary of all concurrences requested under subparagraph (A)(iii).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06095CCF61CA42F1B15A6A5BB0DF6F8E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Aligning historical reviews</header>
<subparagraph id="HDF41D000E4F14472908D75ED89992C2D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary, the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior concur that no feasible and prudent alternative exists as described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may provide to the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior notice of the intent of the Secretary to satisfy subsection (a)(2) through the consultation requirements of section 306108 of title 54.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19262A42324E412BB1AB5F38ABBE82BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of conditions</header>
<text>To satisfy subsection (a)(2), each individual described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall concur in the treatment of the applicable historic site described in the memorandum of agreement or programmatic agreement developed under section 306108 of title 54.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0892DDA60CC9406687BA6B09A8CAE2BA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Public transportation</header>
<text>Section 303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AF248A9416040DB96FBD7BCBACE69AE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCBC0CD97FCF94E6CBFDE1DD65E8B22AE">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of requirements for certain historic sites</header>
<paragraph id="H9AA3CAFF0C184BBB8CB2C8946A9A2A0D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51A4695A64104A5AA01596364566681E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>align, to the maximum extent practicable, the requirements of this section with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 306108 of title 54, including implementing regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF37148B1E80241259876A219142C5024">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Executive Director of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Council</quote>) to establish procedures to satisfy the requirements described in subparagraph (A) (including regulations).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF448B1B8FE5D413695C3F6D51BB8F782">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Avoidance alternative analysis</header>
<subparagraph id="HD137BEBE39BB457C95BB1B92E08DDE2F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If, in an analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Secretary determines that there is no feasible or prudent alternative to avoid use of a historic site, the Secretary may—</text>
<clause id="H88EE786C4E5F45A1B67EFBFDD0C9CBAE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>include the determination of the Secretary in the analysis required under that Act;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H61F9FD74F9FC4E7F8B6C9C4B43F69CB8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>provide a notice of the determination to—</text>
<subclause id="H5162E347F66C4123B076997731FCF066">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>each applicable State historic preservation officer and tribal historic preservation officer;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5CF0901392B94F8FB24E083B88E7FD75">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the Council, if the Council is participating in the consultation process under section 306108 of title 54; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE54E8DE254D54E2097559BC9F4704274">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the Interior; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H368E7F44D0334C08A63CA4657E3E8A89">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>request from the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior a concurrence that the determination is sufficient to satisfy subsection (c)(1).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE354B663F89A4F59B01688AB890F1291">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Concurrence</header>
<text>If the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior each provide a concurrence requested under subparagraph (A)(iii), no further analysis under subsection (c)(1) shall be required.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A65BB0EB33543CAB8A6C51C539C1F87">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>A notice of a determination, together with each relevant concurrence to that determination, under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="H68914F4C3573404082E5D9D9AA7059DC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be included in the record of decision or finding of no significant impact of the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H01E2FFDC3749454CB9D6F5D67A0CF146">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be posted on an appropriate Federal website by not later than 3 days after the date of receipt by the Secretary of all concurrences requested under subparagraph (A)(iii).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD54C33074733486599082C0B9113C0E9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Aligning historical reviews</header>
<subparagraph id="H767AB030EA53470CB3F36F71FC25E33F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary, the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior concur that no feasible and prudent alternative exists as described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may provide to the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior notice of the intent of the Secretary to satisfy subsection (c)(2) through the consultation requirements of section 306108 of title 54.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H186784C6298444A08212C15711E993C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of conditions</header>
<text>To satisfy subsection (c)(2), the applicable preservation officer, the Council, and the Secretary of the Interior shall concur in the treatment of the applicable historic site described in the memorandum of agreement or programmatic agreement developed under section 306108 of title 54.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1D34A121EC71425FAF0FFC03014A98ED">
<enum>1302.</enum>
<header>Clarification of transportation environmental authorities</header>
<subsection id="HCFB03713DEA048A6BFFC506F0BEF3AC5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 23 amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 138 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1301, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFEAE9B7E68D4A1AABA8A3655D3C85B6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40E00EEDB1D04ABD8AC8783E30680039">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>References to past transportation environmental authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HF496C903B8C6496F871BBC24EFA216AA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Section 4(f) requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of this section are commonly referred to as section 4(f) requirements (see section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89–670; 80 Stat. 934) as in effect before the repeal of that section).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6AC134D736648EEB0F9C5D391BCE4C3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Section 106 requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of section 306108 of title 54 are commonly referred to as section 106 requirements (see section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–665; 80 Stat. 917) as in effect before the repeal of that section).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4DF0D3C682AE4FB7868B3CB8B31E06B2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Title 49 amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 1301, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4884516DE114AB084B912F551B92810" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9C7CA113335A4366B0A77E1521DA6401">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>References to past transportation environmental authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HD405556C989E4C299DD0F46684767AB8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Section 4(f) requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of this section are commonly referred to as section 4(f) requirements (see section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89–670; 80 Stat. 934) as in effect before the repeal of that section).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C512F6F16E54E3984BAFC088CD4D5D4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Section 106 requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of section 306108 of title 54 are commonly referred to as section 106 requirements (see section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–665; 80 Stat. 917) as in effect before the repeal of that section).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H24177DB6F9B84776910944321138016A">
<enum>1303.</enum>
<header>Treatment of certain bridges under preservation requirements</header>
<subsection id="HDBEB820DE63B4D3882576C995C77988E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Preservation of parklands</header>
<text>Section 138 of title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 1302, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EB10C4C9FAD46CEB81BA0BE054B6C28" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HABED5B97EF924F8095391F5DC3D46E76">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Bridge exemption from consideration</header>
<text>A common post-1945 concrete or steel bridge or culvert (as described in 77 Fed. Reg. 68790) that is exempt from individual review under section 306108 of title 54 shall be exempt from consideration under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7CC269B3C48C488DBFFAFAB0A19B1BCF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Policy on lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites</header>
<text>Section 303 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 1302, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC012F6B83094478C8BA3F691886F0677" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEC6704FCB3F64655974F54C7AB5A7417">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Bridge exemption from consideration</header>
<text>A common post-1945 concrete or steel bridge or culvert (as described in 77 Fed. Reg. 68790) that is exempt from individual review under section 306108 of title 54 shall be exempt from consideration under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD9CF957BFEDB442C80A3B812F0A2A11F">
<enum>1304.</enum>
<header>Efficient environmental reviews for project decisionmaking</header>
<subsection id="H4B722D7AF1FE47508895C04B7196C68C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF190B0B4DDEE4EEEABEFA67831B8459D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FEAD516C1C44E74974CD0469A6C388B" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H221A412CF1C14771A6F6B432B1F9726C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Multimodal project</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>multimodal project</term> means a project that requires the approval of more than 1 Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FE0B5627AB44C73B39F7E20618FEE03">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC114728A20B44161BAAAF2E222320502" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3C380FB5D60843F8A532CF6B74F60452">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Project</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F6F82DFD83147608CF7452376A7DC77">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>project</term> means any highway project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal project that, if implemented as proposed by the project sponsor, would require approval by any operating administration or secretarial office within the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27EF7F08923E4E00AFCB8069892BEA6E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In determining whether a project is a project under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take into account, if known, any sources of Federal funding or financing identified by the project sponsor, including any discretionary grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs administered by the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE28CD2348EDA4EE5A0A7DCFF03040BCA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>Section 139(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H88D71C6A182149F8A0367B53950AB0DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking <quote>initiate a rulemaking to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB504980CD5E64EF4BD064861E146C34F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3746A3EEC773462F9C34B6B907AAD056" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H8B95ECEB51B94CE897C5DC10139C986D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that programmatic reviews—</text>
<clause id="H31D15A7A9DDB47C9A725BA2EDFEDE8F0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote transparency, including the transparency of—</text>
<subclause id="H4313CB3900734349B7998745227FE714">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the analyses and data used in the environmental reviews;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA7F091A0D89444E6B22D7AA3619874CC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the treatment of any deferred issues raised by agencies or the public; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC6D84B172F1049C2AE8B7B9F94C144A8">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the temporal and spatial scales to be used to analyze issues under subclauses (I) and (II);</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H6A240B09C59E49D29B4E4E09C6873EB4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use accurate and timely information, including through establishment of—</text>
<subclause id="H571E3461B28B43278ECE39251FCFE31C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for determining the general duration of the usefulness of the review; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3963093C86A14A1FB5EDF054AF645C1C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a timeline for updating an out-of-date review;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HE1489CDEB90D4855982659F6BD74D108">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe—</text>
<subclause id="HF734DECDF5B74AA8ACA36967DA9C10C3">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the relationship between any programmatic analysis and future tiered analysis; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H068D086B3CB4444383A207CDEFB0F22C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the role of the public in the creation of future tiered analysis;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HEBBA623A917E48388B35FB7A84EE0975">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are available to other relevant Federal and State agencies, Indian tribes, and the public; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H22CA06F557AC48828C15FD4767E15404">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>provide notice and public comment opportunities consistent with applicable requirements.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0359114AABB34D3B81E45765A582087B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Federal lead agency</header>
<text>Section 139(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF6235A7826E24F949FD07EEE3DDCB593">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting <quote>, or an operating administration thereof designated by the Secretary,</quote> after <quote>Department of Transportation</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC5D0FEF52A08464E970977E11B8E23C7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFDE2E634E4D45D09C4E9AC26818994B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12439CD1432048A39B443DEC769B2157">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H289BE4E428304A5B8C3F99806E9B72EE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9C51A1EEDA04710A439CFB7606ED2FD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H11AC0080BF3B43DAAF655410A8D48E89">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to consider and respond to comments received from participating agencies on matters within the special expertise or jurisdiction of those agencies.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9F0AF6849AC477081D2C1DCA425F207">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Participating agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HF808F23511594F71848BFCCE7CAD7AD3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Invitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(d)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>The lead agency shall identify, as early as practicable in the environmental review process for a project,</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 45 days after the date of publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement or the initiation of an environmental assessment, the lead agency shall identify</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00BA227F1CC74BF0B3AB62D1E7075B41">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Single NEPA document</header>
<text>Section 139(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FF1B0007FCE4238981D901EE215E99B" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H36F7C789904D4918A2F944F1805F7916">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Single NEPA document</header>
<subparagraph id="HE51C7D2F00464D599B72E8BAABB11F34">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as inconsistent with paragraph (7), to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with Federal law, all Federal permits and reviews for a project shall rely on a single environment document prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) under the leadership of the lead agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H537319F0FFE54EF395B8B6BE1C735088">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of document</header>
<clause id="H542DF115AAF94859823B79F673CBAF59">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable, the lead agency shall develop an environmental document sufficient to satisfy the requirements for any Federal approval or other Federal action required for the project, including permits issued by other Federal agencies.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H202EA7CBFBD440EBB7502A3AFEAF8B99">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Cooperation of participating agencies</header>
<text>Other participating agencies shall cooperate with the lead agency and provide timely information to help the lead agency carry out this subparagraph.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E8261DF6D254EDA9C4EADAB7246BEDB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Treatment as participating and cooperating agencies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal agency required to make an approval or take an action for a project, as described in subparagraph (B), shall work with the lead agency for the project to ensure that the agency making the approval or taking the action is treated as being both a participating and cooperating agency for the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF802BE8BDA904D8191E09C70F063BD28">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Participating agency responsibilities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency participating in the environmental review process under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H163683E2EE32427B8F008B92AA7F1C42">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide comments, responses, studies, or methodologies on those areas within the special expertise or jurisdiction of the agency; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BCB91F7627E4B65854068350405BB03">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the process to address any environmental issues of concern to the agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H43240AB6C1E249DEAD0AEAB7E9DAD1A8">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Project initiation</header>
<text>Section 139(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BF76CA9EACB4C2B99C62C660F99A237">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>(including any additional information that the project sponsor considers to be important to initiate the process for the proposed project)</quote> after <quote>general location of the proposed project</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCB0DEA48F924503BDDEED5457C7EA43">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H467E2B359CD94204B74EBCEDC08D27A5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8BF5D503066342BDA47133BDF5EC2C65">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Review of application</header>
<text>Not later than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary receives notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the project sponsor a written response that, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74463C99D2164547B73B1B8E43065547">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>describes the determination of the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H21FC262C0B9C413793858D3FEFCB91E3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to initiate the environmental review process, including a timeline and an expected date for the publication in the Federal Register of the relevant notice of intent; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H113BC002C3484A5DB3DE73DA275B7EB6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to decline the application, including an explanation of the reasons for that decision; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA5D002FFBF94EB7A491DD6C8E625319">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>requests additional information, and provides to the project sponsor an accounting regarding what documentation is necessary to initiate the environmental review process.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H400F188740214E149BEB74A47BDD1EEC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Request to designate a lead agency</header>
<subparagraph id="HD9974D7CE3924375A97F6E72F1C6E8F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any project sponsor may submit to the Secretary a request to designate the operating administration or secretarial office within the Department of Transportation with the expertise on the proposed project to serve as the Federal lead agency for the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC12DA0117F343689AD56980EB04B2E5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Secretarial action</header>
<clause id="HEA93A5974B724F02B41150D5EF900C68">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary receives a request under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall respond to the request not later than 45 days after the date of receipt.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA43C75C2C7A840E5A156C9F54705D386">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The response under clause (i) shall—</text>
<subclause id="H4128BF92AFD04D6BB7A6BBE897FE289E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>approve the request;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3E2DE92BBCA24DA286943DE32EDB8257">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>deny the request, with an explanation of the reasons for the denial; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H67F66FEEB3DF4148A44442ED0734E45A">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>require the submission of additional information.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HDF56AC9170D94DE0804B02127E2BCD15">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Additional information</header>
<text>If additional information is submitted in accordance with clause (ii)(III), the Secretary shall respond to the submission not later than 45 days after the date of receipt.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA10DB268BC5A4B9FB58F3CD5766369DC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Environmental checklist</header>
<subparagraph id="H8E15F1A5CA434EEE916B598FDEA1DC08">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Development</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lead agency for a project, in consultation with participating agencies, shall develop, as appropriate, a checklist to help project sponsors identify potential natural, cultural, and historic resources in the area of the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18ADA736C5664661B85477865C879778">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the checklist are—</text>
<clause id="H70B278AD26044A4FB572B23E8B520693">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to identify agencies and organizations that can provide information about natural, cultural, and historic resources;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H28024B97F226461D94ED2FE469A88261">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to develop the information needed to determine the range of alternatives; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7DF71407F8274D3AB6BC855B7D3CE9F1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>to improve interagency collaboration to help expedite the permitting process for the lead agency and participating agencies.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA4FD0DCD369C4B2588361E9DC6C92066">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Purpose and need</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB02FE77DDF442C9AD3AC465FE4C9C0E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">; Alternatives Analysis</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Need</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97A78B18F275441B8AEC02C79C548EBC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD6B6478091846B382E880D6067D8748">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEE562D465694B1282C46C4A74E8FB97" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H3B623BD734494F95BC5368E2E004F0DC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Participation</header>
<clause id="HAB502779F0E048DA9338A5354AAE2695">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As early as practicable during the environmental review process, the lead agency shall provide an opportunity for involvement by participating agencies and the public in determining the range of alternatives to be considered for a project.</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H82A5FEA8D9F0415C9C08FC8C0A0BE1D6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Comments of participating agencies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable law, each participating agency receiving an opportunity for involvement under clause (i) shall limit the comments of the agency to subject matter areas within the special expertise or jurisdiction of the agency.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBB22B2CE605248C390608F67B66EF614">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Effect of nonparticipation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating agency that declines to participate in the development of the purpose and need and range of alternatives for a project shall be required to comply with the schedule developed under subsection (g)(1)(B).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H869B2BE107464A0DAE33ADB23B1E6724">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H5D67C7F2DECB4CBD83B974AB9DDB45FC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Following participation under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71F19D73F55E4439BA49CE27FDE94325" style="OLC">
<clause id="HBA643C827DB646C38596991B53A87475">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Following participation under subparagraph (A)</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="HDA0C90153BC3497D8B2E3B26338C9DC4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H198FF962C4B44A59B19D4C1EE2965F8E" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0069F80E576B4823BCBBC685B5461585">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Use</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with Federal law, the range of alternatives determined for a project under clause (i) shall be used for all Federal environmental reviews and permit processes required for the project unless the alternatives must be modified—</text>
<subclause id="H25642CB015734BCB9346F146A5EF1F9C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>to address significant new information or circumstances, and the lead agency and participating agencies agree that the alternatives must be modified to address the new information or circumstances; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H105666379C574FF585FC24DB219A6B16">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>for the lead agency or a participating agency to fulfill the responsibilities of the agency under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) in a timely manner.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FB57847A32944478C564CA291B8326B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H610F5B094147440E9A5FBCFBC1B56B12" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEEDE8271B9B0449C80737BBF02CE549D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Reduction of duplication</header>
<clause id="HC32A6F00C8D048B2BCA99148066A7023">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In carrying out this paragraph, the lead agency shall reduce duplication, to the maximum extent practicable, between—</text>
<subclause id="H05BA907431F0469DAC7A626519D1D0DA">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the evaluation of alternatives under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBBD7EF39A116456C9E413CFD207E57FE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the evaluation of alternatives in the metropolitan transportation planning process under section 134 or an environmental review process carried out under State law (referred to in this subparagraph as a ‘State environmental review process’).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H2545F35909F94790B024E40B63CE3A96">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Consideration of alternatives</header>
<text>The lead agency may eliminate from detailed consideration an alternative proposed in an environmental impact statement regarding a project if, as determined by the lead agency—</text>
<subclause id="HAB08A68497CE4F958C09E85E915F927E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the alternative was considered in a metropolitan planning process or a State environmental review process by a metropolitan planning organization or a State or local transportation agency, as applicable;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H30FC4C2718414EA98CB5C050613A2E40">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the lead agency provided guidance to the metropolitan planning organization or State or local transportation agency, as applicable, regarding analysis of alternatives in the metropolitan planning process or State environmental review process, including guidance on the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any other Federal law necessary for approval of the project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8009B6C6CCE04C40A20487F656C4777B">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the applicable metropolitan planning process or State environmental review process included an opportunity for public review and comment;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7147FF011CD849F7B889EF0693D40983">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>the applicable metropolitan planning organization or State or local transportation agency rejected the alternative after considering public comments;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBEF9964C342A4C159A21463A1DBF51E6">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>the Federal lead agency independently reviewed the alternative evaluation approved by the applicable metropolitan planning organization or State or local transportation agency; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1583ABE754644A5287113A7440E4F6C8">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>the Federal lead agency determined—</text>
<item id="HBF900C4AF1B2402B96730A974D285DCE">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in consultation with Federal participating or cooperating agencies, that the alternative to be eliminated from consideration is not necessary for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or</text>
</item>
<item id="H08EDD0A6DF344B849BB4AB758AF1A797">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>with the concurrence of Federal agencies with jurisdiction over a permit or approval required for a project, that the alternative to be eliminated from consideration is not necessary for any permit or approval under any other Federal law.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEBD27F84A8FA4356AA50B2337FF082FE">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Coordination and Scheduling</header>
<paragraph id="HF0574680110644ECA3EC36BA94C7887B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Coordination plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(g)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H893A2E1103314B34A3DE644F3FA03CF8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>The lead agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 90 days after the date of publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement or the initiation of an environmental assessment, the lead agency</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0351C42BE5F456EA86367729A754046">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking <quote>may establish as part of the coordination plan</quote> and inserting <quote>shall establish as part of such coordination plan</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C9734A20B9B4203BE459182D0F3E512">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deadlines for decisions under other laws</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(g)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>and publish on the Internet</quote> after <quote>House of Representatives</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC2DF684534F64F85B973C8D8C265079B">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Issue identification and resolution</header>
<paragraph id="HE0673B586C1E48758FCFA86DF0A8E84F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Issue resolution</header>
<text>Section 139(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB888EE5962F94C8996C530A6A80A98F6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33114E268EED45C382C34607EA760E9A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3367E0365FC347069D81CF69DB86BD6A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD02677C34BF04E408E8B3FC8ECDAE248">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Issue resolution</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any issue resolved by the lead agency with the concurrence of participating agencies may not be reconsidered unless significant new information or circumstances arise.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30E01AADB7BF4B99AF0EE8B8BA3719EE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Failure to assure</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(h)(5)(C) of title 23, United States Code (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A)), is amended by striking <quote>paragraph (5) and</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7BF77374261D4D278F5CE26F49F98AE7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Financial penalty provisions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(h)(7)(B) of title 23, United States Code (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A)), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9D0E0C1CE3347DAB0D59FBF8525D1FA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)(I) by striking <quote>under section 106(i) is required</quote> and inserting <quote>is required under subsection (h) or (i) of section 106</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C73DA935E0C4570AD9ED9B8D09B4A68">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E4D82D599614C97B14216B1324E97A1" style="OLC">
<clause id="H93A1CFC811EA4BA1821A9BB793CA4430">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Description of date</header>
<text>The date referred to in clause (i) is—</text>
<subclause id="H9635DEFB1EC24E5281675BE551F4091F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the date that is 30 days after the date for rendering a decision as described in the project schedule established pursuant to subsection (g)(1)(B);</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC7A723D88E444508B8F55910A97354B9">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>if no schedule exists, the later of—</text>
<item id="H12E8FE80BA53479B804C97CECBDBD610">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the date that is 180 days after the date on which an application for the permit, license, or approval is complete; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H642C3AC8F21C4B34B413AA0073F7A446">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Federal lead agency issues a decision on the project under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H92254B287DC848B68A99D8D55ADEDE3E">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a modified date in accordance with subsection (g)(1)(D).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5F2D933E5438496189953D309CFA973C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Assistance to affected State and Federal agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H10CC5876E4BA4A8493492B76958DE3F4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 139(j) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D03A9DD0314911B56B4486330D35D3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF292DBC9B8A04D7F8ABC717291A3F48A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H24A7342CFE7245ABA4EEA4177C28CA54">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority to provide funds</header>
<text>The Secretary may allow a public entity receiving financial assistance from the Department of Transportation under this title or chapter 53 of title 49 to provide funds to Federal agencies (including the Department), State agencies, and Indian tribes participating in the environmental review process for the project or program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3027F17FF39242F887D981B6B89308C3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Funds referred to in subparagraph (A) may be provided only to support activities that directly and meaningfully contribute to expediting and improving permitting and review processes, including planning, approval, and consultation processes for the project or program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B944F052E684A64AFAD718533B57868">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities eligible for funding</header>
<text>Section 139(j)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>activities directly related to the environmental review process,</quote> before <quote>dedicated staffing,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCF726CC5FEB4718BC4F7913A40BCC57">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Agreement</header>
<text>Section 139(j) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H484323606D5B4492A665FBFBC534BBBA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0F77E439E33B472AA14B596981F3D354">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Agreement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to providing funds approved by the Secretary for dedicated staffing at an affected agency under paragraphs (1) and (2), the affected agency and the requesting public entity shall enter into an agreement that establishes the projects and priorities to be addressed by the use of the funds.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE64748D355F842899FC3ECED15810D02">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Accelerated decisionmaking; improving transparency in environmental reviews</header>
<paragraph id="H98669071CB284680B72335BDDBB600A4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 139 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA45ED24B87874B8C8951836B9126DFAC" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H4ECFB4E741CE433B9A8B96CBDDEF5B9A">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews</header>
<paragraph id="H01153D1C49D24BF4800AB8587D1200DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing a final environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if the lead agency modifies the statement in response to comments that are minor and are confined to factual corrections or explanations of why the comments do not warrant additional agency response, the lead agency may write on errata sheets attached to the statement instead of rewriting the draft statement, subject to the condition that the errata sheets—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF8EE320788A4D13A26BB209754201F4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cite the sources, authorities, and reasons that support the position of the agency; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB2D3D70ED14444CDB513564E8864EF20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if appropriate, indicate the circumstances that would trigger agency reappraisal or further response.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F776EDA605E46A098A9383FE2513401">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Single document</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the lead agency shall expeditiously develop a single document that consists of a final environmental impact statement and a record of decision, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0464B100775494B94E5CBC61AFDE7A2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the final environmental impact statement makes substantial changes to the proposed action that are relevant to environmental or safety concerns; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECEC36DF3CE144479DDAA1EE8F010D01">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is a significant new circumstance or information relevant to environmental concerns that bears on the proposed action or the impacts of the proposed action.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1C4419BBFC7A47B490192D47FCB48D3D">
<enum>(o)</enum>
<header>Improving transparency in environmental reviews</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD4FD08BDA873413A97782407A0C7815C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9DFF1761DD341868DF7DE80E73CC36C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>use the searchable Internet website maintained under section 41003(b) of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7F14616ED40348ECAF4ACAFA12653E3B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make publicly available the status and progress of projects requiring an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement with respect to compliance with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any other Federal, State, or local approval required for those projects; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H1CBA6EBBCE094AF1BBC359301846A9A5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make publicly available the names of participating agencies not participating in the development of a project purpose and need and range of alternatives under subsection (f); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCCB35E3B7894485EBD979746C77279C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>issue reporting standards to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2C9A5A48DD34F72839806EA41DAE0D0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal, State, and local agency participation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7183AEB49304FAB93703198FEBFD05A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Federal agencies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal agency participating in the environmental review or permitting process for a project shall provide to the Secretary information regarding the status and progress of the approval of the project for publication on the Internet website referred to in paragraph (1)(A), consistent with the standards established under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HED2D652ADA6F49359E74C4D2AD90D359">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>State and local agencies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage State and local agencies participating in the environmental review permitting process for a project to provide information regarding the status and progress of the approval of the project for publication on the Internet website referred to in paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD1B3B06B05345EAB43E8086ABD7118D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>States with delegated authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State with delegated authority for responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) pursuant to section 327 shall be responsible for supplying to the Secretary project development and compliance status for all applicable projects.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC1F1CEF14D5446EB71D1D5A4381D5F2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 1319 of MAP–21 (42 U.S.C. 4332a), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(c) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC5D88FDE4593459E90AD18C06BC84941">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Implementation of programmatic compliance</header>
<paragraph id="HC8E25EDCAF754E13A7F2197D55E98672">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a rulemaking to implement the provisions of section 139(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, as amended by this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC422472202D34F9A9110B5588B5EB0AE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before initiating the rulemaking under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with relevant Federal agencies, relevant State resource agencies, State departments of transportation, Indian tribes, and the public on the appropriate use and scope of the programmatic approaches.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65A30787F2F54C9D8ACF295814B6EFF0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the rulemaking meets the requirements of section 139(b)(3)(B) of title 23, United States Code, as amended by this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45855DDCE6D0430C84F8F9F162E050E1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Comment period</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF51D7155F7AE4C5BB9F8F3E4CE65F4D2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>allow not fewer than 60 days for public notice and comment on the proposed rule; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2D11BB45790466ABB67409D6420A456">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>address any comments received under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC903E074C4734F55BB5281482F518C79">
<enum>1305.</enum>
<header>Integration of planning and environmental review</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 168 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72DC6255977B4343B641FBB3B18ECA27" style="USC">
<section id="H4F1BD841E0254BFD94427EAB0D28D399">
<enum>168.</enum>
<header>Integration of planning and environmental review</header>
<subsection id="H9D2B9C0E62344B81A260767885E75280">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H5DBCE390468346EBBB51F93A905BD30B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Environmental review process</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental review process</term> has the meaning given the term in section 139(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EDF4CE723F249D9A251C6BF1CB60E1B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Lead agency</header>
<text>The term <term>lead agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 139(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F73C98C460B4BD3807442E6F77FC44A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Planning product</header>
<text>The term <term>planning product</term> means a decision, analysis, study, or other documented information that is the result of an evaluation or decisionmaking process carried out by a metropolitan planning organization or a State, as appropriate, during metropolitan or statewide transportation planning under section 134 or 135, respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A0DAB35AD0F4C75BD345CF52EF9C5C9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Project</header>
<text>The term <term>project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 139(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A4CE233F2DE4EE08F1526B152DBB582">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Project sponsor</header>
<text>The term <term>project sponsor</term> has the meaning given the term in section 139(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE561B260E7E24CFE8A371ED10F5C5FE6">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Relevant agency</header>
<text>The term <term>relevant agency</term> means the agency with authority under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAEC49704A723476DA10211D2A393768D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Adoption or incorporation by reference of planning products for use in NEPA proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H0A3BB6898BC5429BB3F31E884E08546F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (d) and to the maximum extent practicable and appropriate, the following agencies may adopt or incorporate by reference and use a planning product in proceedings relating to any class of action in the environmental review process of the project:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5C8FA78939F465AAD4FCB87EFA2B169">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The lead agency for a project, with respect to an environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other document prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H171699407432422695F2AF62B69AD6D7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The cooperating agency with responsibility under Federal law, with respect to the process for and completion of any environmental permit, approval, review, or study required for a project under any Federal law other than the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if consistent with that law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A2E00C8FB954BDBB61BF48F3AE410FA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Identification</header>
<text>If the relevant agency makes a determination to adopt or incorporate by reference and use a planning product, the relevant agency shall identify the agencies that participated in the development of the planning products.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72DF68AA63634B48BED34C4995BBE4EC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Adoption or incorporation by reference of planning products</header>
<text>The relevant agency may—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD562604F8C749018A74CE212DD58E33">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>adopt or incorporate by reference an entire planning product under paragraph (1); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8281B4A4060144A891D65AC2822DB7AC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>select portions of a planning project under paragraph (1) for adoption or incorporation by reference.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF9C7767A399457D8A336720EFFCE2E1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Timing</header>
<text>A determination under paragraph (1) with respect to the adoption or incorporation by reference of a planning product may—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF78E1CF4549547A38536D15FA2596816">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>be made at the time the relevant agencies decide the appropriate scope of environmental review for the project; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5A54EFDE94C4C1EA67361F3C4F2BA96">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>occur later in the environmental review process, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1ACA72B13B2F41F5A4BD5302520C4360">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph id="HBC71BB1D32104426AFC399DA6145E855">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Planning decisions</header>
<text>The relevant agency in the environmental review process may adopt or incorporate by reference decisions from a planning product, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H73CC14C0BD1D4B2FB95714CACA7397BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether tolling, private financial assistance, or other special financial measures are necessary to implement the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H835F3B14341D4514ABAAF9399599D128">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a decision with respect to general travel corridor or modal choice, including a decision to implement corridor or subarea study recommendations to advance different modal solutions as separate projects with independent utility;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99C68D3D44B94ABE875E437EC2AF2707">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the purpose and the need for the proposed action;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB417D72993C64F10A14E0D4FE22EB11F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>preliminary screening of alternatives and elimination of unreasonable alternatives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2179F3D6496423BBD7F79BC8EBBC380">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a basic description of the environmental setting;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD074E185019B413BB30B47C8E3CA4C93">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>a decision with respect to methodologies for analysis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A4F169AC3494E66B92659C79200F417">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>an identification of programmatic level mitigation for potential impacts of a project, including a programmatic mitigation plan developed in accordance with section 169, that the relevant agency determines are more effectively addressed on a national or regional scale, including—</text>
<clause id="HB8E846167D9045B6808D74080002E9F4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts at a national or regional scale of proposed transportation investments on environmental resources, including regional ecosystem and water resources; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF6D08F3E91364A51A9A70F2C06937F09">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>potential mitigation activities, locations, and investments.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01182F342AE7464399B80A2F902650FF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Planning analyses</header>
<text>The relevant agency in the environmental review process may adopt or incorporate by reference analyses from a planning product, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4385F4FDB32646C0B9474D900EF12A96">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>travel demands;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07E684FDEA0C4C47B1ED0908654A189A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>regional development and growth;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25DD18EF9B8747898BEE6BA4451E4741">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>local land use, growth management, and development;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFCD6832307E42759D8138A9B1B4D8F8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>population and employment;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD2AC951B6274A0BB21C7031B4999BB4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>natural and built environmental conditions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4FD6AEB401A46A09907AA32C3EE3AE1">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>environmental resources and environmentally sensitive areas;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7695D180E0414A9F9D2ABCA755A5A572">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>potential environmental effects, including the identification of resources of concern and potential direct, indirect, and cumulative effects on those resources; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86A905FA399D4E03B756A36B7A98EA76">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>mitigation needs for a proposed project, or for programmatic level mitigation, for potential effects that the lead agency determines are most effectively addressed at a regional or national program level.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CC09F435C3244EFBAC0C10C397BF6FE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conditions</header>
<text>The relevant agency in the environmental review process may adopt or incorporate by reference a planning product under this section if the relevant agency determines, with the concurrence of the lead agency and, if the planning product is necessary for a cooperating agency to issue a permit, review, or approval for the project, with the concurrence of the cooperating agency, that the following conditions have been met:</text>
<paragraph id="H36B0DB9DD0674CC489856309C31B105B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The planning product was developed through a planning process conducted pursuant to applicable Federal law.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AEBAC91B10D43ED83E0CF5E66ADDD60">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The planning product was developed in consultation with appropriate Federal and State resource agencies and Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H074E49B0AE7042109000C15EC92A93FA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The planning process included broad multidisciplinary consideration of systems-level or corridor-wide transportation needs and potential effects, including effects on the human and natural environment.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A962EF8EBE54DFB8D43BF5D57CBAFC8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The planning process included public notice that the planning products produced in the planning process may be adopted during a subsequent environmental review process in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA24E8E3B194451B8AB9AAC9B6B50C8C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>During the environmental review process, the relevant agency has—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1475749E4C864955803D0CA70D70E2F5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>made the planning documents available for public review and comment by members of the general public and Federal, State, local, and tribal governments that may have an interest in the proposed project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64094B26FB2B4C269E4F3EEF2219B77D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>provided notice of the intention of the relevant agency to adopt or incorporate by reference the planning product; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB498C58C1023450D8E0E14E572BD116B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>considered any resulting comments.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC5FFE8E95DE45DCA8DC07B2E1F35E8B">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>There is no significant new information or new circumstance that has a reasonable likelihood of affecting the continued validity or appropriateness of the planning product.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E39C18500CF4E93BE8EC71392860362">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>The planning product has a rational basis and is based on reliable and reasonably current data and reasonable and scientifically acceptable methodologies.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F8F533E724145A09C427D31628679A1">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>The planning product is documented in sufficient detail to support the decision or the results of the analysis and to meet requirements for use of the information in the environmental review process.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H609AD3EB2373446CB3E4047EDCC19EDE">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>The planning product is appropriate for adoption or incorporation by reference and use in the environmental review process for the project and is incorporated in accordance with, and is sufficient to meet the requirements of, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 1502.21 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE85B8FC76E404C0E9462576CCD496987">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>The planning product was approved within the 5-year period ending on the date on which the information is adopted or incorporated by reference.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD8710A82ADCB4FEAA3A8AEA75E624FD5">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effect of adoption or incorporation by reference</header>
<text>Any planning product adopted or incorporated by reference by the relevant agency in accordance with this section may be—</text>
<paragraph id="HD904FA5BEAE54F8681F97C6BF1A529FA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>incorporated directly into an environmental review process document or other environmental document; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H631D00B08A2541049EA6D0638F296C1D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>relied on and used by other Federal agencies in carrying out reviews of the project.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H33E6E17802104F288C92B9DF79AD3CE7">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Rules of construction</header>
<paragraph id="H78F0F863709B4499B538A1BDA4A30504">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>This section does not make the environmental review process applicable to the transportation planning process conducted under this title and chapter 53 of title 49.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D4725B96A544F49ACDC1CAFBA49FBB4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Transportation planning activities</header>
<text>Initiation of the environmental review process as a part of, or concurrently with, transportation planning activities does not subject transportation plans and programs to the environmental review process.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B235BDFF79F4818995B913EEB19920A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Planning products</header>
<text>This section does not affect the use of planning products in the environmental review process pursuant to other authorities under any other provision of law or restrict the initiation of the environmental review process during planning.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H5C785053438A42D6B6F6231A770EDF12">
<enum>1306.</enum>
<header>Development of programmatic mitigation plans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 169(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D2430AB498D448C9BE6688D4194660C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>may use</quote> and inserting <quote>shall give substantial weight to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39CBCFF567AB4E9FB4D7C4C6DE8B5D3D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or other Federal environmental law</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H214B105F12B945C6AF44A97CEA53F07C">
<enum>1307.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance for States</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 326 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA21272E8541464784DAD6220D1B1EB1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FE61B116AAD4B818A828389A564CF9E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5272FC755847432ABF50DBC9468B97B0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H628FD59BE20C4D128CE52E44B269C65D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0C8CACBDD04D4543B863B6ABFBCD1F0F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Assistance to States</header>
<text>On request of a Governor of a State, the Secretary shall provide to the State technical assistance, training, or other support relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DBCA2A35E7C40C58F7FCBE52F6394CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>assuming responsibility under subsection (a);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FA0760FCF2948CCA9383CA0A632DE6C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>developing a memorandum of understanding under this subsection; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87E59AA07CB44B1187FA000BD75A8719">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>addressing a responsibility in need of corrective action under subsection (d)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87AC0162D1E045C8B961EEF76CA51B8B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34626A1D87F344FA8541405BF3E6CE03" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3B53C15F2E1B4B2DB70F2BB602BAE8AB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Termination by Secretary</header>
<text>The Secretary may terminate the participation of any State in the program if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6544F0B630754C639A140A376B62C234">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines that the State is not adequately carrying out the responsibilities assigned to the State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H275FF062D3804BD0B4AB3FD8656AF705">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary provides to the State—</text>
<clause id="HFDFD50F156EB4621B01519B6A086E9F1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a notification of the determination of noncompliance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBD6D3260E1D84A0E83D6E36B0B405156">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a period of not less than 120 days to take such corrective action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to comply with the applicable agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H82A8945DBD9C4870A3E7A68C3455800C">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>on request of the Governor of the State, a detailed description of each responsibility in need of corrective action regarding an inadequacy identified under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECFCA77AAE344C5C94C3D160FC5C9089">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the State, after the notification and period described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B), fails to take satisfactory corrective action, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H8D57B88AE46448DB953E96D3BA1E0064">
<enum>1308.</enum>
<header>Surface transportation project delivery program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 327 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDCE6112BEAF41718069EEE226DE566B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii) by striking <quote>(42 U.S.C. 13 4321 et seq.)</quote> and inserting <quote>(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AE43E3881AC4E73835A19ACD2B5234D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(4) by inserting <quote>reasonably</quote> before <quote>considers necessary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60CED9D19DC9401DBA7FCD90EFA1DE37">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e) by inserting <quote>and without further approval of</quote> after <quote>in lieu of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1DC2A713B3D471995E45D207102A261">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H751DCE7B4A1C4CD88D1058FD399B6C05">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC5573CE441574CDDB9C73BBCAEBDE5CC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H23F9C4CAB33A44B7986D1CFB90196B2F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>To ensure compliance by a State with any agreement of the State under subsection (c) (including compliance by the State with all Federal laws for which responsibility is assumed under subsection (a)(2)), for each State participating in the program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56C364DA93004B2E94B22136D53B531E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not later than 180 days after the date of execution of the agreement, meet with the State to review implementation of the agreement and discuss plans for the first annual audit;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AA3F562CDE9458E8DDC8881B32FF88A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>conduct annual audits during each of the first 4 years of State participation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6332CA380B414B4689C5077D7D47011E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>ensure that the time period for completing an annual audit, from initiation to completion (including public comment and responses to those comments), does not exceed 180 days.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E22BCAE453341CF9B145AB06E1ACFE0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB2482172C641480E8776E0E209ABD6DC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H62D3F4517AEA4E40A14C0758C8A02EE4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Audit team</header>
<subparagraph id="H1F1D9CF53F694278A837F15FC6B0D1CB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An audit conducted under paragraph (1) shall be carried out by an audit team determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the State, in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC8F5F9403AF4CD9ABA3BAD0B7B576F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation with the State under subparagraph (A) shall include a reasonable opportunity for the State to review and provide comments on the proposed members of the audit team.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H376BB455BC8043FC9CECD6B88E4B8528">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (j) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0C5C7A816014493AFC88C34894F90FA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H448C35462ADE4B3FA3CF7E87729EA965">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Termination by Secretary</header>
<text>The Secretary may terminate the participation of any State in the program if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6DAD02043594033984679812AE9E9B1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines that the State is not adequately carrying out the responsibilities assigned to the State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6852326D6D546CBBB47C4F76AFE9FE8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary provides to the State—</text>
<clause id="HB63052EDD97441BDAC02EB41A2121E8D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a notification of the determination of noncompliance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H26963E8FF7564709877C1D6133525E5F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a period of not less than 120 days to take such corrective action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to comply with the applicable agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8F7FC0F8A3BC4971AEFA940D059CB3C3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>on request of the Governor of the State, a detailed description of each responsibility in need of corrective action regarding an inadequacy identified under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAF6CC522C3B4989B03E3DA4578E9407">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the State, after the notification and period provided under subparagraph (B), fails to take satisfactory corrective action, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C35AE902FE2437F9D5F83753F99E483">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4169C566E77547F7B4A38343D3BC60C9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA40790C7A1804E609F3F2582946E3B07">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Capacity building</header>
<text>The Secretary, in cooperation with representatives of State officials, may carry out education, training, peer-exchange, and other initiatives as appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="H41FDEF3F606A46B68917F9057890B5B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to assist States in developing the capacity to participate in the assignment program under this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32DDEFEDF86F4064A07B03516A1DC377">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to promote information sharing and collaboration among States that are participating in the assignment program under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFD85F2CF59B04581A6056F30B90A1C11">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Relationship to locally administered projects</header>
<text>A State granted authority under this section may, as appropriate and at the request of a local government—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1BDCCFFE1794987B6C0E75134734D96">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>exercise such authority on behalf of the local government for a locally administered project; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2E3B5FE64A8481AA122B8523F5783C4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>provide guidance and training on consolidating and minimizing the documentation and environmental analyses necessary for sponsors of a locally administered project to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any comparable requirements under State law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HDFBAA4AE4E0A432783187B09A417DD6B">
<enum>1309.</enum>
<header>Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HA0A06EF9AE734E60AD2D377E8CC2E017">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of this section is to eliminate duplication of environmental reviews and approvals under State laws and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3282BB4E02B6439C835B1FBFD726FF1A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9202DE5E6EA8460BBFBBB313E27B339A" style="USC">
<section id="H3EFA37B30045497B8DC76E63478B0B91">
<enum>330.</enum>
<header>Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HD6D2070C70464CEBB582E72E1CFE5546">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H001CAD29D5D84F238CD60074EDDDD27E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to authorize States that have assumed responsibilities of the Secretary under section 327 and are approved to participate in the program under this section to conduct environmental reviews and make approvals for projects under State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), consistent with the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H250D7415FD0041E2A2F5250907B8FEEF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Participating States</header>
<text>The Secretary may select not more than 5 States to participate in the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FAED3E817494C95AAB819D9ECCB0F7A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Alternative environmental review and approval procedures defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>alternative environmental review and approval procedures</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FF12D43C4544AD0B9DDC78E7D21A3E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>substitution of 1 or more State environmental laws for—</text>
<clause id="H1BCFDB9B9D5B416FBA61848C97DCF7FB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEC7AD6F9F1F04ADB9B5ACB8EDD3720FD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any provisions of section 139 establishing procedures for the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that are under the authority of the Secretary, as the Secretary, in consultation with the State, considers appropriate; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H864F0782D61C4D5C913DDF7A1A9BBBF3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>related regulations and Executive orders; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8676608C045F414DBC767F8C7E7F7861">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>substitution of 1 or more State environmental regulations for—</text>
<clause id="H9B7DB177725B4AD0BC6D03EDEAD96464">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFFBF640405564388B11BD824407FC284">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any provisions of section 139 establishing procedures for the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that are under the authority of the Secretary, as the Secretary, in consultation with the State, considers appropriate; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB283CF5E39DB442FBA1F0998EFFFE08F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>related regulations and Executive orders.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8DE5A419A92E4539AC6A2FBAFB52E21B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>To be eligible to participate in the program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H595BA1BA580F4A3F9CD9EFE397BC96CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a full and complete description of the proposed alternative environmental review and approval procedures of the State, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0F8F5EC570C4758A3C158488CF3465A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the procedures the State uses to engage the public and consider alternatives to the proposed action; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC12DB9A1E6D543758D652139275A5F15">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the State considers environmental consequences or impacts on resources potentially impacted by the proposed action (such as air, water, or species);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9ADD1464EDE946409756F25B326B6D47">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each Federal requirement described in subsection (a)(3) that the State is seeking to substitute;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D603093859345888CE90A29A174DDD2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>each State law or regulation that the State intends to substitute for such Federal requirement;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EBC59FE4B36465FB1490DA90F69355D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>an explanation of the basis for concluding that the State law or regulation is at least as stringent as the Federal requirement described in subsection (a)(3);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7A660E2B8EF4A53BB46B13C73F1BAAF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>a description of the projects or classes of projects for which the State anticipates exercising the authority that may be granted under the program;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26368A41A47F456EA341803A37950E8F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>verification that the State has the financial resources necessary to carry out the authority that may be granted under the program;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H783F4C28824F4019BA2A67D450A27328">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>evidence of having sought, received, and addressed comments on the proposed application from the public; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD605B51C86B14CB380F4AC28967C8131">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>any such additional information as the Secretary, or, with respect to section (d)(1)(A), the Secretary in consultation with the Chair, may require.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFD709105A5B74236ADEE30F34AAAEFBB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Review of application</header>
<text>In accordance with subsection (d), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A65299F696A4994974813FDA3279F68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review and accept public comments on an application submitted under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDCFC606FFBA4A269E41A0EDEC561F95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>approve or disapprove the application not later than 120 days after the date of receipt of an application that the Secretary determines is complete; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H508B075372C04EF285629279C6A20D71">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>transmit to the State notice of the approval or disapproval, together with a statement of the reasons for the approval or disapproval.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3CAC7074826941A49039938401CECA1C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Approval of application</header>
<paragraph id="H00E14A848DBE496598C5B61FCA7335A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall approve an application submitted under subsection (b) only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCB1B1CEA6E343E89A06F62EC1C60916">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Chair and after considering any public comments received pursuant to subsection (c), determines that the laws and regulations of the State described in the application are at least as stringent as the Federal requirements described in subsection (a)(3);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1522EE4C65541839BCF25D26B017D98">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary, after considering any public comments received pursuant to subsection (c), determines that the State has the capacity, including financial and personnel, to assume the responsibility;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA42E48BFE604142B78C069B76ED4EC1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the State has executed an agreement with the Secretary in accordance with section 327; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H867AED0F431A4DF5946FDA340BF7B098">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the State has executed an agreement with the Secretary under this section that—</text>
<clause id="HCF301A2563104371962791AF4E469180">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>has been executed by the Governor or the top-ranking transportation official in the State who is charged with responsibility for highway construction;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H909C1E117BBC43B0AE87B5CED264F5A4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is in such form as the Secretary may prescribe;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFE6CE935E0C04BB68E1F55682E963D30">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>provides that the State—</text>
<subclause id="H41BDC7DE68E5436F97FCEFAA9743A4D2">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>agrees to assume the responsibilities, as identified by the Secretary, under this section;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6FD0C922AAB142E9A31097D929BED1D4">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>expressly consents, on behalf of the State, to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts under subsection (e)(1) for the compliance, discharge, and enforcement of any responsibility under this section;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H716DC2754FC947C2B5BA31FBA76ED31D">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>certifies that State laws (including regulations) are in effect that—</text>
<item id="H8FC5A9C2A58845E0B8D7CBF8C63003B6">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>authorize the State to take the actions necessary to carry out the responsibilities being assumed; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H2605BCD8A5C340B0B4D7B922F6C1737A">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>are comparable to section 552 of title 5, including providing that any decision regarding the public availability of a document under those State laws is reviewable by a court of competent jurisdiction; and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5CBBC29EF9974BEAAB03E5C0AA968EA6">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>agrees to maintain the financial resources necessary to carry out the responsibilities being assumed;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H97B95F82437E4D6E9307F473B98C4599">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>requires the State to provide to the Secretary any information the Secretary reasonably considers necessary to ensure that the State is adequately carrying out the responsibilities assigned to the State;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6699FE74ABE044C98A76134A4F9BF452">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>has a term of not more than 5 years; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H32568E647F584690A17C9F5B4C33EDB7">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>is renewable.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H728A061735C3426F85D846E6DD28AD70">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text>The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall not apply to a decision by the Secretary to approve or disapprove an application submitted under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0E093F978D7E40AC9B5DAAEFAF118E57">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Judicial review</header>
<paragraph id="H1E4255F776A841F39A91CA554E7E33F4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States district courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action against a State relating to the failure of the State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4C95E3EA590042BAAD19A4DB885691E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to meet the requirements of this section; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF554A746298949B48CA8258E8C1441C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to follow the alternative environmental review and approval procedures approved pursuant to this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD72D4FF9D144358B248B159A9718FF3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation on review</header>
<subparagraph id="H8A894556C6654658A3020A2624B059D2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a claim seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a State under this section shall be barred unless the claim is filed not later than 2 years after the date of publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of a notice that the permit, license, or approval is final pursuant to the law under which the action is taken.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77C2FD328ABA4892BF79716FCC9CA684">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadlines</header>
<clause id="H924C33EA18D64C66AE0D1DDA97962191">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>The State shall notify the Secretary of the final action of the State not later than 10 days after the final action is taken.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84AAB8270C2C4FD491E990F92DEEB64B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>The Secretary shall publish the notice of final action in the Federal Register not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice under clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7511A519E1444181A5035A6709F3691E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection creates a right to judicial review or places any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or approval.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8850D30B4D7C44A2BE12A3A386A40508">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>New information</header>
<subparagraph id="H9D796DF057284251B6A0CBE76B1CA70B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State shall consider new information received after the close of a comment period if the information satisfies the requirements for a supplemental environmental impact statement under section 771.130 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31D3D6C935B14063867A71350A9BD266">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Treatment of final agency action</header>
<clause id="H9DBDE4E1012847FBBC48EC6757FF157C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The final agency action that follows preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement, if required, shall be considered a separate final agency action, and the deadline for filing a claim for judicial review of the action shall be 2 years after the date of publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of a notice announcing such action.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H075CEF75637B475F87759E5437ED4CC1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Deadlines</header>
<subclause id="HC6DB5178C92D4E499543C749F0683595">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>The State shall notify the Secretary of the final action of the State not later than 10 days after the final action is taken.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF1C32A2232114AE0A018D8372BC6FD7F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>The Secretary shall publish the notice of final action in the Federal Register not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice under subclause (I).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE98C3F9B4FF042259537BD4CD0B1DC04">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Election</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State participating in the programs under this section and section 327, at the discretion of the State, may elect to apply the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) instead of the alternative environmental review and approval procedures of the State.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC0474FC52927445EBCC98E714A8A196F">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Adoption or incorporation by reference of documents</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with Federal law, other Federal agencies with authority over a project subject to this section shall adopt or incorporate by reference documents produced by a participating State under this section to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5E01D20C6A2F42D2856611C932A29470">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Relationship to locally administered projects</header>
<paragraph id="H2286A72125594ACD823D05700B94C80C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State with an approved program under this section, at the request of a local government, may exercise authority under that program on behalf of up to 25 local governments for locally administered projects.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B5823FFB35C4BEA9A41B5D262B6F666">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Scope</header>
<text>For up to 25 local governments selected by a State with an approved program under this section, the State shall be responsible for ensuring that any environmental review, consultation, or other action required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or the State program, or both, meets the requirements of such Act or program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0BBA55BEEFC146BDAF8B3CF99079FFEA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Review and termination</header>
<paragraph id="H34261E52E4B8458EA1FA0CE505D83C55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State program approved under this section shall at all times be in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB516DA24801848418CFC1AD4668ABDCF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text>The Secretary shall review each State program approved under this section not less than once every 5 years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32D7323600A343BB807E2EC00528CE7B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Public notice and comment</header>
<text>In conducting the review process under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide notice and an opportunity for public comment.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H824D730384BE4A069F9AEB723F5D0C7A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Withdrawal of approval</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary, in consultation with the Chair, determines at any time that a State is not administering a State program approved under this section in accordance with the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall so notify the State, and if appropriate corrective action is not taken within a reasonable time, not to exceed 90 days, the Secretary shall withdraw approval of the State program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B12CA2828614F119611C072CCB5779E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Extensions and terminations</header>
<text>At the conclusion of the review process under paragraph (2), the Secretary may extend for an additional 5-year period or terminate the authority of a State under this section to substitute the laws and regulations of the State for the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6BBD584C767B4BF390A7F028060A5451">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that describes the administration of the program, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H73358F424D7E4B71B03E4694CD942E0A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the number of States participating in the program;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67C2E7BF7C3D4228A313F874B690A28F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the number and types of projects for which each State participating in the program has used alternative environmental review and approval procedures;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBCACC59C92347BEBD4A3AB378B5D99A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a description and assessment of whether implementation of the program has resulted in more efficient review of projects; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D4204347FF84822B0E061A0F2FD8B62">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any recommendations for modifications to the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCAE11703552E4FC0AA8A629D7498151C">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text>The program shall terminate 12 years after the date of enactment of this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H818195CE088B42AF9E3C84880FE56D04">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HF73F04C03ADA41149FA7B35602530DA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Chair</header>
<text>The term <term>Chair</term> means the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE96314D12D14D92B5F1ABC6BCB6D9EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Multimodal project</header>
<text>The term <term>multimodal project</term> has the meaning given that term in section 139(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1EFA32848DC4D4482E67675FEE92CF1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>program</term> means the pilot program established under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H865A84D1EC644B15AB48C3B989554265">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Project</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>project</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2070610E852C4A14AC8759C22D63BBE8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a project requiring approval under this title, chapter 53 of subtitle III of title 49, or subtitle V of title 49; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32F936DE34314AD59EDB3044AAFF9FD1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a multimodal project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H158214E07E0845B4976B052F6417786F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="H871B8240C58540B9A79E74A3906C0F32">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, shall promulgate regulations to implement the requirements of section 330 of title 23, United States Code, as added by this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93EA7210390547C087970117EB61AD42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Determination of stringency</header>
<text>As part of the rulemaking required under this subsection, the Chair shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F1760C98602495CAD5F94B1F531DFBD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>establish the criteria necessary to determine that a State law or regulation is at least as stringent as a Federal requirement described in section 330(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF3F649AA54C49EF88C7708629E595C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ensure that the criteria, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="H84526BE9F66948A38AC98B3AF2F8605A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>provide for protection of the environment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6A76CAA3214F4FB6A6B25689BFAF3214">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>provide opportunity for public participation and comment, including access to the documentation necessary to review the potential impact of a project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4BB94FC40D2C4B9E87EB51F27B9322C7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>ensure a consistent review of projects that would otherwise have been covered under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HABA9E0FC32C24C1486016188B1AA7823">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5F6B760672954CA19AD1D07290A89757" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">330. Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD6A863DB87E84896BACAC0EE547C1C06">
<enum>1310.</enum>
<header>Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5AAED7E7B8494A818C82D3224322EAB8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H475A18343EA54A4FB7BA9923001FB5B7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H9F6155F4DBE148148E1D68C5BEA9D0E2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>operating authority that</quote> and inserting <quote>operating administration or secretarial office that has expertise but</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE155D33CB6354D0186B24A4EC12EEC69">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>proposed multimodal</quote> after <quote>with respect to a</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF1F5CAAB2144EEFA0FC2E90FB42E6C6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A4CDCCECBB24CA5A08D9292A0ED3F71" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H175FA1A5EDEE4BB18A2FD5E4CA178BE4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Lead authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lead authority</term> means a Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office that has the lead responsibility for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to a proposed multimodal project.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A18A9702557457697051099A4EA74A4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by inserting <quote>or title 23</quote> after <quote>under this title</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3672D14105BA4BA8B4D8C90DF5078320">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF09FA05754F456BB105EF85CE7F47C3" style="USC">
<subsection id="HEDF71CDAB4F74400842211CC8F1FE96E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Application of Categorical Exclusions for Multimodal Projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering the environmental impacts of a proposed multimodal project, a lead authority may apply categorical exclusions designated under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) in implementing regulations or procedures of a cooperating authority for a proposed multimodal project, subject to the conditions that—</text>
<paragraph id="H13D699BAEE0343789EA337CA9227D465">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lead authority makes a determination, with the concurrence of the cooperating authority—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB10E755C3DCB44FC918BC7C980ECF253">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>on the applicability of a categorical exclusion to a proposed multimodal project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF333588836B442EA8C742B5F6597FBFA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that the project satisfies the conditions for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and this section;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FD8B1D85714437D98FC3719CFE0E6F5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lead authority follows the implementing regulations of the cooperating authority or procedures under that Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H409753717E8F45C9AEB7B1C596772CBD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lead authority determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H894601EB997E46FE9342C5A41331439E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed multimodal project does not individually or cumulatively have a significant impact on the environment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF30513366D4141B2BCB9F32389D3962A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extraordinary circumstances do not exist that merit additional analysis and documentation in an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment required under that Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E80A2A261DD4CBDBA846EF79C70DB7F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAFBF62C025649B2A029154A2585BA9E" style="USC">
<subsection id="H9517963D10014F3D92D73A44008824A5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Cooperating Authority Expertise</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A cooperating authority shall provide expertise to the lead authority on aspects of the multimodal project in which the cooperating authority has expertise.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF1DC23F78060431F8458E6C650F8318F">
<enum>1311.</enum>
<header>Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HD45882AFEB404EE7A38CDD2E44563899">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 304 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8AC82AF3354E4A3790AA890EF3F2A408" style="USC">
<section id="H0CCA6DEBA2E6453594230D251B98699E">
<enum>304a.</enum>
<header>Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HBEA0DAF075BA4DA3921B48009E90CCC7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In preparing a final environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if the lead agency modifies the statement in response to comments that are minor and are confined to factual corrections or explanations of why the comments do not warrant additional agency response, the lead agency may write on errata sheets attached to the statement, instead of rewriting the draft statement, subject to the condition that the errata sheets—</text>
<paragraph id="HE916F92F2A1845E6A9A8418EDEE1BF61">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>cite the sources, authorities, and reasons that support the position of the agency; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H060AC9F82C204175890769DF7E7B8885">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if appropriate, indicate the circumstances that would trigger agency reappraisal or further response.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED4023A026784BE1A412E8E82313C8FA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Single document</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable, the lead agency shall expeditiously develop a single document that consists of a final environmental impact statement and a record of decision, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B6BCCF83F344E4CA4C918A990FCB4FB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the final environmental impact statement makes substantial changes to the proposed action that are relevant to environmental or safety concerns; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C37DF81BB8440DDB699D70720121899">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>there is a significant new circumstance or information relevant to environmental concerns that bears on the proposed action or the impacts of the proposed action.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCD806A8009624C1399260E56057DEB9A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Adoption and incorporation by reference of documents</header>
<paragraph id="H0D73B04FC0C948B29AFD964A9A826607">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Avoiding duplication</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To prevent duplication of analyses and support expeditious and efficient decisions, the operating administrations of the Department of Transportation shall use adoption and incorporation by reference in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03F3E959F41C4B1D8B63904265D64465">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adoption of documents of other operating administrations</header>
<text>An operating administration or a secretarial office within the Department of Transportation may adopt a draft environmental impact statement, an environmental assessment, or a final environmental impact statement of another operating administration for the use of the adopting operating administration when preparing an environmental assessment or final environmental impact statement for a project without recirculating the document for public review, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BB5A962FE1D462893FE8063EE403AD7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the adopting operating administration certifies that the proposed action is substantially the same as the project considered in the document to be adopted;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBEBF625FAFA457CB9C8F4D860EA74D4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the other operating administration concurs with such decision; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H157BC9A8D73646C4B4A641FECDEED85F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such actions are consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4EEB03E1302495295A429959A0ACE01">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Incorporation by reference</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An operating administration or secretarial office within the Department of Transportation may incorporate by reference all or portions of a draft environmental impact statement, an environmental assessment, or a final environmental impact statement for the use of the adopting operating administration when preparing an environmental assessment or final environmental impact statement for a project if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3EEEFFC8ECA54794B2FFB84D4B0FD13F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the incorporated material is cited in the environmental assessment or final environmental impact statement and the contents of the incorporated material are briefly described;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B99468236D24993B39F7EE263EBBD20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the incorporated material is reasonably available for inspection by potentially interested persons within the time allowed for review and comment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71D7445811D74977B9AF08A6B5BBAAA9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the incorporated material does not include proprietary data that is not available for review and comment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4A97809B1D6F401DB8CAD80C7534F9D8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB11BFBD6F09448CAB3C9373484F52983" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">304a. Accelerated decisionmaking in environmental reviews.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDD5F7AC1177D4EEDAB6AEADC6F7BD3DA">
<enum>1312.</enum>
<header>Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="H96228A1993D144B88D47A1AA6BEDEDC7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 306 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H42140CE27605401088649BE423FA3D08" style="USC">
<section id="HC16E6FFC7359446F84066EE3E1556D87">
<enum>307.</enum>
<header>Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="H8BD76D7D147F4866B6191FF7934E153E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="HF779812F8C1144C785DE1A8E00E4F0A3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requests to provide funds</header>
<text>A public entity receiving financial assistance from the Department of Transportation for 1 or more projects, or for a program of projects, for a public purpose may request that the Secretary allow the public entity to provide funds to Federal agencies, including the Department, State agencies, and Indian tribes participating in the environmental planning and review process for the project, projects, or program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96F430D66BA5464AAC19E0FE477B02E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>The funds may be provided only to support activities that directly and meaningfully contribute to expediting and improving permitting and review processes, including planning, approval, and consultation processes for the project, projects, or program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H97B72383E5404FC3A3A4E37B214A00C6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Activities eligible for funding</header>
<text>Activities for which funds may be provided under subsection (a) include transportation planning activities that precede the initiation of the environmental review process, activities directly related to the environmental review process, dedicated staffing, training of agency personnel, information gathering and mapping, and development of programmatic agreements.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC94F65F2D6884EDE9A3DADE32C9B403F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Amounts</header>
<text>A request under subsection (a) may be approved only for the additional amounts that the Secretary determines are necessary for the Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes participating in the environmental review process to timely conduct the review.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB276E200CC8F44BDA0F95DCA63EC7DF5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Agreements</header>
<text>Prior to providing funds approved by the Secretary for dedicated staffing at an affected Federal agency under subsection (a), the affected Federal agency and the requesting public entity shall enter into an agreement that establishes a process to identify projects or priorities to be addressed by the use of the funds.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0271A2FC2B3948DA882FCF027BF21516">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Guidance</header>
<paragraph id="HDE05EFEAEA2C41F8AEEBA165EB8399B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE41E901626364B6E86B54571858F082E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Factors</header>
<text>As part of the guidance issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83E6F43516CA4607A0D92A43B300658D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent practicable, that expediting and improving the process of environmental review and permitting through the use of funds accepted and expended under this section does not adversely affect the timeline for review and permitting by Federal agencies, State agencies, or Indian tribes of other entities that have not contributed funds under this section;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB244DB3488A649A3953542D951E7003D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that the use of funds accepted under this section will not impact impartial decisionmaking with respect to environmental reviews or permits, either substantively or procedurally; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2DCC1134ADA4911895495C99742DAFE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>that the Secretary maintains, and makes publicly available, including on the Internet, a list of projects or programs for which such review or permits have been carried out using funds authorized under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCCA2E012D9AF447088B3ECAA8717B29F">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Existing authority</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to conflict with section 139(j) of title 23.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H34B6C943CA544F3C9B354201AF6904E7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 306 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE82F0F39E68842128152E5F986C28319" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">307. Improving State and Federal agency engagement in environmental reviews.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H26CBEA54AA7B4A56AFB58F05475B409A">
<enum>1313.</enum>
<header>Aligning Federal environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HA0622429266643879B1C6C62CD0EE7D2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 309 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7C93277143ED400597A36503410E5AF1" style="USC">
<section id="H8A11974DE4F94C398429FAF394D2E5D7">
<enum>310.</enum>
<header>Aligning Federal environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="H59DAF53CEFD744A68DCAC0D6EDF09EFB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Coordinated and concurrent environmental reviews</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the heads of Federal agencies likely to have substantive review or approval responsibilities under Federal law, shall develop a coordinated and concurrent environmental review and permitting process for transportation projects when initiating an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (in this section referred to as <quote>NEPA</quote>).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9E076610EFB74AF6918F506FCCE46DB5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The coordinated and concurrent environmental review and permitting process developed under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H015F58269F9C42CD8C6D699F25BBFD47">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>ensure that the Department of Transportation and agencies of jurisdiction possess sufficient information early in the review process to determine a statement of a transportation project’s purpose and need and range of alternatives for analysis that the lead agency and agencies of jurisdiction will rely on for concurrent environmental reviews and permitting decisions required for the proposed project;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4044CBF99E17416A87182867ED80A2F7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>achieve early concurrence or issue resolution during the NEPA scoping process on the Department of Transportation’s statement of a project’s purpose and need, and during development of the environmental impact statement on the range of alternatives for analysis, that the lead agency and agencies of jurisdiction will rely on for concurrent environmental reviews and permitting decisions required for the proposed project absent circumstances that require reconsideration in order to meet an agency of jurisdiction’s obligations under a statute or Executive order; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B688FBE568D4F48AF48AF964A49998A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>achieve concurrence or issue resolution in an expedited manner if circumstances arise that require a reconsideration of the purpose and need or range of alternatives considered during any Federal agency’s environmental or permitting review in order to meet an agency of jurisdiction’s obligations under a statute or Executive order.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBE37A366B597426AAC46AF7F97E629B4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Environmental checklist</header>
<paragraph id="H08B24866992C4DF3B9559E92BF18546B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation and Federal agencies of jurisdiction likely to have substantive review or approval responsibilities on transportation projects shall jointly develop a checklist to help project sponsors identify potential natural, cultural, and historic resources in the area of a proposed project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DF0952609654C3486EBA6E2182CFFF9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of the checklist shall be to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H321C23C763354029969DCC94C192E002">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify agencies of jurisdiction and cooperating agencies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49454FE3EA004AF7BEE8E45CB63BFB7C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>develop the information needed for the purpose and need and alternatives for analysis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92354A9DE6354A96A2EE4E8CA5865D9A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>improve interagency collaboration to help expedite the permitting process for the lead agency and agencies of jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H662FF9D93F924C2D9F82A8BA0363D9A7">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Interagency collaboration</header>
<paragraph id="HD5A732DEC17648EF9BFDB8B0633C8324">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Consistent with Federal environmental statutes, the Secretary of Transportation shall facilitate annual interagency collaboration sessions at the appropriate jurisdictional level to coordinate business plans and facilitate coordination of workload planning and workforce management.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23D32F257E0C4CBB8745FA1C99A0C5F5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose of collaboration sessions</header>
<text>The interagency collaboration sessions shall ensure that agency staff is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF43FD0973324784B8ED3BBEFD15E1F0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>fully engaged;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCADCD8A23324CDA9A5FE3A96C082A94">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>utilizing the flexibility of existing regulations, policies, and guidance; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31BE52359C3841ACB95B78E2E31C2554">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>identifying additional actions to facilitate high quality, efficient, and targeted environmental reviews and permitting decisions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A7B0B96886C488DA1020FF42BC39DA5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Focus of collaboration sessions</header>
<text>The interagency collaboration sessions, and the interagency collaborations generated by the sessions, shall focus on methods to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE15A20DCB33F4E9C85152D5E0679C86C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>work with State and local transportation entities to improve project planning, siting, and application quality; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7397941BE5D0442D96E27CDEE7C50D20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>consult and coordinate with relevant stakeholders and Federal, tribal, State, and local representatives early in permitting processes.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2FF0E724A8843C9A6AE6662B4D11C60">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>The interagency collaboration sessions shall include a consultation with groups or individuals representing State, tribal, and local governments that are engaged in the infrastructure permitting process.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD3A9309338B949ABA44AE778CCF64F87">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Performance measurement</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with relevant Federal agencies, shall establish a program to measure and report on progress toward aligning Federal reviews and reducing permitting and project delivery time as outlined in this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC603F3F7FC0F4BF9B294A03DBA7090B1">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HF13AE1F62D8C4859894EC3E853BFA96F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07BC21BFAB974B2FB93E239D1C454926">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>progress in aligning Federal environmental reviews under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA908BE23E62A4D3A90844C2D4EF7DEE9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the impact this section has had on accelerating the environmental review and permitting process.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A3E5BA62E004391BC6587EC9A9B0428">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Inspector general report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC53469A5B846468B890BE65E4851368F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>progress in aligning Federal environmental reviews under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46BE91CBBBF942BBADEB8D5A8F9D8D9D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the impact this section has had on accelerating the environmental review and permitting process.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1343C4E21D6B4267B7EA1C745B0BBDEB">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text>This section shall not apply to any project subject to section 139 of title 23.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE6F692F68750448991B4134A69A2E465">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 309 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H432DFE2F6972494D83BDAE16C7279319" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">310. Aligning Federal environmental reviews.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H6942CB44493B4231BBFCB2E83F7A2926">
<enum>1314.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6AEDE3E14F694F9FA089FF1AB860349F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Adjustment for inflation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1317 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; Public Law 112–141) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H536824C4744F422F938265D91B38B683">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting <quote>(as adjusted annually by the Secretary to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor)</quote> after <quote>$5,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2A8065CE6FBF4E93BD0FDAFDD2A1EB69">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting <quote>(as adjusted annually by the Secretary to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor)</quote> after <quote>$30,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0282BAA01AD1452199585FE0DAD37805">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Retroactive application</header>
<text>The first adjustment made pursuant to the amendments made by subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCC5BB629D28D409691C8E9D97AC7EFFE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be carried out not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA178EF42FCF74311B82DEEE33A792C26">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index since July 1, 2012.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6B3FF415C116464ABE09B767CEC90A58">
<enum>1315.</enum>
<header>Programmatic agreement template</header>
<subsection id="H1D7D7A10DA5E49CF93FDDAA034D79D5C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 1318 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; Public Law 112–141) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD03E30EAF1714CC6950FB47258BFEBD8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2F07C2CDC2DA40958F5D7472DF65B63B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Programmatic agreement template</header>
<paragraph id="H382A547B395F458AB6BAD8AA6172AA90">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall develop a template programmatic agreement described in subsection (d) that provides for efficient and adequate procedures for evaluating Federal actions described in section 771.117(c) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF76A2D0B38824B288BB577ED7B8E5ABD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of template</header>
<text>The Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCFEC3EAE5DB448FAD1BC2932D0317DA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>on receipt of a request from a State, shall use the template programmatic agreement developed under paragraph (1) in carrying out this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6701BF989A949258EBC9501F8063D8B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>on consent of the applicable State, may modify the template as necessary to address the unique needs and characteristics of the State.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45DCE0F1F7DE457F8DF505E13E3EAF2F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Outcome measurements</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a method to verify that actions described in section 771.117(c) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection), are evaluated and documented in a consistent manner by the State that uses the template programmatic agreement under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H84373E8F60B64FA6996ED3644A74E7B6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion determinations</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise section 771.117(g) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, to allow a programmatic agreement under this section to include responsibility for making categorical exclusion determinations—</text>
<paragraph id="H57FF385B5D4D49B6BC130CC430BFAE69">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for actions described in subsections (c) and (d) of section 771.117 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C8072AE5AEA4219ACDB8D9DED3C6B6B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>that meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), and are identified in the programmatic agreement.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HD575425A1B7B4839BC5FA0FFC0CB8540">
<enum>1316.</enum>
<header>Assumption of authorities</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA4E7D932D9CE43F2A3BB2448636CD188">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use the authority under section 106(c) of title 23, United States Code, to the maximum extent practicable, to allow a State to assume the responsibilities of the Secretary for project design, plans, specifications, estimates, contract awards, and inspection of projects, on both a project-specific and programmatic basis.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H65C224D6C51F472287005AA36635CBF2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Submission of recommendations</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the States, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate recommendations for legislation to permit the assumption of additional authorities by States, including with respect to real estate acquisition and project design.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H03E88246E04F4B87BF55125C7EE839D7">
<enum>1317.</enum>
<header>Modernization of the environmental review process</header>
<subsection id="HF9FA3CA1251B48CFBBED044D9F520A6F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall examine ways to modernize, simplify, and improve the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) by the Department.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B424D573734469091192C67779EB5CE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H544CFA2AB1C044DCB737110F297076E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the use of technology in the process, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H871CAA2E53544B88AA6922F6A653316F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>searchable databases;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59B3B7697ACF40C1A98A594E16BE36F8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>geographic information system mapping tools;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87891691FF8D42169177BBAB3CFDCFBD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>integration of those tools with fiscal management systems to provide more detailed data; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE396D208376241B085978DF6FEA78CAF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>other innovative technologies;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3A7A0243B82498BA1DBC34A04A606B4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>ways to prioritize use of programmatic environmental impact statements;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78648C5F3F3846D58CF3FEBB254E4489">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>methods to encourage cooperating agencies to present analyses in a concise format; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A7D56D6A4AA4B36B64AA4A609D51135">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any other improvements that can be made to modernize process implementation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0D8FF1E758A34CE39B539909AD9857AB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the results of the review carried out under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9A24E349454346C7829A863D4C8CEB28">
<enum>1318.</enum>
<header>Assessment of progress on accelerating project delivery</header>
<subsection id="HA79330461DE74F879117B2299375C4B0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall assess the progress made under this Act, MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141), and SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), including the amendments made by those Acts, to accelerate the delivery of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction projects and public transportation capital projects by streamlining the environmental review and permitting process.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H116CC429769246C796220A90E6E89D67">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The assessment required under subsection (a) shall evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="H11C698AA5A33464EBC170D17BBA5E251">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>how often the various streamlining provisions have been used;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D1676D3ED884AFF87CA8CD9D16AA326">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>which of the streamlining provisions have had the greatest impact on streamlining the environmental review and permitting process;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2655A427C24644B48811E4E93B338DFA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>what, if any, impact streamlining of the process has had on environmental protection;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99FDC15A7F0F4089BDF56C6F9E4D6E49">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>how, and the extent to which, streamlining provisions have improved and accelerated the process for permitting under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and other applicable Federal laws;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC55305E7141E421EB3EBB890DEC3CCFB">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">what impact actions by the Council on Environmental Quality have had on accelerating Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction projects and public transportation capital projects;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2698933F4E39469C830F112F71E2F2BA">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of projects that proceed under a traditional environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, and the number and percentage of projects that proceed under categorical exclusions;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2DDA2F3B2264B7999003C597539FEBA">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the environmental review and permitting process remains a significant source of project delay and the sources of delays; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21D0658B91F24FC9903E5AEB9872A314">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>the costs of conducting environmental reviews and issuing permits or licenses for a project, including the cost of contractors and dedicated agency staff.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CDE4A7D4B6F4ED3AF0C37BC4FF2F8E7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text>The assessment required under subsection (a) shall include recommendations with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF59E5BBAC7604216A2D07FB9D5606D07">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional opportunities for streamlining the environmental review process, including regulatory or statutory changes to accelerate the processes of Federal agencies (other than the Department) with responsibility for reviewing Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction projects and public transportation capital projects without negatively impacting the environment; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8182F34C6EC646EC91CDD236370BCBCE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>best practices of other Federal agencies that should be considered for adoption by the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD962CBE94D31495E91562EB4C2DFA3A3">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report containing the assessment and recommendations required under this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HFCC92161232C4599B3C178CC541F6394" style="OLC">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H36779457A0524F5B9CE6378B092A81D6">
<enum>1401.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on the use of funds for automated traffic enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H986DE60F86894986A29BDDA5A5914BCC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, may not be used to purchase, operate, or maintain an automated traffic enforcement system.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1E0F33E91B474C5489AE290629497C35">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) does not apply to an automated traffic enforcement system located in a school zone.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED75C1D6CEC04D4F802CF8599C9B78E1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Automated traffic enforcement system defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>automated traffic enforcement system</term> means any camera that captures an image of a vehicle for the purposes of traffic law enforcement.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4B769663B9484BC0A9CB4C82C9FB1C04">
<enum>1402.</enum>
<header>Highway Trust Fund transparency and accountability</header>
<subsection id="HBBA9FD35040B401B8460E9D2F9533D6A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD2B902049ADA4CAABD5AB6D0456DE379" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H06CDEF7312BD46E4B8251A85FF1E8044">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Highway Trust Fund transparency and accountability reports</header>
<paragraph id="HEE310F7FCC0F4B28B9B7CD82958504E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compilation of data</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall compile data in accordance with this subsection on the use of Federal-aid highway funds made available under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H717D49C2EE2E4A70BE43344C12B7507E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the reports required under this subsection are made available in a user-friendly manner on the public Internet website of the Department of Transportation and can be searched and downloaded by users of the website.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DCA0F9B2EB74F6D8D0270AD10E2BCDD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Contents of reports</header>
<subparagraph id="HA621A403D8964F979A276B32AD0ECF0C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Apportioned and allocated programs</header>
<text>On a semiannual basis, the Secretary shall make available a report on funding apportioned and allocated to the States under this title that describes—</text>
<clause id="HAD5AC1FDC44E45398291CDF29F172A2C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the amount of funding obligated by each State, year-to-date, for the current fiscal year;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1D6BB53357904AD690597175ACAFA8A3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the amount of funds remaining available for obligation by each State;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD5567B8A0D864E59B0765002789560F4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>changes in the obligated, unexpended balance for each State, year-to-date, during the current fiscal year, including the obligated, unexpended balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year and current fiscal year expenditures;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H95F4524547D64F2C8CDE51588301A73D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the amount and program category of unobligated funding, year-to-date, available for expenditure at the discretion of the Secretary;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3807AEAEACC842DD81111C8A7B75E629">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the rates of obligation on and off the National Highway System, year-to-date, for the current fiscal year of funds apportioned, allocated, or set aside under this section, according to—</text>
<subclause id="H4D2126F268A447AFB86BA3B917F6F054">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>program;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB09D76A810334358A06919FA751ADFBF">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>funding category or subcategory;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0CDCE74FFAF24EE49F10A0FC8B993032">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>type of improvement;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H49C2FCD43A464F4C9994FFBFBB7D1BF7">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>State; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8D94D9F42BAD42CCA7B38F8E21A10534">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>sub-State geographical area, including urbanized and rural areas, on the basis of the population of each such area; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HEA71951810CD450FB199DCAA4BD890B4">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the amount of funds transferred by each State, year-to-date, for the current fiscal year between programs under section 126.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16CBDF2326704E0299D1BDD38657A24F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Project data</header>
<text>On an annual basis, the Secretary shall make available a report that provides, for any project funded under this title (excluding projects for which funds are transferred to agencies other than the Federal Highway Administration) with an estimated total cost as of the start of construction greater than $25,000,000, and to the maximum extent practicable, other projects funded under this title, project data describing—</text>
<clause id="H82C85DF26A4E4B25B4F9CEF60A265A24">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the specific location of the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA3BF5CCD6D204C6495213C09419ADED0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total cost of the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H57C354703A9B4DEAB8520B9079A66BA1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the amount of Federal funding obligated for the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF442E399BDFD4FAE8F9541CD06E5D55B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the program or programs from which Federal funds have been obligated for the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7786D8585304498BBD2445336280752A">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the type of improvement being made, such as categorizing the project as—</text>
<subclause id="H4BD325844FD14EF5A281FAECFA2C2EFF">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a road reconstruction project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC57C98A3BCE74A2EBB7B62BE9588D3FB">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a new road construction project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFDBA05FBFF3441BDA7E288AE5290627B">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a new bridge construction project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB9D39FC1FBF242E39EF50535F4F8D675">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>a bridge rehabilitation project; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDA563D3C535544B5842ECEC87B2B0456">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>a bridge replacement project;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H5DBD681E5F7A47A4B0A4FBFD659DB15D">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the ownership of the highway or bridge;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE0CC9B60D6BC4CE1A04B077BB756753C">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>whether the project is located in an area of the State with a population of—</text>
<subclause id="H9B9E7802B362407BBC69D3BBEB0CADFC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>less than 5,000 individuals;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4852BF0DD0D445798257067433343895">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>5,000 or more individuals but less than 50,000 individuals;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HCB403316FCD74A3C9A97565ABB95ECE6">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>50,000 or more individuals but less than 200,000 individuals; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H01367EC5670441829BD31497084482B9">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>200,000 or more individuals; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD62BD9153298441FA17DA0A9C87DE35F">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>available information on the estimated cost of the project as of the start of project construction, or the revised cost estimate based on a description of revisions to the scope of work or other factors affecting project cost other than cost overruns.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF318ED98EED14CFE8541A94C68D113A6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 1503 of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; Public Law 112–141) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H013C1002E9DB49279D623134E9406379">
<enum>1403.</enum>
<header>Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H49E0147DBDAC4C7D9C7829A8AADD2767">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 104 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7718100BA5194181A78169EC4449425E" style="USC">
<section id="HB066CEEEB9DA4F6B9B6C65DFF7DC31D9">
<enum>105.</enum>
<header>Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H06D317ABAF894153BE9858867697F2CE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If monies are deposited into the Highway Account or Mass Transit Account pursuant to a law enacted subsequent to the date of enactment of the FAST Act, the Secretary shall make available additional amounts of contract authority under subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA3CD96F5E8EB4F95A8B5D536938BB69E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Amount of adjustment</header>
<text>If monies are deposited into the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account as described in subsection (a), on October 1 of the fiscal year following the deposit of such monies, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C0E2A41C4884BEA8F6E7A99BF76B9F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>make available for programs authorized from such account for such fiscal year a total amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8466F9F0122F4AC0B6589A5CBB7E840F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for such programs for such fiscal year; plus</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H670301E1B28F48D1B2767DC3FC682926">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an amount equal to such monies deposited into such account during the previous fiscal year as described in subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AF0B12059814D5B92C76503889D7EC4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>distribute the additional amount under paragraph (1)(B) to each of such programs in accordance with subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4744D09D5E1D407196A1287386EEAFC2">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Distribution of adjustment among programs</header>
<paragraph id="H90D214C0A3264CD9A39BBA5F99FF3708">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In making an adjustment for programs authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account for a fiscal year under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB04C27D919214AB08BFAEB2BBA9FB436">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>determine the ratio that—</text>
<clause id="HC2D68EECAE884AE9A7958902500ACEE5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the amount authorized to be appropriated for a program from the account for the fiscal year; bears to</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H542A2D6D02924BDCB738757A732E5F54">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for all programs under such account;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB504343E4BF94280B9983F6DEDC723D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>multiply the ratio determined under subparagraph (A) by the amount of the adjustment determined under subsection (b)(1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0DC611F6BD749D48912DE356E917D82">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>adjust the amount that the Secretary would otherwise have allocated for the program for such fiscal year by the amount calculated under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6325EC142EA849F69E9DF20640011551">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Formula programs</header>
<text>For a program for which funds are distributed by formula, the Secretary shall add the adjustment to the amount authorized for the program but for this section and make available the adjusted program amount for such program in accordance with such formula.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB05FC5836CF4412867B979852BA948F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Availability for obligation</header>
<text>Adjusted amounts under this subsection shall be available for obligation and administered in the same manner as other amounts made available for the program for which the amount is adjusted.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED25F7B98E55428FB22690CB39D5D215">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Exclusion of emergency relief program and covered administrative expenses</header>
<text>The Secretary shall exclude the emergency relief program under section 125 and covered administrative expenses from an adjustment of funding under subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H138AC25B0EE847BFB888A3DCCDA7B697">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated from the appropriate account or accounts of the Highway Trust Fund an amount equal to the amount of an adjustment for a fiscal year under subsection (b) for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H222BE93A6FDA43FBA11A2B50E0F01C6F">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Revision to obligation limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H8363D0DBED6A4BEB986C4AE0D1797137">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary makes an adjustment under subsection (b) for a fiscal year to an amount subject to a limitation on obligations imposed by section 1102 or 3018 of the FAST Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB165748BCEBD4FB686FCA61376134CF2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>such limitation on obligations for such fiscal year shall be revised by an amount equal to such adjustment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H695A758101E94E2AA61099F3ECADA61E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary shall distribute such limitation on obligations, as revised under subparagraph (A), in accordance with such sections.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD0A5B0B9C004BFEB6FB89D0E1F83CD8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exclusion of covered administrative expenses</header>
<text>The Secretary shall exclude covered administrative expenses from—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1065BC456CE4E8E8DFEB88CD0721224">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any calculation relating to a revision of a limitation on obligations under paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB02A89E813F44977BB81C138BCCAF11B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any distribution of a revised limitation on obligations under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H443D941D674B4DCBA0748DE9F1BB358C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HE0E5640537594013BD0DFBBE22648BF8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Covered administrative expenses</header>
<text>The term <quote>covered administrative expenses</quote> means the administrative expenses of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF62C9C6996148039102FCDAEC63FF62">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Federal Highway Administration, as authorized under section 104(a);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE31EBFD885774F779C4F431C449D9318">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as authorized under section 4001(a)(6) of the FAST Act; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9C963C70719404F97BEAA878AAECB30">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, as authorized under section 31110 of title 49.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD381B7A9A4FC475FBC67A990C579D2BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Highway Account</header>
<text>The term <quote>Highway Account</quote> means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DB6D3CF9B3B489CA3177A4605464458">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Mass Transit Account</header>
<text>The term <quote>Mass Transit Account</quote> means the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9768E76E910A49B7B38C2684A590FB43">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 104 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C33CF80FB146AF8AE2B78654A958B2" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">105. Additional deposits into Highway Trust Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC42F57E33A4A44AF8197A1CD5711F9F2">
<enum>1404.</enum>
<header>Design standards</header>
<subsection id="H133F71819AB24754A4D8DBE3D8E88A46">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD04F2A31A57541AE9631A3DC069CD8A3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H685884330DC941F0A51658D2CB44E55E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H0EC759F8CBAF42B58D6C51C859D8E9B4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>may take into account</quote> and inserting <quote>shall consider</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1DCBA49B89EA4499925C110F3F38C9FD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5639DED10B2F46D7BC950606E7EE6F77">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H76AD530FDB4142289D40691CA21415D6">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C99877E793446358597613149932351" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="HBCA69D68D03F4CED92B14B95864B7727">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost savings by utilizing flexibility that exists in current design guidance and regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9193955E2DB4F878D10875CC6357F50">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H60C3FEAB840348C2A2A77E7F386D5FD1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD03BAEBE624241BA9EFB8BEF1F1FBDDC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (F); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H93D2FB0A97584737B7FB50022642CB19">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9289AC52D93E42EC94C7F95DE892BEEA" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="HF03D5E6426D24ECC86D248057F382CF3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the publication entitled <quote>Highway Safety Manual</quote> of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26878AB913AF446EBD959010215635F0">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the publication entitled <quote>Urban Street Design Guide</quote> of the National Association of City Transportation Officials; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8BC431DF2114E1C98B2EEA640DA44BD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f) by inserting <quote>pedestrian walkways,</quote> after <quote>bikeways,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2D537C1B00A1465FAD81FD912F2CC110">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Design standard flexibility</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 109(o) of title 23, United States Code, a State may allow a local jurisdiction to use a roadway design publication that is different from the roadway design publication used by the State in which the local jurisdiction is located for the design of a project on a roadway under the ownership of the local jurisdiction (other than a highway on the Interstate System) if—</text>
<paragraph id="H7CE6402A4E2F4829AA1B6A7427E06325">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the local jurisdiction is a direct recipient of Federal funds for the project;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5949711DDCCB4A079FCB634A31D7C53C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the roadway design publication—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED2F38BB793B47B0962566C530AAFB6C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is recognized by the Federal Highway Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FF6BECD2DFB44BE8A8F6D86D1D839CA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is adopted by the local jurisdiction; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H055A9ADDB28A4AB588A00C5914E84156">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the design complies with all other applicable Federal laws.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H486256937B2848278935FC5701AED768">
<enum>1405.</enum>
<header>Justification reports for access points on the Interstate System</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(including new or modified freeway-to-crossroad interchanges inside a transportation management area)</quote> after <quote>the Interstate System</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HCADAD277BCCD4AFBBB6449EF3EE9200A">
<enum>1406.</enum>
<header>Performance period adjustment</header>
<subsection id="HCEF38BBF30BB49EE9CB839067D941F84">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>National highway performance program</header>
<text>Section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD1E2D3814692444490D18BBB74632F96">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(7), by striking <quote>for 2 consecutive reports submitted under this paragraph shall include in the next report submitted</quote> and inserting <quote>shall include as part of the performance target report under section 150(e)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1846824B08849F182F1AEA57D624142">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(1)(A) in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking <quote>If, during 2 consecutive reporting periods, the condition of the Interstate System, excluding bridges on the Interstate System, in a State falls</quote> and inserting <quote>If a State reports that the condition of the Interstate System, excluding bridges on the Interstate System, has fallen</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H620130E2E9F84246B180E3967AB73387">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Highway safety improvement program</header>
<text>Section 148(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H95604F275F74400F8987E84C5230A57E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>performance targets of the State established under section 150(d) by the date that is 2 years after the date of the establishment of the performance targets</quote> and inserting <quote>safety performance targets of the State established under section 150(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DD9921B133E4C05B5DE0A5627D6B1C2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting <quote>safety</quote> before <quote>performance targets</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6B727E3A699D4D5992E784F1C5E55D92">
<enum>1407.</enum>
<header>Vehicle-to-infrastructure equipment</header>
<subsection id="HB89454A49232486D870F03FC1F322319">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>National highway performance program</header>
<text>Section 119(d)(2)(L) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including the installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment</quote> after <quote>capital improvements</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1965A073B98141EEB557629443244447">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Surface transportation block grant program</header>
<text>Section 133(b)(1)(D) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including the installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment</quote> after <quote>capital improvements</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6BE8D1B4CB28478A95A529310706D83B">
<enum>1408.</enum>
<header>Federal share payable</header>
<subsection id="H3D66A66D70D64096A3788E88AF4C8EEE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Innovative project delivery methods</header>
<text>Section 120(c)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9399D20DB5AF4C6B81AAD2EBB49EAA0E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB538D2105CC34D8E8936DD4EACAEA0B4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>engineering or design approaches,</quote> after <quote>technologies,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF90AAB71FD0941ABBBFA8D3329D71CEC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or project delivery</quote> after <quote>or contracting</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H616A2C4D91A941179EEC4F8FC9080984">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3748383937CA4B60AFA836269792E2F4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii) by inserting <quote>and alternative bidding</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H686C7A8F067C4B48BC7096CA156DD339">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83D52C363D0A4E208C6D1AD4CFC863FB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H467000515DC64B54BAE4614B982B835A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF78104AB298406095D3285DF81F6318" style="OLC">
<clause id="H818603AB61A3466EA67DE720B8FCBCCD">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>innovative pavement materials that have a demonstrated life cycle of 75 or more years, are manufactured with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce construction-related congestion by rapidly curing; or</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H10381E6CCE504C918ACDE16096681BBC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Emergency relief</header>
<text>Section 120(e)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Federal land access transportation facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>other Federally owned roads that are open to public travel</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H24C819AE7BBD404FA5ABBF502C726D51">
<enum>1409.</enum>
<header>Milk products</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB29FAA009A1B4FCBA25FC165BC4F1803" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HA2DB8E1BC0BC4E6F81A54DF68070274C">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<header>Milk products</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vehicle carrying fluid milk products shall be considered a load that cannot be easily dismantled or divided.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H4E63F05C52E84551A4C4B7DFE45692D6">
<enum>1410.</enum>
<header>Interstate weight limits</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE24712342A624B519186CDC4B392D896" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3EF77F020F5347248DA509E562EAC184">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="H91C076181639417BBD494AE57A2C27BF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The vehicle weight limitations set forth in this section do not apply to a covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73946CD0498D413D9EC136588DD77698">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle</term> means a vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBA176FFE0604D6683240A7DE4883444">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is transporting a disabled vehicle from the place where the vehicle became disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facility; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C6EC571959E47FDB16752C4070A713E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has a gross vehicle weight that is equal to or exceeds the gross vehicle weight of the disabled vehicle being transported.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H15E4DF0946BE4D2D997406CE202B633F">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Operation of vehicles on certain highways in the State of Texas</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any segment in the State of Texas of United States Route 59, United States Route 77, United States Route 281, United States Route 84, Texas State Highway 44, or another roadway is designated as Interstate Route 69, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of the designation may continue to operate on that segment, without regard to any requirement under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDD2F69122F6845E693DF9A58E383C774">
<enum>(o)</enum>
<header>Certain logging vehicles in the State of Wisconsin</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC12280CF5C08419CBCE62959AF8639E7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall waive, with respect to a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H007E4549E7FF4EFC9C16F580F0DC13E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Covered logging vehicle defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered logging vehicle</term> means a vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C62204BE8A544F0AC90F13D455E533C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD4DB96CDCCF4F8FA56B43A9F957F97A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 98,000 pounds;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H50D85C1908944A67B4612D5540079AEA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>has not less than 6 axles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HECF848E1900648B194543E9787E7F8D8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>is operating on a segment of Interstate Route 39 in the State of Wisconsin from mile marker 175.8 to mile marker 189.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED55721D47B24A48968BB68C86ED6043">
<enum>(p)</enum>
<header>Operation of certain specialized vehicles on certain highways in the State of Arkansas</header>
<text>If any segment of United States Route 63 between the exits for highways 14 and 75 in the State of Arkansas is designated as part of the Interstate System, the single axle weight, tandem axle weight, gross vehicle weight, and bridge formula limits under subsection (a) and the width limitation under section 31113(a) of title 49 shall not apply to that segment with respect to the operation of any vehicle that could operate legally on that segment before the date of the designation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7F9FBCF68C7B42358E1D7D518A9EC206">
<enum>(q)</enum>
<header>Certain logging vehicles in the State of Minnesota</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE3D245639E70455685BAF153AF058414">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall waive, with respect to a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6ACE17FD3F9243A7BB84301990C60B99">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Covered logging vehicle defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>covered logging vehicle</term> means a vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H443A901CD1154DE79926D65F0110DA25">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H909B74385E6B496084584FBF5F103019">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 99,000 pounds;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C81595C6E294C4D81CD94152415ED53">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>has not less than 6 axles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA017E650F86418AA9968DFFE82A6501">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>is operating on a segment of Interstate Route 35 in the State of Minnesota from mile marker 235.4 to mile marker 259.552.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB1D20732DCB745FA8B09EDDC707399C6">
<enum>(r)</enum>
<header>Emergency vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="H7EA94F57EAB1482DA7D7BCC629D24717">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State shall not enforce against an emergency vehicle a vehicle weight limit (up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 86,000 pounds) of less than—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27C20362A0C2411EB5A5E26C2F90E9D3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>24,000 pounds on a single steering axle;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3333E1EF64B746869E1F7901BF693393">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>33,500 pounds on a single drive axle;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADA43FA277A64CC38E101A299D1E3EAE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>62,000 pounds on a tandem axle; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9E66D675A764F95B1C35DB02808E56E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>52,000 pounds on a tandem rear drive steer axle.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB60CBEB5DF5B498D9F84DC3595D011C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Emergency vehicle defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>emergency vehicle</term> means a vehicle designed to be used under emergency conditions—</text>
<subparagraph id="H203B5C6209954AAFBFD219180CA66A57">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to transport personnel and equipment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3527FC218464EA791A18308C4252500">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4C5BE53525A04C9FA0D19A994C4353BF">
<enum>(s)</enum>
<header>Natural gas vehicles</header>
<text>A vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas, may exceed any vehicle weight limit (up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds) under this section by an amount that is equal to the difference between—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C09CC1D2E694F4780AAF0B4673C9575">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E240085D37A441E8A2F210D843569FE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HA9A43EDA8DE14E9DB5A7C20095CFE735">
<enum>1411.</enum>
<header>Tolling; HOV facilities; Interstate reconstruction and rehabilitation</header>
<subsection id="H5C395EC4C88342CFB5CE6FC7470879DE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Tolling</header>
<text>Section 129(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H600F72594CDA409882E71DCAD5004286">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H831ED15C35C04CDB8EBEA364C0039DE9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>shall use</quote> and inserting <quote>shall ensure that</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H710172BBB03B478FAD68BCA3EBD7FB86">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>are used</quote> before <quote>only for</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF15F13E63B5A48F1B7BEFAA10E6E7B24">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A1F03DA3BFA4A4294F43B2606897D34">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>Federal-aid system</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal-aid highways</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4324AC6A9CBA4ECFB5086FD5C570AFBC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H424438BDBE8F432EB598B6C7B36212D7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H542EF780DAD848A2B3521705916BFF88">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Equal access for over-the-road buses</header>
<text>An over-the-road bus that serves the public shall be provided access to a toll facility under the same rates, terms, and conditions as public transportation buses.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F10827B1C2B4563B976E1620C1629AE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15BAF1F913DD4412A20C8225C4907008">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2DFEED69C199431D83B0E372044DA536">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA126C2AD1F4C410983BAD3CB005B5F0E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4142EB9A667A4979AA4E93E59520C4E5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Over-the-road bus</header>
<text>The term <term>over-the-road bus</term> has the meaning given the term in section 301 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA0E8F5CB333F40CD94A0AF3B842CFDD2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>HOV facilities</header>
<text>Section 166 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD84EB540828F44D4A6BEEF1AC345F1CC" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the agency</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the authority</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56BB967D7A34493CADCBDCFF903C4C29">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6057C50A05474DC9B51D5B1EEC16C9F2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking the paragraph heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Authority of public authorities</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F3E010E401148A99196CFD7AAE56D92">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>State agency</quote> and inserting <quote>public authority</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC80988A564A8418C80E040D5ACEBC3C9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H01AEBC74818B417C83A1D0F90CF2AC7C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>State agency</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>public authority</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E1C7F9DC1CE42FC85A25D8811379090">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HD2F2ACC63DFC44AF8C969CFD3ACF85AD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE6963DFA678B4859BA638CF342588E02">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7BB13B359E5D40A7A248525D8AF1D40D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB899C659F7494D4C954641AB5B71A655" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H441CA20BE5CB4B589A1B57123364D8FA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides equal access under the same rates, terms, and conditions for all public transportation vehicles and over-the-road buses serving the public.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97EBD68511FA424B82B8F6D72BD1FCBC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(C)—</text>
<clause id="H1268A1FD1B784245B00C637515543CF2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H37D54FB064FD42E89104936E67C5CA62">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA8DB1B1D8AF04D7E918F77A0B6203466">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2725136494464B98AE75D4601F1FB0F0" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="H201ECCAADB424650A1533C0024A41F47">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that over-the-road buses serving the public are provided access to the facility under the same rates, terms, and conditions as public transportation buses.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDC5851E21C246DDA559F3AF4B12169E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HCE5997F7F29145F19514EDB7346025E4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2395AF7657749269DEC4AF2BFEEF9EE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H83B36E7FF2CE4F5B932D0B3EBEB7BC55">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Special rule</header>
<text>Before September 30, 2025, if a public authority establishes procedures for enforcing the restrictions on the use of a HOV facility by vehicles described in clauses (i) and (ii), the public authority may allow the use of the HOV facility by—</text>
<clause id="HABAFDF5C1FAD4449BB0282FA5F4178CE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>alternative fuel vehicles; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H59458CB9780A49F5B7E81E1D901F31F7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any motor vehicle described in section 30D(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="HAE7412D1F3EA4053AB02C1DC65DB04B3" commented="no">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HABC2A3BFFEFF4D30BB255FF168BADFCE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H614F4B43E7564E14A589BD051B2F7B44">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF5E4DEC34A4D0591EB67F52BB84AEC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEAF65D95FB844B99919B0819055F183A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 301, tolls may be charged under paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (b), subject to the requirements of section 129.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F99D0A1ACE14FFFBCFA484975EB1B67">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74140A354CC34DC3A832E61CD5FECB77">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F5649B4AFA045B28A0B368A786EE7BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>State agency</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>public authority</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD24A13CC4C574541B7C6788A6B05354D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H03FBC0A4D0CC4F3B92A01FCAE7E6A637">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2723015AFD0D439783237F11D7582417">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60CA2BD194BF4952BFA481EE0441C3CC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC65D4203F4594743993EF19B6AF974B8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of operating performance</header>
<clause id="H7654BEEBCCD742C4B66F1C4827FFA212">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Submission of plan</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which a facility is degraded under paragraph (2), the public authority with jurisdiction over the facility shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that details the actions the public authority will take to make significant progress toward bringing the facility into compliance with the minimum average operating speed performance standard through changes to the operation of the facility, including—</text>
<subclause id="H5E4E72AB32914353824892CDCE70232B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>increasing the occupancy requirement for HOV lanes;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC5F8BEB3124F4396A81DB98E4FC7C6A3">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>varying the toll charged to vehicles allowed under subsection (b) to reduce demand;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBA15F887280744768BEE5C6CCE5853B4">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>discontinuing allowing non-HOV vehicles to use HOV lanes under subsection (b); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE6BE48B3FAB9490B968DC451DC80DB36">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>increasing the available capacity of the HOV facility.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H24D2A4DE99CA4FEFA0320E3D32127711">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Notice of approval or disapproval</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of a plan under clause (i), the Secretary shall provide to the public authority a written notice indicating whether the Secretary has approved or disapproved the plan based on a determination of whether the implementation of the plan will make significant progress toward bringing the HOV facility into compliance with the minimum average operating speed performance standard.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H66022F5DCA0A4847BBDC54238FD8D8BF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Annual progress updates</header>
<text>Until the date on which the Secretary determines that the public authority has brought the HOV facility into compliance with this subsection, the public authority shall submit annual updates that describe—</text>
<subclause id="HE93DC94587FF4F4AB4C68E95D0EE639B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the actions taken to bring the HOV facility into compliance; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H50644528EE044FCBA9E347A7DEC25358">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the progress made by those actions.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBFF64E7B77143199DCAB483CE293757">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Compliance</header>
<text>If the public authority fails to bring a facility into compliance under subparagraph (D), the Secretary shall subject the public authority to appropriate program sanctions under section 1.36 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), until the performance is no longer degraded.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AA14A37C59F4E0BAC2A3958034A62F8">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="H6664291916F645378065C1CD76B0B9E4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of a public authority, the Secretary may waive the compliance requirements of subparagraph (E), if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subclause id="HD5C5DB898BBA47D4B23964CFC15FCE4D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the waiver is in the best interest of the traveling public;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE4487153A1144E2BB7911529871D4801">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the public authority is meeting the conditions under subparagraph (D); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H081D7A7679414AA1BBD237EE46A8F120">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the public authority has made a good faith effort to improve the performance of the facility.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H8927668927E742B8B488070048E1C7F4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Condition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require, as a condition of providing a waiver under this subparagraph, that a public authority take additional actions, as determined by the Secretary, to maximize the operating speed performance of the facility, even if such performance is below the level set under paragraph (2).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EEE824FEF53478C8A42478CBFE78271">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCFA06A9745434B70B41CDDDBE0D35CA1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>solely</quote> before <quote>operating</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AA40C4A60944ED3B36B291583567FCD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) by striking <quote>State agency</quote> and inserting <quote>public authority</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BBB3B14C81A44C3B650F30C0336A9A8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1094A7511C7E4F8CA61C25C558C2F534">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3991020D86EB4C099C07F6A43A416AC0">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H35D60EA70E5E450290DD238657615A8F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB8D35A73F63B437B9DF32E116401BFF0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Over-the-road bus</header>
<text>The term <term>over-the-road bus</term> has the meaning given the term in section 301 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AF832852A04402ABECDBD0C60F026EA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Public authority</header>
<text>The term <term>public authority</term> as used with respect to a HOV facility, means a State, interstate compact of States, public entity designated by a State, or local government having jurisdiction over the operation of the facility.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4CCF63B522344E1915435026FF0A530">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE10900B975BD44D6AC61A92F6D77CC56" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HD69CBD3CE8F44425B61C4D1963F32BCC" commented="no">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Consultation of MPO</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a HOV facility charging tolls under paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection (b) is on the Interstate System and located in a metropolitan planning area established in accordance with section 134, the public authority shall consult with the metropolitan planning organization for the area concerning the placement and amount of tolls on the facility.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED087F0FD42A4B3AA5B173CAD889B8AF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Interstate system reconstruction and rehabilitation pilot program</header>
<text>Section 1216(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H204F70FC940940C2A80C0AD9604090ED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36FE603C88E04B629BB1B21884610454">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74D7804742144C27B9AE9D495C112C87">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3829269A49C14474BDF33DB0064F9D44">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2DEA672987464CFE87B4027917719C02" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC635EDCE0AFE4284998F29CEFD325309">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the State has the authority required for the project to proceed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93724BEC89FF48C4892CFF0D6E112FA9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B7ADFFA64CD4A7BAEE7F7FAE6ACC2F4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5ED113815CB94D17A00D4D3596811ADF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H61E109A7F2454C7D8EB348D8201ED163">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Requirements for project completion</header>
<subparagraph id="HE5A6A7181BD649E69706014751432AA3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>General term for expiration of provisional application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application provisionally approved by the Secretary under this subsection shall expire 3 years after the date on which the application was provisionally approved if the State has not—</text>
<clause id="H3BE223F086304B859B0A68D6B7F4B63B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>submitted a complete application to the Secretary that fully satisfies the eligibility criteria under paragraph (3) and the selection criteria under paragraph (4);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B55ED3E81B642E88C06F59CF11726B8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>completed the environmental review and permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for the pilot project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7041349BE733444CB9976E3249511A3F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>executed a toll agreement with the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBFB9548622FF420B8841006BCBCEEBC9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exceptions to expiration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary may extend the provisional approval for not more than 1 additional year if the State demonstrates material progress toward implementation of the project as evidenced by—</text>
<clause id="H1F15BAF55BD749329D725D8C9CB51E40">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>substantial progress in completing the environmental review and permitting process for the pilot project under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7EF8900F25674195B34C5AB835BC443E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>funding and financing commitments for the pilot project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB3357EFF80D04CFE964C07E2D97CA1D3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>expressions of support for the pilot project from State and local governments, community interests, and the public; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB6226F05AA30439882F414A59CF57810">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>submission of a facility management plan pursuant to paragraph (3)(D).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62D183CD95694012844D132C1A5D1FA4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Conditions for previously provisionally approved applications</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State with a provisionally approved application for a pilot project as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title> shall have 1 year after that date of enactment to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) or receive an extension from the Secretary under subparagraph (B), or the application will expire.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE17B4FDE46524E4D945074B50E8D0435">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>provisional approval</term> or <term>provisionally approved</term> means the approval by the Secretary of a partial application under this subsection, including the reservation of a slot in the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBEFFB5CD704D493999D690B93BD39838">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Approval of applications</header>
<text>The Secretary may approve an application submitted under section 1604(c) of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1253) if the application, or any part of the application, was submitted before the deadline specified in section 1604(c)(8) of that Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H000DE2A7796047C59479AF34445FAB35">
<enum>1412.</enum>
<header>Projects for public safety relating to idling trains</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 130(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings</quote> and inserting <quote>the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, and projects at grade crossings to eliminate hazards posed by blocked grade crossings due to idling trains</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HDC5B7A3674B1451CA1C41D4FDA284012">
<enum>1413.</enum>
<header>National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors</header>
<subsection id="HCF2EB16DE4BA447FA00960D3D2826D8B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 150 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C89308E397E495AB6DBB80B3C224B19" style="USC">
<section id="H7928BCBC404B4BD98D86000D478876E1">
<enum>151.</enum>
<header>National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors</header>
<subsection id="HA9B1F6D5C88048DA932E222159E8348B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall designate national electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors that identify the near- and long-term need for, and location of, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure at strategic locations along major national highways to improve the mobility of passenger and commercial vehicles that employ electric, hydrogen fuel cell, propane, and natural gas fueling technologies across the United States.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64D3844BFBD2479C9A8E6C7945D61F58">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Designation of corridors</header>
<text>In designating the corridors under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F7B7C6D648842CCA2839D0FB576D955">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>solicit nominations from State and local officials for facilities to be included in the corridors;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78F192F1326F48DD86C7320226172852">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>incorporate existing electric vehicle charging, hydrogen fueling, propane fueling, and natural gas fueling corridors designated by a State or group of States; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85A699D10DBB4923BAD8B863D3D4AA99">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>consider the demand for, and location of, existing electric vehicle charging stations, hydrogen fueling stations, propane fueling stations, and natural gas fueling infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H62553034D7B049C1B3A6798E1AB71D6D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Stakeholders</header>
<text>In designating corridors under subsection (a), the Secretary shall involve, on a voluntary basis, stakeholders that include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0B4DC599B304E6FA0833C4E3AB06F4A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the heads of other Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H076FABE7D4ED49C2927C96DC5AE8FBA0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>State and local officials;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F2DE7F4B8064EE3A6090D306DBF902B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>representatives of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1565D778059D4C18839F46E727FC0B4F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>energy utilities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6EBB10D30DD4C2C8E66A4EDC2799965">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the electric, fuel cell electric, propane, and natural gas vehicle industries;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6271844CE6647BD9F97D9530981207A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the freight and shipping industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF21AF13EB7B4395AE218EE39477B398">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>clean technology firms;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1A9C011A98D44CA8B692A5BD87A0669">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the hospitality industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6200448F52F346238BDB9CE479036E64">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the restaurant industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76C32F78543F43978010DAFC88AECF33">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>highway rest stop vendors; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H20BF13F6454A4EBF886D5851B266AE66">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>industrial gas and hydrogen manufacturers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BDEA314A07E42F2A2F93D627CB8E644">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>such other stakeholders as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC99BF83A7BE74D46B4A369E462A61DFD">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Redesignation</header>
<text>Not later than 5 years after the date of establishment of the corridors under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall update and redesignate the corridors.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H766E05D073CB420992658E03E42AF54C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>During designation and redesignation of the corridors under this section, the Secretary shall issue a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H16C3AB0A8ED44D7292F1FD2218DECEBE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identifies electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure and standardization needs for electricity providers, industrial gas providers, natural gas providers, infrastructure providers, vehicle manufacturers, electricity purchasers, and natural gas purchasers; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32ED0F861FB54021A07982AE3E17A254">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>establishes an aspirational goal of achieving strategic deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure in those corridors by the end of fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6E271605BD3E4B22ABB6A8D0F71C84E1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 150 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15346C8CC4C64247842706F135411873" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">151. National electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1C1A39B9AEC140719D5A7E36F5058F44">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Operation of battery recharging stations in parking areas used by Federal employees</header>
<paragraph id="HA56B3D2C45EC4911AED28E236A8FC864">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="HA0439F6575C443ACB3647EE16F1C7D51">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Administrator of General Services may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the General Services Administration for the use of only privately owned vehicles of employees of the General Services Administration, tenant Federal agencies, and others who are authorized to park in such area to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4CE295B81E049CE8FBC8E1B45A3B7FD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Areas under other Federal agencies</header>
<text>The Administrator of General Services (on the request of a Federal agency) or the head of a Federal agency may install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station (or allow, on a reimbursable basis, the use of a 120-volt electrical receptacle for battery recharging) in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the requesting Federal agency, to the extent such use by only privately owned vehicles does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CD6086D097B4A47A3FE0C1F1DCC58A8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Use of vendors</header>
<text>The Administrator of General Services, with respect to subparagraph (A) or (B), or the head of a Federal agency, with respect to subparagraph (B), may carry out such subparagraph through a contract with a vendor, under such terms and conditions (including terms relating to the allocation between the Federal agency and the vendor of the costs of carrying out the contract) as the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency, as the case may be, and the vendor may agree to.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBB1006019B144FAA6A3DFEE4455DF23">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Imposition of fees to cover costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H6F2106B5B6E54817ABC564A4CB0B209F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Fees</header>
<text>The Administrator of General Services or the head of the Federal agency under paragraph (1)(B) shall charge fees to the individuals who use the battery recharging station in such amount as is necessary to ensure that the respective agency recovers all of the costs such agency incurs in installing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the station.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BE2ED4290C04DC3A240E5CD89C328DC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deposit and availability of fees</header>
<text>Any fees collected by the Administrator of General Services or the Federal agency, as the case may be, under this paragraph shall be—</text>
<clause id="H4C73F8AA644B437E96B80EAB706E083B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>deposited monthly in the Treasury to the credit of the respective agency’s appropriations account for the operations of the building where the battery recharging station is located; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H052C9E8C13114A528DEB06268AF4EA2F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>available for obligation without further appropriation during—</text>
<subclause id="H9757D5EC67B94170AEC532407E37C7EF">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the fiscal year collected; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3F2D2E435A584190A1CFAC4401367A9A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the fiscal year following the fiscal year collected.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CC431C34F4B4A71B27AE073C6E7D0F7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>No effect on existing programs for House and Senate</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection affects the installation, construction, operation, or maintenance of battery recharging stations by the Architect of the Capitol—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD67FC76A7934DCE9D385D675D0A1292">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>under Public Law 112–170 (2 U.S.C. 2171), relating to employees of the House of Representatives and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives on the Capitol Grounds; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28E495F7A48A4811AFC2245D90F3D27B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>under Public Law 112–167 (2 U.S.C. 2170), relating to employees of the Senate and individuals authorized to park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of the Senate on the Capitol Grounds.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF0BFDFC2E0F41DA921321C0E01EC9A8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>No effect on similar authorities</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1E5E5A0F235476EA1D8C5CCD45A4306">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>repeals or limits any existing authorities of a Federal agency to install, construct, operate, or maintain battery recharging stations; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE278FDD6AE95429CAA9864E15C580AFB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>requires a Federal agency to seek reimbursement for the costs of installing or constructing a battery recharging station—</text>
<clause id="H021E1BFCCF8346BD8411E678EF964E1A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>that has been installed or constructed prior to the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFCEDE63B5F1A454C8C4415601B97A8A0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that is installed or constructed for Federal fleet vehicles, but that receives incidental use to recharge privately owned vehicles; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6573577689624501843B9582945A57E9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>that is otherwise installed or constructed pursuant to appropriations for that purpose.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEA6B70F9F094D1584D8303E56D2C8C5">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Annual report to Congress</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 10 years, the Administrator of General Services shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB707AFC406E94409A7349575A55717CD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of battery recharging stations installed by the Administrator on the Administrator’s own initiative under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59D538BD135B4ED28366323786AA8632">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>requests from other Federal agencies to install battery recharging stations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E4C363D554D4540B9BB0D2FC119E725">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the status and disposition of requests from other Federal agencies.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H88EB6FB5E07548549B7A4530D8E8C76F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Federal agency defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>Federal agency</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Executive agency</term> in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H17494D41B10446C7A6B86AC2DB320FFF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Postal Service;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9F67CF7C1B1469A9832AF8C73821959">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Executive Office of the President;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5AB780D9FAC44D9DA6A1E539C39F1FA1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the military departments (as defined in section 102 of title 5, United States Code); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9AC58B3A9C34A669E4CA124658AB92A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the judicial branch.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8956E9918ADF4BB785774B9B9EDB0784">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9204DD236E2C49E8ADC3A4F27CFB0FC8">
<enum>1414.</enum>
<header>Repeat offender criteria</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA51071B9133040DCA95FE82B862C28F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C3854A92A924CCDB7A1561266DF9A76">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F69D99DC3AE46338F933AF758C943F8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC87B24FA6BDC433C9F5928BC63699CD4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>24-7 sobriety program</header>
<text>The term <term>24-7 sobriety program</term> has the meaning given the term in section 405(d)(7)(A).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02380E1B6935490D8211C2522D2BEA70">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB00A05EAD30E4349B446FB9E7789312B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or combination of laws or programs</quote> after <quote>State law</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H631A50338ACF48B6AF613B073309C519">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18B63F02040A4014B76592B6467F590B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD5F2552DCDF84CF5912A0AF1E3DDB2D9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>receive, for a period of not less than 1 year—</text>
<clause id="H474593C7BE6B4949A3C7A4DEB2AD6D8D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a suspension of all driving privileges;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF5066B146D054F8EA2FD21272A5929E4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a restriction on driving privileges that limits the individual to operating only motor vehicles with an ignition interlock device installed, unless a special exception applies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAB3EAC69D13548759C653090C2EEC0D7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a restriction on driving privileges that limits the individual to operating motor vehicles only if participating in, and complying with, a 24-7 sobriety program; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA029B9EBA5A24AA19895DAE3E430CDF9">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>any combination of clauses (i) through (iii);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34376F307A5544C287CABE2BA7772E4D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B7E9F9EFA5B43F88271B724596D9808">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4EE26F5B67714DAA91733580C4D59B41">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), as redesignated—</text>
<clause id="H3EBFEE65058044E88323EA3053A4E3A1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)(II) by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>(unless the State certifies that the general practice is that such an individual will be incarcerated)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H741C2244568B495D8FFE75CE0E3E5EF7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)(II) by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>(unless the State certifies that the general practice is that such an individual will receive 10 days of incarceration)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAEA4FCBF64340CFBD5BAB293DB9BDFB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFA957657FF34FA2A5220629DA708948" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H69A627F9ABDD43829205B46A33584BD9">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Special exception</header>
<text>The term <term>special exception</term> means an exception under a State alcohol-ignition interlock law for the following circumstances:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DAE2A38F2D640539E6BF6A2B660568E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The individual is required to operate an employer’s motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment and the business entity that owns the vehicle is not owned or controlled by the individual.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H396BD3545176475C860E15636D57AB3E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The individual is certified by a medical doctor as being unable to provide a deep lung breath sample for analysis by an ignition interlock device.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HDBF27BC69BE849169258FE3DC9433AE0">
<enum>1415.</enum>
<header>Administrative provisions to encourage pollinator habitat and forage on transportation rights-of-way</header>
<subsection id="H8AC13FA3D30346CC90F9154DE5BC8CAE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 319 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB6FD0372A2747209667373063AA1290">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by inserting <quote>(including the enhancement of habitat and forage for pollinators)</quote> before <quote>adjacent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H473A6EC36CD54CB48014B7DB759AB595">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B1E6E7F4DDC44548F2CE7AC42F6120F" style="USC">
<subsection id="H47A2912F41E641DBB8D7F0667508E01F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Encouragement of pollinator habitat and forage development and protection on transportation rights-of-way</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out any program administered by the Secretary under this title, the Secretary shall, in conjunction with willing States, as appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="HE617783DAEB74B9B98DAAB28D6F12603">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>encourage integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-way, including reduced mowing; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85028492152743FFA8E6AA0E4C98F84C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>encourage the development of habitat and forage for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees through plantings of native forbs and grasses, including noninvasive, native milkweed species that can serve as migratory way stations for butterflies and facilitate migrations of other pollinators.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4859E0F7B117493DB1707FD98179BD76">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees</header>
<text>Section 329(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees,</quote> before <quote>and aesthetic enhancement</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HED75A232DCAA4D4A9609E5551925CFAE" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1416.</enum>
<header>High priority corridors on National Highway System</header>
<subsection id="H7145471E901C4EBC84A9C3D934D6C6A9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Identification of High Priority Corridors on National Highway System</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 190; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FAC24F778C84E86A8F2639AFF2E7BA7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (13) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6D7A05A0AB40669CC0991F91CE55E6" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H9711087410EF4F8FB9EFA470FC3CF137">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Raleigh-Norfolk Corridor from Raleigh, North Carolina, through Rocky Mount, Williamston, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to Norfolk, Virginia.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11C40806F92C422C8629686EADF439E2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (18)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FB232445DF446E7AFBCF686ED889324">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D3930BD6D15413BB844FA8C35C3A385">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E072554458B4ED598E696CF6F6A6116">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6934C38DA306417E8B70E2C2716471FF" style="USC">
<clause id="HF9AD37DD570045A2A32B2C5012E961B1">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include Texas State Highway 44 from United States Route 59 at Freer, Texas, to Texas State Highway 358.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C5CD2F2658C4F598DC2129899771CD1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (68) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC42A01305F344958A14525FE7EF5F81" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HC16C6AA2BCCB499B889F376F3EF03478">
<enum>(68)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Washoe County Corridor and the Intermountain West Corridor, which shall generally follow—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED26BE118EC5415FA4B48AA97EE40736">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>for the Washoe County Corridor, along Interstate Route 580/United States Route 95/United States Route 95A from Reno, Nevada, to Las Vegas, Nevada; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FD6AA5F8F3241C6BED0D3995D0E2DF6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for the Intermountain West Corridor, from the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada, north along United States Route 95 terminating at Interstate Route 80.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F3473A7EAD4459C89CCEC0868C8777F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4073182B29974FE491DFB7B8ED9FE2F1" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H9E5970F5A40C4A3A86FA74278F6CC535">
<enum>(81)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Route 117/Interstate Route 795 from United States Route 70 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, to Interstate Route 40 west of Faison, Sampson County, North Carolina.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A0B087712044FF6BBF463274D79CB50">
<enum>(82)</enum>
<text>United States Route 70 from its intersection with Interstate Route 40 in Garner, Wake County, North Carolina, to the Port at Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DB6C7F072E24620B5E2853B947A9CC5">
<enum>(83)</enum>
<text>The Sonoran Corridor along State Route 410 connecting Interstate Route 19 and Interstate Route 10 south of the Tucson International Airport.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E90EEFDCBAF42C5B1E88A1E556FAB77">
<enum>(84)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Central Texas Corridor commencing at the logical terminus of Interstate Route 10, generally following portions of United States Route 190 eastward, passing in the vicinity Fort Hood, Killeen, Belton, Temple, Bryan, College Station, Huntsville, Livingston, and Woodville, to the logical terminus of Texas Highway 63 at the Sabine River Bridge at Burrs Crossing.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FD35A1CF5364EB6A9E375B244AD4C39">
<enum>(85)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interstate Route 81 in New York from its intersection with Interstate Route 86 to the United States-Canadian border.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H809743A8769D4024B95EE0A38BC69179">
<enum>(86)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interstate Route 70 from Denver, Colorado, to Salt Lake City, Utah.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6D3D9962DD744718E39BBF8BAB935FD">
<enum>(87)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Oregon 99W Newberg-Dundee Bypass Route between Newberg, Oregon, and Dayton, Oregon.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F4459B044C74EDD9D5922D89B2443EF">
<enum>(88)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interstate Route 205 in Oregon from its intersection with Interstate Route 5 to the Columbia River.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA685E1DDA4B04A158AC99A0D5B5CD9F1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Inclusion of Certain Route Segments on Interstate System</header>
<text>Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (109 Stat. 597; 118 Stat. 293; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<paragraph id="H50A7134083A3406BAD1BB6593E2B82E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>subsection (c)(13),</quote> after <quote>subsection (c)(9),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4399C8B494E488B9805BFD283A81752">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsections (c)(18)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>subsection (c)(36)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(18), subsection (c)(20), subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of subsection (c)(26), subsection (c)(36)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5E6069E637042DCBFF366BC15CBD8AE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and subsection (c)(57)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(57), subsection (c)(68)(B), subsection (c)(81), subsection (c)(82), and subsection (c)(83)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2DC02525EB6140CAB3F2EB8DCD3C94EA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Designation</header>
<text>Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (109 Stat. 598; 126 Stat. 427) is amended by striking the final sentence and inserting the following: <quote>The routes referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of subsection (c)(26) and in subsection (c)(68)(B) are designated as Interstate Route I–11. The route referred to in subsection (c)(84) is designated as Interstate Route I–14.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD0A146FA031042429BAEEAD20A5393AB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Future Interstate designation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119(a) of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1608) is amended by striking <quote>and, as a future Interstate Route 66 Spur, the Natcher Parkway in Owensboro, Kentucky</quote> and inserting <quote>between Henderson, Kentucky, and Owensboro, Kentucky, and, as a future Interstate Route 65 and 66 Spur, the William H. Natcher Parkway between Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Owensboro, Kentucky</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2B41E238803E4B1B8CA2B4EA2ABE6BFE">
<enum>1417.</enum>
<header>Work zone and guard rail safety training</header>
<subsection id="HB8B6351EA4AE44EE9EE12B92576C18B8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1409 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C33B4D61984478893B944C302FD6A29">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Work zone and guard rail safety training</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C36CB725E7C4BA6B090439665F5370B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H333DC9DE7C984270B14740EE32F4C9F7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDDBB26B48FAC4F92B4BCB98F283449F4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development, updating, and delivery of training courses on guard rail installation, maintenance, and inspection.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H595674D9FBFE406493C184379562D41E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 1409 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03E97E2D85344B1A8FE6F6668C8310A2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1409. Work zone and guard rail safety training.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H73B86C3B030C49AE9E8CC60389356368">
<enum>1418.</enum>
<header>Consolidation of programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1519(a) of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 574) is amended by striking <quote>From administrative funds</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be made available</quote> and inserting <quote>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, before making an apportionment under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall set aside, from amounts made available to carry out the highway safety improvement program under section 148 of such title for the fiscal year, $3,500,000</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9E93CAEB9B3A4141BC3EE725DAAC1FC1">
<enum>1419.</enum>
<header>Elimination or modification of certain reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="HAD7FA9B97E1446F8AB1ADE5006BEE6B8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Fundamental properties of asphalts report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6016(e) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2183) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC58FA435ABE4481C894F46FC9875038B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Express lanes demonstration program reports</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1604(b)(7)(B) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 129 note) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3B1B8BB837884075B8B339837E533888">
<enum>1420.</enum>
<header>Flexibility for projects</header>
<subsection id="H8FAD6E786D744476869A33C9C7C7F429">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text>With respect to projects eligible for funding under title 23, United States Code, subject to subsection (b) and on request by a State, the Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="H29C5392EFE7F4A31BDD68C2F920D9AF2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>exercise all existing flexibilities under and exceptions to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H39BA11404EEB42D0876BECC56C44ED03">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the requirements of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H216B24EED01D4E8DA97959BC3989FEBB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>other requirements administered by the Secretary, in whole or part; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5659776152B74BE787FC34C87F455414">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>otherwise provide additional flexibility or expedited processing with respect to the requirements described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H84640B61FAF54CA4B9CAA964E882F0AC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Maintaining protections</header>
<text>Nothing in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H990A55855A48407AAC1EEE07FB44C8EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>waives the requirements of section 113 or 138 of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6BB045AA51A4DFBBD01A6A870FF52DF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>supersedes, amends, or modifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2EC9ADA0DE046F886FB8440919D1D85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or any other Federal environmental law; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1794589045E346B682F63B0DD75882A5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any requirement of title 23 or title 49, United States Code; or</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1C2800F87E843D3AE5F86AAFDBC5D6A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>affects the responsibility of any Federal officer to comply with or enforce any law or requirement described in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDFA9246D805947A7BB9C910D6E3CBFD1">
<enum>1421.</enum>
<header>Productive and timely expenditure of funds</header>
<subsection id="H4001031E102D4C85971792F665482738">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop guidance that encourages the use of programmatic approaches to project delivery, expedited and prudent procurement techniques, and other best practices to facilitate productive, effective, and timely expenditure of funds for projects eligible for funding under title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H334AB38D251D48D2A9C2CBAEBE7135CD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall work with States to ensure that any guidance developed under subsection (a) is consistently implemented by States and the Federal Highway Administration to—</text>
<paragraph id="H15FAF6428FD342BB9A4043EEB1E3832D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>avoid unnecessary delays in completing projects;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FC26EE84BA74525B824BB634B18C39E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>minimize cost overruns; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H084B1D559CAB4B70ABB7E6501972E4B2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>ensure the effective use of Federal funding.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC04DB2C7B2CA4586A66B89BBB47FB0F6">
<enum>1422.</enum>
<header>Study on performance of bridges</header>
<subsection id="HFF0080D4F328416C9DAFCDD5A84B3E37">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (c), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (referred to in this section as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) shall commission the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the performance of bridges that received funding under the innovative bridge research and construction program (referred to in this section as the <quote>program</quote>) under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144)) in meeting the goals of that program, which included—</text>
<paragraph id="H004A1B11ED774E9980A5C39724AF92FE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the development of new, cost-effective innovative material highway bridge applications;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9CA80B9A1CD418DB226B5E41BB8F5D4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the reduction of maintenance costs and lifecycle costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EB4265F2D764152A7BCD329DDB5128C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the development of construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic congestion;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H565EDED0DC1247B19CB876271947ADC7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the development of engineering design criteria for innovative products and materials for use in highway bridges and structures;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06A6DE1B338148759DE388E7BA79F691">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the development of cost-effective and innovative techniques to separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic from railroad traffic;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB29C49F2C644FEE9257192E25788DFC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>the development of highway bridges and structures that will withstand natural disasters, including alternative processes for the seismic retrofit of bridges; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60B00C5A28864636AF1BC7816D5BB298">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the development of new nondestructive bridge evaluation technologies and techniques.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEC8624B844B34327A029324D5B8AA2CD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The study commissioned under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HD13E99815F10449496B889CEBFD3FBA3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an analysis of the performance of bridges that received funding under the program in meeting the goals described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB199ECF0D3E40558BFE318DADE183F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an analysis of the utility, compared to conventional materials and technologies, of each of the innovative materials and technologies used in projects for bridges under the program in meeting the needs of the United States in 2015 and in the future for a sustainable and low lifecycle cost transportation system;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0092DC77C1224342B2C1128EEAA013CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>recommendations to Congress on how the installed and lifecycle costs of bridges could be reduced through the use of innovative materials and technologies, including, as appropriate, any changes in the design and construction of bridges needed to maximize the cost reductions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA1FE7B37AAD4136A493EEAE283E3703">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a summary of any additional research that may be needed to further evaluate innovative approaches to reducing the installed and lifecycle costs of highway bridges.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HECF4CD46616046AC9671DCF7A50F5CC8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Public comment</header>
<text>Before commissioning the study under subsection (a), the Administrator shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the study proposal.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H108F296617A64C4D9851C296002C2FD0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Data from States</header>
<text>Each State that received funds under the program shall provide to the Transportation Research Board any relevant data needed to carry out the study commissioned under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCE5798B69EE0455F89F4CBDCFBECC811">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text>The Administrator shall submit to Congress the study commissioned under subsection (a) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2A3E1778CA8340A6A635BCF7E8ACA12D">
<enum>1423.</enum>
<header>Relinquishment of park-and-ride lot facilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">A State transportation agency may relinquish park-and-ride lot facilities or portions of park-and-ride lot facilities to a local government agency for highway purposes if authorized to do so under State law if the agreement providing for the relinquishment provides that—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC2E3B76AE2B4306B6F2E7B3EBD25647">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>rights-of-way on the Interstate System will remain available for future highway improvements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19CAB1A8E3CA468B991737C0F7300DAA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>modifications to the facilities that could impair the highway or interfere with the free and safe flow of traffic are subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H847EFECCC74B410F889068827AE8B744">
<enum>1424.</enum>
<header>Pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HD463A7A305184D4CA1DED51EF17E9E2A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (referred to in this section as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) may establish a pilot program that allows a State to utilize innovative approaches to maintain the right-of-way of Federal-aid highways within the State.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8CEC0BCD835C4606AC67167C57EEB639">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>A pilot program established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AAC4C8A46F94A3D8FC34B68FCB13521">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>terminate after not more than 4 years;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4955BF22479E4DD0A29400F289EFCD88">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>include not more than 5 States; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EA5B3C21F314036AE500758FFC60524">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>be subject to guidelines published by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF9543F39AAAD43D097F35F24BC89A88E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>If the Administrator establishes a pilot program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall, not more than 1 year after the completion of the pilot program, submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the pilot program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H03C30E6D63D04FD2B9736251B6BFCAD0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the requirements of section 111 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H49CB56A9F39F4855A253F8E5DB698F3A">
<enum>1425.</enum>
<header>Service club, charitable association, or religious service signs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 131 of title 23, United States Code, and part 750 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), if a State notifies the Federal Highway Administration, the State may allow the maintenance of a sign of a service club, charitable association, or religious service organization—</text>
<paragraph id="H62B8BD18CBEF46EE90B45413123A26BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>that exists on the date of enactment of this Act (or was removed in the 3-year period ending on such date of enactment); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7077DCA0F534EEAA7A41A3003562B2A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the area of which is less than or equal to 32 square feet.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8E5640E4AB946999289F9123D1EE48E" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1426.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motorcyclist advisory council</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, shall appoint a Motorcyclist Advisory Council to coordinate with and advise the Administrator on infrastructure issues of concern to motorcyclists, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H74BB39BCE4BD4B559DC41F953BA7E279">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>barrier design;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A97A908CB8749C48C3813BD39B330BA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>road design, construction, and maintenance practices; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F97A8943A48437BB8007E4B8474ACFC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the architecture and implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HBB805E84CCFD4F99ADFF13C5C20E8FAD">
<enum>1427.</enum>
<header>Highway work zones</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Highway Administration should—</text>
<paragraph id="HC63578301D794BF9BFDF9CD4806CF513">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>do all within its power to protect workers in highway work zones; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9C05E2991A941CDA6235CD13F1686D3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>move rapidly to finalize regulations, as directed in section 1405 of MAP–21 (126 Stat. 560), to protect the lives and safety of construction workers in highway work zones from vehicle intrusions.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2753D5551E914790B99B28CC31192475">
<enum>1428.</enum>
<header>Use of durable, resilient, and sustainable materials and practices</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall encourage the use of durable, resilient, and sustainable materials and practices, including the use of geosynthetic materials and other innovative technologies, in carrying out the activities of the Federal Highway Administration.</text>
</section>
<section id="H83A14838E50F49D98B18AA0044D7AB87">
<enum>1429.</enum>
<header>Identification of roadside highway safety hardware devices</header>
<subsection id="H1F438CC0CD804629ACF1806ACEFEC8C2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on methods for identifying roadside highway safety hardware devices to improve the data collected on the devices, as necessary for in-service evaluation of the devices.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCB79C64D444A4EF49C218935E7FA10D9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall evaluate identification methods based on the ability of the method—</text>
<paragraph id="H9219919FAEC94938BCD5D5E65240B08F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to convey information on the devices, including manufacturing date, factory of origin, product brand, and model;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36FEF9B762B24855852749508B0D9696">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to withstand roadside conditions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H770A53D736E84D28B8F4BD74F6839EC6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to connect to State and regional inventories of similar devices.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H846383672629419EAE1A11A5E0EC2B93">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Identification methods</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The identification methods to be studied under this section include stamped serial numbers, radio-frequency identification, and such other methods as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H04F061D4397E4358BD0AFDE12090055A">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H36D920461A884D129C9EA769AE26C923">
<enum>1430.</enum>
<header>Use of modeling and simulation technology</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Department should utilize, to the fullest and most economically feasible extent practicable, modeling and simulation technology to analyze highway and public transportation projects authorized by this Act to ensure that these projects—</text>
<paragraph id="H6DBF45EC00EE4068928C6CB1206D98AC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>will increase transportation capacity and safety, alleviate congestion, and reduce travel time and environmental impacts; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13D635E4591046A791DDF527B6469413">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>are as cost effective as practicable.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H46ADBB5677E34FCDAD80AC2721FB70B2">
<enum>1431.</enum>
<header>National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="HFE24328971894F3C9E5A79FC829C728E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC121DAFE4A4843D7B0BEBF4E525B7BCE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>1 out of every 9 jobs in the United States depends on travel and tourism, and the industry supports 15,000,000 jobs in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2195CAB392424767B39754F2CCD6E2AD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the travel and tourism industry employs individuals in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and all of the territories of the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCF0BA16FEA84DECBCF87DC73408ADE6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>international travel to the United States is the single largest export industry in the United States, generating a trade surplus balance of approximately $74,000,000,000;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C1AD59F17C34A6BBC2382191060DCD6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>travel and tourism provide significant economic benefits to the United States by generating nearly $2,100,000,000,000 in annual economic output; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7CEF5B6499F404582608BCFA536D693">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the United States intermodal transportation network facilitates the large-scale movement of business and leisure travelers, and is the most important asset of the travel industry.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02BA05EE8D9B4472A6C881A625DDBACF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>) to provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary on matters relating to the role of intermodal transportation in facilitating mobility related to travel and tourism activities.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAD11076113EB4EC79EBEC62ED6E6ABF6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<text>The Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE67962558036448580B3801080AECC4B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be composed of members appointed by the Secretary for terms of not more than 3 years; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H461EE142312141F6875B4B2E77D92E80">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>include a representative cross-section of public and private sector stakeholders involved in the travel and tourism industry, including representatives of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCB9988120BA4ADFB96B8D1AE0678E4D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the travel and tourism industry, product and service providers, and travel and tourism-related associations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03EF7C76B8604C048CD553FD43F37219">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>travel, tourism, and destination marketing organizations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07A49466A5E343B4AC02E9379372F2F7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the travel and tourism-related workforce;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB410252971B46A1AF748C67AE0B58E4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>State tourism offices;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D6FE477BDB04254BC96F2AE170269D2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>State departments of transportation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87F232D8A955470C90076A657609F6A8">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>regional and metropolitan planning organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9537305CFA554BADAF39E096D957BF22">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>local governments.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF7BD095FE63D46EA87702D1F4E0428AB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Role of committee</header>
<text>The Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5553B4595CC34299BD131338281A20EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>advise the Secretary on current and emerging priorities, issues, projects, and funding needs related to the use of the intermodal transportation network of the United States to facilitate travel and tourism;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9955391C0DCB4ED4AC71E881E09224A5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>serve as a forum for discussion for travel and tourism stakeholders on transportation issues affecting interstate and interregional mobility of passengers;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB99860BC87204474B97782E99A865D13">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>promote the sharing of information between the private and public sectors on transportation issues impacting travel and tourism;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H61F4836127C1462B91840436407C28B1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>gather information, develop technical advice, and make recommendations to the Secretary on policies that improve the condition and performance of an integrated national transportation system that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66AD626DF11445D699049A5643044E23">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is safe, economical, and efficient; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B43DFAE3A2248D9B5F2F851BCEEDEDB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>maximizes the benefits to the United States generated through the travel and tourism industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10DA8DA209DD43A49C7987171573777B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>identify critical transportation facilities and corridors that facilitate and support the interstate and interregional transportation of passengers for tourism, commercial, and recreational activities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00A2CAB1EA3048B393620F44C2A517FF">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>provide for development of measures of condition, safety, and performance for transportation related to travel and tourism;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AB0AFDD18214063BF9D4EB08719BFE9">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>provide for development of transportation investment, data, and planning tools to assist Federal, State, and local officials in making investment decisions relating to transportation projects that improve travel and tourism; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB84D99D2E5240779CD7B13E040E0E9D">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>address other issues of transportation policy and programs impacting the movement of travelers for tourism and recreational purposes, including by making legislative recommendations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1AC15CA93A8400885B27E8A496C4516">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>National travel and tourism infrastructure strategic plan</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, State departments of transportation, and other appropriate public and private transportation stakeholders, shall develop and post on the public Internet website of the Department a national travel and tourism infrastructure strategic plan that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H51B84610029E45538573EA43BDCD0014">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an assessment of the condition and performance of the national transportation network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H138479EBC8CB4B1B85338804A869393E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an identification of the issues on the national transportation network that create significant congestion problems and barriers to long-haul passenger travel and tourism,</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DB35743BB6043CEBC88EDAE75CBC86D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>forecasts of long-haul passenger travel and tourism volumes for the 20-year period beginning in the year during which the plan is issued;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91B30A981A9546E396575489EAC6765C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>an identification of the major transportation facilities and corridors for current and forecasted long-haul travel and tourism volumes, the identification of which shall be revised, as appropriate, in subsequent plans;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3ABD103670AD45C1B3C3B1147263C5F8">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>an assessment of statutory, regulatory, technological, institutional, financial, and other barriers to improved long-haul passenger travel performance (including opportunities for overcoming the barriers);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A722D2439244847AF867200C111B173">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>best practices for improving the performance of the national transportation network; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9927BAD4E44846E7ABC83C623BFFAFD9">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>strategies to improve intermodal connectivity for long-haul passenger travel and tourism.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA798DF5DB7744E9F83EA197BFAD37EE6">
<enum>1432.</enum>
<header>Emergency exemptions</header>
<subsection id="HB3D31B5D222242CCB624E0F2EDD348B0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any road, highway, railway, bridge, or transit facility that is damaged by an emergency that is declared by the Governor of the State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Homeland Security, or declared as an emergency by the President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), and that is in operation or under construction on the date on which the emergency occurs may be reconstructed in the same location with the same capacity, dimensions, and design as before the emergency subject to the exemptions and expedited procedures under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3B39E0E1C80E42CDB8A985183EFB3EC0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exemptions and expedited procedures</header>
<paragraph id="HC638065D589444B3A2D1CDAC3664C18E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Alternative arrangements</header>
<text>Alternative arrangements for an emergency under section 1506.11 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall apply to reconstruction under subsection (a), and the reconstruction shall be considered necessary to control the immediate impacts of the emergency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DAD379151604737BC7A9AEA3E4F26A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Stormwater discharge permits</header>
<text>A general permit for stormwater discharges from construction activities, if available, issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the director of a State program under section 402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(p)), as applicable, shall apply to reconstruction under subsection (a), on submission of a notice of intent to be subject to the permit.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF8804BD0EAF4AEDB7F4465D342D0222">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Emergency procedures</header>
<text>The emergency procedures for issuing permits in accordance with section 325.2(e)(4) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall apply to reconstruction under subsection (a), and the reconstruction shall be considered an emergency under that regulation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5CC0E2B2E0B45E38A483DB9155CC07A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>National Historic Preservation Act exemption</header>
<text>Reconstruction under subsection (a) is eligible for an exemption from the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 pursuant to part 78 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CDA7FB96F774EBC98ECDC205F742BF0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Endangered Species Act exemption</header>
<text>An exemption from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) pursuant to section 7(p) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1536(p)) shall apply to reconstruction under subsection (a) and, if the President makes the determination required under section 7(p) of that Act, the determinations required under subsections (g) and (h) of that section shall be deemed to be made.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H018E74ECACC54CFB8F54C6B503498993">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Expedited consultation under Endangered Species Act</header>
<text>Expedited consultation pursuant to section 402.05 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall apply to reconstruction under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BA740E926C944DFAC15681855BA33E6">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Other exemptions</header>
<text>Any reconstruction that is exempt under paragraph (5) shall also be exempt from requirements under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E5B55628D5E4D90B95E41986408834D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AF155FF10BA46A79E2F88611070EBCB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABA40DCF92D64B939F13A48962D76946">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBB507AF1FE4345619C98B962FF6F9E95">
<enum>1433.</enum>
<header>Report on Highway Trust Fund administrative expenditures</header>
<subsection id="H0F0E4DBB154F4B1692BBEF776A8C569D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Initial report</header>
<text>Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report describing the administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration funded from the Highway Trust Fund during the 3 most recent fiscal years.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H699921EDC6D344D6AB68B3A6BA5F6A1D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Updates</header>
<text>Not later than 5 years after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (a) and every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report that updates the information provided in the report under that subsection for the preceding 5-year period.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7AF7891F17E24F3C89B34C30864BE238">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>Each report submitted under subsection (a) or (b) shall include a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="H93DDD4D8212042C9BA0A7311A28A5A87">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the types of administrative expenses of programs and offices funded by the Highway Trust Fund;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2F3393844F743B3ABF41D4D06E450A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the tracking and monitoring of administrative expenses;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H589DC40EBF6D4ADAA831F745EAFA7984">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the controls in place to ensure that funding for administrative expenses is used as efficiently as practicable; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9245DB43A174120AE2D2A9C9ECD5A20">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the flexibility of the Department to reallocate amounts from the Highway Trust Fund between full-time equivalent employees and other functions.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC154EA4FC2ED4773AB43CDFA788BF367">
<enum>1434.</enum>
<header>Availability of reports</header>
<subsection id="H55FC8A49B4FD45848A69572D10B2A2D5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make available to the public on the website of the Department any report required to be submitted by the Secretary to Congress after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H135C6D52FFDC4754AC843DAEEC4A57E6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text>Each report described in subsection (a) shall be made available on the website not later than 30 days after the report is submitted to Congress.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HED1549C60AC3467F9D620FC66EBFBE2D">
<enum>1435.</enum>
<header>Appalachian development highway system</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1528 of MAP–21 (40 U.S.C. 14501 note; Public Law 112–141) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H63717A99662E4C03A5E1626B581C86F1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2021</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2050</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H246A531AD16840938852DAD68B38DB02">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>shall be 100 percent</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>shall be up to 100 percent, as determined by the State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HDFC866612BC54D4288F5586E3A9B6583">
<enum>1436.</enum>
<header>Appalachian regional development program</header>
<subsection id="H84318A4B693548BC94A65DEF7CC0AAAA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>High-speed broadband development initiative</header>
<paragraph id="H99E2D4EBD7904B439F118B2E4301D2D6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subchapter I of chapter 145 of subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D2C095C0E804B149891C4B0640112FC" style="USC">
<section id="H28965DF4A79E40AAB886EBF4984F57E2">
<enum>14509.</enum>
<header>High-speed broadband deployment initiative</header>
<subsection id="H5E0AAF4ECAD24776A28FD5A3CBAC97DC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities—</text>
<paragraph id="H48FC8331B82347789976F5D558BD4D42">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to increase affordable access to broadband networks throughout the Appalachian region;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B2E5BF933F7439CA584F0853E463ACE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56DBFBF201584E7EA89E27C33EE876FA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to provide technology assets, including computers, smartboards, and video projectors to educational systems throughout the Appalachian region;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB58578ACD134E578B4D93BC1B79E289">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>to increase distance learning opportunities throughout the Appalachian region;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C3415614F88476C9C9FE648C051E9DF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to increase the use of telehealth technologies in the Appalachian region; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3822A6D716944BEBED7DDAC74156264">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>to promote e-commerce applications in the Appalachian region.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F4DD1C0A23847A0BA57DD45CBB00638">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation on available amounts</header>
<text>Of the cost of any activity eligible for a grant under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HF130B00AB9FD464680AF0BFC29F2F93D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>not more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16BB319404C541A69BDF70ABFFD1DF42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>notwithstanding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B1A6972B81E44049A0D3ADE929FBC6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE361E5ABF7D4C70B7E68F89938B888F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk designation is in effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFE2FC098238C470B98A6358EFA2D3FC3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Sources of assistance</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (b), a grant provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section in combination with amounts made available—</text>
<paragraph id="H26EF5DDA1FA14CBCB13F5F3370E567B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>under any other Federal program; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD085E4A0772148B4A8DF379B549CEC3C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>from any other source.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H61CF9A2A9AA84290BF4E58E736FB8425">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, amounts made available to carry out this section may be used to increase that Federal share, as the Appalachian Regional Commission determines to be appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8415459A7A441E98433C047C860A55C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 145 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 14508 the following:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">14509. High-speed broadband deployment initiative.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFC1BA6C36E1D4040BE420E459F4B170D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>Section 14703 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8177C345F8E4E6B95CFAEB1E6B5845C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(5), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2012 through 2020</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB3BBE0AFE524EC18E40F151B0A77519">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E72C615CCAB4207A0526F4455996272">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACED194EB77C4F468F2A51BCDA63AE71" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H265FBD5754124349AE255D0F3EF37E62">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>High-speed broadband deployment initiative</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $10,000,000 may be used to carry out section 14509 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE5E09F45EE65448A96BF4647E190371B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text>Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A091EB131C0465098366FB3BA8CFE63">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>This section and the amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2015.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H761F5C6519C54341A641FA6F7FAF4852">
<enum>1437.</enum>
<header>Border State infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="H438C6C34BDB4468496316900A638358E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>After consultation with relevant transportation planning organizations, the Governor of a State that shares a land border with Canada or Mexico may designate for each fiscal year not more than 5 percent of the funds made available to the State under section 133(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, for border infrastructure projects eligible under section 1303 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 119 Stat. 1207).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5FE2ED9028504CCCB02D7901675B6731">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Funds designated under this section shall be available under the requirements of section 1303 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 119 Stat. 1207).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8F0B5CAFC82F490384481E327DB8BA89">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text>Before making a designation under subsection (a), the Governor shall certify that the designation is consistent with transportation planning requirements under title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H22DE090A27924AEE96A5F4CFB7D14809">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after making a designation under subsection (a), the Governor shall submit to the relevant transportation planning organizations within the border region a written notification of any suballocated or distributed amount of funds available for obligation by jurisdiction.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H61C325F58E0043E5834F8F9F4D12C868">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>This section applies only to funds apportioned to a State after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H13FE68C3BD4E49A6AE070E87D675CC1C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Deadline for designation</header>
<text>A designation under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AF204A2BBEE472987571BCF4FE54CD3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be submitted to the Secretary not later than 30 days before the first day of the fiscal year for which the designation is being made; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23B521AF0A02478287346D241EE43C7B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>remain in effect for the funds designated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year until the Governor of the State notifies the Secretary of the termination of the designation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB7BD50CF60F64ADEBAC3F55B1ADDFE07">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Unobligated funds after termination</header>
<text>Effective beginning on the date of a termination under subsection (f)(2), all remaining unobligated funds that were designated under subsection (a) for the fiscal year for which the designation is being terminated shall be made available to the State for the purposes described in section 133(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H793F458704EA4353BE653C09786F271B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1438.</enum>
<header>Adjustments</header>
<subsection id="H223AE15669FB4B7A990A5F0C19463310">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On July 1, 2020, of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned among the States under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, a total of $7,569,000,000 is permanently rescinded.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0026171186024284BD9B56C967C130DE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exclusions from rescission</header>
<text>The rescission under subsection (a) shall not apply to funds distributed in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAEE7FDFF177A41EFAA4F4FD07220A052">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>sections 104(b)(3) and 130(f) of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77C72D2E0909406C8A835B1574E800B0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>section 133(d)(1)(A) of such title;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1E190FF88FE452DBC7ED33DAB326A74">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8FB167B960DD410A9D6D2F3503086181">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>sections 133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0EB8802FE5F0449C8D70B972E234B663">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>section 104(b)(5) of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5B6A897FC92F45C9B0C1814F71AA505D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Distribution among States</header>
<text>The amount to be rescinded under this section from a State shall be determined by multiplying the total amount of the rescission in subsection (a) by the ratio that—</text>
<paragraph id="H246C325300B04596B165C7445E0714C2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of September 30, 2019, for the State; bears to</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28170EF91FC244138DB37A21ABF3F140">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of September 30, 2019, for all States.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9982A27DF244430963A98E5F08CB896">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Distribution within each State</header>
<text>The amount to be rescinded under this section from each program to which the rescission applies within a State shall be determined by multiplying the required rescission amount calculated under subsection (c) for such State by the ratio that—</text>
<paragraph id="H77C971ADE4BA4489A79A02F21788F6F2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the unobligated balance as of September 30, 2019, for such program in such State; bears to</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2F0A82FD28A4CDF9BCBB95D4EC4848D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the unobligated balances as of September 30, 2019, for all programs to which the rescission applies in such State.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H63B6DF909A6C43C3BA6E02C9A1B3B413">
<enum>1439.</enum>
<header>Elimination of barriers to improve at-risk bridges</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8C1AA5E9FAD841558BCAE813809F9E3C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Temporary authorization</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD2D3F471B586467691AC2F6D73AB6D81">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Until the Secretary of the Interior takes the action described in subsection (b), the take of nesting swallows to facilitate a construction project on a bridge eligible for funding under title 23, United States Code, with any component condition rating of 3 or less (as defined by the National Bridge Inventory General Condition Guidance issued by the Federal Highway Administration) is authorized under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) between April 1 and August 31.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H996A089A8924441FBBABA5D414C038DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Measures to minimize impacts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DF5859216944AA89A255F2446EA992B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Notification before taking</header>
<text>Prior to the taking of nesting swallows authorized under paragraph (1), any person taking that action shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a document that contains—</text>
<clause id="H4DEDC1C1DD2940E3B46CA214D90E9210">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the name of the person acting under the authority of paragraph (1) to take nesting swallows;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9BD5363CFB5D4FECB80F360BA8DC4F15">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a list of practicable measures that will be undertaken to minimize or mitigate significant adverse impacts on the population of that species;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB519F9013A7648BDAB69AD08F5E07F51">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the time period during which activities will be carried out that will result in the taking of that species; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H57ED6EA91D924E97A7BDF08A935AFF9F">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>an estimate of the number of birds, by species, to be taken in the proposed action.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CB03B3F816046E8AEBEFD994EF0F663">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Notification after taking</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the taking of nesting swallows authorized under paragraph (1), any person taking that action shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a document that contains the number of birds, by species, taken in the action.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1DA3CAA37A09435B9C53583A5C6571F7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of take</header>
<paragraph id="HE3A09E2F26F246A08714615E4774D7B0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary, shall promulgate a regulation under the authority of section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 704) authorizing the take of nesting swallows to facilitate bridge repair, maintenance, or construction—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC49314B91FEB4D19905AABEEAE201CDD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>without individual permit requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B5D7AA7A7AB460296A43CB97E7FE868">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>under terms and conditions determined to be consistent with treaties relating to migratory birds that protect swallow species occurring in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59A4298B22594D3AB91C7034C6652070">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text>On the effective date of a final rule under this subsection by the Secretary of the Interior, subsection (a) shall have no force or effect.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7912F43BF12E4CF6A0A951F8D9F1454C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Suspension or withdrawal of take authorization</header>
<text>If the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary, determines that taking of nesting swallows carried out under the authority provided in subsection (a)(1) is having a significant adverse impact on swallow populations, the Secretary of the Interior may suspend that authority through publication in the Federal Register.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8029B482206045C7B7A7D254F47A5AC3">
<enum>1440.</enum>
<header>At-risk project preagreement authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD86C54B4FB6E4283981D028E4EB4B51C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of preliminary engineering</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>preliminary engineering</term> means allowable preconstruction project development and engineering costs.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0879912C28014FE6BEFE9732CE14D566">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>At-risk project preagreement authority</header>
<text>A recipient or subrecipient of Federal-aid funds under title 23, United States Code, may—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B9B94617FE24A058786FC7D677502EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>incur preliminary engineering costs for an eligible project under title 23, United States Code, before receiving project authorization from the State, in the case of a subrecipient, and the Secretary to proceed with the project; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC660C498B1274E65A966D53A32C5586C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>request reimbursement of applicable Federal funds after the project authorization is received.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9902AF7874084E2D95FE256CF1B47B63">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>The Secretary may reimburse preliminary engineering costs incurred by a recipient or subrecipient under subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="HC2DAC79D77384F1EB4F12CF42ECEE10E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>if the costs meet all applicable requirements under title 23, United States Code, at the time the costs are incurred and the Secretary concurs that the requirements have been met;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EF362D66E0F4706A06C9CE606FD690C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the case of a project located within a designated nonattainment or maintenance area for air quality, if the conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) have been met; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE310535F2E3C486AB74FB19CDF3020C1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if the costs would have been allowable if incurred after the date of the project authorization by the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0A8A384828C945879B0D57E48EBC67C1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>At-risk</header>
<text>A recipient or subrecipient that elects to use the authority provided under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AB3EF8E67E84F068959176223ECCB8E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>assume all risk for preliminary engineering costs incurred prior to project authorization; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20168714575541D49C52755CBCA8C719">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>be responsible for ensuring and demonstrating to the Secretary that all applicable cost eligibility conditions are met after the authorization is received.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02A645BDD323410DA200D19A2071739B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Restrictions</header>
<text>Nothing in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DFDC4ED09134959B12F2B91DD6B7604">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>allows a recipient or subrecipient to use the authority under this section to advance a project beyond preliminary engineering prior to the completion of the environmental review process;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0253B9BB03B040CE96229380916AA9DD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>waives the applicability of Federal requirements to a project other than the reimbursement of preliminary engineering costs incurred prior to an authorization to proceed in accordance with this section; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23A64C60BA7B4C53A250379B170146BE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>guarantees Federal funding of the project or the eligibility of the project for future Federal-aid highway funding.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD8ACC85D115944708D9C6561B1CDD1E7">
<enum>1441.</enum>
<header>Regional infrastructure accelerator demonstration program</header>
<subsection id="HE9081CA227D0448E9FF15C6E120EB7D2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a regional infrastructure demonstration program (referred to in this section as the <quote>program</quote>) to assist entities in developing improved infrastructure priorities and financing strategies for the accelerated development of a project that is eligible for funding under the TIFIA program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD76D4E18E5341E6BAE1FACFC4E10ED6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Designation of regional infrastructure accelerators</header>
<text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary may designate regional infrastructure accelerators that will—</text>
<paragraph id="H94B80CDFBF8140478C804B9290DEDD89">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>serve a defined geographic area; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36165CE8C59F4A0DABF7A7EEE4A13B24">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>act as a resource in the geographic area to qualified entities in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFE0B7B66DB6B41A88D4C907FB3FBAC4E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>To be eligible for a designation under subsection (b), a proposed regional infrastructure accelerator shall submit to the Secretary a proposal at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB47894E7CA7E40D48F48A84972B3E278">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>In evaluating a proposal submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFF766063BE0412AA3B5F42A69237CA4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the need for geographic diversity among regional infrastructure accelerators; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H422304FAF9F244E99B73D5847B26B59E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the ability of the proposal to promote investment in covered infrastructure projects, which shall include a plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06C7EC2E8CC84E21B41A402CB017A1F9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to evaluate and promote innovative financing methods for local projects, including the use of the TIFIA program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4DC50BC75454F21ABE7A00CFCD3DF29">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to build capacity of State, local, and tribal governments to evaluate and structure projects involving the investment of private capital;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42A056AE4BD7418197F3EBF377F9B087">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to provide technical assistance and information on best practices with respect to financing the projects;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H805803473FD14989A51D2834CBEE6675">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to increase transparency with respect to infrastructure project analysis and using innovative financing for public infrastructure projects;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H787AE1D7F5CF40A2A4B22D3A331AA0CE">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>to deploy predevelopment capital programs designed to facilitate the creation of a pipeline of infrastructure projects available for investment;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDAAC3FE31F1847BAB28E6466F8FDE6E1">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>to bundle smaller-scale and rural projects into larger proposals that may be more attractive for investment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE47C9606FBC440239147827D0F95D541">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>to reduce transaction costs for public project sponsors.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H75755C82EA6D4C469B68A312FEF81FB1">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the findings and effectiveness of the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB118A3D8AEAA4DF69219442E3E5A8C4E">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $12,000,000, of which the Secretary shall use—</text>
<paragraph id="H274CADEA01A94FA3A2F5AE40CBFFE1A1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$11,750,000 for initial grants to regional infrastructure accelerators under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FD0B8F98D92423AABA8B02A318DC1E2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$250,000 for administrative costs of carrying out the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE556C3BBD54144688EA122D74D8868D2">
<enum>1442.</enum>
<header>Safety for users</header>
<subsection id="H71088CFF34A64B8393AE98969402B261">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In General</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage each State and metropolitan planning organization to adopt standards for the design of Federal surface transportation projects that provide for the safe and adequate accommodation (as determined by the State) of all users of the surface transportation network, including motorized and nonmotorized users, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1A8343501B5248788FC8FCC6277C61C0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available to the public a report cataloging examples of State law or State transportation policy that provide for the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the surface transportation network, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB73C2F037B604369AB2A669652E0FF7A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Best practices</header>
<text>Based on the report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall identify and disseminate examples of best practices where States have adopted measures that have successfully provided for the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the surface transportation network in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H03CA41EF223245D6ACAD974ED0D17B5B">
<enum>1443.</enum>
<header>Sense of Congress</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the engineering industry of the United States continues to provide critical technical expertise, innovation, and local knowledge to Federal and State agencies in order to efficiently deliver surface transportation projects to the public, and Congress recognizes the valuable contributions made by the engineering industry of the United States and urges the Secretary to reinforce those partnerships by encouraging State and local agencies to take full advantage of engineering industry capabilities to strengthen project performance, improve domestic competitiveness, and create jobs.</text>
</section>
<section id="H440B47B0D3034A0CBB9B06278A66656B">
<enum>1444.</enum>
<header>Every Day Counts initiative</header>
<subsection id="H5F59B74C9B1F46E1815199AF44DA3DD5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>It is in the national interest for the Department, State departments of transportation, and all other recipients of Federal transportation funds—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E2E6F276EDC4F9AB4CBBE0437B0EC98">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to identify, accelerate, and deploy innovation aimed at shortening project delivery, enhancing the safety of the roadways of the United States, and protecting the environment;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CD15C8C10ED4C0A8AAD30743451AA79">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to ensure that the planning, design, engineering, construction, and financing of transportation projects is done in an efficient and effective manner;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B4305BA2E51404D87B4850B6676AC06">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to promote the rapid deployment of proven solutions that provide greater accountability for public investments and encourage greater private sector involvement; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7003A1D8532A4E4D9107764815D61EBE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>to create a culture of innovation within the highway community.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1546A2AF4F9F4D80A3F61A4DC372DD9D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Every Day Counts initiative</header>
<text>To advance the policy described in subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall continue the Every Day Counts initiative to work with States, local transportation agencies, and industry stakeholders to identify and deploy proven innovative practices and products that—</text>
<paragraph id="H530F2F297DE04A42846994E648BC92E6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>accelerate innovation deployment;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FCA18B9BFBE466384AD82BBB40D1D56">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shorten the project delivery process;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBBCC270469840F09A10FE3D869F6CC7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>improve environmental sustainability;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F979DD8EC8340D0B6B8C2B11D945FDF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>enhance roadway safety; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BAF023F325D457CBA67FD557950C0DD">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>reduce congestion.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC19F6F4C7FDB42238FD71A2CA52B79EC">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Innovation deployment</header>
<paragraph id="HE3BCA13E3EA04F48A02DB76232939161">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>At least every 2 years, the Administrator shall work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify a new collection of innovations, best practices, and data to be deployed to highway stakeholders through case studies, webinars, and demonstration projects.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80529A990E9C4BFDB7A725B3541FA490">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>In identifying a collection described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account market readiness, impacts, benefits, and ease of adoption of the innovation or practice.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H98B5B5F2CE7A4E36ACAFB4EE3E5FE2B6">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>Each collection identified under subsection (c) shall be published by the Administrator on a publicly available Web site.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBE6069B7EBC6406F9F0DE724B6413E65">
<enum>1445.</enum>
<header>Water infrastructure finance and innovation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5028(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3907(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H42B7AC81726B4A369717AB8AD23627CE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B5ABE947CB14A359F226476D12C7FB5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE84AE408F9D943579125B46DD1FE3878" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1446.</enum>
<header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="H8C2636CEC2E84EB59ACFA52327715957">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 23</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HE3CFE465AAB847498A43E223BBCECC8C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 119(d)(1)(A) is amended by striking <quote>mobility,</quote> and inserting <quote>congestion reduction, system reliability,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H61B02B34D59349548A987E967335093D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 126(b)(1) is amended by striking <quote>133(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>133(d)(1)(A)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13173E566BFE490CB10477CF1EE7CE2B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 127(a)(3) is amended by striking <quote>118(b)(2) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>118(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC4B27A7CBC449C5A51A6DC791450164">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 150(b)(5) is amended by striking <quote>national freight network</quote> and inserting <quote>National Highway Freight Network</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D97A9E3E04E4A2796CABDA8B9AB60DC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 150(c)(3)(B) is amended by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB70040771AB34FD8883C618EC630C167">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Section 150(e)(4) is amended by striking <quote>National Freight Strategic Plan</quote> and inserting <quote>national freight strategic plan</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B2EA7D98A4495B9D19A786512A78B3">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 153(h)(2) is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF14FDF0BA9B6475CA92798717083CCB7">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Section 154(c) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60989E2701AC450CB37FDB498429B449">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>paragraphs (1), (3), and (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (4)</quote>; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A61B9A925AB493C93405B9E29AC7175">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>transferred</quote> and inserting <quote>reserved</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H794BE60E172F40CD8BC7B8D3D7E5235A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HAEDAA765B16E4E2AB831EF95313332D2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>or released</quote> after <quote>transferred</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF098F69701C949C7844D32B842E5D26B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>under section 104(b)(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 104(b)(1)</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D5E5CF2F296407792499519FF4A30DE">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Section 163(f)(2) is amended by striking <quote>118(b)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>118(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13DCA0F49F6948E5A901055704D5E145">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>Section 164(b) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7336C99D2ECD406AB0850597985E0B3B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>transferred</quote> and inserting <quote>reserved</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBE5C696EBE8479DB7F089BEC4BDF919">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5) by inserting <quote>or released</quote> after <quote>transferred</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4D8B2D038CAD4CBDB8D330557139895E">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Section 165(c)(7) is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (2), (4), (7), (8), (14), and (19) of section 133(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 133(c) and section 133(b)(12)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9B13FE4A2774D908DAAAF313E275764">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Section 202(b)(3) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F066F4049E741E7812AD8912743A42D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting <quote>(a)(6),</quote> after <quote>subsections</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1295C0BDCDB84C8186273C77A2AE1DD7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C)(ii)(IV), by striking <quote>(III).]</quote> and inserting <quote>(III).</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2D49C6A05734349B8D5597922E2A59F">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>Section 217(a) is amended by striking <quote>104(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>104(b)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H88B4DCE861BD42D2AB31F59D3CC85DD2">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>Section 515 is amended by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>sections 512 through 518</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7C987661D5448BDB7BC0607AA6D7C66">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Title 49</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6302(b)(3)(B)(vi)(III) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>6310</quote> and inserting <quote>6309</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08E813C572FB488A9DC290D2A47E28CB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>SAFETEA–LU</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4407 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1777) is amended by striking <quote>hereby enacted into law</quote> and inserting <quote>granted</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HACCD3ADF17E24F95B78A948047FCE56D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>MAP–21</header>
<text>Effective as of July 6, 2012, and as if included therein as enacted, MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H331F89CB9BD641089E08933A21DC4F63">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1109(a)(2) (126 Stat. 444) is amended by striking <quote>fourth</quote> and inserting <quote>fifth</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1E8AC157E5A4AE4AA4FD3D1925CAC60">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1203 (126 Stat. 524) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H02AAE98BACCC484980E1194F2FC6C2BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>Section 150 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows</quote> and inserting <quote>Title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 149 the following</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2239F67D94F94EEAA9CD8E6B094E1588">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>by striking the item relating to section 150 and inserting</quote> and inserting <quote>by inserting after the item relating to section 149</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB8B30C74E7224D7CAD3F3E40CC2AD303">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1313(a)(1) (126 Stat. 545) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70C63824FDC34F76AD846BF6A38BDB31" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD030FA188C834706B647D6CE07EBFBBD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">pilot</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05C7AED69C74454EAC012C77088C5D81">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 1314(b) (126 Stat. 549) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H95AED07B0ED84F8BAF2FF09162BF0909">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>chapter 3 of</quote> after <quote>analysis for</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H734228A8405B4BB6BC32F3B2AB1AC36E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting a period at the end of the matter proposed to be inserted.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF25444EE474C5CAFF899DF366BE194">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 1519(c) (126 Stat. 575) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A8C2F5C78B440B7836DA1047FC77D3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3BE3F500DC114E3BBEE605000295BA39">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) as paragraphs (3) through (11), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H92886796C7514A8BB3C911DE51C13FC4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H90104FC16CF84BC894DD668AE3D0528B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end of the matter proposed to be struck; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H1F9D5004278546A696AC581DAE8AB6B2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding a period at the end; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBECBC271449746FCAEBED429B6D2D1B3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8)(A)(i)(I), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>than rail</quote> in the matter proposed to be struck and inserting <quote>than on rail</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAB7DF8F6440844B8B07642961E027653">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012</header>
<text>Section 51001(a)(1) of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 (126 Stat. 864) is amended by striking <quote>sections 503(b), 503(d), and 509</quote> and inserting <quote>section 503(b)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Innovative Project Finance</header>
<section id="HFAE3AD2D60CD40368A51912C2BE8DB00">
<enum>2001.</enum>
<header>Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 amendments</header>
<subsection id="HB18DF32783834027960E3A29A60CDEFC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>Section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAA429D0F031442358A172109822C9CE2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H19498895CEBD49908EA725B47992DA1B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In this chapter, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90A07DF26C4541E28BF5426EE24481D2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>to sections 601 through 609</quote> after <quote>apply</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12393076AE134F939D8EC1DD357FD0BA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE5BB7CD47C74F86A95480D981D669CB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9154EEA489B947398BDDE33B32041DCF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9541ADE9FAE44D01B3640C82987BCEB7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H528762A6AB814DDEB98F7D630FD93C9B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB5611F6BC0324DC0A1459FD14A492FA4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>capitalizing a rural projects fund.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0A3B210E6AB458E9A9773FC7BEE074D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EEFE9ABB87C4ECFAB6AE31510BD90F5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE61BAF4677E347C2ABEA7E106F910116">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(10) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Master credit agreement.—</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows before subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA6F1296B6F05436C94397AED131C10DE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H44C3519FC7F843A1BB3A2ECA2EBE1C15">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Master credit agreement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>master credit agreement</quote> means a conditional agreement to extend credit assistance for a program of related projects secured by a common security pledge covered under section 602(b)(2)(A) or for a single project covered under section 602(b)(2)(B) that does not provide for a current obligation of Federal funds, and that would—</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C7ED2921C4B4CB4A4D755B1FC811E0A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>subject to the availability of future funds being made available to carry out this chapter;</quote> and inserting “subject to—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC608E4CAAF84E55A92B9BBCEE2A3D87" style="OLC">
<clause id="HC506B901620B47FDA53C2046183F1B18">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the availability of future funds being made available to carry out the TIFIA program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5076C4C3F4C3484B8BB443B8DDCE1ADA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the satisfaction of all of the conditions for the provision of credit assistance under the TIFIA program, including section 603(b)(1);</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1543A5F9588F46DCA9F187442B2C2D42">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="H2D7413E7B28D4C7E8A92E38781CF568B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7265BC4370AA4889894295EDFFAE2FCD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5A79232E8444A648843B3EC7629A02F" style="OLC">
<clause id="H108F0C064E4B473A83C920D315F6CE86">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>receiving an investment grade rating from a rating agency;</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H0B3904D9B5724D488AE610C081F78DBC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>in section 602(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>under the TIFIA program, including sections 602(c) and 603(b)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H02AA0A149EEE46928360A31B7C4096BE">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C0963458AA149E7A39288E93E1CF1EF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (12)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15968A4664FE4427AA89C4F09378C235">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB37167DE69234A33A1652F10935BE3EE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D)(iv) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A19293192764F0F80218E69B3DA9F12">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1393A56DC3634D22AD83278A64FC0CBB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H18C66E95274B4366BF9934F1518D86E5">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a project to improve or construct public infrastructure that is located within walking distance of, and accessible to, a fixed guideway transit facility, passenger rail station, intercity bus station, or intermodal facility, including a transportation, public utility, or capital project described in section 5302(3)(G)(v) of title 49, and related infrastructure; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA7F1DBCA3024D67B67A771FCC88361E">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the capitalization of a rural projects fund.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC60C85FB756F415C8896286DE872C1A8">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (15) by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>means a surface transportation infrastructure project located in an area that is outside of an urbanized area with a population greater than 150,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD450DCDF61845F08441C404D7A00453">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (16), (17), (18), (19), and (20) as paragraphs (17), (18), (20), (21), and (22), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF535F065D484AAD901752E5187866A0">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (15) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA408A182C394ED7A869690EF0A0F8B7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6553F439BFB24138BEE7DEE588B29599">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>The term <term>rural projects fund</term> means a fund—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74AF6B584F4B4629935E69F8952AE06F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>established by a State infrastructure bank in accordance with section 610(d)(4);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H737C01D6ED674D7BA483F081389B808F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>capitalized with the proceeds of a secured loan made to the bank in accordance with sections 602 and 603; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F7759935F524F069180D39BE5492D30">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for the purpose of making loans to sponsors of rural infrastructure projects in accordance with section 610.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F8F8DE7EB004FB396FB67D71E371F2C">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (18) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H422ACE84829C40728537F2C39584FB80" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4CAD9843522C4B05A81935BBD66557E8">
<enum>(19)</enum>
<header>State infrastructure bank</header>
<text>The term <term>State infrastructure bank</term> means an infrastructure bank established under section 610.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B2AA20992504C6F90BB04B85724955D">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (22) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>established under sections 602 through 609</quote> after <quote>Department</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H68BB0A66080E48FCAC8BB90C3B08C328">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Determination of eligibility and project selection</header>
<text>Section 602 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H32E2FCE7853F40F09DD05E74493D5804">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D9ABED4E36C49288D5E40C36E7D3C2D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC72D6F0FCB034E3D9EE574C0C0D985CE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC361C9ACCF248769DAC1C5EEC1AF09A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24D2E42DB15E4999B37C7BAB96BBA07F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HAF3E3549A83B4027A2D6AE812CB7E397">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking the paragraph heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Eligible project cost parameters</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEC09A9883E704DFF89897216C875DD0E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H7411320FCAB44954A1857CB1A5B7182C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B), to be eligible for assistance under this chapter, a project</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B), a project under the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9B3B6E356E3A4262BA94AAEFF7CA0872">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD647BF265FE499FAB3338744A86CD3A" style="OLC">
<clause id="H3D048DA5E2CA4AE691E50ECBA4C83BCD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$50,000,000; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA2377B56265B4A6AB0431296AFBED466">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii) by striking <quote>assistance</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H707FE00CB68442A2AB77CB463EEB54FF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H1631E5A3B0DC41E7A3CAFD490C4385F9">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>In the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41860A05118F433FA71CB97D4EACFB85" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6D923538731443F9AFAB77B55E7A403E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<clause id="H68E72D1313404045B974413CBAB804E2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation systems</header>
<text>In the case</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H98F5736F32D940DE90C7F43BBCB0AAFC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6083D668B17E4E7DA80F04F36F7AAEB0" style="OLC">
<clause id="H24354A7FEF914C17829EC00FBCB9FE40">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transit-oriented development projects</header>
<text>In the case of a project described in section 601(a)(12)(E), eligible project costs shall be reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $10,000,000.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE9DB9A57FF344B59BDB0F7C5E441F39E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Rural projects</header>
<text>In the case of a rural infrastructure project or a project capitalizing a rural projects fund, eligible project costs shall be reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $10,000,000, but not to exceed $100,000,000.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE61E6D90A55E4EB2B24484F7F395FE31">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Local infrastructure projects</header>
<text>Eligible project costs shall be reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $10,000,000 in the case of a project or program of projects—</text>
<subclause id="H8328DAC44C824047AF379A3525AAE3EA">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in which the applicant is a local government, public authority, or instrumentality of local government;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H86B5E74A5ABE4E32B3DB0FB7DEC439F2">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>located on a facility owned by a local government; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3630B1F090034E93BA4B8CCDABCE1C03">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>for which the Secretary determines that a local government is substantially involved in the development of the project.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB02F05CFA5B64BA3B9CBEC7FB97644C2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BDA9B28F4574202AA074A8D21AE0FDB">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<clause id="H050AB7F6968742E991D058FC19E06EC0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>To be eligible</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17BD7FFD33F645D1AA60A5866AB449A2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD0F4A7B455D141348AC034CC43B4DBC5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), to be eligible</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F6DD5D4D4844068B9803CE67C05986D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H54FE81E6BD104D669904B46B279EF6B1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>not later than</quote> and inserting <quote>no later than</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H875992C92067447B853F3A2E1FCEEF01">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76540B8D7F59415696B04562F81AA753" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDE91D853EB74422FA3CC29361B9B9DA7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>In the case of a project capitalizing a rural projects fund, the State infrastructure bank shall demonstrate, not later than 2 years after the date on which a secured loan is obligated for the project under the TIFIA program, that the bank has executed a loan agreement with a borrower for a rural infrastructure project in accordance with section 610. After the demonstration is made, the bank may draw upon the secured loan. At the end of the 2-year period, to the extent the bank has not used the loan commitment, the Secretary may extend the term of the loan or withdraw the loan commitment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4ED4D3FF88E94F7DB98BB1BBB9E9C014">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84C98F350FEE4E6E86AC3AAC27B8732F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7FECD76F3DF7453293DE4CDF90AF93E1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Master credit agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="H8EAD956C50DE49C0A06D0B7078EF57C0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Program of related projects</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into a master credit agreement for a program of related projects secured by a common security pledge on terms acceptable to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B9FE022B23B49C48E30BFAFAF109F4B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Adequate funding not available</header>
<text>If the Secretary fully obligates funding to eligible projects for a fiscal year and adequate funding is not available to fund a credit instrument, a project sponsor of an eligible project may elect to enter into a master credit agreement and wait to execute a credit instrument until the fiscal year for which additional funds are available to receive credit assistance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H886CA4875EC643C9AC9067493E14FC9F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66B323AD226246308F42BDDEF63C3625">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA0E0D1F550B74D0C827FE02FB0A22270">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Secured loan terms and limitations</header>
<text>Section 603 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H248E02B5337D4CFF9DC06B68C8FAD73B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF0E87432E37349D4AA1A10ABB8D66E63" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H6C7AEB80A92544599640F00A9ED42F86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation on refinancing of interim construction financing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan under paragraph (1) shall not refinance interim construction financing under paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E34450385A14368A016715E3717C64E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>if the maturity of such interim construction financing is later than 1 year after the substantial completion of the project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B5367F0C5DB48AAB3D28044586F45CF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>later than 1 year after the date of substantial completion of the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB216C62BD7764E63BBA259232B41FCF1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFB28408681046A3B8C18DA188ADBB21">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H7D44B48483824A129D987ABD3722F1AF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The amount of</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF308E35E1FD341D691CFE806B4264840" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC49E81C73239454688CEBD32C89E2FCA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount of</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H4CAF1B3D29DF43B5AF7903D9ABD08B6C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A1693BCAB1642C2B6063534164ECF5E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H14CA3B5A8AAE408FAA4057D429AACA83">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>In the case of a project capitalizing a rural projects fund, the maximum amount of a secured loan made to a State infrastructure bank shall be determined in accordance with section 602(a)(5)(B)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BD17DD28EC849EA9312330D9DFC98AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A)(i)—</text>
<clause id="HA901018805634060BC8D76E745C3ABD2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subclause (III) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8C2D474BC6FE439696D4FDAF35A75FA0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subclause (IV) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H18DD8AC4E1EF409F8D82787346E53D1C">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5B6286108014D7BB2FA15365878947C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HD08CD4631602437C8818B580EC0937BB">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>in the case of a secured loan for a project capitalizing a rural projects fund, any other dedicated revenue sources available to a State infrastructure bank, including repayments from loans made by the bank for rural infrastructure projects; and</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FF15059D606497EA36008B37B92B3DA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(B)—</text>
<clause id="H036A265987744EC6B876B42D94D5062E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>under this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>or a rural projects fund under the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H763A18DAAF01495FA4A0F350459AF88C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii) by inserting <quote>and rural project funds</quote> after <quote>rural infrastructure projects</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H855D901D8FBB4F278AC4078E2EAC53FE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="H736E4D4AEE1D42B2A2A1491956769472">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD7DF9620A0D343FEB4D66F03C5EB7FF5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>The final</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B1ECD7718124A7590F3DD73783CD775" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9D03CB66119141E1ACA6C67C67BD1EC5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the final</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="HFB527FCC734946B2A61F423930F4D0AA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B17A91B39AB4EE38C398B539FE53944" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEC9AA2444C8246FBB77D1417350474CB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>In the case of a project capitalizing a rural projects fund, the final maturity date of the secured loan shall not exceed 35 years after the date on which the secured loan is obligated.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB1D624796944BE4A50B664A3B06D770">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H001EA5C588FA45E09EB2CF20F9E1B129">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="H2E05368900C543CC9C3D45B70AB96ED0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The total Federal assistance provided on a project receiving a loan under this chapter</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A741B794E1748FEBC14A951CD20A0C8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0BDC7D9CA1344CF4B4A43777A751734F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The total Federal assistance provided for a project receiving a loan under the TIFIA program</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H869C25EFE04C466089E4EBC4CB3277EF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA9598D5A8654B659D18F0E7BE6EC6FD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE2B7888AE4E44925B280AC17E79C604E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>A project capitalizing a rural projects fund shall satisfy subparagraph (A) through compliance with the Federal share requirement described in section 610(e)(3)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F9AA8E3197C4374B6F23AF001047A2D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H101CEACAEA6F4BFCB2C5DF9D6B8A9F2F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H2134957A781D42CBBC1A0BE315207D97">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Streamlined application process</header>
<paragraph id="H43DB482B879447508AD5DC5EF9D06240">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the FAST Act, the Secretary shall make available an expedited application process or processes available at the request of entities seeking secured loans under the TIFIA program that use a set or sets of conventional terms established pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B021BEB2156438C9F3C2B5CAC837B36">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Terms</header>
<text>In establishing the streamlined application process required by this subsection, the Secretary may include terms commonly included in prior credit agreements and allow for an expedited application period, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD0B59DC86514AC2A7B2969F8077B146">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the secured loan is in an amount of not greater than $100,000,000;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2ED5B306B6D438BB6D376DDAC9C9006">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the secured loan is secured and payable from pledged revenues not affected by project performance, such as a tax-backed revenue pledge, tax increment financing, or a system-backed pledge of project revenues; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07152003F2DC427DB9A813AEB3CBFFB5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>repayment of the loan commences not later than 5 years after disbursement.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H81643579B4A54CDAAF07D00D376F0AE3">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Program administration</header>
<text>Section 605 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3CAADCCE1DE48279DF42A7110F59B1D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75F397A98D054E37B4953043C9B559FF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8525116FC4BE44E6A5829C96D8DC8CCF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCD17C0E26A8F4E58A562E2CDF02617C1">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Assistance to small projects</header>
<paragraph id="HC75E1000FBC14E68B8ACD4FFDFA93639">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Reservation of funds</header>
<text>Of the funds made available to carry out the TIFIA program for each fiscal year, and after the set aside under section 608(a)(5), not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for the Secretary to use in lieu of fees collected under subsection (b) for projects under the TIFIA program having eligible project costs that are reasonably anticipated not to equal or exceed $75,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BC5E84657034D5587A5515249D9E54A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Release of funds</header>
<text>Any funds not used under paragraph (1) in a fiscal year shall be made available on October 1 of the following fiscal year to provide credit assistance to any project under the TIFIA program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE26E0222FB1D43D193DC10E4193A91AE">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>State and local permits</header>
<text>Section 606 of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4156D6A8EB7E41C4B8C8E995D93742B2">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>Section 607 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD3B78CE237004C5592C31B4C693500C8">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Section 608 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H81278079448147C780BE997719D81187">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0ECEFC5D59DC4772925FBCA9C0A9534C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E91DF04C1C14CA7BC8324544A8E421B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by inserting <quote>of</quote> after <quote>504(f)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCEC7D358C074A25B27E21C2896D8163">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H41DC160923B44594AC2D6407F38DC6D4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or rural projects funds</quote> after <quote>rural infrastructure projects</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE26959A4FCFB446AB5F83137A61C2ED3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or rural projects funds</quote> after <quote>rural infrastructure projects</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C859CA0907A49A09701223DAE16E7C5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (4) and (6) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECF7286AAA95462CA741005209B17F23">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> by inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0246E9031A2A4E4586D3DDF7480572E3" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HCAFEC8D4B8E64488B296FD9B6EA2E7E0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Administrative costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available to carry out the TIFIA program, the Secretary may use not more than $6,875,000 for fiscal year 2016, $7,081,000 for fiscal year 2017, $7,559,000 for fiscal year 2018, $8,195,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $8,441,000 for fiscal year 2020 for the administration of the TIFIA program.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H53D549C6EFC146EF9EEC75B2646817B3">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Reports to Congress</header>
<text>Section 609 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>this chapter (other than section 610)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the TIFIA program</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1C5D6A8FFC5F41A0B86E4BF7135B13CF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>State infrastructure bank program</header>
<text>Section 610 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H457BEA13E2984751B11AA180A5369721">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40FBE69A370F4F3E94A382EE3E4CACBE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAF1E011F623045D08DBE2F754EACCAAE">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Rural infrastructure project</header>
<text>The term <term>rural infrastructure project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 601.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14B4CC31736545A0A3ED4B05DA064EA0">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>The term <term>rural projects fund</term> has the meaning given the term in section 601.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H203BB244F465400AB84B07F9361107DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B197810A7134ECE8A52A1A454AA5F39">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A) by striking <quote>each of fiscal years</quote> and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of section 104(b); and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2D956F5C6ED4719AD627EDCE5B9098F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8DE217ACC254C17B6703DAA7547DC6B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD268428C4803407C87C49E3301F8FDFE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0B521091A1442528BE288C12AEC081D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39C9C0E06A2048398E4FCA9EBF5EF6C9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H858F5546BA7C4DC39C6B28699A71F704">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Rural projects fund</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may permit a State entering into a cooperative agreement under this section to establish a State infrastructure bank to deposit into the rural projects fund of the bank the proceeds of a secured loan made to the bank in accordance with sections 602 and 603.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9F8C28498CD4760A9DAE83C40E0F025">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>section 133(d)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 133(d)(1)(A)(i)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC973EAF8564286815A5E0D17CA0D85">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28994D548FB94FA1881B2A553EAEDCB6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HABD31F080302407DAF5E8857EF4F48AE">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Forms of assistance from State infrastructure banks</header>
<paragraph id="H5743EC6EEF3941C385F7B15D02A328EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State infrastructure bank established under this section may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2692E99E52A0432ABB6D0CDAE105B8D1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>with funds deposited into the highway account, transit account, or rail account of the bank, make loans or provide other forms of credit assistance to a public or private entity to carry out a project eligible for assistance under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H570C4BE0123948DDB14DCEFA31636481">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with funds deposited into the rural projects fund, make loans to a public or private entity to carry out a rural infrastructure project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H947773659EB54B22BC65357D3E0B1969">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Subordination of loan</header>
<text>The amount of a loan or other form of credit assistance provided for a project described in paragraph (1) may be subordinated to any other debt financing for the project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06E84FAF7136418F869E3B9DE5109762">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Maximum amount of assistance</header>
<text>A State infrastructure bank established under this section may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EE6BC8213A741C0B90FE2BEE040295F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>with funds deposited into the highway account, transit account, or rail account of the bank, make loans or provide other forms of credit assistance to a public or private entity in an amount up to 100 percent of the cost of carrying out a project eligible for assistance under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4527043AFB6045E48E0E52F235F58DF9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with funds deposited into the rural projects fund, make loans to a public or private entity in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of the cost of carrying out a rural infrastructure project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33E529362651494E9CED93CAAD255715">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Initial assistance</header>
<text>Initial assistance provided with respect to a project from Federal funds deposited into a State infrastructure bank under this section may not be made in the form of a grant.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0BB48E6E1914EFFB09D58E38F2B775E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1FE822E0A6A245E78BB1F854F473B9FF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>each account</quote> and inserting <quote>the highway account, the transit account, and the rail account</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57CD733DDE934F2DA795264E874D2011">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by inserting <quote>, except that any loan funded from the rural projects fund of the bank shall bear interest at or below the interest rate charged for the TIFIA loan provided to the bank under section 603</quote> after <quote>feasible</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC21E1925B254853947A6ACB73ECB06B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2005 through 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2016 through 2020</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H7D1277E87AE04A74840D66D837D23D01" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2002.</enum>
<header>Availability payment concession model</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8CBA5508AD89450881356BCCC17168AD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Payment to States for construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 121(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(including payments made pursuant to a long-term concession agreement, such as availability payments)</quote> after <quote>a project</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB300E9D5C6C642F090FE6EE8AAF657CC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Project approval and oversight</header>
<text>Section 106(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>(including payments made pursuant to a long-term concession agreement, such as availability payments)</quote> after <quote>construction of the project</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Public Transportation</header>
<section id="H5EAF28374B444E558BC1AE441D180AF7" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H61C2C80F2A7E473EAAB5F0B23419A643">
<enum>3002.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H66F034482FAC444F94EEAA8FC1A90D7B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H998DE4663E1441F3B43B23A61BE90B57">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by inserting <quote>functional</quote> before <quote>landscaping and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE23D0A0DF66D4EAD8E3021DF09F4E983">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E) by striking <quote>bicycle storage facilities and installing equipment</quote> and inserting <quote>bicycle storage shelters and parking facilities and the installation of equipment</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC78B079DBF44134A8AD57108DF1EBE7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4EF90B2E83644A4BAB0F49A1338AAA34">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFDD6E22C4E2492B823312BC1EDEA0A9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H55E5BA379DDC43D18F9A75CAA089A1B2">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>leasing equipment or a facility for use in public transportation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2924D6C579394C3E9E8DD12EB28B2C28">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<clause id="H0BE4E57BC9844EBAB47E2A99A9B45F95">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3CD1DE158CBD4E848D6C4817E34EC560">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (v) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB9B6946815F64A43B88383F21CF0F952">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (vi);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06038486B62C4C2292DC66D0502D6404">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (I) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H879B193A26554ECBADC2A1E266755823" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H03A26AEFB63A4AB9BE46E7112F759D0E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of nonfixed route paratransit transportation services in accordance with section 223 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12143), but only for grant recipients that are in compliance with applicable requirements of that Act, including both fixed route and demand responsive service, and only for amounts—</text>
<clause id="H0B6C72A28DCB4AADA2FDA0A03589C2D1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not to exceed 10 percent of such recipient’s annual formula apportionment under sections 5307 and 5311; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B92524352E6402FBA51C4E50A03F667">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not to exceed 20 percent of such recipient's annual formula apportionment under sections 5307 and 5311, if, consistent with guidance issued by the Secretary, the recipient demonstrates that the recipient meets at least 2 of the following requirements:</text>
<subclause id="H2BF859044D884F3E825725572F1E4A35">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>Provides an active fixed route travel training program that is available for riders with disabilities.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9465740B6C4E4FCBBC3187F917205B39">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>Provides that all fixed route and paratransit operators participate in a passenger safety, disability awareness, and sensitivity training class on at least a biennial basis.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD2E42A564B964EE888BABFE770888F53">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>Has memoranda of understanding in place with employers and the American Job Center to increase access to employment opportunities for people with disabilities.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H549F9653FA5B4FF8840D5281DC5629AB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (K) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC4D92932AD140D5AB02BC1720C547DC">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (L) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD24149C52EA4F4D89E7A11F12E4BF71">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73AA3DCE6A974949AC353BA4C3737CE6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H607D7C21B6384B67B31BB2E35BBB9368">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>associated transit improvements; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H785DC3A835194588B68AD0FDD1049A7F">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text>technological changes or innovations to modify low or no emission vehicles (as defined in section 5339(c)) or facilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96352551BA6F4E70930B07891692936A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B32CD8CA55F4A69AB013C12E5CC13D9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD6EB0D01B34840D2A8EE6AD5CC9E39EB">
<enum>(24)</enum>
<header>Value capture</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>value capture</term> means recovering the increased property value to property located near public transportation resulting from investments in public transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B38EB6261444044A75A310205EEFD04" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3003.</enum>
<header>Metropolitan and statewide transportation planning</header>
<subsection id="HB5919AB776244226854D4117B65C3E17">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A0B89A604664713864D92E2CDD66F6C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1) by inserting <quote>resilient</quote> after <quote>development of</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51F6587B41D9403DBB66630FE56F7CA6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2) by striking <quote>and bicycle transportation facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>, bicycle transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities that support intercity transportation, including intercity buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter vanpool providers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3345468FFC1D4209B15C58A76BA8063C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC68DB9E8561A454CAF6CF9C428D5E68C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE021F186C55E43A78EC29F4060DE9A06">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0948BF92D1854991B7F4EB213A9CC4EC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H261BE38B3DA74D4B8829D0745C97730F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Representation</header>
<subparagraph id="HD6E1B9D3ABF54DE694391DF3D75833BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Designation or selection of officials or representatives under paragraph (2) shall be determined by the metropolitan planning organization according to the bylaws or enabling statute of the organization.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H676398F9D8184819BB5B0B1DC31AA965">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Public transportation representative</header>
<text>Subject to the bylaws or enabling statute of the metropolitan planning organization, a representative of a provider of public transportation may also serve as a representative of a local municipality.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB317BBB35824998A58CBB801087ADF4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Powers of certain officials</header>
<text>An official described in paragraph (2)(B) shall have responsibilities, actions, duties, voting rights, and any other authority commensurate with other officials described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4041099D90A4DE89BF84D5862C9F548">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC191418241734A90A440B03665B6D170">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(4)(B) by striking <quote>subsection (d)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)(6)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8667608C74A4C738D301E863666EB91">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(3)(A) by inserting <quote>tourism, natural disaster risk reduction,</quote> after <quote>economic development,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03AD5D6D551747448B725FD43A84600A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H853D84F3E2ED48268632D1E58F9F8B31">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2DD43C42E3CC4F2FA9FEE22B43939639">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (H) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84975A9DA327483690E6A60CD6BBC49E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H942D7CF73A904AFEB67DBA00FC6B5FCE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H081DE903466E4B1EBE695B3224F537C8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5B2A62350924374BA144911A61D61D7">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E3B673C03254978BFA6A818094E8587">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HFDF406ABE04A4193A6F799EF49B04D44">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking <quote>transit</quote> and inserting <quote>public transportation facilities, intercity bus facilities</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD16EABDD4B6B4D5C8B7549EB7616814A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subclause id="HE2973FE3A0824580B82ABAEE4C76309C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and provide</quote> and inserting <quote>, provide</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF193701CF39A4D9782CA3499E0A50722">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and reduce the vulnerability of the existing transportation infrastructure to natural disasters</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HED8A44A71D65436FAC06F30C4207A157">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H) by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including consideration of the role that intercity buses may play in reducing congestion, pollution, and energy consumption in a cost-effective manner and strategies and investments that preserve and enhance intercity bus systems, including systems that are privately owned and operated</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA523B34521EB423882C32231DDBB9323">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H1E5A846C1D9C434D81A7999A67EE7227">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>public ports,</quote> before <quote>freight shippers,</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H16E77242E675460B872E9F747FB590B2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs, such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program)</quote> after <quote>private providers of transportation</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABBED0052A284F5CBA832EE1AB9A498E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8) by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(C)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)(E)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4371B8E7E14641299D946F9E6F2699F5">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD62DB81D6A6A4F57AB54174E99D8F125">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs, such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program), job access projects,</quote> after <quote>reduction</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3AC2C7429EA4AD1BCB2B928C14E3526">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEB1EEE5A8DB248A3BECCEE07C4DCE6AB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H4FACA6E8982340DD9383195F92DF5617">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Congestion management plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A metropolitan planning organization serving a transportation management area may develop a plan that includes projects and strategies that will be considered in the TIP of such metropolitan planning organization. Such plan shall—</text>
<clause id="H9A648593B22A450D8BFD367343A8758C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>develop regional goals to reduce vehicle miles traveled during peak commuting hours and improve transportation connections between areas with high job concentration and areas with high concentrations of low-income households;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE4C9E1E1322A473D885ABDF66E09FA6D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>identify existing public transportation services, employer-based commuter programs, and other existing transportation services that support access to jobs in the region; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC34C6C34631647C894A468D1235B045A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify proposed projects and programs to reduce congestion and increase job access opportunities.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H080F33FF70A040B78C8FAAFBDA463114">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Participation</header>
<text>In developing the plan under subparagraph (C), a metropolitan planning organization shall consult with employers, private and non-profit providers of public transportation, transportation management organizations, and organizations that provide job access reverse commute projects or job-related services to low-income individuals.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45A7CA52CCA345058BE00B3EF87DA0E3">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08E522C1CCAF48E9A1FD8CADA98A4BDF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by adding a period at the end of paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B47C4AFE1D741D59F73063CDC9363B2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(D) by striking <quote>of less than 200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>with a population of 200,000 or less</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B41813E6D12475E8740D79D50AFD678">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>in subsection (p) by striking <quote>Funds set aside under section 104(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>Funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A549F3B1E8148CFB2CF774029F18347">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H881E5AE79F294833B6F67B33F0B85975" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H9CE29F886E204F19B99FA36198A71381">
<enum>(r)</enum>
<header>Bi-State metropolitan planning organization</header>
<paragraph id="HDAEBB47A6D6F41E682AB09A8C3FE846F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of bi-State MPO region</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <quote>Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>region</quote> in subsection (a) of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19F5B9A202E74D0CBA1D9F850627C324">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Treatment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of this title, the Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization shall be treated as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H093AFDFC31B342FCBD583E64D6922C7D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a metropolitan planning organization;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA525D729F9D445BBBA9507688CC2101">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a transportation management area under subsection (k); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAF7D2271B3841B18EBC6826EDAED6BA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an urbanized area, which is comprised of a population of 145,000 in the State of California and a population of 65,000 in the State of Nevada.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64A74AD928674FFCBE6EB0C8B2298F0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning</header>
<text>Section 5304 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C376A3068994288B9BB9436EC96409D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2) by striking <quote>and bicycle transportation facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>, bicycle transportation facilities, and intermodal facilities that support intercity transportation, including intercity buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter vanpool providers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF5645FC3111463C8398E940462C2689">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CCA76352D934EEDA53E28A6CD9D72E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H8D0863D5F32447BB8BA2E792779642C3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6F9F9E1356D043F8B9B7221222FC6C1C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (H) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBF89C9160A204577A14BBB6CB7330FCA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7770576A96340B9B24DCDA3551A20E8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD0B67AEE53FD453AA674C7DA9ED9961F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC89ED45867F0453C94909D2DCFFAA678">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HC567A89E290A4F4AB8231E2ACD94FBE8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking <quote>urbanized</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H061994ECA46F4804B5CE871C29E4F852">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>urbanized</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B33A12DD90A41B0BDE755E062F464D3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(3)(A)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H803921C9F7B44C54ABA9C36D360F3939">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>public ports,</quote> before <quote>freight shippers,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEC29E4329634ECA934B77BE3913AB86">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(including intercity bus operators, employer-based commuting programs, such as a carpool program, vanpool program, transit benefit program, parking cash-out program, shuttle program, or telework program) </quote> after <quote>private providers of transportation</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA6E27F7ECA0E4CA8BA5244480DEED587" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3004.</enum>
<header>Urbanized area formula grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H08C43664CB704EE4876C6DEE2C718ED3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92963F28998447F890909176F079CDB9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by inserting <quote>or demand response service, excluding ADA complementary paratransit service,</quote> before <quote>during</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H339D9B1B10894B448AA583DE3B366628">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBF58A704FE4C42E4A7762A5EACB6EDD9">
<paragraph id="H489A60E348D74ADE9BF5507F1FC8B71B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Exception to the special rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if a public transportation system described in such paragraph executes a written agreement with 1 or more other public transportation systems within the urbanized area to allocate funds for the purposes described in the paragraph by a method other than by measuring vehicle revenue hours, each public transportation system that is a party to the written agreement may follow the terms of the written agreement without regard to measured vehicle revenue hours referred to in the paragraph.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C2CA3E1302648319FF118F976E5E6D5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07805304EA814686B21762AF1445CE0A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>in accordance with the recipient’s transit asset management plan</quote> after <quote>equipment and facilities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76F38F884EC24E1780B2AF55CDC7DF04">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (K), by striking <quote>Census—</quote> and all that follows through clause (ii) and inserting the following: <quote>Census, will submit an annual report listing projects carried out in the preceding fiscal year under this section for associated transit improvements as defined in section 5302; and</quote>. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HC777281CC32F420D9EE880C7E2AB00C9" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3005.</enum>
<header>Fixed guideway capital investment grants</header>
<subsection id="H33D22C47FD0B4D7BBF0B675E729A5E75">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C8CC5B8E34D4A7594E969211B2F7FBE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59CE3C62561545D388B8FB51253EB8F8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and weekend days</quote>; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54649043D49E41FF99537050C56C2642">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="H9ACF317D44D449758C9044ECC8ED149E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>, small start projects,</quote> after <quote>new fixed guideway capital projects</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0F07569177674395A1CF8B48DFB221A4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H19971701677B40DDA24FDC55E6468610" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H414479252B1F4DE0820EC80C2F8D8722">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 or more projects that are any combination of new fixed guideway capital projects, small start projects, and core capacity improvement projects.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE61CCD909C540BAABCA2B3E8342D14F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<clause id="HAD6370FE8A2546ACBCE9855B91D7CDD3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF3D0DF8BE4CD489495DC4304FB1B48B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$250,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D58EC7559AB4CC0BD5B8DBCC72D648E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55EB3B63EA63462CA92E456151D793EC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B) by striking <quote>, policies and land use patterns that promote public transportation,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF451CE100904F6B88B8D18E54590112">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H50E90D7D0DBF4D8C8536AE3884BD6C31">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii) by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2AD8CBAADFD4277842F19D9D34173FC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (iv); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC5BD98CFA8A6481FB6479549E235EB62">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC36929944174DA0AC075AB4E48C42F9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(2)(A)(i) by striking <quote>the policies and land use patterns that support public transportation,</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8983E3376B96491A8DAD72017B7D1C79">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)(6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8AB1B0EEC7EB43E095E8FBB646144233">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In carrying out</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H099D377F9C6A4AEAB54A98E517606A09" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H10A9EFA1EB7347258E53CF5883884456">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36EA6AB9399045D5B56733A53E332DA5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H705B11EE815F4D5EAD27507018299866" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB577A048E6794CFA9A6BFB97CB6638FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Optional early rating</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the project sponsor, the Secretary shall evaluate and rate the project in accordance with paragraphs (4) and (5) and subparagraph (A) of this paragraph upon completion of the analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48121F78A4384861BDAB0CD7C7EBF00D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5E55CA1E8C04F03A4A778FB92440661">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>subsection (d) or (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d), (e), or (h)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7770994F71AB49B3BB3E662B0A37CC6C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HAC556E2E21B44860BAE8D1A674F3F489">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>new fixed guideway capital project or core capacity improvement</quote> after <quote>federally funded</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5440FE0EE96149EDBAEE261263D17BE5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCE8190364266492EBD9CA6A34793A3A8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H983547E2B48940C9AF805C35CD6F5E29">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program of interrelated projects, when evaluated as a whole—</text>
<clause id="H2962ACC18444417D83AB1F52A67E0228">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2), subsection (e)(2), or paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (h), as applicable, if the program is comprised entirely of—</text>
<subclause id="H880943E0A6444FC9B2464B46B3292031">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>new fixed guideway capital projects;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H534B6F429D374261B3979C0DF24D08EA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>core capacity improvement projects; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7FFF412F863F474FA2BE50F076C59408">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>small start projects; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HFBCEB6D9EEDC42B9AC634E5C70555BE0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2) if the program is comprised of any combination of new fixed guideway capital projects, small start projects, and core capacity improvement projects;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="HF92C53BADDA34416919D60F142B17AC5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F), by inserting <quote>or subsection (h)(5), as applicable</quote> after <quote>subsection (f)</quote>; and </text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B177D08211C4829B1E7E34EC33B1C5F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3)(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDC2CDA5C04AF410B9D33650EC87759B8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H5F9317C7457D4F3785F29C1FBB45AAE6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Project advancement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project receiving a grant under this section that is part of a program of interrelated projects may not advance—</text>
<clause id="HB1B1D9BDB0B34CE18875A879EF2FC0E3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the case of a small start project, from the project development phase to the construction phase unless the Secretary determines that the program of interrelated projects meets the applicable requirements of this section and there is a reasonable likelihood that the program will continue to meet such requirements; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4E91600EBF48447AAA2562234A4261C4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a new fixed guideway capital project or a core capacity improvement project, from the project development phase to the engineering phase, or from the engineering phase to the construction phase, unless the Secretary determines that the program of interrelated projects meets the applicable requirements of this section and there is a reasonable likelihood that the program will continue to meet such requirements.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18C1F4C9A1694E7EBC56AF5CDA346B7C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB982AE1F652E48A7A0F577E0EB806BD9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC3218B05B1F64FB2911C00F336A1F07E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HB72D6EA9705A438CA732B9724845B31C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H3DADFCB53EB74975B3D4B523A34EAC9A" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Estimation of net capital project cost</header>
<text>Based on engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, and information on the expected use of equipment or facilities, the Secretary shall estimate the net capital project cost.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2F3A6BF599B41DDBAA7B7560AFF659E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<clause id="H1454BCF0D60A4CDD96E3464371C91C45">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Grant for new fixed guideway capital project</header>
<text>A grant for a new fixed guideway capital project shall not exceed 80 percent of the net capital project cost.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1E33C46084C446B4991162E6D2627138">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Full funding grant agreement for new fixed guideway capital project</header>
<text>A full funding grant agreement for a new fixed guideway capital project shall not include a share of more than 60 percent from the funds made available under this section.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H25B4FF3DFBD842A78424F380FF614EF7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Grant for core capacity improvement project</header>
<text>A grant for a core capacity improvement project shall not exceed 80 percent of the net capital project cost of the incremental cost to increase the capacity in the corridor</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5DB710D8209E4B4AA79EA279F923B55B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Grant for small start project</header>
<text>. A grant for a small start project shall not exceed 80 percent of the net capital project costs.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F14FCD8693B4C00A1078EF7F6E9A570">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C8CDC1F5E21445593933ABE587033C9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF50B8A39A8FC45F2BAE439198AE505EF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Remaining costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The remainder of the net capital project costs shall be provided—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D7FC8730261410EA60030E5D9CE4768">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in cash from non-Government sources;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD717391A962740A1A28B5E0F14860CEC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>from revenues from the sale of advertising and concessions; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1882D3602A4340659F37CEE9B835BE59">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DC5C6C1586644E49ED9755D5D8DB7DB">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (n) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H03D11DA51C704641BB3D84F2ECBF14EB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H48EEA3F1FDEF43CBAC42180609C38785">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="H6D11C71F5C1444BC81C965266FD46CBF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount made available or appropriated for a new fixed guideway capital project or core capacity improvement project shall remain available to that project for 4 fiscal years, including the fiscal year in which the amount is made available or appropriated. Any amounts that are unobligated to the project at the end of the 4-fiscal-year period may be used by the Secretary for any purpose under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE6C9E0ACA13476D8A21916E8A600707">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of deobligated amounts</header>
<text>An amount available under this section that is deobligated may be used for any purpose under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H554142B72E974D3E82B52F0D1432D05E">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E6680A8EDA740E1984615E93D43B3B4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H888653DCD4664015A010EFB1C7CC8469">
<enum>(p)</enum>
<header>Special rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of calculating the cost effectiveness of a project described in subsection (d) or (e), the Secretary shall not reduce or eliminate the capital costs of art and non-functional landscaping elements from the annualized capital cost calculation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4E6BDAB0ECF143FFB3747ABB396DF84A">
<enum>(q)</enum>
<header>Joint public transportation and intercity passenger rail projects</header>
<paragraph id="H152F7BBC5ECC4A259AC95E9802F2043C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants for new fixed guideway capital projects and core capacity improvement projects that provide both public transportation and intercity passenger rail service.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC51858D64B564396BA84FE571D21101D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible costs</header>
<text>Eligible costs for a project under this subsection shall be limited to the net capital costs of the public transportation costs attributable to the project based on projected use of the new segment or expanded capacity of the project corridor, not including project elements designed to achieve or maintain a state of good repair, as determined by the Secretary under paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF624FCFB94304CBDA808B6FB6E770054">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Project justification and local financial commitment</header>
<text>A project under this subsection shall be evaluated for project justification and local financial commitment under subsections (d), (e), (f), and (h), as applicable to the project, based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF67642E2525C4279B1F6BD8905DD80F1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the net capital costs of the public transportation costs attributable to the project as determined under paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A0C71FF453040B1B753886550159EF4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the share of funds dedicated to the project from sources other than this section included in the unified finance plan for the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8EC92CE36094E32ADD7EF56DBC78A0F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Calculation of net capital project cost</header>
<text>The Secretary shall estimate the net capital costs of a project under this subsection based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6595E145BB3D42178D821E5FBB57F8DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>engineering studies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D17563B21844920AE6509EB48BF846F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>studies of economic feasibility;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2429BA5824854E8797F2EBE69D0A0A7C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the expected use of equipment or facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H602AB53CA3FE434E9C7A3CB1765F3699">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the public transportation costs attributable to the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9C395E1F91846ED87DE6577C9B923F1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Government share of net capital project cost</header>
<subparagraph id="H407FB925327447B1841750A9D2F7910A" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Government share</header>
<text>The Government share shall not exceed 80 percent of the net capital cost attributable to the public transportation costs of a project under this subsection as determined under paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA3C5DB8179345CA8076DB3545F1990D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-government share</header>
<text>The remainder of the net capital cost attributable to the public transportation costs of a project under this subsection shall be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H77127025DF08469CACF6340072255B73">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Expedited project delivery for capital investment grants pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="H8F2385E3DB2647A4B530F5CED192B6E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection, the following definitions shall apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAE59397A87B4422A6EEA89B9BB9F22E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Applicant</header>
<text>The term <quote>applicant</quote> means a State or local governmental authority that applies for a grant under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79CE92FB305C43998419A581384F7D9F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Capital project; fixed guideway; local governmental authority; public transportation; state; state of good repair</header>
<text>The terms <quote>capital project</quote>, <quote>fixed guideway</quote>, <quote>local governmental authority</quote>, <quote>public transportation</quote>, <quote>State</quote>, and <quote>state of good repair</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E41E0C59A3046C0B6CCB2020D7A02EC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Core capacity improvement project</header>
<text>The term <quote>core capacity improvement project</quote>—</text>
<clause id="HEDA887D491E44D2590E94EB46E30372F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>means a substantial corridor-based capital investment in an existing fixed guideway system that increases the capacity of a corridor by not less than 10 percent; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H05605ED115C545F2BBD632CA158D166C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>may include project elements designed to aid the existing fixed guideway system in making substantial progress towards achieving a state of good repair.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F64BC6972B341C197D120AAAE86C420">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Corridor-based bus rapid transit project</header>
<text>The term <quote>corridor-based bus rapid transit project</quote> means a small start project utilizing buses in which the project represents a substantial investment in a defined corridor as demonstrated by features that emulate the services provided by rail fixed guideway public transportation systems—</text>
<clause id="HBC873474AD8D4D61B0BDEDF89A3CBEDD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>including—</text>
<subclause id="HA39DE3BEB0BA47309FBC6A311151D652">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>defined stations;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H89E68D74236147C5BF63440FE610A1A4">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>traffic signal priority for public transportation vehicles;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8602B62190F340E0BD92A2D3F7879952">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>short headway bidirectional services for a substantial part of weekdays; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC31DA4CF46C3424FAA29679ABFB9DA8B">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>any other features the Secretary may determine support a long-term corridor investment; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H4D50FE6C143B4A32A403DEB54D56F8E3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the majority of which does not operate in a separated right-of-way dedicated for public transportation use during peak periods.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D2CB90FA68C4D01AC4674B1DE605D6D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Eligible project</header>
<text>The term <quote>eligible project</quote> means a new fixed guideway capital project, a small start project, or a core capacity improvement project that has not entered into a full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FCE67BD37AB455E8E72AB2E5A6C1199">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Fixed guideway bus rapid transit project</header>
<text>The term <quote>fixed guideway bus rapid transit project</quote> means a bus capital project—</text>
<clause id="HC1FDE1DFBB1D46E6B35C1123272DBB0C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in which the majority of the project operates in a separated right-of-way dedicated for public transportation use during peak periods;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2202BDB6F58D4B70977C2DE0FCF65365">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that represents a substantial investment in a single route in a defined corridor or subarea; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3253D77DB0914429BE4D5AA884797C9F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>that includes features that emulate the services provided by rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, including—</text>
<subclause id="HB50E5FBE9F7B469E9ABCEAA3F4A12188">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>defined stations;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD921280091754D7CAABB26B5C000C5FB">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>traffic signal priority for public transportation vehicles;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC540EF2335664DE39C6A9C162239CDF5">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>short headway bidirectional services for a substantial part of weekdays and weekend days; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFAED9BD8C89A411FB804E4C32A5E7BB0">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>any other features the Secretary may determine are necessary to produce high-quality public transportation services that emulate the services provided by rail fixed guideway public transportation systems.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28EA90679631433CBFB63CF6453F0562">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>New fixed guideway capital project</header>
<text>The term <quote>new fixed guideway capital project</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="H1502F4BA542C4D2A87042C69F0A47E1F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a fixed guideway capital project that is a minimum operable segment or extension to an existing fixed guideway system; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9A14E9A9B0404A60A5EC96A6466D7F60">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a fixed guideway bus rapid transit project that is a minimum operable segment or an extension to an existing bus rapid transit system.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H716FF1CC32214A2E830EF59557DBE795">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<header>Recipient</header>
<text>The term <quote>recipient</quote> means a recipient of funding under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8404DA2B12545A88BB36622CD8B2E0F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Small start project</header>
<text>The term <quote>small start project</quote> means a new fixed guideway capital project, a fixed guideway bus rapid transit project, or a corridor-based bus rapid transit project for which—</text>
<clause id="H49745C55330C466F94531ABD601FE61C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Federal assistance provided or to be provided under this subsection is less than $75,000,000; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD60A625C741A4DCF8E1210B2EC8F9E26">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total estimated net capital cost is less than $300,000,000.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H882EA6ECEC904707851EA8C34B97C142">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to States and local governmental authorities to assist in financing—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB54B7702D4C3426A9A4AA0EC026BCB18">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>new fixed guideway capital projects or small start projects, including the acquisition of real property, the initial acquisition of rolling stock for the system, the acquisition of rights-of-way, and relocation, for projects in the advanced stages of planning and design; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CE78AFF8E4348B6BE4A2A380F40D1BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>core capacity improvement projects, including the acquisition of real property, the acquisition of rights-of-way, double tracking, signalization improvements, electrification, expanding system platforms, acquisition of rolling stock associated with corridor improvements increasing capacity, construction of infill stations, and such other capacity improvement projects as the Secretary determines are appropriate to increase the capacity of an existing fixed guideway system corridor by not less than 10 percent. Core capacity improvement projects do not include elements to improve general station facilities or parking, or acquisition of rolling stock alone.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B187BD81EF54832AC467CBC48813B30">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Grant requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HA355C6511BD14688B82A479C79EE216C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may make not more than 8 grants under this subsection for eligible projects if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<clause id="H8F5CB7DB3CEB49DE890C2A3D282B8841">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the eligible project is part of an approved transportation plan required under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA903B3438C5D41AA86B80EF5823E62B7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the applicant has, or will have—</text>
<subclause id="HA46DC09A502D4FD9AE7ABEAAEE4C6FB2">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out the eligible project, including the safety and security aspects of the eligible project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H39A224017A3746D58F70D2F53BCA8801">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>satisfactory continuing control over the use of the equipment or facilities;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9DC8E1B9BE934746A2D2503C32F3061A">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the technical and financial capacity to maintain new and existing equipment and facilities; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H138DE0E10E554B44BA01500AC7D9850D">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>advisors providing guidance to the applicant on the terms and structure of the project that are independent from investors in the project;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H32F69D50627E44EDAD43C77F12F29E07">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the eligible project is supported, or will be supported, in part, through a public-private partnership, provided such support is determined by local policies, criteria, and decisionmaking under section 5306(a) of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H152F850E5B4A41608129CF4B42AF1E0A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the eligible project is justified based on findings presented by the project sponsor to the Secretary, including—</text>
<subclause id="H4F3175B4078945B1BD86A38665DFC534">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>mobility improvements attributable to the project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF7320536EE22433DAF094F67F86851E2">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>environmental benefits associated with the project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H278ADA1B13414A9188F67267CF934163">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>congestion relief associated with the project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H09F0B52870714A4E989E5FAA96DEB313">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>economic development effects derived as a result of the project; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD991F32495E24F3B8C02728123AB5DE9">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>estimated ridership projections;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2F1D03F0C7141BCB86E9F7F90B1234B">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the eligible project is supported by an acceptable degree of local financial commitment (including evidence of stable and dependable financing sources); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H334B0C9C70CD4A84873BE081EA6C3D1E">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the eligible project will be operated and maintained by employees of an existing provider of fixed guideway or bus rapid transit public transportation in the service area of the project, or if none exists, by employees of an existing public transportation provider in the service area.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B9CB69465134D159B3F2D6D6502F876">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text>An applicant that has submitted the certifications required under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (H) of section 5307(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deemed to have provided sufficient information upon which the Secretary may make the determinations required under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5EB4BAA0556484F92160BBA608EDB65">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Technical capacity</header>
<text>The Secretary shall use an expedited technical capacity review process for applicants that have recently and successfully completed not less than 1 new fixed guideway capital project, small start project, or core capacity improvement project, if—</text>
<clause id="H5117440365F047048E822A85AF45AB46">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the applicant achieved budget, cost, and ridership outcomes for the project that are consistent with or better than projections; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1329F0F9148F46D8897F29FCFF9CE59B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the applicant demonstrates that the applicant continues to have the staff expertise and other resources necessary to implement a new project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0BAAF77A5AB43D1B7B244050ADCC54A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Financial commitment</header>
<clause id="H05F22162C21845FC891E47201FF1AAE6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>In determining whether an eligible project is supported by an acceptable degree of local financial commitment and shows evidence of stable and dependable financing sources for purposes of subparagraph (A)(v), the Secretary shall require that—</text>
<subclause id="H5163D9FFA721476098456BC4E98F5809">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>each proposed source of capital and operating financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed eligible project timetable; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9168194ED8F949AA837169A08BA48490">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>resources are available to recapitalize, maintain, and operate the overall existing and proposed public transportation system, including essential feeder bus and other services necessary, without degradation to the existing level of public transportation services.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HCD56B6276C6D46A39220D2BC6B394BF8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of financing under clause (i), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subclause id="H738C9CBFC3D44B2ABD2B396C4A002C73">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the reliability of the forecasting methods used to estimate costs and revenues made by the applicant and the contractors to the applicant;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H059CFA1928F04507932552721FCD653D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>existing grant commitments;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6D46AD9220834944AA25C3C86794CB05">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the degree to which financing sources are dedicated to the proposed eligible project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9769474D0FE3401491DA65ED1B7BE658">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>any debt obligation that exists or is proposed by the applicant, for the proposed eligible project or other public transportation purpose; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9C2EE2A9149448C1B0FC9431692EB9E5">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>private contributions to the eligible project, including cost-effective project delivery, management or transfer of project risks, expedited project schedule, financial partnering, and other public-private partnership strategies.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBFED839762D49F2AC586357DDA92070">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Labor standards</header>
<text>The requirements under section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to each recipient of a grant under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7878E4E9C174B07B33C3F5750F37518">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Project advancement</header>
<text>An applicant that desires a grant under this subsection and meets the requirements of paragraph (3) shall submit to the Secretary, and the Secretary shall approve for advancement, a grant request that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H492F66C5044948FCBAC0C8CE625B42EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identification of an eligible project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AC9907CCE1D48DA962A375D1EDD18D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a schedule and finance plan for the construction and operation of the eligible project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74E0AFCBE97644A689E67D9DF51362E3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an analysis of the efficiencies of the proposed eligible project development and delivery methods and innovative financing arrangement for the eligible project, including any documents related to the—</text>
<clause id="HAD5A9A7525AC4F3B8C1AA51816354590">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>public-private partnership required under paragraph (3)(A)(iii); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H251B7998A1194681B748842ADF8089AB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>project justification required under paragraph (3)(A)(iv); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H282239781735485FAF0834300EA36559">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a certification that the existing public transportation system of the applicant or, in the event that the applicant does not operate a public transportation system, the public transportation system to which the proposed project will be attached, is in a state of good repair.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85C3F5439DDC4BE495C82E84DA5DC756">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Written notice from the secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="H10366D8EA5F04DA4BA66D62BB2D07483">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a grant request of an applicant under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall provide written notice to the applicant—</text>
<clause id="HD3317BC907A44B0198591DE10441F220">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>of approval of the grant request; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E132827348348B4B126D0A89697F6A5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>if the grant request does not meet the requirements under paragraph (4), of disapproval of the grant request, including a detailed explanation of the reasons for the disapproval.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC839A3F4F43842FD8D31161D63AA8262">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Concurrent notice</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide concurrent notice of an approval or disapproval of a grant request under subparagraph (A) to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D62625DFBA64F6E8FA465526978F670">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<text>The Secretary may grant a waiver to an applicant that does not comply with paragraph (4)(D) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FBA8976029945D880596E9F66D5282B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the eligible project meets the definition of a core capacity improvement project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H243869BFEAD74FC8BE3631753D93E40B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary certifies that the eligible project will allow the applicant to make substantial progress in achieving a state of good repair.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H948C9F74228648728B3D47B6EC9CFAB8">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Selection criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into a full funding grant agreement with an applicant under this subsection for an eligible project for which an application has been submitted and approved for advancement by the Secretary under paragraph (4), only if the applicant has completed the planning and activities required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC11E8A5AD1D412FB014201D30FA7FD9">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Letters of intent and full funding grant agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="HB05E603E583D4EB7A5B691F30A2E20D6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Letters of intent</header>
<clause id="HB011A30009E34687BB87B6D03C07DCAB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Amounts intended to be obligated</header>
<text>The Secretary may issue a letter of intent to an applicant announcing an intention to obligate, for an eligible project under this subsection, an amount from future available budget authority specified in law that is not more than the amount stipulated as the financial participation of the Secretary in the eligible project. When a letter is issued for an eligible project under this subsection, the amount shall be sufficient to complete at least an operable segment.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H31B426FE81A24EC8AD06F5D567300D5B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Treatment</header>
<text>The issuance of a letter under clause (i) is deemed not to be an obligation under section 1108(c), 1501, or 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code, or an administrative commitment.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EB90110EA324EBA8C0363C0BCD9A498">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Full funding grant agreements</header>
<clause id="H44449F4764BA4BB2BD3DE7AA77029488">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in clause (v), an eligible project shall be carried out under this subsection through a full funding grant agreement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB61D55290FD644D1A941D3281959C3CB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into a full funding grant agreement, based on the requirements of this subparagraph, with each applicant receiving assistance for an eligible project that has received a written notice of approval under paragraph (5)(A)(i).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE22A10DD25BE4858886B508BFD46533B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Terms</header>
<text>A full funding grant agreement shall—</text>
<subclause id="H8DF315713B4B4AA4AB140AD1FDF82B24">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>establish the terms of participation by the Federal Government in the eligible project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4522EE91945E4FE3A611E498A2356D93">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>establish the maximum amount of Federal financial assistance for the eligible project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H14A03DFD7D29416D8CF5CA9C062FA13B">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>include the period of time for completing construction of the eligible project, consistent with the terms of the public-private partnership agreement, even if that period extends beyond the period of an authorization; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9CEADD18AE9043D79490CA6BC5A77C8F">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>make timely and efficient management of the eligible project easier according to the law of the United States.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H0C61F9ECE0974C5589D4A45927FA1B28">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Special financial rules</header>
<subclause id="H92BBF1F0EF1D4E01A0D39CC0A010A5E8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A full funding grant agreement under this subparagraph obligates an amount of available budget authority specified in law and may include a commitment, contingent on amounts to be specified in law in advance for commitments under this subparagraph, to obligate an additional amount from future available budget authority specified in law.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H38B85B11FBAD42B4A8407B98464ED7A6">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Statement of contingent commitment</header>
<text>A full funding grant agreement shall state that the contingent commitment is not an obligation of the Federal Government.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3EA7309867EE435BBDE240256150E900">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Interest and other financing costs</header>
<text>Interest and other financing costs of efficiently carrying out a part of the eligible project within a reasonable time are a cost of carrying out the eligible project under a full funding grant agreement, except that eligible costs may not be more than the cost of the most favorable financing terms reasonably available for the eligible project at the time of borrowing. The applicant shall certify, in a way satisfactory to the Secretary, that the applicant has shown reasonable diligence in seeking the most favorable financing terms.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7C7D892DF5D34ABC9BC77F735751F420">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<header>Completion of operable segment</header>
<text>The amount stipulated in an agreement under this subparagraph for a new fixed guideway capital project, core capacity improvement project, or small start project shall be sufficient to complete at least an operable segment.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H62CF85EEF38B4C25A9C04A3C85335139">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<subclause id="H612D5DBA808342E398881BBA153ED5D0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall provide Federal assistance under this subsection for a small start project in a single grant. If the Secretary cannot provide such a single grant, the Secretary may execute an expedited grant agreement in order to include a commitment on the part of the Secretary to provide funding for the project in future fiscal years.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8A0DD1BB198A48ED917B284D3B674BBC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Terms of expedited grant agreements</header>
<text>In executing an expedited grant agreement under this clause, the Secretary may include in the agreement terms similar to those established under clause (iii). </text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49AF09CDB6CD46498C8BB08B5EF547C5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Limitation on amounts</header>
<clause id="HB3FC725EC9DB4611B020A9671EC273F2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into full funding grant agreements under this paragraph for eligible projects that contain contingent commitments to incur obligations in such amounts as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2B7FE4DEABAA4EE288480532312DD610">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Appropriation required</header>
<text>An obligation may be made under this paragraph only when amounts are appropriated for obligation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3298C6656BDC4458B78BFE29C4ED70F1">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Notification to congress</header>
<clause id="H8A28CB4B89CA4CD4B4D2E6EDEF9BEC3F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary issues a letter of intent or enters into a full funding grant agreement for an eligible project under this paragraph, the Secretary shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of the proposed letter of intent or full funding grant agreement.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H30B02FC9824F409DAEA1E8A627A59304">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The written notification under clause (i) shall include a copy of the proposed letter of intent or full funding grant agreement for the eligible project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40D7B4110E0E40BF872A8BD2AC7E66E2">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Government share of net capital project cost</header>
<subparagraph id="HC94A1CFF396D4CD0A09343DA0404B3D1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A grant for an eligible project shall not exceed 25 percent of the net capital project cost.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE1B5C9ED948462A80FE2A4E40B3A6ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Remainder of net capital project cost</header>
<text>The remainder of the net capital project cost shall be provided from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BFDDE22F90C4F94BAD38CEC85B691E8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Limitation on statutory construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to require a non-Federal financial commitment for a project that is more than 75 percent of the net capital project cost.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9701A643D9D472AAFBE118ADD9C68BA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Special rule for rolling stock costs</header>
<text>In addition to amounts allowed pursuant to subparagraph (A), a planned extension to a fixed guideway system may include the cost of rolling stock previously purchased if the applicant satisfies the Secretary that only amounts other than amounts provided by the Federal Government were used and that the purchase was made for use on the extension. A refund or reduction of the remainder may be made only if a refund of a proportional amount of the grant of the Federal Government is made at the same time.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H500AE932AE7940ED8F30E19D2ACB5E80">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Failure to carry out project</header>
<text>If an applicant does not carry out an eligible project for reasons within the control of the applicant, the applicant shall repay all Federal funds awarded for the eligible project from all Federal funding sources, for all eligible project activities, facilities, and equipment, plus reasonable interest and penalty charges allowable by law.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H39237684FBA8494CAEE83D882D5AD970">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Crediting of funds received</header>
<text>Any funds received by the Federal Government under this paragraph, other than interest and penalty charges, shall be credited to the appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94F51FF38ED448CA8DAFB30DED216036">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="HC75ECE8BA87046DDB853C5BB12136484">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An amount made available for an eligible project shall remain available to that eligible project for 4 fiscal years, including the fiscal year in which the amount is made available. Any amounts that are unobligated to the eligible project at the end of the 4-fiscal-year period may be used by the Secretary for any purpose under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H289E0D5968BF4510874BBC593F892CBD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of deobligated amounts</header>
<text>An amount available under this subsection that is deobligated may be used for any purpose under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC8647AB646949D695D7F3E1BB03EFA3">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Annual report on expedited project delivery for capital investment grants</header>
<text>Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that includes a proposed amount to be available to finance grants for anticipated projects under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0963AB3BAAB44DDEBFAC6310CB75744E">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Before and after study and report</header>
<subparagraph id="H10245E25411E4C72BC96AF625561AD25">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Study required</header>
<text>Each recipient shall conduct a study that—</text>
<clause id="H06F26D297E874529B285FFE82F63542F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>describes and analyzes the impacts of the eligible project on public transportation services and public transportation ridership;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD2F37C89E16640F288849988C31BEF34">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>describes and analyzes the consistency of predicted and actual benefits and costs of the innovative project development and delivery methods or innovative financing for the eligible project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC216045230EA4793A658D90C4247F032">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>identifies reasons for any differences between predicted and actual outcomes for the eligible project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CFF4AFC980C49008AAF2E470214F6AB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Submission of report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after an eligible project that is selected under this subsection begins revenue operations, the recipient shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24D14CBC7ED140E8B0C8A3541018EAAB">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E9B8998147F4CD697C820BAD6B669E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>require the privatization of the operation or maintenance of any project for which an applicant seeks funding under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE802214615D540C49C8E82A0DC59050E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>revise the determinations by local policies, criteria, and decisionmaking under section 5306(a) of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H232FEE96234E48BD9BDA5FD28A0692C8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>alter the requirements for locally developed, coordinated, and implemented transportation plans under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, United States Code; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF2C173F56B44DA6B929A374B8CEF898">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>alter the eligibilities or priorities for assistance under this subsection or section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2EC62274605E426EAB1E49BC6EA5BEEC" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3006.</enum>
<header>Enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities</header>
<subsection id="HF1505071AF4A40F49C3A268B46061109">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7337BB5710DC40FD8E2AB667A31EFC9F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1671095FC04C44119F33401742BFBCF9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCB96C17875D34AA78218C19AB428268B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Recipient</header>
<text>The term <quote>recipient</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCCDE69DD2514B3C889415E0BC0C00DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a designated recipient or a State that receives a grant under this section directly; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7469E500D8441F59A30128E56618E65">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a State or local governmental entity that operates a public transportation service.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC627D55C97334C7F9CE44D8D0CB32281">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2F696BAA470A4D7EBD20402316A4F31B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA36606452AEE470D991317971F9EA9C4" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Best practices</header>
<text>The Secretary shall collect from, review, and disseminate to public transportation agencies—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA3D09EE436A4D40A1A3ED995BB01F83" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>innovative practices;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EECF9C08F3C48BE93C9E6D10CDA74CC" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>program models;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36020F2343644776B43473C4B0F89091" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>new service delivery options;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB6A784E104D4F1CA7A4CF856FB07171" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>findings from activities under subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3645C341D0C24B1BA9B61A2F74DECE3B" commented="no">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>transit cooperative research program reports.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4BE546BC3C4C421794E78191A8DAA1F7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Pilot program for innovative coordinated access and mobility</header>
<paragraph id="H5E681C2AC59B45A58D7A255878165490">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1B403E861ED4FC581F349F2958B95E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>eligible project</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>capital project</quote> in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4EAB7A4B59D94479B035DF2622D1692E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>eligible recipient</quote> means a recipient or subrecipient, as those terms are defined in section 5310 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F1FC94143D9400CB0FB0B0B084E0353">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to eligible recipients to assist in financing innovative projects for the transportation disadvantaged that improve the coordination of transportation services and nonemergency medical transportation services, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFAE29E602374B8DBAEBE9EA1F2709CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the deployment of coordination technology;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDB8FDA546AD4395859356BE2247DC25">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>projects that create or increase access to community One-Call/One-Click Centers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H018A66BCE5C24D2DB7FF7B8A936C7C2D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>such other projects as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6D19643E58B49AFB18A30D8295F5A3E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>An eligible recipient shall submit to the Secretary an application that, at a minimum, contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H95D2B0CAC7D7432CB15A6E254B39E7B7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a detailed description of the eligible project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DA55F74F70E4FCE88D2064C9FD90809">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an identification of all eligible project partners and their specific role in the eligible project, including—</text>
<clause id="HEF248A360F4447E2A3C28D80492DAD03">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>private entities engaged in the coordination of nonemergency medical transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H958C516BB7F247A78F981409D620EFDD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>nonprofit entities engaged in the coordination of nonemergency medical transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEDD4351AFA8E42C28E0E780592EB0BB2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a description of how the eligible project would—</text>
<clause id="H17863A3BD2614BD8B90BE65351302993">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>improve local coordination or access to coordinated transportation services;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2DDD124E0CA64A1CAC6D0CAF6A2AB8CF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>reduce duplication of service, if applicable; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8629287C4D6F4E9D90130184F365E5C0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>provide innovative solutions in the State or community; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDBD468DB1FBA4C2CA048E6A21B3216CF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>specific performance measures the eligible project will use to quantify actual outcomes against expected outcomes.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7489E07DA0774997A27CAA5100DF9413">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make publicly available an annual report on the pilot program carried out under this subsection for each fiscal year, not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which that fiscal year ends. The report shall include a detailed description of the activities carried out under the pilot program, and an evaluation of the program, including an evaluation of the performance measures described in paragraph (3)(D).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C1E4D0D44054704BD46E65CF969BB86">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB08D5D7B2AF4443B170C2A5B5F67A37">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Government share of the cost of an eligible project carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D05CAFDD3A047F093397D809DE23A44">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-government share</header>
<text>The non-Government share of the cost of an eligible project carried out under this subsection may be derived from in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H49547D34186D4BB8A6CE22E00934DC09">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>For purposes of this subsection, nonemergency medical transportation services shall be limited to services eligible under Federal programs other than programs authorized under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F4839914B034945AAA3E96F208A7D42" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Coordinated mobility</header>
<paragraph id="H1B104C138FD14C2B9641AE7D9CB4FB07">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A16BB5558284E999F8153C424027855">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Allocated cost model</header>
<text>The term <term>allocated cost model</term> means a method of determining the cost of trips by allocating the cost to each trip purpose served by a transportation provider in a manner that is proportional to the level of transportation service that the transportation provider delivers for each trip purpose, to the extent permitted by applicable Federal laws.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB23AFF077CA94372A7FD63221FB9B93F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Council</header>
<text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility established under Executive Order No. 13330 (49 U.S.C. 101 note).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24A3F7342B7C4322AEB750BEF26B4DBD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Strategic plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council shall publish a strategic plan for the Council that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88F03C20E50C44AC95A904C72C07A538">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>outlines the role and responsibilities of each Federal agency with respect to local transportation coordination, including nonemergency medical transportation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B986E8592FE4EF2A660133B2F047EC8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identifies a strategy to strengthen interagency collaboration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5439408074440B3BE2391CC7AD3AA1D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>addresses any outstanding recommendations made by the Council in the 2005 Report to the President relating to the implementation of Executive Order No. 13330, including—</text>
<clause id="HC9A682BAB0694BA9B4904B03591BCF78">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a cost-sharing policy endorsed by the Council; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDD2DE61604A24FB5B3801553CC9DD3D5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>recommendations to increase participation by recipients of Federal grants in locally developed, coordinated planning processes;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A38C5D85F12469B8167DF41F23946BA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to the extent feasible, addresses recommendations by the Comptroller General concerning local coordination of transportation services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB61E8A7120C34FDAB32B0CD501952BCA">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>examines and proposes changes to Federal regulations that will eliminate Federal barriers to local transportation coordination, including non-emergency medical transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70EC386189F84D11874F6FA2F72AC0BC">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommends to Congress changes to Federal laws, including chapter 7 of title 42, United States Code, that will eliminate Federal barriers to local transportation coordination, including nonemergency medical transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H765D0E6C5BB94BB9ACB7FC0366AEFD0F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Development of cost-Sharing policy in compliance with applicable Federal laws</header>
<text>In establishing the cost-sharing policy required under paragraph (2), the Council may consider, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE0BA6DE89474713BDCD46F3DF3A760E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the development of recommended strategies for grantees of programs funded by members of the Council, including strategies for grantees of programs that fund nonemergency medical transportation, to use the cost-sharing policy in a manner that does not violate applicable Federal laws; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11C8F2D6FE6E44A5BA49B23276FB1F5A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>incorporation of an allocated cost model to facilitate local coordination efforts that comply with applicable requirements of programs funded by members of the Council, such as—</text>
<clause id="H77F6E27E6DD44CCA8FF92D447FA7D5EE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>eligibility requirements;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0F612972762148E1A6E4711AFAFE954A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>service delivery requirements; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7AB8D59CFD5F4B859FF32B6CA05F9210">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>reimbursement requirements.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97D3C811AA7442B6831C48B5818BCF92">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council shall, concurrently with submission to the President of a report containing final recommendations of the Council, transmit such report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1DDDC3D6D36F46EBAA1EC28682B1171D" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3007.</enum>
<header>Formula grants for rural areas</header>
<subsection id="H41396C435D4F4977941368A3228662D1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9EBE379F7A02423C81A40CF38F64AAF2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF221DDB8C37C4931BBA1EF7982FC2901" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H9A11D28955FB47759A8DE52618CE81C9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be distributed on a competitive basis by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB31D0B19A23A4676AD2169F5DF6088DD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$30,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be apportioned as formula grants, as provided in subsection (j).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD86BF22463A645D299F23FFA6358B8AA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A934BF5EB9C4D43A8EE341628C4C93B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB833A9F25C94D8AA8771AC1E75AFCA6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H01E156881C664B88AD1308602787A825" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H34D98524DFD543D190676A0677A14061">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be provided in cash from non-Government sources;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H480034FCD3644CEFBD5D65665C6977F9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may be provided from revenues from the sale of advertising and concessions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3CCF75BEB7DC41D585B2391FF5835EEC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated) by inserting <quote>, including all operating and capital costs of such service whether or not offset by revenue from such service,</quote> after <quote>the costs of a private operator for the unsubsidized segment of intercity bus service</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F2FD20205774451945CDE1503724FA8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (j)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5CB35DC12F741CC9872F0DDE8197A27">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>(as defined by the Bureau of the Census)</quote> and inserting <quote>(American Indian Areas, Alaska Native Areas, and Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined by the Bureau of the Census)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF886724B8B22477EA8E10F89199CBDA9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3CE22787CCE048B79908E4B5A25FA9A9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HA297E2A80B224388A73A5263159930FD" commented="no">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Allocation between multiple Indian tribes</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If more than 1 Indian tribe provides public transportation service on tribal lands in a single Tribal Statistical Area, and the Indian tribes do not determine how to allocate the funds apportioned under clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) between the Indian tribes, the Secretary shall allocate the funds so that each Indian tribe shall receive an amount equal to the total amount apportioned under such clause (iii) multiplied by the ratio of the number of annual unlinked passenger trips provided by each Indian tribe, as reported to the National Transit Database, to the total unlinked passenger trips provided by all Indian tribes in the Tribal Statistical Area.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6591F7A35C214CB8A80166C462B70BEA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 5311 of such title is further amended— </text>
<paragraph id="HC5A0D90802B14615B3692CC18D20E8AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(F)</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9639A69244B9428488846240C522C0AB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)– </text>
<subparagraph id="HED1BA20A8528440B9996D07E82256411">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(F)</quote>; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F001A89FDB7411DA41F009F2687255D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(C), by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(F)</quote>; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H003231555DD94D96B048D7123F441555">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(F)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCA40BBCF77E5479AB8572655A3469678" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3008.</enum>
<header>Public transportation innovation</header>
<subsection id="HE90D7C91698744AE9722EB2E2C9B6335">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Consolidation of programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5312 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA521824A2F249C0857EFAD0F294D5C3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE0C20B2855E4282B97FC79E2777688D" style="USC">
<section id="HB87C70CBFEBD42D69DBE2337A9867F77">
<enum>5312.</enum>
<header>Public transportation innovation</header>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD9BDA5E501E474095D333B3FDBA810A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (a) through (f) as subsections (b) through (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F5CECBE1A0A471CB489329849F85E69">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AED1A1195824DAEA6AADF8055C6D749" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7E1A8F82B6E541F6A8745874153513AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide assistance for projects and activities to advance innovative public transportation research and development in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H680ACFCBEDB14FDBAF3B311C328BCEC7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20C418E43C664D1C942CC874BADBBEC5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H6FBC9FEB5DEF45A98D5B26F97F301D07">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>demonstration, deployment, or evaluation</quote> before <quote>project that</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HADFABB80A7CF46D2B14BAE8FB1900648">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H35E0D040BAB64BCAAAFEAA794E76EC89">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H82E7BF342AD945E483ACA6D0EAD614FF">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFC739AA237D84E589FD179085979FB99" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA797A3909FAC4DF29A6FCF3E62236AF6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the deployment of low or no emission vehicles, zero emission vehicles, or associated advanced technology.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC55471481834CE19D95B6BB2A2A8BC2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H59F108A9E777495F9C39414E9F4AB857" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8A21AF32EE7C455DB97F1E4F676643EC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>The Secretary may not make grants under this subsection for the demonstration, deployment, or evaluation of a vehicle that is in revenue service unless the Secretary determines that the project makes significant technological advancements in the vehicle.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF907E5B01D0474DA8919A2640795D68">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AD66F8A19FE451CAAC36A96046EE1E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>direct carbon emissions</quote> means the quantity of direct greenhouse gas emissions from a vehicle, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BA24B435DF04F3980209B787CBADBC1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>low or no emission vehicle</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="H9483289C37794ECE942BCCE306EB9F90">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that the Secretary determines sufficiently reduces energy consumption or harmful emissions, including direct carbon emissions, when compared to a comparable standard vehicle; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC6A6B226E9124398BDAEE19C5E29457A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a zero emission vehicle used to provide public transportation; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D7903614CA74BDAB9A702CA8F3A9AE6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>zero emission vehicle</quote> means a low or no emission vehicle that produces no carbon or particulate matter.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9DB657E7E1741F49A7D95F29B73E9CD">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4DA4BE87300140388A7164AD180F6C1B" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HD201BE32F4FD4EAAB0A19111B6224AAB">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Low or no emission vehicle component assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H505D35C437CE4CF58C55ECD2D6C4D83D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86C2E1830C254648BFC5D7EF4838F9AB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>covered institution of higher education</quote> means an institution of higher education with which the Secretary enters into a contract or cooperative agreement, or to which the Secretary makes a grant, under paragraph (2)(B) to operate a facility selected under paragraph (2)(A);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C805EA5F5CC4BDB85A24010A7AD4866">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the terms <quote>direct carbon emissions</quote> and <quote>low or no emission vehicle</quote> have the meanings given those terms in subsection (e)(6);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88C305F708E9474186FC82158C878880">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCA5545924AE420F8229A0A139A1E619">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>low or no emission vehicle component</quote> means an item that is separately installed in and removable from a low or no emission vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18BCD3A582E14D8AA6E18D1746D6D118">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Assessing low or no emission vehicle components</header>
<subparagraph id="HA79E629E63C047319A4B8159620480D3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall competitively select at least one facility to conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low or no emission vehicle components intended for use in low or no emission vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25E0821E355D4951A87B56354F5C2628">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Operation and maintenance</header>
<clause id="H2388753BCD41467D99752FAF44C6002D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, at least one institution of higher education to operate and maintain a facility selected under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4921674526DE4F9B9EAAFE956288272C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>An institution of higher education described in clause (i) shall have—</text>
<subclause id="H5EBD1858D34345E8B79F92623111F832">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>capacity to carry out transportation-related advanced component and vehicle evaluation;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H153975F6AB6C45B4A66A1130E7DC3864">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>laboratories capable of testing and evaluation; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBF34B8F28BB44E5CBB9A457D079960D4">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>direct access to or a partnership with a testing facility capable of emulating real-world circumstances in order to test low or no emission vehicle components installed on the intended vehicle.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8038CB45FC4542F1BEDF02850CCC4C5E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Fees</header>
<text>A covered institution of higher education shall establish and collect fees, which shall be approved by the Secretary, for the assessment of low or no emission vehicle components at the applicable facility selected under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D7E20E7952542D5813A8EA10018081C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts to pay for assessment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to an institution of higher education under which—</text>
<clause id="H1A65DB7E5B9D4EE3BF64763F6287F641">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the cost of assessing a low or no emission vehicle component at the applicable facility selected under subparagraph (A) from amounts made available to carry out this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HECF4C751E3DC4976A036F4D89DA609DF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the remaining 50 percent of such cost shall be paid from amounts recovered through the fees established and collected pursuant to subparagraph (C).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE45326DCF4044302BAA582FB00564793">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Voluntary testing</header>
<text>A manufacturer of a low or no emission vehicle component is not required to assess the low or no emission vehicle component at a facility selected under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD373F0EE84C34947B45CD21A0CA8313A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Compliance with section 5318</header>
<text>Notwithstanding whether a low or no emission vehicle component is assessed at a facility selected under subparagraph (A), each new bus model shall comply with the requirements under section 5318.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C5F1E5DA54A41BC845883D41F9A6244">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>Separate facility</header>
<text>A facility selected under subparagraph (A) shall be separate and distinct from the facility operated and maintained under section 5318.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B4F9ACF6A2843B6966DE543C30AAAAA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Low or no emission vehicle component performance reports</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall issue a report on low or no emission vehicle component assessments conducted at each facility selected under paragraph (2)(A), which shall include information related to the maintainability, reliability, performance, structural integrity, efficiency, and noise of those low or no emission vehicle components.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4919361459784AD19108A2E0822DA096">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Public availability of assessments</header>
<text>Each assessment conducted at a facility selected under paragraph (2)(A) shall be made publicly available, including to affected industries.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1F24BF4AB69437DBD95D967EB56F3B9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1C8318DB73248A588614CBD34A619DB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a low or no emission vehicle component to be tested at a facility selected under paragraph (2)(A); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB894503BFE3948C6931EAA215C524CFC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the development or disclosure of a privately funded component assessment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE97EC9D6E0A54F70B397AB26A42A38DE">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43092F6279844DFB97E919F47C71F8DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(f)</quote> and all that follows before paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE4AA51EDE6342DC8E0FD13572F3E8C7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H672FB8926D10439890CB2B57B1DA3413">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Annual report on research</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall make available to the public on the Web site of the Department of Transportation, a report that includes—</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA5775173F314B2492FE3DD267893C35">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H128FDEE0CC034D9A99128C6A5A63D318">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BC061254C064A999D477BA47D53B161">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E550E29604D48618958FFBCE91E0937">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAF9C0A2595346A19B5EF9454D7B0842" style="USC">
<subsection id="HE4C5361DECD44E26AF628A53902B7E90">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Transit cooperative research program</header>
<paragraph id="H0A3DE80A64564F72995720C209C816DA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts made available under section 5338(a)(2)(G)(ii) are available for a public transportation cooperative research program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H527D3BFCA98645EF93AE7C48911D0DE4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Independent governing board</header>
<subparagraph id="H48B136DE8BAC436088D0C45F566565A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish an independent governing board for the program under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28DCEAA901A54C9BA702EA749844EA67">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text>The board shall recommend public transportation research, development, and technology transfer activities the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5BEAA068A074226A13A2EB5ED8BA9BC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the National Academy of Sciences to carry out activities under this subsection that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22770EB9A27449D592CD046110C7D463" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If there would be a clear and direct financial benefit to an entity under a grant or contract financed under this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a Government share consistent with that benefit.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC961106AFBB410399098A931673C913">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Limitation on applicability</header>
<text>Subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply to activities carried out under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H059631424D264C8F937F26D540BF9B42">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 5312 of such title (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H406FC770850046DDA6B3236A752B8793">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1) by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C015E7E9ABA4CBA842979AFAD4E8E9D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H365314FD8B68455C803A7FB9B4A5A0A9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDDCE5488DEC84DBFBF0A4806E452D3E5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A) by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CF8C9DF12EE4B49973FF7D5CEC4EC9A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(2) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4AB01DD708DA4F679EACF38514201F98">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(2) by striking <quote>subsection (d)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD3257B7650D5494FA2DC28FB9687D486">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5312 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5312. Public transportation innovation.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB2FE68A8A72A40AF8362EEA2682168F9" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3009.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance and workforce development</header>
<subsection id="H0D9BD678DBCA4933BE92BACFCB43C75B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5314 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFAFC65140D94B9882C0709881C1BEAD" style="USC">
<section id="HE0F46A5342804127951FC17BE573C0C0">
<enum>5314.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance and workforce development</header>
<subsection id="H65DF75BA1DDE467CA39364DE2FBAC344">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance and standards</header>
<paragraph id="HB98029FA208C4A318003E74147F2DDB3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance and standards development</header>
<subparagraph id="H6230245BD7A44735AF66861119887F55">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements (including agreements with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government) to carry out activities that the Secretary determines will assist recipients of assistance under this chapter to—</text>
<clause id="H7D2FD9057A544639B829B2797EF457F8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>more effectively and efficiently provide public transportation service;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H997DF27EE90641E6A0D7073B24C000B7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>administer funds received under this chapter in compliance with Federal law; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC1922B91AC5F47B9A94778BC38159F0E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>improve public transportation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H051823B4E50046F7883145652EEFB077">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligible activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities carried out under subparagraph (A) may include—</text>
<clause id="H59669C460C8440629C0538F912237DE2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>technical assistance; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H92FC385B12794CFB8AECBAC7459ABFFC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the development of voluntary and consensus-based standards and best practices by the public transportation industry, including standards and best practices for safety, fare collection, intelligent transportation systems, accessibility, procurement, security, asset management to maintain a state of good repair, operations, maintenance, vehicle propulsion, communications, and vehicle electronics.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E6422779A1D4FD18F74982326A99B5D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, through a competitive bid process, may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with national nonprofit organizations that have the appropriate demonstrated capacity to provide public-transportation-related technical assistance under this subsection. The Secretary may enter into such contracts, cooperative agreements, and other agreements to assist providers of public transportation to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B6589837CA14C24A8ED7E99557932C7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) through technical assistance, demonstration programs, research, public education, and other activities related to complying with such Act;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD32F48ECED2A43ABA05963330D697BCE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>comply with human services transportation coordination requirements and to enhance the coordination of Federal resources for human services transportation with those of the Department of Transportation through technical assistance, training, and support services related to complying with such requirements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H599440DD802D4EDF82F7BB53EC0CD4E1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>meet the transportation needs of elderly individuals;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30875F1962BD4BFF8B19C0D81DE93E9C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>increase transit ridership in coordination with metropolitan planning organizations and other entities through development around public transportation stations through technical assistance and the development of tools, guidance, and analysis related to market-based development around transit stations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C57718E5B4D4C5BB5A2E533F69F9A5F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>address transportation equity with regard to the effect that transportation planning, investment, and operations have for low-income and minority individuals;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H179BE0F0656E44DDBFAC0DE9F36FD726">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>facilitate best practices to promote bus driver safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF5181B6118E4F739F3B6E834256F944">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>meet the requirements of sections 5323(j) and 5323(m);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD18EB22407AC45BF8295100526603DA5">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist with the development and deployment of low or no emission vehicles (as defined in section 5339(c)(1)) or low or no emission vehicle components (as defined in section 5312(h)(1)); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA0D3865AAE04C1FBEF2450375224A7B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>any other technical assistance activity that the Secretary determines is necessary to advance the interests of public transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76D3FF5F53FF45C5BA0062A0CCCE84F7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Annual report on technical assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H270D45827B08425AAD6165BCCE319400">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each project that received assistance under this subsection during the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C51936AF612475BA2B86198DC7C109E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an evaluation of the activities carried out by each organization that received assistance under this subsection during the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3BB4CFB18274B3C8A502405CD9CB3EC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a proposal for allocations of amounts for assistance under this subsection for the subsequent fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BDDC84938544DAE9E0120D9C29D73D9">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>measurable outcomes and impacts of the programs funded under subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D4920558E964DE3B14AC2839EFE0CE0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H8A763E04B3174DD295368695379F94E3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Government share of the cost of an activity carried out using a grant under this subsection may not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B16CC299E0F48E5BDC50AAD5EFAD8A0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-Government share</header>
<text>The non-Government share of the cost of an activity carried out using a grant under this subsection may be derived from in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2D6F8EC6AB2443C1886F1A2D0980F6CE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Human resources and training</header>
<paragraph id="HA1F8E5739FF84C5BB484DFAEC6FB0FF4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may undertake, or make grants and contracts for, programs that address human resource needs as they apply to public transportation activities. A program may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E9B809FF29A412F93A82443B0CB6E95">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employment training program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H140EC394D5544C4A9A4828AAB0834CCC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an outreach program to increase employment for veterans, females, individuals with a disability, minorities (including American Indians or Alaska Natives, Asian, Black or African Americans, native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics) in public transportation activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18F7D03DE30E4FC88C48A57ABAF42655">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>research on public transportation personnel and training needs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD469F8DA3A146949AF41CBEED33A0F3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>training and assistance for veteran and minority business opportunities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E2F83DA3EEA4915828A1496B7292FC6">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>consensus-based national training standards and certifications in partnership with industry stakeholders.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94F81D77664242BF91911C9C05130437">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Innovative public transportation frontline workforce development program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H536FFA23CFCD4606A4135F8DC1AB2D04">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to assist the development of innovative activities eligible for assistance under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC477583EC8D7432AAEF1A0B149A59713">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligible programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program eligible for assistance under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<clause id="H64042A3D2DBA44DAA792384D468C67AB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and instructional training for public transportation maintenance and operations occupations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7DA8672B19DE44B39667ECAC4DE209D9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">build local, regional, and statewide public transportation training partnerships with local public transportation operators, labor union organizations, workforce development boards, and State workforce agencies to identify and address workforce skill gaps;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEE22E3A13AC14DB4915F1AD2CCA28233">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve safety, security, and emergency preparedness in local public transportation systems through improved safety culture and workforce communication with first responders and the riding public; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6CAE706D9AEC448A9A4CF83835676078">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>address current or projected workforce shortages by developing partnerships with high schools, community colleges, and other community organizations.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5C63A3F218594DF0A31465DA05FBC976">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Selection of recipients</header>
<text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall select recipients that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD6D3A84D97C546BDA944F6208134A6B4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>are geographically diverse;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H864D30CF0FC949659B929C161E1E1DB8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>address the workforce and human resources needs of large public transportation providers;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H26ED927B7A27484CA60C5C3B056095CD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>address the workforce and human resources needs of small public transportation providers;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H37CAA29494694339B64B3BFB7B1E80F7">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>address the workforce and human resources needs of urban public transportation providers;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HA2E91C7EF72F46FC9348EF032686B39E">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>address the workforce and human resources needs of rural public transportation providers;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H42936E8B022741C3829EF13027B9994D">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>advance training related to maintenance of low or no emission vehicles and facilities used in public transportation;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6269D358FC3B4CAAA6D1145A8BCA93DE">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>target areas with high rates of unemployment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEA914E986C9C4E47B130ABDE2BD8D1D1">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>advance opportunities for minorities, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, low-income populations, and other underserved populations; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H37845A66435E4A23A2BF36ACA1B03B18">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address in-demand industry sector or occupation, as such term is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB689CD78D7EE43A9BD007720EADA4280">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Program outcomes</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient of assistance under this subsection shall demonstrate outcomes for any program that includes skills training, on-the-job training, and work-based learning, including—</text>
<clause id="HB20C9349901F463F8C9B1B0BBB5FA78B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact on reducing public transportation workforce shortages in the area served;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H15711D2303414497ABE32E5F75775AB4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the diversity of training participants; </text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAE9D7B8FBEDA41E7902FD4F21D2043E0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the number of participants obtaining certifications or credentials required for specific types of employment; </text>
</clause>
<clause id="H628E55508EB449D483220941D6668993">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>employment outcomes, including job placement, job retention, and wages, using performance metrics established in consultation with the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor and consistent with metrics used by programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H217D94C543C543E79E3F46D62952025D">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>to the extent practical, evidence that the program did not preclude workers who are participating in skills training, on-the-job training, and work-based learning from being referred to, or hired on, projects funded under this chapter without regard to the length of time of their participation in the program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B72785AA85F4382840A46954E16885B">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make publicly available a report on the Frontline Workforce Development Program for each fiscal year, not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which that fiscal year ends. The report shall include a detailed description of activities carried out under this paragraph, an evaluation of the program, and policy recommendations to improve program effectiveness.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H204356EBBBD14CA4B9E73E40536958AB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Government's share of costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government share of the cost of a project carried out using a grant under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EB5605ABD7742A4BAECCE07503CD855" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 0.5 percent of amounts made available to a recipient under sections 5307, 5337, and 5339 is available for expenditures by the recipient, with the approval of the Secretary, to pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of eligible activities under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD7958F3CFC544CBA8BBFD1A9E9AD1079">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>National transit institute</header>
<paragraph id="H722C917183074673AD729A315E4881AE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a national transit institute and award grants to a public 4-year degree-granting institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), in order to carry out the duties of the institute.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23AA732AC38F4C52B3756B6828DB99EC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<subparagraph id="HD66ECD12A2FC472685F1B1A712203469">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration, State transportation departments, public transportation authorities, and national and international entities, the institute established under paragraph (1) shall develop and conduct training and educational programs for Federal, State, and local transportation employees, United States citizens, and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in Government-aid public transportation work. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BC8D74DAF654D7DB3434122EA1825EA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Training and educational programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The training and educational programs developed under subparagraph (A) may include courses in recent developments, techniques, and procedures related to—</text>
<clause id="H9738B1A8EBE542DA9A3349E5ADAC3404">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intermodal and public transportation planning;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC4788C4BA9E741B48E91F7A99F1239E0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>management;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9F836B15FF3A473D99B06141F32A7EAA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>environmental factors;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H26AEE313BCD54FA492B31E306169DC1B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>acquisition and joint use rights-of-way;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H47097065AAA3455996F469D3B7AC6E3A">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>engineering and architectural design;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H91F24306F57541D38A6518C9F6A06821">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>procurement strategies for public transportation systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6A96087DEC1A4076BFC3AE02A5B3E249">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>turnkey approaches to delivering public transportation systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA8C3F7951D6F43BF96049B2F2EF0C3EA">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text> new technologies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC6A56A789ACB439698A26F44FE80B377">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>emission reduction technologies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAB2A90CA94874739849B3036F2196C9C">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>ways to make public transportation accessible to individuals with disabilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3D0A80BBCB1445C4918B8A816BAB5131">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>construction, construction management, insurance, and risk management;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC2801045EC3140B49FFA168543795388">
<enum>(xii)</enum>
<text>maintenance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFDA9C59924304D3DB92A7BEA6BF8C991">
<enum>(xiii)</enum>
<text>contract administration;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4ADE514A55E145AD91E635C4DC4EAB71">
<enum>(xiv)</enum>
<text>inspection;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H705B9B6A5A8E4F2DB5C32D3D3E6C1A18">
<enum>(xv)</enum>
<text>innovative finance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEEFC2833D86E4C0888459638CE27F4F5">
<enum>(xvi)</enum>
<text>workplace safety; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4687FC3BCA4845BB9B483C59D5F7AC80">
<enum>(xvii)</enum>
<text>public transportation security.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33CC4C238E2749A28BB82536B476AFDF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Provision for education and training</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and training of Government, State, and local transportation employees under this subsection shall be provided—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DA6768538A94E2DA53C19A2A7F63475">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Secretary at no cost to the States and local governments for subjects that are a Government program responsibility; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53C6A35838D44BB7849AF54113776E81">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>when the education and training are paid under paragraph (4), by the State, with the approval of the Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, other institutions, individuals, and the institute.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EC9FC7F4B4F41D2ADBBAC4A19907F3A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="HB3E8E218BC7F4830807F3B2992F53F12">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 0.5 percent of amounts made available to a recipient under sections 5307, 5337, and 5339 is available for expenditures by the recipient, with the approval of the Secretary, to pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of eligible activities under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79B01CA5925A4060A28E5E22DDB73074">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Existing programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient may use amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to carry out existing local education and training programs for public transportation employees supported by the Secretary, the Department of Labor, or the Department of Education.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AA0E0FADA7B40F0BC5D840D19199A81">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5314 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D963916B0344C5DBECEECACE3FB87DB" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5314. Technical assistance and workforce development.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0CB3C6BB15F94AAB837633A6AF7C832F" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3010.</enum>
<header>Private sector participation</header>
<subsection id="H6EE26B20721548DE8B351DA3AD3F03F8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6438532A3F984258BD62A3462F6422F7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7E8FE7AA7461447B9570827D25F78EF3">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B338B5AEC6D4259929E350B66AA65FA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the eligibilities, requirements, or priorities for assistance provided under this chapter; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C7E1A594A2044B0BB523F26D0E38B3D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the requirements of section 5306(a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D282E7D05ED4162B5BA46321F715A30">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>MAP–21 technical correction</header>
<text>Section 20013(d) of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 694) is amended by striking <quote>5307(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>5307(b)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE218AA7B17664BBF96B5545488C4E812" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3011.</enum>
<header>General provisions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HED06ED7779674620B409F379DC9C2E9C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE1C44CC37C2412C9037AD19D892782B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE223470097274B3CB076EBCF71B8109A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E00B5A0C31E4585B6124B70CFF13F72">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H335C0D99D3894B1284027255C421CDA8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H4861A57CAC19412B8268BA2AEDB12B82">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pay incremental costs of incorporating art or non-functional landscaping into facilities, including the costs of an artist on the design team; or</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0116E89B8CBA4CEE83F671161E5C92A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (j)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC97DDCCF09DE411484407302AF30819C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H98DD447726EF48E6AB7E8653B21E6543" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5A3F209EACD2443F9DC924A125B1B333">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>when procuring rolling stock (including train control, communication, traction power equipment, and rolling stock prototypes) under this chapter—</text>
<clause id="H32CC011A1ABC4836B8CE7B02F02B4B42">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the cost of components and subcomponents produced in the United States—</text>
<subclause id="H63480CE287B84C4AB49302178B8D3E45">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, is more than 60 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1B41B6CBD32C4BB9931EBBCFFE76E71A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, is more than 65 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H46CAC40722F543AB8436DC4E43540D75">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, is more than 70 percent of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H7C5936EC306C493DB2755BC89A6C6FE8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>final assembly of the rolling stock has occurred in the United States; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF583974358E54B87AA3D24ECF9F6EEB9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27F72E99D6DC4CDC9AC8AE75997A9A43">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF420D31AB2224FB88928F5984F295501" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA4D6A243FD9444869386FCC3EB004C80">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Rolling stock frames or car shells</header>
<text>In carrying out paragraph (2)(C) in the case of a rolling stock procurement receiving assistance under this chapter in which the average cost of a rolling stock vehicle in the procurement is more than $300,000, if rolling stock frames or car shells are not produced in the United States, the Secretary shall include in the calculation of the domestic content of the rolling stock the cost of steel or iron that is produced in the United States and used in the rolling stock frames or car shells.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H654777A9651D4D91B6C28C5FB7CF6057">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Certification of domestic supply and disclosure</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C4E6E18E9B44C919841DAFD2CEFB298">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Certification of domestic supply</header>
<text>If the Secretary denies an application for a waiver under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide to the applicant a written certification that—</text>
<clause id="H46987CBB47914E54A9A2468B2604A5EB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the steel, iron, or manufactured goods, as applicable, (referred to in this subparagraph as the <quote>item</quote>) is produced in the United States in a sufficient and reasonably available amount;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H53AE9244CDE54027A4BFC350407CF249">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the item produced in the United States is of a satisfactory quality; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H605D275AE79745A7A8FE5FF46B5F58E9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>includes a list of known manufacturers in the United States from which the item can be obtained.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H272E813B97AE45609421BB4E5036A078">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Disclosure</header>
<text>The Secretary shall disclose the waiver denial and the written certification to the public in an easily identifiable location on the website of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13696254D3CE4ADC93DC0CBF25425E9F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49C6E1FEFE844CFDAFA55D6AE78EEF77">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (11), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4FD48987EA0C4269AE2EBEDD8E0D9D8F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8B6986D8FB3842A5BF6D8BACAE46D51F">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Steel and iron</header>
<text>For purposes of this subsection, steel and iron meeting the requirements of section 661.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations may be considered produced in the United States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF2465736BE34003A5944FBDC8BECD34">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<header>Definition of small purchase</header>
<text>For purposes of determining whether a purchase qualifies for a general public interest waiver under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection, including under any regulation promulgated under that paragraph, the term <quote>small purchase</quote> means a purchase of not more than $150,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DAEFC971F134891B3C1149B3AD2FCB2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (q)(1), by striking the second sentence; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H083B6F0242D9419DB000BAECF8C77CD2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H409BE5DD997B443ABFB63CE297B97DDB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H1A8CCDC4AE2949E2ABB2646FA0BF843E">
<enum>(s)</enum>
<header>Value capture revenue eligible for local share</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of assistance under this chapter may use the revenue generated from value capture financing mechanisms as local matching funds for capital projects and operating costs eligible under this chapter.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAF7663C2ED4541AEADCD7594618043D2">
<enum>(t)</enum>
<header>Special Condition on Charter Bus Transportation Service</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in a fiscal year, the Secretary is prohibited by law from enforcing regulations related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with such part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from such part—</text>
<paragraph id="H757A1B6699264B63BB1406F5FE46DE52">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transit agency shall be precluded from receiving its allocation of urbanized area formula grant funds for such fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC409C7E7626427BB0575A5E15005FF5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any amounts withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be added to the amount that the Secretary may apportion under section 5336 in the following fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD2A57C32254144E18B16094006AE6514">
<enum>3012.</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5327 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H490564256CBB4FA1A2AF806CB6AB6F84">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>section 5338(i)</quote> and inserting section <quote>5338(f)</quote> ; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE3A071B323649569758C86240A4A762">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB46C4BE6A95B4649AD5513670DB3235B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HD5C65D9FA9DE47D9970BF8DB9209E279">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 5338(i)</quote> and inserting section 5338(f); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF5F9DA57B80F483886D973B4AE15FFB0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE313F1C712E4967946A5131F94F1E8E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD87C071B371486A8BEC242878699516" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEFB5ED9EAF7F4BB68F5BDFE476A08E5E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a requirement that oversight—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9507559F7AA04F479C9E9A0F993243F6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>begin during the project development phase of a project, unless the Secretary finds it more appropriate to begin the oversight during another phase of the project, to maximize the transportation benefits and cost savings associated with project management oversight; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C0D7ABC8DAE457ABB3EE44E27EB75E1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>be limited to quarterly reviews of compliance by the recipient with the project management plan approved under subsection (b) unless the Secretary finds that the recipient requires more frequent oversight because the recipient has failed to meet the requirements of such plan and the project may be at risk of going over budget or becoming behind schedule; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE169F18D0C974F2FA9C2D53A90E6CDD4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a process for recipients that the Secretary has found require more frequent oversight to return to quarterly reviews for purposes of paragraph (2)(B).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H775BDCBE2101414DA21F25A8D3CB791C" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3013.</enum>
<header>Public transportation safety program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD02AAB7DA32C452181624D73256CA370">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89590251CACA4702B2F52E17B95650E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE768CA53F7F4A10BF4BCBBF8F8D5D5A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1331633754BB4666BF42E44DAF8C59E1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF846C5A90A894F63B5894DD0020BA75A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD06020DC3EE84A3CB6D9FCC1803C2AC6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimum safety standards to ensure the safe operation of public transportation systems that—</text>
<clause id="H3F77D0674E36423A9D086FAB56AEEA94">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are not related to performance standards for public transportation vehicles developed under subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5D43A72C81FE49B79F62B23328A92E56">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, take into consideration—</text>
<subclause id="HAA01309EBD4B4272A18E4520002DB77A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HED841AC65E03436BB9A8CB97B47AF036">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>best practices standards developed by the public transportation industry;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H66126B7297674637A4C20B4175A901D1">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>any minimum safety standards or performance criteria being implemented across the public transportation industry;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA25BD39187024543AFDCEECB06860C6F">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>relevant recommendations from the report under section 3020 of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD1B1FC4990824C88B12C9E7A7768440A">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>any additional information that the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01D8AE7E4A524C618B01513F4417FAEA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE7A81120D02A4E9789688D03EF12760A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE61BF23D8EEC4199B4D2F8FBEC19B8E6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC5BB3AFCEE12487188AA8C16768E84A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1FBCE56346534C64B7607C9B8CF66D23">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Federal safety management</header>
<subparagraph id="H23B130BBB40943F4986BC8A59D4851EC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that a State safety oversight program is not being carried out in accordance with this section, has become inadequate to ensure the enforcement of Federal safety regulation, or is incapable of providing adequate safety oversight consistent with the prevention of substantial risk of death, or personal injury, the Secretary shall administer the State safety oversight program until the eligible State develops a State safety oversight program certified by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC20C30914C44FBD9D064AEF4E3E8150">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Temporary federal oversight</header>
<text>In making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HF39F0FD2F40D4AF6B4FF5EA8BE3AA9E1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>transmit to the eligible State and affected recipient or recipients, a written explanation of the determination or subsequent finding, including any intention to withhold funding under this section, the amount of funds proposed to be withheld, and if applicable, a formal notice of a withdrawal of State safety oversight program approval; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HACAD531CB89E47CDB1A15CB656F93D9A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>require the State to submit a State safety oversight program or modification for certification by the Secretary that meets the requirements of this subsection.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8932E7EA979340EFB17A6D480D787D11">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Failure to correct</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines in accordance with subparagraph (A), that a State safety oversight program or modification required pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii), submitted by a State is not sufficient, the Secretary may—</text>
<clause id="HBCF6A92B6CB1439C8C3BA7E255E8DC17">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>withhold funds available under paragraph (6) in an amount determined by the Secretary;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBB51DD64BDB545B699FA6B520C17B3C8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text> beginning 1 year after the date of the determination, withhold not more than 5 percent of the amount required to be appropriated for use in a State or an urbanized area in the State under section 5307, until the State safety oversight program or modification has been certified; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H37D24DAA723045C491FA31F08AEA55EF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>use any other authorities authorized under this chapter considered necessary and appropriate.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H231E911C087F464AAC0C85F33962FFE5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Administrative and oversight activities</header>
<text>To carry out administrative and oversight activities authorized by this paragraph, the Secretary may use grant funds apportioned to an eligible State, under paragraph (6), to develop or carry out a State safety oversight program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F863615074F4C848F39888E0C3B5496">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(2), by inserting <quote>or the public transportation industry generally</quote> after <quote>recipients</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EDD9C6158484A9DBBA49308B765DC83">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF079460E61441C39B493F8233B65B67">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>an eligible State, as defined in subsection (e),</quote> and inserting <quote>a recipient</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE5C228F0A994B0FB37252A18784D107">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8525B55474AF4A769BECFC4990A55914">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2130B0CC2E748D79AD1B64676230929">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E8539C24BD54478B8B8CC9157D82B34" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HECBB9064ACFE4B9D8A0D1401C8454BA6">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">withholding not more than 25 percent of financial assistance under section 5307.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A2748662BC74FB5B08D03FE4077F247">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC57F7F318A82457BB87F0886D811BAF7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>funds</quote> the following: <quote>or withhold funds</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03C732178C83434ABABBEFED1BB3B3E1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or (1)(E)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1)(D)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CE5E0DA37D54459B9D7D12C6C0B330B">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4911A0BED21D42C4A280B3C04CEA9B55" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H000EB118E10246E19E01DD2AFE24AAAB">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Restrictions and prohibitions</header>
<paragraph id="H8B51FB60146344659E4467EEACD17850">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Restrictions and prohibitions</header>
<text>The Secretary shall issue restrictions and prohibitions by whatever means are determined necessary and appropriate, without regard to section 5334(c), if, through testing, inspection, investigation, audit, or research carried out under this chapter, the Secretary determines that an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions and practices, exist such that there is a substantial risk of death or personal injury.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE5CDE953B454F208A7888D376584648">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text>The notice of restriction or prohibition shall describe the condition or practice, the subsequent risk and the standards and procedures required to address the restriction or prohibition.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC22B579B3A54D67B043A0A2A1AEBEB5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Continued authority</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the Secretary’s authority to maintain a restriction or prohibition for as long as is necessary to ensure that the risk has been substantially addressed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H0822EC4BAA654F58AC05A0B71BD1992F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3014.</enum>
<header>Apportionments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5336 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E63A2BE446A4D90A8866912B55A0B40">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>subsection (h)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (h)(5)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5536A9CBE07840449223F9E2DA288695">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(E) by striking <quote>22.27 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>27 percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37F6041A442941829ABB44FF62D42F74">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF375068FC7A44F4B8E7EDB333E1B9AF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H97776A46DF594268B28A7D8598002938" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HA4519FBF94294B0B8E309DD471D2E6F1">
<enum>(1) </enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 shall be set aside each fiscal year to carry out section 5307(h);</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFE2D2CACA0D46829BE4E3D464243959">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0AEA6C3FDD304D15B676BC09B695034D" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H7A250EE42588422D9AACB24B6A8700F1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of amounts not apportioned under paragraphs (1) and (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2B86C1C999240FEB49D0C1907BACAB2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>for fiscal years 2016 through 2018, 1.5 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (i); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BEE4FA5215E4819901F1AE5D6E354E0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, 2 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (i);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H12B08DDB2D8E4E7794FD58355BF77A13">
<enum>3015.</enum>
<header>State of good repair grants</header>
<subsection id="H96B8AE0E8AA04268883C78C8AA0A8563">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A5E9D2A09A248CB8E566D82B9388065">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>the provisions of</quote> before <quote>section 5336(b)(1)</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADBF227E4CCD449CAE2CA68ACE17C30E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H681345CD07F349D2BFC30E3120479C9E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by inserting <quote>vehicle</quote> after <quote>motorbus</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FCD60CDD92A46389AA670A16F1EC5F7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H156A88C03BE24A6D914838D4CA80BDD1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H986223103CAB4A0493177D209BE9830C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Amounts apportioned under this subsection may be used for any project that is an eligible project under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8E00C81E05D4EE0A6DE360BD37FAA65">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD384C23204624554BBB5DE3505C20D2A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2E4FC05E9D9149BFBA1B0A5FB52053FF">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<paragraph id="HD3B140DE10504C39ABCCD6784B7B6B2E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Capital projects</header>
<text>A grant for a capital project under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost of the project. The recipient may provide additional local matching amounts.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54EA87F9ED3D4BA7AF813A221410E742">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Remaining costs</header>
<text>The remainder of the net project cost shall be provided—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92904E126B074256A190464E1407034E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in cash from non-Government sources;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17802867AFD3458A97F7068FF6B16C23">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>from revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions; or </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE849B42726414CF0A84610A4F34E4A35">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD72B6921D24C4999A6B481CC25C9A003">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 5337 of such title is further amended— </text>
<paragraph id="H420C664F06594F1782EA3E322043CEFD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1) by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(K)</quote>; and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14549BB23DD94C3C81050496E8626C37">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)(2) by striking <quote>5338(a)(2)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>5338(a)(2)(K)</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H989E43CE2CD347C1B50FF61001ADA520" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3016.</enum>
<header>Authorizations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1F10E501B0D0471A8450EB3C35DC4D94" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="HA7E5E0B24182407581647B8A66C6D225">
<enum>5338.</enum>
<header>Authorizations</header>
<subsection id="HF81756067A344268B120A137DC7951C9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="HA06203D81E3C47628D7DFD536BE6443C" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012, and sections 3006(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AEFC62DEE6F4072BD226884B22724D7" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,347,604,639 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF20E3B26368F43158E1E609D446D87C8" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,534,706,043 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDC52DA0DE434403AEB076C62F301251" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,733,353,407 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62FE363209B94558AF58FCD246B9887B" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,939,380,030 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56836410A43F4166B364CCD2E2BAA3E3" commented="no">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,150,348,462 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE92BA401A9F466288E9E8F12E99175C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Allocation of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA225A6075BA3406EADB2B9832650C779">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$130,732,000 for fiscal year 2016, $133,398,933 for fiscal year 2017, $136,200,310 for fiscal year 2018, $139,087,757 for fiscal year 2019, and $142,036,417 for fiscal year 2020, shall be available to carry out section 5305;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EB51CB4E6514AA1BC9217514530B4AE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 20005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE3FFAD6D912408CB2371962B38B88CB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,538,905,700 for fiscal year 2016, $4,629,683,814 for fiscal year 2017, $4,726,907,174 for fiscal year 2018, $4,827,117,606 for fiscal year 2019, and $4,929,452,499 for fiscal year 2020 shall be allocated in accordance with section 5336 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77E0727752D24BB99F7E79E3824842C9">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$262,949,400 for fiscal year 2016, $268,208,388 for fiscal year 2017, $273,840,764 for fiscal year 2018, $279,646,188 for fiscal year 2019, and $285,574,688 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available to provide financial assistance for services for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities under section 5310;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B5FF4C272194BF196216F020A2DB724">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, $3,250,000 for fiscal year 2018, $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2019 and $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available for the pilot program for innovative coordinated access and mobility under section 3006(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8229E14F2A054C6A982323822FCDF1C0">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$619,956,000 for fiscal year 2016, $632,355,120 for fiscal year 2017, $645,634,578 for fiscal year 2018, $659,322,031 for fiscal year 2019, and $673,299,658 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available to provide financial assistance for rural areas under section 5311, of which not less than—</text>
<clause id="H66381C4E29374FEC8C07F3BC299DD291">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5311(c)(1); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7AA7233855014862B1F469EF1F6229B8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5311(c)(2);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H464F0A4B264E4A1982A312CBD450FA59">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$28,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5312, of which—</text>
<clause id="HAA6A7FB636304AA6BC1A181B5D0F69DB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5312(h); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6F80097AC2E84ACA9406ECDCD00F6984">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5312(i);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82E31282BC19414CA95D849DA66243FE">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5314; of which $5,000,000 shall be available for the national transit institute under section 5314(c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60DB9119C4EF4A8A90FF5D05A7AF9E2D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available for bus testing under section 5318;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB19DA9DDD92466F85A054D6F45AFD99">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5335;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E66A9CA98254C68A2262229049B0541">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,507,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $2,549,670,000 for fiscal year 2017, $2,593,703,558 for fiscal year 2018, $2,638,366,859 for fiscal year 2019, and $2,683,798,369 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5337;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA012113295B4B789B3343A970C414C8">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$427,800,000 for fiscal year 2016, $436,356,000 for fiscal year 2017, $445,519,476 for fiscal year 2018, $454,964,489 for fiscal year 2019, and $464,609,736 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available for the bus and buses facilities program under section 5339(a);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FB44AC8C8854B889DAE6042233DF8C9">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$268,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $283,600,000 for fiscal year 2017, $301,514,000 for fiscal year 2018, $322,059,980 for fiscal year 2019, and $344,044,179 for fiscal year 2020 shall be available for buses and bus facilities competitive grants under section 5339(b) and no or low emission grants under section 5339(c), of which $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5339(c); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF03C0F5B39A34F62902E7BEEF8D2A199">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$536,261,539 for fiscal year 2016, $544,433,788 for fiscal year 2017, $552,783,547 for fiscal year 2018, $561,315,120 for fiscal year 2019 and $570,032,917 for fiscal year 2020, to carry out section 5340 to provide financial assistance for urbanized areas under section 5307 and rural areas under section 5311, of which—</text>
<clause id="H62D125D54BB74B2A9669D290FC7362D5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$272,297,083 for fiscal year 2016, $279,129,510 for fiscal year 2017, $286,132,747 for fiscal year 2018, $293,311,066 for fiscal year 2019, $300,668,843 for fiscal year 2020 shall be for growing States under section 5340(c); and </text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2DA7C43E29B741CA9CD4012229E52856">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$263,964,457 for fiscal year 2016, $265,304,279 for fiscal year 2017, $266,650,800 for fiscal year 2018, $268,004,054 for fiscal year 2019, $269,364,074 for fiscal year 2020 shall be for high density States under section 5340(d).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC29F02D46E5D48B1B4032A9702C327DB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Research, development, demonstration, and deployment program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5312, other than subsections (h) and (i) of that section, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H74B1D40BB15D4BF19628E078792D3D14">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance and training</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5314, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H78C6EE48C1B941CA88ECE99D55141B11">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Capital investment grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5309 of this title and section 3005(b) of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015, $2,301,785,760 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H11887BEB04694E1AB15E9F30472E9682">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H8DC06AED21124D3093F31BCBC6F078F9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 5334, $115,016,543 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H149144618ACC4C8AA8142937522D5CA4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Section 5329</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), not less than $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5329.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H411C34ADAE264726BBFCFE7126F4734F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Section 5326</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under paragraph (2), not less than $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available to carry out section 5326.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE4ADF22242184EA393200410C14FC1ED">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Oversight</header>
<paragraph id="HA76DA566A0394CD98780AB8318AFC390">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this chapter for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than the following amounts for the activities described in paragraph (2):</text>
<subparagraph id="H94AECBF615F144B59B5B7DCAB7CA8B5B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5305.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34571E88A03443A19B034D46A448CBD9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>0.75 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5307.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H244AF81EDDC44F39A042EC6C40FD0731">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5309.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DE7042751EF4C589C07A55B73F63F18">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 601 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432; 126 Stat. 4968).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88C5154395B94E9A984B0EA5B8D6BA4E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5310.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5437F735C35C40FEB21867CADFBB2C4F">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>0.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5311.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0327031CA707482A8D22858C300768F0">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>1 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5337, of which not less than 0.25 percent of amounts made available for this subparagraph shall be available to carry out section 5329.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF087CA13CD74951A572E9E1722A05AF">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>0.75 percent of amounts made available to carry out section 5339.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD2AFC72782E467580BC5E8BEC6BF524">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities</header>
<text>The activities described in this paragraph are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H82837EB801C8491CBC73BADB65BC9E26">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Activities to oversee the construction of a major capital project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC45288AA5FF24947BA8F649188DE05C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Activities to review and audit the safety and security, procurement, management, and financial compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of funds under this chapter.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BAF50F516B04433B9DB3FC873C58775">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Activities to provide technical assistance generally, and to provide technical assistance to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits carried out under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCAE230F3B13046A992EBDE7DF1AA802D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<text>The Government shall pay the entire cost of carrying out a contract under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EF9D8B8AA9543C09D78FEDBA8C4F28D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Availability of certain funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under paragraph (1)(C) shall be made available to the Secretary before allocating the funds appropriated to carry out any project under a full funding grant agreement.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBB3CD6F485C84F07AB7182609D5B43C7">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Grants as contractual obligations</header>
<paragraph id="HA774ED82AA854D5C8D011812CD96290D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Grants financed from highway trust fund</header>
<text>A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government share of the cost of the project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1E889A4D4E44778A956EF6B0CD3818D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grants financed from general fund</header>
<text>A grant or contract that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts appropriated in advance from the General Fund of the Treasury pursuant to this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government share of the cost of the project only to the extent that amounts are appropriated for such purpose by an Act of Congress.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H944CFD9846E14B019E6FCD42CB29CE7A">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available by or appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HA9CEC8AA809B4F3FB1CF0973E3ACB6E6" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3017.</enum>
<header>Grants for buses and bus facilities</header>
<subsection id="H41002ED36B564B7FA3DD7FC78BD84C84">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF92F57D09E024666878875C93C383C8E" style="USC">
<section id="HA1DA0BB65BFD432982B55809EE91D8BE">
<enum>5339.</enum>
<header>Grants for buses and bus facilities</header>
<subsection id="H380E9285B22142F2A3D2980104483C20">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Formula grants</header>
<paragraph id="HDAA5EE5ED1714D0694D975FF3F207BB4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DC943AF4D854CB8B61C78CFB4A01FB0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>low or no emission vehicle</quote> has the meaning given that term in subsection (c)(1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DD7F359022842CA96BB3EAE21911AC8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>State</quote> means a State of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE77500EFE4A9478ABDC4CBECFCD7588B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>territory</quote> means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA04EEEE963C442FD9C47999AB28F7C17">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to assist eligible recipients described in paragraph (4)(A) in financing capital projects—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3585AB2D97B4E548259CE7388D8A182">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment, including technological changes or innovations to modify low or no emission vehicles or facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D0EB66CFE2E47FC976BB507A9188A56">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to construct bus-related facilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E3F92F00C6F4BAF9E57A45D20733EC6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Grant requirements</header>
<text>The requirements of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H700159DA69634975A8858A019D471436">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>section 5307 shall apply to recipients of grants made in urbanized areas under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC85DB0FD6C644E8BACB7AC0B024D94B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>section 5311 shall apply to recipients of grants made in rural areas under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD896F951DE874615BC5F0948A7829ABF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Eligible recipients</header>
<subparagraph id="H7B1F01E4F2BE4D04A1D4B20A0EC736CD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Recipients</header>
<text>Eligible recipients under this subsection are—</text>
<clause id="H3A05B43752EA4EDB977D2831DDAEF83E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>designated recipients that allocate funds to fixed route bus operators; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3BA009ADE6A142328F3778A32F8CA803">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>State or local governmental entities that operate fixed route bus service.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5BB8F29DD2741C5AE42FC00BE741198">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Subrecipients</header>
<text>A recipient that receives a grant under this subsection may allocate amounts of the grant to subrecipients that are public agencies or private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63037581047047F5B082524931933BA0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Distribution of grant funds</header>
<text>Funds allocated under section 5338(a)(2)(L) shall be distributed as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD36E5901D5AD4DADB1935CBBF28D2A06">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>National distribution</header>
<text>$90,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be allocated to all States and territories, with each State receiving $1,750,000 for each such fiscal year and each territory receiving $500,000 for each such fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2AD4A705DB44596B4D3567783E8D17F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Distribution using population and service factors</header>
<text>The remainder of the funds not otherwise distributed under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated pursuant to the formula set forth in section 5336 other than subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF18FF4E33D14E4DB3D0738FA9BE50BD">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Transfers of apportionments</header>
<subparagraph id="H8032B1C9A2B2488AB8AD1A8582FD0B08">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Transfer flexibility for national distribution funds</header>
<text>The Governor of a State may transfer any part of the State’s apportionment under paragraph (5)(A) to supplement amounts apportioned to the State under section 5311(c) or amounts apportioned to urbanized areas under subsections (a) and (c) of section 5336.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47A18CE189454751A28DBC91867921A4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Transfer flexibility for population and service factors funds</header>
<text>The Governor of a State may expend in an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000 any amounts apportioned under paragraph (5)(B) that are not allocated to designated recipients in urbanized areas with a population of 200,000 or more.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD8D734FACEF4090BBD20B25C6E3196A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<subparagraph id="HB2B7004CFD2F41CC85ED4BB1A38843AA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Capital projects</header>
<text>A grant for a capital project under this subsection shall be for 80 percent of the net capital costs of the project. A recipient of a grant under this subsection may provide additional local matching amounts.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60AA6F91F70E4BB5BCB9708FE05C9118">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Remaining costs</header>
<text>The remainder of the net project cost shall be provided—</text>
<clause id="H96433B9577FA475A81A681B1ADEAA0DB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in cash from non-Government sources other than revenues from providing public transportation services;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD6012B95579C4D24879D08F9DD81AE33">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>from revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2AEFE5D617FC4C4C8F36CD6951DE61EA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>from an undistributed cash surplus, a replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve, or new capital;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDEA3FBAADBC44E84A7F79E98A97E477A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>from amounts received under a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or private social service organization; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H00C50353FFEF4A6C90FC9220B2CBAFB7">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>from revenues generated from value capture financing mechanisms.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H226EBCFF37BE43E489D9376A9F9FBB1B">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Period of availability to recipients</header>
<text>Amounts made available under this subsection may be obligated by a recipient for 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the amount is apportioned. Not later than 30 days after the end of the 3-fiscal-year period described in the preceding sentence, any amount that is not obligated on the last day of such period shall be added to the amount that may be apportioned under this subsection in the next fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1384C788C992415F9A9BD09387A4A00C">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Pilot program for cost-effective capital investment</header>
<subparagraph id="H881E5AB66AAA400CAE2150C458D79F76">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program under which an eligible recipient (as described in paragraph (4)) in an urbanized area with population of not less than 200,000 and not more than 999,999 may elect to participate in a State pool in accordance with this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B309F3F305F4E9EA2EF5A60EA125576">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Purpose of state pools</header>
<text>The purpose of a State pool shall be to allow for transfers of formula grant funds made available under this subsection among the designated recipients participating in the State pool in a manner that supports the transit asset management plans of the designated recipients under section 5326.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEE10E5AF06B47E0AE68111A88F9308D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Requests for participation</header>
<text>A State, and eligible recipients in the State described in subparagraph (A), may submit to the Secretary a request for participation in the program under procedures to be established by the Secretary. An eligible recipient for a multistate area may participate in only 1 State pool.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32D54C2BDD1443B3A2C88EC65F5510E5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Allocations to participating states</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each State participating in the program the total amount of funds that otherwise would be allocated to the urbanized areas of the eligible recipients participating in the State’s pool for that fiscal year pursuant to the formulas referred to in paragraph (5).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC105D912DF2D409D93C97E6900325F02">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Allocations to eligible recipients in state pools</header>
<text>A State shall distribute the amount that is allocated to the State for a fiscal year under subparagraph (D) among the eligible recipients participating in the State’s pool in a manner that supports the transit asset management plans of the recipients under section 5326.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H298500A7ECFA4220B86BDA4EB362A817">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Allocation plans</header>
<text>A State participating in the program shall develop an allocation plan for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to ensure that an eligible recipient participating in the State’s pool receives under the program an amount of funds that equals the amount of funds that would have otherwise been available to the eligible recipient for that period pursuant to the formulas referred to in paragraph (5).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19D0D8D91DBB40D083EA5955173762ED">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection for a fiscal year to an eligible recipient participating in a State pool following notification by the State of the allocation amount determined under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB99D59B753F645D6A837C83C6EA0E2D3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Buses and bus facilities competitive grants</header>
<paragraph id="HAD60DB47A0D44A1CB19913857EFE60F3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to eligible recipients (as described in subsection (a)(4)) to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB739775A32864D43B8081E5F098EE645">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses or related equipment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FC92E08DBD6445EA2108B8BB46AE505">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing, or leasing bus-related facilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE69C03E67729415E9B7559FCC348542A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grant considerations</header>
<text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the age and condition of buses, bus fleets, related equipment, and bus-related facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H010C3266FCF14B6390F976D0B6CC2ABC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Statewide applications</header>
<text>A State may submit a statewide application on behalf of a public agency or private nonprofit organization engaged in public transportation in rural areas or other areas for which the State allocates funds. The submission of a statewide application shall not preclude the submission and consideration of any application under this subsection from other eligible recipients (as described in subsection (a)(4)) in an urbanized area in a State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D660AEB2D384ECCB274AA4BBBD0D38B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Requirements for the secretary</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE837BE9E822F4F7DB3F8792E9FFC0EF0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>disclose all metrics and evaluation procedures to be used in considering grant applications under this subsection upon issuance of the notice of funding availability in the Federal Register; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD384C36CDF2A4A2BA4F848FFCFD20F3F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>publish a summary of final scores for selected projects, metrics, and other evaluations used in awarding grants under this subsection in the Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CD3F3E64E0849449E9EDDF81F387979">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Rural projects</header>
<text>Not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be distributed to projects in rural areas.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8E795C499CA494BB79837FFC1D46684">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Grant requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H24A6E0965B1C44F7A2E1264ED1B6D62D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A grant under this subsection shall be subject to the requirements of—</text>
<clause id="HC8E467090B0D4F42BED86F7DA34110CA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>section 5307 for eligible recipients of grants made in urbanized areas; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFD29DB5665EB4C0082C68DEB9CC20317">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>section 5311 for eligible recipients of grants made in rural areas.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7852272964C45D1BE501ABE8792678C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<text>The Government share of the cost of an eligible project carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF12F879E1A8845B2B1DBB66829272A14">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text>Any amounts made available to carry out this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8192C77F7C149CC84CD8F07D3A5ABD0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall remain available for 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the amount is made available; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6742B6A398B54EFD8B79170F6084D189">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that remain unobligated at the end of the period described in subparagraph (A) shall be added to the amount made available to an eligible project in the following fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1C8AFC6DDCD4A389854F64B2009F343">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available under this subsection, not more than 10 percent may be awarded to a single grantee.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H70B2E6073E4C4AE488C060C4E0405674">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Low or no emission grants</header>
<paragraph id="H735979A9CA60447E8537935CBD5494B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8BD97ACD8384A70961F7DF8D9922ABF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>direct carbon emissions</quote> means the quantity of direct greenhouse gas emissions from a vehicle, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13BF57984FF74FF884D637B82372C92A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>eligible project</quote> means a project or program of projects in an eligible area for—</text>
<clause id="HAE207DE6F980436A9ACCDD3B3518D818">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>acquiring low or no emission vehicles;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB03649ECC4AA4118965E224A39A1D14A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>leasing low or no emission vehicles;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H96F58D29F1494981A51ADFFE055C7233">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>acquiring low or no emission vehicles with a leased power source;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E74F263C0574F258489912215ED12B6">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>constructing facilities and related equipment for low or no emission vehicles;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H959E218BDCDA48EFB574ADB16AEB9040">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>leasing facilities and related equipment for low or no emission vehicles;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBB1CF0A8F28B440F963BE0913CACCDD4">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>constructing new public transportation facilities to accommodate low or no emission vehicles; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAB0995366B284DB6BAFC0C5C34E89EA5">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>rehabilitating or improving existing public transportation facilities to accommodate low or no emission vehicles;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H958C8C88909649938BC7B753CB922646">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>leased power source</quote> means a removable power source, as defined in subsection (c)(3) of section 3019 of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 that is made available through a capital lease under such section;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H164852D2EE2B41D3A8E3F8700F01398A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>low or no emission bus</quote> means a bus that is a low or no emission vehicle;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38C1F1DD1FB94A63B73AB7C4B33E3126">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>low or no emission vehicle</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="H68AE3E0F6CC547279F3656F56BF12B62">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that the Secretary determines sufficiently reduces energy consumption or harmful emissions, including direct carbon emissions, when compared to a comparable standard vehicle; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H78006A4DD5D144828EAC2D47E08D4F8A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a zero emission vehicle used to provide public transportation;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D03B990C2604B15A1DF1CFF2A1F232B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>recipient</quote> means a designated recipient, a local governmental authority, or a State that receives a grant under this subsection for an eligible project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72EA48484C4D4982B14AE7316F1CF48E">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>zero emission vehicle</quote> means a low or no emission vehicle that produces no carbon or particulate matter.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF2CB84393AC4EC0ADC6759B5D93E026">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text>The Secretary may make grants to recipients to finance eligible projects under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD8EFFC012A34A9A905E4B22F6214010">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Grant requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H7C0A0975E5DC48098435144522518107">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A grant under this subsection shall be subject to the requirements of section 5307.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF994DD2DA08943C99E1736EBC3A19753">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs for certain projects</header>
<text>Section 5323(i) applies to eligible projects carried out under this subsection, unless the recipient requests a lower grant percentage.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8969629AA672462DB531182BE87B8A40">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Combination of funding sources</header>
<clause id="HC49A46AA181A407E8797EFD67B60F5E0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Combination permitted</header>
<text>An eligible project carried out under this subsection may receive funding under section 5307 or any other provision of law.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD243F53560A242BCB409F225E15C54CB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Government share</header>
<text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to alter the Government share required under paragraph (7), section 5307, or any other provision of law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB7942D32F1E46328740D3BC0ADC3A23">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Competitive process</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3BE9A3BFEF144400A9E09C8341812075">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not later than 30 days after the date on which amounts are made available for obligation under this subsection for a full fiscal year, solicit grant applications for eligible projects on a competitive basis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABFC7DC6BF214A6993152B4F2A3EE9CE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>award a grant under this subsection based on the solicitation under subparagraph (A) not later than the earlier of—</text>
<clause id="H0877BED08E9542FF9EDD086111362203">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>75 days after the date on which the solicitation expires; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5586A35BFCB9447799F20139BA8F1907">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the end of the fiscal year in which the Secretary solicited the grant applications.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E65D6E756714F76866E38DA46BA35C9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall only consider eligible projects relating to the acquisition or leasing of low or no emission buses or bus facilities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0DF6027AC444482AF2943307077B8BD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>make greater reductions in energy consumption and harmful emissions, including direct carbon emissions, than comparable standard buses or other low or no emission buses; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H239AE27D45864EAE8C55D960FE79A9CA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>are part of a long-term integrated fleet management plan for the recipient.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EE17362AEDA4318A8D35C9F32969CF4">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text>Any amounts made available to carry out this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D7D831C9C7349E0ABF55787866A83EE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall remain available to an eligible project for 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the amount is made available; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D515F3749B7447AA782CCD87D2FAE3F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that remain unobligated at the end of the period described in subparagraph (A) shall be added to the amount made available to an eligible project in the following fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA181F10B7A524DF4A2EA2C87301A09B8">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Government share of costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H02F605502A6E41C6B171C9EC76919543">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of an eligible project carried out under this subsection shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30DBE32CC6014C81BE172AEC3B789968">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-federal share</header>
<text>The non-Federal share of the cost of an eligible project carried out under this subsection may be derived from in-kind contributions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8FD77DBFDFE0425CBAC29CCA9D333E08">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 5339 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFBC7C75C415849059C773E9A721BCE5A" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">5339. Grants for buses and bus facilities.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD76AF9D019A14004BB3D0ACFFADFDCA4">
<enum>3018.</enum>
<header>Obligation ceiling</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all obligations from amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by subsection (a) of section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, and section 3028 of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015 shall not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="H71411E170B72479995E711F4E3D91338">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$9,347,604,639 in fiscal year 2016;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4C7B84A247149E88BB3B6597DC0B58A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$9,733,706,043 in fiscal year 2017;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B50F4EBB38F43859CEAF7265BD30194">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$9,733,353,407 in fiscal year 2018;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD16E498731C2408F837B58CC58BC85C1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0286C9DBE5844E76B0DDB4CAA6BF62D9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$10,150,348,462 in fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD9CA23292CD44CAD82B27B3296CE871A">
<enum>3019.</enum>
<header>Innovative procurement</header>
<subsection id="HB9352F7C734A4A72B9D4264374CABCF0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text>In this section, the term <quote>grantee</quote> means a recipient or subrecipient of assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2885ED45F8804112A6037F690C726B0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Cooperative procurement</header>
<paragraph id="H253FB943F90A46899C8CC87C34070689">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions; general rules</header>
<subparagraph id="H24FC5712C7874FEF840041C219B2E329">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<clause id="HAD4D081347624669AEB564C5599E97FD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>cooperative procurement contract</quote> means a contract—</text>
<subclause id="HE5897A668408499F9D81E126D38CE876">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>entered into between a State government or eligible nonprofit entity and 1 or more vendors; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9453BF70566A4315BC17CE13B86FB28C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>under which the vendors agree to provide an option to purchase rolling stock and related equipment to multiple participants;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H73DEFD5348084F52BE6C52573AFB49B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>eligible nonprofit entity</quote> means—</text>
<subclause id="HDF9E51D1DD0D471B8CA27A919A1F1410">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a nonprofit cooperative purchasing organization that is not a grantee; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8302D69E77914A33BA2275BE03E6616F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a consortium of entities described in subclause (I);</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HA4F3025B2E83456A9D20079F7F01873A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the terms <quote>lead nonprofit entity</quote> and <quote>lead procurement agency</quote> mean an eligible nonprofit entity or a State government, respectively, that acts in an administrative capacity on behalf of each participant in a cooperative procurement contract;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEAB7201D1AEC4CCFB5A89C1C820D5302">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>participant</quote> means a grantee that participates in a cooperative procurement contract; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H76970089A9FF4435A2EC8AF0F0924397">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>participate</quote> means to purchase rolling stock and related equipment under a cooperative procurement contract using assistance provided under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C3D3616E1194A04B56F0C9A0DA80DA3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>General rules</header>
<clause id="HE28598A46C2E4E51A70F4D1FBC13A79E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Procurement not limited to intrastate participants</header>
<text>A grantee may participate in a cooperative procurement contract without regard to whether the grantee is located in the same State as the parties to the contract.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8E6F26065D1F4D1691E12D241ED97171">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Voluntary participation</header>
<text>Participation by grantees in a cooperative procurement contract shall be voluntary.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H607A8A2EB4B54F51A92EDE3EAEC09ABF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Contract terms</header>
<text>The lead procurement agency or lead nonprofit entity for a cooperative procurement contract shall develop the terms of the contract.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB47AF3FEF78E47FFA3687CD24ED2F11F">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Duration</header>
<text>A cooperative procurement contract—</text>
<subclause id="HD700371DE54A4AC78642B5DED547F9B8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>subject to subclauses (II) and (III), may be for an initial term of not more than 2 years;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0A71C306A8B946F58906B69992302A97">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>may include not more than 3 optional extensions for terms of not more than 1 year each; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H08CE51375D654D2FBF6C8C472A4490F4">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>may be in effect for a total period of not more than 5 years, including each extension authorized under subclause (II).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H2C49CA9D1E304D78A1D1D763DBA1FB1F">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses</header>
<text>A lead procurement agency or lead nonprofit entity, as applicable, that enters into a cooperative procurement contract—</text>
<subclause id="HDF82834047B64C74885AA94B691037B4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>may charge the participants in the contract for the cost of administering, planning, and providing technical assistance for the contract in an amount that is not more than 1 percent of the total value of the contract; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H50BD25618FE04889B3A46846BAB9A3A0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>with respect to the cost described in subclause (I), may incorporate the cost into the price of the contract or directly charge the participants for the cost, but not both.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EC21C5415224A8E8DE3F5FE6BFB05BE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State cooperative procurement schedules</header>
<subparagraph id="H82940FE7DC5149E7ADBB90AE3BDE71B9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text>A State government may enter into a cooperative procurement contract with 1 or more vendors if—</text>
<clause id="H2E4509AC273D41B7AC007DFA9936BB0B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the vendors agree to provide an option to purchase rolling stock and related equipment to the State government and any other participant; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFDFA584FBAC5487D93F3C18237F862E0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the State government acts throughout the term of the contract as the lead procurement agency.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0E882491AA34DA292AD670FCAA98DC8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Applicability of policies and procedures</header>
<text>In procuring rolling stock and related equipment under a cooperative procurement contract under this subsection, a State government shall comply with the policies and procedures that apply to procurement by the State government when using non-Federal funds, to the extent that the policies and procedures are in conformance with applicable Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H509E7EDBDD1C408A9F9BE2DAE856B0D0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Pilot program for nonprofit cooperative procurements</header>
<subparagraph id="HE660E13134B24D64824F40667BE8258D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish and carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the effectiveness of cooperative procurement contracts administered by eligible nonprofit entities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H239921F3F7A1460F9530A44902B79650">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Designation</header>
<text>In carrying out the program under this paragraph, the Secretary shall designate not less than 3 eligible nonprofit entities to enter into a cooperative procurement contract under which the eligible nonprofit entity acts throughout the term of the contract as the lead nonprofit entity.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29384A5475814CE0803720BDB7A941AC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Notice of intent to participate</header>
<text>At a time determined appropriate by the lead nonprofit entity, each participant in a cooperative procurement contract under this paragraph shall submit to the lead nonprofit entity a nonbinding notice of intent to participate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA13CD34F372C4D669AE7D91B1C795A93">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Joint procurement clearinghouse</header>
<subparagraph id="H42D453FAD7E64E9195B16F6252D5FA23">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse for the purpose of allowing grantees to aggregate planned rolling stock purchases and identify joint procurement participants.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA2A2CECDAEC4E1EBE0FE604B5ACEEDF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Nonprofit consultation</header>
<text>In establishing the clearinghouse under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may consult with nonprofit entities with expertise in public transportation or procurement, and other stakeholders as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40DD89D70FAF49DC8AE20662F232E878">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Information on procurements</header>
<text>The clearinghouse may include information on bus size, engine type, floor type, and any other attributes necessary to identify joint procurement participants.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC486938E110440E9BC41C160A72D39D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<clause id="HD310BD67BDC64EB28A09E52E754D69A2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Access</header>
<text>The clearinghouse shall only be accessible to the Federal Transit Administration, a nonprofit entity coordinating for such clearinghouse with the Secretary, and grantees.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD4BBC4F28BA9490A9C03FBE4CD08BE0A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Participation</header>
<text>No grantee shall be required to submit procurement information to the database.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1EFCFB1D8CD04DAEA38F7DECDDC24C92">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Leasing arrangements</header>
<paragraph id="H16522BEAF6FD4FB0AC5BF00A52DE0C12">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Capital lease defined</header>
<subparagraph id="HC5BE1AB7C8054F0D83EBB46D08F0C2DF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <quote>capital lease</quote> means any agreement under which a grantee acquires the right to use rolling stock or related equipment for a specified period of time, in exchange for a periodic payment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D38A1F29CE747399E57C38FF16C9572">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Maintenance</header>
<text>A capital lease may require that the lessor provide maintenance of the rolling stock or related equipment covered by the lease.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAC20002C77546ECB6D5040192174A94">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program to support innovative leasing arrangements</header>
<subparagraph id="H0852C270E9BF42538FCE0D0044BD1A40">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text>A grantee may use assistance provided under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, to enter into a capital lease if—</text>
<clause id="H03BE023729364F409EAD5B8E81661D26">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the rolling stock or related equipment covered under the lease is eligible for capital assistance under such chapter; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H455EC4B0B226491A9AECCDC7AD1081DF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>there is or will be no Federal interest in the rolling stock or related equipment covered under the lease as of the date on which the lease takes effect.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8767C0E7789C4525A9CCF7B3C1DD4067">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Grantee requirements</header>
<text>A grantee that enters into a capital lease shall—</text>
<clause id="H4109FE048EDB450D99E7C9D2C9B04D58">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>maintain an inventory of the rolling stock or related equipment acquired under the lease; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B715525544947F3A5D9538E28361439">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>maintain on the accounting records of the grantee the liability of the grantee under the lease.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98899808838C4AC48E01F3AD528830EC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligible lease costs</header>
<text>The costs for which a grantee may use assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to a capital lease, include—</text>
<clause id="HF7AF31C4CDDD4EBF8F080629320CA692">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the cost of the rolling stock or related equipment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1B1CE36DF9D34CDC994E8E5D716A8A79">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>associated financing costs, including interest, legal fees, and financial advisor fees;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC09BC839F6904FC09B720154858F5957">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>ancillary costs such as delivery and installation charges; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1240EAA2D86143688B6CF0AD1E5889A3">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>maintenance costs.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF986A39DD5644C1938B19B0C8E9CB1F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Terms</header>
<text>A grantee shall negotiate the terms of any lease agreement that the grantee enters into.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B7B756C726A4E9C9254A4E2B9934286">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Applicability of procurement requirements</header>
<clause id="H8AB8B6EF6A574D4AA0EF120A277CEFA6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Lease requirements</header>
<text>Part 639 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, and implementing guidance applicable to leasing shall not apply to a capital lease.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H94C275DF2ECA487099EEDC4C6F1E4ADF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Buy America</header>
<text>The requirements under section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to a capital lease.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB68E235FE0A14078A225ACEC8D4B414E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Capital leasing of certain zero emission vehicle components</header>
<subparagraph id="H3ACBFC18DC3A440CBCA0C5FED9634944">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this paragraph—</text>
<clause id="H5AB5EB6C92914D05B99897C691324900">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>removable power source</quote>—</text>
<subclause id="H0676E70246304514855D4808F470A9AB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>means a power source that is separately installed in, and removable from, a zero emission vehicle; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6B418DB933044FCFB82C230E606FDAB8">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>may include a battery, a fuel cell, an ultra-capacitor, or other advanced power source used in a zero emission vehicle; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB57A414553AC408A9B5E971EDC899419">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the term <quote>zero emission vehicle</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22F09BC970C844BEBAAF34DEA2298839">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Leased power sources</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this subsection, the cost of a removable power source that is necessary for the operation of a zero emission vehicle shall not be treated as part of the cost of the vehicle if the removable power source is acquired using a capital lease.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F445C50474A479F8943257D692FEBFE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligible capital lease</header>
<text>A grantee may acquire a removable power source by itself through a capital lease.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6700FC631BBD468FA2A529D3F190FF3A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Procurement regulations</header>
<text>For purposes of this section, a removable power source shall be subject to section 200.88 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE83675DAC154EA395CBFD5415D01937">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Reporting requirement</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which a grantee enters into a capital lease under this subsection, the grantee shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H75C38A26F2C44972AE4B8511F6E35E0B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an evaluation of the overall costs and benefits of leasing rolling stock; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4D58C1BF2484BABA697169B7B401D9D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a comparison of the expected short-term and long-term maintenance costs of leasing versus buying rolling stock.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EC9A452610B404C93FA13A0FC537953">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make publicly available an annual report on this subsection for each fiscal year, not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which that fiscal year ends. The report shall include a detailed description of the activities carried out under this subsection, and evaluation of the program including the evaluation of the data reported in paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4788C201CBD14FBAAF7732E6F713FE67">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Buy America</header>
<text>The requirements of section 5323(j) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to all procurements under this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H18152187D09A46DD9056BA1490C77A3F" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3020.</enum>
<header>Review of public transportation safety standards</header>
<subsection id="HBEFB9AF5822342B2B70E55825FAEC68E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Review required</header>
<paragraph id="H61379BA907254953AF3D194068872E7F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall begin a review of the safety standards and protocols used in public transportation systems in the United States that examines the efficacy of existing standards and protocols.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H692FF3C20642403EA959E8A6E19FAF6C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents of review</header>
<text>In conducting the review under this paragraph, the Secretary shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49832DD6A0F142C1B17EFB75EEBE8BB4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>minimum safety performance standards developed by the public transportation industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4A5E04178BE41A5A94E4DD54EFD1BDD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>safety performance standards, practices, or protocols in use by rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, including—</text>
<clause id="H7754B36399C946A597C15600E5BD7F86">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>written emergency plans and procedures for passenger evacuations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H47716C203E8447F59493A0C0E4B88971">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>training programs to ensure public transportation personnel compliance and readiness in emergency situations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H726F982882B240FDB94F509569190876">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>coordination plans approved by recipients with local emergency responders having jurisdiction over a rail fixed guideway public transportation system, including—</text>
<subclause id="HB00F69A549F442319FB31CAD7BB40658">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>emergency preparedness training, drills, and familiarization programs for the first responders; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB7F1F3B1732344749D5761E4B1D718EF">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the scheduling of regular field exercises to ensure appropriate response and effective radio and public safety communications;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H1056B91347B84748B778B2F552CC2F5C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>maintenance, testing, and inspection programs to ensure the proper functioning of—</text>
<subclause id="H7CE3B90425C04FCC8FD1AF1512423108">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>tunnel, station, and vehicle ventilation systems;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4BA2B7DDE23F4071B80264E24BB0AB58">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>signal and train control systems, track, mechanical systems, and other infrastructure; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H44099A29A0B04AECBB45009A59C55CE5">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>other systems as necessary;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HEC9B5A27BE1245339B20A3023D09B719">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>certification requirements for train and bus operators and control center employees;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFBDA271ADB5F49D2838E4358A99A2103">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>consensus-based standards, practices, or protocols available to the public transportation industry; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H432CBEDB3DE64A4D913EA1EA025D67FF">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>any other standards, practices, or protocols the Secretary determines appropriate; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEE898533342401DB42EA97FC35291E4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>rail and bus safety standards, practices, or protocols in use by public transportation systems, regarding—</text>
<clause id="H0D6CA47D474749759E6A6EE966CE3616">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>rail and bus design and the workstation of rail and bus operators, as it relates to—</text>
<subclause id="H56020B694886491683B8D594EE5548CA">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the reduction of blindspots that contribute to accidents involving pedestrians; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6A6159FBE6BB41B69055C8DDDCD828EE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>protecting rail and bus operators from the risk of assault;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD67D58D7C9244407BFF10937034A42F0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>scheduling fixed route rail and bus service with adequate time and access for operators to use restroom facilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H741C0285B1C4458DB7E587B8C5ABBDCB">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>fatigue management; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEEBDBFCE512B42099F459378A5F90A49">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>crash avoidance and worthiness.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FEE5C7B9A44450F86DA617E1527121F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Evaluation</header>
<text>After conducting the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, in consultation with representatives of the public transportation industry, evaluate the need to establish additional Federal minimum public transportation safety standards.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDAB3DD40DB024D35B12C2E00DBB3B02D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>After completing the review and evaluation required under subsections (a) and (b), and not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available on a publicly accessible Web site, a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FC1A8FD94E547478EDA54B4F867D208">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>findings based on the review conducted under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB19E6480BB2F4338A23AE0F19050C2F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the outcome of the evaluation conducted under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H368471FA9AF3447883CBAC3DC23A518B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the safety of the public transportation industry, including recommendations for statutory changes if applicable; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F4DB76CA9EA4BC687FBC501096939D6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>actions that the Secretary will take to address the recommendations provided under paragraph (3), including, if necessary, the authorities under section 5329(b)(2)(D) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2AA5F67D87EF4DB0A12C0875B14DE163" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3021.</enum>
<header>Study on evidentiary protection for public transportation safety program information</header>
<subsection id="H6CF2271AF9724294BCEC7D84612A765A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, to conduct a study to evaluate whether it is in the public interest, including public safety and the legal rights of persons injured in public transportation accidents, to withhold from discovery or admission into evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding any plan, report, data, or other information or portion thereof, submitted to, developed, produced, collected, or obtained by the Secretary or the Secretary’s representative for purposes of complying with the requirements under section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, including information related to a recipient’s safety plan, safety risks, and mitigation measures.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7CF3F8F6B564495D8D9FD720D38DA8B5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Coordination</header>
<text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Transportation Research Board shall coordinate with the legal research entities of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, including the Committee on Law and Justice and the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, and include members of those committees on the research committee established for the purposes of this section</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H50169AB301EB49398D9514F00C49623F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Input</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection (a), the relevant entities of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall solicit input from the public transportation recipients, public transportation nonprofit employee labor organizations, and impacted members of the general public.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3CC6D158E8A5480C870804C721315066">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall issue a report, with the findings of the study under subsection (a), including any recommendations on statutory changes regarding evidentiary protections that will increase public transportation safety.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0DFB2890ABA9468EBB013AD9BDC13A68" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3022.</enum>
<header>Improved public transportation safety measures</header>
<subsection id="HC42D195FCDF74F72B2CCC4EB907A6803">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after publication of the report required in section 3020, the Secretary shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on protecting public transportation operators from the risk of assault.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H111E32EDFA7148B6A9B5F2412E928808">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<text>In the proposed rulemaking, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H6063BE69546C4E9696E6EF3E91E2B469">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>different safety needs of drivers of different modes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA337F75BA6624C658347A682FA1F4CB5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>differences in operating environments;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE816BF5943343C1A7153EBC6E55D741">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the use of technology to mitigate driver assault risks;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA7D2CF9D2A1408CBC45A77F80BC464E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>existing experience, from both agencies and operators that already are using or testing driver assault mitigation infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1918982F407F47928E39D0EAFBCFA234">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the impact of the rule on future rolling stock procurements and vehicles currently in revenue service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H51DFD8E83DCD4F868E938D8BF8361DF3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from issuing different comprehensive worker protections, including standards for mitigating assaults.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H68873250D874474D8095B7848830489E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3023.</enum>
<header>Paratransit system under FTA approved coordinated plan</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the provisions of section 37.131(c) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, any paratransit system currently coordinating complementary paratransit service for more than 40 fixed route agencies shall be permitted to continue using an existing tiered, distance-based coordinated paratransit fare system, if the fare for the existing tiered, distance-based coordinated paratransit fare system is not increased by a greater percentage than any increase to the fixed route fare for the largest transit agency in the complementary paratransit service area.</text>
</section>
<section id="HC1E4EC83F00E4C879B2E8DA0644F6822" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3024.</enum>
<header>Report on potential of Internet of Things</header>
<subsection id="H574D3FBCDB324E058FF5054D1167C4C6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the potential of the Internet of Things to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF8650D8B3FFE4FACB1D548D9B7BA84E6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EC4C3B3B9454C86BB361D3F926DFF71">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a survey of the communities, cities, and States that are using innovative transportation systems to meet the needs of ageing populations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H132D318065CF402D86AAC078999D6836">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>best practices to protect privacy and security, as determined as a result of such survey; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A053DD74D7C499F9B948042117908E5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>recommendations with respect to the potential of the Internet of Things to assist local, State, and Federal planners to develop more efficient and accurate projections of the transportation needs of rural, suburban, and urban communities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H401725E5FD9A4349BC8A9DD8AD02C27A" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3025.</enum>
<header>Report on parking safety</header>
<subsection id="HB3860264465842179CE7F990044F2DAE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on the safety of certain transportation facilities and locations, focusing on any property damage, injuries, deaths, and other incidents that occur or originate at locations intended to encourage public use of alternative transportation, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H5AB2BD17495C4801AD5E2F6617BF15B5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carpool lots;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B83FBA7541C4355B74C529760B944CB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>mass transit lots;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H164D6F8C635048029381765DB5C9342E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>local, State, or regional rail stations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H080EB012616541B68F13F7A2E4F7E749">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>rest stops;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB37159DD0B6447F692198C8E59166FFE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>college or university lots;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD572399964EE4D2D837C8A8E8343F5E4">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>bike paths or walking trails; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC356EC43F7042E1B839D7FDCCA4D7FA">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>any other locations that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8F68E2D4542F41128C3A5C31755ACDF8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 8 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8EE7875519B4333A833E26FAD206AC7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in the report recommendations to Congress on the best ways to use innovative technologies to increase safety and ensure a better response by transit security and local, State, and Federal law enforcement to address threats to public safety.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0FDD15847C25429DBD2F87B2B8B10E6A" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3026.</enum>
<header>Appointment of directors of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</header>
<subsection id="HD730001A74954FCCAE2D8C96EDE89FCC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H6F54984ACC7A4AAA80DF4130C7238B32">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compact</header>
<text>The term <term>Compact</term> means the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact (Public Law 89–774; 80 Stat. 1324).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C20B9C640C04CD0986218242EDF10A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal Director</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal Director</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DF2442674A742E5B5432EE0B11E5C26">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a voting member of the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority who represents the Federal Government; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49BEC09231EF47FE9D7526A0577B0C32">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a nonvoting member of the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority who serves as an alternate for a member described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA60A3B3CA5C4C3FAC751259C2E61CB6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transit Authority</header>
<text>The term <term>Transit Authority</term> means the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority established under Article III of the Compact.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H79E456AB505C41FF9C9E20C8FE6FF6D0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Appointment by Secretary of Transportation</header>
<paragraph id="H586E51BEB4FD4AC39F6202B58FE0EB2B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For any appointment made on or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall have sole authority to appoint Federal Directors to the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B8E7861A7854796A91A7A62BA931CA2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Amendment to Compact</header>
<text>The signatory parties to the Compact shall amend the Compact as necessary in accordance with paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HAFF377E4CA2A4A23AED267724F7F533D">
<enum>3027.</enum>
<header>Effectiveness of public transportation changes and funding</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall examine and evaluate the impact of the changes that MAP–21 had on public transportation, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H837692345220482F95D68910CFA82BC0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the ability and effectiveness of public transportation agencies to provide public transportation to low-income workers in accessing jobs and being able to use reverse commute services;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DB64251AF6448FB90C2731D9C0F880A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>whether services to low-income riders declined after MAP–21 was implemented; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E518B2484DB49719D308BD6208F58D4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if guidance provided by the Federal Transit Administration encouraged public transportation agencies to maintain and support services to low-income riders to allow them to access jobs, medical services, and other life necessities.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD36F945E8C7A4E44A01D6D96E50E3234">
<enum>3028.</enum>
<header>Authorization of grants for positive train control</header>
<subsection id="H5D2465145A114A068D968A1166E4DB31">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this section $199,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to assist in financing the installation of positive train control systems required under section 20157 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H655550ADB7424A97B3AD9EA882841443">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Uses</header>
<text>The amounts made available under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded by the Secretary on a competitive basis, and grant funds awarded under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of a project.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H75AA7FC651AB4EC1844C245CEC151366">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Credit assistance</header>
<text>At the request of an eligible applicant under this section, the Secretary may use amounts awarded to the entity to pay the subsidy and administrative costs necessary to provide the entity Federal credit assistance under sections 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), with respect to the project for which the grant was awarded.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBA9B4DBE1E4947BFA4C42F05109A1724">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Eligible recipients</header>
<text>The amounts made available under subsection (a) of this section may be used only to assist a recipient of funds under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA1103DFD74D14C6493F66B950D33D794">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent from the amounts made available under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project management oversight of grants authorized under that subsection.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H394585A645354400BBA77AD2490664A7">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed as authorizing the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to be used for any purpose other than financing the installation of positive train control systems.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H56BBC33B9DA947599C1E5F968C6D1D59">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Grants financed from highway trust fund</header>
<text>A grant that is approved by the Secretary and financed with amounts made available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund under this section is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Government share of the cost of the project.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4CFBDFEE366A488EB7E2CF817B52D05B">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subsection (j), amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6DDAC435BA0F4795AC45ABF5884F6B8B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Obligation limitation</header>
<text>Funds made available under this section shall be subject to obligation limit of section 3018 of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1186D1D544D94C8BBECF0C2B6A647E29">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall provide the grants, direct loans, and loan guarantees under subsections (b) and (c) by September 30, 2018.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDFE6058A85F34ED0A8716B4DE95A7206">
<enum>3029.</enum>
<header>Amendment to title 5</header>
<subsection id="H848C6BCBF7304FE19FBD89EACF506823">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F4E1178933C4437BC68D032C702CB5C" style="OLC">
<list level="subsection">
<list-item>Federal Transit Administrator.</list-item>
</list>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB44CDE4602914F1E92BA0A66475626C8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Federal Transit Administrator.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H781B78CE3D464C55B134C98E7AC21B28">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5B07F83560464FDE9C2A1C798DA42509">
<enum>3030.</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming changes</header>
<subsection id="HD447636C47BD4D02AA4BCAAA30E3380F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text>Section 20008(b) of MAP-21 (49 U.S.C. 5309 note) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9A229C304A274DEF9A928E7AC8FD6B1A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repeal section 5313</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8237D689CBF3463B80D576F27B077041">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeal of section 5319</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5319 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F8A91BD3176445D8B57F02DD6A91D3D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Repeal of section 5322</header>
<text>Section 5322 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H981C0292628746CBAB47347BF0D2ED85">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Section 5325</header>
<text>Section 5325 of title 49, United States Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H85F202FF648F47A992EA6593383D420E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>at least two</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE8025C1A2884FEBBBC44739D24F0858">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal Public Transportation Act of 2015</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF0A7EFDB05EB453BBAC0321BEB6CDC84">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Section 5340</header>
<text>Section 5340 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD303B43C6B042F8BD016E2C310A7824">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b); and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D479FC060584F9E97CA56108DEFFBA9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block id="H0DD9BEC4ACEE4A31834939A9BAC20B7A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2F89DD0D7DC84C29B1586498FCA4355F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Allocation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall apportion the amounts made available under section 5338(b)(2)(N) in accordance with subsection (c) and subsection (d). </text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2B992FD5B22422D87242F11BCA39C78">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Chapter 105 of title 49, United States Code</header>
<text>Section 10501(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7308E2AA4292493B996096B3545FF4F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBAA921A8E70348DBBCCBDDB57A33A1A9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>section 5302(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 5302</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A99CFE2D57D4A5AB01A305BBD25B2F2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="HF64C3EA7A4E041BABB5CF0E5D120D31C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>mass transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>public transportation</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H20D3A955974B42FABEFE25F90B6FFD4E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 5302(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 5302</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA83C6400F74F4771BCD44BE56F5AF5A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>mass transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>public transportation</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>IV</enum>
<header>Highway traffic safety</header>
<section id="H9D2B1681696C4770A2ADB58BD4ABD7A0">
<enum>4001.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H91C44B4616524A23A3C43CCFA5B42CE7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text>
<paragraph id="HFCB94C4F240F48DCB2E0DED395F18F1B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Highway safety programs</header>
<text>For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B55F1DADD0A448FAE21DD791CD475CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$243,500,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45DE214AB22D4B01939A772325038160">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$252,300,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H577AA23E8E5B4561BCD6AE68A1C85B04">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$261,200,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D998D8CEF8C4F09967468C8E4FCC015">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$270,400,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E1E6D18EF9B429C8C17C85981B951B4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$279,800,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29904A3177FE42E9A3A0A2AC8611E52D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Highway safety research and development</header>
<text>For carrying out section 403 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DC0619AB0DA4C61A74E16C22AACD4F2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$137,800,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D3804CAD0D64996B7B7474602833B02">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$140,700,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB45F2740F2F6416EB1EB5F08B897F1AF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$143,700,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A1C9031161342E994A53A0081436B6A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$146,700,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB05045D36194293A70EEC763BEDF712">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$149,800,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFDEC82472244C9B855B53E4837E6D73">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>National priority safety programs</header>
<text>For carrying out section 405 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2403B6C920304885B3EC34B358BF613B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$274,700,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFBF4561319E41649B7B143CB20AC05C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$277,500,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0FF634305D7419DBF80DA40AD38FB95">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$280,200,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B0157A9AF4F441C89EA51631935BE2F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$283,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B99A089D4DF445F8798D4603CF67454">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$285,900,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FD2CDE6CFC347EF9A947F29A8FF33A0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>National driver register</header>
<text>For the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD54FF689D02F420FAEC5547F434CD947">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$5,100,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFF8242D6303422491F2EE5C6D618B6C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$5,200,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F2F86A2BF3E450193FC5C8A6BA11AB6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$5,300,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H344C34590EAB4F97A1D12BC8C5E2E085">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$5,400,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC69C0874915B46BDB485AF0A5F0BB00F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$5,500,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB92B2603F24479EB2F862E0C7B835D0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>High-visibility enforcement program</header>
<text>For carrying out section 404 of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9453BDC567034DDAB0403B9DEAFF8467">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$29,300,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24FF954279E64E4387977B4B1A1561CE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$29,500,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H249C7DAD51F04FE1AA5967025A9A5378">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$29,900,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFD4BE03EE4847B3977B09E290D57B77">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$30,200,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8345C511D4F848B79EB1FD941C59344E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$30,500,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A896B19C9F64867BBFCB9752C03331C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses</header>
<text>For administrative and related operating expenses of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in carrying out chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3E8B224337E4ED390DF9A44E934C9C4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$25,832,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B50CAC4027845E5953E9E81495AB207">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$26,072,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0FF089932E5468C86A8F5B67036CCDC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$26,329,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D62B982892340A4B87CF3A71D1AE3CC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$26,608,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5D0A703E5804851BE891450B7540446">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$26,817,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1682A2D211BE4A45AFDAEAEB81C80949">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on other uses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, the amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a program under such chapters—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AFCFEDC185C47F5AFA286EFB9B69DAC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall only be used to carry out such program; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7654304F904240A9B039E8E89FFF1857">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>may not be used by States or local governments for construction purposes.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1E57F922C41349168F56B7B37810CAC3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Applicability of title 23</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2016 through 2020 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF7214F76E6734E3EA7271E4CEBA71D7D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Regulatory authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants awarded under this title shall be carried out in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H100676FE3DEE4E7CA7CD82FA3D6D394F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>State matching requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a grant awarded under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, requires a State to share in the cost, the aggregate of all expenditures for highway safety activities made during a fiscal year by the State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for carrying out the grant (other than planning and administration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting the State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any other project carried out under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code (other than planning or administration), without regard to whether such expenditures were made in connection with such project.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD1548B83B2C84BA285916F5E23AF9959">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Grant application and deadline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To receive a grant under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, a State shall submit an application, and the Secretary shall establish a single deadline for such applications to enable the award of grants early in the next fiscal year.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB3700AFAADC240F49644A6CF0E163917">
<enum>4002.</enum>
<header>Highway safety programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H512A720A5CDB4C72B838F4AB0AEF4B0C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE73A225129DE45FB8E7701C4F9593951">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (vi) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31A5FE2766814D7E8B6D6CE9263E2D32">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (vii) by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA0D98F3DFF947EBAB4B594A773F74C5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25AA6FEAEFFE42C3B99E5E0255EC92BB" style="USC">
<clause id="H2C72A1D64D124A708EF4436780A88AFF">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase driver awareness of commercial motor vehicles to prevent crashes and reduce injuries and fatalities;</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18F5FED5B2644DB1B1407D8CCFEC22EF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(4), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC18BCDBB037D47E8B4B5ECD51F78637B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H134958690B68436680E39B992565A6F1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Survey</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State in which an automated traffic enforcement system is installed shall expend funds apportioned to that State under this section to conduct a biennial survey that the Secretary shall make publicly available through the Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation that includes—</text>
<clause id="H3CC38A55650F4AEFBCEF0D201E0235C2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a list of automated traffic enforcement systems in the State;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H45192BF38C874B3DB913DC106711C1E9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>adequate data to measure the transparency, accountability, and safety attributes of each automated traffic enforcement system; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H529C6AD4A8084F019FDD39966AB1B0A6">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a comparison of each automated traffic enforcement system with—</text>
<subclause id="H0E4EA4E9FEC641EAAD93D4BA5851051E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>Speed Enforcement Camera Systems Operational Guidelines (DOT HS 810 916, March 2008); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC3EA469AAE2C4FAC82F0265D5796F86A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>Red Light Camera Systems Operational Guidelines (FHWA–SA–05–002, January 2005).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81636D4B327A4F08BB034D875D014069">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2EF38807C1A486DA98596D597A5A66A" style="USC">
<subsection id="H12F3C88E053442E69224E3625A183478">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Restriction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure of funds for highway construction, maintenance, or design (other than design of safety features of highways to be incorporated into guidelines).</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF21F1F15204F41ED9F4143BE3A684BED">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03C82EF1D96744F6A52728BDED3BF917">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21976AC3A54043948D6A91B6D28320A5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5DB9DF748B544EEA2DD35B55A1F736E" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H3D05BFDEA38B430F9B82B96C4F321126">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Electronic submission</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with the Governors Highway Safety Association, shall develop procedures to allow States to submit highway safety plans under this subsection, including any attachments to the plans, in electronic form.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89AE874483114076BB84B6C25996406B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)(A), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>60 days</quote> and inserting <quote>45 days</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B0F9986FC3E4D279FA0B6DA580F0B53">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (m)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6147C0FD6324E87971F264CAD87BD3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (vii) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H499F767AA6054B839457E1786B0E2CB0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (viii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5271FD2461574219AEB81B3216397C5A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE08049F027CF42258903AA6E762F3E18" style="USC">
<clause id="HA1B56D4EBC604B409FD5E870D7262154">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase driver awareness of commercial motor vehicles to prevent crashes and reduce injuries and fatalities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H93485CE7CEF34CCBBCE4C70BA4937427">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for school-based driver’s education classes to improve teen knowledge about—</text>
<subclause id="H14BCA0A4F4B3437AA4CF7191B891C4E8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>safe driving practices; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE573CC7DDEA44E54ABAADD9FB00CE97B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>State graduated driving license requirements, including behind-the-wheel training required to meet those requirements.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H05806661FD114D53A4DE1B4F6DCD356B">
<enum>4003.</enum>
<header>Highway safety research and development</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9895061444624BA985715E49BD981F4D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HABA9A115A9C042DF8E0F007135770295">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB2139A34501248478B67EA7B8D61AEAD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB111D76E1DAB4C9A9CA3BCA6E5C8410F" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H603BCEBD8F4B4718999D9BA16EAF7824">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall obligate from funds made available to carry out this section for the period covering fiscal years 2017 through 2020 not more than $21,248,000 to conduct the research described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5693147FCE3745AB978FC926A4867245">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>If the Administrator utilizes the authority under paragraph (1), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66A951CD324544B18E5C4BDDF870767A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>If the Administrator conducts the research authorized under paragraph (1), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C6E32BAD68E433AA24F2E262896126D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD28E9357D1247279D7804DA870AD028" style="USC">
<subsection id="H2B113F9E9FFD40B8AA80AF0A2EC853A2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Limitation on drug and alcohol survey data</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish procedures and guidelines to ensure that any person participating in a program or activity that collects data on drug or alcohol use by drivers of motor vehicles and is carried out under this section is informed that the program or activity is voluntary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H01161943271046269846E809E16F954C">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out under this section may be not more than 100 percent.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H81D48E497D744260AD39659030A96876">
<enum>4004.</enum>
<header>High-visibility enforcement program</header>
<subsection id="H3B200BFEEC2D4F57BBB30D7E9F305978">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D42002EC28843388641768050FB3FE9" style="USC">
<section id="H0C20771F98D1404E850981BAF523E481">
<enum>404.</enum>
<header>High-visibility enforcement program</header>
<subsection id="H374349DF8B654C9EA6CCD4D1009656EA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and administer a program under which not less than 3 campaigns will be carried out in each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02024E2E4FF74E3DBCA388842BA04412">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of each campaign carried out under this section shall be to achieve outcomes related to not less than 1 of the following objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="HA279E9104B254C299E8D289260F35A41">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Reduce alcohol-impaired or drug-impaired operation of motor vehicles.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53526FA7A251451AB4F95E47E0315635">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Increase use of seatbelts by occupants of motor vehicles.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H76E8263A8AEE44C696A60FDEF9A93D43">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Advertising</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use, or authorize the use of, funds available to carry out this section to pay for the development, production, and use of broadcast and print media advertising and Internet-based outreach in carrying out campaigns under this section. In allocating such funds, consideration shall be given to advertising directed at non-English speaking populations, including those who listen to, read, or watch nontraditional media.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF161E2FB6BC54F91B4AE4BD157DB7813">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Coordination with States</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall coordinate with States in carrying out the campaigns under this section, including advertising funded under subsection (c), with consideration given to—</text>
<paragraph id="H99DC91B7140442DB92657446158CCAE9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>relying on States to provide law enforcement resources for the campaigns out of funding made available under sections 402 and 405; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DC29A26F4274179B2D4B587FCE93284">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>providing, out of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration resources, most of the means necessary for national advertising and education efforts associated with the campaigns.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9604DA15D204803AC969BE15AC89CE9">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available to carry out this section may be used only for activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFA447F42A4434C4BB8C785AFDF5E8382">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H63586E80CBC04D43B1151267BCC509AB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Campaign</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>campaign</term> means a high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaign.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74278AAA7E834954A246D17C151A57CE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> has the meaning given that term in section 401.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEAF008A429E24C248C10871B0A0A060D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 404 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24BF4B76D35F4E60A6700DFD5CF11229" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">404. High-visibility enforcement program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H769F0DEB19A0435F8A7D714BCCF3F591">
<enum>4005.</enum>
<header>National priority safety programs</header>
<subsection id="H6A4E418C8436430DA93DCCCBDA625AC9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDCEB26100B543ADB587E39D05872D87" style="USC">
<subsection id="H7CE3F5894EC3424C8922506D6F916846">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall manage programs to address national priorities for reducing highway deaths and injuries. Funds shall be allocated according to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H16BC2E1BEC7E4B21A2A403CB7D6C63F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Occupant protection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 13 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that adopt and implement effective occupant protection programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles (as described in subsection (b)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H189275A8767246CEA69E4EF28CB3A405">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State traffic safety information system improvements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 14.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to State traffic safety information system improvements (as described in subsection (c)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDDE91A52D8249EEBEE51AB5B7010490">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Impaired driving countermeasures</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 52.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to impaired driving countermeasures (as described in subsection (d)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2ADB8AA68204DB9BEA714F78CBDF9DA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Distracted driving</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 8.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that adopt and implement effective laws to reduce distracted driving (as described in subsection (e)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB279D1030F354CB69A1844EF4C2B4B8D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Motorcyclist safety</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 1.5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that implement motorcyclist safety programs (as described in subsection (f)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56EBAC0E85204DACB4B32E6081834523">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>State graduated driver licensing laws</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that adopt and implement graduated driver licensing laws (as described in subsection (g)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HABA68A6FB5DC4485806082250EA1F096">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Nonmotorized safety</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each fiscal year, 5 percent of the funds provided under this section shall be allocated among States that meet requirements with respect to nonmotorized safety (as described in subsection (h)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFB038BFBE354363A9EC7D8105BE36F4">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Transfers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (7), the Secretary shall reallocate, before the last day of any fiscal year, any amounts remaining available to carry out any of the activities described in subsections (b) through (h) to increase the amount made available under section 402, in order to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that all such amounts are obligated during such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92E54FDC85734A3D98F7AFEA0B80F87E">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort</header>
<subparagraph id="H87D8C8FFA3E447B7A029BEDAA6BA8106">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the grant application required in section 402(k)(3)(F), a State receiving a grant in any fiscal year under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall provide certification that the lead State agency responsible for programs described in any of those subsections is maintaining aggregate expenditures at or above the average level of such expenditures in the 2 fiscal years prior to the date of enactment of the FAST Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83D5F0C11D9A4C939B298FB257D0BEB5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<text>Upon the request of a State, the Secretary may waive or modify the requirements under subparagraph (A) for not more than 1 fiscal year if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1C12F4BAF254139ABD3141ACE22C89E">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Political subdivisions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may provide the funds awarded under this section to a political subdivision of the State or an Indian tribal government.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1489474894DA41BB8FCC9A4B8187C2D7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>High seatbelt use rate</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(b)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “75 percent” and inserting “100 percent”.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H30B5C9DE5105468BB5D6D1D512A320F4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Impaired driving countermeasures</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3077FE8AFEE34B8283FC33419216E719">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDAE56C3D8EC4005B953DBDE998CFF0A" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H903FB71947FA45F2BEBB1A2D34C02D13">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Use of grant amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="H85D3626720524810BB42A0ABF1265BD8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Required programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-range States shall use grant funds for—</text>
<clause id="HCCBB952299774FF58F32B9EB8E3FCF3A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>high-visibility enforcement efforts; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2C989CA452C944B8BD577CF173B5C828">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any of the activities described in subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<subclause id="H122FC4391DCE49FC84EE9067D9328F49">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the activity is described in the statewide plan; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE4AD434F5852482C9A60E00D9FCEFE4C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the Secretary approves the use of funding for such activity.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H016B2919E4014499B9EB3D97CC4DCD96">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Authorized programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medium-range and low-range States may use grant funds for—</text>
<clause id="H2FD95B07D6274B94BD072C5D414EC1CB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>any of the purposes described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6A3F8EAB26854E75B07D456B5FEB052A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>hiring a full-time or part-time impaired driving coordinator of the State's activities to address the enforcement and adjudication of laws regarding driving while impaired by alcohol, drugs, or the combination of alcohol and drugs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0DDF8D7EAB604A95B81C8A87F314BE43">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>court support of high-visibility enforcement efforts, training and education of criminal justice professionals (including law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and probation officers) to assist such professionals in handling impaired driving cases, hiring traffic safety resource prosecutors, hiring judicial outreach liaisons, and establishing driving while intoxicated courts;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H956E6BD7DD1C40E2957271F33E32F6E3">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>alcohol ignition interlock programs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H55FF2794632442B38CC7B8D765EC1C83">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>improving blood-alcohol concentration testing and reporting;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC7710A043B0B4B0C9A5B3067B0544BC2">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>paid and earned media in support of high-visibility enforcement efforts, conducting standardized field sobriety training, advanced roadside impaired driving evaluation training, and drug recognition expert training for law enforcement, and equipment and related expenditures used in connection with impaired driving enforcement in accordance with criteria established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDCAEA825DCD6414499C342CF2161C8F2">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>training on the use of alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5741D4D5511E45FFA296D97D823059B2">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training for and implementation of impaired driving assessment programs or other tools designed to increase the probability of identifying the recidivism risk of a person convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs and to determine the most effective mental health or substance abuse treatment or sanction that will reduce such risk;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H197A9DD6CA5844108594BB2E12E4C61A">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>developing impaired driving information systems; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H656CC0DEBB864E1F894E22584EA7989B">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>costs associated with a 24-7 sobriety program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA86C829439848DD95E3D6FAF1ABD4E2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Other programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-range States may use grant funds for any expenditure designed to reduce impaired driving based on problem identification and may use not more than 50 percent of funds made available under this subsection for any project or activity eligible for funding under section 402. Medium-range and high-range States may use funds for any expenditure designed to reduce impaired driving based on problem identification upon approval by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66E0546919FF498A894F31880D8C21CF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF79A5AD6102845E5B8664D24F9B9D142">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">Additional grants</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7965436C31442F0A0CB5CF414438113">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by amending the subparagraph heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">Grants to states with alcohol-ignition interlock laws</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E2642957E124276A310FB7BEB05EF9C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBECABB67E73A406A83C9FCECCCC74C2A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (A), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF396C99F89A74866A246FA4DE085E392" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC8BD16C60A504F51B6BB081435F3E91B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Grants to States with 24-7 sobriety programs</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make a separate grant under this subsection to each State that—</text>
<clause id="H7F08A0CCB4354C82A5456DAF0CB06CDD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>adopts and is enforcing a law that requires all individuals convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or of driving while intoxicated to receive a restriction on driving privileges; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBB7751983FF744119BEBD017D583A215">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>provides a 24-7 sobriety program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43BC46B31ACF4AD5B23DAF1589E351FF">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>and subparagraph (B)</quote> after <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BFA151879A54E7A82FE12EB7A80EC4B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>and subparagraph (B)</quote> after <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C30F97254834B52B645BC170F97D15D">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>by amending subparagraph (E), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED20AF6AC02048888722CE1D31983B6A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H47F6B77937C04F04AB87077DDC80E646">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<clause id="H1F9880CCB7C24E3182E501B2B73AF015">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Funding for grants to States with alcohol-ignition interlock laws</header>
<text>Not more than 12 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection in a fiscal year shall be made available by the Secretary for making grants under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB49D2590E2F741F99240FD15D58B5130">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Funding for grants to States with 24-7 sobriety programs</header>
<text>Not more than 3 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection in a fiscal year shall be made available by the Secretary for making grants under subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE6EF339F7544CB08588A666BDD222E0">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FE19723A39C41208733E30CAC7B9E6D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2683837A371941ADB6549F685FB61573">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>A State alcohol-ignition interlock law under subparagraph (A) may include exceptions for the following circumstances:</text>
<clause id="H05CB78D8318347F9A44C9532E0340956">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The individual is required to operate an employer’s motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment and the business entity that owns the vehicle is not owned or controlled by the individual.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H64C65DB2D5264FA591F0D3761DC0F094">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The individual is certified by a medical doctor as being unable to provide a deep lung breath sample for analysis by an ignition interlock device.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H29C567D031BE4551984101438733901E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State-certified ignition interlock provider is not available within 100 miles of the individual’s residence.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BF8DEFE3A164FF8B5B5F41339FACC09">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86BBDCE09D5C4B12837C6FA411005D53">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HAF51BC5E6FEA4185960E6805B3C1763F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H3EFDCB8CF33941C99AA0FEEA64A55D38">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>or a State agency</quote> and inserting <quote>or an agency with jurisdiction</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H61111771E88744B1931A45B101C010C0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>bond,</quote> before <quote>sentence</quote>;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H6AA1A89870904334AD8251FC4D754F37">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>who plead guilty or</quote> and inserting <quote>who was arrested for, plead guilty to, or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD3D788D13E53489ABACE82ACA7F8FF84">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii)(I) by inserting <quote>at a testing location</quote> after <quote>per day</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4EA7E07187E44FAFA3242BA5A5EC8BDF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D) by striking the second period at the end.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE316A9E88E5D4767A5BDBE1EAC0E7688">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Distracted driving grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC6FB83AF80E424997792C4C90CCB211" style="USC">
<subsection id="H5C07EA3DBF054EF581B3B77CB065593D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Distracted driving grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H50478BAE3C464269ABD88186C14C8B61">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award a grant under this subsection to any State that includes distracted driving awareness as part of the State’s driver’s license examination, and enacts and enforces a law that meets the requirements set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4886F2A33CC44AC9B0C0E95898456EC2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on texting while driving</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State law meets the requirements set forth in this paragraph if the law—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17EC60BC77CB45B7A897A741D3802571">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>prohibits a driver from texting through a personal wireless communications device while driving;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB186D628740243A8B8D1E3FBCB40B31E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>makes violation of the law a primary offense; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C49EBC06DA94C0691A0FFDC7BB9F9EC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>establishes a minimum fine for a violation of the law; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F453F87A6624983A4EA94A4DC71025C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not provide for an exemption that specifically allows a driver to text through a personal wireless communication device while stopped in traffic.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B3F83C3EE37403897B1A7EEF9B39E58">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on youth cell phone use while driving or stopped in traffic</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State law meets the requirements set forth in this paragraph if the law—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF066D249523B407FBBF80A714633367D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>prohibits a driver from using a personal wireless communications device while driving if the driver is—</text>
<clause id="HFEB4B2D623B343C38FC48D7D37C8F077">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>younger than 18 years of age; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8E4799EF0E7444E8BC0CF4FBDD9487D9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the learner’s permit or intermediate license stage set forth in subsection (g)(2)(B);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA1DF051954C4E8CA7F558DB953445FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>makes violation of the law a primary offense; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H834962EA31C54F02927215F0DAC1BA94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>establishes a minimum fine for a violation of the law; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E76907E50384B2F895ED6B4891CDBF8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not provide for an exemption that specifically allows a driver to text through a personal wireless communication device while stopped in traffic.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BBE20B3E3F44542A4FF486E6F1DD2C9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Permitted exceptions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A law that meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) or (3) may provide exceptions for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF719BE4EA7F146B4B0D6741674E5D85A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a driver who uses a personal wireless communications device to contact emergency services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DACDB709A3549F09F53869941384EB6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>emergency services personnel who use a personal wireless communications device while—</text>
<clause id="H2441AB3F7B39435DBA49B539975DB384">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>operating an emergency services vehicle; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H10D5189D80DE43CB98914DD9B449A65C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>engaged in the performance of their duties as emergency services personnel;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38F45F7D23FE446891AC14D16DAA73D4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an individual employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver or a school bus driver who uses a personal wireless communications device within the scope of such individual's employment if such use is permitted under the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 31136 of title 49; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02C0618DFC4F4471AE4E30FD3FB829AF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any additional exceptions determined by the Secretary through a rulemaking process.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCA1518E3A604F489A5F2660E4B38E8D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Use of grant funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H49223DA80E864EA9A97E39C473A55D94">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts received by a State under this subsection shall be used—</text>
<clause id="H3FB40A454ED24D4DB00F1979D2054E66">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to educate the public through advertising containing information about the dangers of texting or using a cell phone while driving;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84F49F20F7C84DC4B9404590CBDFC281">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for traffic signs that notify drivers about the distracted driving law of the State; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFF9498BCA3E34BDFB99C69031913233E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>for law enforcement costs related to the enforcement of the distracted driving law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26F6840134BD4F1FA51EC8375FED19F3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Flexibility</header>
<clause id="H39F6C78917CC49D085D5E4016C2FE43E" indent="down1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>Not more than 50 percent of amounts received by a State under this subsection may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE6B63DCE7CE54251A0B43757DA2EC27B" indent="down1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Not more than 75 percent of amounts received by a State under this subsection may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402 if the State has conformed its distracted driving data to the most recent Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria published by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1142958B68E845B09CF17920106E01B9">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Additional distracted driving grants</header>
<subparagraph id="HC6383384E2624110BA7F6964DA84B41A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the Secretary shall use up to 25 percent of the amounts available for grants under this subsection to award grants to any State that—</text>
<clause id="H1B6656BDB2794173810B940FB1070823">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in fiscal year 2017—</text>
<subclause id="H273E3706460246BF8D308BDE2A035DB9">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifies that it has enacted a basic text messaging statute that—</text>
<item id="H62440FF453D14F8EB748970203E999B8">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is applicable to drivers of all ages; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H4EADDE62F4C94F1EB82E4587E9184F2E">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes violation of the basic text messaging statute a primary offense or secondary enforcement action as allowed by State statute; and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H05E6D81E50334790883DD7596592AE9A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise ineligible for a grant under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HC537ACB5DDD24A3DA8B626061B6F3E91">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in fiscal year 2018—</text>
<subclause id="H2A0D138BD10F426A954BE6974273EA94">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifies that it has enacted a basic text messaging statute that—</text>
<item id="H59CB84826B8A451F98818D31B8D0AF81">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>is applicable to drivers of all ages; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H4295B92AA7A0460B98341D35E6B6A239">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>makes violation of the basic text messaging statute a primary offense; </text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H60E22EEDBB22438385314F9C32AE2A67">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">imposes fines for violations;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEA32DF57C4764CCE8A3E8AB9E3FFB0BF">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a statute that prohibits drivers who are younger than 18 years of age from using a personal wireless communications device while driving; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3720ACE25966403F9559BDD27220986B">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>is otherwise ineligible for a grant under this subsection.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2B5849DF4E546EEB1FC2E7F19CA7985">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of grant funds</header>
<clause id="H616D6DCF82E24319A2D8BFE75CC3848D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (5) and subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this subparagraph, amounts received by a State under subparagraph (A) may be used for activities related to the enforcement of distracted driving laws, including for public information and awareness purposes.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5461446034144E0399D08CC0A327E5A9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Fiscal year 2017</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In fiscal year 2017, up to 15 percent of the amounts received by a State under subparagraph (A) may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD461B03263F24610B71DBE161D7AF6D1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Fiscal year 2018</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In fiscal year 2018, up to 25 percent of the amounts received by a State under subparagraph (A) may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12D41FD552B34269BBEAF39DAE3572A2">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Allocation to support state distracted driving laws</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts available under this subsection in a fiscal year for distracted driving grants, the Secretary may expend not more than $5,000,000 for the development and placement of broadcast media to reduce distracted driving of motor vehicles.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H615A4FE40D2E454ABF654FAA6D5B4E86">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Grant amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The allocation of grant funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportionment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F0A780740C048F68961604C145A3F7F">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H69BF8FEBE5B547E0BFBD11785B746E2B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Driving</header>
<text>The term <term>driving</term>—</text>
<clause id="HBFC2F855105E4DDF9438B18E86955F5B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>means operating a motor vehicle on a public road; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE5002E2F80A848AD82E375CC0169B3D8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>does not include operating a motor vehicle when the vehicle has pulled over to the side of, or off, an active roadway and has stopped in a location where it can safely remain stationary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA14343E74AC3414192B8BA40F853EEF6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Personal wireless communications device</header>
<text>The term <term>personal wireless communications device</term>—</text>
<clause id="H0933173BFBB64C7AAA5B53EC79C6F928">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>means a device through which personal wireless services (as defined in section 332(c)(7)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)(i))) are transmitted; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0162845F4A0D4EC4BEC994384D37D7A0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>does not include a global navigation satellite system receiver used for positioning, emergency notification, or navigation purposes.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8F20295594749A9983C0342022A75A3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Primary offense</header>
<text>The term <term>primary offense</term> means an offense for which a law enforcement officer may stop a vehicle solely for the purpose of issuing a citation in the absence of evidence of another offense.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DEA434B93284114A424F335698818A2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Public road</header>
<text>The term <term>public road</term> has the meaning given such term in section 402(c).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F24889F786A4A4DAAB0D32306CE5288">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Texting</header>
<text>The term <term>texting</term> means reading from or manually entering data into a personal wireless communications device, including doing so for the purpose of SMS texting, emailing, instant messaging, or engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H68A92AD43B6A48009CBF295C2CB4A42E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Motorcyclist safety</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD087FA1CA474C3D9D142125DD0E308E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68A7457C241E400CB5D8DC73AF3F8FF7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H96CF3C05E1EC4F218285072CEA60ED02">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grant amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The allocation of grant funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportionment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009, except that the amount of a grant awarded to a State for a fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent of the amount apportioned to the State under such section for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71C72AE47A704662BE9269D524D98EE2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A1CD43391E44CCDB5FFF39E1F186C40" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F763215B59F479CBF17237A2C760EE5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Flexibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 50 percent of grant funds received by a State under this subsection may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402 if the State is in the lowest 25 percent of all States for motorcycle deaths per 10,000 motorcycle registrations based on the most recent data that conforms with criteria established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H756023FEE8F242DCA752046148EED329">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC00A152F479340A3BBEDA2FB68D802F5" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H6FEEB83F7D644DFF8022FA28D2FFB965">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Share-the-road model language</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall update and provide to the States model language, for use in traffic safety education courses, driver's manuals, and other driver training materials, that provides instruction for drivers of motor vehicles on the importance of sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CE145027CFF4BC4A2677FC8F916A74E">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Minimum requirements for State graduated driver licensing incentive grant program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA99F677207645138B372297268057FE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE88903C79BE34E099885DB9989927292">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>21</quote> and inserting <quote>18</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BC444F0BBFD4C39AD3B1A5701D47D22">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A1C2E7DD67C47D3AF1F54DB7F997CFC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H94B63136EEB64AAC805D6C1931924222">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Licensing process</header>
<text>A State is in compliance with the 2-stage licensing process described in this subparagraph if the State’s driver’s license laws include—</text>
<clause id="HCF05C1F1D52C470A89B964E25930188D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a learner’s permit stage that—</text>
<subclause id="HD9F7904F40F94C87B9B6C3BB556AADE9">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is at least 6 months in duration;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFC08EAAFA7C04793A4A1EFF8FD594727">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>contains a prohibition on the driver using a personal wireless communications device (as defined in subsection (e)) while driving except under an exception permitted under paragraph (4) of that subsection, and makes a violation of the prohibition a primary offense;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFB9CC3FBA1AF4404B78757308ECDCA9A">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>requires applicants to successfully pass a vision and knowledge assessment prior to receiving a learner’s permit;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H23BDEBB4B7EE44EDBE97E0834FEDB99B">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>requires that the driver be accompanied and supervised at all times while the driver is operating a motor vehicle by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years of age or is a State-certified driving instructor;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3D4E25DD61E54B26891BC01E5B4BFB8F">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>has a requirement that the driver—</text>
<item id="HA48D4F23253F469E8932CCF4C4513FE0">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>complete a State-certified driver education or training course; or</text>
</item>
<item id="HC85350959266476EA8B9ED59F007DE23">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>obtain at least 50 hours of behind-the-wheel training, with at least 10 hours at night, with a licensed driver; and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H44F45BAF157644E7A71AAD86BAE164AF">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>remains in effect until the driver—</text>
<item id="HCAF825256A324F41BDF8E16823064D01">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>reaches 16 years of age and enters the intermediate stage; or</text>
</item>
<item id="HF8E36651129E4B17BB70D2306FEDA7C7">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>reaches 18 years of age;</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HF9544EF6FE4747B8B1CB29BB857A5F06">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an intermediate stage that—</text>
<subclause id="HA327DD94B3154B2E8DE02DA69FA9E640">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>commences immediately after the expiration of the learner’s permit stage and successful completion of a driving skills assessment;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6EF9169F75E949C6BB95B4BEE5E4FE68">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is at least 6 months in duration;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4CDD8487C5614E248CDDF6B9D8DBB6F5">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>prohibits the driver from using a personal wireless communications device (as defined in subsection (e)) while driving except under an exception permitted under paragraph (4) of that subsection, and makes a violation of the prohibition a primary offense;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H764774C839054443ABFF11410CB21625">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>for the first 6 months of the intermediate stage, restricts driving at night between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. when not supervised by a licensed driver 21 years of age or older, excluding transportation to work, school, religious activities, or emergencies;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H350E5F3CA8D848CA85B3C5C56E4DF80C">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>prohibits the driver from operating a motor vehicle with more than 1 nonfamilial passenger younger than 21 years of age unless a licensed driver who is at least 21 years of age is in the motor vehicle; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5B178A30DA544948928B28793BFD3ACC">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>remains in effect until the driver reaches 17 years of age; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H87D087FF43784AD4955AB1A980F37BAD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>learner’s permit and intermediate stages that each require, in addition to any other penalties imposed by State law, that the granting of an unrestricted driver’s license be automatically delayed for any individual who, during the learner’s permit or intermediate stage, is convicted of a driving-related offense during the first 6 months, including—</text>
<subclause id="HED0747A6BECF4AD1AD804A32BB61DC2A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>driving while intoxicated;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9056ABC02FBA4F8EB6F3845F5AE30667">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>misrepresentation of the individual's age;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6A0ABC740D314A61AA7C97CF844C1330">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>reckless driving;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD8C09D91805C41828FA644856C8F7E13">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>driving without wearing a seat belt;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H863AFB1AA23A44BE911892E6B8F8C5DB">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>speeding; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF8C8D09CF1CD4FE2927A6737F06B00E1">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>any other driving-related offense, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD779B1B5E8F41FDAD478EA0C3A6CA3C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD4B122181CB545D9BEBAD97761E8D886" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H55FB4209978D4218AC8707184A2F334C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Special rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (5), up to 100 percent of grant funds received by a State under this subsection may be used for any eligible project or activity under section 402, if the State is in the lowest 25 percent of all States for the number of drivers under age 18 involved in fatal crashes in the State per the total number of drivers under age 18 in the State based on the most recent data that conforms with criteria established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC2D2FDAE18DB498EB937CCE98E2365BA">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Nonmotorized safety</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66B775FB07FB412E80A73B23C8553069" style="USC">
<subsection id="H494FDB09E6354E09A25B62B7F113E0C2">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Nonmotorized safety</header>
<paragraph id="H3C384FBEDF044B87BA7040C193785283">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the requirements under this subsection, the Secretary shall award grants to States for the purpose of decreasing pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and injuries that result from crashes involving a motor vehicle.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E7672C876144859B07FB33FAA1893BA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out by a State using amounts from a grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9143CD68157747D1A2789CE2C7C71D51">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>A State shall receive a grant under this subsection in a fiscal year if the annual combined pedestrian and bicycle fatalities in the State exceed 15 percent of the total annual crash fatalities in the State, based on the most recently reported final data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB224B7FC32234F8FB6F2DE8DE5E260EB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Use of grant amounts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds received by a State under this subsection may be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37A749F98F204DF599A0BA2EDCF6C037">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training of law enforcement officials on State laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD003CE4FA5E4677B7CB7448E3CD67AD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enforcement mobilizations and campaigns designed to enforce State traffic laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE1551625F104633BE273360CFB364C6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>public education and awareness programs designed to inform motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists of State traffic laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC4BFD65C6B54128A4CC0C9F03435FA1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Grant amount</header>
<text>The allocation of grant funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in proportion to the State's apportionment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD00B906B2E324E2BA89CEEDD07562FC7">
<enum>4006.</enum>
<header>Tracking process</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 412 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H40585CADDD414CF1961D942762E93327" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H309172D1E3D44F1CB766825731305768">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Tracking process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop a process to identify and mitigate possible systemic issues across States and regional offices by reviewing oversight findings and recommended actions identified in triennial State management reviews.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H98BA4959670F456FA4D7CB09102984F6">
<enum>4007.</enum>
<header>Stop motorcycle checkpoint funding</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 153 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may not provide a grant or any funds to a State, county, town, township, Indian tribe, municipality, or other local government that may be used for any program—</text>
<paragraph id="H6384691E48CE46DAB023FCF0D85D357F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to check helmet usage; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1452D269CB04740A0E36B314EEB8646">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to create checkpoints that specifically target motorcycle operators or motorcycle passengers.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H8BF91F211C1140D69D64C6EF30674A85" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>4008.</enum>
<header>Marijuana-impaired driving</header>
<subsection id="HF9CCB8E84CF049CF92C5DACE8ADCC187">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall conduct a study on marijuana-impaired driving.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H59B8CCAD16DB4ABE9EEA36222460EED8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Issues To be examined</header>
<text>In conducting the study, the Secretary shall examine, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H65D61DCBCCAE48108E94BBE4155ECEC5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Methods to detect marijuana-impaired driving, including devices capable of measuring marijuana levels in motor vehicle operators.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE34E940FE0A4255850337C1F039FA41">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>A review of impairment standard research for driving under the influence of marijuana.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D59828D289947879704AC5C4D758A89">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Methods to differentiate the cause of a driving impairment between alcohol and marijuana.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D7C224FC1EA4FE3953FBE8C1A4D1EED">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>State-based policies on marijuana-impaired driving.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED5063D8FC5D46D7B7537277F1289AD8">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>The role and extent of marijuana impairment in motor vehicle accidents.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7301D8526E5F4A61A88FCC09AB0B301B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H9ECDBF9EFA004C9C8D39CB39B2A3938F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEADFDEFBB63F43C1AF4500763CDADF54">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DA88A9FBC384BA1B8E3382619CACE3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>The findings of the Secretary based on the study, including, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<clause id="HAD25EF3BDF394A1298738B1CDB637CDE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>An assessment of methodologies and technologies for measuring driver impairment resulting from the use of marijuana, including the use of marijuana in combination with alcohol.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H19A593B7B5F1471C84140DBF856FD44B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>A description and assessment of the role of marijuana as a causal factor in traffic crashes and the extent of the problem of marijuana-impaired driving.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9BC0EE82CF9446F8B37F5F7DD0E154EE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>A description and assessment of current State laws relating to marijuana-impaired driving.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H10347E077DFA4F45BF0DE508C98F6504">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>A determination whether an impairment standard for drivers under the influence of marijuana is feasible and could reduce vehicle accidents and save lives.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EC6DC6E3DFF4E7A83E672EE43B06E25">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recommendations of the Secretary based on the study, including, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<clause id="H2109AC6BC85843E49E585CDA11BCCA3E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective and efficient methods for training law enforcement personnel, including drug recognition experts, to detect or measure the level of impairment of a motor vehicle operator who is under the influence of marijuana by the use of technology or otherwise.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB052851008174A1892F13CBCB1B3754D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>If feasible, an impairment standard for driving under the influence of marijuana.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD8A75951779D4125B990054F808FD205">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Methodologies for increased data collection regarding the prevalence and effects of marijuana-impaired driving.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC66CA4AE30174AB8ADE14B3B89861263">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Marijuana defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>marijuana</term> includes all substances containing tetrahydrocannabinol.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB94A43E6752540FE8789AAA7A4227B92">
<enum>4009.</enum>
<header>Increasing public awareness of the dangers of drug-impaired driving</header>
<subsection id="HF1012E758EE7462DB3FA603C0EED1CDB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Additional actions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in consultation with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, State highway safety offices, and other interested parties, as determined by the Administrator, shall identify and carry out additional actions that should be undertaken by the Administration to assist States in their efforts to increase public awareness of the dangers of drug-impaired driving, including the dangers of driving while under the influence of heroin or prescription opioids.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE883866549B84E8C86A1BE90C84E58FF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that describes the additional actions undertaken by the Administration pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7832E413E4994D2F9FD3458CB6DE6DAC">
<enum>4010.</enum>
<header>National priority safety program grant eligibility</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary awards grants under section 405 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall make available on a publicly available Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation—</text>
<paragraph id="H2321CABCF0534B74955F4A3D2F3A09B3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an identification of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB23C91C13AA486BA9369CF0E818B727">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the States that were awarded grants under such section;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81BE5CF229904FDBAAD75B4914988AB3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the States that applied and were not awarded grants under such section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB963AB46C5C34A28A70EE1668925D2FF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the States that did not apply for a grant under such section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8C17778D83442BBBFCD8F0093C3CA79">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a list of deficiencies that made a State ineligible for a grant under such section for each State under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HC58A7BEA9A544EFF99B6F47810439176">
<enum>4011.</enum>
<header>Data collection</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1906 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4510C6A12414BE3B8DD559CAC99EFCA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAAF7086437B643B89714392960AC08DF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(A) has enacted</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(B) is maintaining</quote> and inserting <quote>is maintaining</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60D65A6BB5054F44A12769D9FC5D4177">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and any passengers</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0664FFEF2C254515BEFC7A9738B1E8DD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H14BFB787DB5D4E0CA325067A54D8413B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB49ED91475884C6792F40A7DFC940B97">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of grant funds</header>
<text>A grant received by a State under subsection (a) shall be used by the State for the costs of—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B49550935F84B758EDED2A927332603">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>collecting and maintaining data on traffic stops; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6792D51D8BE449B1B80E46F884F66468">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>evaluating the results of the data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADC70FEFC061422097008E0AC1B67C87">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4443F614ED4A42439EDBB3B6E5B1605C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>A State</quote> and inserting <quote>On or after October 1, 2015, a State</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F3C62A2C7394EB697EB0153FBE56A2B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF5BE56A3D5CF4E798827FEEF85E4A484">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authorization of Appropriations</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Funding</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A74F8823E1E44B9887966D12E4E0B63">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H99E543DA649E4A589FE577324B96F658" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H04DE2D387675458698DA79CF260E9DFA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>From funds made available under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall set aside $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020 to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43536632F6A446E1A2461CDD036AC4E0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H687B1A0B1E8246119D90D607A2CAC6EB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>authorized by</quote> and inserting <quote>made available under</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F352F28486C4F228D01B5B3D4B58230">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>percent,</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>percent.</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A3A95FEF7614F4B9C3C895DD88A9EED">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H757C636EC0034E5F8D2549056BF251CE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H5F5F6DD6700F4F50BA7BC461B4CC9AA1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Other uses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may reallocate, before the last day of any fiscal year, amounts remaining available under paragraph (1) to increase the amounts made available to carry out any of other activities authorized under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, in order to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that all such amounts are obligated during such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H097177A235B54C0F89ACBF87BAF1C786">
<enum>4012.</enum>
<header>Study on the national roadside survey of alcohol and drug use by drivers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States reviews and reports on the overall value of the National Roadside Survey to researchers and other public safety stakeholders, the differences between a National Roadside Survey site and typical law enforcement checkpoints, and the effectiveness of the National Roadside Survey methodology at protecting the privacy of the driving public, as requested by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate on June 5, 2014 (Senate Report 113–182), the Secretary shall report to Congress on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's progress toward reviewing that report and implementing any recommendations made in that report.</text>
</section>
<section id="H5EFBD5D4A6894CFEBCE11D042D5C2524">
<enum>4013.</enum>
<header>Barriers to data collection report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate </committee-name>and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that—</text>
<paragraph id="H309A4AFCA3A54CF8938C4CDF237AE7F4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identifies any legal and technical barriers to capturing adequate data on the prevalence of the use of wireless communications devices while driving; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4BAC245723C420598851393FFC79AB0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>provides recommendations on how to address such barriers.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H0B751FA985124EAAAC9DB34FCCFCD602">
<enum>4014.</enum>
<header>Technical corrections</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H9919A2B87A4F427384D7A6AF22767111">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 402 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16EAA4532BF24913B222AA6BC75BF60F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<clause id="HDE45C1E2A7034608A2613DB5EAB52F79">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H86470FA0E914408DABA7A3E1DA50C727">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<subclause id="H893CB1A9D0AA49A7A7F36FC13CDB3291">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>in which</quote> and inserting <quote>for which</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H07FCFD77FD9E4DD69155AA917DBC3E15">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>under subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>under subsection (k)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA97E0C76EFEC4BF5A5EB8F74A968C931">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k)(5), as redesignated by this Act, by striking <quote>under paragraph (2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>under paragraph (3)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7834725A583431F9389444A200B941F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 403(e) is amended by striking <quote>chapter 301</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 301 of title 49</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H301733470E734E73A883BF8122C517CF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 405 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BA279F55A634AAB933A3D9890830FB4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<clause id="HA21D1C81EE1646EB88B323D2CBA1EE60">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>under section 402(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 402</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H74337033234749AE857951D3617C0C56">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)(D), as redesignated by this Act, by striking <quote>on the basis of the apportionment formula set forth in section 402(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>in proportion to the State’s apportionment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77E3B5074A684367A2F604A8AE4621DC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(4)(A)(iv)—</text>
<clause id="H928502FD3A784154A179EA31EACB944E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>such as the</quote> and inserting <quote>including</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0FCFBC4E76264D1EA31C609EBACCAE6B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>developed under subsection (g)</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H0BB1FD0A05F547F49BEB24F25BCB51D4">
<enum>4015.</enum>
<header>Effective date for certain programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except for the technical corrections in section 4014, the amendments made by this Act to sections 164, 402, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, shall be effective on October 1, 2016.</text>
</section>
<enum>V</enum>
<header>Motor Carrier Safety</header>
<subtitle id="H0A09CB7C284044E2B7419D95B5DCDF13" style="OLC">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Motor Carrier Safety Grant Consolidation</header>
<section id="H61EE5697129E4FDDA4D4F4279EF4A40E">
<enum>5101.</enum>
<header>Grants to States</header>
<subsection id="HF466FFEED29949A5B6910FCB31534049">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety assistance program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0F807022E3141A29DECE685912ECF4F" style="USC">
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2C2D36B1A81474E98C7FC32BE34D971" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>31102.</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety assistance program</header>
<subsection id="H28B921EB6AF441F08A8FCFD65063391B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall administer a motor carrier safety assistance program funded under section 31104.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC15FA9CB9A504CFC80F1BE1FBB5C68FF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Goal</header>
<text>The goal of the program is to ensure that the Secretary, States, local governments, other political jurisdictions, federally recognized Indian tribes, and other persons work in partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety to support a safe and efficient surface transportation system by—</text>
<paragraph id="H6958083944654B2991DAC0A86CD9172F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>making targeted investments to promote safe commercial motor vehicle transportation, including the transportation of passengers and hazardous materials;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C227315C9C24D089C2C3BB445EE0DF7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>investing in activities likely to generate maximum reductions in the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes and in fatalities resulting from such crashes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF18E749F794248D8A2B408915E2B10DF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>adopting and enforcing effective motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety regulations and practices consistent with Federal requirements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H791FDEAED4AE469CAA4464CD63C70DD9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>assessing and improving statewide performance by setting program goals and meeting performance standards, measures, and benchmarks.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5655E488349A47AF984923F3CC2C38B2">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>State plans</header>
<paragraph id="HAB1DE1956C4C4B6FA47987E836F3D769">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall prescribe procedures for a State to submit a multiple-year plan, and annual updates thereto, under which the State agrees to assume responsibility for improving motor carrier safety by adopting and enforcing State regulations, standards, and orders that are compatible with the regulations, standards, and orders of the Federal Government on commercial motor vehicle safety and hazardous materials transportation safety.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53253C3BF4394E448798DE847DA06849">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The Secretary shall approve a State plan if the Secretary determines that the plan is adequate to comply with the requirements of this section, and the plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32C657535CD24D0E900632A8566494EB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>implements performance-based activities, including deployment and maintenance of technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle safety programs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE58875811C384EB6B2FB8B998098983F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>designates a lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency responsible for administering the plan throughout the State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59687EB9CB564609AFF7A49B346243D8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>contains satisfactory assurances that the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency has or will have the legal authority, resources, and qualified personnel necessary to enforce the regulations, standards, and orders;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE2F7FEE6B2947408F99D8BD4F55D1AE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>contains satisfactory assurances that the State will devote adequate resources to the administration of the plan and enforcement of the regulations, standards, and orders;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33B342FA0D4345EB89CC210AF0F97899">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a right of entry (or other method a State may use that the Secretary determines is adequate to obtain necessary information) and inspection to carry out the plan;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AD99F7BBD78459296B95D66B64E9419">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>provides that all reports required under this section be available to the Secretary on request;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD74C2ADC1AB24ECEB4A8B9A9502C217D">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>provides that the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency will adopt the reporting requirements and use the forms for recordkeeping, inspections, and investigations that the Secretary prescribes;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB04D35435F574A3EBE69DAC6F60DD71F">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>requires all registrants of commercial motor vehicles to demonstrate knowledge of applicable safety regulations, standards, and orders of the Federal Government and the State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25E7D3C5EC60476D94F78361B9D11CC4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>provides that the State will grant maximum reciprocity for inspections conducted under the North American Inspection Standards through the use of a nationally accepted system that allows ready identification of previously inspected commercial motor vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15494E208B6843C9A5683ABDFB4ED192">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>ensures that activities described in subsection (h), if financed through grants to the State made under this section, will not diminish the effectiveness of the development and implementation of the programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle, and driver safety as described in subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9011B1474B2A4CBEAAEB6D79734CECEA">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>ensures that the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency will coordinate the plan, data collection, and information systems with the State highway safety improvement program required under section 148(c) of title 23;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2825E70094CA4FB1A37367D0DE28C8D0">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>ensures participation in appropriate Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration information technology and data systems and other information systems by all appropriate jurisdictions receiving motor carrier safety assistance program funding;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CA955737DCF4F3290DA74115052DCFA">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>ensures that information is exchanged among the States in a timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H557239216F5E4FE0A30750746FC6F48F">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text>provides satisfactory assurances that the State will undertake efforts that will emphasize and improve enforcement of State and local traffic safety laws and regulations related to commercial motor vehicle safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9807EFD80F6F45CDB0A122F86BCAA9EB">
<enum>(O)</enum>
<text>provides satisfactory assurances that the State will address national priorities and performance goals, including—</text>
<clause id="HA9E79E17C15142BCB5FD319E001BE24B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>activities aimed at removing impaired commercial motor vehicle drivers from the highways of the United States through adequate enforcement of regulations on the use of alcohol and controlled substances and by ensuring ready roadside access to alcohol detection and measuring equipment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H09947F6522AD4A569F396F15B1B3159D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>activities aimed at providing an appropriate level of training to State motor carrier safety assistance program officers and employees on recognizing drivers impaired by alcohol or controlled substances; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H078DD68CC5CC484685601307408DCF89">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>when conducted with an appropriate commercial motor vehicle inspection, criminal interdiction activities, and appropriate strategies for carrying out those interdiction activities, including interdiction activities that affect the transportation of controlled substances (as defined in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802) and listed in part 1308 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, as updated and republished from time to time) by any occupant of a commercial motor vehicle;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A25471B518F4175AF7DC0FAA3BE2255">
<enum>(P)</enum>
<text>provides that the State has established and dedicated sufficient resources to a program to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="H5A435632F11C4A4186F0CCB089792EB5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the State collects and reports to the Secretary accurate, complete, and timely motor carrier safety data; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6CB3BF77FEC845929D732E43E06D4C28">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the State participates in a national motor carrier safety data correction system prescribed by the Secretary;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95213C3BC2D7447B92D57F0F76C198F2">
<enum>(Q)</enum>
<text>ensures that the State will cooperate in the enforcement of financial responsibility requirements under sections 13906, 31138, and 31139 and regulations issued under those sections;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6140C26C89C84185BB7D6C14CCC9F258">
<enum>(R)</enum>
<text>ensures consistent, effective, and reasonable sanctions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF20370BD26A84927B2374D68931A7E58">
<enum>(S)</enum>
<text>ensures that roadside inspections will be conducted at locations that are adequate to protect the safety of drivers and enforcement personnel;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51ADEEFCE07C4D66BAD9D0AEC17C4C6D">
<enum>(T)</enum>
<text>provides that the State will include in the training manuals for the licensing examination to drive noncommercial motor vehicles and commercial motor vehicles information on best practices for driving safely in the vicinity of noncommercial and commercial motor vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90655F25DF7A4E68AD88F52287819BDD">
<enum>(U)</enum>
<text>provides that the State will enforce the registration requirements of sections 13902 and 31134 by prohibiting the operation of any vehicle discovered to be operated by a motor carrier without a registration issued under those sections or to be operated beyond the scope of the motor carrier's registration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85A4EC65761F4749A904AF30040D7632">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>provides that the State will conduct comprehensive and highly visible traffic enforcement and commercial motor vehicle safety inspection programs in high-risk locations and corridors;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2C4023E2025495F8F1A6B258F74FBF2">
<enum>(W)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except in the case of an imminent hazard or obvious safety hazard, ensures that an inspection of a vehicle transporting passengers for a motor carrier of passengers is conducted at a bus station, terminal, border crossing, maintenance facility, destination, or other location where a motor carrier may make a planned stop (excluding a weigh station);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67C30FBEAD5F4F36B31C478EBE0B5A72">
<enum>(X)</enum>
<text>ensures that the State will transmit to its roadside inspectors notice of each Federal exemption granted under section 31315(b) of this title and sections 390.23 and 390.25 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and provided to the State by the Secretary, including the name of the person that received the exemption and any terms and conditions that apply to the exemption;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB671AA6E5D404D79814882267B1D0398">
<enum>(Y)</enum>
<text>except as provided in subsection (d), provides that the State—</text>
<clause id="HE7775E3A08BF4D4D8C2897C46C39C3EB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>will conduct safety audits of interstate and, at the State’s discretion, intrastate new entrant motor carriers under section 31144(g); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD111A34E90CF49A4A0C084B60501E264">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>if the State authorizes a third party to conduct safety audits under section 31144(g) on its behalf, the State verifies the quality of the work conducted and remains solely responsible for the management and oversight of the activities;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDAC0463ABED143579EAC027B018C404C">
<enum>(Z)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the State agrees to fully participate in the performance and registration information systems management under section 31106(b) not later than October 1, 2020, by complying with the conditions for participation under paragraph (3) of that section, or demonstrates to the Secretary an alternative approach for identifying and immobilizing a motor carrier with serious safety deficiencies in a manner that provides an equivalent level of safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA675D6C1CC19433AA421B7B1D2A3B578">
<enum>(AA)</enum>
<text>in the case of a State that shares a land border with another country, provides that the State—</text>
<clause id="HEDE6DD08BD9246A9BCE3F267229CC745">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>will conduct a border commercial motor vehicle safety program focusing on international commerce that includes enforcement and related projects; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8FA751C0B7B7428D92CE5A694E1DCAE0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>will forfeit all funds calculated by the Secretary based on border-related activities if the State declines to conduct the program described in clause (i) in its plan; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FF73FF1482E41199D7977605F1F20AD">
<enum>(BB)</enum>
<text>in the case of a State that meets the other requirements of this section and agrees to comply with the requirements established in subsection (l)(3), provides that the State may fund operation and maintenance costs associated with innovative technology deployment under subsection (l)(3) with motor carrier safety assistance program funds authorized under section 31104(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6445D1D1C5B74DFFAEC78EE6E045D822">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<subparagraph id="H7B2B7A9D13ED4EDCA9637D90EAE6250B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall publish each approved State multiple-year plan, and each annual update thereto, on a publically accessible Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation not later than 30 days after the date the Secretary approves the plan or update.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC99D2C5D0FF4C56BE4BBB1781961B2B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Before publishing an approved State multiple-year plan or annual update under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall redact any information identified by the State that, if disclosed—</text>
<clause id="HCEBD665541AA40B1823344736E823D05">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>would reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H91DE9C7E3E9E4732B30A306154E4EB06">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>would reveal enforcement techniques or procedures that would reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H85D47BA0CC734E20B30CA15EAD55655C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Exclusion of U.S. territories</header>
<text>The requirement that a State conduct safety audits of new entrant motor carriers under subsection (c)(2)(Y) does not apply to a territory of the United States unless required by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC5F46FA6DF0F4232A25AFE6BD2ED1BA2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Intrastate compatibility</header>
<text>The Secretary shall prescribe regulations specifying tolerance guidelines and standards for ensuring compatibility of intrastate commercial motor vehicle safety laws, including regulations, with Federal motor carrier safety regulations to be enforced under subsections (b) and (c). To the extent practicable, the guidelines and standards shall allow for maximum flexibility while ensuring a degree of uniformity that will not diminish motor vehicle safety.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6551EC6665BC47AF8502934D9CAADD84">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort</header>
<paragraph id="H6FF9A9BE81E849349BB2A09BB7494359">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Baseline</header>
<text>Except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (3) and in accordance with section 5107 of the FAST Act, a State plan under subsection (c) shall provide that the total expenditure of amounts of the lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency responsible for administering the plan will be maintained at a level each fiscal year that is at least equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H948F429EADD345BCAEE75144814941CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the average level of that expenditure for fiscal years 2004 and 2005; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB67821EFA76E484CA15FFA40426A57B6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the level of that expenditure for the year in which the Secretary implements a new allocation formula under section 5106 of the FAST Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C82F337B0B7443D92C09AB634A835A1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjusted baseline after fiscal year 2017</header>
<text>At the request of a State, the Secretary may evaluate additional documentation related to the maintenance of effort and may make reasonable adjustments to the maintenance of effort baseline after the year in which the Secretary implements a new allocation formula under section 5106 of the FAST Act, and this adjusted baseline will replace the maintenance of effort requirement under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFB1B5A6085342B5A754D3FA090D2514">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Waivers</header>
<text>At the request of a State, the Secretary may waive or modify the requirements of this subsection for a total of 1 fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the waiver or modification is reasonable, based on circumstances described by the State, to ensure the continuation of commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities in the State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EF0C53E3FB145698CA821C1A367D690">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Level of State expenditures</header>
<text>In estimating the average level of a State’s expenditures under paragraph (1), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD006499C5A464279BACAAF665B258925">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>may allow the State to exclude State expenditures for federally sponsored demonstration and pilot programs and strike forces;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27B0B4772276401DA59AC399C265DBF6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may allow the State to exclude expenditures for activities related to border enforcement and new entrant safety audits; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19345D7B64114F45BDBD4F3A8F83CD9E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>shall require the State to exclude State matching amounts used to receive Federal financing under section 31104.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HABD8893B1F094C06A754DB2EC71C60AF">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Use of unified carrier registration fees agreement</header>
<text>Amounts generated under section 14504a and received by a State and used for motor carrier safety purposes may be included as part of the State's match required under section 31104 or maintenance of effort required by subsection (f).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H95294790186C43ABA956893607920E2A">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Use of grants To enforce other laws</header>
<text>When approved as part of a State’s plan under subsection (c), the State may use motor carrier safety assistance program funds received under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H9EB7419CFF5849F0AA43D3A98BB8C9B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>if the activities are carried out in conjunction with an appropriate inspection of a commercial motor vehicle to enforce Federal or State commercial motor vehicle safety regulations, for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86C00DEFD11547A997AF411373DE8F4D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>enforcement of commercial motor vehicle size and weight limitations at locations, excluding fixed-weight facilities, such as near steep grades or mountainous terrains, where the weight of a commercial motor vehicle can significantly affect the safe operation of the vehicle, or at ports where intermodal shipping containers enter and leave the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB919225AE953450EB4730971873A8663">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>detection of and enforcement actions taken as a result of criminal activity, including the trafficking of human beings, in a commercial motor vehicle or by any occupant, including the operator, of the commercial motor vehicle; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H874A5EEFEE5E4A88A0D9DB041D85024F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for documented enforcement of State traffic laws and regulations designed to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, including documented enforcement of such laws and regulations relating to noncommercial motor vehicles when necessary to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51E35F4715F846CBA0C96C33EEA252D0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of motor carrier safety activities, including roadside safety inspections, conducted in the State is maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of such activities conducted in the State in fiscal years 2004 and 2005; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6824895D1E940779162320FF60F1243">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the State does not use more than 10 percent of the basic amount the State receives under a grant awarded under section 31104(a)(1) for enforcement activities relating to noncommercial motor vehicles necessary to promote the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles unless the Secretary determines that a higher percentage will result in significant increases in commercial motor vehicle safety.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF773B929BFC74521B8449ED832831A87">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Evaluation of plans and award of grants</header>
<paragraph id="H13B35443823542FD8CE3A235DE2F8EA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Awards</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish criteria for the application, evaluation, and approval of State plans under this section. Subject to subsection (j), the Secretary may allocate the amounts made available under section 31104(a)(1) among the States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48635A0CAD284E4FB8B1E4BC16298AA5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Opportunity to cure</header>
<text>If the Secretary disapproves a plan under this section, the Secretary shall give the State a written explanation of the reasons for disapproval and allow the State to modify and resubmit the plan for approval.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3011A75B556543F795DC743BA68334EB">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Allocation of funds</header>
<paragraph id="H5FBC789EF13D4383915A6CB4246C4F93">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, by regulation, shall prescribe allocation criteria for funds made available under section 31104(a)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CE3E778F8A0451D961D88D283D6AF64">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Annual allocations</header>
<text>On October 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and after making a deduction under section 31104(c), the Secretary shall allocate amounts made available under section 31104(a)(1) to carry out this section for the fiscal year among the States with plans approved under this section in accordance with the criteria prescribed under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DE5E685161A477FBA13968EA46947A1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Elective adjustments</header>
<text>Subject to the availability of funding and notwithstanding fluctuations in the data elements used by the Secretary to calculate the annual allocation amounts, after the creation of a new allocation formula under section 5106 of the FAST Act, the Secretary may not make elective adjustments to the allocation formula that decrease a State’s Federal funding levels by more than 3 percent in a fiscal year. The 3 percent limit shall not apply to the withholding provisions of subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD35AABFA00F4AA09901811605EF4EBB">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Plan monitoring</header>
<paragraph id="H57B1ECDBED8C4554A03A8B0936C8FF52">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On the basis of reports submitted by the lead State agency responsible for administering a State plan approved under this section and an investigation by the Secretary, the Secretary shall periodically evaluate State implementation of and compliance with the State plan.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5156C360067F4E7A880DFE26D001EBCC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Withholding of funds</header>
<subparagraph id="HC881391ACC61499384C72F6ED36F1D23">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Disapproval</header>
<text>If, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Secretary finds that a State plan previously approved under this section is not being followed or has become inadequate to ensure enforcement of State regulations, standards, or orders described in subsection (c)(1), or the State is otherwise not in compliance with the requirements of this section, the Secretary may withdraw approval of the State plan and notify the State. Upon the receipt of such notice, the State plan shall no longer be in effect and the Secretary shall withhold all funding to the State under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81C695952D3C490187C16D9C0FEA1E77">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Noncompliance withholding</header>
<text>In lieu of withdrawing approval of a State plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may, after providing notice to the State and an opportunity to be heard, withhold funding from the State to which the State would otherwise be entitled under this section for the period of the State's noncompliance. In exercising this option, the Secretary may withhold—</text>
<clause id="H2CE341146A9A47AA95B3AF839FFB7DAC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>up to 5 percent of funds during the fiscal year that the Secretary notifies the State of its noncompliance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD3BAC9FDE4CD4B5F85AB6E68F0752552">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>up to 10 percent of funds for the first full fiscal year of noncompliance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB36BC8F4AB6C4DB183C51D154F4CB6F0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>up to 25 percent of funds for the second full fiscal year of noncompliance; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8E497187E63B4BE0AA89B7D071F1AACC">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>not more than 50 percent of funds for the third and any subsequent full fiscal year of noncompliance.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC769B64D0E44B398552EED3CCD33DA8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Judicial review</header>
<text>A State adversely affected by a determination under paragraph (2) may seek judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5. Notwithstanding the disapproval of a State plan under paragraph (2)(A) or the withholding of funds under paragraph (2)(B), the State may retain jurisdiction in an administrative or a judicial proceeding that commenced before the notice of disapproval or withholding if the issues involved are not related directly to the reasons for the disapproval or withholding.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD65ECCE665A146AB9A7841B4636C4265">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>High priority program</header>
<paragraph id="H1CE5E6550F4D4CEE87A83DB4D9BF697E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall administer a high priority program funded under section 31104(a)(2) for the purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AD3821301474317944051A34546B4D7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities related to motor carrier safety</header>
<text>The Secretary may make discretionary grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with States, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, other political jurisdictions as necessary, and any person to carry out high priority activities and projects that augment motor carrier safety activities and projects planned in accordance with subsections (b) and (c), including activities and projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A95D76251DB44178CB1D8B8BF6C6024">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>increase public awareness and education on commercial motor vehicle safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7F90A888797423B8E8B83D47A666191">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>target unsafe driving of commercial motor vehicles and noncommercial motor vehicles in areas identified as high risk crash corridors;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H744DEAF8A0644B1DAFD7F1A074917B8E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>improve the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF32C21ED030E41C1B35C2DCB92FF0762">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>improve safe transportation of goods and persons in foreign commerce;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9027DB64E774E6DB017C61FA52C14B2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>demonstrate new technologies to improve commercial motor vehicle safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FB02DED9F194E21B8E6291599F52E8A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>support participation in performance and registration information systems management under section 31106(b)—</text>
<clause id="H129D609B8C204C72A90735EC3B4BE876">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>for entities not responsible for submitting the plan under subsection (c); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H31BE7D75D46F40A9810DE9452F60DCFC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for entities responsible for submitting the plan under subsection (c)—</text>
<subclause id="HD7D47EDF07434BF08F78B57CAEF65F3C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>before October 1, 2020, to achieve compliance with the requirements of participation; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HAA5732F842774695891FBA21ACF956FE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>beginning on October 1, 2020, or once compliance is achieved, whichever is sooner, for special initiatives or projects that exceed routine operations required for participation;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD230EFED9314E5D819DD0B3939274F7">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>conduct safety data improvement projects—</text>
<clause id="H647329F5249F48CA859445C9BB7C113B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>that complete or exceed the requirements under subsection (c)(2)(P) for entities not responsible for submitting the plan under subsection (c); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H110D20999D9A4173836ADA9C49D1D7C0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that exceed the requirements under subsection (c)(2)(P) for entities responsible for submitting the plan under subsection (c); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE6C136BF6AD49D7B405C233541A26D3">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>otherwise improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7881A186FA144CEBAD38701577B1992">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Innovative technology deployment grant program</header>
<subparagraph id="HF413F034EB9B48B29B22685E0AB11B5B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish an innovative technology deployment grant program to make discretionary grants to eligible States for the innovative technology deployment of commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCABBA9B770114B1FAAECB62BCCB1CE10">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The purposes of the program shall be—</text>
<clause id="H9899DC5ACF334BDCAB924C0C135DC64D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to advance the technological capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation system applications for commercial motor vehicle operations, including commercial motor vehicle, commercial driver, and carrier-specific information systems and networks; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H208276DC83F7441DB8F869E13AF9706E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to support and maintain commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks—</text>
<subclause id="HB85D4DBDBEC440079ABE2A003982277C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>to link Federal motor carrier safety information systems with State commercial motor vehicle systems;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H08E2C1D3F4DC42FFAF36A6B090B1648C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>to improve the safety and productivity of commercial motor vehicles and drivers; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8E97F805470049FC98D83A7E8AF76B9D">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>to reduce costs associated with commercial motor vehicle operations and Federal and State commercial motor vehicle regulatory requirements.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5128590A426F41F7BFC3D9B6456C5060">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>To be eligible for a grant under this paragraph, a State shall—</text>
<clause id="H238083FE69C941B0B6389ABB8FA079B0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>have a commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks program plan approved by the Secretary that describes the various systems and networks at the State level that need to be refined, revised, upgraded, or built to accomplish deployment of commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks capabilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H21F13396B7314D6EA9AE17B6BF35BBF1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>certify to the Secretary that its commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks deployment activities, including hardware procurement, software and system development, and infrastructure modifications—</text>
<subclause id="HC62A5AD264C5431D92D2905E5A75FD7B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>are consistent with the national intelligent transportation systems and commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks architectures and available standards; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H848813B5609E40E3B41D983CDE429150">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>promote interoperability and efficiency to the extent practicable; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HAD2272B2F6F948F09C7EEFC67A58B6D0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>agree to execute interoperability tests developed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to verify that its systems conform with the national intelligent transportation systems architecture, applicable standards, and protocols for commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE7387ED60B6434A9478135B16FB98CA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Grant funds received under this paragraph may be used—</text>
<clause id="H2D970E76FBB64CF48D60E3F8EEC2AF16">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>for deployment activities and activities to develop new and innovative advanced technology solutions that support commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDCD0C6B455924C7A8CE3662D78251B89">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for planning activities, including the development or updating of program or top level design plans in order to become eligible or maintain eligibility under subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5CF245C94CB3417AB3D581C47B2B1F54">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>for the operation and maintenance costs associated with innovative technology.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H235CBF5B56AE40F7B0468359DB4D64FD">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Secretary authorization</header>
<text>The Secretary is authorized to award a State funding for the operation and maintenance costs associated with innovative technology deployment with funds made available under sections 31104(a)(1) and 31104(a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBC5EC6111ADA4C08932AE2738B7DAE4D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H711DF550D0A746B29C5C2540458CE51C" style="USC">
<section id="HAD61DAA2ED5E4DEDA76E65CA72EAC15A">
<enum>31103.</enum>
<header>Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program</header>
<subsection id="HDF75D8ADF0DD4EF48D46CF512396E038">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall administer a commercial motor vehicle operators grant program funded under section 31104.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE88819E76DBC47AEB068D69470738922">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of the grant program is to train individuals in the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles (as defined in section 31301).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H12F23CC3E23046F4B20F17E1468A772C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Veterans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administering grants under this section, the Secretary shall award priority to grant applications for programs to train former members of the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10) in the safe operation of such vehicles.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1B0E46F6EE5D4C59A83B341CF1F3A20E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31104 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended on the effective date set forth in subsection (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05772BC06B344833BF2E1C33DA0FF308" style="USC">
<section id="HC99266D949D249A385E15A0E6BF18B16">
<enum>31104.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H71252FB5DC2146BC9BA1B5C6229D8170">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Financial assistance programs</header>
<text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text>
<paragraph id="H0C96F83D3A964311A6464B74CCEB91DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety assistance program</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), to carry out section 31102 (except subsection (l))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B8048CDC0044A8F8581D314246CA47C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$292,600,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F0A05634EBE4C90BBF684710AF4364E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$298,900,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEC74924564174180944450CFB4CC3641">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$304,300,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4130A8218EC344A29DD2756436E0B2DF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$308,700,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H561AFB6F27D9401398EDB60C10E86581">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>High priority activities program</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (c), to carry out section 31102(l)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9ABDBFA710F4ED0A7957274F1C7D97E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$42,200,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA6BCE2F775C741C595B05EE52CF5D3D4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$43,100,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H120CADE0DEAF4CCBAA8412F7FD007572">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$44,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H611CEE45CB784A19B96523CF069C94EA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$44,900,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB68D96FB136F4C53A6BD1B961900A6CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program</header>
<text>To carry out section 31103—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H278D339336A64C039F8C3788B4112DD9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB00E6A47DE2B4E38810767E9FB00CE90">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H922F73D737C34B6DB0334FA22EE90BA3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB5B14509FBE4373A8D0D5116B653A86">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3290BAAF18E428BA692F41BCEDCAA9F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Commercial driver's license program implementation program</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (c), to carry out section 31313—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA0CEE6E5B1384921B9DB897CD990BD67">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$31,200,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H56A2CD18499B48A78EED6826D272A5B9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$31,800,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H792851B53BB146EFB0F3ABB2EB494921">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$32,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5B7DCF4D097144BAA382487ED11DB8CB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$33,200,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9D29F3F455A74E1484CA4D2B71280799">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reimbursement and payment to recipients for Government share of costs</header>
<paragraph id="H5FADFEDFB7024836ACA0F24D6BC4395E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be used to reimburse financial assistance recipients proportionally for the Federal Government's share of the costs incurred.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFBB70A66CEA4D0C82261BB162C9B073">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Reimbursement amounts</header>
<text>The Secretary shall reimburse a recipient, in accordance with a financial assistance agreement made under section 31102, 31103, or 31313, an amount that is at least 85 percent of the costs incurred by the recipient in a fiscal year in developing and implementing programs under such sections. The Secretary shall pay the recipient an amount not more than the Federal Government share of the total costs approved by the Federal Government in the financial assistance agreement. The Secretary shall include a recipient's in-kind contributions in determining the reimbursement.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3E43083D6CD4B3CB1DC8EFC5CC9924D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Vouchers</header>
<text>Each recipient shall submit vouchers at least quarterly for costs the recipient incurs in developing and implementing programs under sections 31102, 31103, and 31313.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB9482A1FFF024EAEB3F3C64C70D00128">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Deductions for partner training and program support</header>
<text>On October 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon after that date as practicable, the Secretary may deduct from amounts made available under paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (a) for that fiscal year not more than 1.50 percent of those amounts for partner training and program support in that fiscal year. The Secretary shall use at least 75 percent of those deducted amounts to train non-Federal Government employees and to develop related training materials in carrying out such programs.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFBCA9659A2AF48DD8E6EBFFBCA1510B2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Grants and cooperative agreements as contractual obligations</header>
<text>The approval of a financial assistance agreement by the Secretary under section 31102, 31103, or 31313 is a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for payment of the Federal Government's share of costs in carrying out the provisions of the grant or cooperative agreement.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE5880A415A4D45809A642F830B3544EA">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Eligible activities</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish criteria for eligible activities to be funded with financial assistance agreements under this section and publish those criteria in a notice of funding availability before the financial assistance program application period.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2BC3FBB5152944BABD0CF6BB5636DA8B">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Period of availability of financial assistance agreement funds for recipient expenditures</header>
<text>The period of availability for a recipient to expend funds under a grant or cooperative agreement authorized under subsection (a) is as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HDE5EAA483CCE453CB51035D79374D81D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For grants made for carrying out section 31102, other than section 31102(l), for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves the financial assistance agreement and for the next fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H489CF95A227F46C6818F5C5F1136ECFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For grants made or cooperative agreements entered into for carrying out section 31102(l)(2), for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves the financial assistance agreement and for the next 2 fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7424FC7BA545463BBB919D4248506014">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For grants made for carrying out section 31102(l)(3), for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves the financial assistance agreement and for the next 4 fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13BB327DC16B45A395D2D8AB8E7F51A8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For grants made for carrying out section 31103, for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves the financial assistance agreement and for the next fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0995D1CBDB9420EADB4975C3B0F2624">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For grants made or cooperative agreements entered into for carrying out section 31313, for the fiscal year in which the Secretary approves the financial assistance agreement and for the next 4 fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H35FE1E0FA3DD48E2A5A30EE7E81F151A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Contract authority; initial date of availability</header>
<text>Amounts authorized from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by this section shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H661D0EAAD1C841A69F5971AFF01D078A">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Availability of funding</header>
<text>Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8522E2DE7D804C0781D2C6A4E3065534">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Reallocation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts not expended by a recipient during the period of availability shall be released back to the Secretary for reallocation for any purpose under section 31102, 31103, or 31313 or this section to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that all such amounts are obligated.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD80EC0EFBA3A4AA78DA1CA86716F55E0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 31102, 31103, and 31104 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA1F1AD0EDD049858D87F3E64D36A2F3" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">31102. Motor carrier safety assistance program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">31103. Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">31104. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7AADD86E1D2F4933A76D54A3DFE76ED3">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H976152E00F184F5C9611286743BC5188">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Safety fitness of owners and operator; safety reviews of new operators</header>
<text>Section 31144(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2231AEF908C416992CDD0DD9FB8A5B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Information systems; performance and registration information program</header>
<text>Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD8AEE02040445CFA3B5001BFC76E7A9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Border enforcement grants</header>
<text>Section 31107 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 311 of that title, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H445C8A72CCBD401D911E42AE482E7856">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Performance and registration information system management</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31109 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 311 of that title, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5511D8D413F84275B7B47C47D8C08CF2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31106 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98F485CE2021478CA86E3447FAC9D056">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Safety data improvement program</header>
<text>Section 4128 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31100 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED423520C1CF42FCA6E31FDF5B80C385">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Grant program for commercial motor vehicle operators</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4134 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31301 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED1548A3A4F1438D9FB2BFAEE43334ED">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort as condition on grants to States</header>
<text>Section 103(c) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31102 note) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9DE299AEB91402DA31FCC534534CDD1">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>State compliance with CDL requirements</header>
<text>Section 103(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31102 note) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H393FC91A5F5D4495973B9F7563787970">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Border staffing standards</header>
<text>Section 218(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31133 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0C3174D24744EC192452643ED5CA3A9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>section 31104(f)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>section 31104(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA66DF1D9240B4F5190B5C46FF4E73173">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FD0230475484FCD9E82AAD6C1E3BD94">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Winter home heating oil delivery State flexibility program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 346 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C. 31166 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA93D68280FD4C08AE521D4011F3773D">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2016.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0D3397FE728949378E976E32AA8EEF01">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Transition</header>
<text>Notwithstanding the amendments made by this section, the Secretary shall carry out sections 31102, 31103, and 31104 of title 49, United States Code, and any sections repealed under subsection (e), as necessary, as those sections were in effect on the day before October 1, 2016, with respect to applications for grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts under those sections submitted before October 1, 2016.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB31483F6D0874B51ACB4199496364CAE">
<enum>5102.</enum>
<header>Performance and registration information systems management</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Systems Management</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HDA2DB17F46DC445B867A30D2F0EBF988">
<enum>5103.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H80068AF890D04F108C9178165FA9AE16">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02408253D12E4E78AED9D64746DA876C" style="USC">
<section id="HC9B96E25AE7E467FABBEC251E8DC0466">
<enum>31110.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HC3B160F64E304E129118349441D30184">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transportation to pay administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA425F18304CF464483828EE90E35513F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$267,400,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3DEA3E91038B4283BD5714C32B3BC23F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$277,200,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAD7FECBD565E476E8B2F3DD4A6C1368E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$283,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H744419E1D29D4A67A1551AA12E41A154">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$284,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31F1B996D2C145949300A1CE6C8AE5CC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$288,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC3CD2830886046438E08677B177283AC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>The funds authorized by this section shall be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="H95C7E358DA82497A826717EA0A38323E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>personnel costs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H331D55348601498886A556BB2DD16D84">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>administrative infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94F24919013E4A9393C5EF6437114369">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>rent;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE1C207677B3402AB0F65656B88F6D23">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>information technology;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D4EAF9A921C4F0C80F5D474B6EB8261">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>programs for research and technology, information management, regulatory development, and the administration of performance and registration information systems management under section 31106(b);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55483E11F75944FBA8A1841D974A965A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>programs for outreach and education under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA061B65B11414142BEEE09B4EB408FFA">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>other operating expenses;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACF043D064E545EB93DF44A07C776AC2">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>conducting safety reviews of new operators; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB6CA84793EA417AAFA0C8E5307420ED">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>such other expenses as may from time to time become necessary to implement statutory mandates of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration not funded from other sources.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCFB63C672B8044B9AFA1FD1BA73F92D9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Outreach and education program</header>
<paragraph id="HA4DC480C47894488ACC1BECE9FF9C7E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may conduct, through any combination of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, an internal and external outreach and education program to be administered by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EFEF169B8D14A1289DABEFA9F902515">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of an outreach and education project for which a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement is made under this subsection may be up to 100 percent of the cost of the project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D86FBA7731E4224844D4C315B4FDF4F" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>From amounts made available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make available not more than $4,000,000 each fiscal year to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H187ABDAA541C44FC981EB1F6107319FC" commented="no">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Contract authority; initial date of availability</header>
<text>Amounts authorized from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by this section shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDBC90DFB58A44C4684D6E076347A6886">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Funding availability</header>
<text>Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8174A0B8776546179F16B9269032D519">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Contractual obligation</header>
<text>The approval of funds by the Secretary under this section is a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for payment of the Federal Government's share of costs.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3CAEC2B67DF44FC28E7A0281A241DE10">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter I the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D03B3E2E6E54001858EDC51400FF526" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">31110. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H263DF238A7F5448FA7C70C0F8E1C6805">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA24B08F4CEE479EB0D92B807DCFABB0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses; authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>Section 31104 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H59B849D203444B2D844BCBD7D6870CF7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (i); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2A549FC21E14CBE8FDEDAC3BEB82F29">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBC47B23F40F42E38DA33727672CE1CF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of amounts made available under subsection <enum-in-header>(i)</enum-in-header></header>
<text>Section 4116(d) of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31104 note) is amended by striking <quote>section 31104(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 31110</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62F0F6D7387B48E392D0D991E1EEB632">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>International cooperation</header>
<text>Section 31161 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 31104(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 31110</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68FD4E49213949CC8343401AF9D572E8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>SAFETEA–LU; outreach and education</header>
<text>Section 4127 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1741; Public Law 109–59), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB877F28B25064246AAD1507B4F719EB2">
<enum>5104.</enum>
<header>Commercial driver's license program implementation</header>
<subsection id="H17EFE4B7ABEF4FF1A157ED30F5177827">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E93F6869D2845938F1E3ADFEAD96562" style="USC">
<section id="H06AA00DE79794435997087A3E5967AC6">
<enum>31313.</enum>
<header>Commercial driver's license program implementation financial assistance program</header>
<subsection id="H3465A53F02A7437BB7E384FB5A509191">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Financial assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="H4876C823E4E54C76BA46C55E8A98F3E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall administer a financial assistance program for commercial driver’s license program implementation for the purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F981917DEB8484090CA865068F5519F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State commercial driver's license program implementation grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make a grant to a State agency in a fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54263D36C7BD4413BD6B8E5CEAFD0893">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist the State in complying with the requirements of section 31311; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57CA92F3CB0B4849BCCB99E4E421BCAA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a State that is making a good faith effort toward substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311, to improve the State’s implementation of its commercial driver's license program, including expenses—</text>
<clause id="H7678376F275C42EA9D14C38F64B7CB86">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for computer hardware and software;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9F5997415DA84C5BAB150DF441602164">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for publications, testing, personnel, training, and quality control;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H774B8BBF144F4C5F890F4A4BE6DB8021">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for commercial driver's license program coordinators; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H64006B44B7F24306B1C0DB388BE25756">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement or maintain a system to notify an employer of an operator of a commercial motor vehicle of the suspension or revocation of the operator's commercial driver's license consistent with the standards developed under section 32303(b) of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 31304 note).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BF1BE4651D94167935EB314E360E261">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Priority activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a State agency, local government, or any person in a fiscal year for research, development and testing, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial drivers licensing and motor vehicle safety that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A71B7569EDB448AB8E570E739EDC28B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefit all jurisdictions of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F183EB3347C4AF1955B57FF7CD07EB2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address national safety concerns and circumstances;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9BACB9DB5344159982A051FA0D7490B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address emerging issues relating to commercial driver's license improvements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6436AF9A9FD3454AABEC8EF4E44B1E7B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support innovative ideas and solutions to commercial driver's license program issues; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9AC3164C031B460CA0E3679D6F00B681">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address other commercial driver’s license issues, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF87BF55FD6B34381ACA448AAF085FBB8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prohibitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient may not use financial assistance funds awarded under this section to rent, lease, or buy land or buildings.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H194BA3A2065C4406B752774E2E967C64">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall issue an annual report on the activities carried out under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB07AF7EA32FC4EDE947933E66E11D31F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Apportionment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be apportioned to a recipient described in subsection (a)(3) according to criteria prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4E15027510C64D2080B96D2BBFA12A92">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2016, this section shall be funded under section 31104.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCFECD2DD50F74AF5971D08C26B800022">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis for chapter 313 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 31313 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A56A1F10F3C48ED87480E6C204B5632" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">31313. Commercial driver's license program implementation financial assistance program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H62D4DC39D966454680B2107252491E6F">
<enum>5105.</enum>
<header>Extension of Federal motor carrier safety programs for fiscal year 2016</header>
<subsection id="HD571F1EE8A8D443482A7A33FE6393672">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety assistance program grant extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (10) and (11) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9EBA58AF32F4223A0324BAE497D534E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE4DE5E5DFB5E4323BAE6C9B712F14B5B" commented="no">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$218,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0AA752066BC64D5BA28DB5F3FFB97099">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$218,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCAA96761E3934D2FA32C99CDEB7143F7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Extension of grant programs</header>
<text>Section 4101(c) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1715; Public Law 109–59) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H390A92C7171946F6B95AD53BB348E60A" style="USC">
<subsection id="H56316B56395849CF8C783C111C41CE3F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following sums are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text>
<paragraph id="H445E30009F934344A1F4F32BD8B502B4" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Commercial driver's license program improvement grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For carrying out the commercial driver’s license program improvement grants program under section 31313 of title 49, United States Code, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H585D2D8C74F14BD8AE7BA490D8F3AD5D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Border enforcement grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For border enforcement grants under section 31107 of that title $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB5738544BA254AB49593668536A15F0C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Performance and registration information systems management grant program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the performance and registration information systems management grant program under section 31109 of that title $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H230138006CB4455787108CC9F805E0BB" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For carrying out the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program under section 4126 of this Act $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H26340B8EE81740F797DB7CB41586EF4D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Safety data improvement grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For safety data improvement grants under section 4128 of this Act $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF971BD7338BE44138AC89F61E887E479" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>High-Priority activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31104(j)(2) of title 49, United States Code, as redesignated by this subtitle, is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> the first place it appears and all that follows through <quote>for States,</quote> and inserting <quote>2016 for States,</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4614218BEFF24CAFA7729CBD0BA74D1D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>New entrant audits</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31144(g)(5)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5975D244A7AA47C391E65A3EEE8BAE49" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="HD8C1C7BF8DFF459EBA5566200AEEDBB4" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Set aside</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall set aside from amounts made available under section 31104(a) up to $32,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 for audits of new entrant motor carriers conducted under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB7BA7C557C854326A2D18EA57B99548B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Grant program for commercial motor vehicle operators</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4134(c) of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31301 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38CB52B3F84E4E0CBEE82EAB11938C17" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3C6BA703B21442459EBBDE5AB1285194" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts made available under section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall make available, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H255B1365C8D74321985B5D2C8F55E132">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment</header>
<paragraph id="HC03FFD3E4C0B4D9EB6F7D85AEBA595BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31106 note; 119 Stat. 1738; Public Law 109–59) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63F988B4CE7242E2B9482D3CCC2E6623">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="HBFA027867B37445E95C53F9A46465FBC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: <quote>Funds deobligated by the Secretary from previous year grants shall not be counted toward the $2,500,000 maximum aggregate amount for core deployment.</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5CE0F812F040443C83353B3746E77F3D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the following: <quote>Funds may also be used for planning activities, including the development or updating of program or top level design plans.</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H703D5FFE6CFD43E9819DECD83E82A41E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(4) by adding at the end the following: <quote>Funds may also be used for planning activities, including the development or updating of program or top level design plans.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BB84AA3298C48B2A588201C05DBA3FD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Innovative technology deployment program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2016, the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program under section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1738; Public Law 109–59) may also be referred to as the innovative technology deployment program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H27A411C6A327413BAAFF32605544054F">
<enum>5106.</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety assistance program allocation</header>
<subsection id="H0785D423BC184DB58CB485822CF0AFA6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Working group</header>
<paragraph id="H63413E9A414B44E798762722A915BAE6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a motor carrier safety assistance program formula working group (in this section referred to as the <quote>working group</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H062708380E1F4EBC86A1B9D6781CB04C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="HD8D234131C7343D68A7A08E75C62BFF9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the working group shall consist of representatives of the following:</text>
<clause id="H27597C4E7B904507A058352039BEA2F7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H327262489EF44DC0A41833ECB92C4A13">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agencies responsible for administering the plan required by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B4E8C491B944B4EAEF22F9321B907AF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>An organization representing State agencies responsible for enforcing a program for inspection of commercial motor vehicles.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9F7F4A3399E0488C8F32135E90AA5F12">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>Such other persons as the Secretary considers necessary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H057C931F6D99497FA0DECAD3815581C0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<text>Representatives of State commercial motor vehicle safety agencies shall comprise at least 51 percent of the membership.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0006698D1B4848B9B905D677D699597A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>New allocation formula</header>
<text>The working group shall analyze requirements and factors for the establishment of a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7A173C0DBFC4FC49F5E18D6C26D3928">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Recommendation</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date the working group is established under paragraph (1), the working group shall make a recommendation to the Secretary regarding a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98290737087B4FD28476DDF6DACA33EF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Exemption</header>
<text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group established under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7D105108D4C4E07BC9ADCDCA8D3FAF8">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C504B853E0C4D8F8D5F2C94FD78545C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>detailed summaries of the meetings of the working group; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCEF1B12996104057A24B63380B23816C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the final recommendation of the working group provided to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA9D52ED731244B34A5E3278C3F6AD85A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Notice of proposed rulemaking</header>
<text>After receiving the recommendation of the working group under subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice seeking public comment on the establishment of a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3293FEF4D7784C22A3A661EFCAE3EA24">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Basis for formula</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program is based on factors that reflect, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D72D428003049B19FDBC012E00996E2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the relative needs of the States to comply with section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE223341215A345F6B8F088CE9572937F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the relative administrative capacities of and challenges faced by States in complying with that section;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04935EFA783A47DF9C5E7C948505C4B6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the average of each State’s new entrant motor carrier inventory for the 3-year period prior to the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBBF43BABE9548D58E5DA614BF4C69A5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the number of international border inspection facilities and border crossings by commercial vehicles in each State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA906230C9B84440A1E207C20F2A5018">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>any other factors the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H39E37602C11342CC942A9199902A90C4">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Funding amounts prior to development of new allocation formula</header>
<paragraph id="H839AA901F259465A95860137655C6398">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Interim formula</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to the development of the new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program, the Secretary may calculate the interim funding amounts for that program in fiscal year 2017 (and later fiscal years, as necessary) under section 31104(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, by using the following methodology:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B8BC83F86B543A0A2CEC7668404FF61">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall calculate the funding amount to a State using the allocation formula the Secretary used to award motor carrier safety assistance program funding in fiscal year 2016 under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43DD97C72D5C4B58AABFAC8E3C27E659">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall average the funding awarded or other equitable amounts to a State in fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 for—</text>
<clause id="H4C467C4DACC240A4A56FF75C7DCF3EC0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>border enforcement grants under section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA2082E1423754ED3A1408C0C9BEFD7A7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>new entrant audit grants under section 31144(g)(5) of that title.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B3EA0B94CB94C5FBCC232CF3B9A7E28">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall add the amounts calculated in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5CDE52C07434E5DB4AF457B2C1A1BB4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjustments</header>
<text>Subject to the availability of funding and notwithstanding fluctuations in the data elements used by the Secretary, the initial amounts resulting from the calculation described in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted to ensure that, for each State, the amount shall not be less than 97 percent of the average amount of funding received or other equitable amounts in fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11A35D91345945C58EFDCD250D9A4E10">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>motor carrier safety assistance program funds awarded to the State under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H053E825A33B94518B2E5D95B434760E1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>border enforcement grants awarded to the State under section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDADF68D934149878B5ACA1B276D0992">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>new entrant audit grants awarded to the State under section 31144(g)(5) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EAE2E2D186442C48DBFB87655C95627">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Immediate relief</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date of enactment of this Act, and for the 3 fiscal years following the implementation of the new allocation formula, the Secretary shall terminate the withholding of motor carrier safety assistance program funds from a State if the State was subject to the withholding of such funds for matters of noncompliance immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H130E3CDC192241B6875DB3E1EA2DC5CE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Future withholdings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date that the new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program is implemented, the Secretary shall impose all future withholdings in accordance with section 31102(k) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H918C47DBD9AC4DEAB88650FC0EB7AEA2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination of working group</header>
<text>The working group established under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date of the implementation of the new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7F48FFFDC3DC404DAC62AB7836258CEA">
<enum>5107.</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort calculation</header>
<subsection id="HDA5722BDE3854E869099AB99E5230DD4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Before new allocation formula</header>
<paragraph id="H65B766B252AC4B5FB1F92674C7819C77">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Fiscal year 2017</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program has not been established under this subtitle for fiscal year 2017, the Secretary shall calculate for fiscal year 2017 the maintenance of effort baseline required under section 31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, by averaging the expenditures for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 required by section 31102(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, as that section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA1F9819FE9445618B66FB2767CC1FFB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Subsequent fiscal years</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use the methodology for calculating the maintenance of effort baseline specified in paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years if a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program has not been established for that fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H37D47E5521374290A0BDA0E571DC83E7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Beginning with new allocation formation</header>
<paragraph id="H915DB9A90EBA4B3396927831FDE9B9BA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)(B), beginning on the date that a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program is established under this subtitle, upon the request of a State, the Secretary may waive or modify the baseline maintenance of effort required of the State by section 31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, for the purpose of establishing a new baseline maintenance of effort if the Secretary determines that a waiver or modification—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC63C2DB18904B79A257A706D8950DCE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is equitable due to reasonable circumstances;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF0C4238366F4F35981ECCFE885C390E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will ensure the continuation of commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H255728EA687944ECACD2F646F4FBF9C6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is necessary to ensure that the total amount of State maintenance of effort and matching expenditures required under sections 31102 and 31104 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, does not exceed a sum greater than the average of the total amount of State maintenance of effort and matching expenditures required under those sections for the 3 fiscal years prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE99E690120224535A99E67273F4B8A07">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjustment methodology</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If requested by a State, the Secretary may modify the maintenance of effort baseline referred to in paragraph (1) for the State according to the following methodology:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4841BD9BF34E44BEBCDBD19A20E7E384">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish the maintenance of effort baseline for the State using the average baseline of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, as required by section 31102(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, as that section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EEB7482564A40BC9E3C3A7ED2CBE130">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall calculate the average required match by a lead State commercial motor vehicle safety agency for fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015 for motor carrier safety assistance grants established at 20 percent by section 31103 of title 49, United States Code, as that section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD33F4936B7C149CC9BA681037DA13419">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall calculate the estimated match required under section 31104(b) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88164ABCCDF74FBEB4234B8E5797C8AC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall subtract the amount in subparagraph (B) from the amount in subparagraph (C) and—</text>
<clause id="H8732BEB17B0A485689FA162D6EDF54E9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the number is greater than 0, the Secretary shall subtract the number from the amount in subparagraph (A); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7A39F41B4E7D43F3B4E9F302A3FF80E3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the number is not greater than 0, the Secretary shall calculate the maintenance of effort using the methodology in subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A52550BE3A44297BE9FF54590A828D4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort amount</header>
<subparagraph id="H7C463450322F463DA9D644A4EDAD27B9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use the amount calculated under paragraph (2) as the baseline maintenance of effort required under section 31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A486BED3284478E8D13EF6EA0BA2BC9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State does not request a waiver or modification under this subsection before September 30 during the first fiscal year that the Secretary implements a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program under this subtitle, the Secretary shall calculate the maintenance of effort using the methodology described in paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF06380DDFD849F78A54BEDB312FB4F5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of effort described</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maintenance of effort calculated under this section is the amount required under section 31102(f) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6FD019CAC524457BB8A685474050623C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Termination of effectiveness</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary under this section shall terminate effective on the date that a new maintenance of effort baseline is calculated based on a new allocation formula for the motor carrier safety assistance program implemented under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H1B79ED5D32F9473C8ECCEC24289E7229">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Reform</header>
<part id="H5CA7173489864B7E99BBD405DDC4374C">
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Regulatory Reform</header>
<section id="HDFA29284AB00454EAF82BD8CB365C641">
<enum>5201.</enum>
<header>Notice of cancellation of insurance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13906(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or suspend</quote> after <quote>revoke</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HEA109E25E1D945949186B6BAC91BC4AD">
<enum>5202.</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31136 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAAB5837373C9430685510447E0D91700">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and transferring such subsection to appear at the end of section 31315 of such title; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1351996CF28749608AF8534A596FF038">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF509F5BF0DA4032B87D706CCB6FFF21" style="USC">
<subsection id="H234BAF2C10A54EF2B5C3C103138EC2E1">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Regulatory impact analysis</header>
<paragraph id="H4C51843C348D4CCA9D2B213EB29FBE01">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Within each regulatory impact analysis of a proposed or final major rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Secretary shall, whenever practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF83E19E24402420E9F1A9C04908C1FEF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>consider the effects of the proposed or final rule on different segments of the motor carrier industry; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD005DBE032174075873704596B446696">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>formulate estimates and findings based on the best available science.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76D7A312E46742C9AE19E1011AB1A877">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Scope</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent feasible and appropriate, and consistent with law, an analysis described in paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F4596B4D99242BCBE09FA1365AF0550">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use data that is representative of commercial motor vehicle operators or motor carriers, or both, that will be impacted by the proposed or final rule; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08614D6B9EF94FA4983C65FFCF207D77">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>consider the effects on commercial truck and bus carriers of various sizes and types.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA28766FF39364872BAC79BCCEDCA329C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Public participation</header>
<paragraph id="HB550524E76204CB095D31841E258234A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a proposed rule under this part is likely to lead to the promulgation of a major rule, the Secretary, before publishing such proposed rule, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF18A024814474E08AB7EBB75E18051D8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC8DB2C919904B85A61B4BCA15D68FFD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>proceed with a negotiated rulemaking.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DD9AB3B8C6041E5911E703AC69CA9FE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C01A728D7E4463F9B4DFD6E7906C8D8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify the need for a potential regulatory action;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D61FFE5EDA54F7EAA15CBB04912C740">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identify and request public comment on the best available science or technical information relevant to analyzing potential regulatory alternatives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5AD83984E8949C8ADEED9E0665892B8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>request public comment on the available data and costs with respect to regulatory alternatives reasonably likely to be considered as part of the rulemaking; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E7FCE7820244C71B14656B8881F64A8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>request public comment on available alternatives to regulation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE00600B679D04CCAAE39ACD03CDC48AF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<text>This subsection does not apply to a proposed rule if the Secretary, for good cause, finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons for such finding in the proposed or final rule) that an advance notice of proposed rulemaking is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB0F6DDFD63A54131BAF8DB53F358BC94">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subsection (f) or (g) may be construed to limit the contents of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H01DEC801908A4B418A86403BE3FC9896">
<enum>5203.</enum>
<header>Guidance</header>
<subsection id="H8521C8FB5EB74C86A5D0FC32C40307FB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="HCBCD3B2F92CF4A50AE2B9900CA6A7428">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Date of issuance and point of contact</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each guidance document issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall have a date of issuance or a date of revision, as applicable, and shall include the name and contact information of a point of contact at the Administration who can respond to questions regarding the guidance.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB92802D98D2C48C19CB608FCE4AD8824">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Public accessibility</header>
<subparagraph id="H5EB5F0BD130845D2A42FC0D444C73801">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each guidance document issued or revised by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall be published on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department on the date of issuance or revision.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE760EC34D3F497980278D5CB47C4402">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Redaction</header>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may redact from a guidance document published under subparagraph (A) any information that would reveal investigative techniques that would compromise Administration enforcement efforts.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEEE80852EF79469B804474F5263911BA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Incorporation into regulations</header>
<text>Not later than 5 years after the date on which a guidance document is published under paragraph (2) or during an applicable review under subsection (c), whichever is earlier, the Secretary shall revise regulations to incorporate the guidance document to the extent practicable.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3138A997C5D43E1860DD9321B39357C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Reissuance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a guidance document is not incorporated into regulations in accordance with paragraph (3), the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40BD57F213BD41D995AA7D955FF3641D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>reissue an updated version of the guidance document; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE866720C67D146919898028BCC14A115">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>review and reissue an updated version of the guidance document every 5 years until the date on which the guidance document is removed or incorporated into applicable regulations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD9325DC742BA4DFE8F18536064BFB0E0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Initial review</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall review all guidance documents issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and in effect on such date of enactment to ensure that such documents are current, are readily accessible to the public, and meet the standards specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H493B08088115482BBFA6F8DA72FA9ECE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Regular review</header>
<paragraph id="HF59751647B7E4941B93A2AE101CDE17B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), not less than once every 5 years, the Administrator shall conduct a comprehensive review of the guidance documents issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to determine whether such documents are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0052296A5ED245DBAA03E78121E2143E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>consistent and clear;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEEE599305B4A4693854D5EBA773D8145">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>uniformly and consistently enforced; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4345D631E52D42AA8286E5AA6BCA2CC9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>still necessary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1599E7679E024C709569A7E757F92BF7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Notice and comment</header>
<text>Prior to beginning a review under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice and request for comment that solicits input from stakeholders on which guidance documents should be updated or eliminated.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DAFDA3C6EA944AF9DA99566E6FFA2F8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="H1315194BCA4344ED8CD7FCD68BEFBD34">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which a review under paragraph (1) is completed, the Administrator shall publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department a report detailing the review and a full inventory of the guidance documents of the Administration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H150112238ACC494DBF5CDCA29D1AA5F4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>A report under subparagraph (A) shall include a summary of the response of the Administration to comments received under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B011172D6114DDABFE9E8463BE0C450">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Guidance document defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>guidance document</term> means a document issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that—</text>
<paragraph id="H24E2FE6C50CC46CF8AE5F0D8E2247E79">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>provides an interpretation of a regulation of the Administration; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC64E5DDB65194DD7B2C28DD21EC98496">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>includes an enforcement policy of the Administration available to the public.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H178D841AB5464B5B8A9ED12010E06013">
<enum>5204.</enum>
<header>Petitions</header>
<subsection id="H0852B1F0804A43769A061589B74D903B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD32A8752A1B142028B09718701298DF0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department a summary of all petitions for regulatory action submitted to the Administration;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F897ACD16F8439E90B078E7521407ED">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>prioritize the petitions submitted based on the likelihood of safety improvements resulting from the regulatory action requested;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8A288A044174E73AB44AA7A64915084">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>not later than 180 days after the date a summary of a petition is published under paragraph (1), formally respond to such petition by indicating whether the Administrator will accept, deny, or further review the petition;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA66A516749F3435AADC9B9CCB94FEE54">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>prioritize responses to petitions consistent with a petition’s potential to reduce crashes, improve enforcement, and reduce unnecessary burdens; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94C75A1FCE104A1C87365170AC4929EA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of a petition, publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department an updated inventory of the petitions described in paragraph (1), including any applicable disposition information for those petitions.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H772348480B1240F6BE825EF2E99AA617">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Treatment of multiple petitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may treat multiple similar petitions as a single petition for the purposes of subsection (a). </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA173CA9C333F4AFC8479572DE725CE97">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Petition defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>petition</term> means a request for—</text>
<paragraph id="HE40C9E86F6044686B76C9B6BBD3D0542">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a new regulation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B688ED1151F4265905AC2F252759B75">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a regulatory interpretation or clarification; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09D637544C5E4686A1501D7D795A1742">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a determination by the Administrator that a regulation should be modified or eliminated because it is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9691CBE7154B432F8170B32DBA72B612">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>no longer—</text>
<clause id="H1CCFA348B64244C69B52316989169896">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>consistent and clear;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H910E8872784E40B8B49C9459AB6B908F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>current with the operational realities of the motor carrier industry; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6D28D6AE90044274B10BDE4D1DDB66D9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>uniformly enforced;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85F51A3CF2AD4D5EB93E39112A80B405">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ineffective; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25F6A7C0E1BF4E24B4801DE082C6A1D7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>overly burdensome.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H57709BEE0A7048BF86099BDD7388E2E9">
<enum>5205.</enum>
<header>Inspector standards</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall revise the regulations under part 385 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as necessary, to incorporate by reference the certification standards for roadside inspectors issued by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.</text>
</section>
<section id="HD48D4BB6B19D4F7DB1CFA80760DB9D5E">
<enum>5206.</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<subsection id="HCB6BD31A30C54A248AE7FC7EAAB7A030">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Review process</header>
<text>Section 31315(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C4EE7A434BB462BAEFBE67086D8ACFA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D1130CB1E6341D0B7AA892BE306CC4D" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the first sentence by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE7736FC06464F10834E061F4BD18C0F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the second sentence;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87A91759B93A4B14B2C2CBBB94D84457">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C5FBAB2B1AF44DAA6D1F4FA606CA50E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2A0748AFB743441BA9F5D7B749FF2830" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H57C456625AAA4A278628F24721BA55A2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Length of exemption and renewal</header>
<text>An exemption may be granted under paragraph (1) for no longer than 5 years and may be renewed, upon request, for subsequent 5-year periods if the Secretary continues to make the finding under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5274A26B4BBB44C0B88B31F3BC860C0B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Opportunity for resubmission</header>
<text>If the Secretary denies an application under paragraph (1) and the applicant can reasonably address the reason for the denial, the Secretary may allow the applicant to resubmit the application.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4F0267EDEE5E4FE09CC276CDBA8A41D3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administrative exemptions</header>
<paragraph id="H4B202D0D9B0548D7A9B16745D5405CAC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make permanent the following limited exemptions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA44DC550C744505A185CEED8B7D46F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Perishable construction products, as published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 17819).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03298256638B45628B1B55A3CAC7245D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Transport of commercial bee hives, as published in the Federal Register on June 19, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 35425).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDFC7B33587848A18256FC3C4E342F95">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Safe transport of livestock, as published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 33584).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H900B5956C846478FB028021A711E8D65">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additional administrative exemptions</header>
<text>Any exemption from any provision of the regulations under part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FC01B1810824C97AAB54C8DB21FAAAB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>except as otherwise provided in section 31315(b) of title 49, shall be valid for a period of 5 years from the date such exemption was granted; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA61F5B42A49F42ECB4A19F81ED2AC948">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may be subject to renewal under section 31315(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
<part id="HF27968D4AD224FF8BEF654651FADA973">
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Compliance, Safety, Accountability Reform</header>
<section id="HFB7ED1FCA829420E8332745D526AA58F">
<enum>5221.</enum>
<header>Correlation study</header>
<subsection id="HEBDDCE6E2B674CADB68111F65EE86B55">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (referred to in this part as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) shall commission the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F77841B5BB54A528764FE6EBE8100B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (referred to in this part as the <quote>CSA program</quote>); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB88DD641E8E4C2F8F01867134E67899">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Safety Measurement System utilized by the CSA program (referred to in this part as the <quote>SMS</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFC0BFF41BFCA4EC5898C3C374A418D6A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Scope of study</header>
<text>In carrying out the study commissioned pursuant to subsection (a), the National Research Council—</text>
<paragraph id="HE567729F92FE43F2A19B7828D9347C2F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall analyze—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38EEFF9E823F418092BA7B613D9D7CB5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the accuracy with which the Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (referred to in this part as <quote>BASIC</quote>)—</text>
<clause id="H514F53E0A4AA4B0A877FE2D4D4C2F730">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>identify high risk carriers; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H070D83CAB3A44F409F9B1671E3061015">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">predict or are correlated with future crash risk, crash severity, or other safety indicators for motor carriers, including the highest risk carriers;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H265DB446ED5D4192BCE41BA8A6F21DDD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the methodology used to calculate BASIC percentiles and identify carriers for enforcement, including the weights assigned to particular violations and the tie between crash risk and specific regulatory violations, with respect to accurately identifying and predicting future crash risk for motor carriers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8B664886E25490A895DD4922A1CDE8D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the relative value of inspection information and roadside enforcement data;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBC5A82C837D4DB1A008F85CCA116AE0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any data collection gaps or data sufficiency problems that may exist and the impact of those gaps and problems on the efficacy of the CSA program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E178F6C337D4995892D760C46B8C290">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the accuracy of safety data, including the use of crash data from crashes in which a motor carrier was free from fault;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B26B55A94F745DAA7FFFE2D021A135B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>whether BASIC percentiles for motor carriers of passengers should be calculated separately from motor carriers of freight;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EAAA959495B40B18619E52745C40A24">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the differences in the rates at which safety violations are reported to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for inclusion in the SMS by various enforcement authorities, including States, territories, and Federal inspectors; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05E16B8298C34BB29A1AEA710D41C300">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>how members of the public use the SMS and what effect making the SMS information public has had on reducing crashes and eliminating unsafe motor carriers from the industry; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A790685FC014179A37E64B6DD573E51">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H062DA9E087E5460AB0ECAD55183009A0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether the SMS provides comparable precision and confidence, through SMS alerts and percentiles, for the relative crash risk of individual large and small motor carriers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H399ACAB692EC4EFE97704B8CC64974D4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether alternatives to the SMS would identify high risk carriers more accurately; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F92A66C4BCD483981501EFDBD683FFF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the recommendations and findings of the Comptroller General of the United States and the Inspector General of the Department, and independent review team reports, issued before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3B49CDF99B2149E2A63501D1DCFCEDBB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8730BDFB9E7548B9B9AFDD0AD014D46D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>submit a report containing the results of the study commissioned pursuant to subsection (a) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26044255B35243A39ED667EC4397BF9E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7CCAFC607FA6401FB188D9EC2352A460">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA083302C2A94E41B7F98FB9B26FF966">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Inspector General of the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DA8194E06434CE7AC17C01C17503337">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>publish the report on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE47D58BC0E804917AA298D2196CF9C1D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Corrective action plan</header>
<paragraph id="H9BAB50BD28084A7A85AD973C6B6B0E01">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the Administrator submits the report under subsection (c), if that report identifies a deficiency or opportunity for improvement in the CSA program or in any element of the SMS, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a corrective action plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H75B50B32879849BD92B18262E7977D5D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>responds to the deficiencies or opportunities identified by the report;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35D98A51A75849389E0115E042CDE7B3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identifies how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will address such deficiencies or opportunities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFABEF98233524917831D6BA6C4BD86B2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provides an estimate of the cost, including with respect to changes in staffing, enforcement, and data collection, necessary to address such deficiencies or opportunities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB67D5A3074744F6297BBCE184CC9120B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program reforms</header>
<text>The corrective action plan submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an implementation plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A2F6F8CC79A4DC7B8BBC5BB14A9534C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>includes benchmarks;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D43C8AB9BC543DEAB70CB55E7D6B783">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>includes programmatic reforms, revisions to regulations, or proposals for legislation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31A1551778C74AA08D0BE40DDB601D29">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>shall be considered in any rulemaking by the Department that relates to the CSA program, including the SMS or data analysis under the SMS.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CF10663ACF4409FA88ECFF863345B15">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Inspector General review</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the Administrator submits a corrective action plan under subsection (d), the Inspector General of the Department shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD52E79F655BB4B5C9DF7CB3FE00F7947">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the extent to which such plan addresses—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9EBD6396A3D4EFA92B0C5BCDB9A9583">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>recommendations contained in the report submitted under subsection (c); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H079E520E3A7347A2A3E62652742219DE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>relevant recommendations issued by the Comptroller General or the Inspector General before the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E8CE1559B8345B8BB0D20FA3B9D1C6D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the responsiveness of the corrective action plan to the recommendations described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H98D9DC57C3BF4C968C13EF6316AF5C42">
<enum>5222.</enum>
<header>Beyond compliance</header>
<subsection id="H06F4DAD7FA374161B356D74F0EE3AB38">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall allow recognition, including credit or an improved SMS percentile, for a motor carrier that—</text>
<paragraph id="H322C185860F4451EB50D063969194DE7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>installs advanced safety equipment;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EB7110174B446689F2CCA8CB4123F82">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>uses enhanced driver fitness measures;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CC91EB9259E4F3FA9CA69C01FA9EEF2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>adopts fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13C4648243254E5B86C45EA63D861774">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>satisfies other standards determined appropriate by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H83A8A1C9476241509FB5BDC914824E9A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Administrator shall carry out subsection (a) by—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5A198556FEC474E9FC0331C4D5D212D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>incorporating a methodology into the CSA program; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73C580F1C5E94C7C9A5D465E49404C99">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>establishing a safety BASIC in the SMS.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H13D1CABD31E144B99697B6152348FB76">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Process</header>
<paragraph id="H50DFBBFECB704979A50FE6E87A52A5E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for comment, shall develop a process for identifying and reviewing advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards for use by motor carriers to receive recognition, including credit or an improved SMS percentile, for purposes of subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC021F1C57B3E4DBF96CCE5D8853C92D8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>A process developed under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H589C277F98CA49D39731A9F0D81C40D7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>provide for a petition process for reviewing advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA7DF05785BE4CBA9F8B7ECC23EE8E30">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>seek input and participation from industry stakeholders, including commercial motor vehicle drivers, technology manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, motor carriers, law enforcement, safety advocates, and the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1238FCCCE244F69A35404D36D945C20">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Qualification</header>
<text>The Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for comment, shall develop technical or other performance standards with respect to advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards for purposes of subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2AFAF30FB6D947EC898B546478FCAF4D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Monitoring</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may authorize qualified entities to monitor motor carriers that receive recognition, including credit or an improved SMS percentile, under this section through a no-cost contract structure. </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEA8E0AB26A014EFB8E4388FB33B4EE1A">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Dissemination of information</header>
<text>The Administrator shall maintain on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department information on—</text>
<paragraph id="H961267A601B54F2086E1A7EB96F7ECC0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards eligible for recognition, including credit or an improved SMS percentile;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FDA17BF069C4964B763D92D698E8809">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any petitions for review of advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE34CA4F36EC64325B7A8213C7D620993">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any relevant statistics relating to the use of advanced safety equipment, enhanced driver fitness measures, fleet safety management tools, technologies, and programs, and other standards.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB89E77C8D8894F47BE1855BC025B7F19">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA455694C3174DB884EEC33609EDFAC9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">number of motor carriers receiving recognition, including credit or an improved SMS percentile, under this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H052352FEFBF84B1F973CD73413E1B091">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>safety performance of such carriers.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9999D61312444546A8322F14140489BC">
<enum>5223.</enum>
<header>Data certification</header>
<subsection id="H7C9AE80D77934C0392CC17E7742EF4E1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date that is 1 day after the date of enactment of this Act, no information regarding analysis of violations, crashes in which a determination is made that the motor carrier or the commercial motor vehicle driver is not at fault, alerts, or the relative percentile for each BASIC developed under the CSA program may be made available to the general public until the Inspector General of the Department certifies that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE22F6C2E49F404CB795F82AF008135F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the report required under section 5221(c) has been submitted in accordance with that section;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B9C9011392D485398FA481D23AA86C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any deficiencies identified in the report required under section 5221(c) have been addressed;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01CC669D49A840969520005E0EAC2CD1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if applicable, the corrective action plan under section 5221(d) has been implemented;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA6DC54411574CB585B21127DE5958E8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has fully implemented or satisfactorily addressed the issues raised in the report titled <quote>Modifying the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program Would Improve the Ability to Identify High Risk Carriers</quote> of the Government Accountability Office and dated February 2014 (GAO–14–114); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37A5D4FCE7D04AAF971F93C8AEF54A95">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the Secretary has initiated modification of the CSA program in accordance with section 5222.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB2EDE773A87B475EBD5C059C0AD7CEF9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation on the use of CSA analysis</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information regarding alerts and the relative percentile for each BASIC developed under the CSA program may not be used for safety fitness determinations until the Inspector General of the Department makes the certification under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF95E637F6B1B4A32B85610D7030AF420">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Continued public availability of data</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, inspection and violation information submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration by commercial motor vehicle inspectors and qualified law enforcement officials, out-of-service rates, and absolute measures shall remain available to the public.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5420D8F208544D05A8F0997666D78F4E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="HD175CCA3B8FD417CB45E17E630808E18">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8008F5A05D1D486B9E414BEF44274DBD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State and local commercial motor vehicle enforcement agencies may use the information referred to in subsection (a) for purposes of investigation and enforcement prioritization;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H800F65D8B6E64FFD84A792F20DAAB5E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a motor carrier and a commercial motor vehicle driver may access information referred to in subsection (a) that relates directly to the motor carrier or driver, respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9094694A3B9949CDA6A1C3950D1F44B6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a data analysis of motorcoach operators may be provided online with a notation indicating that the ratings or alerts listed are not intended to imply any Federal safety rating of the carrier.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC1593B3E22343789FDCB6850F107A8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Notation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The notation described in paragraph (1)(C) shall include the following: <quote>Readers should not draw conclusions about a carrier’s overall safety condition simply based on the data displayed in this system. Unless a motor carrier has received an UNSATISFACTORY safety rating under part 385 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, it is authorized to operate on the Nation’s roadways.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53FB0C3F404240618DEFAA72A80691BA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict the official use by State enforcement agencies of the data collected by State enforcement personnel.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H54E123D7728B43A497A499EAA81D6085">
<enum>5224.</enum>
<header>Data improvement</header>
<subsection id="HD84BAF47C5AE48C7AEFA79834BEA7944">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Functional specifications</header>
<text>The Administrator shall develop functional specifications to ensure the consistent and accurate input of data into systems and databases relating to the CSA program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F3933E07B134DA5ADADA45B7FD23316">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Functionality</header>
<text>The functional specifications developed pursuant to subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H161F0542F9A34D73A42DC918408837DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall provide for the hardcoding and smart logic functionality for roadside inspection data collection systems and databases; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C837D5739254666A20DC1972D4FE63D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall be made available to public and private sector developers.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7F4F68B4DA80496AAB47F78E8A11AFB3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective data management</header>
<text>The Administrator shall ensure that internal systems and databases accept and effectively manage data using uniform standards.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA33A6A1FF33F446D98991C41BDBA8123">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consultation with the States</header>
<text>Before implementing the functional specifications developed pursuant to subsection (a) or the standards described in subsection (c), the Administrator shall seek input from the State agencies responsible for enforcing section 31102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7454C4CDCDFF4A4CBFB910B8F1D7428F">
<enum>5225.</enum>
<header>Accident review</header>
<subsection id="H244F773F1E754C98921697ED5F4903A0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after a certification under section 5223, the Secretary shall task the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee with reviewing the treatment of preventable crashes under the SMS.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB591EBEFF4414C7BAB17D381AB3E3DA5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after being tasked under subsection (a), the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Secretary on a process to allow motor carriers and drivers to request that the Administrator make a determination with respect to the preventability of a crash, if such a process has not yet been established by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6BAA9F1C86CA4EA8BFB9502E1D18793A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD103C89FD06444CA9CAA73EE0D0A747F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review and consider the recommendations provided by the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBD04DC461D847138517E28F5B717FE5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>report to Congress on how the Secretary intends to address the treatment of preventable crashes.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5B961354C3CD436682C82F2433AA2A63">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Preventable defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>preventable</term> has the meaning given that term in Appendix B of part 385 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HB6D837635F9F40B59B2E8E66B0072280">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety</header>
<section id="H6F2DA237D7F94CDD9FD734FE9AF692B0">
<enum>5301.</enum>
<header>Windshield technology</header>
<subsection id="HD0092AB885274A3DB232E6F24F296EB4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the regulations in section 393.60(e) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the prohibition on obstructions to the driver's field of view) to exempt from that section the voluntary mounting on a windshield of vehicle safety technology likely to achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety that would be achieved absent the exemption.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H88215E49174D44AABEBA26DA154E3AC3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Vehicle safety technology defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>vehicle safety technology</term> includes a fleet-related incident management system, performance or behavior management system, speed management system, lane departure warning system, forward collision warning or mitigation system, and active cruise control system and any other technology that the Secretary considers applicable.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64B05EDA284D479B8832E1830B7077C4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>For purposes of this section, any windshield mounted technology with a short term exemption under part 381 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on the date of enactment of this Act, shall be considered likely to achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety that would be achieved absent an exemption under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6F01377484EF4925AF9D57FEB49D7B95">
<enum>5302.</enum>
<header>Prioritizing statutory rulemakings</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall prioritize the completion of each outstanding rulemaking required by statute before beginning any other rulemaking, unless the Secretary determines that there is a significant need for such other rulemaking and notifies Congress of such determination.</text>
</section>
<section id="H2D3FB044CFD24F4B9B8E7CEB5351170E">
<enum>5303.</enum>
<header>Safety reporting system</header>
<subsection id="H8A16165DCBC24A35A44B84125BC692B8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the cost and feasibility of establishing a self-reporting system for commercial motor vehicle drivers or motor carriers with respect to en route equipment failures.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H60E03CB940D7402F8A26D78F277FA552">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HE87E93E9515B4EBAB7FA79F85E8F5946">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an analysis of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F83084C699846E8A56C39D33E1B45DB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>alternatives for the reporting of equipment failures in real time, including an Internet Web site or telephone hotline;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AFFD84493564A758BF4E584F7C90684">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the ability of a commercial motor vehicle driver or a motor carrier to provide to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proof of repair of a self-reported equipment failure;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06C66FD99DCE4CE5BB443FC359B8E608">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the ability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to ensure that self-reported equipment failures proven to be repaired are not used in the calculation of Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category scores;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4043813EAFEA4580AA35E9149CB6D578">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the ability of roadside inspectors to access self-reported equipment failures;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E4F07FEC88043CCB817140403C9EF14">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the cost to establish and administer a self-reporting system;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC36C6289B6354F4BB13C694F25B1BF58">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the ability for a self-reporting system to track individual commercial motor vehicles through unique identifiers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75D2293766534948A7C5AB43E6B9A8DA">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>whether a self-reporting system would yield demonstrable safety benefits;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57B8D91C41494D7EA3D220269735EF46">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an identification of any regulatory or statutory impediments to the implementation of a self-reporting system; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A7FB0AC73F446AAA99A0F3D787E93C8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>recommendations on implementing a self-reporting system.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6ECCA5D8EBC34E809A9986E88A344771">
<enum>5304.</enum>
<header>New entrant safety review program</header>
<subsection id="HCCDFBA5E3A65498EA3E57F1B803063BF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the new operator safety review program under section 31144(g) of title 49, United States Code, including the program’s effectiveness in reducing crashes, fatalities, and injuries involving commercial motor vehicles and improving commercial motor vehicle safety.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0CDE1EFCA5EB4FD89451F81C06D3BDA0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the assessment conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the program (including recommendations for legislative changes).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37C756B71E9D41E4A7E78C16F62577A1">
<enum>5305.</enum>
<header>High risk carrier reviews</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB676986C49D84664869FBDC5CB3D7D44">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that a review is completed on each motor carrier that demonstrates through performance data that it poses the highest safety risk. At a minimum, a review shall be conducted whenever a motor carrier is among the highest risk carriers for 4 consecutive months.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4526FE4E4ABD43A5AF852096C33D5AE2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall post on a public Web site a report on the actions the Secretary has taken to comply with this section, including the number of high risk carriers identified and the high risk carriers reviewed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C9930575EE42F0BFC4DAADA1AA1598">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 4138 of SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 31144 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC1CE8A69CE3346D2A69810804436C2B0">
<enum>5306.</enum>
<header>Post-accident report review</header>
<subsection id="HBA6E0D0966444DD283A2B86BE660939F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene a working group—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9288B26AE0C42AAABFC0157218E56DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to review the data elements of post-accident reports, for tow-away accidents involving commercial motor vehicles, that are reported to the Federal Government; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H12F225AE33D244239366CA9140148CBB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to report to the Secretary its findings and any recommendations, including best practices for State post-accident reports to achieve the data elements described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4DC31D91A8544BFFA5E5F7431D9CAB37">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<text>Not less than 51 percent of the working group should be composed of individuals representing the States or State law enforcement officials. The remaining members of the working group shall represent industry, labor, safety advocates, and other interested parties.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFADA7F345F484FEBB81C80932B6CF032">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>The working group shall consider requiring additional data elements, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H070295EA86094D8CAF5BB29D06EA05DA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the primary cause of the accident, if the primary cause can be determined; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H024D35E646C0470C8AAC7AE3E4F64960">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the physical characteristics of the commercial motor vehicle and any other vehicle involved in the accident, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2046078CB7014659B665E459458BBAD8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the vehicle configuration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H382BDFE206C94B2CBA22C6D2A5F5C29D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the gross vehicle weight, if the weight can be readily determined;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE354E5EB2DA64ECCB1BD4FE8B4DFD352">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the number of axles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2656CB0D75564E9DB7C535309ABF93AA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the distance between axles, if the distance can be readily determined.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8B550BF0D9D54D13AFC95E38F1A8A40B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0454491AF4104B66AE33BF947D7D8271">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the findings of the working group;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13D727A9261C4F2A9EC1C68B170CBD3D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identify the best practices for State post-accident reports that are reported to the Federal Government, including identifying the data elements that should be collected following a tow-away commercial motor vehicle accident; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H239F4687AC6F46CDBD8D43A64010C15B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>recommend to the States the adoption of new data elements to be collected following reportable commercial motor vehicle accidents.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB4E224241F514F62BAADB015A30DEA4E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall terminate not more than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary makes recommendations under subsection (d)(3).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA15BBABC5ECF469DA7048A99CAD54273">
<enum>5307.</enum>
<header>Implementing safety requirements</header>
<subsection id="H7B8A20CD900D4127B6BB5AB5A04B1438">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For each rulemaking described in subsection (c), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter until the rulemaking is complete, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a written notification that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HC75A32BA3724437492E683BA05445954">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for a rulemaking with a statutory deadline—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05600EBCE57E4C989291952A4DF4F3F8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an explanation of why the deadline was not met; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F9207423E194E0DB2D550C4150B4B39">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an expected date of completion of the rulemaking; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AA17746949A438DBF05FEEAFF6B087D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for a rulemaking without a statutory deadline, an expected date of completion of the rulemaking.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H376B0209FB36475FA80C5D946AD30532">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Additional contents</header>
<text>A notification submitted under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1B90183ABFB430FAD28B76274F34359">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an updated rulemaking timeline;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAD49CFE5FE94F439B42BB266D139F58">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a list of factors causing delays in the completion of the rulemaking; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H275C8F3353A54CA6B5D2035600FD5938">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any other details associated with the status of the rulemaking.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H92C9046D53144BF38487680D470EFC84">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rulemakings</header>
<text>The Secretary shall submit a written notification under subsection (a) for each of the following rulemakings:</text>
<paragraph id="H8FB734DB60BA47D3AE3F40DEA73170F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The rulemaking required under section 31306a(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H007ED848F4894EA785D29D200FF84109">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The rulemaking required under section 31137(a) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3057CA7304A468D8DFDA6F4250AF5D4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The rulemaking required under section 31305(c) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H037E3C3D00964C65A10A6E4F25399D4E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The rulemaking required under section 31601 of division C of MAP–21 (49 U.S.C. 30111 note).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE30FE0E223F644B7AD5EDDC67BF0DD0C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>A rulemaking concerning motor carrier safety fitness determinations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H047135C55AED4CB8B624C3EA4F28A7CE">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>A rulemaking concerning commercial motor vehicle safety required by an Act of Congress enacted on or after August 1, 2005, and incomplete for more than 2 years.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H1F9C45D0BF78489CB1653AC342C1B59F">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers</header>
<section id="H49AA365A57604446800312E0FB331DF1">
<enum>5401.</enum>
<header>Opportunities for veterans</header>
<subsection id="HAF6835BDD5834E698D6BDE3ED85955C9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Standards for training and testing of veteran operators</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31305 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6A3DE93016A49D2BDFB14B3680320D4" style="USC">
<subsection id="HB995C9AED85846EC94D0BF98A74214E2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Standards for training and testing of veteran operators</header>
<paragraph id="H544C3EA1998A411B91EFD908517415F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2016, the Secretary shall modify the regulations prescribed under subsections (a) and (c) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20DFC00D7B6347A68F91DC21839EB036">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>exempt a covered individual from all or a portion of a driving test if the covered individual had experience in the armed forces or reserve components driving vehicles similar to a commercial motor vehicle;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2244C2786F874368A17BC0ACFA0C17D9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ensure that a covered individual may apply for an exemption under subparagraph (A) during, at least, the 1-year period beginning on the date on which such individual separates from service in the armed forces or reserve components; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB050BC0C107340D18C828692EFD9336F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>credit the training and knowledge a covered individual received in the armed forces or reserve components driving vehicles similar to a commercial motor vehicle for purposes of satisfying minimum standards for training and knowledge.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02471584FEED4F03B13D7965FEDABFEC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA46F990A719E4129941F4D6716F69ADB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Armed forces</header>
<text>The term <term>armed forces</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77ABC4FEDD2D41A8BE96B2EC51FD85B9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Covered individual</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered individual</term> means an individual over the age of 21 years who is—</text>
<clause id="H7888D326C0B54639B979576293F8EF76">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a former member of the armed forces; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD908D513883141059694DAC0AF6518FD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a former member of the reserve components.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE6100778DF4496EB0FEF120A5625935">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Reserve components</header>
<text>The term <term>reserve components</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HADF360A965784362BDBA7539285183E0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Army National Guard of the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9FE8E0F6824A4023B671024D4CF6CF62">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Army Reserve;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2304233108C64D658CB52F845C7DCACB">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Navy Reserve;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H330953D5B4DE475FB657A8B5E2E6ED5F">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the Marine Corps Reserve;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H229BB4E0DF0E492CA9EE7CDD8B16C35D">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the Air National Guard of the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H280D18AC832C4638832524A429605D7C">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the Air Force Reserve; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5C2E5C8E2DF34BF3BFF45726F8BCDBEB">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>the Coast Guard Reserve.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA781F775C25243F7914995D3970C28B4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Implementation of administrative recommendations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall implement the recommendations contained in the report submitted under section 32308 of MAP–21 (49 U.S.C. 31301 note) that are not implemented as a result of the amendment in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H23A9F69C14764FCBB05C659F79B366C5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation of the military commercial driver’s license act</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2015, the Secretary shall issue final regulations to implement the exemption to the domicile requirement under section 31311(a)(12)(C) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE78E6D4F3184460C8EABE3E8C9ED5C18">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 31311(a)(12)(C)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AD079C050D442529BE4282A57E29166" style="USC">
<clause id="HE74F2024943E4276B9766FBBA79D64C9" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an active duty member of—</text>
<subclause id="H18AB847B5601434F99D90ECC0CB82B34">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the armed forces (as that term is defined in section 101(a) of title 10); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDE1473A47D1A4FF6BFACF199D79F2FFC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the reserve components (as that term is defined in section 31305(d)(2) of this title); and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCB417B31EB474156A2BCFD06EB92FEAA">
<enum>5402.</enum>
<header>Drug-free commercial drivers</header>
<subsection id="H5B269FCBEE8C43248944B46D30CE430F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31306 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF27472AC6E8C4C7297C6D5C1536B3050">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFA51EE0B49149C78ABAF6C01A9410D6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE868EFE32205470890DEEE24875FF643">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>The regulations shall permit such motor carriers to conduct preemployment testing of such employees for the use of alcohol.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A6B0D7AECB9421486C6636AC8318D68">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA52FA93B1B4C4AC881C49796FFCF0217" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H80CB812548444D69B593B4881A010565" indent="up2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) shall permit motor carriers—</text>
<clause id="H80B4D94A94204773B2EDDCE607B850C1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to conduct preemployment testing of commercial motor vehicle operators for the use of alcohol; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5D6DD49681D7460CB92A5B858B5178D4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to use hair testing as an acceptable alternative to urine testing—</text>
<subclause id="H6F53E0CA05CE403EA9A9765FA091590E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in conducting preemployment testing for the use of a controlled substance; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE55DF66D58534C159809B9069C4E76E8">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in conducting random testing for the use of a controlled substance if the operator was subject to hair testing for preemployment testing.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B779DDC03B041DEB794839DA6557E2C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C46FB6309CD48C9826D048F2F2B0594">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8268D09D1C245178D4A7ADDAE01F018">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB38BD66BB84F4F92BFC4DA0EDCE4635E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D8F29138AE94631BB35E42B8A506027" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H484CBD62F643414084F376FEAF95992E" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide an exemption from hair testing for commercial motor vehicle operators with established religious beliefs that prohibit the cutting or removal of hair.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FE3573080304014986D93B6A0CA3733">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36D53972089546AC922806AD79F943FD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>for urine testing, and technical guidelines for hair testing,</quote> before <quote>including mandatory guidelines</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22587E5B85B7420A8143236B72F82A45">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB59BD448B3CA425DA2DDDCACEA3CCA83">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19AB1A6470B947549710F592F67FFC7E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D7DC0F4E0F04C8095F668C6010C0A0F" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H7551D58B593E4B13A11A65BE6EEB0C56">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laboratory protocols and cut-off levels for hair testing to detect the use of a controlled substance;</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H63DEE3AF713F4C84A318A688FA6D017C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Guidelines</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue scientific and technical guidelines for hair testing as a method of detecting the use of a controlled substance for purposes of section 31306 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H483FEA5EDFAF4AD88834895F9DB3D509">
<enum>5403.</enum>
<header>Medical certification of veterans for commercial driver’s licenses</header>
<subsection id="HABBAB4AC08A742748FB73234A1E22860">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a physician-approved veteran operator, the qualified physician of such operator may, subject to the requirements of subsection (b), perform a medical examination and provide a medical certificate for purposes of compliance with the requirements of section 31149 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE18447E7246A4B18B57F2064880E9968">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text>The certification described under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HC65D843A01EE4EB6A89164BA863792A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>assurances that the physician performing the medical examination meets the requirements of a qualified physician under this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H628B097BCA5545E7900ED420291FD87D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>certification that the physical condition of the operator is adequate to enable such operator to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA597F87F29464A29BD552725F3BB4199">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>National registry of medical examiners</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall develop a process for qualified physicians to perform a medical examination and provide a medical certificate under subsection (a) and include such physicians on the national registry of medical examiners established under section 31149(d) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCA2D8D932CB2463AB9FD4A0AA58C7948">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H5924DC9F308B4A68973FDF839340AF81">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Physician-approved veteran operator</header>
<text>The term <term>physician-approved veteran operator</term> means an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11BF6F6419264014B06FD5378690C1C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a veteran who is enrolled in the health care system established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD070C9D57F1A421BB0A16F6798B0E8C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is required to have a current valid medical certificate pursuant to section 31149 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7796E052792648DFB68A352C387B5994">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Qualified physician</header>
<text>The term <term>qualified physician</term> means a physician who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AA8DAB6280241BCA84196818CFFA372">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed in the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0E6E41A5B2743318FDC451DFB676BB9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is familiar with the standards for, and physical requirements of, an operator certified pursuant to section 31149 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13C62A092722491AB24885EB18A127F1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has never, with respect to such section, been found to have acted fraudulently, including by fraudulently awarding a medical certificate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H541663B2586C4B2791C13DB45C46A191">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Veteran</header>
<text>The term <term>veteran</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAE6080CB55D441BB9E50080EEB074FD9">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Statutory construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to change any statutory penalty associated with fraud or abuse.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA4DCE33E7B03427E9984ED3646E7AAFB">
<enum>5404.</enum>
<header>Commercial driver pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H53081A0F9E9045B7B6FA17CAA15502EE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program under section 31315(c) of title 49, United States Code, to study the feasibility, benefits, and safety impacts of allowing a covered driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H703B00873D1E4D01B3FC0D5F28C79176">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Data collection</header>
<text>The Secretary shall collect and analyze data relating to accidents in which—</text>
<paragraph id="H29C32C5F318944C5BE213CB062FF559F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a covered driver participating in the pilot program is involved; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BF517F6133148218D25F46164FACEFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a driver under the age of 21 operating a commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce is involved.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3CC79A26DB454C3E972F6EA4D0929673">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<text>A driver participating in the pilot program may not—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3C7ABB8C251463BA563C16710CF9DA5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>transport—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C9B12336A3D497C9CE958DC432CC56B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>passengers; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0B614BD1B42474F98C22F6EB8AE6A20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>hazardous cargo; or</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H876A6C30700F4999BDBC3CCE6E5D9528">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>operate a vehicle in special configuration.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9D131CCA082144CB8B01A3D5C3A5F203">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Working group</header>
<paragraph id="H096259BF0C794BF2A8DE10B9531EA51C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct, monitor, and evaluate the pilot program in consultation with a working group to be established by the Secretary consisting of representatives of the armed forces, industry, drivers, safety advocacy organizations, and State licensing and enforcement officials.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB17AE8A6FA344C6BF3A2E6F585940E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The working group shall review the data collected under subsection (b) and provide recommendations to the Secretary on the feasibility, benefits, and safety impacts of allowing a covered driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0EE39829535644A0875CCFFCD6D73E2D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the pilot program is concluded, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the findings of the pilot program and the recommendations of the working group.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFDC8869380944A55B39DE28FC2BCC150">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H129F278B8FA049738A4E680132BF117C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Accident</header>
<text>The term <term>accident</term> has the meaning given that term in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EDB32E75F104300B4BAC76438070077">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Armed forces</header>
<text>The term <term>armed forces</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06EED223F7A74B179E42026AFCF52D46">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Commercial motor vehicle</header>
<text>The term <term>commercial motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given that term in section 31301 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC93C1ACC5329486BA395AA5B76ED5EEE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Covered driver</header>
<text>The term <term>covered driver</term> means an individual who is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05A0A890CAF54EF0934DB495A6737845">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>between the ages of 18 and 21;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7164C5F3F4CA43B7B0385E895C7E77ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a member or former member of the—</text>
<clause id="H9C82D3C18D904223B68CE3CE3C27CDE1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>armed forces; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H271ADA0DE5944CFC95152C621F6C874E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>reserve components (as defined in section 31305(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3C81C1333F94C7CBF25F3B9DDABCF9A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>qualified in a Military Occupational Specialty to operate a commercial motor vehicle or similar vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HBD4E7DF188E14B56BD9740EACDF420C1">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H476DF5DB1C1B4927898B2B0543F6A5A8">
<enum>5501.</enum>
<header>Delays in goods movement</header>
<subsection id="H401DC052D14C4E46975844D28058E403">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H23A32DC4C9F54F588F1198FCE6AF452C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the average length of time that operators of commercial motor vehicles are delayed before the loading and unloading of such vehicles and at other points in the pick-up and delivery process.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE22CAC8A627548F2A2D6096FDA5FBA8B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H466B3AB2D5F9442289BFDF8D159432F7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an assessment of how delays impact—</text>
<clause id="H801CE3C294894E5CBD370AF49D02C428">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the economy;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H998CC2B4F9BA4CABA7BED43908DA28A9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the efficiency of the transportation system;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H10DDE02471BF4F09857C34EE31DB6EC2">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>motor carrier safety, including the extent to which delays result in violations of motor carrier safety regulations; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3B8165891B8E46D2882BD7AB0A88C44C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the livelihood of motor carrier drivers; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40D4E270A80940B1BF33C97C947B7D8C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>recommendations on how delays could be mitigated.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB9F2191CA6534AA3BB9D881D4A467F97">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Collection of data</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish by regulation a process to collect data on delays experienced by operators of commercial motor vehicles before the loading and unloading of such vehicles and at other points in the pick-up and delivery process.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFF29488B283744879F26436A29ED28A7">
<enum>5502.</enum>
<header>Emergency route working group</header>
<subsection id="H02DF48B782AC468B8096226AE91FEC29">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H3F7FC6CCD4B244A5B35CE5041C030F21">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working group to determine best practices for expeditious State approval of special permits for vehicles involved in emergency response and recovery.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBB81B7021554AE6887253C9FA3C3EF9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Members</header>
<text>The working group shall include representatives from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C40572DA2534202990FCF4C2C63F46D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>State highway transportation departments or agencies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDAE384F901F437C88B6F5E5E8AB6883">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>relevant modal agencies within the Department;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59FBD5D749DA4C9D930919E1E6EDAFA7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>emergency response or recovery experts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D320F3301A84F56BFF1F8A64BC5D0A4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>relevant safety groups; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEBA983D34214D7C90F14BB985A23EA2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>entities affected by special permit restrictions during emergency response and recovery efforts.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0632799B51A044CF809B944953838BDD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In determining best practices under subsection (a), the working group shall consider whether—</text>
<paragraph id="H5CFB1CBD54E04C3FB65BFB2690779371">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>impediments currently exist that prevent expeditious State approval of special permits for vehicles involved in emergency response and recovery;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E58FC5C74A44FF68361EA6B0AD187E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>it is possible to pre-identify and establish emergency routes between States through which infrastructure repair materials could be delivered following a natural disaster or emergency;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H731DB673BC1D478CBC4D5F4B74C9D9C1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a State could pre-designate an emergency route identified under paragraph (2) as a certified emergency route if a motor vehicle that exceeds the otherwise applicable Federal and State truck length or width limits may safely operate along such route during periods of declared emergency and recovery from such periods; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF260994C3CB24431AC8B19BA721A65F7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>an online map could be created to identify each pre-designated emergency route under paragraph (3), including information on specific limitations, obligations, and notification requirements along that route.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H12EFF98597F247438C1AAC12B0ACF4B5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HEA60C0303E2141939F8EFFC74C735137">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header> Submission</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to the Secretary a report on its findings under this section and any recommendations for the implementation of best practices for expeditious State approval of special permits for vehicles involved in emergency response and recovery.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6296E83529844D93885C7A164F90D3A6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date the Secretary receives the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish the report on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H044AC0C762DA4957B999EB53A28D9187">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date the Secretary receives the report under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the actions the Secretary and the States have taken to implement the recommendations included in the report.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9C702AD1C2264E3AAE60CC062FFFD3E9">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall terminate 1 year after the date the Secretary receives the report under subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1030B5D0458D41578E8B61D0E8F5095A">
<enum>5503.</enum>
<header>Household goods consumer protection working group</header>
<subsection id="H39760FE23D4D4898AA45807B0AEF2F71">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Working group</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a working group for the purpose of developing recommendations on how to best convey to consumers relevant information with respect to the Federal laws concerning the interstate transportation of household goods by motor carrier.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H998CD39671084044AE23DA9F3CC02A81">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the working group is comprised of individuals with expertise in consumer affairs, educators with expertise in how people learn most effectively, and representatives of the household goods moving industry.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDE435A3B06A0406CA5DE8944AA06B833">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H4AB06706F3844383B7D22911FDB59A53">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The recommendations developed by the working group shall include recommendations on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H168848D3C9554777BA12AE9EE2964B0B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>condensing publication ESA 03005 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration into a format that is more easily used by consumers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4507A2D585745F0A59CD20A76931217">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>using state-of-the-art education techniques and technologies, including optimizing the use of the Internet as an educational tool; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BC39EDA616E4653A5643A0ECC663E76">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>reducing and simplifying the paperwork required of motor carriers and shippers in interstate transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2CA7DB639EB40838C13CDC31E217145">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31056326D4ED414780311AA77501DA68">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the working group shall make the recommendations described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14B494224DCB4D2D9D5A424E7E9A8ACE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary shall publish the recommendations on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H921DB7542888464F9642928E7FA848FB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the working group makes its recommendations under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall issue a report to Congress on the implementation of such recommendations.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H15E1A7AD7B9148E1BFBEAD859B3A5970">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group shall terminate 1 year after the date the working group makes its recommendations under subsection (c)(2).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA42526898B1348E7B582F7DF5B9D048F">
<enum>5504.</enum>
<header>Technology improvements</header>
<subsection id="H441C4FA82199451693DB931911D4833D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of the information technology and data collection and management systems of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB11782F5ABD0408393DFC90F080E8D05">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The study conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0DD444366A574531AF514D6AE1F5BF07">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the efficacy of the existing information technology, data collection, processing systems, data correction procedures, and data management systems and programs, including their interaction with each other and their efficacy in meeting user needs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB4F6801C149480DBB9FAFDAAC05F9C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identify any redundancies among the systems, procedures, and programs described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FEC3C1C44964E0BAD35E0DCAE2C4762">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>explore the feasibility of consolidating data collection and processing systems;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37FFEAA854E04671954A6786773C4B62">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the ability of the systems, procedures, and programs described in paragraph (1) to meet the needs of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H490B6EE3E4AF411F90200EC9E1F92919">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, at both the headquarters and State levels;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5FE70B110904F55AAFE556777C5637F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the State agencies that implement the motor carrier safety assistance program under section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB92D13B626114D9CAAC38753D97B0AC0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other users;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6019BADDFBF64B52B00731E31433D29A">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the adaptability of the systems, procedures, and programs described in paragraph (1), in order to make necessary future changes to ensure user needs are met in an easier, timely, and more cost-efficient manner;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE99BB9C79040403DACEAFCDDE3DF2CBC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>investigate and make recommendations regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="H857FFCF6A07D4A69ACCFB0C7846547BC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>deficiencies in existing data sets impacting program effectiveness; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A449778CDCB4EA3BE573CB2ACDA8104">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>methods to improve user interfaces; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CA1541D7DCB4BF6882CE0A1B833D7F4">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>identify the appropriate role the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should take with respect to software and information systems design, development, and maintenance for the purpose of improving the efficacy of the systems, procedures, and programs described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H48DFC2318268431A881100DF398D00D9">
<enum>5505.</enum>
<header>Notification regarding motor carrier registration</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate written notification of the actions the Secretary is taking to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that each application for registration under section 13902 of title 49, United States Code, is processed not later than 30 days after the date on which the application is received by the Secretary.</text>
</section>
<section id="HDD8670E282A946219FA5123CE6E9733B">
<enum>5506.</enum>
<header>Report on commercial driver’s license skills test delays</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB885889D3D164F07A72BFB0B9E8C457A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>describes, for each State, the status of skills testing for applicants for a commercial driver’s license, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65549D0A642B448E803F68496A789AC8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the average wait time from the date an applicant requests to take a skills test to the date the applicant has the opportunity to complete such test;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36EEF2310CC34BFF85FB68331B9070B3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the average wait time from the date an applicant, upon failure of a skills test, requests a retest to the date the applicant has the opportunity to complete such retest;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79E477AFE3C74FA6955EE161883135BD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the actual number of qualified commercial driver’s license examiners available to test applicants; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA64B2740909A44FE871505E927753838">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the number of testing sites available through the State department of motor vehicles and whether this number has increased or decreased from the previous year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C5EA788885544069BCF93BA7E2C0072">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>describes specific steps that the Administrator is taking to address skills testing delays in States that have average skills test or retest wait times of more than 7 days from the date an applicant requests to test or retest to the date the applicant has the opportunity to complete such test or retest.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9F8B57F2C1AE4AF6940CA7DAB12AA769">
<enum>5507.</enum>
<header>Electronic logging device requirements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31137(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0DBEEDE785C4B0A849C06FF3228F273">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(C) by striking <quote>apply to</quote> and inserting <quote>except as provided in paragraph (3), apply to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD95C600C0C8B466DAEAE5EA8C70877BB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HBB518C30B9CF44BEBB21B95987F36DF9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H213B2F7C384F46129150374AC69D385E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motor carrier, when transporting a motor home or recreation vehicle trailer within the definition of the term <term>driveaway-towaway operation</term> (as defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations), may comply with the hours of service requirements by requiring each driver to use—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4997F30241894E3694CB49DAF57BD58A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a paper record of duty status form; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H440B79BBDF5F488885967E9390274C87">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an electronic logging device.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H8C28BC2498AF4826A039311304F23EE0">
<enum>5508.</enum>
<header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="H1555B5C3D032409FA1B9D7365523CC08">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 49</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 49, United States Code, is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H30F03C9F3B164379843BD7379D6F776B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13902(i)(2) is amended by inserting <quote>except as</quote> before <quote>described</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D0F9D30197341729E70737B1F728A73">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13903(d) is amended by striking <quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Registration as Motor Carrier Required.—</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>A freight forwarder</quote> and inserting <quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Registration as Motor Carrier Required.—</header-in-text>A freight forwarder</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2A2BCF20F214415DB2E98D58252F5D58">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 13905(d)(2)(D) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H39AF696ADCB54E0D8F830DA2DA308155">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the Secretary finds <linebreak />that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(i) the motor carrier,</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary finds that the motor carrier,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6CCD7E19F1964290BD4F6AA86EBBD1EC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding a period at the end.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B06797D64594A01A7A0B51EE591CFA0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 14901(h) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Household Goods</header-in-text></quote> in the heading.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AFDB85DFBAD48CCAEC78DE0AB2489E5">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 14916 is amended by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H563832F01D8A4A418656F4CEDC46A1EF" style="USC">
<section id="HAF4F51FA81F34E2F8A61757E9E24A1DB">
<enum>14916.</enum>
<header> Unlawful brokerage activities</header>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA082C4E0B460458AB88FC7C9F9A50860">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>MAP–21</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective as of July 6, 2012, and as if included therein as enacted, MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A4A082CF21E43E99461E257DC4E78C5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 32108(a)(4) (126 Stat. 782) is amended by inserting <quote>for</quote> before <quote>each additional day</quote> in the matter proposed to be struck.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A33E3C4445A4A04A7FCF68E2A1C3F3C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 32301(b)(3) (126 Stat. 786) is amended by striking <quote>by amending (a) to read as follows:</quote> and inserting <quote>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68CE38D4D9AD402CA393F1C8E5738F86">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 32302(c)(2)(B) (126 Stat. 789) is amended by striking <quote>section 32303(c)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 32302(c)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEA1FB6AAC8641ED9DD322EE724835AC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 32921(b) (126 Stat. 828) is amended, in the matter to be inserted, by striking <quote>(A) In addition</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8126C7E709A4443A805902A3ECF1BAAC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4E91882861E84EB0AFCB08669807D862">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82EA667544F74408B003263FFE0BE17C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 32931(c) (126 Stat. 829) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69B5FE35D9D948158D7A3E9643E07EE9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> in the matter to be struck; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAA978C559C64C78A0E201894394D8DD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> in the matter to be inserted.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H334A44C3BD5843ED848B001A83BD3B31">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999</header>
<text>Section 229(a)(1) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended by inserting <quote>of title 49, United States Code,</quote> after <quote>sections 31136 and 31502</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD1B6EC1005C145318FAF87FB0180E1EA" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5509.</enum>
<header>Minimum financial responsibility</header>
<subsection id="HAB74A1E10B4A41B89C23498FC337A77C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Transporting property</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary proceeds with a rulemaking to determine whether to increase the minimum levels of financial responsibility required under section 31139 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall consider, prior to issuing a final rule—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C44A6C5B9EA4F1EA53B4BF81395B60A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the rulemaking’s potential impact on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H968782E16F5F427F8ECF97A3A6FD3A15">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the safety of motor vehicle transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BBC8F9A5EB546D1905F0716468723DB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the motor carrier industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88B69A3D9E6149D6B78D3C18196B2E86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the ability of the insurance industry to provide the required amount of insurance;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA89528D21BB412A9D4A27E3B564A899">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which current minimum levels of financial responsibility adequately cover—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE27B3D225304F30AB05BABE13CD0B40">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>medical care;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC86DA6D1E82A439286B3B92AF762A3B0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>compensation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3337263E808F452F878E7BA4A72044C7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other identifiable costs;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FC2510A57DC4CCB95C2E7DEA799EF59">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the frequency with which insurance claims exceed current minimum levels of financial responsibility in fatal accidents; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDAF2899928A446EBBC7CE70897F84567">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the impact of increased levels on motor carrier safety and accident reduction.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB06E3EFD328343BB877D699D28A4B9E4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transporting passengers</header>
<paragraph id="H1C49135951964B50AB3AF832E50E972E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Prior to initiating a rulemaking to change the minimum levels of financial responsibility under section 31138 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall complete a study specific to the minimum financial responsibility requirements for motor carriers of passengers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C2C0CD3A6E24CA9B420E026A8F4C975">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Study contents</header>
<text>A study under paragraph (1) shall include, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H795694E16FB74600A75E473AC5AEB037">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a review of accidents, injuries, and fatalities in the over-the-road bus and school bus industries;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09410784F9584A06ACA46E23926451D4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a review of insurance held by over-the-road bus and public and private school bus companies, including companies of various sizes, and an analysis of whether such insurance is adequate to cover claims;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H833ED9F44E264484AB9FFE05D780C62E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an analysis of whether and how insurance affects the behavior and safety record of motor carriers of passengers, including with respect to crash reduction; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1FA15086568459889FB6E98C0264053">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>an analysis of the anticipated impacts of an increase in financial responsibility on insurance premiums for passenger carriers and service availability.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3307759C94244098CB0970C1D150F01">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In conducting a study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F727F4932EA4B39B824AA081C0BE94F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>representatives of the over-the-road bus and private school bus transportation industries, including representatives of bus drivers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC75D0EF653DB410B82FC656E7271E0E9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>insurers of motor carriers of passengers.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2039A14A8C84AC2905FB02AC6712254">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>If the Secretary undertakes a study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HEDE5F216FAB5451E86CC3DA569B409F9">
<enum>5510.</enum>
<header>Safety study regarding double-decker motorcoaches</header>
<subsection id="HD977FBF7DACF4B07BACC53451DAFAD40">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with State transportation safety and law enforcement officials, shall conduct a study regarding the safety operations, fire suppression capability, tire loads, and pavement impacts of operating a double-decker motorcoach equipped with a device designed by the motorcoach manufacturer to attach to the rear of the motorcoach for use in transporting passenger baggage.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H75D47EEB523B4480B0B7D02F34D9D288">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report containing the results of the study to—</text>
<paragraph id="H92B92874A7F740888EA59B7446B28D5A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC160E20EE70D433CA44013371FE7C588">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC8A012637BB8489CAC2B959ABD2AA98C">
<enum>5511.</enum>
<header>GAO review of school bus safety</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a review of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFA7A8E8CBF35485D963C008BDC98D7AC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Existing Federal and State rules and guidance, as of the date of the review, concerning school bus transportation of elementary school and secondary school students engaging in home-to-school transport or other transport determined by the Comptroller General to be a routine part of kindergarten through grade 12 education, including regulations and guidance regarding driver training programs, capacity requirements, programs for special needs students, inspection standards, vehicle age requirements, best practices, and public access to inspection results and crash records.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB98AFA5254F24AD38358F32CEE1EE370">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Any correlation between public or private school bus fleet operators whose vehicles are involved in an accident as defined by section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF990C1E581B44D1A9E0BECD1EB9F8497">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A failure by those same operators of State or local safety inspections.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC1F3A683C7B4051B33710C30A316742">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The average age or odometer readings of the school buses in the fleets of such operators.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA8D10D3FF9247BAB1F4E30EF4DC5241">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Violations of Federal laws administered by the Department of Transportation, or of State law equivalents of such laws.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9390B2C60C414EFFB9BAC857FC1497D5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Violations of State or local law relating to illegal passing of a school bus.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA501A69259542D090686328B6CDCBD4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>A regulatory framework comparison of public and private school bus operations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB9AC75088304DDA873AC2872CD42619">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Expert recommendations on best practices for safe and reliable school bus transportation, including driver training programs, inspection standards, school bus age and odometer reading maximums for retirement, the percentage of buses in a local bus fleet needed as spare buses, and capacity levels per school bus for different age groups.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H07F815CF985D47BDA392FF9AD81B16FF">
<enum>5512.</enum>
<header>Access to National Driver Register</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30305(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3314CCAB517548C49518702946C79D66" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H96C60A1695D8437A928F97D016D234FB">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may request the chief driver licensing official of a State to provide information under subsection (a) of this section about an individual in connection with a safety investigation under the Administrator’s jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HACB46AD83271418A86D5E86099581970">
<enum>5513.</enum>
<header>Report on design and implementation of wireless roadside inspection systems</header>
<subsection id="HBDAE9E622FA64E4D9BAD4F08A8E98D60">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report regarding the design, development, testing, and implementation of wireless roadside inspection systems.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDBBB4A1F10AF4B97943C414A97A423BA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Elements</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include a determination as to whether Federal wireless roadside inspection systems—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A57DF8527CB4CF49814841DDC47C318">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>conflict with existing electronic screening systems, or create capabilities already available;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB27B0F7EE2F04C1B96B5C4350F02EB25">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>require additional statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection data into the safety measurement system or the safety fitness determinations program; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCA39F4D37FF4DA5BB71073847FDCCA2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>provide appropriate restrictions to specifically address privacy concerns of affected motor carriers and operators.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6F32DA5B984D41DDB28012B0222798AA">
<enum>5514.</enum>
<header>Regulation of tow truck operations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14501(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the price of</quote> and all that follows through <quote>transportation is</quote> and inserting <quote>the regulation of tow truck operations</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H71D0FC6C8C334D7680F25B20D66B86EA">
<enum>5515.</enum>
<header>Study on commercial motor vehicle driver commuting</header>
<subsection id="H7A08415631584FA493A0D2EEB65CE290">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Effects of commuting</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall conduct a study on the safety effects of motor carrier operator commutes exceeding 150 minutes.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC05AA0B1912640F9ADFC2474B592CE13">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report containing the findings under the study.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF83CC0EE81A4410092F7CA5642BA6A07">
<enum>5516.</enum>
<header>Additional State authority</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, South Dakota shall be provided the opportunity to update and revise the routes designated as qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways under section 31111(e) of title 49, United States Code, as long as the update shifts routes to divided highways or does not increase centerline miles by more than 5 percent and is expected to increase safety performance.</text>
</section>
<section id="H251237603AC84F208DC0213712DEFCDE">
<enum>5517.</enum>
<header>Report on motor carrier financial responsibility</header>
<subsection id="H3B418AE2567C44A28536BD55DC7E92B7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2017, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department a report on the minimum levels of financial responsibility required under section 31139 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAC296174A41B42F79E13E43723A6EC0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include, to the extent practicable, an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA6352BC55484A628B5D1827F5F62438">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the differences between State insurance requirements and Federal requirements;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3980CF516EF94F19B45B156813046D8F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the extent to which current minimum levels of financial responsibility adequately cover—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB4C451C43F46471BAD20F927A8B67BAD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>medical care;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0ADB28DDA2F45BD9119FA9989DDBA52">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>compensation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H122DE7DA1FB64FBAA16C03312B845CB5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other identifiable costs; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04EB4011038E4DBB8B4A43E8D0EB387E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the frequency with which insurance claims exceed the current minimum levels of financial responsibility.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H47319048964A412089CED6EE9DB0AD8D">
<enum>5518.</enum>
<header>Covered farm vehicles</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32934(b)(1) of MAP–21 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended by striking <quote>from</quote> and all that follows through the period at end and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB8B52F071BA442AF887C257ACFD03AC5" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from— </text>
<subparagraph id="HBA20FAF897B74E49BD701A80B82643F0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a requirement described in subsection (a) or a compatible State requirement; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90EA701DC1034AD1A0F12AAD469076B7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any other minimum standard provided by a State relating to the operation of that vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HDCEA916B0F744AF48D52A91969021A02">
<enum>5519.</enum>
<header>Operators of hi-rail vehicles</header>
<subsection id="HF7C355689E4C4975B01A90716A988B4C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In the case of a commercial motor vehicle driver subject to the hours of service requirements in part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, who is driving a hi-rail vehicle, the maximum on duty time under section 395.3 of such title for such driver shall not include time in transportation to or from a duty assignment if such time in transportation—</text>
<paragraph id="HDEEB184745CC443984FA9B978D6E8247">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>does not exceed 2 hours per calendar day or a total of 30 hours per calendar month; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E2276F9AAE2457F8B70EE02A3592105">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is fully and accurately accounted for in records to be maintained by the motor carrier and such records are made available upon request of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the Federal Railroad Administration.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDF18D3D5F071419B8BE2CBB62728A324">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Hi-Rail vehicle defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>hi-rail vehicle</term> means an internal rail flaw detection vehicle equipped with flange hi-rails.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H530405350609446B89C69A9DBBDFCE60">
<enum>5520.</enum>
<header>Automobile transporter</header>
<subsection id="H19E18DE887314CA0B0A417433B7D0B72">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Automobile transporter defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31111(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF566829C74B94B989B34C45CDBB61DF7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>specifically</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B013B1A7F924E0E8C98AAB36E017620">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>An automobile transporter shall not be prohibited from the transport of cargo or general freight on a backhaul, so long as it complies with weight limitations for a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBC6E17DDB74948FDB45EF0E6AE2D652D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Truck tractor defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31111(a)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE48D5D29B92546A7A0F01D0F2FEC41A2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>only</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1846CA9D416A430392615FB242D333A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or any other commodity, including cargo or general freight on a backhaul</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H561A8E02CF4C4E49A751DB5181ADDC52">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Backhaul defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31111(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H824B0CDA824948AEBFCEE62F83A6FDB9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HCF333F01F6B5421A8B03A5CFE16DD79C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Backhaul</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>backhaul</term> means the return trip of a vehicle transporting cargo or general freight, especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H09572A02A15443A4AB273289393163DA">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Stinger-Steered Automobile Transporters</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 31111(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H54A683D8CB68459AB85C47040F188324">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C2BB09D378D4CBDA69E049609AC0B5E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7C591CEBF5A48EC839A619502B9F952">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H30AF28CD83F44D209B900CC8F500CB47" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="HB2B8A9502AA2411E83AB4A9E98C7350E" indent="up1">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a stinger-steered automobile transporter with a front overhang of less than 4 feet and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC4C6505BF325484F812C5CAA1AB898F9">
<enum>5521.</enum>
<header>Ready mix concrete delivery vehicles</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC96607B1BD2E4C3EB960134CFB3716E8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HC09B89C9E48041F8B76C469BE6B578E5">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Ready mixed concrete delivery vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="HA550A0FEFCE44F7988574A2C4F3D6375">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations issued under this section or section 31136 (including section 395.1(e)(1)(ii) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) regarding reporting, recordkeeping, or documentation of duty status shall not apply to any driver of a ready mixed concrete delivery vehicle if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A6FEC49F5FB4D40B020A566F6D7948F">
<enum>(A) </enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the driver operates within a 100 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DB09B7232D943C085498B85A76D0FF8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the driver returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 14 consecutive hours; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4CC36E4D5414ABDAD099DBF4D6BF4D3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the driver has at least 10 consecutive hours off duty following each 14 hours on duty; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD9161E0B9814D6CB6A363AFE7D94260">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the driver does not exceed 11 hours maximum driving time following 10 consecutive hours off duty; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC86C0E6613E3459280E471EAEA65E63A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true time records that show— </text>
<clause id="H56E57D4EB9674BEC90F4FA0863010F50">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the time the driver reports for duty each day;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA1CEA005975D4DBBACB81C8E1A3CE4FE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the total number of hours the driver is on duty each day;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBBC96BD6B3EC4DE0AB350FE1E7A98E2D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the time the driver is released from duty each day; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6BD9488EB1F548EDA640535CF59778A8">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the total time for the preceding driving week the driver is used for the first time or intermittently. </text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3A9B3EE48CC44CC918DE8939213F739">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>driver of a ready mixed concrete delivery vehicle</term> means a driver of a vehicle designed to deliver ready mixed concrete on a daily basis and is equipped with a mechanism under which the vehicle’s propulsion engine provides the power to operate a mixer drum to agitate and mix the product en route to the delivery site. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF28C4DACFD904C43AA1B5EE0A65B6311">
<enum>5522.</enum>
<header>Transportation of construction materials and equipment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 229(e)(4) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAFA40FD1AE6D400D86F9713F8F33AD91">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>50 air mile radius</quote> and inserting <quote>75 air mile radius</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74C907F2A3DD4BAEAA7218A5B33ABBD8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the driver.</quote> and inserting <quote>the driver, except that a State, upon notice to the Secretary, may establish a different air mile radius limitation for purposes of this paragraph if such limitation is between 50 and 75 air miles and applies only to movements that take place entirely within the State.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H76E780E8A9D54B109F77658D87B8AB69">
<enum>5523.</enum>
<header>Commercial delivery of light- and medium-duty trailers</header>
<subsection id="H1D223A2CA6164F409CF68CECD9D5768D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>Section 31111(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H64C98FD1B6B142999B2DA09285CE9B9F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD2850C348B024337827BE71FE193EE2A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Trailer transporter towing unit</header>
<text>The term <term>trailer transporter towing unit</term> means a power unit that is not used to carry property when operating in a towaway trailer transporter combination. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65E98C17098E456D81C01DAFE2E5F810">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Towaway trailer transporter combination</header>
<text>The term <term>towaway trailer transporter combination</term> means a combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and 2 trailers or semitrailers— </text>
<subparagraph id="H4B8B1E6B731F479EB4A88122C01D18BC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>with a total weight that does not exceed 26,000 pounds; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A0F37AA070C4767B467366DFFD21E2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in which the trailers or semitrailers carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6A2AE968DCA84EF59E562C9686E3BFC4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>General limitations</header>
<text>Section 31111(b)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block id="H76D53DBEA2284049BE86CBDB5FCDF26E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCC91FED4EDC64105819BFE08AC242014" indent="up1">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>has the effect of imposing an overall length limitation of less than 82 feet on a towaway trailer transporter combination.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7AAFEE46AA314815A5EA7E678962CE67">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming Amendments</header>
<text />
<paragraph id="H77A3651A7A2346CA85E203A5A29559AD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Property-carrying unit limitation</header>
<text>Section 31112(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, but not including a trailer or a semitrailer transported as part of a towaway trailer transporter combination (as defined in section 31111(a))</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36ECAF5BA00148558CCFD52CD8A9520B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Access to Interstate System</header>
<text>Section 31114(a)(2) of such title is amended by inserting <quote>any towaway trailer transporter combination (as defined in section 31111(a)),</quote> after <quote>passengers,</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5FD603D9908841FCA533531CFBFF85D8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5524.</enum>
<header>Exemptions from requirements for certain welding trucks used in pipeline industry</header>
<subsection id="HF64FA772044C4DA2976D6BFCA6ACBDC3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Covered motor vehicle defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>covered motor vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5704A3542FE465982B63503766CFF13">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>is traveling in the State in which the vehicle is registered or another State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2954AA41CEED457D9233DD489977CF46">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is owned by a welder;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC71CDC5F907C4F568E4ADCE58FD5145E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>is a pick-up style truck;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B30F1D5DAC348289F26A56DF3654ECC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>is equipped with a welding rig that is used in the construction or maintenance of pipelines; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF375E429355E4C6EA774766EA37D6351">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>has a gross vehicle weight and combination weight rating and weight of 15,000 pounds or less.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H967A2ED5749B4C75B5F4E22DF97C654F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Federal requirements</header>
<text>A covered motor vehicle, including the individual operating such vehicle and the employer of such individual, shall be exempt from the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H83F85A36FD1A42E6BEFA7B6943E799E8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Any requirement relating to registration as a motor carrier, including the requirement to obtain and display a Department of Transportation number, established under chapters 139 and 311 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF3580D89BD941C3BC28B707AAE72A6E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Any requirement relating to driver qualifications established under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99AAD3A236F741D29B23972658A53435">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Any requirement relating to driving of commercial motor vehicles established under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H435127132CE0462290EF175E0EC10137">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Any requirement relating to parts and accessories and inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor vehicles established under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H929B81C0DA154CB6BAE88E477C223E2E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Any requirement relating to hours of service of drivers, including maximum driving and on duty time, established under chapter 315 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA21265A1D010450B9515CE68814D0E63">
<enum>5525.</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<subsection id="H41130C8012544FF2A5AA058436898F1F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the safety and enforcement impacts of sections 5520, 5521, 5522, 5523, 5524, and 7208 of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2C089FE4870743F7999DE935D09A1E04">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In preparing the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with States, State law enforcement agencies, entities impacted by the sections described in subsection (a), and other entities the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>VI</enum>
<header>Innovation</header>
<section id="H7ED22E0B94F74449A81B8DE90D399498">
<enum>6001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Transportation for Tomorrow Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H77A7E04A0F894406BDE6CD6A625726E7">
<enum>6002.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H536502B263A5481E91ED0B767A064893">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):</text>
<paragraph id="HC1EB849D16E24CD3AC46FFCBF4B4654B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Highway research and development program</header>
<text>To carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, $125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21D5D2D24CEC402E97D889ED92261A40">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Technology and innovation deployment program</header>
<text>To carry out section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD794EE01100B458DB79BF217ACE9613B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$67,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F890CD76A9B46EB9C55D566F57DB0BF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$67,500,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11C0CBA4613A4C038427B49902E4F5F3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$67,500,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7392A611A0984150B688C7269074B5EA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$67,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD47B125ECF1548C99A1E380ECFE8AA9D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$67,500,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H50C3972498F1442D945A132CD63D7803">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Training and education</header>
<text>To carry out section 504 of title 23, United States Code, $24,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FB1D8434A3942ADB45365E61F99035F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation systems program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out sections 512 through 518 of title 23, United States Code, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE974158CC2564BAA9A56F1E33F82BCDA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>University transportation centers program</header>
<text>To carry out section 5505 of title 49, United States Code—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA14A170583B9414F81ADB57F075006AB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$72,500,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3F35C9D05E448BEA0BD6471FB916005">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92D109BFF6664BC2B2105BAB4F51208E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD0EF463981348C6B20E70C4FA45766B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$77,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C3BFA8BD57D45F393687A115F3552E7">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$77,500,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA68408E4826C4066A93FF9C42CCEE6AA">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Bureau of transportation statistics</header>
<text>To carry out chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0573474EC374481BAF9CD62076FFB51B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<text>The Federal Highway Administration shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF0C767B569C4AA98B669D1DF2E6C2F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>administer the programs described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8DFDB991257412BA51FC51A604AA24A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in consultation with relevant modal administrations, administer the programs described in subsection (a)(4).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC1DCBC62410C4F298A8EA063CBEB8EE8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Applicability of title 23, United States Code</header>
<text>Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9740EABF4A9445881629D812D20E7D2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be available for obligation in the same manner as if those funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out using those funds shall be 80 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act (including the amendments by this Act) or otherwise determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H912646D97A6849FEAA502F7686164877">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>remain available until expended and not be transferable, except as otherwise provided in this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HE0F24F1AF0124E318B45ECE86188137A" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>6003.</enum>
<header>Technology and innovation deployment program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(c)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H04064C59A0824B6E9262DB64D840E232">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>2013 through 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2016 through 2020</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBF5FD50D606C42449934FF42A462BB94">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F177CEDCB304CDEA48D9C825B00D76E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEBE2AD5F87E24F5EB2C0167FE029939B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H9499019CCB0A425D9812CE73FE3A4F20">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary shall issue and make available to the public on an Internet website a report on the cost and benefits from deployment of new technology and innovations that substantially and directly resulted from the program established under this paragraph.</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H2FE16492DF634022BCA51F9E4C7240D7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The report under clause (i) may include an analysis of—</text>
<subclause id="H95CB7A3D8CB34C55AE1A4A9DA364D993">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local cost savings;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7F324979FDF04D838F069BB09D37AA86">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>project delivery time improvements;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H04CF9B468DA74533AF22D75F4001363B">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>reduced fatalities; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9E2C187B5ABB45B2B2CB9ED9B3614B25">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>congestion impacts.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H468F5B88532A48488E4FD9A70B8BEA24" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>6004.</enum>
<header>Advanced transportation and congestion management technologies deployment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB03D01F3F9C14AE68EF6DAE4B00C2734" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HF53B795BB185464188EEB4E9C6C115F2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Advanced transportation technologies deployment</header>
<subparagraph id="HE1B07E6C9D8448EE86949563D42152FD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish an advanced transportation and congestion management technologies deployment initiative to provide grants to eligible entities to develop model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on investment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EAA16AC96184E2FB372DE5783A52835">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary shall develop criteria for selection of an eligible entity to receive a grant under this paragraph, including how the deployment of technology will—</text>
<clause id="HB5DC6BE54BE54A9B9F6219ECDFA88F51">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>reduce costs and improve return on investments, including through the enhanced use of existing transportation capacity;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3FC72EF801BB42588F2682A25ADEA009">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>deliver environmental benefits that alleviate congestion and streamline traffic flow;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H91FB72231DFA4EE7B38E1ECF83258517">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>measure and improve the operational performance of the applicable transportation network;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H61F5DE1EBDBB48B3959E7B07B90CA4FC">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes and increase driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E5A0B31F8514C5CB484E9AEA6FEECF9">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>collect, disseminate, and use real-time traffic, transit, parking, and other transportation-related information to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and provide for more efficient and accessible transportation;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAEDE1A5B811C47EABC65418F124D52AA">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>monitor transportation assets to improve infrastructure management, reduce maintenance costs, prioritize investment decisions, and ensure a state of good repair;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H59773398D30B4709835B7F7FCBED2799">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>deliver economic benefits by reducing delays, improving system performance, and providing for the efficient and reliable movement of goods and services; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC8A224D616B34C2E87156B8E63965778">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>accelerate the deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, and other technologies.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8378E3AE466C4651A51250C6220789EE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<clause id="HB311AA7762924AC19A1E7A58A165BC78">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Request</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and for every fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall request applications in accordance with clause (ii).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9C63DCCF6EB749B1953D1AAE6553AE2F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>An application submitted under this subparagraph shall include the following:</text>
<subclause id="H98AAAB92F74F465E87243E814C342360">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Plan</header>
<text>A plan to deploy and provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of advanced transportation and congestion management technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and return on investment.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC5D91767D8D0429FAE1DA6E4E4ED61C0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Objectives</header>
<text>Quantifiable system performance improvements, such as—</text>
<item id="H8455AE12FEB44B55B0349768A579B6FA">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>reducing traffic-related crashes, congestion, and costs;</text>
</item>
<item id="HBA3E15EC1CBB4C3D9DBBD61B4A386E8E">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>optimizing system efficiency; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H935DA8376AA845DD82B595007AC18085">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>improving access to transportation services.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7551A6F572BC471B8C4B4F07D9A9B80E">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Results</header>
<text>Quantifiable safety, mobility, and environmental benefit projections such as data-driven estimates of how the project will improve the region’s transportation system efficiency and reduce traffic congestion.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5DC5A3FBC96C436B86DA8BE7D8A9D0FC">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<header>Partnerships</header>
<text>A plan for partnering with the private sector or public agencies, including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research institutions, organizations representing transportation and technology leaders, or other transportation stakeholders.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB6A8C576A01D4CEA83B692E0034FDB04">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<header>Leveraging</header>
<text>A plan to leverage and optimize existing local and regional advanced transportation technology investments.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D4E9C8B02434DDFAEC661B78574956C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Grant selection</header>
<clause id="H0B960024040A4D09947471EE97E95384">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Grant awards</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and for every fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall award grants to not less than 5 and not more than 10 eligible entities.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H37A1122EC81140F480A00FD4432DC62E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Geographic diversity</header>
<text>In awarding a grant under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographic areas of the United States, including urban and rural areas.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDA0BB004DA6549929E4DFD42FCDBAAE8">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Technology diversity</header>
<text>In awarding a grant under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse technology solutions.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92AF7CD2C1834F7D9ACECA80E9007A02">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Use of grant funds</header>
<text>A grant recipient may use funds awarded under this paragraph to deploy advanced transportation and congestion management technologies, including—</text>
<clause id="H334CF458ED9F47E0BFEB2B06632BD36E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>advanced traveler information systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0FA05BCD0BF440D9B72C98CD9ED84809">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>advanced transportation management technologies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H09068CD5D0D2455B9D26C97E2E824CAE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and condition assessment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H410BC0EA1EC042C891BDD1A658D35F33">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>advanced public transportation systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAAACBBED277046DCAD6813F109CED782">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>transportation system performance data collection, analysis, and dissemination systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5D52D370308A4EEDAE98B193C6CBDACF">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>advanced safety systems, including vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies, including systems using cellular technology;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2344317CA5FD45CF8BC2384783648945">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>integration of intelligent transportation systems with the Smart Grid and other energy distribution and charging systems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE1B9753D93F84417B0D69E7666456338">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>electronic pricing and payment systems; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC4EA573D973D49D0B6170B3477D7C3BA">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>advanced mobility and access technologies, such as dynamic ridesharing and information systems to support human services for elderly and disabled individuals.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H147917FC42234F47B4170E4E00F44F07">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Report to Secretary</header>
<text>For each eligible entity that receives a grant under this paragraph, not later than 1 year after the entity receives the grant, and each year thereafter, the entity shall submit a report to the Secretary that describes—</text>
<clause id="H609EE15C739B49468F75F3FF2E68B0B6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>deployment and operational costs of the project compared to the benefits and savings the project provides; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H32A4BBCE64B346DEAB20838A57821831">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>how the project has met the original expectations projected in the deployment plan submitted with the application, such as—</text>
<subclause id="HFD3D5D8B897A4466B9CA45935A2EAB8C">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>data on how the project has helped reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and other benefits of the deployed systems;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H08E9723E7EA64A7CA6B6E028CA737267">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>data on the effect of measuring and improving transportation system performance through the deployment of advanced technologies;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0CFABE95798C468E9FB508B62EC01DD3">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the effectiveness of providing real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to the public to make informed travel decisions; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H73BEA0C76BA64D128ACDD0D3CBD8B908">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>lessons learned and recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize transportation efficiency and multimodal system performance.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E7466806F7946B3826854074E627974">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date that the first grant is awarded under this paragraph, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall make available to the public on an Internet website a report that describes the effectiveness of grant recipients in meeting their projected deployment plans, including data provided under subparagraph (F) on how the program has—</text>
<clause id="H71921759DC344E94B4B4DB509934E723">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8BF895A008CA4CDEAD13F7CF32506404">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>reduced traffic congestion and improved travel time reliability;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCA978B35871349F4B5E83E6BC2ABDF21">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>reduced transportation-related emissions;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H512D02B8096940C29D836C245AD94FF2">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>optimized multimodal system performance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD284CFF2C1B74104B91A58EAB350942F">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>improved access to transportation alternatives;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84721EA2CB434EE5869F23AC4BF457A0">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>provided the public with access to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to make informed travel decisions;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H11E8626B682D4160995A390AADA23A4B">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>provided cost savings to transportation agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB06E1D55DF754687A34DCFA17F18FA84">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>provided other benefits to transportation users and the general public.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H931B888096A0440194B2F15394FB1223">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<header>Additional grants</header>
<text>The Secretary may cease to provide additional grant funds to a recipient of a grant under this paragraph if—</text>
<clause id="H2D88E449AE6C451C8560AF4B4B0723A6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines from such recipient’s report that the recipient is not carrying out the requirements of the grant; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H77A24BC1B13F4528AA9FC04B135E0BDD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary provides written notice 60 days prior to withholding funds to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37F7C703082A452486C53130458503E0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<clause id="HBF103B730CB74FA1B269700923550E1A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>From funds made available to carry out subsection (b), this subsection, and sections 512 through 518, the Secretary shall set aside for grants awarded under subparagraph (D) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD99EBBC0C3974B8AB638EA23D39950EC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Expenses for the Secretary</header>
<text>Of the amounts set aside under clause (i), the Secretary may set aside $2,000,000 each fiscal year for program reporting, evaluation, and administrative costs related to this paragraph.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41B0768E3E5D4073A778CE7EE4C52D7A">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02A19F9371104DCBB4815362A90E5E9A">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<header>Grant limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary may not award more than 20 percent of the amount described under subparagraph (I) in a fiscal year to a single grant recipient.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA43E4805BAC0482A8C4E9A8A9B5D635F">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<header>Expenses for grant recipients</header>
<text>A grant recipient under this paragraph may use not more than 5 percent of the funds awarded each fiscal year to carry out planning and reporting requirements.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA5BDAE0A62045F5A8E6498A04233062">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<header>Grant flexibility</header>
<clause id="H9E31A92AE48042DEA85300DFA031C631">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, by August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary determines that there are not enough grant applications that meet the requirements described in subparagraph (C) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer to the programs specified in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H2CFCFC068F4B48B8921BFD1A7D3BE4C7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>any of the funds reserved for the fiscal year under subparagraph (I) that the Secretary has not yet awarded under this paragraph; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1E4691C565764CBDB50B604F39BC91C5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>an amount of obligation limitation equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary transfers under subclause (I).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H63A422E2E5BA427688DC36A3F114618C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Programs</header>
<text>The programs referred to in clause (i) are—</text>
<subclause id="H6A5D47098466476087508051DEB8C25E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the program under subsection (b);</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB9363734BD88413299128E1F4B334CCA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the program under this subsection; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H264CF6DF81294FC3BD23FC91198D354C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the programs under sections 512 through 518.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD7F22A323C8F45BF9594C3E0769D3413">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Distribution</header>
<text>Any transfer of funds and obligation limitation under clause (i) shall be divided among the programs referred to in that clause in the same proportions as the Secretary originally reserved funding from the programs for the fiscal year under subparagraph (I).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4F0F86E1FF54333A0105C095E17DEC9">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the following definitions apply:</text>
<clause id="HFF468D2DC7484FFFB00044C5AF623F69">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a State or local government, a transit agency, metropolitan planning organization representing a population of over 200,000, or other political subdivision of a State or local government or a multijurisdictional group or a consortia of research institutions or academic institutions.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H085A7E6AA83147ACA93D3D0835364F92">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Advanced and congestion management transportation technologies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>advanced transportation and congestion management technologies</term> means technologies that improve the efficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface transportation systems, including intelligent transportation systems.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB8E5FA9F73D541209011C5A9D9AABBEA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Multijurisdictional group</header>
<text>The term <term>multijurisdictional group</term> means a any combination of State governments, local governments, metropolitan planning agencies, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of a State for which each member of the group—</text>
<subclause id="HC34C17EBEE1E4293ABF2D20311EC690A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>has signed a written agreement to implement the advanced transportation technologies deployment initiative across jurisdictional boundaries; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1D0A7D03F42240A98075C2A495BB1BD7">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is an eligible entity under this paragraph.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HA8FA2C6E8F224F1487E5709B9763B819">
<enum>6005.</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation system goals</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 514(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BB831B9A6BF42508D30A72FF242661A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE207E7D94F9E46F79B2ADABA8527437E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56B703F15A1D4E7E92E276035DAB50B5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76480EA4EEBA447E9A4C64E039A7F1CF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H308248434A3749549658AB76DF750EB9">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>enhancement of the national freight system and support to national freight policy goals.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE7A57DAD1C6C488BB3F4958E33B0A027">
<enum>6006.</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation system purposes</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 514(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF46FF801E7184E6B85F03370CE2B84AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBEDC4AFE0EC40119B2BFF5C2A49C24C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D50B6914B5348698B92038C160A2558">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5A8CC09171884F0495C578F1E4755242" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H970BE5A9D2274AFA979A916766195A0D">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>to assist in the development of cybersecurity research in cooperation with relevant modal administrations of the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies to help prevent hacking, spoofing, and disruption of connected and automated transportation vehicles.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HDA5F9B16917A4F4CAFFA3A9E7925E61C">
<enum>6007.</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation system program report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<paragraph id="HC8D04B3C23BD4A13979B2272FECCB9CC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>February 1 of each year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>May 1 of each year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31ED0E85CAA4400AB9CC847A404E197B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>submit to Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>make available to the public on a Department of Transportation website</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD00FA1435D5C49A390A4AB272E95A42E">
<enum>6008.</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation system national architecture and standards</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 517(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>memberships are comprised of, and represent,</quote> and inserting <quote>memberships include representatives of</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HA98BC23A981D46C19D53AE907B569858">
<enum>6009.</enum>
<header>Communication systems deployment report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 518(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>Not later than 3</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than July 6, 2016, the Secretary shall make available to the public on a Department of Transportation website a report</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H3612F2923B68425BB939C470EFB92CEE">
<enum>6010.</enum>
<header>Infrastructure development</header>
<subsection id="H5777CB1D61EB4BABBC8E63B1694B8FEB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7CE100B60B80430680B1D9E909F8354E" style="USC">
<section id="HA47E338EF86C49339A0342C87F3D4329">
<enum>519.</enum>
<header>Infrastructure development</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds made available to carry out this chapter for operational tests of intelligent transportation systems—</text>
<paragraph id="H01AD5EFB7E184D0D978CF2EB54A14D55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall be used primarily for the development of intelligent transportation system infrastructure, equipment, and systems; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BD5DEDF05444ADBAAE6B63D90C11B08">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent practicable, shall not be used for the construction of physical surface transportation infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent transportation system project.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H60853E74B781403A879543BB3BA0262C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H49C69B061CE54AF08FE7CB094B519DB0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EDDD6AC1317403EA263D7ADB4F74D79" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">519. Infrastructure development.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H527A528A4D0A465F86103569EFEDE46D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Technical amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 512 in the analysis for chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD915CD10565E4E51847CAC045F7C938D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">512. National ITS program plan.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD78B510BA73048E28CB1A1E05C7A9BAD">
<enum>6011.</enum>
<header>Departmental research programs</header>
<subsection id="H229F4FBA72864D1D94EE812404A2F130">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology</header>
<text>Section 102(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6CCF6B5DFA94A648148AE68027F91FF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>5</quote> and inserting <quote>6</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86520A450AEB402790B53525D042AC9A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>an Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology,</quote> after <quote>Governmental Affairs,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBFB3EC5F0AC442BE96DADA20ED9B69CC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Research activities</header>
<text>Section 330 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5FC3C7AE9BD4496A53FE196CC6E62ED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">contracts</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">activities</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A46BAD95F704D0CB82E869D328A280F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>The Secretary of</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">In general.—</header-in-text>The Secretary of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9235E009C4F436F96D059534586A6DD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>In carrying</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Responsibilities.—</header-in-text>In carrying</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB01914B3F1394C858E00254DA4DAB33E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Publications.—</header-in-text>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD1F266986F84537BFB9D63838981D56">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D111148EA4A48E59DC8201309CD3A5A" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HF08CB6D536EB40039E7A904011461CAC">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide for the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H39016E597B444C6093BCDB8C2BB080C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Coordination, facilitation, and review of Department of Transportation research and development programs and activities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H975627EE1FA341F1887B541742D60C47">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Advancement, and research and development, of innovative technologies, including intelligent transportation systems.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H74AB0C8667D046E68A255907C927AFB0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Comprehensive transportation statistics research, analysis, and reporting.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H955763227AF54F5187EB776F4EE933B8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Education and training in transportation and transportation-related fields.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D47D40ADE4F4323B7D750B0CE09B1F8">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Activities of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4965B04E4469448784891256E0831059">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Coordination in support of multimodal and multidisciplinary research activities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4BA40861DF0B4FCB9F7CA1FC5FDE416A">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Additional authorities</header>
<text>The Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9B0349DDDF5422EADA42E0239954AF4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>enter into grants and cooperative agreements with Federal agencies, State and local government agencies, other public entities, private organizations, and other persons to conduct research into transportation service and infrastructure assurance and to carry out other research activities of the Department of Transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H05E0233419D240598F450930D6760D42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>carry out, on a cost-shared basis, collaborative research and development to encourage innovative solutions to multimodal transportation problems and stimulate the deployment of new technology with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4999034190AE4C4599F6FE76A7D5B023">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>non-Federal entities, including State and local governments, foreign governments, institutions of higher education, corporations, institutions, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and trade associations that are incorporated or established under the laws of any State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66EAB267C0BB4B97A2E49AF89332E683">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Federal laboratories; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H83DF8D6FAE944C9BBAFC712D14AF1E4C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other Federal agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H837EC7F6D736433CBE6E307ED58293C5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>directly initiate contracts, grants, cooperative research and development agreements (as defined in section 12(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d))), and other agreements to fund, and accept funds from, the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, State departments of transportation, cities, counties, institutions of higher education, associations, and the agents of those entities to carry out joint transportation research and technology efforts.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9A607D8DA7B742E1B17DE2858C1EB4BD">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4C4B6E874C040EEB9A7D26D92052BC5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under subsection (e)(3) shall not exceed 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0616BA93187E4B61AB1D224212AFCF2C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that the activity is of substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1530E24DF7DF4076ABE0C101F01A2059">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Non-federal share</header>
<text>All costs directly incurred by the non-Federal partners, including personnel, travel, facility, and hardware development costs, shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of an activity described in subsection (e)(3).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFAADD14A5F7D4EF3BA393B299FA9140C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Program evaluation and oversight</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary is authorized to expend not more than 1 <fraction>1/2</fraction> percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the coordination, evaluation, and oversight of the programs administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7F10FB900A624C29B776A109BF8A99D9">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Use of technology</header>
<text>The research, development, or use of a technology under a contract, grant, cooperative research and development agreement, or other agreement entered into under this section, including the terms under which the technology may be licensed and the resulting royalties may be distributed, shall be subject to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBBAC7E7355F242ACAFA13AC0F5CD746B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Waiver of advertising requirements</header>
<text>Section 6101 of title 41 shall not apply to a contract, grant, or other agreement entered into under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H00FA96AEB3A74AF2A6E3DBA58FF1B628">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The item relating to section 330 in the analysis of chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H210F14AAC1204F75B6E1ECC9179468E0" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">330. Research activities.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9B5D5E90459425D94A60132E3739EE1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HED567698144A4C45810F763A4C824DA5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Title 5 amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H1DEE65682AF746E097D582882C0C86E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Positions at level II</header>
<text>Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40C762DABA3146159C5C8BE541B950D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Positions at level IV</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the undesignated item relating to Assistant Secretaries of Transportation by striking <quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB46766E63C843A0A9B7AF266CB1CFC2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Positions at level V</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F853B7BDC354F9588E3477B55DD5C80">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Bureau of Transportation Statistics</header>
<text>Section 6302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBDF54A4992EB47A9ACCD18DF2F0B6A0F" style="USC">
<subsection id="HF9E9267D994E472EA2042230EFA8916C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBBDB07D91CE2456E94FDF7E94D258976">
<enum>6012.</enum>
<header>Research and Innovative Technology Administration</header>
<subsection id="H8A64D25E9887419BACC5DB03FA7547C7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112 of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE372710A68D54A81BB2C2BDED686E31F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 1 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 112.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H13ED9F3135964D71A82CBC99D92F2F1E">
<enum>6013.</enum>
<header>Web-based training for emergency responders</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5115(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, including online curriculum as appropriate,</quote> after <quote>a current curriculum of courses</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9DC393B7039A45C8953077C16A76ED9E">
<enum>6014.</enum>
<header>Hazardous materials research and development</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5118 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H998556A7544E44FB84EDB88C41AD8607">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DF4DA28EEB7481CA85169875CAF6D8C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96D0721F5519402FBF7E3035CC1A21C6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H119C6CC111B148F2A92270FD8D0EBF89">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H34BA8084D71149ED9E8F8EC5BBE4F319" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H270AF8A905D146B2BD98230345C12403">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>coordinate, as appropriate, with other Federal agencies.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA090FC68DDC64DC7AD3DF791888580C4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B499351C05048C8A69CBE4BAF418E4B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H02CA2A29F4EC4326AC01DAEF8585B3C3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Cooperative research</header>
<paragraph id="H5F92D8A466A94314ACA58A4E244DBD0A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As part of the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary may carry out cooperative research on hazardous materials transport.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48BD77F01D8D45738C2A5E4EC7A8EA2A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>National Academies</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the National Academies to support research described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A4D6ECB94E843788DFB95E956709BFC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Research</header>
<text>Research conducted under this subsection may include activities relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10D90C9643C54869809497F3C36ADB4C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>emergency planning and response, including information and programs that can be readily assessed and implemented in local jurisdictions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF47BC31D2E0460B903BCF3F8B7C5BD6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>risk analysis and perception and data assessment;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC28B55E6EFA54363B2EAACAFB2F763BB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>commodity flow data, including voluntary collaboration between shippers and first responders for secure data exchange of critical information;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCEB7869D1D6446FFB727731D64E7643E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>integration of safety and security;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2928B94C711C44C2A7C303D5B0FDD319">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>cargo packaging and handling;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H125743B7CF614680B163DBF960EFDFEA">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>hazmat release consequences; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32916DA7325A4E0DB81403EE2E4578E6">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>materials and equipment testing.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF113BD69C04642BFBFCCAFF69FA9BD2D">
<enum>6015.</enum>
<header>Office of Intermodalism</header>
<subsection id="H1E50E6BB6B294AC88A244424B09CE9B1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text>Section 5503 of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0C8404D777034EF3A8553D5F24F9DE01">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for chapter 55 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 5503.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD697DFEB2B8C463FB57A5A1D57B270BE" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>6016.</enum>
<header>University transportation centers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCF88187AC99F47D684C13D950539195D" style="USC">
<section id="HD660A20BE014487CA2CE9EDB691570E0">
<enum>5505.</enum>
<header>University transportation centers program</header>
<subsection id="HCB15553DC6AC475F9FDDCD6B9B3B17AA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>University transportation centers program</header>
<paragraph id="H14D817E2E6F34AAB903CD2B940CFE378">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment and operation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make grants under this section to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education to establish and operate university transportation centers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2200A3F222B446F0AD4FB36021E4BF0A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Role of centers</header>
<text>The role of each university transportation center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H406A5BA104394D0B86FE8C9DF092E776">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to advance transportation expertise and technology in the varied disciplines that comprise the field of transportation through education, research, and technology transfer activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69E2F17915C1462EB7A0CAA0B273A4D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to provide for a critical transportation knowledge base outside of the Department of Transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H343A8E55DC7B4C7DB7ABB5E0B1A7137A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to address critical workforce needs and educate the next generation of transportation leaders.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H40437C7829F247BA908544C347FA0611">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Competitive selection process</header>
<paragraph id="H5A97562D796446D19A5A6E566739D3E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<text>To receive a grant under this section, a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher education shall submit to the Secretary an application that is in such form and contains such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H310130B814894F67985DE3B6AAFC74B7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Restriction</header>
<subparagraph id="HB5C251BDABFC45CFB9FB0940C019BFE4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A lead institution of a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher education, as applicable, may only receive 1 grant per fiscal year for each of the transportation centers described under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7F51BF55529416A94456694F6E5465C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exception for consortium members that are not lead institutions</header>
<text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a nonprofit institution of higher education that is a member of a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher education but not the lead institution of such consortium.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H868BCE138D3442EF85CCEB554126AC15">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Coordination</header>
<text>The Secretary shall solicit grant applications for national transportation centers, regional transportation centers, and Tier 1 university transportation centers with identical advertisement schedules and deadlines.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C40BF4B5E454B3F99F9F48A05A45368">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>General selection criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="HBDE14029A0994FF48FC5B34DFC388B40">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided by this section, the Secretary shall award grants under this section in nonexclusive candidate topic areas established by the Secretary that address the research priorities identified in chapter 65.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43A5D41E373A40FE981BB26A252F9F37">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and other modal administrations as appropriate, shall select each recipient of a grant under this section through a competitive process based on the assessment of the Secretary relating to—</text>
<clause id="H0465CFB664554D12ACDAF1DD29106739">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the demonstrated ability of the recipient to address each specific topic area described in the research and strategic plans of the recipient;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC78D01966A854D5ABE62EFA6C9B5A0FB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the demonstrated research, technology transfer, and education resources available to the recipient to carry out this section;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H03C5953B1B9742248A7CDAC627451CC1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the ability of the recipient to provide leadership in solving immediate and long-range national and regional transportation problems;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAFA33FC0ACBC47B28B3184F5736749B6">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the ability of the recipient to carry out research, education, and technology transfer activities that are multimodal and multidisciplinary in scope;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBFE43D9124AD43A98497124E6E1C24E5">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the demonstrated commitment of the recipient to carry out transportation workforce development programs through—</text>
<subclause id="H394B240C15B14E91980087203B217236">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>degree-granting programs or programs that provide other industry-recognized credentials; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0D1D97B7502547DE90FABA9C13647E04">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>outreach activities to attract new entrants into the transportation field, including women and underrepresented populations;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HE401E221E2344B41AB39E360F011EDB8">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the demonstrated ability of the recipient to disseminate results and spur the implementation of transportation research and education programs through national or statewide continuing education programs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD55A4D26428D4A58857E437428073490">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>the demonstrated commitment of the recipient to the use of peer review principles and other research best practices in the selection, management, and dissemination of research projects;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEEC768D097044070A438D63A4A5E653F">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>the strategic plan submitted by the recipient describing the proposed research to be carried out by the recipient and the performance metrics to be used in assessing the performance of the recipient in meeting the stated research, technology transfer, education, and outreach goals; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDFEF03FEB5D84235A5AB4C24863846EA">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>the ability of the recipient to implement the proposed program in a cost-efficient manner, such as through cost sharing and overall reduced overhead, facilities, and administrative costs.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE25F3A3C4FE74812A7E86FC6BAF06551">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Transparency</header>
<subparagraph id="H4427CAFFC69F4697A67F65EE2BC8FE50">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide to each applicant, upon request, any materials, including copies of reviews (with any information that would identify a reviewer redacted), used in the evaluation process of the proposal of the applicant.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA617AA6DA4274F178DD396AED710C95B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the overall review process under paragraph (4) that includes—</text>
<clause id="H98E9F1F6868C4F7FB5E0226C82E7EB94">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>specific criteria of evaluation used in the review;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H26D620820B864EE2A32AB5C548D6BF9B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>descriptions of the review process; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC89AAD0097D045CFB99FBD676693CF99">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>explanations of the selected awards.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89E1ACCA6B59454087A125465D5F7FBF">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Outside stakeholders</header>
<text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult external stakeholders, including the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies, to evaluate and competitively review all proposals.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H166BC3DFE03B477A9CACEEDBFEF98C5F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H9D32747C6A524E3BB702256077F673C7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall select grant recipients under subsection (b) and make grant amounts available to the selected recipients.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA42E173B2694EABAD44FD0BF33FBAA3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>National transportation centers</header>
<subparagraph id="HE05E581FEBBE461D9C9D1F1BE73B6F9F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall provide grants to 5 consortia that the Secretary determines best meet the criteria described in subsection (b)(4).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F1DD0C00C87402BA4B4E76A2A5035A5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Restrictions</header>
<clause id="H3409DF6713C141B4957664929A3D77F1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, a grant made available under this paragraph shall be not greater than $4,000,000 and not less than $2,000,000 per recipient.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB0C8E56517FF448FBD3AAF1ADAC4E726">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Focused research</header>
<text>A consortium receiving a grant under this paragraph shall focus research on 1 of the transportation issue areas specified in section 6503(c).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F86B66C111A453F885C365DC07F7140">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Matching requirement</header>
<clause id="HF6DAD5463499460C9E0687C161C0321D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this paragraph, a grant recipient shall match 100 percent of the amounts made available under the grant.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H46AC912A7ECB46E6840ED864CCC7FEFF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Sources</header>
<text>The matching amounts referred to in clause (i) may include amounts made available to the recipient under—</text>
<subclause id="HEBAAD5AA0DA943C08D529B158DD3A06E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>section 504(b) of title 23; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1D404B1C32214552B723A6250B5811B6">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>section 505 of title 23.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44FE597B49BF40669F72AF56C2AFDB34">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Regional university transportation centers</header>
<subparagraph id="HD8287521C3014B51AA7B77167D8927AC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Location of regional centers</header>
<text>One regional university transportation center shall be located in each of the 10 Federal regions that comprise the Standard Federal Regions established by the Office of Management and Budget in the document entitled <quote>Standard Federal Regions</quote> and dated April 1974 (circular A–105).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FC54FE7028E45469EE316069428ECCB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Selection criteria</header>
<text>In conducting a competition under subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide grants to 10 consortia on the basis of—</text>
<clause id="H5A0C2634B6D0416991B4F7E6766D8A35">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the criteria described in subsection (b)(4);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7A1A0ED261314FC4B3054044436AB6F4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the location of the lead center within the Federal region to be served; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB588EC8097C74C6BB86997B7F5EBC311">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>whether the consortium of institutions demonstrates that the consortium has a well-established, nationally recognized program in transportation research and education, as evidenced by—</text>
<subclause id="HE516DD0CB6DF47D58EE325A5A36D2EA1">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>recent expenditures by the institution in highway or public transportation research;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H66BDA88985604AF48F03FE94DF9FAE16">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a historical track record of awarding graduate degrees in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HCBF574777DEA4FDB96D1CF7DB6F5885D">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>an experienced faculty who specialize in professional fields closely related to highways and public transportation.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6F69FEA495D46D6844F95F902FEE030">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Restrictions</header>
<text>For each fiscal year, a grant made available under this paragraph shall be not greater than $3,000,000 and not less than $1,500,000 per recipient.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB91982A51A054B29AF7A055F082504CA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Matching requirements</header>
<clause id="HB49C8C52578947AF972DCD6D0382EBDD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this paragraph, a grant recipient shall match 100 percent of the amounts made available under the grant.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9BC6DF15255B4B19A19807D34255F489">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Sources</header>
<text>The matching amounts referred to in clause (i) may include amounts made available to the recipient under—</text>
<subclause id="H4BBE26CD172445B286E3EAB2189DFF28">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>section 504(b) of title 23; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H99693F1AF5704A07A4270D7EBAAC851E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>section 505 of title 23.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C37E322ABC8488BB6693EB9C74E2570">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Focused research</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make a grant to 1 of the 10 regional university transportation centers established under this paragraph for the purpose of furthering the objectives described in subsection (a)(2) in the field of comprehensive transportation safety, congestion, connected vehicles, connected infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60E19A6BEDA34131A7F60CD0E29F83E3">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Tier 1 university transportation centers</header>
<subparagraph id="HB774DA734FA140B9A8F323DD225FFD01">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide grants of not greater than $2,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 to not more than 20 recipients to carry out this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F1008F2839E4C8B917719259840B668">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Matching requirement</header>
<clause id="H07A4443CB6C643EEB99286CAB1102A36">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this paragraph, a grant recipient shall match 50 percent of the amounts made available under the grant.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6F300DEFA91543E39B581EF77BEA0F39">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Sources</header>
<text>The matching amounts referred to in clause (i) may include amounts made available to the recipient under—</text>
<subclause id="H54BE60DD03844C10AF7C2EDD35945587">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>section 504(b) of title 23; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H93BA851519A54201BD6CE3D5DCD2D7FB">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>section 505 of title 23.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4CFD90C17B7453192DD2BA6D67F3993">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Focused research</header>
<text>In awarding grants under this section, consideration shall be given to minority institutions, as defined by section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067k), or consortia that include such institutions that have demonstrated an ability in transportation-related research.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAAF3CE1D3C83403CBAE1BA407AD95A93">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Program coordination</header>
<paragraph id="H19DB90782B6A4EE2B6EEA5D62A512A1D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03006A3E411F4F489EB479FBBF0578EB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>coordinate the research, education, and technology transfer activities carried out by grant recipients under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DB5E2BE4CD645A18EDAE4EE2478C9EA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>disseminate the results of that research through the establishment and operation of a publicly accessible online information clearinghouse.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H675E69BFE61D459CA958F670B7592C75">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Annual review and evaluation</header>
<text>Not less frequently than annually, and consistent with the plan developed under section 6503, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51EBB3DB00274250A167AE95E3C1A475">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>review and evaluate the programs carried out under this section by grant recipients; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B50570DF5C849A3AC17B6D5CCC6027D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing that review and evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BCCB70CB5D64AEABFC37F3FD6596E65">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Program evaluation and oversight</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall expend not more than 1 and a half percent of the amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this section for any coordination, evaluation, and oversight activities of the Secretary under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H532F7B9DD1B44CCBA96A01770CAA0C72">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Limitation on availability of amounts</header>
<text>Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this section shall remain available for obligation by the Secretary for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the amounts are authorized.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF483882BD7DC4292869E620ED966F2AC">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Information collection</header>
<text>Any survey, questionnaire, or interview that the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out reporting requirements relating to any program assessment or evaluation activity under this section, including customer satisfaction assessments, shall not be subject to chapter 35 of title 44.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HA9369FF0455A45DBAECA232B401DBEEB">
<enum>6017.</enum>
<header>Bureau of Transportation Statistics</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E02ADE36B2647F8815A28B706559052" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HCC9E4177513D4ABB91C0528E5F6A2B0D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Independence of Bureau</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F6BF7A03C6E4109ADC8CCC4517D7BED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall not be required—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1EA36317741C4A1A95D528732AEBAEA6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the Department with respect to the collection or analysis of any information; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7F9BAB1DCBA24767A09F59967DB5CC31">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prior to publication, to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the United States Government with respect to the substance of any statistical technical reports or press releases lawfully prepared by the Director.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H96E54D8955B54C219D5A60B498FC8333">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Budget authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall have a significant role in the disposition and allocation of the authorized budget of the Bureau, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4EE48B99CFD74B8AA205692379D38015">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all hiring, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau to carry out this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBACC1BF7F2AA4C798B4126014BBA2A95">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the disposition and allocation of amounts paid to the Bureau for cost-reimbursable projects.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H56E50EA9CA4448BCBD3F5BCD9F4EE00B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall direct external support functions, such as the coordination of activities involving multiple modal administrations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF8E81A8B3A7F48A28A0EF4D201B31A28">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Information technology</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department Chief Information Officer shall consult with the Director to ensure decisions related to information technology guarantee the protection of the confidentiality of information provided solely for statistical purposes, in accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HDAC128639CDF4D3B84FE4E4D71928867">
<enum>6018.</enum>
<header>Port performance freight statistics program</header>
<subsection id="H2D0CBA636C0E40EDBF14F4866AB746A3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60A346CE487A4EA28079CE26028E610C" style="USC">
<section id="H635D6671F9744CF281022692573D8C43">
<enum>6314.</enum>
<header>Port performance freight statistics program</header>
<subsection id="HFD4ADA0C3B384F668058D9D387527155">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Director shall establish, on behalf of the Secretary, a port performance statistics program to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC33BEE08896413BB9A4B96FA40FC1E5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Nation’s top 25 ports by tonnage;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE495919A36E044599CC13BD68F1A5B29">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Nation’s top 25 ports by 20-foot equivalent unit; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63F83EE888DA40078460F1DA5C848F0A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the Nation’s top 25 ports by dry bulk.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H463F444596C144818CE7B2861C2ED379">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HE7178D9874534FE0BC5B1B6C685F22FD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Port capacity and throughput</header>
<text>Not later than January 15 of each year, the Director shall submit an annual report to Congress that includes statistics on capacity and throughput at the ports described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB52E3D5B67448208D0BAE5C6739320B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Port performance measures</header>
<text>The Director shall collect port performance measures for each of the United States ports referred to in subsection (a) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1C375EADF504A1198B983DFF3EB8264">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>receives Federal assistance; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8833FAB8269B436AA768F6F7B6855590">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is subject to Federal regulation to submit necessary information to the Bureau that includes statistics on capacity and throughput as applicable to the specific configuration of the port.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8FA5D7C1B2C743F0BD594B6FC7417D90">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H8438E9582C994B8681C8D28B038680E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Director shall obtain recommendations for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB69265F2E97A4EF0A1CE0F128BF6D48D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>port performance measures, including specifications and data measurements to be used in the program established under subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EBF79193EBA4BCCAB57267D863B3EDC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a process for the Department to collect timely and consistent data, including identifying safeguards to protect proprietary information described in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H666AB9071BD44962B97D15DC0C231546">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Working group</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Transportation for Tomorrow Act of 2015</short-title>, the Director shall commission a working group composed of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB02BCF44AFAD44808672B4E3BDC1F533">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>operating administrations of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFD99FA602C54D948EA75ACA2023C0C1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Coast Guard;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H467A264933E443B79E5886E8B7B68F7C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Federal Maritime Commission;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90262B9D26AA4C50B2723D7F42834B8B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74B6849C7B1748CBA75B62B0A392D566">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE1F5D85F1D74ABCAC58B4C5CED0EB0A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the Army Corps of Engineers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE17BB20021949E79B8A1C473F52F676">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC4FD44B151D49C083BC919262EDDAB6">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>the Bureau of Labor Statistics;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58F363A3CF5B46FB82408F3348DBF1DB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF67F3A2A0DD041D9AC9CB781CB49E6AD">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74C1F46095284BA8A283747E428E7354">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>1 representative from the rail industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BACF90D15C849C3BE920E6E038F0A5C">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>1 representative from the trucking industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16F66B26A4AF4CA1918EDC389457C290">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>1 representative from the maritime shipping industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06C676EF93ED492AA13795997E62F91E">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text>1 representative from a labor organization for each industry described in subparagraphs (K) through (M);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1192AE60E00344A2BB0DE1D2590256A0">
<enum>(O)</enum>
<text>1 representative from the International Longshoremen’s Association;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H746E765E78FE4E2389A14FF60F74792E">
<enum>(P)</enum>
<text>1 representative from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17804EEB238343D89E34F7274146BD5B">
<enum>(Q)</enum>
<text>1 representative from a port authority;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31DBEE05F9D9473E85CEFA6C14FF4F78">
<enum>(R)</enum>
<text>1 representative from a terminal operator;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6F2BE8D3138433B83CBB54BC5F98C25">
<enum>(S)</enum>
<text>representatives of the National Freight Advisory Committee of the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H367830F7658B4AB9A7DE196594F3EEA6">
<enum>(T)</enum>
<text>representatives of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DECEBDB7529414681939E4315027E49">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Transportation for Tomorrow Act of 2015</short-title>, the working group commissioned under paragraph (2) shall submit its recommendations to the Director.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64D8D66EBC974FBE88F0852F191A7E1E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Access to data</header>
<text>The Director shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H075C9FCC8E69496BA9ECD7B6AE4A0228">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the statistics compiled under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72D0CB4467784EA9B44C03A48930691B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>are readily accessible to the public; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECC4A37D932E4914A4A5E8DAD026FD3C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>are consistent with applicable security constraints and confidentiality interests; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H120788428A4E45BA9048F8E1BD1C2298">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the data acquired, regardless of source, shall be protected in accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H60C9081BA3AB439B9C4E5B307E742A1B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on certain disclosures; copies of reports</header>
<text>Section 6307(b) of such title is amended, by inserting <quote>or section 6314(b)</quote> after <quote>section 6302(b)(3)(B)</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H21705DBCC52342CDAB7B68899A9A59B3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of sections for chapter 63 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCF06C7383A9A4FDDA7B606DD8EA9C627" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="H635D6671F9744CF281022692573D8C43" level="section">6314. Port performance freight statistics program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HAD43EF5C21754A9BA7AB53AA1AD3336B">
<enum>6019.</enum>
<header>Research planning</header>
<subsection id="HEBE797CEB54648CE8EEC972572B942D4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H711AE41A50C54536B729100B7302DFAA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Federal transportation research planning—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7D43135AE6A477CAF73DA3C6FB235E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>should be coordinated by the Office of the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF4A9284B9E44D95B6A21C28FE111332">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>should be, to the extent practicable, multimodal and not occur solely within the sub-agencies of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEF957A4A25242029DFE94EAC1B9DF69">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>managing a multimodal research portfolio within the Office of the Secretary will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58C2E983E116443189C368BA2EEFE3AC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>help identify opportunities in which research could be applied across modes; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H587963B3C40D40A6A286A12A8F1E9820">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>prevent duplication of efforts and waste of limited Federal resources;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H698E09BE1C2848B494573E7D93329826">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the Department of Transportation will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4655516E7CA4940BB07848C9BB3C976">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>give stakeholders a formal opportunity to address concerns;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08C9F02E478C47868C6A6BC24856B72B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ensure unbiased research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA0063366A3B4C4DB2BE10BA7D034941">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>improve the overall research products of the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7EB078EAA6547C3BE59B2DA14739336">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>increasing transparency of transportation research and development efforts will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C56D5CF897C4AB7A927DEEA7E52D472">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>build stakeholder confidence in the final product; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB05542781554C1E99F5724FEB3BD17A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>lead to the improved implementation of research findings.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H94259DA4848B4FCEAD3C9A2FC5350EFA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Research planning</header>
<paragraph id="H87EB561540254C1492A8A0C2F1C5224C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55CC26869B0741B2BF4291455308711A" style="OLC">
<chapter id="H9B28D2284FFC4A1AB1BABE72F9AD7309">
<enum>65</enum>
<header>Research Planning</header>
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">6501. Annual modal research plans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">6502. Consolidated research database.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">6503. Transportation research and development 5-year strategic plan.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="H4A12DEAAE83541DB8ABB836759CD4BDF">
<enum>6501.</enum>
<header>Annual modal research plans</header>
<subsection id="H1C8FD3E74C784F87B87BA0F646CA16D3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Modal plans required</header>
<paragraph id="H182E70C388E2416F9B4F4D160C69E02F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than May 1 of each year, the head of each modal administration and joint program office of the Department of Transportation shall submit to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation (referred to in this chapter as the <term>Assistant Secretary</term>) a comprehensive annual modal research plan for the upcoming fiscal year and a detailed outlook for the following fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC986ED6D39FB4F3AA0734DDAAD412F5A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Relationship to strategic plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each plan submitted under paragraph (1), after the plan required in 2016, shall be consistent with the strategic plan developed under section 6503.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1742FA34829F45CF95321316DF30A5E6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<paragraph id="HF7DCE9E03F5547ACBA127571924BF98C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than September 1 of each year, the Assistant Secretary, for each plan and outlook submitted pursuant to subsection (a), shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H214D6FD5B93A4A10990490B6F661D0E7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>review the scope of the research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C6AA76E76AD40EF9E037EE8CC309984">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H324BEE585B02440EBF16C01F2C284F50">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>approve the plan and outlook; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEA22745C393A463C9BFCCFADA6ABFB23" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>request that the plan and outlook be revised and resubmitted for approval.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC97A6D55DF64130AF4BCCEAC5DE8CA6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Publications</header>
<text>Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary shall publish on a public website each plan and outlook that has been approved under paragraph (1)(B)(i).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB7ED9206F294630AE1CC409DC519DDE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rejection of duplicative research efforts</header>
<text>The Assistant Secretary may not approve any plan submitted by the head of a modal administration or joint program office pursuant to subsection (a) if any of the projects described in the plan duplicate significant aspects of research efforts of any other modal administration.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H03C781CC6B2D4994820D5F582F97874D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Funding limitations</header>
<text>No funds may be expended by the Department of Transportation on research that has been determined by the Assistant Secretary under subsection (b)(3) to be duplicative unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H099294B8937A4128A0BED12889FC650E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the research is required by an Act of Congress;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE969AA1547404439BA19347E61422FF2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the research was part of a contract that was funded before the date of enactment of this chapter;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3AF6F0D4E9204D5AB7C15CEB0715F23B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the research updates previously commissioned research; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA3E2CC0C68654CC39D29AA74F5DE111A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the Assistant Secretary certifies to Congress that such research is necessary, and provides justification for such certification.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAE680C29634A424AA6B16BE3FAAD6CC6">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<paragraph id="HAEF6A5AC76C24A01BBB507DC45AACFA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall annually certify to Congress that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C6406F0818F462099930A6682ED0152">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each modal research plan has been reviewed; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2883790701584AA9A9A7420D610DC415">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>there is no duplication of study for research directed, commissioned, or conducted by the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56CA76EF83224986A37B942043159559">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Corrective action plan</header>
<text>If the Secretary, after submitting a certification under paragraph (1), identifies duplication of research within the Department of Transportation, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23BEE35E26EA4A54A154B805B62A015D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>notify Congress of the duplicative research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF767D78D78B4EA5B8C97270C21EF35B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to Congress a corrective action plan to eliminate the duplicative research.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H398F4C3E7FC4405D97BEB18F702CFA3C">
<enum>6502.</enum>
<header>Consolidated research database</header>
<subsection id="HF53A314B968C4059BEC1AC76F2CFA165">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Research abstract database</header>
<paragraph id="HEA0F034E50BA4454A0B40D3C841E6599">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall annually publish on a public website a comprehensive database of all research projects conducted by the Department of Transportation, including, to the extent practicable, research funded through University Transportation Centers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FFB0D166C494649847E0C8AAE1C9A05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The database published under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H762243CD939C448D948A7DB08599FE28">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>include the consolidated modal research plans approved under section 6501(b)(1)(B)(i);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E7FFF3A0A8844B4B9B9927BDFD7FDB2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>describe the research objectives, progress, findings, and allocated funds for each research project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF446A6203CBC402BA78DFA28BADCD631">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>identify research projects with multimodal applications;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAF6A658F12040EABF95C8F9FDBDA793">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>specify how relevant modal administrations have assisted, will contribute to, or plan to use the findings from the research projects identified under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FD971A696B84CC7A2255938CF91D416">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>identify areas in which more than 1 modal administration is conducting research on a similar subject or a subject that has a bearing on more than 1 mode;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C886C0F49094EBCBBC809E92F6A61CF">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>indicate how the findings of research are being disseminated to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of transportation systems; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65DC2AA8F24C4610BD6B287E37DDCAFF">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>describe the public and stakeholder input to the research plans submitted under section 6501(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H549C067FF0DE4382953DAA21254334ED">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding report</header>
<text>In conjunction with each of the annual budget requests submitted by the President under section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary shall annually publish on a public website and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EE81F3838BA41578AA9538A0E1D33A2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the amount spent in the last full fiscal year on transportation research and development with specific descriptions of projects funded at $5,000,000 or more; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA330CC1AE83244B78FA048BB2ED8CB95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the amount proposed in the current budget for transportation research and development with specific descriptions of projects funded at $5,000,000 or more.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB46D6DC1D84F4C4FB517A59F49BF12A1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Performance plans and reports</header>
<text>In the plans and reports submitted under sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, the Secretary shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HA0FD9AC2BBAA41369B88457EB581910E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a summary of the Federal transportation research and development activities for the previous fiscal year in each topic area;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69804554EFB44977AE9E539889BD8ED0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the amount spent in each topic area;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17DBF72DCD9642AFBA720EE7483F54CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a description of the extent to which the research and development is meeting the expectations described in section 6503(c)(1); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC3A8FA11F4B4D968369A118BD7BF298">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any amendments to the strategic plan developed under section 6503.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBE65BABA8EB24168BB0973EF32F4E0F0">
<enum>6503.</enum>
<header>Transportation research and development 5-year strategic plan</header>
<subsection id="H7368A4FCD7ED4C9DBEDD06F056DACFF1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall develop a 5-year transportation research and development strategic plan to guide future Federal transportation research and development activities.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8C2D0AC7899F4F629D837BFB7C8054AA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consistency</header>
<text>The strategic plan developed under subsection (a) shall be consistent with—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDB9B69468454F09B637B35CEDF5DBD1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>section 306 of title 5;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7846AFA833E4AFF9930C1ED20531A55">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A1E570691C84A1BA6D3C83B3A147EAB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any other research and development plan within the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCDE305EADE4C428EA3808127DE91C609">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The strategic plan developed under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1F16AAF7B9A9422A92EDFC7D8C4433D7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>describe how the plan furthers the primary purposes of the transportation research and development program, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC37C83318C344C7686150FD5DFE0544C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>improving mobility of people and goods;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F6F58CDCCAE49B181D80ABF054A77C8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reducing congestion;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48BB464314514513923126BE3BF229CB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>promoting safety;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8DCDF73CB614DD88B4E981E8F3C5DD9">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>improving the durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6A9CD18BC0146848042BCD989D5E813">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>preserving the environment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBB3E5591CF84BC48491F0FBE0498606">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>preserving the existing transportation system;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0E1B79B2DE9472E9FB56E79A9B0BB1F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for each of the purposes referred to in paragraph (1), list the primary proposed research and development activities that the Department of Transportation intends to pursue to accomplish that purpose, which may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0883A34D6D314D69B959F9C4C25D91AE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>fundamental research pertaining to the applied physical and natural sciences;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEEC328BCDF444D49AC41602587168F3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>applied science and research;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F4E93DE79E942EDA38657C45D64AAEC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>technology development research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC2256A4EACC4EFEB837F270A48237B8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>social science research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD378E47D994C4F4F8186C98F283C7C00">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for each research and development activity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF47EEFA2F204BCA85D1B57CF1F61A4D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify the anticipated annual funding levels for the period covered by the strategic plan; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE887B1B42F5847579DC72C86BEE6407F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>describe the research findings the Department expects to discover at the end of the period covered by the strategic plan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF5A0E8DA206F42E8AB17626FE4D3E5AA">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the strategic plan developed under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H8046D97041C44159B57A6C31A536CFE0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>reflects input from a wide range of external stakeholders;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BB81AB41715475186178B9321D8CD53">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>includes and integrates the research and development programs of all of the modal administrations of the Department of Transportation, including aviation, transit, rail, and maritime and joint programs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15FCADD5D46E4E17B4D2584801DFB9D0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>takes into account research and development by other Federal, State, local, private sector, and nonprofit institutions;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25D809E4A6F2473ABC0240570A4A5594">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>not later than December 31, 2016, is published on a public website; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86303A5690DD4741BB4EFB554549FCA3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>takes into account how research and development by other Federal, State, private sector, and nonprofit institutions—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0FE72E60A6948C7829EA5560B811F12">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>contributes to the achievement of the purposes identified under subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9B6CE66DA8F4A8F826631A0ECD5F08A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>avoids unnecessary duplication of those efforts.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC677346502594A3F9C39ADDCC1910268">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Interim report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 <fraction>1/2</fraction> years after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Secretary may publish on a public website an interim report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H18868E48C02549B997530114952C8AAB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>provides an assessment of the 5-year research and development strategic plan of the Department of Transportation described in this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AB6931082824D939DB4F44852846410">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>includes a description of the extent to which the research and development is or is not successfully meeting the purposes described under subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B546D0BFFEB4823A44116741A153E8B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of chapters for subtitle III of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFEC7CB1657445E2BD86016F1FD8CAFF" style="OLC">
<toc>
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="section">
<toc-enum>63.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="section">Bureau of Transportation Statistics</level-header>
<target>6301</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="section">
<toc-enum>65.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="section">Research planning</level-header>
<target>6501</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD259D1EBA62D4784B529262CC0611D05">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HB542B0AE2AF44C149B65EB0BC25000FE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Chapter 5 of title 23</header>
<text>Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6357B861CCE467293D3F2F5C45F9C1B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking section 508;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6796BDE7AA2447A8E4BE0E5D1AC6C56">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the table of contents, by striking the item relating to section 508;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D8F681D434A4429A200C0F952CB1569">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in section 502—</text>
<clause id="H79999AB376F246759269B8B999535930">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(9), by striking <quote>transportation research and technology development strategic plan developed under section 508</quote> and inserting <quote>transportation research and development strategic plan under section 6503 of title 49</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF7F8D8E3743D49C7947BC2B156101495">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>transportation research and development strategic plan of the Secretary developed under section 508</quote> and inserting <quote>transportation research and development strategic plan under section 6503 of title 49</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA22EA25D87A44068179652749BE084F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in section 512(b), by striking <quote>as part of the transportation research and development strategic plan developed under section 508</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H568314E9A8F042AFB2E8C2F88F7D0C77">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation systems</header>
<text>The Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (23 U.S.C. 502 note; Public Law 105–178) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D72BEBD4018488BAF8C947D71E497ED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in section 5205(b), by striking <quote>as part of the Surface Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan developed under section 508 of title 23</quote> and inserting <quote>as part of the transportation research and development strategic plan under section 6503 of title 49</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66A7F442AEE04FA693645B290105EF5E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in section 5206(e)(2)(A), by striking <quote>or the Surface Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan developed under section 508 of title 23</quote> and inserting <quote>or the transportation research and development strategic plan under section 6503 of title 49</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77809DAA7C2149E981EC5CD31FB56AAD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Intelligent transportation system research</header>
<text>Section 5305(h)(3)(A) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 512 note; Public Law 109–59) is amended by striking <quote>the strategic plan under section 508 of title 23, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>the 5-year strategic plan under 6503 of title 49, United States Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H42C204480B074BB9B17EA0B39A3FDCD3">
<enum>6020.</enum>
<header>Surface transportation system funding alternatives</header>
<subsection id="H7C94EE0CC67D4C858227E7168117F327">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1FAB00504C31419F9296E65914C224F1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State or group of States shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8024CE9D63D84871B090C7A73CE2A159">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Objectives</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the activities carried out using funds provided under this section meet the following objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="H6CE42A92F393446498D9958367DE11A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>To test the design, acceptance, and implementation of 2 or more future user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9FD3724BB6645F2A9BF2FF17F8F0289">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To improve the functionality of such user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00A507D339D44050AFDB9DDBE3C636D5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To conduct outreach to increase public awareness regarding the need for alternative funding sources for surface transportation programs and to provide information on possible approaches.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A006A1447FA40029EA1EEE251C76B89">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To provide recommendations regarding adoption and implementation of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58E449B40F594F08BE0E11650BB8EF08">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To minimize the administrative cost of any potential user-based alternative revenue mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H636C45415D7E4946945BD86643F0EF3F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or group of States receiving funds under this section to test the design, acceptance, and implementation of a user-based alternative revenue mechanism—</text>
<paragraph id="H713AA029728748DE9667710F0C1C7BB5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall address—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8196FDFAF9E84C699F535A7358A6BB94">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the implementation, interoperability, public acceptance, and other potential hurdles to the adoption of the user-based alternative revenue mechanism;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A0C8B35BA734536998D17F8F9F47E1C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the protection of personal privacy;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H045BAA6E35284EDA9496B85392837B63">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the use of independent and private third-party vendors to collect fees and operate the user-based alternative revenue mechanism;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AE197FF2B8540F3913EE3C0047E2103">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>market-based congestion mitigation, if appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A67312A38D743BE83C962AB60153226">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>equity concerns, including the impacts of the user-based alternative revenue mechanism on differing income groups, various geographic areas, and the relative burdens on rural and urban drivers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D728143E2324F19B4B1BF7D5DB0A3B5">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>ease of compliance for different users of the transportation system; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F6F085FB7DE4A3C903BCA2DD9FFC2D4">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the reliability and security of technology used to implement the user-based alternative revenue mechanism; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H388C8EF35980407893BF413B664CD55C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>may address—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF942D8FD07204EBA819F9C388990638C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the flexibility and choices of user-based alternative revenue mechanisms, including the ability of users to select from various technology and payment options;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E9386DCA0E6415A96B39F9B85F3492D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the cost of administering the user-based alternative revenue mechanism; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC09A348DC5634EF18C8C99C67125C757">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the ability of the administering entity to audit and enforce user compliance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06AB742CFA2642DE869900EF4CDFDF0A">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<text>The Secretary shall consider geographic diversity in awarding grants under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H918E34766E5A405E9A1DCCCB48F0310D">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Limitations on revenue collected</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any revenue collected through a user-based alternative revenue mechanism established using funds provided under this section shall not be considered a toll under section 301 of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAF3AFB6E3AB847DCA78A8169D7B768E9">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the activity.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6DDDAF3A9FDA48678B1C029309DA9339">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Report to Secretary</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first eligible entity receives a grant under this section, and each year thereafter, each recipient of a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HE51F0421D6A9413686CB5F1061CDFF8C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>how the demonstration activities carried out with grant funds meet the objectives described in subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H182283C5DC20458489AEC82773117865">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>lessons learned for future deployment of alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA16B6536E7F1494E87EE94F2A1B57D7B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Biennial reports</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter until the completion of the demonstration activities under this section, the Secretary shall make available to the public on an Internet website a report describing the progress of the demonstration activities.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1A26907C4B1D4AC28C21C3C320A171E8">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Of the funds authorized to carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<paragraph id="HD28D3705499241BEAD16ED510955C90D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$15,000,000 shall be used to carry out this section for fiscal year 2016; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0528C4B613842B2BC3F929B625A96A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$20,000,000 shall be used to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3936D0E69FC3427294EE49B8FDF04870">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Grant flexibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, by August 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary determines that there are not enough grant applications that meet the requirements of this section for a fiscal year, Secretary shall transfer to the program under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF8C167101EBB412087FB3ED636CCE60B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any of the funds reserved for the fiscal year under subsection (j) that the Secretary has not yet awarded under this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H58739E589F49442CA0B929BD33118517">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount of obligation limitation equal to the amount of funds that the Secretary transfers under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA2696DDC65954D60AD5FF10FC78955AC" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>6021.</enum>
<header>Future interstate study</header>
<subsection id="H867EFF1D52394A72A090370EBF72EDE8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Future interstate system study</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies to conduct a study on the actions needed to upgrade and restore the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways to its role as a premier system that meets the growing and shifting demands of the 21st century.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6FD414041F19412E925BD6FE19A405C3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Methodologies</header>
<text>In conducting the study, the Transportation Research Board shall build on the methodologies examined and recommended in the report prepared for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials titled <quote>National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 20–24(79): Specifications for a National Study of the Future 3R, 4R, and Capacity Needs of the Interstate System</quote>, dated December 2013.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H54D2C64CBCC640FEAF461C82D1C4BC3B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Contents of study</header>
<text>The study—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8227D8E340D4BC79888EEB13F95DF48">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall include specific recommendations regarding the features, standards, capacity needs, application of technologies, and intergovernmental roles to upgrade the Interstate System, including any revisions to law (including regulations) that the Transportation Research Board determines appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F0E52044A7E49E0BF809A5CAF92D339">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is encouraged to build on the institutional knowledge in the highway industry in applying the techniques involved in implementing the study.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF2D0F325B44D480390F59409CE139E76">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In carrying out the study, the Transportation Research Board shall determine the need for reconstruction and improvement of the Interstate System by considering—</text>
<paragraph id="HCEF867A7D0A24A038F5717BFAF38095A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>future demands on transportation infrastructure determined for national planning purposes, including commercial and private traffic flows to serve future economic activity and growth;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE792ECF126A64901A7F5C666E04811C7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the expected condition of the current Interstate System over the period of 50 years beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, including long-term deterioration and reconstruction needs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7031972CBA44670A20F52553762B265">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>features that would take advantage of technological capabilities to address modern standards of construction, maintenance, and operations, for purposes of safety, and system management, taking into further consideration system performance and cost;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E310353870E4AA7BBE216BB4425241C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>those National Highway System routes that should be added to the existing Interstate System to more efficiently serve national traffic flows; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C845E7AA6454BF48F937FF67618564C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the resources necessary to maintain and improve the Interstate System, including the resources required to upgrade the National Highway System routes identified in paragraph (4) to Interstate standards.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE81E7AA38D1748E2B58546A64F7D745F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In carrying out the study, the Transportation Research Board—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4B92F871DC5472DA8238A6CC13FB893">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall convene and consult with a panel of national experts, including operators and users of the Interstate System and private sector stakeholders; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA9A0919A5CD474FB51D3E0B41CCE663">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is encouraged to consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDD8C407B9544BBBB01FB9AB404E6CCF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Federal Highway Administration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4D85B0147314F8A9C030675C5A3A93E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBEA6F34246946819A3CF83FEFE8D9B8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>planning agencies at the metropolitan, State, and regional levels;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F84EB424CA3473D94110994FB594D67">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the motor carrier industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD47343C86F4C4754AD2D2506DFB89884">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>freight shippers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E823BE4A3524F68B0AFEFB9882B2762">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>highway safety groups; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FB230DCB63749FC9E1E68391290E348">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>other appropriate entities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBBD31F8401B8484DB447B90283E11A8C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Transportation Research Board shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06C93D0C295C4291A53E3E9A554B012C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>From amounts authorized to carry out the Highway Research and Development Program, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section not more than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDD73B030AA2A4882A3EC68FDF0FD8F47">
<enum>6022.</enum>
<header>Highway efficiency</header>
<subsection id="H0C7D6FA7B29541EFB4BFE2A01C2EBD79">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H5F2D81DD955B43D0B7AE4E94462AA6B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may examine the impact of pavement durability and sustainability on vehicle fuel consumption, vehicle wear and tear, road conditions, and road repairs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBDF212207F646BCB910564B7B4004F4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Methodology</header>
<text>In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3CC18BB04A1450AAD5D4C725718CF0C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>conduct a thorough review of relevant peer-reviewed research published during at least the past 5 years;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35E434C7E79646FA8F2EE7B7CDB2DEC9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>analyze impacts of different types of pavement on all motor vehicle types, including commercial vehicles;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF57FB9F3BAC7485D909032AFE117AE11">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>specifically examine the impact of pavement deformation and deflection; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D17A1F7DDE84938B01691422F2B6297">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>analyze impacts of different types of pavement on road conditions and road repairs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFABFE554C70426BBEE82EE3A4824F22">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB94EBB9335040E2A00F756CA6B33B9A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>modal administrations of the Department and other Federal agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1B5E6A8E88046A695182E37E38FD2B1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>State departments of transportation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H830275A75C02450E967B12519000BCD3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>industry stakeholders; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D2FB15DB7884C91A707AEDDA3F96CC4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>appropriate academic experts.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8DC9D58125E4632B7A99910610BA471">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H72137F779D294DCFB9955300CA2CAD5E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish on a public website a report describing the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA60B210E8C141578BB46AF8461119D3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F9C4D22C37F49CC9E257F25D70DFC01">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a summary of the different types of pavements analyzed in the study and the impacts of pavement durability and sustainability on safety, vehicle fuel consumption, vehicle wear and tear, road conditions, and road repairs; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A09DF782D3D4A60AD29CE75B4FF3AD8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>recommendations for State and local governments on best practice methods for improving pavement durability and sustainability to maximize vehicle fuel economy, improve safety, ride quality, and road conditions, and to minimize the need for road and vehicle repairs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1908E25AB625471DB6B1E98D8E7E6AF3">
<enum>6023.</enum>
<header>Transportation technology policy working group</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">To improve the scientific pursuit and research procedures concerning transportation, the Secretary may convene an interagency working group—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E4D70BE6660495AB47877951559F112">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to identify opportunities for coordination between the Department and universities and the private sector; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85AB1F3C2AE046F5A925B2ABB5F74DF5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to identify and develop a plan to address related workforce development needs.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9A0E4163883A42058B1FF4CFB6326D46">
<enum>6024.</enum>
<header>Collaboration and support</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may solicit the support of, and identify opportunities to collaborate with, other Federal research agencies and national laboratories to assist in the effective and efficient pursuit and resolution of research challenges identified by the Secretary.</text>
</section>
<section id="H7C1EDC02B5404B0D81E32A8BB5BB82D4">
<enum>6025.</enum>
<header>GAO report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="HEDE875635AAE400199F24578DB960477">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>assesses the status of autonomous transportation technology policy developed by public entities in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47EEC91407BD4957B7387D38CFD3E1E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>assesses the organizational readiness of the Department to address autonomous vehicle technology challenges, including consumer privacy protections; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE4153765A8647AC8AAACB28EFA46517">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>recommends implementation paths for autonomous transportation technology, applications, and policies that are based on the assessment described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HC1EF13DA816C4765B954BDFF62D31798">
<enum>6026.</enum>
<header>Traffic congestion</header>
<subsection id="HDC3011602E0549BCA2F587649C130021">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Congestion research</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct research on the reduction of traffic congestion.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDA55D232B38E48518B8A0DFA438AA932">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF3B24962CC84D0FA725F6A9F3B1F1E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>recommend research to accelerate the adoption of transportation management systems that allow traffic to flow in the safest and most efficient manner possible while alleviating current and future traffic congestion challenges;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8F6A01867444187B347738F196C531F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>assess and analyze traffic, transit, and freight data from various sources relevant to efforts to reduce traffic congestion so as to maximize mobility, efficiency, and capacity while decreasing congestion and travel times;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CD791F188E44A4FA3F940F513B2101E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>examine the use and integration of multiple data types from multiple sources and technologies, including road weather data, arterial and highway traffic conditions, transit vehicle arrival and departure times, real time navigation routing, construction zone information, and reports of incidents, to suggest improvements in effective communication of such data and information in real time;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB38E041413B3416C9A1E6C672F3210B1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>develop and disseminate suggested strategies and solutions to reduce congestion for high-density traffic regions and to provide mobility in the event of an emergency or natural disaster; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H522B0CD5F10C4486BBACAE8D65850694">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>collaborate with other relevant Federal agencies, State and local agencies, industry and industry associations, and university research centers to fulfill goals and objectives under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD931B8625E7F46798D7055C38DAB2018">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Identifying information</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that information used pursuant to this section does not contain identifying information of any individual.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6A79508F522145E1B1AD2C97BC35429B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the completion of research under this section, the Secretary may make available on a public website a report on any activities under this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC16C81C6CAF344B1BA5B5B6160875DB7">
<enum>6027.</enum>
<header>Smart cities transportation planning study</header>
<subsection id="HBD934BB5AD50473F88049E2F8D630B23">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may conduct a study of digital technologies and information technologies, including shared mobility, data, transportation network companies, and on-demand transportation services—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B79EDEA208B41008F9A4F0321174F0E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to understand the degree to which cities are adopting those technologies;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F92300ACF97419C9EF4413E3AD86F18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to assess future planning, infrastructure, and investment needs; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDDD22F8C3BF4464A707DBF6DD94A78A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to provide best practices to plan for smart cities in which information and technology are used—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20FC413EDD7B4124B1DCBE050E1A755E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to improve city operations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7FE25FAAB714BE1B17F90C5E7C161E6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to grow the local economy;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF639F0D2CFBD4941B666F6237BA62638">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to improve response in times of emergencies and natural disasters; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6CC5E08373B44DAB99839BB600E4021D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to improve the lives of city residents.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2C471BAE083147158B81357E84EE1FCC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Components</header>
<text>The study conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H63372AC0B1C74813A2C7F9A26001197F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identify broad issues that influence the ability of the United States to plan for and invest in smart cities, including barriers to collaboration and access to scientific information; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AA45245F4204B9C9E11E93A91F6F3E1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>review how the expanded use of digital technologies, mobile devices, and information may—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB72DB50917454037B3625A5A6AD6CC68">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of existing transportation networks;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3101650966C44E9EA9A8B1F50A82BBCC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>optimize demand management services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7AA2283E58A40349289B32C81745209">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>impact low-income and other disadvantaged communities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7608969DD66412F8C3E9CAE87071B4A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>assess opportunities to share, collect, and use data;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06BED009DF034373A5CF3118A5E62CCD">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>change current planning and investment strategies; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA23C205AEAE947D499FC9E8E05BD47D4">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>provide opportunities for enhanced coordination and planning.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H34E4EE6EFF324323BA48582BBB3F533B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may publish the report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) to a public website.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H309CB9AC37F34929AA096A52FF12AF91">
<enum>6028.</enum>
<header>Performance management data support program</header>
<subsection id="HB8CFEE3BD55F44CDAB4ED6CAF0581173">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Performance management data support</header>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall develop, use, and maintain data sets and data analysis tools to assist metropolitan planning organizations, States, and the Federal Highway Administration in carrying out performance management analyses (including the performance management requirements under section 150 of title 23, United States Code).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H88099D240FB247A5ADB218E500592EF2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The data analysis activities authorized under subsection (a) may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BF817A3ED1842FBBE9054BFA05F9CD1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>collecting and distributing vehicle probe data describing traffic on Federal-aid highways;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1BB42A3F25149F8A661C44143C12C61">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>collecting household travel behavior data to assess local and cross-jurisdictional travel, including to accommodate external and through travel;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CF5D100484E4618839D932769844EC2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>enhancing existing data collection and analysis tools to accommodate performance measures, targets, and related data, so as to better understand trip origin and destination, trip time, and mode;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H247A161076E646DC93304CD594A14773">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>enhancing existing data analysis tools to improve performance predictions and travel models in reports described in section 150(e) of title 23, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H943F24A3C9764FC5AE0B5DCEAC50B499">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>developing tools—</text>
<subparagraph id="H565BF18FAECA4742AB1B58529A6DD315">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to improve performance analysis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDAC12A1A7BB647B8BF79E14E24D2FA71">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to evaluate the effects of project investments on performance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A261F804A094F3D87C10C991556C169">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>From amounts authorized to carry out the Highway Research and Development Program, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may use up to $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>VII</enum>
<header>Hazardous Materials Transportation</header>
<section id="H7B82B92ABD3F4718ADB5D3DDD98EB47D">
<enum>7001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<subtitle id="HD7F68B50B63F46008348EB3F794EF552">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" id="H5B17F265A12D4E3CAF705F1BB1EF511D">
<enum>7101.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HF4112C9E3DD4494C893AB6C9ACF8FAA3" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="HDB995CBCEAB04ABCB070FB3FD808DF32">
<enum>5128.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5971FE92A8B44977BF65A3351963D8B1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this chapter (except sections 5107(e), 5108(g)(2), 5113, 5115, 5116, and 5119)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H75CA009742F1497489C13F731DE5F329">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$53,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCC57F292FC6241EEADA4C182BF57D255">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H37F1B633223D42CDA0B121A0B5357D30">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$57,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9D528A97B29B48B5A29F59F6FA6A3F36">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$58,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCC702B6065574D27A680841C7BDB32CE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H965CC1F6557E4119A1A905E2AA770CFD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Hazardous materials emergency preparedness fund</header>
<text>From the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund established under section 5116(h), the Secretary may expend, for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD4FFE18FA59C4C06872B4C5E9DB3A6A6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$21,988,000 to carry out section 5116(a);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC7E2D9FE37F7464A91564AB55640F786">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$150,000 to carry out section 5116(e);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5179472858A14713BC4AC136FF0446C9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$625,000 to publish and distribute the Emergency Response Guidebook under section 5116(h)(3); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1826C3E58F7A4AA3BD5AF1E542BC3C19">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 to carry out section 5116(i).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1214C9A5EADE4819B500A52763D1145B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Hazardous materials training grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Fund established pursuant to section 5116(h), the Secretary may expend $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out section 5107(e).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE355A26D09E240E8934A8237572A013D" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Community Safety Grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) to carry out this chapter, the Secretary shall withhold $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out section 5107(i).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H076FC27D7667459698B67942F3C43A0E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Credits to appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9DE10B6F0CF34645AD69F3529ADAECD6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Expenses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may credit amounts received from a State, Indian tribe, or other public authority or private entity for expenses the Secretary incurs in providing training to the State, Indian tribe, authority, or entity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1C01869A10BD46C4B47E1CB83FA14C32">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts</header>
<text>Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H039E196146204FE7AD03FA6A9702B185">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Hazardous material safety and improvement</header>
<section commented="no" id="H3B48297C387B4EBE81D42C114F2974A8">
<enum>7201.</enum>
<header>National emergency and disaster response</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2549F36995E9403AAA63A31ADFAF9C18">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H588ED6C963104EBDBA48A5F997F87D11">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H925C639DEBB44BFCB396F5F2400A2982" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H979B4352AD564BF5B3B790DC18145B26">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Federally declared disasters and emergencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H64FD07F1BC994FB3BFE96C5CBD95175B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may by order waive compliance with any part of an applicable standard prescribed under this chapter without prior notice and comment and on terms the Secretary considers appropriate if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9B3B97CFC9BF4C45A74A57923C9AA70C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>it is in the public interest to grant the waiver;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF08894DD6DD24F71BA9933682875561D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the waiver is not inconsistent with the safety of transporting hazardous materials; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB955D7EFDC4348AA9858DC24831827E1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the waiver is necessary to facilitate the safe movement of hazardous materials into, from, and within an area of a major disaster or emergency that has been declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD569D775812A4C41A431781B441F0B2C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Period of waiver</header>
<text>A waiver under this subsection may be issued for a period of not more than 60 days and may be renewed upon application to the Secretary only after notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the waiver. The Secretary shall immediately revoke the waiver if continuation of the waiver would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE5BAECA8ED884E1988F3AA86A094753A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Statement of reasons</header>
<text>The Secretary shall include in any order issued under this section the reasons for granting the waiver.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HF590FD8003A041F0ABBC09C16431AF87">
<enum>7202.</enum>
<header>Motor carrier safety permits</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5109(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9674DE705054088BA757AF1568D0629" style="USC">
<subsection id="H02AC405F562E4CB8B300BB37ED89B15A">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Limitation on denial</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not deny a non-temporary permit held by a motor carrier pursuant to this section based on a comprehensive review of that carrier triggered by safety management system scores or out-of-service disqualification standards, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6CCA019DF59453290ECF95241C0DBCC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the carrier has the opportunity, prior to the denial of such permit, to submit a written description of corrective actions taken and other documentation the carrier wishes the Secretary to consider, including a corrective action plan; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4980EB5613B24CECAFE27A7F7689EB24">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines the actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety concerns identified during the course of the comprehensive review.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H1CC76E991BD64DA1BDB681C3F38BD880">
<enum>7203.</enum>
<header>Improving the effectiveness of planning and training grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8B99D720FFD9499FB6240BAB7C574FB7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Planning and training grants</header>
<text>Section 5116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB802549F4DF54F21A26C6A46A48092D1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) through (k) as subsections (b) through (j), respectively,</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEA8D0AC81C564E91BB772AA7ACBC5C7E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9753FF1917E147638232FFE86FC6098D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4DD15EAA661A4490BD1CB2C16DCF680C" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H5A2EB89B176B49C6B026D8B75A74670F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Planning and training grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCDADA96FFC7C4613B4C993702A421E77">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall make grants to States and Indian tribes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DEA1FAB8CB049EFA8698DAE86342A58" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.), including ascertaining flow patterns of hazardous material on lands under the jurisdiction of a State or Indian tribe, and between lands under the jurisdiction of a State or Indian tribe and lands of another State or Indian tribe;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8BDC775113A4448E84364470ECF00F22" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to decide on the need for regional hazardous material emergency response teams; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H11022B43842F42EF86EC263A0D2781D1" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to train public sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous material.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFBB2472CED9D4C32A725DFAE85EFC8F6" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>To the extent that a grant is used to train emergency responders under paragraph (1)(C), the State or Indian tribe shall provide written certification to the Secretary that the emergency responders who receive training under the grant will have the ability to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents or incidents involving the transportation of hazardous material in accordance with existing regulations or National Fire Protection Association standards for competence of responders to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B69A6FC006B467EBA9D72F333DF8036" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The Secretary may make a grant to a State or Indian tribe under paragraph (1) of this subsection only if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H442371A5C4024BD3B621BAB3B7DF2222">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the State or Indian tribe certifies that the total amount the State or Indian tribe expends (except amounts of the Federal Government) for the purpose of the grant will at least equal the average level of expenditure for the last 5 years; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4C3B0FDAF2B04D5DA5BA56217DF7133B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any emergency response training provided under the grant shall consist of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC801E892987546EFA254CCDADF231183">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a course developed or identified under section 5115 of this title; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H8F9D18911C334A0199274C2484C1D63A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any other course the Secretary determines is consistent with the objectives of this section.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H67A20450B7794725BE6FD9F5461B5F69" indent="up1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>A State or Indian tribe receiving a grant under this subsection shall ensure that planning and emergency response training under the grant is coordinated with adjacent States and Indian tribes.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H03A1B360AA1746E6AB7C56120B2837D9" indent="up1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>A training grant under paragraph (1)(C) may be used—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B39013CB9D045D696896268C85986AE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to pay—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3570DCA2DD034CADB822EA3DFF5F29DB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the tuition costs of public sector employees being trained;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H410D1747901E488ABC14F922944B4AB4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>travel expenses of those employees to and from the training facility;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H27AF6A6C51404CE1A8DF9EE7233C4B0A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>room and board of those employees when at the training facility; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H4F6904F72C5944C0836E0C946A608997">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>travel expenses of individuals providing the training;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A19CCB8D3D1401EB800BD73AAF300D5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by the State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe to provide the training; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H382632EE346A43778C2481DD6B7D06CF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to make an agreement with a person (including an authority of a State, a political subdivision of a State or Indian tribe, or a local jurisdiction), subject to approval by the Secretary, to provide the training if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9EA0906C8C9B475F9910B047A89504EB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the agreement allows the Secretary and the State or Indian tribe to conduct random examinations, inspections, and audits of the training without prior notice;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7B585638356F4B6EAD1E3EB39AEDBB45">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the person agrees to have an auditable accounting system; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HEAB5F7C016D64F5F81F12F78668DA1AE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the State or Indian tribe conducts at least one on-site observation of the training each year.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H887C4A35C29442D9A7D0004956DDB9FE" indent="up1">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall allocate amounts made available for grants under this subsection among eligible States and Indian tribes based on the needs of the States and Indian tribes for emergency response planning and training. In making a decision about those needs, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H81C5E63229A548C79DC8F9F1781C6EB3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of hazardous material facilities in the State or on land under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6E6252A93B3B4E40AB680994ED9A9265">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the types and amounts of hazardous material transported in the State or on such land;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA2466DCC01704EDA82911F807EBF2360">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>whether the State or Indian tribe imposes and collects a fee for transporting hazardous material;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H111516EB31C44AA6A6586F2168843BDC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>whether such fee is used only to carry out a purpose related to transporting hazardous material;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB5A1C4311C945489CD23B20256970B3">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the past record of the State or Indian tribe in effectively managing planning and training grants; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6314FA674A244557956200A178431581">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>any other factors the Secretary determines are appropriate to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCC180FCAA68E411EBA1B50804866F085">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H09BE85947982492A8A4ABC8BD84336DA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>5116(i)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>5116(h)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6B40424D68D43759518DCB70A5C97A1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 5116 of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1EF60845B4D0476DA28F93D481CB0EBB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsections (a)(2)(A) and (b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(3)(A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H10F1E0AB294649AA8CDE749A1FB0703B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8CD4BD0710724FF184381916C9DC7C1A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>and section 5107(e)</quote> after <quote>section</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HEF699A2496574AD5B1D9252CA9E210F2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE942F296B307469CBF1561D107393D6F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>5108(g)(2) and 5115</quote> and inserting <quote>5107(e) and 5108(g)(2)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3D25BC394E604CDE9671062DC80F980D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA37A74E1C11E44D88F3046FD87BD1CCF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HCDCA1F1C9E8C48CAA8AAF2C02375CD4F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>planning grants allocated under subsection (a), training grants under subsection (b), and grants under subsection (j) of this section and under section 5107</quote> and inserting <quote>planning and training grants under subsection (a) and grants under subsection (i) of this section and under subsections (e) and (i) of section 5107</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAEA863FFA76C4DE5858B3D38A736B3EE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCAF62A7FBF834F59991AD70849D4CAB7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the Secretary from recovering and deobligating funds from grants that are not managed or expended in compliance with a grant agreement.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H74997447E1C14F8C80430479A2FA2DDB">
<enum>7204.</enum>
<header>Improving publication of special permits and approvals</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5117 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC25F19F8AD0A48C7A29B9F14C05EC408">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2247633069D543D5A42FCE5152E1E2CA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>an application for a special permit</quote> and inserting <quote>an application for a new special permit or a modification to an existing special permit</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF521BD9F311F4B1CBE21D95F72EFFD78">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after the second sentence the following: <quote>The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site any special permit other than a new special permit or a modification to an existing special permit and shall give the public an opportunity to inspect the safety analysis and comment on the application for a period of not more than 15 days.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA5FCE7A16D1A4F00A978E89B038EF301">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7FE5A7F85214B4B86E24EB97BAEEA24">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>publish</quote> and inserting <quote>make available to the public</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE4E62E79F2F94BD79933B5668C6C7D58">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>in the Federal Register</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H88E553F19AE9487EA7C40951638193FD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>180</quote> and inserting <quote>120</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDEEACA17E7724F7E8D6AAECB50E6D221">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the special permit</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>a special permit or approval</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7D93E6D8802348C2BA3EBE493A70E04F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H423BFDF985A347C7BBD1F1DAACCA9BE9" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H05DF185F60C54947A9AFDD27345D6DE8">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Disclosure of final action</header>
<text>The Secretary shall periodically, but at least every 120 days—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFFC558ED248F4E47B663A6EFB0F2C6C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>publish in the Federal Register notice of the final disposition of each application for a new special permit, modification to an existing special permit, or approval during the preceding quarter; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H22AB990EDC7F4CE4BF09A070447A7FB5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site notice of the final disposition of any other special permit during the preceding quarter.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HACC1677B01D34B87A3BA91734FD24BD8">
<enum>7205.</enum>
<header>Enhanced reporting</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5121(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>make available to the public on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H6034A6FE1FA24C94A24176CCC520DD8A">
<enum>7206.</enum>
<header>Wetlines</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF166D23D829244AE8CE67B5556333096">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Withdrawal</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall withdraw the proposed rule described in the notice of proposed rulemaking issued on January 27, 2011, entitled <quote>Safety Requirements for External Product Piping on Cargo Tanks Transporting Flammable Liquids</quote> (76 Fed. Reg. 4847).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE86535BD5B8A481683A8288A74F423C9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from issuing standards or regulations regarding the safety of external product piping on cargo tanks transporting flammable liquids after the withdrawal is carried out pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H156D989783024E319F1510D937E6A796">
<enum>7207.</enum>
<header>GAO study on acceptance of classification examinations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE02E33484F4B4543B5A95CBF111033BA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate and transmit to the Secretary, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a report on the standards, metrics, and protocols that the Secretary uses to regulate the performance of persons approved to recommend hazard classifications pursuant to section 173.56(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as <quote>third-party labs</quote>).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H21477732AACC44BFB3150C3560DBA8F2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Evaluation</header>
<text>The evaluation required under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9EF4364E62C4E72B22B25688DD2C5C4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identify what standards and protocols are used to approve such persons, assess the adequacy of such standards and protocols to ensure that persons seeking approval are qualified and capable of performing classifications, and make recommendations to address any deficiencies identified;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H523A4D9D191B4D58A53F48BE6ED3CDB4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>assess the adequacy of the Secretary’s oversight of persons approved to perform the classifications, including the qualification of individuals engaged in the oversight of approved persons, and make recommendations to enhance oversight sufficiently to ensure that classifications are issued as required;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H83256D637B4D4A898F04CEF986BBE278">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>identify what standards and protocols exist to rescind, suspend, or deny approval of persons who perform such classifications, assess the adequacy of such standards and protocols, and make recommendations to enhance such standards and protocols if necessary; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60B505A79AC8419185A5E808D8782B05">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>include annual data for fiscal years 2005 through 2015 on the number of applications received for new classifications pursuant to section 173.56(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, of those applications how many classifications recommended by persons approved by the Secretary were changed to another classification and the reasons for the change, and how many hazardous materials incidents have been attributed to a classification recommended by such approved persons in the United States.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7EC806042F2248B985704543743B2A8A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Action plan</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after receiving the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make available to the public a plan describing any actions the Secretary will take to establish standards, metrics, and protocols based on the findings and recommendations in the report to ensure that persons approved to perform classification examinations required under section 173.56(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, can sufficiently perform such examinations in a manner that meets the hazardous materials regulations.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFBE7FF72228C4B6DA4875FE5BDBA89D0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>If the report required under subsection (a) recommends new regulations in order for the Secretary to have confidence in the accuracy of classification recommendations rendered by persons approved to perform classification examinations required under section 173.56(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary shall consider such recommendations, and if determined appropriate, issue regulations to address the recommendations not later than 18 months after the date of the publication of the plan under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5D92838DA7C04BFB8A01237C4AE25DB7" commented="no">
<enum>7208.</enum>
<header>Hazardous materials endorsement exemption</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall allow a State, at the discretion of the State, to waive the requirement for a holder of a Class A commercial driver’s license to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement under part 383 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, if the license holder—</text>
<paragraph id="H118F3F807FFF4EE8A7D5240D54C9010F" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>is acting within the scope of the license holder’s employment as an employee of a custom harvester operation, agrichemical business, farm retail outlet and supplier, or livestock feeder; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B1AA8B93B8F4A169EB19E39259833ED" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is operating a service vehicle that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2489CC5AAC814A8CB6ECC333C7BDB615" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>transporting diesel in a quantity of 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) or less; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BE66E73A95C4BBE9329CB27D036338B" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly marked with a <quote>flammable</quote> or <quote>combustible</quote> placard, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HA08E304533E645F49658563AC2A24119">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail</header>
<section id="HDB24C36570E94D1E9A963F5EBFCB111B">
<enum>7301.</enum>
<header>Community safety grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HBAFD4ABC7B53483D9C1C4D0BDF95CDFA" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H5FB3995AF1154189AE9EE6DFB164A1DC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Community Safety Grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive program for making grants to nonprofit organizations for—</text>
<paragraph id="HA40DABDFF88F41E493959655964A8805">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>conducting national outreach and training programs to assist communities in preparing for and responding to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids by rail; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BA498DF317544E2A21B3B6851562FB7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>training State and local personnel responsible for enforcing the safe transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H07FCA0538B8244EBAFAFE10EFE8B4071">
<enum>7302.</enum>
<header>Real-time emergency response information</header>
<subsection id="HBC337A6DF8C34AFCB0618AF9210E7D61">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, shall issue regulations that—</text>
<paragraph id="H319AC9DF39D54F818FA887325CAF2E2A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>require a Class I railroad transporting hazardous materials—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29B10DD67B4A476E81BD8AA3229F0696">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to generate accurate, real-time, and electronic train consist information, including—</text>
<clause id="HC8EDF9E3ACE7495DA54A1BAEBB2051C7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the identity, quantity, and location of hazardous materials on a train;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H11221DF9D3954CD3942BDEC250F5515D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the point of origin and destination of the train;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB7B895DCA8BF4B2CBD9096ADF94BF57F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>any emergency response information or resources required by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5F9111FF26D34DE188C05D19EE7E64A9">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>an emergency response point of contact designated by the Class I railroad; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA83D760B424B40DBB0D5B8C5D2E3DF06">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to enter into a memorandum of understanding with each applicable fusion center to provide the fusion center with secure and confidential access to the electronic train consist information described in subparagraph (A) for each train transporting hazardous materials in the jurisdiction of the fusion center;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D4B31B895E8410A86DE87B6EF8ACD5B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>require each applicable fusion center to provide the electronic train consist information described in paragraph (1)(A) to State and local first responders, emergency response officials, and law enforcement personnel that are involved in the response to or investigation of an accident, incident, or public health or safety emergency involving the rail transportation of hazardous materials and that request such electronic train consist information;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D5CEE06A32C48F39E824D99E1B6C1ED">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>require each Class I railroad to provide advanced notification and information on high-hazard flammable trains to each State emergency response commission, consistent with the notification content requirements in Emergency Order Docket No. DOT–OST–2014–0067, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB10570D51A904400B1259FE5CDB1D44D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a reasonable estimate of the number of implicated trains that are expected to travel, per week, through each county within the applicable State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF43A46B26E214C2B8AF5A170FD16020F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>updates to such estimate prior to making any material changes to any volumes or frequencies of trains traveling through a county;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3C16B7ACB17411C8BF10D6524870B39">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>identification and a description of the Class 3 flammable liquid being transported on such trains;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA4923DC70F1416688E3B5C1057B7BD2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>applicable emergency response information, as required by regulation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE48B3C4001C4787A7AAB44CD9C4A332">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>identification of the routes over which such liquid will be transported; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25265CB45B554206A853549DFFD63696">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>a point of contact at the Class I railroad responsible for serving as the point of contact for State emergency response centers and local emergency responders related to the Class I railroad’s transportation of such liquid.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1821D09101D54EC480B8CACB1B6977F9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>require each applicable State emergency response commission to provide to a political subdivision of a State, or public agency responsible for emergency response or law enforcement, upon request of the political subdivision or public agency, the information the commission receives from a Class I railroad pursuant to paragraph (3), including, for any such political subdivision or public agency responsible for emergency response or law enforcement that makes an initial request for such information, any updates received by the State emergency response commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D542FB5B0FE497CBC48E7FD39614591">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>prohibit any Class I railroad, employee, or agent from withholding, or causing to be withheld, the train consist information from first responders, emergency response officials, and law enforcement personnel described in paragraph (2) in the event of an incident, accident, or public health or safety emergency involving the rail transportation of hazardous materials;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E69ECB8FB764D84AC808F9AF4F8E213">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>establish security and confidentiality protections, including protections from the public release of proprietary information or security-sensitive information, to prevent the release to unauthorized persons any electronic train consist information or advanced notification or information provided by Class I railroads under this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FDCD249D0F04BF89BB9104344D7A25E">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>allow each Class I railroad to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any Class II railroad or Class III railroad that operates trains over the Class I railroad’s line to incorporate the Class II railroad or Class III railroad’s train consist information within the existing framework described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H01D7A57801894960B2EF0F7A13808176">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H121BAC5775E44F9891FF7A0C924078EC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Applicable fusion center</header>
<text>The term <quote>applicable fusion center</quote> means a fusion center with responsibility for a geographic area in which a Class I railroad operates.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H646DEA64AA93480E977E449EFC16252E" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Class I railroad; Class II railroad; Class III railroad</header>
<text>The terms <term>Class I railroad</term>, <term>Class II railroad</term>, and <term>Class III railroad</term> have the meaning given those terms in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D86A126F0A9400C80A95A25A34F827F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Class 3 flammable liquid</header>
<text>The term <quote>Class 3 flammable liquid</quote> has the meaning given the term flammable liquid in section 173.120(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D9BD13AED634A8484AADE02A40FE103">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Fusion center</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>fusion center</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 210A(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h(j)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43DAB2E2D457447B87E65DDB0F3D0E26">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Hazardous material</header>
<text>The term <quote>hazardous material</quote> means a substance or material the Secretary designates as hazardous under section 5103 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A4945C93ACE4A8B89E730A7432E1B50">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>High-hazard flammable train</header>
<text>The term <quote>high-hazard flammable train</quote> means a single train transporting 20 or more tank cars loaded with a Class 3 flammable liquid in a continuous block or a single train transporting 35 or more tank cars loaded with a Class 3 flammable liquid throughout the train consist.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43E7A1C6077C4238932FB62379B7E704">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Train consist</header>
<text>The term <quote>train consist</quote> includes, with regard to a specific train, the number of rail cars and the commodity transported by each rail car.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA884F4C5D37E4FEAB7F1DE58D10A3174">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a Class I railroad from voluntarily entering into a memorandum of understanding, as described in subsection (a)(1)(B), with a State emergency response commission or an entity representing or including first responders, emergency response officials, and law enforcement personnel.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HEA969708257C4E31B4D38022216EEA8C">
<enum>7303.</enum>
<header>Emergency response</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAC3B569B174743E0876C0E3444FEA14B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine whether limitations or weaknesses exist in the emergency response information carried by train crews transporting hazardous materials.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H53D247B70D9E40D7B123AD8B350602C8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall evaluate the differences between the emergency response information carried by train crews transporting hazardous materials and the emergency response guidance provided in the Emergency Response Guidebook issued by the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H01FC4A7527DD468994AFF7014E3A18F6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report of the findings of the study under subsection (a) and any recommendations for legislative action.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H83EBEACDFDBF4450AAF82D7D55B24B97">
<enum>7304.</enum>
<header>Phase-out of all tank cars used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids</header>
<subsection id="H4BACE276E66E4B4E80F1A694D9567EB7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided for in subsection (b), beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, all DOT–111 specification railroad tank cars used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids shall meet the DOT–117, DOT–117P, or DOT–117R specifications in part 179 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, regardless of train composition.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7C2E9A3B4A5949EDB5751627308DAAE4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Phase-Out schedule</header>
<text>Certain tank cars not meeting DOT–117, DOT–117P, or DOT–117R specifications on the date of enactment of this Act may be used, regardless of train composition, until the following end-dates:</text>
<paragraph id="H1E2AC4DB87C740ABB795C5654AA979A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For transport of unrefined petroleum products in Class 3 flammable service, including crude oil—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5876FFA7FEA542D0A899FBE10D09CD3F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>January 1, 2018, for non-jacketed DOT–111 tank cars;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15B877BF83A34E648CEBED3A37516A73">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>March 1, 2018, for jacketed DOT–111 tank cars;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE40CE763CF634CB3A99C6647B98B00D2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>April 1, 2020, for non-jacketed CPC–1232 tank cars; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA868A677DAB74BECA43491655346D9D3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>May 1, 2025, for jacketed CPC–1232 tank cars.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H461D760325904706961F98633765504B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For transport of ethanol—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFFD0DE2D1AFE4F53B8F3C9B39F735C52">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>May 1, 2023, for non-jacketed and jacketed DOT–111 tank cars;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF76652EA9FC487E97AAFCF8BA987E2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>July 1, 2023, for non-jacketed CPC–1232 tank cars; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E5F7A7007794DD8A95CB32A2796A208">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>May 1, 2025, for jacketed CPC–1232 tank cars.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DBEF3C90ACD4157B528255E11F7AF33">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For transport of Class 3 flammable liquids in Packing Group I, other than Class 3 flammable liquids specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), May 1, 2025.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDAFB0E787DA45F29EB4F0B6A1446625">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For transport of Class 3 flammable liquids in Packing Groups II and III, other than Class 3 flammable liquids specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), May 1, 2029.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCFC38B7AEA8F42D1862C63CB3FA98B24">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Retrofitting shop capacity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may extend the deadlines established under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) for a period not to exceed 2 years if the Secretary determines that insufficient retrofitting shop capacity will prevent the phase-out of tank cars not meeting the DOT–117, DOT–117P, or DOT–117R specifications by the deadlines set forth in such paragraphs.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H15974A6F62C5436A97158284247D2E84">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming Regulatory Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HD7EB82FB0E21484E9DE2A8B6720EAB1D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immediately after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE139F3F9C7EC4F2A8F43DAB011E41929">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall remove or revise the date-specific deadlines in any applicable regulations or orders to the extent necessary to conform with the requirements of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8E2D72E210C468687A0272E4C77BDFF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may not enforce any such date-specific deadlines or requirements that are inconsistent with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34DE61185C8945C280EBB29DAF2AF9D6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Secretary to issue regulations, except as required under paragraph (1), to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9746B0E2082940FE9F6881C3FD31424E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from implementing the final rule issued on May 08, 2015, entitled <quote>Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains</quote> (80 Fed. Reg. 26643), other than the provisions of the final rule that are inconsistent with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CADC839BA61476090D0939F04585047">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Class 3 flammable liquid defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <quote>Class 3 flammable liquid</quote> has the meaning given the term flammable liquid in section 173.120(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H849065EC7CBA4076A24AA5B8C93DBED8">
<enum>7305.</enum>
<header>Thermal blankets</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEC146A83E2D74C9E932D288A7583478A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to require that each tank car built to meet the DOT–117 specification and each non-jacketed tank car modified to meet the DOT–117R specification be equipped with an insulating blanket with at least ½-inch-thick material that has been approved by the Secretary pursuant to section 179.18(c) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF461CCDE35D349F881995F41A99B7390">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from approving new or alternative technologies or materials as they become available that provide a level of safety at least equivalent to the level of safety provided for under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC67BAD799D9B40E3AD120E79F691698E">
<enum>7306.</enum>
<header>Minimum requirements for top fittings protection for class DOT–117R tank cars</header>
<subsection id="HABEFF2685EEE49B19A54E7AE62AF9748">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Protective Housing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), top fittings on DOT specification 117R tank cars shall be located inside a protective housing not less than ½-inch in thickness and constructed of a material having a tensile strength not less than 65 kilopound per square inch and conform to the following specifications:</text>
<paragraph id="H675EE6A738B04BB6A363CA6E25EE7D6B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The protective housing shall be as tall as the tallest valve or fitting involved and the height of a valve or fitting within the protective housing must be kept to the minimum compatible with their proper operation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H158D318C6F02437AB19E11AD1D016497">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The protective housing or cover may not reduce the flow capacity of the pressure relief device below the minimum required.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2947D30BAC849C3A98A979A80350CAB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The protective housing shall provide a means of drainage with a minimum flow area equivalent to six 1-inch diameter holes.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H477EE3675C04432A8308491614198E43">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>When connected to the nozzle or fittings cover plate and subject to a horizontal force applied perpendicular to and uniformly over the projected plane of the protective housing, the tensile connection strength of the protective housing shall be designed to be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H13404727C01249D58B261A5C63D9107A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>no greater than 70 percent of the nozzle to tank tensile connection strength;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H395AE0002FD043FCA43246BF523B45BC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>no greater than 70 percent of the cover plate to nozzle connection strength; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD28C27E87D814618ACED1E56C105837B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>no less than either 40 percent of the nozzle to tank tensile connection strength or the shear strength of twenty ½-inch bolts.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDB7C85B6C6BB4E0295C1EDD466CE194B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Pressure Relief Devices</header>
<paragraph id="HC015BEBAD0D3485189ABD5B4366DB425">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pressure relief device shall be located inside the protective housing, unless space does not permit. If multiple pressure relief devices are equipped, no more than 1 may be located outside of a protective housing.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC42800A0E4214F05B16E8F1DE5033338">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The highest point on any pressure relief device located outside of a protective housing may not be more than 12 inches above the tank jacket.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45723DF1FA094D0D80D6A3F2C60D4666">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The highest point on the closure of any unused pressure relief device nozzle may not be more than 6 inches above the tank jacket.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H34F2CB119EAF4AE5A778AF2925E91B02">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Alternative Protection</header>
<text>As an alternative to the protective housing requirements in subsection (a) of this section, the tank car may be equipped with a system that prevents the release of product from any top fitting in the case of an incident where any top fitting would be sheared off.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H46BEDE6BFDE44DC788852A742617AA35">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Secretary to issue regulations to implement this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B988A07D68D479AA5884251ADA63D41">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from approving new technologies, methods or requirements that provide a level of safety equivalent to or greater than the level of safety provided for in this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5585C92A05C242AA957E68065D1935A6">
<enum>7307.</enum>
<header>Rulemaking on oil spill response plans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until a final rule based on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking issued on August 1, 2014, entitled <quote>Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans for High-Hazard Flammable Trains</quote> (79 Fed. Reg. 45079) is promulgated, notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate in writing of—</text>
<paragraph id="H0268F887E8DC4F1795FA41EFD39E2FAC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the status of such rulemaking;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CA0D7E7A3884EAAA1BD5E82411DC2C2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any reasons why such final rule has not been implemented;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D8C14F8E9334332B1EAD7B12D7FFACB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a plan for completing such final rule as soon as practicable; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E8BF185BBF34E798B52E965DF88C2A8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the estimated date of completion of such final rule.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H092B2306E8604336BF78BCF8A9CD337E">
<enum>7308.</enum>
<header>Modification reporting</header>
<subsection id="H5DC1C83B96474180B956AA809E31EB70">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a reporting requirement to monitor industry-wide progress toward modifying rail tank cars used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids by the applicable deadlines established in section 7304.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B492E032FD241D9A449E0DF2D25060C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Tank car data</header>
<text>The Secretary shall collect data from shippers and rail tank car owners on—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEF8B4F557814D70AE7B407B953C5F5B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the total number of tank cars modified to meet the DOT–117R specification, or equivalent, specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBA092BE056942E0A02E1A3F42A889F8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the type or specification of each tank car before it was modified, including non-jacketed DOT–111, jacketed DOT–111, non-jacketed DOT–111 meeting the CPC–1232 standard, or jacketed DOT–111 meeting the CPC–1232 standard; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68561113E4E345F8B19BA77771AE0F1A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the identification number of each Class 3 flammable liquid carried by each tank car in the past year;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EB8863F14974D349874BA48DF23A5CA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the total number of tank cars built to meet the DOT–117 specification, or equivalent; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CE1CC2F37A441F98E2AC807A6858DB0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of tank cars used or likely to be used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids that have not been modified, specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA118EF5E32F246A690A08E9B16A85675">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the type or specification of each tank car not modified, including the non-jacketed DOT–111, jacketed DOT–111, non-jacketed DOT–111 meeting the CPC–1232 standard, or jacketed DOT–111 meeting the CPC–1232 standard; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FC11FE01EC14A0E9B02CB85C8DCD149">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the identification number of each Class 3 flammable liquid carried by each tank car in the past year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H78F1AD37DDA343EBB3CEE06F7D60A1A8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Tank car shop data</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct a survey of tank car facilities modifying tank cars to the DOT–117R specification, or equivalent, or building new tank cars to the DOT–117 specification, or equivalent, to generate statistically-valid estimates of the anticipated number of tank cars those facilities expect to modify to DOT–117R specification, or equivalent, or build to the DOT–117 specification, or equivalent.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1B490238507443EB2F3A0A9FB6E28B4">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Frequency</header>
<text>The Secretary shall collect the data under subsection (b) and conduct the survey under subsection (c) annually until May 1, 2029.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD4FDEE5E1A7141AA8D26F22AAD248321">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Information protections</header>
<paragraph id="H1C881822AC194D599A4EBF51AF632FF4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall only report data in industry-wide totals and shall treat company-specific information as confidential business information.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF74D685162A043E3B12AA5893C576D11">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Level of confidentiality</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure the data collected under subsection (b) and the survey data under subsection (c) have the same level of confidentiality as required by the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), as administered by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5585459D2D234182B61E73F97577E60F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Designee</header>
<text>The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B93615C4A4C4576ABFAA5D15D8D5FFF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>designate the Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to collect data under subsection (b) and the survey data under subsection (c); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEEF567E712C4AC189367CC25B4F5B74">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>direct the Director to ensure the confidentially of company-specific information to the maximum extent permitted by law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA7B385C6D58D4D93A3B7E42CC0C269C3">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Each year, not later than 60 days after the date that both the collection of the data under subsection (b) and the survey under subsection (c) are complete, the Secretary shall submit a written report on the aggregate results, without company-specific information, to—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B8D4D7216264567B7BD05D0B6FBF8F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA05414BD11940748B21D1AAF7D7D910">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H874C4F8CCF454B8A8F2904D4EBA879AB">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Definition of Class 3 flammable liquid</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>Class 3 flammable liquid</term> has the meaning given the term flammable liquid in section 173.120 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H92524F7D53044D2BB82662A708FF2069">
<enum>7309.</enum>
<header>Report on crude oil characteristics research study</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the research completion of the comprehensive Crude Oil Characteristics Research Sampling, Analysis, and Experiment Plan study at Sandia National Laboratories, the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives that contains—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0CAB48D39DC4FD29ED7E8B35AEC193E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the results of the comprehensive Crude Oil Characteristics Research Sampling, Analysis, and Experiment Plan study; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H330B0513336E44B0A3722059B1EB77A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>recommendations, based on the findings of the study, for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE97E1A9E3E742D0969284874ED5034F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>regulations by the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Energy to improve the safe transport of crude oil; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1E4BCF2098842BEA574A78F84DF8011">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>legislation to improve the safe transport of crude oil.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HB52E85334A53430298B8E979FDDC6625">
<enum>7310.</enum>
<header>Hazardous materials by rail liability study</header>
<subsection id="H2B177103B2584C61AD7D73B9EBC7106E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a study on the levels and structure of insurance for railroad carriers transporting hazardous materials.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H76488DF4CA104260824A0B54606F3B10">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>ln conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="H3091313EE51F459E8C5A455EA62F4BDC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the level and structure of insurance, including self-insurance, available in the private market against the full liability potential for damages arising from an accident or incident involving a train transporting hazardous materials; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD93DBBEAA0F24BFC8652266CC5767F96">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the level and structure of insurance that would be necessary and appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47561BF8138A4F96AFB2D1BCDDF0C908">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to efficiently allocate risk and financial responsibility for claims; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A88E925058A49908AD25ACECE39117D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to ensure that a railroad carrier transporting hazardous materials can continue to operate despite the risk of an accident or incident; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF00DC2253954631A5AACD8A020A3A4B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential applicability, for a train transporting hazardous materials, of an alternative insurance model, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62998D595ED942D49CC7084EEB04A0EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a secondary liability coverage pool or pools to supplement commercial insurance; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE01796506BB14990A0295CAC89E79C58">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>other models administered by the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H475BDF6C82DC426B80A18EB9203BB8F2">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date the study under subsection (a) is initiated, the Secretary shall submit a report containing the results of the study and recommendations for addressing liability issues with rail transportation of hazardous materials to—</text>
<paragraph id="H03A1641CB7B04CA9B64EDD532840D395">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E3DF1BC1452476E9A57B9E040E4A3DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE845567BB18842BE8BE1CB976B0D6486">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>ln this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9B7AF2775096415AA76344115A9E38E7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Hazardous material</header>
<text>The term <quote>hazardous material</quote> means a substance or material the Secretary designates as hazardous under section 5103 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD705C9554D3A4DE58590454AE7DF0B68">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Railroad carrier</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>railroad carrier</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H509C647E00614474952E3754F27971DB">
<enum>7311.</enum>
<header>Study and testing of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H22B51D1833514A8AA382DA527243D309">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Government accountability office study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC3E8930559E44B9B93DE7415EEDCF497">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an independent evaluation of ECP brake systems, pilot program data, and the Department’s research and analysis on the costs, benefits, and effects of ECP brake systems.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H08ABFF8ACC5A4F51AA92B2BC1A6543AB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Study elements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In completing the independent evaluation under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall examine the following issues related to ECP brake systems:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAE5A5C275E4F48A8908382A353999C59">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Data and modeling results on safety benefits relative to conventional brakes and to other braking technologies or systems, such as distributed power and 2-way end-of-train devices.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC29C1722C8754869854CD98C5B4B0D9E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Data and modeling results on business benefits, including the effects of dynamic braking.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7A6933B84234DDAA5E4FA5971B891C7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Data on costs, including up-front capital costs and on-going maintenance costs.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21792DA0580C4D0DA56704B47DC09FE7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Analysis of potential operational benefits and challenges, including the effects of potential locomotive and car segregation, technical reliability issues, and network disruptions.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9937B1FD231944E88F281C97584C216F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Analysis of potential implementation challenges, including installation time, positive train control integration complexities, component availability issues, and tank car shop capabilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DE54E3073F8423DAE99B68B81F65BB1">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Analysis of international experiences with the use of advanced braking technologies.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD9E2026924DC4BF0915A42036F96B96B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the independent evaluation under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3A34F7A4308649AA84AAACFEA3A4868C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Emergency braking application testing</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBEF164203E65433D8AB6A57C815E4CE4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB298729043C945378EE4A6DC07685648">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>complete testing of ECP brake systems during emergency braking application, including more than 1 scenario involving the uncoupling of a train with 70 or more DOT–117 specification or DOT–117R specification tank cars; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H29DE821107DE4903A093EE230A280E2A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>transmit, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the testing.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H92179B4213674E7C99986DF205A0AC77">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Independent experts</header>
<text>In completing the testing under paragraph (1)(A), the National Academy of Sciences may contract with 1 or more engineering or rail experts, as appropriate, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA550DABE8FB54A02AA575BED884572AB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>are not railroad carriers, entities funded by such carriers, or entities directly impacted by the final rule issued on May 8, 2015, entitled <quote>Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains</quote> (80 Fed. Reg. 26643); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H96A04A1830D543EEBB07DED2699B0953">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>have relevant experience in conducting railroad safety technology tests or similar crash tests.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H07047A97947B4F829AD7CD6453FD9776">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Testing framework</header>
<text>In completing the testing under paragraph (1), the National Academy of Sciences and each contractor described in paragraph (2) shall ensure that the testing objectively, accurately, and reliably measures the performance of ECP brake systems relative to other braking technologies or systems, such as distributed power and 2-way end-of-train devices, including differences in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4DBEEA2EA36F490391E85BFF82D0B3C5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of cars derailed;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6690BAFEBBD84989BD98260D314312C3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the number of cars punctured;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H33BA174256004F5293EF5C521CFDFF7E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the measures of in-train forces; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H206F7EDC76AC4E89AD2C509B3C1869D0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the stopping distance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5A68DFA74F4C43428835F34255C162AC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide funding, as part of the agreement under paragraph (1), to the National Academy of Sciences for the testing required under this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6733409CD15B4773B1C7220612D446DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>using sums made available to carry out sections 20108 and 5118 of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F0F05FF78984A4AAF8B8713850B1BBA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to the extent funding under subparagraph (A) is insufficient or unavailable to fund the testing required under this section, using such sums as are necessary from the amounts appropriated to the Secretary, the Federal Railroad Administration, or the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or a combination thereof.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1EBA0DC0830D467A9EBD3AEF86E756CE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Equipment</header>
<subparagraph id="HEECFB5C1000F410EB00552F6A2E216F7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Receipt</header>
<text>The National Academy of Sciences and each contractor described in paragraph (2) may receive or use rolling stock, track, and other equipment or infrastructure from a railroad carrier or other private entity for the purposes of conducting the testing required under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FDC7CB3BDA446789F462AA93F1F8AC3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Contracted use</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(A), to facilitate testing, the National Academy of Sciences and each contractor may contract with a railroad carrier or any other private entity for the use of such carrier or entity’s rolling stock, track, or other equipment and receive technical assistance on their use.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBE61D9215DE24C3E9F2C8B2E54056147">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Evidence-Based approach</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCAD322C1AA3B448B8D4F243B85B0B46E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Analysis</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H13F4275C6194413885C549656ACB5D15">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not later than 90 days after the report date, fully incorporate the results of the evaluation under subsection (a) and the testing under subsection (b) and update the regulatory impact analysis of the final rule described in subsection (b)(2)(A) of the costs, benefits, and effects of the applicable ECP brake system requirements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEE653B929AF14FE7B4E7B0E4ABA4A0F6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>as soon as practicable after completion of the updated analysis under subparagraph (A), solicit public comment in the Federal Register on the analysis for a period of not more than 30 days; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA72E8E3E016E48CF87A5824D7D97AE80">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>not later than 60 days after the end of the public comment period under subparagraph (B), post the final updated regulatory impact analysis on the Department of Transportation’s Internet Web site.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H95431390494B499081B4885C0576D608">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD28D19F97BE84B51BAF1D2CD1800A879">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>determine, based on whether the final regulatory impact analysis described in paragraph (1)(C) demonstrates that the benefits, including safety benefits, of the applicable ECP brake system requirements exceed the costs of such requirements, whether the applicable ECP brake system requirements are justified;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H87067168A393446EA9CD171A6064DCCD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>if the applicable ECP brake system requirements are justified, publish in the Federal Register the determination and reasons for such determination; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H82C48DDC2E9F422090B247F5FD1DEB14">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>if the Secretary does not publish the determination under subparagraph (B), repeal the applicable ECP brake system requirements.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBAF5823C40424D6BA4BEA3EC0BE07D68">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from implementing the final rule described under subsection (b)(2)(A) prior to the determination required under subsection (c)(2) of this section, or require the Secretary to promulgate a new rule on the provisions of such final rule, other than on the applicable ECP brake system requirements, if the Secretary does not determine that the applicable ECP brake system requirements are justified pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H926882136EDF493DBE8E5C7F34FDE45F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE2AF977526545448D3B3E2480547CE3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Applicable ECP brake system requirements</header>
<text>The term <term>applicable ECP brake system requirements</term> means sections 174.310(a)(3)(ii), 174.310(a)(3)(iii), 174.310(a)(5)(v), 179.202–10, 179.202–12(g), and 179.202–13(i) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and any other regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act requiring the installation of ECP brakes or operation in ECP brake mode.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H37830BC56217453387DCD68F573F5B7D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Class 3 flammable liquid</header>
<text>The term <term>Class 3 flammable liquid</term> has the meaning given the term flammable liquid in section 173.120(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H793D477C885F45B1A321CB79ABD8F979">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>ECP</header>
<text>The term <term>ECP</term> means electronically controlled pneumatic when applied to a brake or brakes.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F2AB1691B734239AF72F10148C67A9C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>ECP brake mode</header>
<text>The term <term>ECP brake mode</term> includes any operation of a rail car or an entire train using an ECP brake system.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0A930B487EDC49C5885D65EDEB3E28E3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>ECP brake system</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H40FCB2EEDCCE4692BC53C24A7E65D63F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>ECP brake system</term> means a train power braking system actuated by compressed air and controlled by electronic signals from the locomotive or an ECP–EOT to the cars in the consist for service and emergency applications in which the brake pipe is used to provide a constant supply of compressed air to the reservoirs on each car but does not convey braking signals to the car.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD313E9CBEBFF4BD991BF7F0B9F1EA8AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>ECP brake system</term> includes dual mode and stand-alone ECP brake systems.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H926D69AC8CF7497B879E68F3CDEEC807">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Railroad carrier</header>
<text>The term <term>railroad carrier</term> has the meaning given the term in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEFE22DF5A0C844179590C55BAA559469">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Report date</header>
<text>The term <term>report date</term> means the date that the reports under subsections (a)(3) and (b)(1)(B) are required to be transmitted pursuant to those subsections.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>VIII</enum>
<header>Multimodal Freight Transportation</header>
<section id="H4561EC170CE040CA90785807C4E694B4">
<enum>8001.</enum>
<header>Multimodal freight transportation</header>
<subsection id="HE38B288B0C544580B477858DA9398E7D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subtitle IX of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9348D78B523743BBA52F95230DD2BB21" style="USC">
<subtitle id="H3D3A1AD2CDF141A99C646B448155D47E">
<enum>IX</enum>
<header>Multimodal Freight Transportation</header>
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter">
<toc-enum>Chapter</toc-enum>
<level-header level="chapter" />
<target>Sec.</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter">
<toc-enum>701.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="chapter">Multimodal freight policy</level-header>
<target>70101</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter">
<toc-enum>702.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="chapter">Multimodal freight transportation planning and information</level-header>
<target>70201</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<chapter id="HEB3F7862CE8743FEB89BA9978A5986E0">
<enum>701</enum>
<header>Multimodal freight policy</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="HEB3F7862CE8743FEB89BA9978A5986E0" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD510A5E8158744C9955AB27D6E9650B9" level="section">70101. National multimodal freight policy.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF11F4DE455844425AEF3B5453F5D7717" level="section">70102. National freight strategic plan.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF0A49D1DF367418588D6E948B6C2AA94" level="section">70103. National Multimodal Freight Network.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="HD510A5E8158744C9955AB27D6E9650B9">
<enum>70101.</enum>
<header>National multimodal freight policy</header>
<subsection id="H8E9ABF680C5A4CCDA07B972D0123386C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>It is the policy of the United States to maintain and improve the condition and performance of the National Multimodal Freight Network established under section 70103 to ensure that the Network provides a foundation for the United States to compete in the global economy and achieve the goals described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4965EAEB8AB94DD79A36A1B8C7162C62">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Goals</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the national multimodal freight policy are—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B2754148AFD454F9F3530EE2ACA5F09">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to identify infrastructure improvements, policies, and operational innovations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BD54EF519DB4CC5AE8E92B4B2A4A485">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>strengthen the contribution of the National Multimodal Freight Network to the economic competitiveness of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC84AC19B88D246448E081686DFCA5013">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reduce congestion and eliminate bottlenecks on the National Multimodal Freight Network; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3D34974FBF64942A2B74A48066C6D92">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>increase productivity, particularly for domestic industries and businesses that create high-value jobs;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD38176093BB24A308CECBAEBF1ECE87C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to improve the safety, security, efficiency, and resiliency of multimodal freight transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CBA7A211C1545DB94754244F3156AE3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to achieve and maintain a state of good repair on the National Multimodal Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE7DC16EAB25467EA4DB280E033B0799">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>to use innovation and advanced technology to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the National Multimodal Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF0B3E9ED3684AA4BC6E1F75015E5B7B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to improve the economic efficiency and productivity of the National Multimodal Freight Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDD5B3FD9EE34BB8828FC02EAE0E5366">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>to improve the reliability of freight transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8A0F0AEDABE43F9A5C3BE5E014A1D91">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>to improve the short- and long-distance movement of goods that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1969D7D647544CBAA36D04A089F7E8C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>travel across rural areas between population centers; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2700C3A06D274E7D9245E76BDC2DA350">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>travel between rural areas and population centers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F53CA754F1648B1B2A990F3EA64FC4A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">travel from the Nation’s ports, airports, and gateways to the National Multimodal Freight Network;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CE029BEA9324A9A91057CB5424E8A48">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>to improve the flexibility of States to support multi-State corridor planning and the creation of multi-State organizations to increase the ability of States to address multimodal freight connectivity;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC8ECCEB324B4333B2A9FDF4F7F0D1FC">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>to reduce the adverse environmental impacts of freight movement on the National Multimodal Freight Network; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D0C7978B59B4C12AB9035F81A33BB9E">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pursue the goals described in this subsection in a manner that is not burdensome to State and local governments.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H307EEBB108614DE7AEA0ED44C5D73956">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, who shall be responsible for the oversight and implementation of the national multimodal freight policy, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H200AB63839E344BEB41CE0569992B1F3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out sections 70102 and 70103;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFA35C8822184744BC9A7D6C17709D8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>assist with the coordination of modal freight planning; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC12E01B3172482FADADDC5B23FB0CB2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>identify interagency data sharing opportunities to promote freight planning and coordination.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF11F4DE455844425AEF3B5453F5D7717">
<enum>70102.</enum>
<header>National freight strategic plan</header>
<subsection id="HF1041A6644E94F8589B8115C7FAD0216">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H78A6E39E964A40F8BDA0A80048C1951A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>develop a national freight strategic plan in accordance with this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H906BE736EFEC48BA9AC2CFA95FB5610A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>publish the plan on the public Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1217BC689F5B48ABAD8DE5F7B24AF57D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The national freight strategic plan shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D0DC39BF9C64331B2B503BFDB9FC4E9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an assessment of the condition and performance of the National Multimodal Freight Network established under section 70103;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E6FA4FC174F4E1E93F414A11341AB63">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forecasts of freight volumes for the succeeding 5-, 10-, and 20-year periods;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D743CD24B4C4BF5908BA9F565596D25">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>an identification of major trade gateways and national freight corridors that connect major population centers, trade gateways, and other major freight generators;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A2A310CE0614F96A6A2A793FDF6E871">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>an identification of bottlenecks on the National Multimodal Freight Network that create significant freight congestion, based on a quantitative methodology developed by the Under Secretary, which shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A4FBE524B3646678DC30FC6780D6521">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>information from the Freight Analysis Framework of the Federal Highway Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2CD1F8659BE840C89CEFEC45EAE938AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent practicable, an estimate of the cost of addressing each bottleneck and any operational improvements that could be implemented;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1EC890FFD4A4B4B89964B4B6C8DD6EA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>an assessment of statutory, regulatory, technological, institutional, financial, and other barriers to improved freight transportation performance, and a description of opportunities for overcoming the barriers;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H702718022FB04E8BA6144E17A61BCD2C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>a process for addressing multistate projects and encouraging jurisdictions to collaborate;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1895F8B2DD79409BB08C65CF69FA4E97">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>strategies to improve freight intermodal connectivity;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE16B5CBD0C6A4CC4B222F2F83DFE85F2">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of corridors providing access to energy exploration, development, installation, or production areas;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6F7619C04194C5788D1D13FC0490EA8">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>an identification of corridors providing access to major areas for manufacturing, agriculture, or natural resources;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H590B4FDB2C12411C9F5D3F8323B223A2">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>an identification of best practices for improving the performance of the National Multimodal Freight Network, including critical commerce corridors and rural and urban access to critical freight corridors; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD43300E95A694285BEACAA0355065379">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>an identification of best practices to mitigate the impacts of freight movement on communities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H819866DF28D04DFD8DC26B1E2E57F761">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Updates</header>
<text>Not later than 5 years after the date of completion of the national freight strategic plan under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Under Secretary shall update the plan and publish the updated plan on the public Internet Web site of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H77C9905C8440499CA420C80969395349">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary shall develop and update the national freight strategic plan—</text>
<paragraph id="H9276F2A0D0D24BA4953C1EB189AF6A3D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6875875948147BABA512E5C9421C04D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in consultation with State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other appropriate public and private transportation stakeholders.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF0A49D1DF367418588D6E948B6C2AA94">
<enum>70103.</enum>
<header>National Multimodal Freight Network</header>
<subsection id="HD3A624FA627347418A1569811BF4500D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy shall establish a National Multimodal Freight Network in accordance with this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H87E2EC890360454B8C7FABDE92B7D31A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist States in strategically directing resources toward improved system performance for the efficient movement of freight on the Network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFB7705C24F6464F997C0788DD88C93A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to inform freight transportation planning;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D2FB32F0E204F2E92F32B0283CF3EC0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist in the prioritization of Federal investment; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H236F0BBA08DA4126BF1EAABD0E9272E6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess and support Federal investments to achieve the national multimodal freight policy goals described in section 70101(b) of this title and the national highway freight program goals described in section 167 of title 23.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F927CDA9EBE42C98E6B8FE7B38722BA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Interim network</header>
<paragraph id="H99F42CC41E4443EC8609EDD059799E54">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Under Secretary shall establish an interim National Multimodal Freight Network in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H509BC65B600D46AC8F58392312269CC8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Network components</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The interim National Multimodal Freight Network shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0CB7D8DB1D1848EABFBAE06EEA26BA9B" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the National Highway Freight Network, as established under section 167 of title 23;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70069DF0F44C47D0BAF4FB2124147B79">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the freight rail systems of Class I railroads, as designated by the Surface Transportation Board;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43CB5E2F40DF446FBBC812104454A08C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the public ports of the United States that have total annual foreign and domestic trade of at least 2,000,000 short tons, as identified by the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center of the Army Corps of Engineers, using the data from the latest year for which such data is available;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCBC7852FBB5488694246EC655978463">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States, as described in section 206 of the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1804);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB80B14D5C34433D9D2A023F139028D1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and coastal and ocean routes along which domestic freight is transported;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1728FD16AC19402D90E31A4626D08B91">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the 50 airports located in the United States with the highest annual landed weight, as identified by the Federal Aviation Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA483C340A3F34A469FE64A22F9390C79">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>other strategic freight assets, including strategic intermodal facilities and freight rail lines of Class II and Class III railroads, designated by the Under Secretary as critical to interstate commerce.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H50EF8060593F4B2FAB901D28645A3F63">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Final network</header>
<paragraph id="H25BAC540FDE943A3B183D48B1B877723">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Under Secretary, after soliciting input from stakeholders, including multimodal freight system users, transportation providers, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, ports, airports, railroads, and States, through a public process to identify critical freight facilities and corridors, including critical commerce corridors, that are vital to achieve the national multimodal freight policy goals described in section 70101(b) of this title and the national highway freight program goals described in section 167 of title 23, and after providing notice and an opportunity for comment on a draft system, shall designate a National Multimodal Freight Network with the goal of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD58B56EEFE6A4E3394D6EB2B79D0400D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>improving network and intermodal connectivity; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DDA6FE87EB348A49C9E31704DA19C71">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>using measurable data as part of the assessment of the significance of freight movement, including the consideration of points of origin, destinations, and linking components of domestic and international supply chains.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H546C1B0A8CB0488D8821A49691C7C0EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Factors</header>
<text>In designating or redesignating the National Multimodal Freight Network, the Under Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FAFEBC320B540D6AE5365379464CA0C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>origins and destinations of freight movement within, to, and from the United States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE60536802DD4AD9B1A4A6A7784090A8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>volume, value, tonnage, and the strategic importance of freight;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC08FAE5523D14D8B948C815CBD22D6EF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>access to border crossings, airports, seaports, and pipelines;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H895160F6D80845FCBFCBDA9457FE40EF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>economic factors, including balance of trade;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4A6D4219C46499084903252CAB715FB">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>access to major areas for manufacturing, agriculture, or natural resources;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10208114539A433A9076652957D5495F">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>access to energy exploration, development, installation, and production areas;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CE0BEC080D642829F6403E62C25F864">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>intermodal links and intersections that promote connectivity;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA1AD971BE7347BE82B0F94D9DF5E7BD">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>freight choke points and other impediments contributing to significant measurable congestion, delay in freight movement, or inefficient modal connections;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1EE062999FB342CBB73DC352991344F7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>impacts on all freight transportation modes and modes that share significant freight infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBAAD36E20F4449585FC35AEBE50E263" commented="no">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>facilities and transportation corridors identified by a multi-State coalition, a State, a State freight advisory committee, or a metropolitan planning organization, using national or local data, as having critical freight importance to the region;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H629C167B75B84A9CAB1C831E1E9BF106">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>major distribution centers, inland intermodal facilities, and first- and last-mile facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE2BC917F81E4B8E81549DCFE6A70656">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>the significance of goods movement, including consideration of global and domestic supply chains.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA4B6CB0F3E94098B5498CDB25D242DD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating or redesignating the National Multimodal Freight Network, the Under Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB3A6E81900F435EB65B069C066C1374">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>use, to the extent practicable, measurable data to assess the significance of goods movement, including the consideration of points of origin, destinations, and linking components of the United States global and domestic supply chains;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A9A4815A593407DB96558CDB3EF7BA3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>consider—</text>
<clause id="H28EFDA2513A2434AB45B9E95E3EC0063">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the factors described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H29FF8325CB05400AAA2BB53D956F40DF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any changes in the economy that affect freight transportation network demand; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA01EF371A4534A0DB100B8490D02F59C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provide the States with an opportunity to submit proposed designations in accordance with paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8909D4F05A44DA38A49B9B82280453F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>State input</header>
<subparagraph id="HFAFD960F29BE4D74A691164A6B188ABA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State that proposes additional designations for the National Multimodal Freight Network shall—</text>
<clause id="HF6D4FEEF138E4FC6AFC633FD2627EDB3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>consider nominations for additional designations from metropolitan planning organizations and State freight advisory committees, as applicable, within the State;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3D6C6B63A93A4EA7BC936552F3D0062C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>consider nominations for additional designations from owners and operators of port, rail, pipeline, and airport facilities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1A569B164F6B4A29B7B5CA2830C871B0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>ensure that additional designations are consistent with the State transportation improvement program or freight plan.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H955E750F548249B2BE4C42B546DC985F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Critical rural freight facilities and corridors</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the designations under subparagraph (A), a State may designate a freight facility or corridor within the borders of the State as a critical rural freight facility or corridor if the facility or corridor—</text>
<clause id="HC1C263AB5754445E81DF440F29785FE7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is a rural principal arterial;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H242141A7710E4A739F4FC73FA1E6DABD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>provides access or service to energy exploration, development, installation, or production areas;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA2B65753FB2D44E9BA4A4C24566227EE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>provides access or service to—</text>
<subclause id="H9A6EDD67411D41369168A6A8D916EA36">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a grain elevator;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H445CA6002D1640129B0D19532BD89646">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>an agricultural facility;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA1EA564DA8644F90A4698C93F79E4C8C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a mining facility;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC48E74D6764F4E34B3C67C50E70B63E6">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>a forestry facility; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1BD0C572E2F24156A1A8BF014371B372">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>an intermodal facility;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2D60E3AF8154C2B8814262818DB8DB9">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>connects to an international port of entry;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF9381940158342B5837B5B3C9D89B465">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>provides access to a significant air, rail, water, or other freight facility in the State; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9AF9DBB663774C4EBDD6673DCAFFD737">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>has been determined by the State to be vital to improving the efficient movement of freight of importance to the economy of the State.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DB4066466A74A9E9454D07224B4E00F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<clause id="HEDCFCFF3E01E4A8DBECCB47154433842">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State may propose additional designations to the National Multimodal Freight Network in the State in an amount that is not more than 20 percent of the total mileage designated by the Under Secretary in the State.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8B956003EBC6422FAF3C66276DCF92C5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Determination by Under Secretary</header>
<text>The Under Secretary shall determine how to apply the limitation under clause (i) to the components of the National Multimodal Freight Network.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7378DF7C10C34BEC9BD182CE2153DF99">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Submission and certification</header>
<text>A State shall submit to the Under Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H7003FD6D55D74023AC207AE9CEF8FDB7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a list of any additional designations proposed to be added under this paragraph; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H087EA3D145904DE7969BFB3B98F83F5C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a certification that—</text>
<subclause id="HDF704AA89E524C7687A77B90AB8A7D1F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the State has satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEFCE068754BE4539A79E38F756C85CD8">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the designations referred to in clause (i) address the factors for designation described in this subsection.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4D8E39354C12420CB196E53350818407">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Redesignation of National Multimodal Freight Network</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the initial designation under subsection (c), and every 5 years thereafter, the Under Secretary, using the designation factors described in subsection (c), shall redesignate the National Multimodal Freight Network.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter id="HDAE5D78FC6E64E58BC14C4E353DA762A">
<enum>702</enum>
<header>Multimodal freight transportation planning and information</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="HDAE5D78FC6E64E58BC14C4E353DA762A" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H98AE8FD5456A42739DF8389BD63CEF9B" level="section">70201. State freight advisory committees.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H52B9647058434B1D87EF6F692A7004C5" level="section">70202. State freight plans.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HBF357E1B2DED43A9BD4324F70D51491E" level="section">70203. Transportation investment data and planning tools.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5684AF7361B64EB8B730BDFAF4D10A71" level="section">70204. Savings provision.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="H98AE8FD5456A42739DF8389BD63CEF9B">
<enum>70201.</enum>
<header>State freight advisory committees</header>
<subsection id="HAB71F5EA4F454B2FBC1E8F5C14A224C3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall encourage each State to establish a freight advisory committee consisting of a representative cross-section of public and private sector freight stakeholders, including representatives of ports, freight railroads, shippers, carriers, freight-related associations, third-party logistics providers, the freight industry workforce, the transportation department of the State, and local governments.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBDCE0D8C341A44F593BC409141634F76">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Role of committee</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A freight advisory committee of a State described in subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC495FC3F6D454038919FA546F18AA7DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>advise the State on freight-related priorities, issues, projects, and funding needs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1777F16689A642A6904035EF565122D0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>serve as a forum for discussion for State transportation decisions affecting freight mobility;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DECF70B6714484BA1B2750EDA8E7D95">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>communicate and coordinate regional priorities with other organizations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H569FE5BE8C5C4FB5963D8A7B54F14709">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>promote the sharing of information between the private and public sectors on freight issues; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51B68C90FF084F06B1BBB966E45DF90C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>participate in the development of the freight plan of the State described in section 70202.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H52B9647058434B1D87EF6F692A7004C5">
<enum>70202.</enum>
<header>State freight plans</header>
<subsection id="H7D2EA245F2D54624B8B6DDB5C73EE959">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each State that receives funding under section 167 of title 23 shall develop a freight plan that provides a comprehensive plan for the immediate and long-range planning activities and investments of the State with respect to freight.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H20EC16E806514A638B222EAAED8BD8B5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Plan contents</header>
<text>A State freight plan described in subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAE4A11028694C5785FF141A84722E70">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an identification of significant freight system trends, needs, and issues with respect to the State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44B03F97011F45B481170B210B991DB1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a description of the freight policies, strategies, and performance measures that will guide the freight-related transportation investment decisions of the State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31199F1CC4FA454FA1701AD2B1F71919">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>when applicable, a listing of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE45BBA7B048447891569988A6D454D5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>multimodal critical rural freight facilities and corridors designated within the State under section 70103 of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A48C6194F474E39BB09F4FE584A999E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>critical rural and urban freight corridors designated within the State under section 167 of title 23;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B79DDF726544D77BBFF38BC82F05A98">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a description of how the plan will improve the ability of the State to meet the national multimodal freight policy goals described in section 70101(b) of this title and the national highway freight program goals described in section 167 of title 23;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CEB9197362B4FAC8377380D898ABD0D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>a description of how innovative technologies and operational strategies, including freight intelligent transportation systems, that improve the safety and efficiency of freight movement, were considered;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AAEBAA1716D4E798AD635091199A6DC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in the case of roadways on which travel by heavy vehicles (including mining, agricultural, energy cargo or equipment, and timber vehicles) is projected to substantially deteriorate the condition of the roadways, a description of improvements that may be required to reduce or impede the deterioration;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D53792D91D548AEB66063D11DA4618E">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>an inventory of facilities with freight mobility issues, such as bottlenecks, within the State, and for those facilities that are State owned or operated, a description of the strategies the State is employing to address the freight mobility issues;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H692AD73F500A4C8BA4E3E8D1E522E38C">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>consideration of any significant congestion or delay caused by freight movements and any strategies to mitigate that congestion or delay;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56314586DB04458981E241E6403DCA97">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>a freight investment plan that, subject to subsection (c)(2), includes a list of priority projects and describes how funds made available to carry out section 167 of title 23 would be invested and matched; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7383AB663874F53BC4DBF092C26A4C7">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consultation with the State freight advisory committee, if applicable.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H66C154004E734D72A6A1FA5EE0F0B3BA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Relationship to long-Range plan</header>
<paragraph id="HDA107AD72E73448DAB7D0371A5E061DE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Incorporation</header>
<text>A State freight plan described in subsection (a) may be developed separately from or incorporated into the statewide strategic long-range transportation plan required by section 135 of title 23.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CC33E09E1B44A949F29EF18B19E82A4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal constraint</header>
<text>The freight investment plan component of a freight plan shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if funding for completion of the project can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period identified in the freight investment plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9B2557B363ED4959BD6FC09686CA122D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Planning period</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State freight plan described in subsection (a) shall address a 5-year forecast period.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF4743D732A534207A8FA1BEDBAFF9BB6">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Updates</header>
<paragraph id="HE15F44BDD6884C3C87ED0AFFFCD329E6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State shall update a State freight plan described in subsection (a) not less frequently than once every 5 years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75797D14F9AF45799A518F1519A8C2E7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Freight investment plan</header>
<text>A State may update a freight investment plan described in subsection (b)(9) more frequently than is required under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBF357E1B2DED43A9BD4324F70D51491E">
<enum>70203.</enum>
<header>Transportation investment data and planning tools</header>
<subsection id="H5BF2590B08A94D17B101BA705AB79502">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0867CD166C4C456E93ED7679CEB3E72B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>begin development of new tools and improvement of existing tools to support an outcome-oriented, performance-based approach to evaluate proposed freight-related and other transportation projects, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A1507FCAC2B4ED1851EE7F73BE93606">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>methodologies for systematic analysis of benefits and costs on a national or regional basis;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H39E4665F0C0C44EE85BD65B97136EED8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>tools for ensuring that the evaluation of freight-related and other transportation projects could consider safety, economic competitiveness, urban and rural access, environmental sustainability, and system condition in the project selection process;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77BF7ECA834042BE98B8BA7048AC837C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>improved methods for data collection and trend analysis;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1870ED6FD8448399B415EED707A95D0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>encouragement of public-private collaboration to carry out data sharing activities while maintaining the confidentiality of all proprietary data; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19720E7BD537441B88CDF14E76080A27">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>other tools to assist in effective transportation planning;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54A980386CED4784BEB126A50572E507">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identify transportation-related model data elements to support a broad range of evaluation methods and techniques to assist in making transportation investment decisions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09F85676FD03468ABE734414F6DEF1CC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>at a minimum, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, consider any improvements to existing freight flow data collection efforts that could reduce identified freight data gaps and deficiencies and help improve forecasts of freight transportation demand.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2C62C81C0B394687AC5B801268277E1D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall consult with Federal, State, and other stakeholders to develop, improve, and implement the tools and collect the data described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5684AF7361B64EB8B730BDFAF4D10A71">
<enum>70204.</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle provides additional authority to regulate or direct private activity on freight networks designated under this subtitle.</text>
</section>
</chapter>
</subtitle>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8DDE339253546FDA507B355BCEB7FD8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis of subtitles for title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to subtitle IX and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2A3B4C7BD7840C4A6956978D0A89167" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle">
<toc-enum>IX.</toc-enum>
<level-header bold="on" level="subtitle">Multimodal Freight Transportation</level-header>
<target>70101</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>IX</enum>
<header>National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau</header>
<section id="H13D46108862D4E0F959AF5E4CE27F8A9">
<enum>9001.</enum>
<header>National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau</header>
<subsection id="H57E3AB62C88040DAB135702AABB534BA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 1 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCE45C0B468CC4E569A63900F2FE75CE3" style="USC">
<section id="H22852A1DBE6B43B5A509B8248789DED8">
<enum>116.</enum>
<header>National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau</header>
<subsection id="HCDB72AA57BCD47829EDAB5D4D8AA16C5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau in the Department.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H50EFB90729D542F2B3067EDDB56BB5BE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The purposes of the Bureau shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H027E72EFC4B54B518C24BF55EA4081BA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to provide assistance and communicate best practices and financing and funding opportunities to eligible entities for the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB75A777A99FC41AC97E83D60522B0E0B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to administer the application processes for programs within the Department in accordance with subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF124F6551B144CB993268BBC7D41913B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to promote innovative financing best practices in accordance with subsection (e);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7FA3329C05B456CA1F38A92D80A5108">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>to reduce uncertainty and delays with respect to environmental reviews and permitting in accordance with subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B47A921B4C244919AA0F378B1DA6EA0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to reduce costs and risks to taxpayers in project delivery and procurement in accordance with subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE02E3BCF6104498B9F4978C2667EA0E3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Executive Director</header>
<paragraph id="HF298CAA5B4B54EE58E206C85D173A894">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<text>The Bureau shall be headed by an Executive Director, who shall be appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary, with the approval of the President.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H057DE4C1BDAD420D867BEC8DD7766A3F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The Executive Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1BFA123AF7874FFC880D013C98902375">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>report to the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA1613A7E5D642A2965DD650151F423E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>be responsible for the management and oversight of the daily activities, decisions, operations, and personnel of the Bureau;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F4E153B577D43878935C657B5971EA2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>support the Council on Credit and Finance established under section 117 in accordance with this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H562BD4F27C7E4C86BEBA6707FEE4E19D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>carry out such additional duties as the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H87CCE4C447184DEFBE04CCB5D1711081">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Administration of certain application processes</header>
<paragraph id="H2997CF9E131B4A7BA4009672DDD9130E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Bureau shall administer the application processes for the following programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD633C6929A7343A9BDD9926CA45D4C6D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The infrastructure finance programs authorized under chapter 6 of title 23.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42AC8155A90445D79C69A455ECA0C244">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program authorized under sections 501 through 503 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821–823).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65EB3530B2D646A2B186419E9AE6FE06">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Amount allocations authorized under section 142(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7CFC06A4AF94CC7BCBBDA1A98A4F4BF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The nationally significant freight and highway projects program under section 117 of title 23.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57250152DD2344619C8F61836A6A8038">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Congressional notification</header>
<text>The Executive Director shall ensure that the congressional notification requirements for each program referred to in paragraph (1) are followed in accordance with the statutory provisions applicable to the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3584C116EEC64ABB98FE20EADF718D11">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Executive Director shall ensure that the reporting requirements for each program referred to in paragraph (1) are followed in accordance with the statutory provisions applicable to the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1CD4747CC8840F9AF02139272D1C2B7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Coordination</header>
<text>In administering the application processes for the programs referred to in paragraph (1), the Executive Director shall coordinate with appropriate officials in the Department and its modal administrations responsible for administering such programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC4D9C66D98B74AF5B87527C28755D65D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Streamlining approval processes</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Executive Director shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE08E21FB4F774A388B5ABF3DB2755832">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>evaluates the application processes for the programs referred to in paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC037A63410F4410A6800645EA1E4FA9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identifies administrative and legislative actions that would improve the efficiency of the application processes without diminishing Federal oversight; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E71150611BC47F89C89EE1CB2D5AFED">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>describes how the Executive Director will implement administrative actions identified under subparagraph (B) that do not require an Act of Congress.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF00B9931E0414F938C0EBD384F0B0F7C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Procedures and transparency</header>
<subparagraph id="HE941A688806C4B55983AE5135F25298B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Procedures</header>
<text>With respect to the programs referred to in paragraph (1), the Executive Director shall—</text>
<clause id="H6A3DE25792E04AB2AD7C86A540BDEF80">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>establish procedures for analyzing and evaluating applications and for utilizing the recommendations of the Council on Credit and Finance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7DAAEF79519B4D1C80B25847793C6D44">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>establish procedures for addressing late-arriving applications, as applicable, and communicating the Bureau’s decisions for accepting or rejecting late applications to the applicant and the public; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCFAA60CA101E459FAF885851A971D838">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>document major decisions in the application evaluation process through a decision memorandum or similar mechanism that provides a clear rationale for such decisions.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1DA142C23674E1FB8465EE0A083F6FF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<clause id="H6E554A31CC924265878D6824EC0137AD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the compliance of the Executive Director with the requirements of this paragraph.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7390E4B083D948B3A7A7487359CEEA4B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text>The Comptroller General may make recommendations to the Executive Director in order to improve compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4677513838FA4252A37D71D39382A099">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the review conducted under clause (i), including findings and recommendations for improvement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H772ED909718D48EB875E48BB26145E21">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Innovative financing best practices</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H02D55850BD72411DA5EC7411D51F69D8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Bureau shall work with the modal administrations within the Department, eligible entities, and other public and private interests to develop and promote best practices for innovative financing and public-private partnerships.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA358B5F479F74EF3B6E4BA997DA45396">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities</header>
<text>The Bureau shall carry out paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H49F993166FD045FCA49DC30E76DB0566">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by making Federal credit assistance programs more accessible to eligible recipients;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HED2B91ACD6D144F9944C45B4151DBC28">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by providing advice and expertise to eligible entities that seek to leverage public and private funding;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H562171D55BB949CEA9909F1B2622DEFE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by sharing innovative financing best practices and case studies from eligible entities with other eligible entities that are interested in utilizing innovative financing methods; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H704B54845B3142288E4BF283F5AC2D77">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by developing and monitoring—</text>
<clause id="H4FEA2B3A13C74D5EBB28AA7C6D3B0310">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>best practices with respect to standardized State public-private partnership authorities and practices, including best practices related to—</text>
<subclause id="HE6EA7F3E66D94CEE9879AE0DDE6A2290">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>accurate and reliable assumptions for analyzing public-private partnership procurements;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF3C061A99573447EBC1927DD3FDB0F4B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>procedures for the handling of unsolicited bids;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1E9F22F2A84A4E04AC7037BBA5DCC728">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>policies with respect to noncompete clauses; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H85837076BB324DC7A2A46A17C6CDB4B3">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>other significant terms of public-private partnership procurements, as determined appropriate by the Bureau;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7146FB08F1CB423390A19239E2135475">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>standard contracts for the most common types of public-private partnerships for transportation facilities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H11E7BDD91F8044DFBDF7F3F110F7EC5B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>analytical tools and other techniques to aid eligible entities in determining the appropriate project delivery model, including a value for money analysis.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA199E299F33463B9B8CDEC7F0BDBDCD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transparency</header>
<text>The Bureau shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4814CB82F8804544A2E251852A08ED7B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the transparency of a project receiving credit assistance under a program referred to in subsection (d)(1) and procured as a public-private partnership by—</text>
<clause id="H213121A540164328B053342FFB7FBD16">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requiring the sponsor of the project to undergo a value for money analysis or a comparable analysis prior to deciding to advance the project as a public-private partnership;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF2106DC92CC643FAAB393970C1070ECC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>requiring the analysis required under subparagraph (A), and other key terms of the relevant public-private partnership agreement, to be made publicly available by the project sponsor at an appropriate time;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H296C3906A8E24BC8AF334B9F47CF992A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>not later than 3 years after the date of completion of the project, requiring the sponsor of the project to conduct a review regarding whether the private partner is meeting the terms of the relevant public-private partnership agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBE748A39CFA84EDEAA1CCFF728F0C7D5">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>providing a publicly available summary of the total level of Federal assistance in such project; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA765AE988DFF4A79A444DCEB35F5112F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>develop guidance to implement this paragraph that takes into consideration variations in State and local laws and requirements related to public-private partnerships.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA12D9F62DE054788BE379C1D6501C3E2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Support to project sponsors</header>
<text>At the request of an eligible entity, the Bureau shall provide technical assistance to the eligible entity regarding proposed public-private partnership agreements for transportation facilities, including assistance in performing a value for money analysis or comparable analysis.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H120B98802E4848B580A38A8BC2ADB4C2">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Environmental review and permitting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBF15CB414CB240B6B27C87B15004D316">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Bureau shall take actions that are appropriate and consistent with the Department’s goals and policies to improve the delivery timelines for projects carried out under the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE225712E764245B9BF8F6008C99F68C1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities</header>
<text>The Bureau shall carry out paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H683B9580636141479E6F5A5E96A22A0F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by serving as the Department’s liaison to the Council on Environmental Quality;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H520D7DF407A34394BD3B551A25638260">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by coordinating efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental review and permitting process;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF310B24939FD44AEA49D5210C5FE1B6D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by providing technical assistance and training to field and headquarters staff of Federal agencies on policy changes and innovative approaches to the delivery of projects; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H74A54F7937694947B3C029EBC336F3D0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by identifying, developing, and tracking metrics for permit reviews and decisions by Federal agencies for projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7DBAE18A026B4CDEA704E72FF86EEDBF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Support to project sponsors</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of an eligible entity that is carrying out a project under a program referred to in subsection (d)(1), the Bureau, in coordination with the appropriate modal administrations within the Department, shall provide technical assistance with regard to the compliance of the project with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 and relevant Federal environmental permits.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF2D5D4EE7D094A4DAEE6D003FA2EDD80">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Project procurement</header>
<paragraph id="HAC6C6A2D683944538C5A2BD9FF8D7CC3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau shall promote best practices in procurement for a project receiving assistance under a program referred to in subsection (d)(1) by developing, in coordination with modal administrations within the Department as appropriate, procurement benchmarks in order to ensure accountable expenditure of Federal assistance over the life cycle of the project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DE6F13FEE8F4EA8ADC96005D789BC18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Procurement benchmarks</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the procurement benchmarks developed under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB92620F1F5F549ABA8A4A3C23A7E8930">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish maximum thresholds for acceptable project cost increases and delays in project delivery;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38DB624FB86342AEBD4E0E0F9DF00E85">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>establish uniform methods for States to measure cost and delivery changes over the life cycle of a project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51605D4AC05A4204A8F3EF96BE959EBD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>be tailored, as necessary, to various types of project procurements, including design-bid-build, design-build, and public-private partnerships.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65457DC8005D4BE7B619C73EF4B8E84A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Data collection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE0EAD8BC15B4D3280DD348F9E32C3BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>collect information related to procurement benchmarks developed under paragraph (1), including project specific information detailed under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H738AAD964D5D4F2E9E81D9999A245967">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>provide on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department a report on the information collected under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB72C5F6D7E704AA7807432DF38CAFB59">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Elimination and consolidation of duplicative offices</header>
<paragraph id="HEB38C70E84284D5F8BD8D5224A7B87E8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Elimination of offices</header>
<text>The Secretary may eliminate any office within the Department if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F1B4A95391846A8833A72E8C08BC856">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the purposes of the office are duplicative of the purposes of the Bureau; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE9B71222CFE4B3B853909EBD58542F3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the elimination of the office does not adversely affect the obligations of the Secretary under any Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD99080ADB9164777A1B679049299950B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consolidation of offices and office functions</header>
<text>The Secretary may consolidate any office or office function within the Department into the Bureau that the Secretary determines has duties, responsibilities, resources, or expertise that support the purposes of the Bureau.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H067EA269CDFA494C9BE6AE773427414A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Staffing and budgetary resources</header>
<subparagraph id="H69297C9EF8A248A3B4A99C1BEB07388E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Bureau is adequately staffed and funded.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1DB79BB41874B7A9399FDAE0DC3A59A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Staffing</header>
<text>The Secretary may transfer to the Bureau a position within the Department from any office that is eliminated or consolidated under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the position is necessary to carry out the purposes of the Bureau.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H761789112FEB4AA4B787865856FA72E6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary transfers a position to the Bureau under subparagraph (B), the Secretary, in coordination with the appropriate modal administration, shall ensure that the transfer of the position does not adversely affect the obligations of the modal administration under any Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADFDD000A86F4DEC9B1A12D6CD310884" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Budgetary resources</header>
<clause id="HE5D7A7AE192F40F19092CACA1483A43F" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Transfer of funds from eliminated or consolidated offices</header>
<text>During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary may transfer to the Bureau funds allocated to any office or office function that is eliminated or consolidated under this subsection to carry out the purposes of the Bureau.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H67A3F0BAB5C3499EBDBC73DBBF29D063" commented="no">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transfer of funds allocated to administrative costs</header>
<text>During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary may transfer to the Bureau funds allocated to the administrative costs of processing applications for the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FF2C6482C52411099C35A1101364A2B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8ED39936B9154D9EB72F87EC7C3FC1E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the offices eliminated under paragraph (1) and the rationale for elimination of the offices;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77B4B250EF1643999CB40BD9C601D19A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the offices and office functions consolidated under paragraph (2) and the rationale for consolidation of the offices and office functions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77C484E29229476C8AD6B0AA48AE31E6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the actions taken under paragraph (3) and the rationale for taking such actions; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB50720F303FC47A2A2EB24842CE9EBB2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any additional legislative actions that may be needed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H17D3A75F4B1B406DAA350AC46B9CC61B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Savings provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HD0B4014DB17644CA9BCDCA11D3A5FB11">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Laws and regulations</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed to change a law or regulation with respect to a program referred to in subsection (d)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H524E17D0311142BDABA83B1BFEB5D298">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Responsibilities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to abrogate the responsibilities of an agency, operating administration, or office within the Department otherwise charged by a law or regulation with other aspects of program administration, oversight, or project approval or implementation for the programs and projects subject to this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8852E02201D04F518761652350E3487A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any pending application under 1 or more of the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1) that was received by the Secretary on or before the date of enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2F8197BD9C46446B807EA6492AD50D5E">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H92A71D645E124D579A5F468456B80C24">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Bureau</header>
<text>The term <term>Bureau</term> means the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau of the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02B0B4D936494786840551649D1CB494">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Department</header>
<text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82A452AA26644A9A8D834DF6BD9C5846">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means an eligible applicant receiving financial or credit assistance under 1 or more of the programs referred to in subsection (d)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7F2C1A4BE124A4EA98B0C0636044DE7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Executive Director</header>
<text>The term <quote>Executive Director</quote> means the Executive Director of the Bureau. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26D5AA9EC56D451184543CE12E2E6FDD">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Multimodal project</header>
<text>The term <term>multimodal project</term> means a project involving the participation of more than 1 modal administration or secretarial office within the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFE538B49B5C4676992EFCC9B310F657">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Project</header>
<text>The term <term>project</term> means a highway project, public transportation capital project, freight or passenger rail project, or multimodal project.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
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</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA6BBE55334794B20B793C2D84674769D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">116. National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau.</toc-entry>
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</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HECCBF2C929454149B9A64C1DDFF49D05">
<enum>9002.</enum>
<header>Council on Credit and Finance</header>
<subsection id="HAF8A2313B85B4E6BBEBE127842BC5D6C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86E008B8D0EC4967A92FFAC0168AA0D9" style="USC">
<section id="HDBB394536BB5494B9B4A34E1C7C11F87">
<enum>117.</enum>
<header>Council on Credit and Finance</header>
<subsection id="H840D519B08C24BF194786318857C8600">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a Council on Credit and Finance in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H185D366DBE174EF5AD6E545624402FE6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H41266D8149724A41A54BB453473ED893">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Council shall be composed of the following members:</text>
<subparagraph id="H335FF5E214DF4173838FFFB4D6AF0074">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The Deputy Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF98FBE8AA1D4D31B225EE13C61BAA11">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92CA4CDCF02649FFB5B00CDFD3D4CEB5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDBEE21FF92004A35B563FE2A80F96DB6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE45BA47DF13A407EBE68B697172244C4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>The Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03D344C223414EB7A6AA7BD4FB2D9FF2">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16D9032D314D40A2A38C75E6B75D12DB">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34CA313B1EED46F486498C7E3D0392B6">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>The Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E3A66F77CC349F1B5F03AE12C41CD26">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additional members</header>
<text>The Secretary may designate up to 3 additional officials of the Department to serve as at-large members of the Council.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C343DC3A13B43CBAD08FCE94F6C6FAD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Chairperson and vice chairperson</header>
<subparagraph id="H4E66A20314ED443593977C98BE430753">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Chairperson</header>
<text>The Deputy Secretary of Transportation shall serve as the chairperson of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCCEEC90372445118D1EA20F7403A604">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Vice chairperson</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs shall serve as the vice chairperson of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AC1944FDB8F4CF48E7349D88F34BF79">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Executive Director</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Executive Director of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau shall serve as a nonvoting member of the Council.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA252C569D9F2472F8CC960215342F86D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The Council shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD7C8E2B28294619848B36A45B2B82D2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review applications for assistance submitted under the programs referred to in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 116(d)(1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54878A60D48945BCAA57398C6D7213DC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>review applications for assistance submitted under the program referred to in section 116(d)(1)(D), as determined appropriate by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DE8FE085EDE4B5DAF56FA9DD4F59F26">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>make recommendations to the Secretary regarding the selection of projects to receive assistance under such programs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2D76DD28EA94DACA74DAD4D7A305E21">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>review, on a regular basis, projects that received assistance under such programs; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C756DFF6CDE4A60A2E7EE2861B486AE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>carry out such additional duties as the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4249190993614409B6FFB63206F933EA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The analysis for such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">117. Council on Credit and Finance.</toc-entry>
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</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>X</enum>
<header>Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety</header>
<section id="H5089C041E9404BA8BF7B1634FA27DA85">
<enum>10001.</enum>
<header>Allocations</header>
<subsection id="HF6AE8B731D2F4CC1A0FDD632595FB9B1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking <quote>57 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>58.012 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2DDE5EB588049E6B60C71C98E1252F0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC20F6E4447E4D7E9D47A7413993E590">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9E62CE2AC24473F8238136A183D22D3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE44E9BD6396D4776B65A3C30E16003EF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>For each</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the balance</quote> and inserting <quote>For each fiscal year through fiscal year 2021, the balance</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HA56C57350D4F4C71A56E3F48A4ECA5B7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>multistate conservation grants under section 14</quote> and inserting <quote>activities under section 14(e)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DD35F461CF54CBFA18059F8AD164E72">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>18.5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>18.673 percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AAB4F40088F43C4BB830518E1B883AD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>18.5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>17.315 percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD54B5187561440C3913C62DCA56DD4A4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAC5C9CAD6DE473DBD22ADAE5D00E2AF">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H901842E66789440CAD352974B595DCF7">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E3A8FDF3EC4C62A29899EBDAEA5483" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFD8D870B7B4B460DB11910061D31EDE5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Boating infrastructure improvement</header>
<subparagraph id="H976C049059DB4791BF76ECB3728E829C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to 4 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 note) and section 7404(d) of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C435D0607DE41C1A0C76F5845620878">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Not more than 75 percent of the amount under subparagraph (A) shall be available for projects under either of the sections referred to in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H330CAEDB2D594EDF8EF5E751A602005B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D25F72184BE4805A19B8B6052F9BD44">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A) by striking <quote>for each</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2021, the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7414F4241568483C8AC5B1681EDC3C2D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44421CE0064E4E38BE4768F9831254B9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0E401F805BF4AFFA6C431B172E28461" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HADC1748FE9C44453BDDB82A0707DC27F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Set-aside for Coast Guard administration</header>
<subparagraph id="H58432F1FBEFE46AD91DE5369CDEDA3CF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the annual appropriation made in accordance with section 3, for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may use no more than the amount specified in subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year for the purposes set forth in section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code. The amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year may not be included in the amount of the annual appropriation distributed under subsection (a) for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DE3E80499F84055A345558A7B972BB9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Available amounts</header>
<text>The available amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is—</text>
<clause id="HC496FF486DAF4F6DA69F6AAFC3B84F97">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016, $7,700,000; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAE991000C51441D1AF0D8168B0511A98">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="H908F65B8B2714EBE83DB386C9CA49ED6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the available amount for the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2E98CFCA24604B0EBC8942B06D057241">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the amount determined by multiplying—</text>
<item id="H19A6123974A4490181B85DDEDDAA0C87">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the available amount for the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</item>
<item id="H661987524134436B88C9B2A488A2E2DF">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB85186C72B6943F79416924B72F18425">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HD3FD978B6A4941D0BA207F65BA187E93">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>until the end of the fiscal year.</quote> and inserting <quote>until the end of the subsequent fiscal year.</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H88D9E667AAEF4E678287EBE6F05B5DD0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>under subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>under subsection (c)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDB731AAAE4214236B9C77FC53CDF7721">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A60EB8E69E44CE8B6694BFE79F71D3A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(c) The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)(1) The Secretary,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3CBD959E1E54CAD820DA3C46C569E08">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>grants under section 14 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>activities under section 14(e)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5EC31764506B4C9EB6352BD518C3858E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>57 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>58.012 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB00B879097146E9AA814DD0504C3ABC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE818631FBD4BBCB196D0F0E18D0F70" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H650E0A4EC943475E9580A672F57A9E89" indent="up1">
<enum>(2) </enum>
<text>The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to be apportioned under paragraph (1) the amounts used for grants under section 14(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC74AD4B48267480DB1C89A69BFE07096">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>those subsections,</quote> and inserting <quote>those paragraphs,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE551AA15B1644DE2AC6ED1915D530FE1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Submission and approval of plans and projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(d) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777e(d)) is amended by striking <quote>for appropriations</quote> and inserting <quote>from appropriations</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B5F39C23D944CC1A5555712B9334411">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Unexpended or unobligated funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777g(b)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>57 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>58.012 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD511F0EF5634460B97D22D7E36FBF69B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Cooperation</header>
<text>Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777k) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H905525DC783F48468B4F30E5C720FB83">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>57 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>58.012 percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60358BCEDE004C5281DAB049B8EE065E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>under section 4(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 4(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H037EB77111EB454391D27009404405BE">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Other activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D710676E4FC4E0EBDDB85E6FFC30953">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of section 3</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95E1EDD8081F4228AA002EE688C91622">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D20BC6549B54D318A68B11D4C070DAF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>Of amounts made available under section 4(b) for each fiscal year—</quote> and inserting <quote>Not more than $1,200,000 of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of section 3 shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for use as follows:</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF564EB36EF4449DE9775EF7C280EB9C2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(D) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA187E909D41B4E869143E702A272A76C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA1234839DE14BC583D1FB5D8736E238">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking section 15; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44B0731E18D94489BA90B4970A28C3B4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating section 16 as section 15.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0C1C05DBB649483D98B1B41AB409F095">
<enum>10002.</enum>
<header>Recreational boating safety</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2D593E69DD64868AD6259BF53B87675">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H491F2748CF4847E092C7CEDBBF1211CA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c),</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (c),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H286C62E335914302B5444B7658AB1A8F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the sum of (A) the amount made available from the Boat Safety Account for that fiscal year under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act and (B)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38AC2DC3A1A745A2B3DC5108C82383C7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85A0A5FA87794D52801F119DED1A6B57">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC835C1174D194AF99391B90341A92572">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking the subsection designation and paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8A4B951E16D4350A4B4F2967B383910" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H33F34F9A2F29405CAD39243D1F628275">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFBD7CB5A07A040D98262C5AEBE2916D9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAA01B62D0A5E4C2EB2DD54D6B84F7E64">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use amounts made available each fiscal year under section 4(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(2)) for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard for investigations, personnel, and activities directly related to—</text>
<clause id="H5A345727D461428C80C904816B7DE34E" indent="up2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administering State recreational boating safety programs under this chapter; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H654E91199174406A9F88DE0D1C61C195" indent="up2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating or carrying out the national recreational boating safety program under this title.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD63B4C9630B64FE6B19A79785F2418C9" indent="up2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts used by the Secretary each fiscal year under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H389CD013950C44D6BBE10241F6584C3E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $2,100,000 is available to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC6943E2C05094640866F4BA866599D22">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $1,500,000 is available to conduct by grant or contract a survey of levels of recreational boating participation and related matters in the United States.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1B9F1F430A846EF961481C874ED66BD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7E97D88553894FBBA9D8D6DA56E42EDB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>No funds</quote> and inserting <quote>On and after October 1, 2016, no funds</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H458599663C12462F917967FEF11C8399">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>traditionally</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>XI</enum>
<header>Rail</header>
<section id="HD42C6AFDBB68404B859E289EC0C88673" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title></quote>. </text>
</section>
<subtitle id="HF97C024122E44D34B1BF0E6852D133F8">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Authorizations</header>
<section id="HC877ADC4EBFA49DEA4E07936DCB01CEB">
<enum>11101.</enum>
<header>Authorization of grants to Amtrak</header>
<subsection id="HD954259F69F2433C8B8C638CF1F83DDC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Northeast corridor</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the use of Amtrak for activities associated with the Northeast Corridor the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H77FF53FEC624491BB81C263236C41F62">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2016, $450,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20D2799C4737443EAA62DBC460D96F65">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2017, $474,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90A50BA206ED48F79A8276B8A214A7FD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2018, $515,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84CE9DCFBFE146F69A9FF2AA53FF35F2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2019, $557,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75332FF4771543B998DBBBF82E6D3486">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2020, $600,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B617FAFB1944EE3A64E033047CA5EBA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>National network</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the use of Amtrak for activities associated with the National Network the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H23531648A8B0400D82E0040BACB63C21">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2016, $1,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B396B40881D4F6381E6EBA064688F50">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2017, $1,026,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD0D4A3277D84CA9B7C3AD2AC948F4E9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2018, $1,085,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CF9D36BE5CC4C02882F805D6E046299">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2019, $1,143,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5A3DDB73A5E464C89810AD6B5D2C805">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2020, $1,200,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H37ACC5313B9346ABBCCC30F5C376F4E5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to one half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under subsections (a) and (b) for the costs of management oversight of Amtrak.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5CC66C09A25D41D0AC1F8712B3E314F1" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Gulf coast working group</header>
<text>Of the total amount made available to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration, for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017, $500,000 shall be used to convene the Gulf Coast rail service working group established under section 11304 of this Act and carry out its responsibilities under such section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H07E6C4BA48BA4DD8B6588DDAC659C817">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Competition</header>
<text>In administering grants to Amtrak under section 24319 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary may withhold, from amounts that would otherwise be made available to Amtrak, such sums as are necessary from the amount appropriated under subsection (b) of this section to cover the operating subsidy described in section 24711(b)(1)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F3116E88031407998F8500B53919AD3">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>State-supported route committee</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to $2,000,000 from the amount appropriated in each fiscal year under subsection (b) of this section for the use of the State-Supported Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H723A7983DD17462AB71C45E7D7826622">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Northeast corridor commission</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to $5,000,000 from the amount appropriated in each fiscal year under subsection (a) of this section for the use of the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA21D6E827CBA42A69E79A5F10B2345CD">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and facilities and services used to operate and maintain that line. </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H88EA68FEA3304773809A83DB40E55578">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Small business participation study</header>
<text>Of the total amount made available to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration, for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017, $1,500,000 shall be used to implement the small business participation study authorized under section 11310 of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H062B44BC396F4D1E89DDC98896DDF3CF">
<enum>11102.</enum>
<header>Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements</header>
<subsection id="H68CAA0E65E754B10BBF9771C2BA42C84">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for grants under section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, (as added by section 11301 of this Act), the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7C4FED751334DC08E4F327A94120C42">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2016, $98,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A64EAB82A5040B784D4CB095AF1BD22">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2017, $190,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82B637D996DC45B4B4AAF3457616DB67">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2018, $230,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H033CF8A968AE45A4838AF729821497F5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2019, $255,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0756A04A40C347B99F7271E935639E59">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2020, $330,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H80BC977E3B26426B850B93F16966641B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent from the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project management oversight of grants carried out under section 24407 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB0A5ABC334E34383A3EFE84FC0FFB667">
<enum>11103.</enum>
<header>Federal-State partnership for state of good repair</header>
<subsection id="H59F5CB48A02D4DC796583130462E0E9B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for grants under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, (as added by section 11302 of this Act), the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H9F03C923EA024546B8968E9C766564BC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2016, $82,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5498C09BD4F24C5BB504CA5258DF30E7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2017, $140,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4C6A9F8F5EF49D7A070C63D5B596D86">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2018, $175,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD63227E1F11444C7A17F8E7280BDCA57">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2019, $300,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FA792D6A4EC407A9B9991BF4618A272">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2020, $300,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB0DC27BD42ED478D972B892A17B9C779">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent from the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project management oversight of grants carried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE5FC84DEDFAE43098B0B31E050E5B290">
<enum>11104.</enum>
<header>Restoration and enhancement grants</header>
<subsection id="H5EA17B7DEE144DF094A75EEC1F678382">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for grants under section 24408 of title 49, United States Code, (as added by section 11303 of this Act), $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3EBD631780504831898D003FC05273E2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Project management oversight</header>
<text>The Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent from the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project management oversight of grants carried out under section 24408 of title 49, United States Code. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFE751FE9A937412CB97C58A2BCE1335E">
<enum>11105.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations for Amtrak Office of Inspector General</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Inspector General of Amtrak the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H0D7050D96D5E4B00BDBF639C7DBC4621">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2016, $20,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H289BBD4488794D048414EAF07F632874">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2017, $20,500,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B5E6C6A278A4F8FAFF22453A55EEB5B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2018, $21,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDE38E2FFE4E4C538834519D93E6A614">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2019, $21,500,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H910E6E6BD33749ED986435E5A3071C22">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2020, $22,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H90FBBEA748434D06B6BD5EC46E2A0ABC">
<enum>11106.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="H308D79956EC14E02AB49F82AED034D61">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 49 amendments</header>
<text>Section 24102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H11E072DEFDC64A779253A6B4C68E721D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC9F679925E14B3CB3DA8F5E5753C46A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA80F368B73144C20B6E2B53A092FA9BE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6E90C41069A043DD89986342CA0F067D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>
<quote>long-distance route</quote> means a route described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H133D3892FA5F49FCB7F8768945FBC770">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>
<quote>National Network</quote> includes long-distance routes and State-supported routes.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12C5D36627B34B7491D8BC6EB66C243F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE4E21E8582C249D1B77077907ADAED7A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4B30C87AA04D4E1DAB0D59625FFEBFFB">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>
<quote>state-of-good-repair</quote> means a condition in which physical assets, both individually and as a system, are—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF82B300A12D84538A8867B03085B1F2F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>performing at a level at least equal to that called for in their as-built or as-modified design specification during any period when the life cycle cost of maintaining the assets is lower than the cost of replacing them; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCAA87CFCF4A486681662758E20BD3EB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>sustained through regular maintenance and replacement programs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54954A86FF3F4EF88EFBA643A47E8731">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>
<quote>State-supported route</quote> means a route described in subparagraph (B) or (D) of paragraph (7), or in section 24702, that is operated by Amtrak, excluding those trains operated by Amtrak on the routes described in paragraph (7)(A).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2C0B2D70FEA8420AA08B0EF9DA68B5E3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H7E30032326744ABC802F58A7270BC10C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 217 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24702 note) is amended by striking <quote>24102(5)(D)</quote> and inserting <quote>24102(7)(D)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B4B432B061E47A992CFD2F05A2D7802">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 209(a) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended by striking <quote>24102(5)(B) and (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>24102(7)(B) and (D)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H23FDD1CD7CFB45CC99B37507C0F86859">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Amtrak reforms</header>
<section id="HD16AF0444F5E4880AEBC5124D9449A5A">
<enum>11201.</enum>
<header>Accounts</header>
<subsection id="H711B9DD9E25D41D6A42A48A612CA1DF0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H812A2E1AC226471FA5905D755F30D9A7" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="HC847A397A5E84011905EFFE8ECFAA279">
<enum>24317.</enum>
<header>Accounts</header>
<subsection id="H22469B0B39CB4ACA94D80D15B5C2C2D3" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of this section is to—</text>
<paragraph id="H1425DB5DD026444180AF5E0970121B19" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>promote the effective use and stewardship by Amtrak of Amtrak revenues, Federal, State, and third party investments, appropriations, grants and other forms of financial assistance, and other sources of funds; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11D0FDC4D5734EB4A79BEFE880E83218" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>enhance the transparency of the assignment of revenues and costs among Amtrak business lines while ensuring the health of the Northeast Corridor and National Network.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B8F3D7875644931818EC909FA51671E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Account structure</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with Amtrak, shall define an account structure and improvements to accounting methodologies, as necessary, to support, at a minimum, the Northeast Corridor and the National Network.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H22BC3C90154C4A94A8C98FCC80DDC5F6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Financial sources</header>
<text>In defining the account structure and improvements to accounting methodologies required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that Amtrak assigns the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H67F18FE71E374821BED6019F7EE4CA28">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For the Northeast Corridor account, all revenues, appropriations, grants and other forms of financial assistance, compensation, and other sources of funds associated with the Northeast Corridor, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6944758C1064376998B045F8592E103" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant funds appropriated for the Northeast Corridor pursuant to section 11101(a) of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title> or any subsequent Act;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE84345C61B3D4A96A44EBCF3956C55FE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>compensation received from commuter rail passenger transportation providers for such providers’ share of capital and operating costs on the Northeast Corridor provided to Amtrak pursuant to section 24905(c); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA21B3B3ADA3B46CEB8441846F1A3BDC8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>any operating surplus of the Northeast Corridor, as allocated pursuant to section 24318.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C5E024DE8F64FDF8F4357479C0FE1B6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For the National Network account, all revenues, appropriations, grants and other forms of financial assistance, compensation, and other sources of funds associated with the National Network, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H277C06A355644F98B857CAE4C38095F8" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant funds appropriated for the National Network pursuant to section 11101(b) of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title> or any subsequent Act;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD73EE7F841084E329DD610A692A85DD4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>compensation received from States provided to Amtrak pursuant to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 24101 note); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D8B3A4182484ECDB38FC68EFED49BD8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>any operating surplus of the National Network, as allocated pursuant to section 24318.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFF223071254B4F4B83D0FB8A0099FC03">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Financial uses</header>
<text>In defining the account structure and improvements to accounting methodologies required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that amounts assigned to the Northeast Corridor and National Network accounts shall be used by Amtrak for the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H894711F0FC8F42368067F9F9E0D9022F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For the Northeast Corridor, all associated costs, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H80C0649D95244A0E8C3E81B842A8428B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>operating activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H658D97EA14604B3EB2DF06320AA054FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>capital activities as described in section 24904(a)(2)(E);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00AA91562E2B4CB0B082DCD1E6DE6199">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>acquiring, rehabilitating, manufacturing, remanufacturing, overhauling, or improving equipment and associated facilities used for intercity rail passenger transportation by Northeast Corridor train services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37669A380F8F4F8C822B7263AB1FBD9E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>payment of principal and interest on loans for capital projects described in this paragraph or for capital leases attributable to the Northeast Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47C8723133A641689786DE72E6BFBD1B">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>other capital projects on the Northeast Corridor, determined appropriate by the Secretary, and consistent with section 24905(c)(1)(A)(i); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10B49D6F8E26434B9A9E85CE43355901">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>if applicable, capital projects described in section 24904(b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BEA57A771D0422EA54175F0A69C4855">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For the National Network, all associated costs, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81C1C92CC5304E8482A063691363BBBC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>operating activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA334B09DD37342418C986724EEF91763">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>capital activities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75ACDB6C58564297AA4B97A58B8AB06A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the payment of principal and interest on loans or capital leases attributable to the National Network.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCC48DA5D3E6E4F20BE0320BFDD9EAACC">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Implementation and reporting</header>
<paragraph id="H07C4BED9D612442C8C4821EA5212F4DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak, in consultation with the Secretary, shall implement any account structures and improvements defined under subsection (b) so that Amtrak is able to produce profit and loss statements for each of the business lines described in section 24320(b)(1) and, as appropriate, each of the asset categories described in section 24320(c)(1) that identify sources and uses of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0209DEB983646ACB945B7915FD3F901">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>revenues;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DBA45B2A6EC4D39A0E42F519E28AA2D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>appropriations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H525CE00F677C45CD88DAEF432297ED82">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>transfers between business lines.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5A836E21309496495D5F2B0FFA211F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Updated profit and loss statements</header>
<text>Not later than 1 month after the implementation under paragraph (1), and monthly thereafter, Amtrak shall submit updated profit and loss statements for each of the business lines and asset categories to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCB3E875F2C164039A4D03EE242B3B820">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Account management</header>
<text>For the purposes of account management, Amtrak may transfer funds between the Northeast Corridor account and National Network account without prior notification and approval under subsection (g) if such transfers—</text>
<paragraph id="H121164939E0A41DD9A17E6969B880BB5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>do not materially impact Amtrak’s ability to achieve its anticipated financial, capital, and operating performance goals for the fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFADC1B9A6AC24E328E8C42D828C10F4D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>would not materially change any grant agreement entered into pursuant to section 24319(d), or other agreements made pursuant to applicable Federal law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5C0DF870D6044547BE24C25CEE9ED0DD">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Transfer authority</header>
<paragraph id="H9590F4E21CC44A2298DBFB73DD53F964">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If Amtrak determines that a transfer between the accounts defined under subsection (b) does not meet the account management standards established under subsection (f), Amtrak may transfer funds between the Northeast Corridor and National Network accounts if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF433BBE2D2EE4DFDA583693672937AC4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Amtrak notifies the Amtrak Board of Directors, including the Secretary, at least 10 days prior to the expected date of transfer; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D6BC58CEA02405CB2328B1073D8AF79">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>solely for a transfer that will materially change a grant agreement, the Secretary approves.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90A7ED86A99145FBA212442B6C18B2DF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 5 days after the Amtrak Board of Directors receives notification from Amtrak under paragraph (1)(A), the Board shall transmit to the Secretary, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB650BACE9914CFF81BB9D836BFC25A0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the amount of the transfer; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6895A0F4E1C846B88FEF6D406913717B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a detailed explanation of the reason for the transfer, including—</text>
<clause id="HABB59E7ED7814A97B93B3B399F4EB5C6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the effects on Amtrak services funded by the account from which the transfer is drawn, in comparison to a scenario in which no transfer was made; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD85B3BEC88B84863AC803BE0C214E9B7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the effects on Amtrak services funded by the account receiving the transfer, in comparison to a scenario in which no transfer was made.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FBDDBA38B364FB0AD2206AF6A8FA11A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Notifications</header>
<text>Not later than 5 days after the date that Amtrak notifies the Amtrak Board of Directors of a transfer under paragraph (1) to or from an account, Amtrak shall transmit to the State-Supported Route Committee and Northeast Corridor Commission a letter that includes the information described under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H825F49BF0B1F492ABB4145F844383152">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak shall submit to the Secretary a report assessing the account and reporting structure established under this section and providing any recommendations for further action. Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of such report, the Secretary shall provide an assessment that supplements Amtrak’s report and submit the Amtrak report with the supplemental assessment to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE4EACB6482494120B89B8F32A58C8FE5" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Definition of Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 24102, for purposes of this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and facilities and services used to operate and maintain that line.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6BD343D95914454481B1AAB5CBD732E9" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents for chapter 243 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA4AF1E9982B43C982EA05BE0DBA3EB2" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="paragraph">24317. Accounts.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE185D0255EC44B4E989499062F84A240">
<enum>11202.</enum>
<header>Amtrak grant process</header>
<subsection id="HB4BDAC2E4F0E4581A7D5A9C74225BEEB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirements and procedures</header>
<text>Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9B1B881E2304BABAEDAC92EF5A4063B" style="USC">
<section id="H121B3A4E13794ED3A23E9BE5A54E5EDF">
<enum>24318.</enum>
<header>Costs and revenues</header>
<subsection id="H65F2FF9517D04C96A152F8FA64268582">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Allocation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak shall establish and maintain internal controls to ensure Amtrak’s costs, revenues, and other compensation are appropriately allocated to the Northeast Corridor, including train services or infrastructure, or the National Network, including proportional shares of common and fixed costs.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H52131C724C5940C4A67980B961D84772">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of Amtrak to enter into an agreement with 1 or more States to allocate operating and capital costs under section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H16474F30F2D54205B62DE45E0AA457A3" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definition of Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 24102, for purposes of this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and facilities and services used to operate and maintain that line.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD87F598BDD2D409390D4C5EF54C84163">
<enum>24319.</enum>
<header>Grant process</header>
<subsection id="H96080DF3A43644B0B8F61898DAB81553">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Procedures for grant requests</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives substantive and procedural requirements, including schedules, for grant requests under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA162020AB94479F9D840046624325F7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Grant requests</header>
<text>Amtrak shall transmit to the Secretary grant requests for Federal funds appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the use of Amtrak.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5FF78D0A08764388800733C15FD9008E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>A grant request under subsection (b) shall, as applicable—</text>
<paragraph id="H8A5E397C7E0B4ACF9467ED52F83661E2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>describe projected operating and capital costs for the upcoming fiscal year for Northeast Corridor activities, including train services and infrastructure, and National Network activities, including State-supported routes and long-distance routes, in comparison to prior fiscal year actual financial performance;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD58081AD37E4347884C096332A5BDE9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>describe the capital projects to be funded, with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the projects covered by the request; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E8651965F924C2997101A6EBE22C8B0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>assess Amtrak's financial condition.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB24D87C3D5BB4253BCB5C991BDE425E8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Review and approval</header>
<paragraph id="H884E58728A2F4B3FB380A06557D5180E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Thirty-day approval process</header>
<subparagraph id="H701A1ADD5F7B4F39976ED81F68BD85E8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date that Amtrak submits a grant request under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall complete a review of the request and provide notice to Amtrak that—</text>
<clause id="H100C243446474CEB881C8C574181A28D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the request is approved; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7743D29F4FB6482EABC8CDC93C9DE3D3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the request is disapproved, including the reason for the disapproval and an explanation of any incomplete or deficient items.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BF62F23D1704637A449CAFD141A3F36">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Grant agreement</header>
<text>If a grant request is approved, the Secretary shall enter into a grant agreement with Amtrak.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5BC96D8A157415FA6BFB70E5A781D9B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fifteen-day modification period</header>
<text>Not later than 15 days after the date of a notice under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), Amtrak shall submit a modified request for the Secretary’s review.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28977B4C999C4411BD8354EF0AAA5EBE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Modified requests</header>
<text>Not later than 15 days after the date that Amtrak submits a modified request under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall either approve the modified request, or, if the Secretary finds that the request is still incomplete or deficient, the Secretary shall identify in writing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives the remaining deficiencies and recommend a process for resolving the outstanding portions of the request.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7E0E622B092B43F9829B237951387830">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Payments to Amtrak</header>
<paragraph id="HAD4923E456C0495FA9243B9CF0159DF6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A grant agreement entered into under subsection (d) shall specify the operations, services, and other activities to be funded by the grant. The grant agreement shall include provisions, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, to measure Amtrak’s performance and ensure accountability in delivering the operations, services, or activities to be funded by the grant.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F571043654949CDA5AF5657EA18FFB8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Schedule</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), in each fiscal year for which amounts are appropriated to the Secretary for the use of Amtrak, and for which the Secretary and Amtrak have entered into a grant agreement under subsection (d), the Secretary shall disburse grant funds to Amtrak on the following schedule:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A30B8C4D5874CECAA611BFF730FD880">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>50 percent on October 1.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B3834836FF249A7AD776EF94A7FE0BF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>25 percent on January 1.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80A741CC8A494EBE8ED44757A6896C56">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>25 percent on April 1.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CB97E30057C47E7A735BC62FD391120">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>The Secretary may make a payment to Amtrak of appropriated funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="H918426CCDB334C65AB0D196C5590C0AD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>more frequently than the schedule under paragraph (2) if Amtrak, for good cause, requests more frequent payment before the end of a payment period; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF676AEE92384FAFBC041EC77C1D9E85">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with a different frequency or in different percentage allocations in the event of a continuing resolution or in the absence of an appropriations Act for the duration of a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEBFD337298CF4098AB20318C0C5CCA9B">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Availability of amounts and early appropriations</header>
<text>Amounts appropriated to the Secretary for the use of Amtrak shall remain available until expended. Amounts for capital acquisitions and improvements may be appropriated for a fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the amounts will be obligated.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H164B97B737864688967AC4977B91B7DC">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Limitations on use</header>
<text>Amounts appropriated to the Secretary for the use of Amtrak may not be used to cross-subsidize operating losses or capital costs of commuter rail passenger or freight rail transportation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F6FC3106B0548599565DBCDE6880555" commented="no">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Definition of Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 24102, for purposes of this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and facilities and services used to operate and maintain that line. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6724E216AFA44791BB9CB94A5F52AB51" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>The table of contents for chapter 243 is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4382CB909A80448980A1CF01978F4356" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="paragraph">24318. Costs and revenues.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="paragraph">24319. Grant process.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8287C21C85F43F19A4AE492446DA25A" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeals</header>
<paragraph id="HCBEAFB873AAC40F092FEE978D8F6931A" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment of grant process</header>
<text>Section 206 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) and the item relating to that section in the table of contents of that Act are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3216A98A613343D5A64B769AA8BE1633" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24104 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the table of contents of chapter 241 are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD24463546B494FEA857D628F0004E134">
<enum>11203.</enum>
<header>5-year business line and asset plans</header>
<subsection id="H5401CD8E1F04497AB27B68ABDCB79577">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amtrak 5-Year Business Line and Asset Plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 24319 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD41320D7DCCC41E2803FA90E1990F32D" style="USC">
<section id="HFCDBC9DF5F2C4D7DA7DCBBB4619FB9E9">
<enum>24320.</enum>
<header>Amtrak 5-year business line and asset plans</header>
<subsection id="H3EF430DAB1C54F59BE176C622B252C8A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H7621314FC6B548E79512DF6B9B42C3BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Final plans</header>
<text>Not later than February 15 of each year, Amtrak shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Transportation final 5-year business line plans and 5-year asset plans prepared in accordance with this section. These final plans shall form the basis for Amtrak's general and legislative annual report to the President and Congress required by section 24315(b). Each plan shall cover a period of 5 fiscal years, beginning with the first fiscal year after the date on which the plan is completed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H140E679C00094A9682A6544848CAD099">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal constraint</header>
<text>Each plan prepared under this section shall be based on funding levels authorized or otherwise available to Amtrak in a fiscal year. In the absence of an authorization or appropriation of funds for a fiscal year, the plans shall be based on the amount of funding available in the previous fiscal year, plus inflation. Amtrak may include an appendix to the asset plan required in subsection (c) that describes any funding needs in excess of amounts authorized or otherwise available to Amtrak in a fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H307507C417E6479F8D60DF6A4BDEBF82">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Amtrak 5-Year Business Line Plans</header>
<paragraph id="HBECFABDFF1C94C75B4B4EE4DE8C596F4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Amtrak business lines</header>
<text>Amtrak shall prepare a 5-year business line plan for each of the following business lines and services:</text>
<subparagraph id="H224F400CB0B74986BE3B2AA5DA569BFC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Northeast Corridor train services.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8A6A74DA7A949039CB88EC3405202DE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>State-supported routes operated by Amtrak.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC324275DF3694C1DA35AD1B3831AEDFB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Long-distance routes operated by Amtrak.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50BEF0B635884C44B6A0D4E0B440859B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Ancillary services operated by Amtrak, including commuter operations and other revenue generating activities as determined by the Secretary in coordination with Amtrak.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBF53194F4E34ECCA58E5096916E603B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents of 5-year business line plans</header>
<text>The 5-year business line plan for each business line shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7B3931D0E7A4552AF557F5C6FE0C6B2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a statement of Amtrak's objectives, goals, and service plan for the business line, in consultation with any entities that are contributing capital or operating funding to support passenger rail services within those business lines, and aligned with Amtrak's Strategic Plan and 5-year asset plans under subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6244BC1F394F4E698628CBE7A2E9F5B8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>all projected revenues and expenditures for the business line, including identification of revenues and expenditures incurred by—</text>
<clause id="H3B9C0D2F379B4E58BA0B8516D8413DF3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>passenger operations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBD95F2A5F2154E79B1FFF3698FFA2A53">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>non-passenger operations that are directly related to the business line; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5E465B1015974747A3851B430CBF0BEB">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>governmental funding sources, including revenues and other funding received from States;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD3848E31E2241F3B1B67A3AC57C30D5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>projected ridership levels for all passenger operations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF1EE11A53264A91A98A273A4AE2FC0C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>estimates of long-term and short-term debt and associated principal and interest payments (both current and forecasts);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FA8D45800134D439ECA4FFCAF995FCE">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>annual profit and loss statements and forecasts and balance sheets;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H266B8A39ECD64061A148B5D97A9266A8">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>annual cash flow forecasts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CDDFA10C80447678A501EC9943E97F5">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>a statement describing the methodologies and significant assumptions underlying estimates and forecasts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7A869B52A0745CCB62414D1E6F2E0C8">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>specific performance measures that demonstrate year over year changes in the results of Amtrak’s operations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3990FB22F1314558813974CFB6DEC04E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>financial performance for each route within each business line, including descriptions of the cash operating loss or contribution and productivity for each route;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDDBBA3BEAF224F8589E27DD23A2816A1">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>specific costs and savings estimates resulting from reform initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16E8CF18C7C54BDAA2FAEA5EF60A4B4B">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>prior fiscal year and projected equipment reliability statistics; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94B928D631D04A7C9A4C4335513C5353">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>an identification and explanation of any major adjustments made from previously-approved plans.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DD6CAD2FEEA49399F16699628EDF335">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>5-year business line plans process</header>
<text>In meeting the requirements of this section, Amtrak shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A2AD6CD7BD54157BC744E990CF12BFE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>consult with the Secretary in the development of the business line plans;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6088603AC8A4362A5347C6D4F17B399">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for the Northeast Corridor business line plan, consult with the Northeast Corridor Commission and transmit to the Commission the final plan under subsection (a)(1), and consult with other entities, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7EED6A5555C4676A848D29E82022E5E" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for the State-supported route business line plan, consult with the State-Supported Route Committee established under section 24712; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB3EE70DA7984F8CAA134C1C511085CF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>for the long-distance route business line plan, consult with any States or Interstate Compacts that provide funding for such routes, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE2850A834E94D13994BBC2F792A43B4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>ensure that Amtrak's general and legislative annual report, required under section 24315(b), to the President and Congress is consistent with the information in the 5-year business line plans; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H974110C166F64DE58F8B2A5F74334264">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>identify the appropriate Amtrak officials that are responsible for each business line.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CF74C555F63451CBA321394DB357BD9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Definition of Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 24102, for purposes of this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and facilities and services used to operate and maintain that line. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5783CB96057D496F81F5F4FA6C0CE50B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Amtrak 5-Year Asset plans</header>
<paragraph id="H1AED1E82D38A4C23915801C0DDF7710E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Asset categories</header>
<text>Amtrak shall prepare a 5-year asset plan for each of the following asset categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FC77C948AE74CD88AF83E92ADECEDA8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Infrastructure, including all Amtrak-controlled Northeast Corridor assets and other Amtrak-owned infrastructure, and the associated facilities that support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of those assets.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H130B35CDB68C436B97616A52F537A58C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Passenger rail equipment, including all Amtrak-controlled rolling stock, locomotives, and mechanical shop facilities that are used to overhaul equipment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37887F702E8D47B2B7B38B6592D7EB46">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Stations, including all Amtrak-controlled passenger rail stations and elements of other stations for which Amtrak has legal responsibility or intends to make capital investments.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72D486BCCDA24A12B425706EBED2DE1B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>National assets, including national reservations, security, training and training centers, and other assets associated with Amtrak’s national rail passenger transportation system.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A7C13F64F3C4710B9078B9D669DC208">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents of 5-year asset plans</header>
<text>Each asset plan shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE537F28A89C457C82B4D23D15C30FD1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a summary of Amtrak's 5-year strategic plan for each asset category, including goals, objectives, any relevant performance metrics, and statutory or regulatory actions affecting the assets;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF29DCAD1AB6E49DD9AE34B335C0DD2B8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an inventory of existing Amtrak capital assets, to the extent practicable, including information regarding shared use or ownership, if applicable;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35AB5FCB9B4446598B93AF4F0A95B587">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a prioritized list of proposed capital investments that—</text>
<clause id="H8C63E4FFE5D14B5993F98B2DBA2717E1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>categorizes each capital project as being primarily associated with—</text>
<subclause id="HE1FF81A9E6D447FA956B5965EF199DA6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>normalized capital replacement;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H36E7BFFAC9A34B41BE5AA90CAFE1B56A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>backlog capital replacement;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1710ED26FF9A447BAE8CB9962D579FA3">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>improvements to support service enhancements or growth;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA8F34590475941FE864286882226130A">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>strategic initiatives that will improve overall operational performance, lower costs, or otherwise improve Amtrak's corporate efficiency; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H391691B0D1FB4CDD8D5FF441BEEEAD42">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>statutory, regulatory, or other legal mandates;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H625B215B764F4E4488AAA32EEEAB8E50">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>identifies each project or program that is associated with more than 1 category described in clause (i); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H143F2A342A1D459E887660A0799253AD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>describes the anticipated business outcome of each project or program identified under this subparagraph, including an assessment of—</text>
<subclause id="H33E7119C7C274D6586BEF5E9016C3EFC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the potential effect on passenger operations, safety, reliability, and resilience;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H17C82F98A4C04947AC359036A0B813A0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the potential effect on Amtrak's ability to meet regulatory requirements if the project or program is not funded; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF6E2BAC2463740FDAA41E1EC4A6836D8">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the benefits and costs; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEEE3DA9376084792A8FA26D4BC2A12BA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>annual profit and loss statements and forecasts and balance sheets for each asset category.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H515C6ECAB2CE4F918CE9B902C4A97615">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>5-year asset plan process</header>
<text>In meeting the requirements of this subsection, Amtrak shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A6DF598B05E4A548F3A7FC9FD6F7302">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>consult with each business line described in subsection (b)(1) in the preparation of each 5-year asset plan and ensure integration of each 5-year asset plan with the 5-year business line plans;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H273564198DA34A7D8CE9B80F800BD2BF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>as applicable, consult with the Northeast Corridor Commission, the State-Supported Route Committee, and owners of assets affected by 5-year asset plans; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A06B666146748FD9D84F69759502D17">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>identify the appropriate Amtrak officials that are responsible for each asset category.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2220F03527484467997E007E32A937E1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Evaluation of national assets costs</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23FCEB18F05A426DBB6FC2ACC534C7C1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>evaluate the costs and scope of all national assets; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF15C684989345EFAB9B8245E6D1C8EC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>determine the activities and costs that are—</text>
<clause id="H90DDBE70030D4EE2B9750D85CCD05616">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>required in order to ensure the efficient operations of a national rail passenger system;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H53C08B3218254BA2B976C7A12612B075">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>appropriate for allocation to 1 of the other Amtrak business lines; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF031648E08DB4F52AE5A57B673680026">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>extraneous to providing an efficient national rail passenger system or are too costly relative to the benefits or performance outcomes they provide.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC2261F1124C4330809005D09344ED4E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Definition of national assets</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>national assets</term> means the Nation’s core rail assets shared among Amtrak services, including national reservations, security, training and training centers, and other assets associated with Amtrak’s national rail passenger transportation system.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D642BFF610849739D99E32C3498A46F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Restructuring of national assets</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of completion of the evaluation under paragraph (4), the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, in consultation with the Amtrak Board of Directors, the governors of each relevant State, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or their designees, shall restructure or reallocate, or both, the national assets costs in accordance with the determination under that section, including making appropriate updates to Amtrak’s cost accounting methodology and system.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DD9E24E11064605BC2431F6DFCB6E50" commented="no">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Exemption</header>
<subparagraph id="HEAEA45A0BE714F39B620699AB2B1CCD9" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon written request from the Amtrak Board of Directors, the Secretary may exempt Amtrak from including in a plan required under this subsection any information described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H929F49018DEA453CAE0F5E6FA5620FFF" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make available to the public on the Department’s Internet Web site any exemption granted under subparagraph (A) and a detailed justification for granting such exemption.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D4D420B32A9475DB48341857411EFF5" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Inclusion in plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amtrak shall include in the plan required under this subsection any request granted under subparagraph (A) and justification under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDA689BA901C04662A3509816A2EAE788" commented="no">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Standards to promote financial stability</header>
<text>In preparing plans under this section, Amtrak shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HAA7055A66B424DA5B2497054BE0EFE37" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>apply sound budgetary practices, including reducing costs and other expenditures, improving productivity, increasing revenues, or combinations of such practices; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CC24DE1D76C47299E11A632B13B6FBD" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>use the categories specified in the financial accounting and reporting system developed under section 203 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4BD2CA105192485B99F6D7B473F930B1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective dates</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement for Amtrak to submit 5-year business line plans under section 24320(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall take effect on February 15, 2017, the due date of the first business line plans. The requirement for Amtrak to submit 5-year asset plans under section 24320(a)(1) of such title shall take effect on February 15, 2019, the due date of the first asset plans.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H597439A9AC204DCEB56C7DE1DAE75575">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5900EDDBD9174E8BB940E0C2F3ED01FC" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">24320. Amtrak 5-year business line and asset plans.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H97D4B0FB889746E8B7D86DA9A5B56F44">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Repeal of 5-Year Financial Plan</header>
<text>Section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents of that Act, are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H70ECE0429B3D4809960F533C88B68D91">
<enum>11204.</enum>
<header>State-supported route committee</header>
<subsection id="HA0723C5E614446FD934E4E868A6DBC7D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 247 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C7C5CD3AD224A8EABEA8612B92571C5" style="USC">
<section id="H3C0EF52EC222481492589FF79A145013">
<enum>24712.</enum>
<header>State-supported routes operated by Amtrak</header>
<subsection id="HEECE34C06698488A84779723FA08BC37">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>State-Supported Route Committee</header>
<paragraph id="HDFD8E1EE35384D2CA730289CD363E223">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish the State-Supported Route Committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>) to promote mutual cooperation and planning pertaining to the rail operations of Amtrak and related activities of trains operated by Amtrak on State-supported routes and to further implement section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CFD8898DDB34B0DAFEE339ABD1C7E6B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="H89984B3435CB47F891157C6981FB7833">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Committee shall consist of—</text>
<clause id="HBB74F9944440485198350CDFFBE0CF11">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>members representing Amtrak;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H77F13ED5240C44F6AD7B00D8D58CA38A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>members representing the Department of Transportation, including the Federal Railroad Administration; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAA0227A9248A41FD80F32274D36A4D4B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>members representing States.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H306110B80D504968A6465C8F6698536E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-voting members</header>
<text>The Committee may invite and accept other non-voting members to participate in Committee activities, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21C63DFEE24A4D208030AEDE733E35AD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Decisionmaking</header>
<text>The Committee shall establish a bloc voting system under which, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DF6CD4C5FD04AFB8D992C74586D1261">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>there are 3 separate voting blocs to represent the Committee’s voting members, including—</text>
<clause id="H2342DC54BDB94D59AD2653891C545DD5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>1 voting bloc to represent the members described in paragraph (2)(A)(i);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1488FECFF5274F6A96B587F7D1192F9E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>1 voting bloc to represent the members described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC98A322F2CD7415CAFECD6589D6AEFBD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>1 voting bloc to represent the members described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55CAF991BCC549D2A22C1D635EA4E3AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>each voting bloc has 1 vote;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBB0BC1BAA764D7CAF0FE8468DD8A8CD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the vote of the voting bloc representing the members described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) requires the support of at least two-thirds of that voting bloc’s members; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD77971E1A6474BF19D1CD52DAC22BFF6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the Committee makes decisions by unanimous consent of the 3 voting blocs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H699EBE1216CA4F0A82808C798E5DBB6B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Meetings; rules and procedures</header>
<text>The Committee shall convene a meeting and shall define and implement the rules and procedures governing the Committee’s proceedings not later than 180 days after the date of establishment of the Committee by the Secretary. The rules and procedures shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF165593A1CB74821B4DAC97B221A0153">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>incorporate and further describe the decisionmaking procedures to be used in accordance with paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H622968005C8D4AA88754B317CC4E34F2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>be adopted in accordance with such decisionmaking procedures.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H901211CF195D49E38B3FB70C50B7D7FC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Committee decisions</header>
<text>Decisions made by the Committee in accordance with the Committee’s rules and procedures, once established, are binding on all Committee members.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8B2DC8112BE41EB91C78C0991E41755">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Cost allocation methodology</header>
<subparagraph id="HDBA94E1F84F9490EA82BE2B3A5D4BBDA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Committee may amend the cost allocation methodology required and previously approved under section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54527E71ADC04EA9BC05E913A4A770FD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Procedures for changing methodology</header>
<text>The rules and procedures implemented under paragraph (4) shall include procedures for changing the cost allocation methodology.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H004EC76C22C84565A322D1F3ECD2DB41">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The cost allocation methodology shall—</text>
<clause id="HD0904B9A5E3D40D08CA5CF2FA7F2A9BF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>ensure equal treatment in the provision of like services of all States and groups of States; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3792363BDCAD40B7B7BB11177F78D3D4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>allocate to each route the costs incurred only for the benefit of that route and a proportionate share, based upon factors that reasonably reflect relative use, of costs incurred for the common benefit of more than 1 route.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE416EC9E64ED43FCBAEEAC8CFF9B6671">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Invoices and reports</header>
<text>Not later than April 15, 2016, and monthly thereafter, Amtrak shall provide to each State that sponsors a State-supported route a monthly invoice of the cost of operating such route, including fixed costs and third-party costs. The Committee shall determine the frequency and contents of financial and performance reports that Amtrak shall provide to the States, as well as the planning and demand reports that the States shall provide to Amtrak.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9420E49B5CA341C58E272CCFC736DC9A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Dispute resolution</header>
<paragraph id="H1909B632A1F743D1B92724D7AB51BC5E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Request for dispute resolution</header>
<text>If a dispute arises with respect to the rules and procedures implemented under subsection (a)(4), an invoice or a report provided under subsection (b), implementation or compliance with the cost allocation methodology developed under section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) or amended under subsection (a)(6) of this section, either Amtrak or the State may request that the Surface Transportation Board conduct dispute resolution under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E2CD452FB314219B38F449BB1663F27">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Procedures</header>
<text>The Surface Transportation Board shall establish procedures for resolution of disputes brought before it under this subsection, which may include provision of professional mediation services.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1207A6FEDA174CE09D846ECB2D8DF453">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Binding effect</header>
<text>A decision of the Surface Transportation Board under this subsection shall be binding on the parties to the dispute.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B11658938D7408AB1F1576DC57E4799">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Obligation</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall affect the obligation of a State to pay an amount not in dispute.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC31A95503C1440FA8EB85DBC21641718">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H685932455A504D95BB29CE34CCA83EAC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may provide assistance to the parties in the course of negotiations for a contract for operation of a State-supported route.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52AC27CFA1C5468682C8F50919AA89D5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Financial assistance</header>
<text>From among available funds, the Secretary shall provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6543A9B10CD40468A3E8DF51436CAC4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>financial assistance to Amtrak or 1 or more States to perform requested independent technical analysis of issues before the Committee; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCED0DB8EA038440FA20668B0A309FC7B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative expenses that the Secretary determines necessary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8D1D38FCFEF44F4F97D88F8A8B2D961F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Performance metrics</header>
<text>In negotiating a contract for operation of a State-supported route, Amtrak and the State or States that sponsor the route shall consider including provisions that provide penalties and incentives for performance.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCB77BE5C39A14E4890FC810C5B008EFE">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Statement of goals and objectives</header>
<paragraph id="HF03EBEA5F10441A1BE6C2803D9CBF449">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Committee shall develop a statement of goals, objectives, and associated recommendations concerning the future of State-supported routes operated by Amtrak. The statement shall identify the roles and responsibilities of Committee members and any other relevant entities, such as host railroads, in meeting the identified goals and objectives, or carrying out the recommendations. The Committee may consult with such relevant entities, as the Committee considers appropriate, when developing the statement.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D2D3F218BB94107BAA37F98E54A5F35">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Transmission of statement of goals and objectives</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Committee shall transmit the statement developed under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5AF8EC1469D241188A9ACECFAFE04D62">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Rule of Construction</header>
<text>The decisions of the Committee—</text>
<paragraph id="H72F0814B96B342D388B8AA5DF4673678">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall pertain to the rail operations of Amtrak and related activities of trains operated by Amtrak on State-sponsored routes; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1029E2179FA94A48858BC2FB4048C260">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall not pertain to the rail operations or related activities of services operated by other rail carriers on State-supported routes.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H36DFFB8B371A40178A792546C9BA52B7">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Definition of State</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States, including the District of Columbia, that sponsor the operation of trains by Amtrak on a State-supported route, or a public entity that sponsors such operation on such a route.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H636894C518F94832BA1747FE195843C2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H5CA897A528E74F29B12592367EB8D0CF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Table of contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for chapter 247 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB9EFF95EB0B4898ABF7DC28EE0D09F0" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">24712. State-supported routes operated by Amtrak.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55206D5F390C46FA99B53A6D6E4B66A4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AF9E3155B88484ABC99CB36AC80F308">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FE260C89D504E889E120790A72AD5A1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H313657723F51457193D8CFE53DD6FFFF" commented="no">
<enum>11205.</enum>
<header>Composition of Amtrak’s Board of Directors</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA314E0E025B4CCCA130031EE346D481" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97930A9247244E6994346B62EE2C2064" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>9 directors</quote> and inserting <quote>10 directors</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73789E2FAB27497583A38FC2BC0E5318" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) by inserting <quote>, who shall serve as a nonvoting member of the Board</quote> after <quote>Amtrak</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A934BF0B4F94C8090053A589F331C49" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>7</quote> and inserting <quote>8</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44B22639B66A4A0FA7F2676B79C9AB08" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>who are eligible to vote</quote> after <quote>serving</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H8CE301273AA340F2A8F77685AAAACBE4">
<enum>11206.</enum>
<header>Route and service planning decisions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA5666BFC13F4A46AF404DAC8DB05AF2" style="OLC">
<section id="H5273843020BD4F69AEEB0AACB09618BC">
<enum>208.</enum>
<header>Methodologies for Amtrak route and service planning decisions</header>
<subsection id="H09DA49E817544403A94CD2EF977A8ADB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Methodology development</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak shall obtain the services of an independent entity to develop and recommend objective methodologies for Amtrak to use in determining what intercity rail passenger transportation routes and services it should provide, including the establishment of new routes, the elimination of existing routes, and the contraction or expansion of services or frequencies over such routes.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0E6DACBBD0944254B4F9D112CD388555">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>Amtrak shall require the independent entity, in developing the methodologies described in subsection (a), to consider—</text>
<paragraph id="H589BEE2C49A543D59CEF5BD1AA757DC8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the current and expected performance and service quality of intercity rail passenger transportation operations, including cost recovery, on-time performance, ridership, on-board services, stations, facilities, equipment, and other services;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28A925DC57EA491DA9F5FC2D142368B0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the connectivity of a route with other routes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB4A8313B40843BD9091DDF9A69C5BE3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the transportation needs of communities and populations that are not well served by intercity rail passenger transportation service or by other forms of intercity transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73553C017999451C906E4D6C7B5F2EAA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the methodologies of Amtrak and major intercity rail passenger transportation service providers in other countries for determining intercity passenger rail routes and services;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9644219996F41BAB34A0C210F9227DF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the financial and operational effects on the overall network, including the effects on direct and indirect costs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H362BA7C1303D47C48CF1BAA830817CB2">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>the views of States, rail carriers that own infrastructure over which Amtrak operates, Interstate Compacts established by Congress and States, Amtrak employee representatives, stakeholder organizations, and other interested parties; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CB6F133CFDC4347B3AD2DB0992D8E47">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the funding levels that will be available under authorization levels that have been enacted into law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7CDE257465134ECC943901BD35409B92">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the recommendations developed by the independent entity under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H69B199DF00A24E5E8D2F7566A0A6DA3C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consideration of recommendations</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the recommendations are transmitted under subsection (c), the Amtrak Board of Directors shall consider the adoption of each recommendation and transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report explaining the reasons for adopting or not adopting each recommendation.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HB6E147C5B3FF4BC9ACC298FBC3146F6F">
<enum>11207.</enum>
<header>Food and beverage reform</header>
<subsection id="H67C2589BFBFA41BA87A9FEFF07C7D827">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEF52812B011404481069ABDF2C74F1C" style="USC">
<section id="H596A613A763140EB9F235D071E6D1647">
<enum>24321.</enum>
<header>Food and beverage reform</header>
<subsection id="H607D800D5BFA41B18E70D9EAC3BD6031">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, Amtrak shall develop and begin implementing a plan to eliminate, within 5 years of such date of enactment, the operating loss associated with providing food and beverage service on board Amtrak trains.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8628B6536B2A4EF3A27FF5F257E4C2D8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In developing and implementing the plan, Amtrak shall consider a combination of cost management and revenue generation initiatives, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C0997390A7D416A8AD2B1562BC6CDCB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>scheduling optimization;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDA88DE18FEF44438650BBF0923A1214">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>on-board logistics;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7CC028318374497B0CEC983448F7C46">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>product development and supply chain efficiency;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0B5F7E19E564B6B83A35277973FE023">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>training, awards, and accountability;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCC7E96D3D91454CB818CBF541025E80">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>technology enhancements and process improvements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H434D8E74BD3346BAB9A8000FA6D4A2AA">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>ticket revenue allocation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6CBA1A7D2C49475AA9BCDF866B60F0C1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amtrak shall ensure that no Amtrak employee holding a position as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title> is involuntarily separated because of—</text>
<paragraph id="H91471C16F0CF4659B881F4AC2E275F5B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the development and implementation of the plan required under subsection (a); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB45981D2B4344F8BCBC3A0403DC0DCB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any other action taken by Amtrak to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H272133174C3244B4B7128C99BA4BC495">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>No Federal funding for operating losses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, no Federal funds may be used to cover any operating loss associated with providing food and beverage service on a route operated by Amtrak or a rail carrier that operates a route in lieu of Amtrak pursuant to section 24711.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8159F518CF33446EBEC932DEFB4BFF0F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, and annually thereafter for 5 years, Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) and a description of progress in the implementation of the plan.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF205AE2E7A9A4A269D6DB3ABFAB10110">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D40908E03AF42A3AF79D3008DF03843" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">24321. Food and beverage reform.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA4B3D9ABA1514B789962CAB16538DCC8">
<enum>11208.</enum>
<header>Rolling stock purchases</header>
<subsection id="H1C0D670EEA164F22B66386464D9F7AD0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H030C97AE8BF14B62BFAF7E7E12D9BD78" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="HE23C57B36C8E4E1F91A6968670120C49">
<enum>24322.</enum>
<header>Rolling stock purchases</header>
<subsection id="H521A7171948045FBB596E1DF0AEDFE2B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to entering into any contract in excess of $100,000,000 for rolling stock and locomotive procurements Amtrak shall submit a business case analysis to the Secretary of Transportation, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, on the utility of such procurements.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA127063368E451EB7FFCA6D9F7AF979">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The business case analysis shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9CCA71FF19BB4E1EA2BB4DF489260E0E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>include a cost and benefit comparison that describes the total lifecycle costs and the anticipated benefits related to revenue, operational efficiency, reliability, and other factors;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56EEB500FF3D4D069D29FB2DDD2DE5A8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>set forth the total payments by fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24B864956EBA44F5940BC4C4814CEC6F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>identify the specific source and amounts of funding for each payment, including Federal funds, State funds, Amtrak profits, Federal, State, or private loans or loan guarantees, and other funding;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1C58ED3647047B6802AB8E7577AE605">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>include an explanation of whether any payment under the contract will increase Amtrak’s funding request in its general and legislative annual report required under section 24315(b) in a particular fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7A7E592BF82483A9D402CC1912A7407">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>describe how Amtrak will adjust the procurement if future funding is not available.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3E4EDA14B63F4D6E9582D133E7E188CB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring Amtrak to disclose confidential information regarding a potential vendor’s proposed pricing or other sensitive business information prior to contract execution or prohibiting Amtrak from entering into a contract after submission of a business case analysis under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H68E2819265664954A70B9988C1563787">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C74719AAF4F4AA48C47487776126BB2">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">24322. Rolling stock purchases.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H71422A37FB0948FEA695F5C973921A00">
<enum>11209.</enum>
<header>Local products and promotional events</header>
<subsection id="H88F03C0C1B0D407C8BC74CF5B15E5A89">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall establish a pilot program for a State or States that sponsor a State-supported route operated by Amtrak to facilitate—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1EE1724F48A4146854FA8E26584CE8A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>onboard purchase and sale of local food and beverage products; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H458E504D08DD40AB8E0BFF014417D854">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>partnerships with local entities to hold promotional events on trains or in stations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC4FCA18E4CF34A84962FBBA8E7E93459">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Program design</header>
<text>The pilot program under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H25009DA73CB041F19E9EAC7C1544F779">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>allow a State or States to nominate and select a local food and beverage products supplier or suppliers or local promotional event partner;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF162673009842789BC5EF61E56CF5D9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>allow a State or States to charge a reasonable price or fee for local food and beverage products or promotional events and related activities to help defray the costs of program administration and State-supported routes; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3763F71C014C4E2A8BC77F0742B01A98">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>provide a mechanism to ensure that State products can effectively be handled and integrated into existing food and beverage services, including compliance with all applicable regulations and standards governing such services.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H48D51AA6E85149C39C540EC133CF66F6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Program administration</header>
<text>The pilot program shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H630612FB319249139D40B2C76ABB2586">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for local food and beverage products, ensure the products are integrated into existing food and beverage services, including compliance with all applicable regulations and standards;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF63F7B007E974CFFBACCE5CF0DFB3B2B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for promotional events, ensure the events are held in compliance with all applicable regulations and standards, including terms to address insurance requirements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B58223CBF6D4CCE9460FC913640C304">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>require an annual report that documents revenues and costs and indicates whether the products or events resulted in a reduction in the financial contribution of a State or States to the applicable State-supported route.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2AB4278AD76D4C6E9AB84EF5CA989223">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on which States have participated in the pilot programs under this section. The report shall summarize the financial and operational outcomes of the pilot programs and include any plan for future action.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H636B1B6078A94FB58AEF76CE062A5E9E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting Amtrak’s ability to operate special trains in accordance with section 216 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24308 note).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HAD94783FDC3B4014B5A305B95586BACA">
<enum>11210.</enum>
<header>Amtrak pilot program for passengers transporting domesticated cats and dogs</header>
<subsection id="H7CA1E4B1656847CFA87115FB60E66EA2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall develop a pilot program that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats or dogs on certain trains operated by Amtrak.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB1EF0EDC33D5484AA555D38772A511E4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Pet policy</header>
<text>In developing the pilot program required under subsection (a), Amtrak shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H29CBADCDCB31409B9919D37B697DBF49">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the case of a passenger train that is comprised of more than 1 car, designate, where feasible, at least 1 car in which a ticketed passenger may transport a domesticated cat or dog in the same manner as carry-on baggage if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42B21D268B504690927B770D4532C42B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cat or dog is contained in a pet kennel;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCA6541E5A6E4EA4A3E7696ED53331EF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the pet kennel complies with Amtrak size requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D8C521B2A2640D6BC83A7B04C3FDD8D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the passenger is traveling on a train operating on a route described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section 24102(7) of title 49, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08BDA8793220435C86CF38FA6C8E0BAD">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the passenger pays a fee described in paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F125DDF1AC44BCD80C94700815F706B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>allow a ticketed passenger to transport a domesticated cat or dog on a train in the same manner as cargo if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43C1F29A37CB4FE0A35F865955054B71">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cat or dog is contained in a pet kennel;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC97DF9A8CC04BED95F765CA2F6A1FDD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the pet kennel complies with Amtrak size requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H728772246B6748B986BB557E82E953D4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the passenger is traveling on a train operating on a route described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section 24102(7) of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FB28A2FAF83478D85A66BA8D879F666">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the cargo area is temperature controlled in a manner protective of cat and dog safety and health; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFF5C4B45EC545ACB468B1E9FF36B874">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the passenger pays a fee described in paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H742200F0A3A542CC80444AE27DE5AD0A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>collect fees for each cat or dog transported by a ticketed passenger in an amount that, in the aggregate and at a minimum, covers the full costs of the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H91C5A3EAA35447F8998A18B31EBDA3AE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the pilot program required under subsection (a) is first implemented, Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing an evaluation of the pilot program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2151A6FC6B95444999C992BAE29D29A8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Limitation on statutory construction</header>
<paragraph id="H3A50FE851F7745039E5950F88441224D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Service animals</header>
<text>The pilot program under subsection (a) shall be separate from and in addition to the policy governing Amtrak passengers traveling with service animals. Nothing in this section may be interpreted to limit or waive the rights of passengers to transport service animals.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H881B375823074BD2973D2742A2D1AEFC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additional train cars</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be interpreted to require Amtrak to add additional train cars or modify existing train cars.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H029207252FD544318CB991B6C4D61DEA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal funds</header>
<text>No Federal funds may be used to implement the pilot program required under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H227A61B700F540ECA229A9868581B279">
<enum>11211.</enum>
<header>Right-of-way leveraging</header>
<subsection id="HAEA09D7419554AE39F8162FFA087E5CE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Request for proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HC134FC98328E49E48D1EBC141D148881">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall issue a Request for Proposals seeking qualified persons or entities to utilize right-of-way and real estate owned, controlled, or managed by Amtrak for telecommunications systems, energy distribution systems, and other activities considered appropriate by Amtrak.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E25017E016940FA8A86AEB79FA2D378">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The Request for Proposals shall provide sufficient information on the right-of-way and real estate assets to enable respondents to propose an arrangement that will monetize or generate additional revenue from such assets through revenue sharing or leasing agreements with Amtrak, to the extent possible.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B381B630D404AFABD714163C3260F8F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amtrak shall set a deadline for the submission of proposals that is not later than 1 year after the issuance of the Request for Proposals under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE93837A9E5B24FFF9D5B8EFDDFA87155">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration of proposals</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the deadline for the receipt of proposals under subsection (a), the Amtrak Board of Directors shall review and consider each qualified proposal. Amtrak may enter into such agreements as are necessary to implement any qualified proposal.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H861EE67A292542308C2D6D7E7BBA6409">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the deadline for the receipt of proposals under subsection (a), Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the Request for Proposals required by this section, including summary information of any proposals submitted to Amtrak and any proposals accepted by the Amtrak Board of Directors.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFCF65A27A3274699A7E0C5A70133C3DD">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit Amtrak’s ability to utilize right-of-way or real estate assets that it currently owns, controls, or manages or constrain Amtrak’s ability to enter into agreements with other parties to utilize such assets.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0DF947D040F8463097A231247406B54A">
<enum>11212.</enum>
<header>Station development</header>
<subsection id="HE98D16C4612843C5BE38813794634979">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report on development options</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HD889B13B55074653B6209C5A3F394CE6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>options to enhance economic development and accessibility of and around Amtrak stations and terminals, for the purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7128609FF194BE9A7B571181A36E959">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>improving station condition, functionality, capacity, and customer amenities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDFF27FD59044496B8FC4D60E3894FF9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>generating additional investment capital and development-related revenue streams;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1911AB6E769C46EBBF4462BEE647C3B6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>increasing ridership and revenue; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCB5218CE3EC44B7A4C704BA3ED61011">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>strengthening multimodal connections, including transit, intercity buses, roll-on and roll-off bicycles, and airports, as appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FE8CD9E8AA94FB09D23F3A4BE72D8DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>options for additional Amtrak stops that would have a positive incremental financial impact to Amtrak, based on Amtrak feasibility studies that demonstrate a financial benefit to Amtrak by generating additional revenue that exceeds any incremental costs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE3F77407D12248C39A58B14C88D873D8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Request for information</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date the report is submitted under subsection (a), Amtrak shall issue a Request for Information for 1 or more owners of stations served by Amtrak to formally express an interest in completing the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCE061DE310114EC0B647E035A439E25A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HD649CD32F5B7465FA59A985717372B98">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Request for proposals</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date the Request for Information is issued under subsection (b), Amtrak shall issue a Request for Proposals from qualified persons, including small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and veteran-owned small businesses, to lead, participate, or partner with Amtrak, a station owner that responded under subsection (b), and other entities in enhancing development in and around such stations and terminals using applicable options identified under subsection (a) at facilities selected by Amtrak.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7A9988D2F904230809A40CB5A0CD40E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consideration of proposals</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date the Request for Proposals is issued under paragraph (1), the Amtrak Board of Directors shall review and consider qualified proposals submitted under paragraph (1). Amtrak or a station owner that responded under subsection (b) may enter into such agreements as are necessary to implement any qualified proposal.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3381B65A8C9E4B9C8ACDAC29012F175F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the Request for Proposals process required under this section, including summary information of any qualified proposals submitted to Amtrak and any proposals acted upon by Amtrak or a station owner that responded under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H502F6313A9134087AFF668C8BB14690C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the terms <term>small business concern</term>, <term>socially and economically disadvantaged individual</term>, and <term>veteran-owned small business</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 11310(c) of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H029463DD09614B938B90A6F1B49DC88E">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit Amtrak’s ability to develop its stations, terminals, or other assets, to constrain Amtrak’s ability to enter into and carry out agreements with other parties to enhance development at or around Amtrak stations or terminals, or to affect any station development initiatives ongoing as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H740F0BE4A0A64432B69DBB072050236A">
<enum>11213.</enum>
<header>Amtrak boarding procedures</header>
<subsection id="H484300A3E4B246A3BA07AAFF4FBB40F5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Amtrak Office of Inspector General shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE59D9BF0CF4C4D00920A77B6ABEE7128">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>evaluates Amtrak’s boarding procedures for passengers, including passengers using or transporting nonmotorized transportation, such as bicycles, at its 15 stations through which the most people pass;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FF0A5931E3C4DDC81B98CC075E1744D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>compares Amtrak’s boarding procedures to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H385F4989CD144398AD1BEABBA6004B49">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>boarding procedures of providers of commuter railroad passenger transportation at stations shared with Amtrak;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H166E7DD59976452FB411F3DA1032911D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>international intercity passenger rail boarding procedures; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H887CD75701294AB8AE2EFB25FD2380C7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>fixed guideway transit boarding procedures; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CD6E361329844688EF05A925104AEA0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>makes recommendations, as appropriate, to improve Amtrak’s boarding procedures, including recommendations regarding the queuing of passengers and free-flow of all station users and facility improvements needed to achieve the recommendations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA62D3908EE14F978D3658DE9DD18A92">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration of recommendations</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the report is submitted under subsection (a), the Amtrak Board of Directors shall consider each recommendation provided under subsection (a)(3) for implementation at appropriate locations across the Amtrak system.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA0AC16F85F224E288D66D572260A222D">
<enum>11214.</enum>
<header>Amtrak debt</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H027C3864E451435DB230334CD153BE17">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>as of the date of enactment of this Act</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H314C7252B4B44A8FA8DF21A027774058">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1684CBB49C44CBCAD6EE3C253167371">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts</quote> after <quote>Amtrak’s indebtedness</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F71811053534910952EE1C4E166B368">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the second sentence;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15DD942FD5334FA3BAE1E9930D5F0F5F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation</quote> and inserting <quote>To the extent amounts are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H069435CB9C114FB98A79A5AEEE7BDC6D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts</quote> after <quote>as appropriate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5D3C0FA84A84750922A807AA829DDC2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF429BEAEDF84698AE0E678B9D7FFA85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>by section 102 of this division</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2B5D741EFA54CA7AB9ACA5AE97ABA25">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>by section 102</quote> and inserting <quote>for Amtrak</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79B2E1A81D6D42009DAB3860D20FE4B1">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g) by inserting <quote>, unless that debt receives credit assistance, including direct loans and loan guarantees, under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code or title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.)</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DF57BC93103496B853CDE78C0C7C6A5">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (h).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF15ED3B8E5F84E74A59DEA87B11AD804" commented="no">
<enum>11215.</enum>
<header>Elimination of duplicative reporting</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H71ADBFD1817E4F218EE26462E63F5FFA" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review existing Amtrak reporting requirements and identify where the existing requirements are duplicative with the business line and asset plans required by section 24320 of title 49, United States Code, or any other planning or reporting requirements under Federal law or regulation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7AED83AD6F24A45B0F2919C63A6B94C" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if the duplicative requirements identified under paragraph (1) are administrative, eliminate such requirements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC2CE304983C425CBBC517DF7ACDC7B5" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>submit to Congress a report with any recommendations for repealing any other duplicative requirements.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H379D65BCA9FA4A1AB853EC65F095627B">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Intercity Passenger Rail Policy</header>
<section id="H5ADE1DC3516A44CF8D111732F42F7CA3">
<enum>11301.</enum>
<header>Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements</header>
<subsection id="HE426FC81DF0E40F59BE8458C1A77FF8E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H819F1D591C194E3AB12354296C9DC579" style="USC">
<section id="HF991829ED4124F61B086561EBB70AA86">
<enum>24407.</enum>
<header>Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements</header>
<subsection id="HDFEA164B17224FCF98C0DD0197491E3D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants under this section to an eligible recipient to assist in financing the cost of improving passenger and freight rail transportation systems in terms of safety, efficiency, or reliability.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H86D9A1409ECA464092E7393AE9EB9B90">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligible recipients</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following entities are eligible to receive a grant under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H6ECA56E1E997473A97F2FC593B416DA0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D7ABCF24AD6425D928927A8D9645084">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A group of States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E36C20F1ACA4D058DFD9C3EB4D4B529">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Interstate Compact.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2727F8B650D4AA6B5B4E8AC504D3853">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0611BFC865CB46E182C281AFF9DCD8A2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A political subdivision of a State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H817A9CB1016943398AFDCC85FDA4C1F1">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H608BF51BCFC44F1F8C3B0B8FFE709694">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FA3F01CC66D4CBE9CCE17EDA61C0FAE">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Any rail carrier or rail equipment manufacturer in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AF6E62FB81A465A946C8C8E6EE70A11">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>The Transportation Research Board and any entity with which it contracts in the development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1686ECEEFB3482E9D4E7CD1D4A720B3">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>A University transportation center engaged in rail-related research.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9709DD1625946FB96F3E8B318E9E305">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>A non-profit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees of rail carriers or rail carrier contractors.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0696413D2B474D12ABD859FD702B4FE9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following projects are eligible to receive grants under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H454E820E2FA244648C1A2CF9EEC24291">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Deployment of railroad safety technology, including positive train control and rail integrity inspection systems.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EFF0C3ECBF94CC2931783B2B0FAB51A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A capital project as defined in section 24401(2), except that a project shall not be required to be in a State rail plan developed under chapter 227.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC40B9745062348A89D40A5AFB068D68D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A capital project identified by the Secretary as being necessary to address congestion challenges affecting rail service.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EC9F3E60056421AAF65A753ED0F39EC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>A capital project identified by the Secretary as being necessary to reduce congestion and facilitate ridership growth in intercity passenger rail transportation along heavily traveled rail corridors.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF998641C788F4A578A10CAFD08C4BFAD">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A highway-rail grade crossing improvement project, including installation, repair, or improvement of grade separations, railroad crossing signals, gates, and related technologies, highway traffic signalization, highway lighting and crossing approach signage, roadway improvements such as medians or other barriers, railroad crossing panels and surfaces, and safety engineering improvements to reduce risk in quiet zones or potential quiet zones.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFB77D3C715B24D649A6ABCA63F078603">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rail line relocation and improvement project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H470C03CEC9814C8CAB4C5CB579CDA391">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A capital project to improve short-line or regional railroad infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35942AF694304F6682631B3E02BD317B">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The preparation of regional rail and corridor service development plans and corresponding environmental analyses.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AB3D9485CEA42A290A38B8F86BCDB07">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Any project that the Secretary considers necessary to enhance multimodal connections or facilitate service integration between rail service and other modes, including between intercity rail passenger transportation and intercity bus service or commercial air service.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC751EA173B54456A4A7E70C27473F30">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>The development and implementation of a safety program or institute designed to improve rail safety.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3708F95455D423DA2854D554C9E2E1F">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Any research that the Secretary considers necessary to advance any particular aspect of rail-related capital, operations, or safety improvements.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC83F0154D040435FBA2AEFD75AB08C08">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Workforce development and training activities, coordinated to the extent practicable with the existing local training programs supported by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DD13D4C24E4431D8B86B1D95E3C8205">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Application process</header>
<text>The Secretary shall prescribe the form and manner of filing an application under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF32E3ECEBE9948E1B646D7AA43B50924">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Project selection criteria</header>
<paragraph id="H06565F50B1684ECA85E7F7364336A61F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting a recipient of a grant for an eligible project, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC531F7409C54BB59DFFEFBA84997C7A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give preference to a proposed project for which the proposed Federal share of total project costs does not exceed 50 percent; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H664F099A1A7143EAAAE8891E8C18CB11">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after factoring in preference to projects under subparagraph (A), select projects that will maximize the net benefits of the funds appropriated for use under this section, considering the cost-benefit analysis of the proposed project, including anticipated private and public benefits relative to the costs of the proposed project and factoring in the other considerations described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA17B6B924BEB4FA79C9830DDB49C2654">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other considerations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall also consider the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD17B1C7964A486F927D63F483A1B24D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which the proposed project’s business plan considers potential private sector participation in the financing, construction, or operation of the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H664C1A8A9A994ACA92F48544DB712D2D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient’s past performance in developing and delivering similar projects, and previous financial contributions.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0392E695CEA42C58D6ABDCD5623A01F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the recipient has or will have the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out the proposed project, satisfactory continuing control over the use of the equipment or facilities, and the capability and willingness to maintain the equipment or facilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E01AD7B733E42478B3F864584603BA3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If applicable, the consistency of the proposed project with planning guidance and documents set forth by the Secretary or required by law or State rail plans developed under chapter 227.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F54F8420BBB4F8DA19E02F47B12C616">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If applicable, any technical evaluation ratings the proposed project received under previous competitive grant programs administered by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A78495891484F379F634FBDA18F1538">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other factors as the Secretary considers relevant to the successful delivery of the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73CA5A62886640638EC8768E502EC18E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Benefits</header>
<text>The benefits described in paragraph (1)(B) may include the effects on system and service performance, including measures such as improved safety, competitiveness, reliability, trip or transit time, resilience, efficiencies from improved integration with other modes, the ability to meet existing or anticipated demand, and any other benefits.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA1B9484D0C2742D5B0FE0672FDC35681">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Performance measures</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish performance measures for each grant recipient to assess progress in achieving strategic goals and objectives. The Secretary may require a grant recipient to periodically report information related to such performance measures.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE25777C3AC10428991D5C7E12B9E0611">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Rural areas</header>
<paragraph id="HBDE62D0C594D4BF8AD4DE6B9EB8985C4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Of the amounts appropriated under this section, at least 25 percent shall be available for projects in rural areas. The Secretary shall consider a project to be in a rural area if all or the majority of the project (determined by the geographic location or locations where the majority of the project funds will be spent) is located in a rural area.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5158A9FF3C0A4F6DAFE4422F8777337D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definition of rural area</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>rural area</term> means any area not in an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8688DE82482342888564470D7E4183FA">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Federal share of total project costs</header>
<paragraph id="H5979C684E1844DCA8F5BE356C16B448B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Total project costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall estimate the total costs of a project under this section based on the best available information, including any available engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, environmental analyses, and information on the expected use of equipment or facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CACBF7D9BAC459C9197E761BF6BC712">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of total project costs under this section shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDECD98B9CAE4E9E81FA2B33875C1D8C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Treatment of passenger rail revenue</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Amtrak or another rail carrier is an applicant under this section, Amtrak or the other rail carrier, as applicable, may use ticket and other revenues generated from its operations and other sources to satisfy the non-Federal share requirements.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6984EAEAABDF4A5FB462AD6E622A0074">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as specifically provided in this section, the use of any amounts appropriated for grants under this section shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF84B04041EF347028B1228274FCD5E4B">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated for carrying out this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0A4F508C96FE4AC09F002FD25A806712">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of sections 24402, 24403, and 24404 and the definition contained in 24401(1) shall not apply to this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02C52DED2AE24D3590BE749E89B927CA">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Special transportation circumstances</header>
<paragraph id="HCC18B7B2F0B6491396BEA242666B3C55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary shall allocate an appropriate portion of the amounts available to programs in this chapter to provide grants to States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H09D06805578D45358ED4427F89556DD5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in which there is no intercity passenger rail service, for the purpose of funding freight rail capital projects that are on a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 that provide public benefits (as defined in chapter 227), as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1EF81661D4E9434594442EE133E6B9E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in which the rail transportation system is not physically connected to rail systems in the continental United States or may not otherwise qualify for a grant under this section due to the unique characteristics of the geography of that State or other relevant considerations, for the purpose of funding transportation-related capital projects.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D9636E2106E4E45A46701661D843CC8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>appropriate portion</quote> means a share, for each State subject to paragraph (1), not less than the share of the total railroad route miles in such State of the total railroad route miles in the United States, excluding from all totals the route miles exclusively used for tourist, scenic, and excursion railroad operations. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6AC9400585554E289237539BBD18E8A8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 24406 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41EDEE6DA5714DA390E74734FF799FEB" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">24407. Consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFADA51A320B8433DB485758A80D84399">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeals</header>
<paragraph id="H01C4A906CECC4CA5A369D1A969263D5E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 20154 and 20167 of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, and the items relating to such sections in the table of contents of such chapter, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94BB409B93954525AF816BAAC404F9E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24105 of chapter 241 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the table of contents of such chapter, is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53116729D0CA49D3B5E7B80639D92F83">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Chapter 225 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to such chapter in the table of contents of subtitle V of such title, is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD97DF8BCCBED4A91B0232978ECAE4066">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 22108 of chapter 221 of title 49, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the table of contents of such chapter, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3FB34F18C37C4E9487FB9DE8A1FB392A">
<enum>11302.</enum>
<header>Federal-State partnership for state of good repair</header>
<subsection id="H072AC50F518E48449EA1A4CED31892DB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 249 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 24910 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE2320C1C21D4C3DABA6F382783E511F" style="USC">
<section id="H60A5ACC92CC3405C996BBB2F6263D0FA">
<enum>24911.</enum>
<header>Federal-State partnership for state of good repair</header>
<subsection id="HB9B2D4C9C7544D738A1CAC9499595AD2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5F21569F0C7E437D80CA2A169C67F75E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Applicant</header>
<text>The term <term>applicant</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2F851E8D16741CDB2578162D9DDF561">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a State (including the District of Columbia);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7AE28BAA5F484EB48BCF04105F1ADFB4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a group of States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC482D12B01CE41139A441892A01CBC49">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an Interstate Compact;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H607677DB830E495EA53A713828EC4EDF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5454E2D768BC49748E144DFF5B8E39C5">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a political subdivision of a State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38299FEC3A4646DB81ED9F048739D2C0">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Amtrak, acting on its own behalf or under a cooperative agreement with 1 or more States; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E5F7D3DFD9943D3B1626B8A7FA21350">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>any combination of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE336886211D4E12BB19F344F211A71C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Capital project</header>
<text>The term <term>capital project</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27C7F351EC5B4A588A98704559C4E51B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a project primarily intended to replace, rehabilitate, or repair major infrastructure assets utilized for providing intercity rail passenger service, including tunnels, bridges, stations, and other assets, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H568A1E0239CC401E801656CE4C532B41">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a project primarily intended to improve intercity passenger rail performance, including reduced trip times, increased train frequencies, higher operating speeds, and other improvements, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB832258968DE4DA589CE7DB5D4E5FEC7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Intercity rail passenger transportation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>intercity rail passenger transportation</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 24102.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6186C7069C8C491CB9860BD2E2087F04">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor</header>
<text>The term <term>Northeast Corridor</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04D7E45546894EAE8B19E7AD8079EF43">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the main rail line between Boston, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3BD9D956D884329BDC065395D9E5C8F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the branch rail lines connecting to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Spuyten Duyvil, New York; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H577F47B9A6574EE28E3D83021C3E0FDC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>facilities and services used to operate and maintain lines described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41DB911944BB44FEA17E0816E2EC59B2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Qualified railroad asset</header>
<text>The term <term>qualified railroad asset</term> means infrastructure, equipment, or a facility that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08065A7A0620429AA8694ECDB3240C06">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is owned or controlled by an eligible applicant;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF733202B71EA4B3BA34B40C00F09D091">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is contained in the planning document developed under section 24904 and for which a cost-allocation policy has been developed under section 24905(c), or is contained in an equivalent planning document and for which a similar cost-allocation policy has been developed; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4828E0C729E040C5A11212C19EDB6493">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>was not in a state of good repair on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD7AF6986A5C412F8AF26D241B8FFA52">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall develop and implement a program for issuing grants to applicants, on a competitive basis, to fund capital projects that reduce the state of good repair backlog with respect to qualified railroad assets.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBFA26EA91D4E429EB5635EBBCF13B26D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible projects</header>
<text>Projects eligible for grants under this section include capital projects to replace or rehabilitate qualified railroad assets, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B134EA15ADD4F02985C9DE7A46DBF95">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>capital projects to replace existing assets in-kind;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63E8EEAA855B47FBB99E7CD3E206A740">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>capital projects to replace existing assets with assets that increase capacity or provide a higher level of service;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBE84EABFD764BF6BDBCF61ECB71B533">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>capital projects to ensure that service can be maintained while existing assets are brought to a state of good repair; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F3D6DEA9EB441E88DA96B6E39D628E8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>capital projects to bring existing assets into a state of good repair.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0080B0398B9340B286E9D79915AB6DDC">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Project selection criteria</header>
<text>In selecting an applicant for a grant under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B7E7FEA82B044D28026E820F8B3DBC0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>give preference to eligible projects for which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6184C18731ED4FDC82C6BD7837FA9F85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Amtrak is not the sole applicant;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9DB34483AD14C748C017B36BA2C3FAF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>applications were submitted jointly by multiple applicants; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB456225EC1549E78905EE4BD8D07D59">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the proposed Federal share of total project costs does not exceed 50 percent; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7981215FD35D448E800E35FAC74803F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>take into account—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2EBF2ABE22847B3BB529E836D35FBFC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cost-benefit analysis of the proposed project, including anticipated private and public benefits relative to the costs of the proposed project, including—</text>
<clause id="HDA7088ACBD15490093DF817A7CE57791">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>effects on system and service performance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H020418436D714F6C9DC2158F9B4D93A4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>effects on safety, competitiveness, reliability, trip or transit time, and resilience;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5FB3C88CEF38426E8AAB4D0478E35EED">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>efficiencies from improved integration with other modes; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H31F7BAFE1C33427A9416634BCBA4C9FF">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>ability to meet existing or anticipated demand;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9AA2EFCF46774E8FA8EC9FDD7275AE0B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the degree to which the proposed project’s business plan considers potential private sector participation in the financing, construction, or operation of the proposed project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4728D943BA264ABE83DD8E0C65B0C096">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the applicant’s past performance in developing and delivering similar projects, and previous financial contributions;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF322E75C8B3F4544B550004F437ED4DB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>whether the applicant has, or will have—</text>
<clause id="HFF676DC4AEE34C87A6CC772FB11EA548">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0027E4F7130D467181DAD8761D52E460">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>satisfactory continuing control over the use of the equipment or facilities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCFE51687174A43CDBB780D8FA45492B2">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the capability and willingness to maintain the equipment or facilities;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD67B1B0390964A23A39509AC6248ABFC">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>if applicable, the consistency of the project with planning guidance and documents set forth by the Secretary or required by law; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE2EDF03AF644AAE8F0754D7367DC83C">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>any other relevant factors, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H68FF6ACABB764F8EB5E153C4E61789A5">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Northeast corridor projects</header>
<paragraph id="H3F2DB5D4F0C5428E8C6C146D9BFCA0D6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compliance with usage agreements</header>
<text>Grant funds may not be provided under this section to an eligible recipient for an eligible project located on the Northeast Corridor unless Amtrak and the public authorities providing commuter rail passenger transportation on the Northeast Corridor are in compliance with section 24905(c)(2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D559270E5B34940842A7663B7A88D9F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Capital investment plan</header>
<text>When selecting projects located on the Northeast Corridor, the Secretary shall consider the appropriate sequence and phasing of projects as contained in the Northeast Corridor capital investment plan developed pursuant to section 24904(a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2D56EC82B6F04233876FFE79E5AC2FB8">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Federal share of total project costs</header>
<paragraph id="H80F91E56A8154A0396173695A33C23C5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Total project cost</header>
<text>The Secretary shall estimate the total cost of a project under this section based on the best available information, including engineering studies, studies of economic feasibility, environmental analyses, and information on the expected use of equipment or facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD09428D89FE246BBBA9504BB6F6C015E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text>The Federal share of total costs for a project under this section shall not exceed 80 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCD5844C061D4A08981FAC8DB1336815">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Treatment of Amtrak revenue</header>
<text>If Amtrak is an applicant under this section, Amtrak may use ticket and other revenues generated from its operations and other sources to satisfy the non-Federal share requirements.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H212895D7854B47F7A32F2553A2A6514E">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Letters of intent</header>
<paragraph id="H6AD908ECDC494916BA4A4FDCAB89EAEA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, issue a letter of intent to a grantee under this section that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC54F0C047A64AFE850DCDA59A9DFA7C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>announces an intention to obligate, for a major capital project under this section, an amount from future available budget authority specified in law that is not more than the amount stipulated as the financial participation of the Secretary in the project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DE3967EA2E74466B8C89360D2C3D53E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>states that the contingent commitment—</text>
<clause id="HE639DF4FB535411193B7526C3F1AC16E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is not an obligation of the Federal Government; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC8AD1C330214486A9AEFF038E3737510">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is subject to the availability of appropriations for grants under this section and subject to Federal laws in force or enacted after the date of the contingent commitment.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFE99862AAEE421AA83C73A0E89787BE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Congressional notification</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F43EB5A15604DFBAF0F4D724370C85C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days before issuing a letter under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit written notification to—</text>
<clause id="H9240FF7BC0D942A0ACBD10CCF9439131">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4892999DD4F44887B80E7417635A8807">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCC2EA97627444AC4BD38890D0EBA7A4E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8352C21EB3A24CC59CFB4C2AF1591678">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E1DD3DA5AE4433AAC50A28BF9981A59">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The notification submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="H8C3DD3C36A964B498AAAB40CB5D22AEE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a copy of the proposed letter;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAAC40CE243D04CB88100A02CE84AFF47">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the criteria used under subsection (d) for selecting the project for a grant award; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB019AC05BB614094A627A2744F41DC3F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a description of how the project meets such criteria.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4476790BE7EE4661A4BE06BFCA289F6A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Appropriations required</header>
<text>An obligation or administrative commitment may be made under this section only when amounts are appropriated for such purpose.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1AA0501EC04A4E61A66FE8440E725C0F">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text>Amounts appropriated for carrying out this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0D84C996A0E849DF898E5FDF1AC5B549">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Grant conditions</header>
<text>Except as specifically provided in this section, the use of any amounts appropriated for grants under this section shall be subject to the grant conditions under section 24405.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCADF700F6D7D4DCA8CC6510998EA77BF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents for chapter 249 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 24910 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H738F1FB08A8945D69D6FCE7FBF477F42" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">24911. Federal-State partnership for state of good repair.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9C0DC62B0626492CBD3BAD2B7A47C239">
<enum>11303.</enum>
<header>Restoration and enhancement grants</header>
<subsection id="H1B609C46A0AF4A738F7FADC20461C99F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H010EAF5569FD467A857BCA61B03C7996" style="USC">
<section id="HDC8E8651B0F44C93BC330D16CF3B74D5">
<enum>24408.</enum>
<header>Restoration and enhancement grants</header>
<subsection id="HBBADE2A34F8A4FD4874F1543DFFFEABF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Applicant defined</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 24401(1), in this section, the term <term>applicant</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H02C0ACE29A87473686FB14F3E70D8EF3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a State, including the District of Columbia; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54E2F22C172649E38EB5412EB5CCFDCE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a group of States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77D00E2DEF2241808B10DA10E4DDA1FB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>an Interstate Compact;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE9554B391174E7EA7C533EE5777D4E5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDADED0B64100422F81A653AD3938BBB2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>a political subdivision of a State;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52E5590B51DF47238FCA16C1C806EF41">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF56806CBD0194C5BA71C25EBE2CFFCD3">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Any rail carrier in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCAB3772A7764BBF9E57395FE7A83E91">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>any combination of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (7).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2792A5140F9A4DA2879BDF8E5C744BEB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall develop and implement a program for issuing operating assistance grants to applicants, on a competitive basis, for the purpose of initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity rail passenger transportation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF3BCE37E6C704BE3A1C19DBA6FCAD83A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>An applicant for a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H40570ECACDFF408A819009113218D376">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a capital and mobilization plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF0BC25862724E5387831D7787367601">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>describes any capital investments, service planning actions (such as environmental reviews), and mobilization actions (such as qualification of train crews) required for initiation of intercity rail passenger transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F6888D01E454810A4790D9E61A477E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>includes the timeline for undertaking and completing each of the investments and actions referred to in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H044FB69159A3425F83A06D2155E6079D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an operating plan that describes the planned operation of the service, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF6D74C24E56429980A9CCE8663876F7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the identity and qualifications of the train operator;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B31AD5B233D435E827F9C048B921D0A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the identity and qualifications of any other service providers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31FAA8D400E14888A91215530895EDF2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>service frequency;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CE5182575984754BD09AE3DDFC37191">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the planned routes and schedules;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FFDE0BF2714409F9E68541A980ACD12">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the station facilities that will be utilized;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11EB727D73934217ABA7FBEC3E3F732B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>projected ridership, revenues, and costs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B6C0F352E4C435B879AD1873366F4EF">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>descriptions of how the projections under subparagraph (F) were developed;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A60A05C51C14F38B014D04AD53969E5">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>the equipment that will be utilized, how such equipment will be acquired or refurbished, and where such equipment will be maintained; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H247932FBB49B4EAFB30A84466845517D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a plan for ensuring safe operations and compliance with applicable safety regulations;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H863A0B934B684E188B8ABE77BDA5B292">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a funding plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21A4EBB3488A4A4FBB956510A455F1E9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>describes the funding of initial capital costs and operating costs for the first 3 years of operation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AF5E29378CE4B249CF8C9EFEAE3D586">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>includes a commitment by the applicant to provide the funds described in subparagraph (A) to the extent not covered by Federal grants and revenues; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3473EBB12FB48FDB300FCC2E7FCA5E1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>describes the funding of operating costs and capital costs, to the extent necessary, after the first 3 years of operation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6ED2EC9BEC7A42D9B4A4932AEB63178E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a description of the status of negotiations and agreements with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53520EF21F264E89A96989A4CA18C312">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each of the railroads or regional transportation authorities whose tracks or facilities would be utilized by the service;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97A18E37591C47F2B53844EE3572D187">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the anticipated railroad carrier, if such entity is not part of the applicant group; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H175C04E6DA824997A995D0E75A2F6EC9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>any other service providers or entities expected to provide services or facilities that will be used by the service, including any required access to Amtrak systems, stations, and facilities if Amtrak is not part of the applicant group.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5AB08854DA6448148E253284150DCFD8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Priorities</header>
<text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications—</text>
<paragraph id="H27060C4B941E4AABA7D36D57B0E57AA3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for which planning, design, any environmental reviews, negotiation of agreements, acquisition of equipment, construction, and other actions necessary for initiation of service have been completed or nearly completed;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26360F68310241C6B9EC1D92D972A8A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>that would restore service over routes formerly operated by Amtrak, including routes described in section 11304 of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FE69CD4159B4852ADA502333C36BEF0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>that would provide daily or daytime service over routes where such service did not previously exist;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFD5D81760C943628618759E970891F6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>that include funding (including funding from railroads), or other significant participation by State, local, and regional governmental and private entities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8C8F9EFF9334D1CBAD9DB950021D588">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>that include a funding plan that demonstrates the intercity rail passenger service will be financially sustainable beyond the 3-year grant period;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3127743243264D41A197A313CF49C2E8">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>that would provide service to regions and communities that are underserved or not served by other intercity public transportation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94463898EBF4432196DB39CDEF229D31">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>that would foster economic development, particularly in rural communities and for disadvantaged populations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H091FEBF19B5D4AAE8B856E0A0C9B64FF">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>that would provide other non-transportation benefits; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE41DE712F3664A93BE7F30F0B0AAE174">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>that would enhance connectivity and geographic coverage of the existing national network of intercity rail passenger service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3D9477A3E537405881D0C178F8043453">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H0EBE298447604A4C8104933F3331DD84">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Duration</header>
<text>Federal operating assistance grants authorized under this section for any individual intercity rail passenger transportation route may not provide funding for more than 3 years and may not be renewed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7273A7A2AE6341B6B5EF4ADCAF70314B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 6 of the operating assistance grants awarded pursuant to subsection (b) may be simultaneously active.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0B1D72786B240358B033F110996B936">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Maximum funding</header>
<text>Grants described in paragraph (1) may not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H963815216231409C90C6DF4EAB50001A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>80 percent of the projected net operating costs for the first year of service;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF4EAE7323C64F33B7F46DD8A8A8813C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>60 percent of the projected net operating costs for the second year of service; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6EBB120F9B74A8D85BAA430632D3155">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>40 percent of the projected net operating costs for the third year of service.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1EBC9E90FBD148308D37DAA7B4B24A95">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Use with capital grants and other Federal funding</header>
<text>A recipient of an operating assistance grant under subsection (b) may use that grant in combination with other Federal grants awarded that would benefit the applicable service.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFBFD87FF6B0648A3B8A7AFD85871A441">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text>Amounts appropriated for carrying out this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9FD134EE37C94E87AF9368325B48D143">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Coordination with Amtrak</header>
<text>If the Secretary awards a grant under this section to a rail carrier other than Amtrak, Amtrak may be required consistent with section 24711(c)(1) of this title to provide access to its reservation system, stations, and facilities that are directly related to operations to such carrier, to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The Secretary may award an appropriate portion of the grant to Amtrak as compensation for this access.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD0705AC0291F43D4B64E6DAB2A6EB556">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Conditions</header>
<paragraph id="H0A38D1156051476FA144F202A487F57B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Grant agreement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require a grant recipient under this section to enter into a grant agreement that requires such recipient to provide similar information regarding the route performance, financial, and ridership projections, and capital and business plans that Amtrak is required to provide, and such other data and information as the Secretary considers necessary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AC6072B74AC4D95ADBAFD150730F258">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Installments; termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2776D89CE026492D90C796ADA5808C85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">award grants under this section in installments, as the Secretary considers appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99DB24EFD2024E998398926A2300AE4D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminate any grant agreement upon—</text>
<clause id="H2E59901596584E739036C4ABB502734B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cessation of service; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD172EDA6021D4119BC3E46B861296BD2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the violation of any other term of the grant agreement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE12D84403F794165B8BBA1DB086A2F9D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Grant conditions</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require each recipient of a grant under this section to comply with the grant requirements of section 24405.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB38A5EFC8E7C4439A319ED5E4076016B">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary, after consultation with grant recipients under this section, shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDE1B7CC111A4DA2A8B1F329F90F7E55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation of this section;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94B821A93402478A9A3762B1162D1A44">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the investments and operations funded by such grants;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB71A183FA58466880E73B6ABE14B6D8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance of the routes funded by such grants;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8065A30DA23456699465E521FF2B4D8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the plans of grant recipients for continued operation and funding of such routes; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C5E19D4D3C84CD9A90CFD5A9B866729">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any legislative recommendations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA525C120CBD3451BB11B2E3849AB459F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HD2D9148E5DFD44D183C6E7AC1161CF38">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Chapter 244</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54294E0BD6224247969989AC40A2F8C4" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the table of contents by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC07136306B2D4D41975CD4A63D152CF5" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">24408. Restoration and enhancement grants.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9320D5CD6EE49B68A8CCB3B39F7493D" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the chapter heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="USC">Intercity passenger rail service corridor capital assistance</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="USC">Rail improvement grants</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H948BFBA23DD3419486DCCD410BE66707" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in section 24402 by striking subsection (j); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28BFCD4F679B42EABC6CEA02E6E8B3CA" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in section 24405—</text>
<clause id="H34F22F2AFB564EE6AF175270E8B1F0F9" commented="no">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2) by striking <quote>(43</quote> and inserting <quote>(45</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2516DB2FC32A42A690212141DFCEA4F6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2)(B) by striking <quote>protective arrangements established</quote> and inserting <quote>protective arrangements that are equivalent to the protective arrangements established</quote>; </text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAF3D68ACC82F45048E5CF3E3002BB578" commented="no">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or unless Amtrak ceased providing intercity passenger railroad transportation over the affected route more than 3 years before the commencement of new service</quote> after <quote>unless such service was provided solely by Amtrak to another entity</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4BF54B3EF427487E8CECD57A345312A8" commented="no">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f) by striking <quote>under this chapter for commuter rail passenger transportation, as defined in section 24102(4) of this title.</quote> and inserting <quote>under this chapter for commuter rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102(3)).</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67756F9D54144AAF97F8130DE5ACDA7C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Table of chapters amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to chapter 244 in the table of chapters of subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Intercity passenger rail service corridor capital assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>Rail improvement grants</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5EF3D6A02F3C46A1996BA83D16B4E3E6">
<enum>11304.</enum>
<header>Gulf Coast rail service working group</header>
<subsection id="H632F4FF1ECA3478BBF67581AF8D9B5DC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene a working group to evaluate the restoration of intercity rail passenger service in the Gulf Coast region between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Orlando, Florida.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCDCA501A71A4407BAFCDA73E3C560B59">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<text>The working group convened pursuant to subsection (a) shall consist of representatives of—</text>
<paragraph id="H1030C2BFB96447BB8691C2D09EC1D7A2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Federal Railroad Administration, which shall serve as chair of the working group;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA56FDB05E8145D9BEC9EDD73DEA3658">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Amtrak;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0A4A2A525624339B64A967CAE4A64AA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the States along the proposed route or routes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB42F171411F24AB5BA562D02F1076F8D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>regional transportation planning organizations and metropolitan planning organizations, municipalities, and communities along the proposed route or routes, which shall be selected by the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7223901ED11493982855A167C40C5D6">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the Southern Rail Commission;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06DA7DCA8BE54E7BB8598721B921C81B">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>railroad carriers whose tracks may be used for such service; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85F395F9E15E4942BF5B7E68A4310B11">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>other entities determined appropriate by the Secretary, which may include other railroad carriers that express an interest in Gulf Coast service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H709FA760611B4BE5B39DDDF427062E7C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Responsibilities</header>
<text>The working group shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB42F3CA113A0436FB5022CDD050711F7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>evaluate all options for restoring intercity rail passenger service in the Gulf Coast region, including options outlined in the report transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 226 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H386102239E14429A8A5E48B355E49848">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>select a preferred option for restoring such service;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD54D4750658A4FF989BBE367C5EB17A0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>develop a prioritized inventory of capital projects and other actions required to restore such service and cost estimates for such projects or actions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H759AFDF8D1854887B70F264E3AB8F743">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>identify Federal and non-Federal funding sources required to restore such service, including options for entering into public-private partnerships to restore such service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H215E15627FDF4A059A5BAFC31CA56C77">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC92B9DCBD2548F9BA16CBA15AD17D68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the preferred option selected under subsection (c)(2) and the reasons for selecting such option;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D0E8A7F46434CF78B99DD66D557D4D2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the information described in subsection (c)(3);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74D44162FBF344CAA1AF01FBD3CE5E83">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the funding sources identified under subsection (c)(4);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3EA9293844C4522B27A019FD47CD899">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the costs and benefits of restoring intercity rail passenger transportation in the region; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H756C7FD13C014E4AB6DF4CB18CA1E3D4">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>any other information the working group determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4A548D44889E4762865EE72A66EB1CDB">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>From funds made available under section 11101(d), the Secretary shall provide—</text>
<paragraph id="H00D499AA75874B4991414B39FAF70A7D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>financial assistance to the working group to perform requested independent technical analysis of issues before the working group; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5949387568DD4D10805FD89B8D70F78D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>administrative expenses that the Secretary determines necessary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H90AD79F895CC4AA0BA1533C7B435B816">
<enum>11305.</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor Commission</header>
<subsection id="HC6FB591800F643668360B3E2C8385345">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<text>Section 24905(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02F79537925D460686506AABB13C83B8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35201C4F7EA04AD68FEEFD39B3CDD53F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>, infrastructure investments,</quote> after <quote>rail operations</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CCE43A54E6D4A7A8EF1A2D04103523B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8973858F04243DCBA74BC1B5AB496AE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA84F02C1086F4E78901806256770E2FF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>members representing the Department of Transportation, including the Office of the Secretary, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2659EAF67CFC4FB6905418FB1B0E41F1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D) by inserting <quote>and commuter</quote> after <quote>freight</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF29D9DED7A6D470880EB1AF57758AB8F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F019FB2ABBC4360B2E57588A85A0793" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA3DA39B1AA7846388ED748435BF331DC">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>The members of the Commission shall elect co-chairs consisting of 1 member described in paragraph (1)(B) and 1 member described in paragraph (1)(C).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7281F15341F0413ABF6D9E5E48751E80">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Statement of goals and recommendations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24905(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0758DAB4AE784F1D888B3C2E3D4F5864">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>and periodically update</quote> after <quote>develop</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D195496A53D4B11BB1961B4142C972B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A) by striking <quote>beyond those specified in the state-of-good-repair plan under section 211 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H49C328DF76194FE08D15D7ABC121C4A7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C4A4453D1B946D381AF2FBEA8CE2618" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H14FB511FF7E2426382CA4A56C3C35C72">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Submission of statement of goals, recommendations, and performance reports</header>
<text>The Commission shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H709B46CC577A48C08CBBBF47AA1E2347">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any updates made to the statement of goals developed under paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after such updates are made; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4470B5A2D4C84563B6FBEE6F9163272F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>annual performance reports and recommendations for improvements, as appropriate, issued not later than March 31 of each year, for the prior fiscal year, which summarize—</text>
<clause id="H2797DF4CC63A45FB827F360A6FE70C9A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the operations and performance of commuter, intercity, and freight rail transportation along the Northeast Corridor; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6F8342F8935741BAAA2A1B80E2134F9D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the delivery of the capital investment plan described in section 24904.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H392661826F2B45249E45707F159DB0FF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Cost allocation policy</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24905(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H91A3B6170BA34738BF7532DF9B2699E9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Access costs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Allocation of costs</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6FE59E5882C497EA5F8A7A459C5F92F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H673FEC9793F44E8DB00A32FEFA1A17EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">formula</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">policy</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F9A9734FD4D4DB896AD907E53350BE9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>Within 2 years after the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commission</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9073931D2B6B406A8F608155AF605504">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>formula</quote> and inserting <quote>policy</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF33DF3E45623438DBCACFE4B76AFC9DA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DB1E22651B74114838B21A70FA271C8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAEBC20798C684152A45369EDCE2078BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>develop a proposed timetable for implementing the policy;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF49B2D6C8F04B40B8F7DBAF874E06AE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>submit the policy and the timetable developed under subparagraph (B) to the Surface Transportation Board, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H914B94EB0F7F4B9A895093549E7779C3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>not later than October 1, 2015, adopt and implement the policy in accordance with the timetable; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBF3EE143EF74389BCD1E63ABA1FBEFA">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>with the consent of a majority of its members, petition the Surface Transportation Board to appoint a mediator to assist the Commission members through nonbinding mediation to reach an agreement under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CE9FDAD0FD64059B1900EAE94130EFC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H71EFBCDD88244C1DB84934DEBA42652E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>formula proposed in</quote> and inserting <quote>policy developed under</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C6A4CDB70514347892212F06519B713">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the second sentence—</text>
<clause id="H23AD311664E248A9A1514E6EF908DF4F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the timetable, the Commission shall petition the Surface Transportation Board to</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(D) or fail to comply with the policy thereafter, the Surface Transportation Board shall</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7F0E59D3124648F083BA712D4FEA523F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>amounts for such services in accordance with section 24904(c) of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>for such usage in accordance with the procedures and procedural schedule applicable to a proceeding under section 24903(c), after taking into consideration the policy developed under paragraph (1)(A), as applicable</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EB30D1DB789453F915F006367C3BC81">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>formula</quote> and inserting <quote>policy</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7578C27BF633420A84BE35C00839E8F4">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6DCE382350E4C78AFEB03859EC1CD93" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF37B35CC962D4888BE0F2C6C9929FD47">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Request for dispute resolution</header>
<text>If a dispute arises with the implementation of, or compliance with, the policy developed under paragraph (1), the Commission, Amtrak, or public authorities providing commuter rail passenger transportation on the Northeast Corridor may request that the Surface Transportation Board conduct dispute resolution. The Surface Transportation Board shall establish procedures for resolution of disputes brought before it under this paragraph, which may include the provision of professional mediation services.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4F8D5EF33B494A5EAB09F21B8E52A1E2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H78B5DD588FE14F218C8A27C359969CE6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Title 49</header>
<text>Section 24905 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFEC5EB14E4C841ADBA4E864EFDC19AD8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Infrastructure and Operations Advisory</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A952FE31FF74CFD8F05CD05E4BAFD89">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H2C2F1EEBEF034CCCA16F233012EE5432">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Infrastructure and Operations Advisory</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBE3CA3BF55994860962F04D7E6956068">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Infrastructure and Operations Advisory</quote>; </text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B16036C0D1D47F4BDF537A8B8F8161B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB00A8759D90D4E4B8601876D16839F85">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE6CA7B810B04CBE8EBF76C00497CE3C">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HD9CF8499F2564A73BB426D7483749AA5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>to the Commission</quote> and inserting <quote>to the Secretary for the use of the Commission and the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1A071CB102674612AEA0EAB6FBCD0F75">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>for the period encompassing fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out this section</quote> and inserting <quote>to carry out this section during fiscal years 2016 through 2020, in addition to any amounts withheld under section 11101(g) of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title></quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E5D179CF91F4376A5E234B49549B95D">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e)(2), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>on the main line.</quote> and inserting <quote>on the main line and meet annually with the Commission on the topic of Northeast Corridor safety and security.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CA498444B4648B88232704B32D41BA2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Table of contents</header>
<text>The table of contents for chapter 249 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 24905 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HD89782A580A24D3E929F8B23F05ABD15" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">24905. Northeast Corridor Commission.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA8E673596C0841E6A91626212CE14C27">
<enum>11306.</enum>
<header>Northeast corridor planning</header>
<subsection id="HBFCFCF19CDCF46CCB7DE3C4530E2F6EA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 249 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D41685CCDA444099753A7C74152D682">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating section 24904 as section 24903; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF75D25B6F8B04D9CB64A68664306E5DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after section 24903, as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H965AA9AE57544847B71F4FA671C2690B" style="USC">
<section id="H849339F8582A4906A96F8BB9E2740A63">
<enum>24904.</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor planning</header>
<subsection id="H09072B2EAACB45039AD07508AF6B517D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor Capital Investment Plan</header>
<paragraph id="HD01640F6B60C479E8F465A3F2857BA23">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>Not later than May 1 of each year, the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 (referred to in this section as the <quote>Commission</quote>) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAAD79ABBE6BE40B5B4328742EDF0DD07">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>develop a capital investment plan for the Northeast Corridor; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8BEC0AD828046FA879FFDC59CE36ABE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit the capital investment plan to the Secretary of Transportation and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CB35761ECCF43BBAB0040612020D566">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The capital investment plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DF10709437246B89B0A18DED3574111">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>reflect coordination and network optimization across the entire Northeast Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84F813622A244E32BE64887FA19E1B99">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>integrate the individual capital and service plans developed by each operator using the methods described in the cost allocation policy developed under section 24905(c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEE0DA235FF5404B8A5E21E075CB9BBB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>cover a period of 5 fiscal years, beginning with the first fiscal year after the date on which the plan is completed;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F3BD5739E9E413B8454B5DC005419E0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>notwithstanding section 24902(b), identify, prioritize, and phase the implementation of projects and programs to achieve the service outcomes identified in the Northeast Corridor service development plan and the asset condition needs identified in the Northeast Corridor asset management plans, once available, and consider—</text>
<clause id="HF3B512172E1A4DC983044C3DA606925D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the benefits and costs of capital investments in the plan;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5E1877EB40744D8CA90CD3461C5C910E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>project and program readiness;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H62B3714D3DE44AD6BD6DC82AB928D827">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the operational impacts; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5DECB3EAC8FB4F75A654E2CA27CA8BFE">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>Federal and non-Federal funding availability;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6C2AAB8F854427798F803B39D427A15">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>categorize capital projects and programs as primarily associated with—</text>
<clause id="H1EFC0FB93B2B41009DDC8717C9529567">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>normalized capital replacement and basic infrastructure renewals;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD8F5F7F28CC5475A9C5C6F1D1929FDC8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>replacement or rehabilitation of major Northeast Corridor infrastructure assets, including tunnels, bridges, stations, and other assets;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H85A257AC29B24700BD96220DB37B1732">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>statutory, regulatory, or other legal mandates;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEF3B5FD584EE492191AA7A4CFC4599CB">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>improvements to support service enhancements or growth; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H60C77D6F00EE48F5894EE7448F8A7E0A">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>strategic initiatives that will improve overall operational performance or lower costs;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77C0B5132F414EDFA5AC90400A05B511">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>identify capital projects and programs that are associated with more than 1 category described in subparagraph (E);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2715FCC3B6A04E4C958BFABA6E8F7E3B">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>describe the anticipated outcomes of each project or program, including an assessment of—</text>
<clause id="HAD140F1EF91D4B4DA5CE81D02225463D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the potential effect on passenger accessibility, operations, safety, reliability, and resiliency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE5371F0A6DE548B591ABD7A7BBB94B07">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the ability of infrastructure owners and operators to meet regulatory requirements if the project or program is not funded; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA24BC4BAFCB24C8C965BF4360F8F2A32">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the benefits and costs; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FEFBE64F3B54ED39349D10DA9E59A9F">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>include a financial plan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07D690A08C724CB89614D3EAE8F3C340">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Financial plan</header>
<text>The financial plan under paragraph (2)(H) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H622C43F735E9455A97C6440673D44428">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify funding sources and financing methods;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72E69620D9A74C07817E7F952C1FCBAB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identify the expected allocated shares of costs pursuant to the cost allocation policy developed under section 24905(c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE76896B2BE4048B89D284BEC02A8E7BB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>identify the projects and programs that the Commission expects will receive Federal financial assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF96EF11CD7F642D9B8355D0C6BF8D08E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>identify the eligible entity or entities that the Commission expects will receive the Federal financial assistance described under subparagraph (C) and implement each capital project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF24903BA5C364F5A80942A7D7B238C3F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Failure To Develop a Capital Investment Plan</header>
<text>If a capital investment plan has not been developed by the Commission for a given fiscal year, then the funds assigned to the Northeast Corridor account established under section 24317(b) for that fiscal year may be spent only on—</text>
<paragraph id="H7FC229D7C6884E1580274C54DF35BA97">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>capital projects described in clause (i) or (iii) of subsection (a)(2)(E) of this section; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BDEA3F2ACCA43AC85BC48D3D20C703C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>capital projects described in subsection (a)(2)(E)(iv) or (v) of this section that are for the sole benefit of Amtrak.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFFA5B87273984D908DA2E8392E4AB72F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor Asset Management</header>
<paragraph id="H6EB77183B7A6497B9F9416BB1B437672">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>With regard to its infrastructure, Amtrak and each State and public transportation entity that owns infrastructure that supports or provides for intercity rail passenger transportation on the Northeast Corridor shall develop an asset management system and develop and update, as necessary, a Northeast Corridor asset management plan for each service territory described in subsection (a) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B0F2060A4904186B9F4CD7BD7C946FE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is consistent with the Federal Transit Administration process, as authorized under section 5326, when implemented; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7EE1083C5DA403291FBA235F35AFF04">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>includes, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="HA383741AB56F4151B6CC0950B2503860">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an inventory of all capital assets owned by the developer of the asset management plan;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE86772B2313F4DE693FEAB708939BC6D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an assessment of asset condition;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H28C7FA43D9D348C395641048A43E8091">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a description of the resources and processes necessary to bring or maintain those assets in a state of good repair, including decision-support tools and investment prioritization methods; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5AB6CA20B42245C4825A691A3934DD3F">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a description of changes in asset condition since the previous version of the plan.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE5D7E37F44E4B03862AA34CDA6782EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Transmittal</header>
<text>Each entity described in paragraph (1) shall transmit to the Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFEF8049E834D41DFB9242459413FC1AF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, a Northeast Corridor asset management plan developed under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA03C4BE3AD4041F8AF4F144215025939">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>at least biennially thereafter, an update to such plan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H281587E7F2DA414FA4E41BEB67C33B3F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor service development plan updates</header>
<text>Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Commission shall update the Northeast Corridor service development plan.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H342A17AB240849CCA00A10412A4D48BC">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definition of Northeast Corridor</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Northeast Corridor</quote> means the main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and the Northeast Corridor branch lines connecting to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Spuyten Duyvil, New York, including the facilities and services used to operate and maintain those lines. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0E837E5266E247CFAF2FE691D663D7CE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H4B6B807F62364CB4AEF03DA74B631353">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Note and mortgage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24907(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 24904 of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>section 24903</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C273D8B56364ECEB52E0FEC9D8D64A4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Table of contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for chapter 249 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D90C069C22744679D8E766F2E8EED04">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating the item relating to section 24904 as relating to section 24903; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H902171F4E34643168C28CBAE50D39932">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after the item relating to section 24903, as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD61A79577538481ABB0C1432F7D4BA50" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">24904. Northeast Corridor planning.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3B0FCE6EA6D4013ADCFBB09FB3BF327">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text>Section 211 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24902 note) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2CE2DBC8BDB644E29FF2B42415E3ACB6">
<enum>11307.</enum>
<header>Competition</header>
<subsection id="H9F1445AE2BEA4333BC781EE8BBB98EBF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Competitive passenger rail service pilot program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24711 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A22DD9F3D664E6AAB342F5D1791CFC8" style="USC">
<section id="HFA39191A5D254A2EB1E4CC463828845B">
<enum>24711.</enum>
<header>Competitive passenger rail service pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HD66A073E8AC34C3486BDCB2C547F74FF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a rule to implement a pilot program for competitive selection of eligible petitioners described in subsection (b)(3) in lieu of Amtrak to operate not more than 3 long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102) operated by Amtrak on the date of enactment of such Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4A091DC61F2A47DC97EAF0CE17F6E801">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Pilot program requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HF528592B6DA8408CAF71884D55941E4B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The pilot program shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B4B5A4007334273BE046E657AD3C896">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>allow a petitioner described in paragraph (3) to petition the Secretary to provide intercity rail passenger transportation over a long-distance route described in subsection (a) for an operation period of 4 years from the date of commencement of service by the winning bidder and, at the option of the Secretary, consistent with the rule promulgated under subsection (a), allow the contract to be renewed for 1 additional operation period of 4 years;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9AC8769CB3E14C48B520E27D60B286BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>require the Secretary to—</text>
<clause id="H7F3829BE57DC4C108AB2FCD554A8666D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>notify the petitioner and Amtrak of receipt of the petition under subparagraph (A) and to publish in the Federal Register a notice of receipt not later than 30 days after the date of receipt;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HABC94AF1ACC64983BECD337F64B3565D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>establish a deadline, of not more than 120 days after the notice of receipt is published in the Federal Register under clause (i), by which both the petitioner and Amtrak, if Amtrak chooses to do so, would be required to submit a complete bid to provide intercity rail passenger transportation over the applicable route; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H28C6EF1E9DBB4F8BAE8C1057716976E0" commented="no">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>upon selecting a winning bid, publish in the Federal Register the identity of the winning bidder, the long distance route that the bidder will operate, a detailed justification of the reasons why the Secretary selected the bid, and any other information the Secretary determines appropriate for public comment for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days after the date on which the Secretary selects the bid;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C89A08270324B3BA423023B67C3B5CB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>require that each bid—</text>
<clause id="H7151BE44A74C407DB03F062146F9743F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>describe the capital needs, financial projections, and operational plans, including staffing plans, for the service, and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBF41ACE550D64CAF887D712B5EC76E0D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be made available by the winning bidder to the public after the bid award with any appropriate redactions for confidential or proprietary information;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9A9121762DD4CA392AC8A8CEF013C2A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>for a route that receives funding from a State or States, require that for each bid received from a petitioner described in paragraph (3), other than such State or States, the Secretary have the concurrence of the State or States that provide funding for that route; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB45F5073A5A423496AB1C0F2721E060">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>for a winning bidder that is not or does not include Amtrak, require the Secretary to execute a contract not later than 270 days after the deadline established under subparagraph (B)(ii) and award to the winning bidder—</text>
<clause id="H0ED4AA5ECB7649C4974EB5B69CC7F578">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the right and obligation to provide intercity rail passenger transportation over that route subject to such performance standards as the Secretary may require; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAE5FB030E8DD498B8AE75190461A19B2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an operating subsidy, as determined by the Secretary, for—</text>
<subclause id="H72F33E1DA34D486CBA878BDD2821B531">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the first year at a level that does not exceed 90 percent of the level in effect for that specific route during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the petition was received, adjusted for inflation; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF22FC5244971462CA3CDFC3A3ADAC4D5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>any subsequent years at the level calculated under subclause (I), adjusted for inflation.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F5981092B034B168CF76A76AC3E65F1" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The requirements under paragraph (1)(E), including the amounts of operating subsidies in the first and any subsequent years under paragraph (1)(E)(ii), shall not apply to a winning bidder that is or includes Amtrak.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H073D10F407E54B4F89C91B6F4B65BEBE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible petitioners</header>
<text>The following parties are eligible to submit petitions under paragraph (1):</text>
<subparagraph id="HEAF676A36E0649649D4CF018A8662E13">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A rail carrier or rail carriers that own the infrastructure over which Amtrak operates a long-distance route, or another rail carrier that has a written agreement with a rail carrier or rail carriers that own such infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98542EE3D43C4B18B5493E4659C9BA1D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A State, group of States, or State-supported joint powers authority or other sub-State governance entity responsible for provision of intercity rail passenger transportation with a written agreement with the rail carrier or rail carriers that own the infrastructure over which Amtrak operates a long-distance route and that host or would host the intercity rail passenger transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H592AA1B97416401BA87213141981145C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>A State, group of States, or State-supported joint powers authority or other sub-State governance entity responsible for provision of intercity rail passenger transportation and a rail carrier with a written agreement with another rail carrier or rail carriers that own the infrastructure over which Amtrak operates a long-distance route and that host or would host the intercity rail passenger transportation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25F85AE36C084DADB339E7954268F9CE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Performance standards</header>
<text>The performance standards required under paragraph (1)(E)(i) shall meet or exceed the performance required of or achieved by Amtrak on the applicable route during the last fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B533C5EE1F94E798144D425E11E3629">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Agreement governing access issues</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless the winning bidder already has applicable access rights or agreements in place or includes a rail carrier that owns the infrastructure used in the operation of the route, a winning bidder that is not or does not include Amtrak shall enter into a written agreement governing access issues between the winning bidder and the rail carrier or rail carriers that own the infrastructure over which the winning bidder would operate and that host or would host the intercity rail passenger transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F530DF02F37483B86EA32A029F20055">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Access to facilities; employees</header>
<text>If the Secretary awards the right and obligation to provide intercity rail passenger transportation over a route described in this section to an eligible petitioner—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C3BA8CA9BC047FFBAEBA81737430B9E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Secretary shall, if necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, require Amtrak to provide access to the Amtrak-owned reservation system, stations, and facilities directly related to operations of the awarded routes to the eligible petitioner awarded a contract under this section, in accordance with subsection (g);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDA3D891698243559F06205AC5A9951B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an employee of any person, except as provided in a collective bargaining agreement, used by such eligible petitioner in the operation of a route under this section shall be considered an employee of that eligible petitioner and subject to the applicable Federal laws and regulations governing similar crafts or classes of employees of Amtrak; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D339D97ABF04195B658D74CE5DF253B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the winning bidder shall provide hiring preference to qualified Amtrak employees displaced by the award of the bid, consistent with the staffing plan submitted by the bidder, and shall be subject to the grant conditions under section 24405.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06F1F9E345DB47A4A3EE7E03299B829D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Cessation of service</header>
<text>If an eligible petitioner awarded a route under this section ceases to operate the service or fails to fulfill an obligation under a contract required under subsection (b)(1)(E), the Secretary, in collaboration with the Surface Transportation Board, shall take any necessary action consistent with this title to enforce the contract and ensure the continued provision of service, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2AAACC1012349C3A45595C5D0E61EBB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the installment of an interim rail carrier;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F815324A7C04F879D3DE189ACCBFA1D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>providing to the interim rail carrier under paragraph (1) an operating subsidy necessary to provide service; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6055328055E43C1B9D0D3D00C7D13C1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>rebidding the contract to operate the intercity rail passenger transportation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9A53F12B1BE49C68E27EEEE98E856BA">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Budget authority</header>
<paragraph id="HA9E1D329E3DC48AD93FF9F68622FFFBD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide to a winning bidder that is not or does not include Amtrak and that is selected under this section any appropriations withheld under section 11101(e) of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, or any subsequent appropriation for the same purpose, necessary to cover the operating subsidy described in subsection (b)(1)(E)(ii).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1BD7181689F4842BE02210AECEC7E85">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Attributable costs</header>
<text>If the Secretary selects a winning bidder that is not or does not include Amtrak, the Secretary shall provide to Amtrak an appropriate portion of the appropriations under section 11101(b) of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, or any subsequent appropriation for the same purpose, to cover any cost directly attributable to the termination of Amtrak service on the route and any indirect costs to Amtrak imposed on other Amtrak routes as a result of losing service on the route operated by the winning bidder. Any amount provided by the Secretary to Amtrak under this paragraph shall not be deducted from or have any effect on the operating subsidy described in subsection (b)(1)(E)(ii).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE112C6F1D6FA42F390B7438A35E08A27">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>If the Secretary does not promulgate the final rule before the deadline under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, not later than 19 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title> and every 90 days thereafter until the rule is complete, notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives in writing—</text>
<paragraph id="HC4B7F8D95DAF480A8EA1D13E6CC3BC74">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the reasons why the rule has not been issued;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA200938201234296AE7226DEB4586522">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a plan for completing the rule as soon as reasonably practicable; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AE736C00A1F402291435D30169EFFE1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the estimated date of completion of the rule.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2A34B299EDAF40569B363304FAA0AD26" commented="no">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Disputes</header>
<paragraph id="HE4686DBA4463467DBE122F6A21CD2D8D" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Petitioning Surface Transportation Board</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Amtrak and the eligible petitioner awarded a route under this section cannot agree upon terms to carry out subsection (c)(1), either party may petition the Surface Transportation Board for a determination as to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D7D5267A4CE4446AF3701E2841EDCD0" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether access to Amtrak’s facility or equipment, or the provisions of services by Amtrak, is necessary under subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D7BD73D95524E04922E99862DCD0C24" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether the operation of Amtrak’s other services will not be unreasonably impaired by such access.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H916C8A7DB9DB4EEE9205422A43DDF5A4" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Surface Transportation Board determination</header>
<text>If the Surface Transportation Board determines access to Amtrak’s facilities or equipment, or the provision of services by Amtrak, is necessary under paragraph (1)(A) and the operation of Amtrak’s other services will not be unreasonably impaired under paragraph (1)(B), the Board shall issue an order that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H246B54ED578B4ADA96415202F2BD0127" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>requires Amtrak to provide the applicable facilities, equipment, and services; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CAB792D5B664CA68810635BB5BCAAE8" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>determines reasonable compensation, liability, and other terms for the use of the facilities and equipment and the provision of the services.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC19ED270E3A143B1A9572D73E2373B49">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Not more than 3 long-distance routes may be selected under this section for operation by a winning bidder that is not or does not include Amtrak. </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F4F70A1293D4FC087F9CB1094F9F9FC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Preservation of Right to Competition on State-Supported Routes</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a State from introducing competition for intercity rail passenger transportation or services on its State-supported route or routes.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4285BC514DCB4B68B5158C68CC085BCE" commented="no">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall affect Amtrak’s access rights to railroad rights-of-way and facilities.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H931BC4A73F594EECBDDBC1589760D516">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents for section 24711 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H7E263DC16A5641519D6E061A56DEB240" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">24711. Competitive passenger rail service pilot program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H08E52520FCCC420F806487431CCBE87B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 4 years after the date of implementation of the pilot program under section 24711 of title 49, United States Code, and quadrennially thereafter until the pilot program is discontinued, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the pilot program to date and any recommendations for further action.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H08A951F88C7A4B88B812E077A4B1F1DF">
<enum>11308.</enum>
<header>Performance-based proposals</header>
<subsection id="H48A3F486669D43EFADA1CD0A044B3111">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Solicitation of proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HE441E6C1DEC34C00BDB54C46EC6AAFC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a request for proposals for projects for the financing, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a high-speed passenger rail system operating within a high-speed rail corridor, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C560A2DDB0D4BD69EA2F7E9E59ED303">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Northeast Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D3737FEDAC94B91AFE293F93A370265">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the California Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0852E3AA67E0408CB3D0B9E98013742F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Empire Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H980E5CB612674BFDBA165B0AD33566BB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the Pacific Northwest Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E0EC7CBA76C4BF7A4F0BCED4F7F2B1C">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the South Central Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91F37F1898A64C0A8A4571437FD0FC25">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the Gulf Coast Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87A64275F7CB44F48BAD7F5344A91B52">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>the Chicago Hub Network;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA8A9B7E30B845C2B464E5F2A6E6A767">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>the Florida Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63C0B35E6CB8422892B3C924C7F8355F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the Keystone Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA48C01F9191447E889D9EA0FE59DFCE7">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>the Northern New England Corridor; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9AA446A7D12C46F88BBE7536D6AC0912">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>the Southeast Corridor.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFFD7FC7F5A34F5B8BA9EEC1D594A14F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Submission</header>
<text>Proposals shall be submitted to the Secretary not later than 180 days after the publication of the request for proposals under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE09F15BA2DEC403DA1A8DCD2FFE9CEFF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Performance standard</header>
<text>Proposals submitted under paragraph (2) shall meet any standards established by the Secretary. For corridors with existing intercity passenger rail service, proposals shall also be designed to achieve a reduction of existing minimum intercity rail service trip times between the main corridor city pairs by a minimum of 25 percent. In the case of a proposal submitted with respect to paragraph (1)(A), the proposal shall be designed to achieve a 2-hour or less express service between Washington, District of Columbia, and New York City, New York.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F3F9D728D3347E9997A700226CEF875">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>A proposal submitted under this subsection shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H193E16A4371B4B12B4901A25DAB673EB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the names and qualifications of the persons submitting the proposal and the entities proposed to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain the railroad, railroad equipment, and related facilities, stations, and infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3EE5612D22B34318AE98E4FB2478642B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a detailed description of the proposed rail service, including possible routes, required infrastructure investments and improvements, equipment needs and type, train frequencies, peak and average operating speeds, and trip times;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FC343FD3B5444AE80079201D4B42700">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a description of how the project would comply with all applicable Federal rail safety and security laws, orders, and regulations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H361D06F158634997B5C16752D4BE7B9E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the locations of proposed stations, which maximize the usage of existing infrastructure to the extent possible, and the populations such stations are intended to serve;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H257817DB512745C0B0A95FAC3F819EB8">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the type of equipment to be used, including any technologies, to achieve trip time goals;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCEF32927F8B84577B8F6AFB25DAD7D05">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>a description of any proposed legislation needed to facilitate all aspects of the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE28718D6B7E240D8BB006FE1793E631B">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>a financing plan identifying—</text>
<clause id="H415154B6048B43048594FE84357494A9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>projected revenue, and sources thereof;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF5A2381644D041949E7F1F758FF825A1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the amount of any requested public contribution toward the project, and proposed sources;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2146BA187AB54CDA9EFC2992AF25378F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>projected annual ridership projections for the first 10 years of operations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E82B44CB52A41F9B28D79C7003345A7">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>annual operations and capital costs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAEEB4175413544F599AF23B927A316BC">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the projected levels of capital investments required both initially and in subsequent years to maintain a state-of-good-repair necessary to provide the initially proposed level of service or higher levels of service;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H07D24DBE2B16489EBB05BCD6F75BAA3F">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>projected levels of private investment and sources thereof, including the identity of any person or entity that has made or is expected to make a commitment to provide or secure funding and the amount of such commitment; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H748C0CEB6E404A80A6414C50D4A66711">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>projected funding for the full fair market compensation for any asset, property right or interest, or service acquired from, owned, or held by a private person or Federal entity that would be acquired, impaired, or diminished in value as a result of a project, except as otherwise agreed to by the private person or entity;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7C99260B6024AA2B10AAEE60FF68C5C">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>a description of how the project would contribute to the development of a national high-speed passenger rail system and an intermodal plan describing how the system will facilitate convenient travel connections with other transportation services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F00A518B436417EAF65B56D8803C137">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a description of how the project will ensure compliance with Federal laws governing the rights and status of employees associated with the route and service, including those specified in section 24405 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3CFCCA8DD2574B1CA0E6934E4D5D9F41">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>a description of how the design, construction, implementation, and operation of the project will accommodate and allow for future growth of existing and projected intercity, commuter, and freight rail service;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87FBD813ACE943DDAD926BB3E7292850">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>a description of how the project would comply with Federal and State environmental laws and regulations, of what environmental impacts would result from the project, and of how any adverse impacts would be mitigated; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58DA2EFC024F47D787AD8E7477C7B97A">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>a description of the project's impacts on highway and aviation congestion, energy consumption, land use, and economic development in the service area.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB00367525BF74205B91DC8582A9317DA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Determination and establishment of commissions</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after receipt of the proposals under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H666C489E760A4154B75E3D73FFB1FEC9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>make a determination as to whether any such proposals—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DA417C0B7AA424C889125FA9B334ABC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>contain the information required under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E31A0932ACE414CA166DE6FEC3CEAE1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>are sufficiently credible to warrant further consideration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FDF298551D54F9A90F9144C4CE044CF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>are likely to result in a positive impact on the Nation's transportation system; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3994B7EBB2964300AB5763780880AAD5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>are cost-effective and in the public interest;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD817DC144E8D4688A2BB860555B92412">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>establish a commission for each corridor with 1 or more proposals that the Secretary determines satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H510177BF6F934C7AB8CC48174FD68A91">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>forward to each commission established under paragraph (2) the applicable proposals for review and consideration.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H934D9BBE5FEF4EA1973E9933AB85EF9A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Commissions</header>
<paragraph id="H294CC08586E748BC807CE8BD8F8F968A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Members</header>
<text>Each commission established under subsection (b)(2) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H76DA93D4F439449FB62A1CAADF9855BE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Governors of the affected States, or their respective designees;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EFAF2BF18434746B2AA617564335F49">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>mayors of appropriate municipalities with stops along the proposed corridor, or their respective designees;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H669E1F4BE7E544DAB75BB1CB5793E8DE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a representative from each freight railroad carrier using the relevant corridor, if applicable;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00D59CF5F9DF49EBB9EBEEA30F4D8504">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a representative from each transit authority using the relevant corridor, if applicable;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC43A8B94AFF491480F74955270BDBBD">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>representatives of nonprofit employee labor organizations representing affected railroad employees; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6CD35E24AC3E455C82AB737C52E5BCFF">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the President of Amtrak or his or her designee.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA759F22580334D38896B1D24AF41A166">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Appointment and selection</header>
<text>The Secretary shall appoint the members under paragraph (1). In selecting each commission's members to fulfill the requirements under subparagraphs (B) and (E) of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with the Chairperson and Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D497FB926D44DA3A7CD9CC3DEF84EB9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Chairperson and vice-chairperson selection</header>
<text>The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson shall be elected from among members of each commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40B3B661604846CFB27E75EA1B9D53F8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Quorum and vacancy</header>
<subparagraph id="HAD03EA0AAB384EAFA26D064B4F0F43E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Quorum</header>
<text>A majority of the members of each commission shall constitute a quorum.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FAD0156E38F44719E95D6565C969D49">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Vacancy</header>
<text>Any vacancy in each commission shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7013DE3CDB634FB89A466A0DB8CDF738">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Commission consideration</header>
<paragraph id="H9BB22DECD5EA4848AED2AD618A963CA4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each commission established under subsection (b)(2) shall be responsible for reviewing the proposal or proposals forwarded to it under that subsection and, not later than 90 days after the establishment of the commission, shall transmit to the Secretary a report, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96EC624DA4C943B0B270BFAD0D54134E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a summary of each proposal received;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2734672AD534463B578CEBAD1E2402B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>services to be provided under each proposal, including projected ridership, revenues, and costs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB2FCB0BA69240B99AAC0EF546245459">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>proposed public and private contributions for each proposal;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1824E052B664A21A9C3EEBE4B54B009">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the advantages offered by the proposal over existing intercity passenger rail services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE678881007D49A1BEB13D24E96A7FE0">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>public operating subsidies or assets needed for the proposed project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA12AB75FE8704063ADE68DDD2F2EEA5E">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>possible risks to the public associated with the proposal, including risks associated with project financing, implementation, completion, safety, and security;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB602B87CB2764A9FABCA64B4146C60DB">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>a ranked list of the proposals recommended for further consideration under subsection (e) in accordance with each proposal's projected positive impact on the Nation's transportation system;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F613C3FF2074ABAB0A4C56B8667E454">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>an identification of any proposed Federal legislation that would facilitate implementation of the projects and Federal legislation that would be required to implement the projects; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21AD69F0F9964310B8C22CD61DE1C55A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>any other recommendations by the commission concerning the proposed projects.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H673C03E0945F4376B6BF8AA2E2490C3D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Verbal presentation</header>
<text>Proposers shall be given an opportunity to make a verbal presentation to the commission to explain their proposals.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFF7698D849C4762B033F9D8705F5123">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the use of each commission established under subsection (b)(2) such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8DC0F89F720B4670A1F471E67734F48D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Selection by Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HAB32D8A9C7A74E2EB096D1F1B857E967">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after receiving the recommended proposals of the commissions established under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H945FB5927E464F0EB556699D9D6C3180">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>review such proposals and select any proposal that provides substantial benefits to the public and the national transportation system, is cost-effective, offers significant advantages over existing services, and meets other relevant factors determined appropriate by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D3729488D864CEEABD73EE69077BB86">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing any proposal with respect to subsection (a)(1)(A) that is selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, all the information regarding the proposal provided to the Secretary under subsection (d), and any other information the Secretary considers relevant.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3F31FC321504DC4BA56F69E529B5020">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Subsequent report</header>
<text>Following the submission of the report under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing any proposal with respect to subparagraphs (B) through (K) of subsection (a)(1) that are selected by the Secretary under paragraph (1) of this subsection, all the information regarding the proposal provided to the Secretary under subsection (d), and any other information the Secretary considers relevant.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1909B0B1FB04E42B27D79B9036703DB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Limitation on report submission</header>
<text>The report required under paragraph (2) shall not be submitted by the Secretary until the report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) has been considered through a hearing by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the report submitted under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H36F1C342EC5544A9AF8286EE44E00A2E">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>No actions without additional authority</header>
<text>No Federal agency may take any action to implement, establish, facilitate, or otherwise act upon any proposal submitted under this section, other than those actions specifically authorized by this section, without explicit statutory authority enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBF48DD56B5D64903BFCF25E3AC76223F">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Adequate resources</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before taking any action authorized under this section the Secretary shall certify to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that the Secretary has sufficient resources that are adequate to undertake the program established under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2058C4565FBD4024BE692F0975F3973D">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HDB99AB6847604531BE24AA5CDBB2BA7F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Intercity passenger rail</header>
<text>The term <term>intercity passenger rail</term> has the meaning given the term in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EE9C64DAC6043EFBF4D14A7D609AB7F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0FE9CB28A9F545F39BCEBB78A69D74AE">
<enum>11309.</enum>
<header>Large capital project requirements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24402 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BFDC2F966474F86AFFA62EDEB3EF715" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H74ED0DEA97F049319DB05DCE9EEAAA9A">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Large capital project requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H50144BF8873640B293C1EA0EF704C3BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For a grant awarded under this chapter for an amount in excess of $1,000,000,000, the following conditions shall apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5806A79981FD46ADA9D8ED222770BB63">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The Secretary may not obligate any funding unless the applicant demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the applicant has committed, and will be able to fulfill, the non-Federal share required for the grant within the applicant’s proposed project completion timetable.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB81243DF20C431AAF1CE4DD42D5D8CC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The Secretary may not obligate any funding for work activities that occur after the completion of final design unless—</text>
<clause id="HCE581D0DE86747E1BCF2217B16507F5B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the applicant submits a financial plan to the Secretary that generally identifies the sources of the non-Federal funding required for any subsequent segments or phases of the corridor service development program covering the project for which the grant is awarded;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5207DCEE44964B18A9C030EC72352687">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the grant will result in a useable segment, a transportation facility, or equipment, that has operational independence; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H10D3F5C247084BAA879499A475D4802F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the intercity passenger rail benefits anticipated to result from the grant, such as increased speed, improved on-time performance, reduced trip time, increased frequencies, new service, safety improvements, improved accessibility, or other significant enhancements, are detailed by the grantee and approved by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE59D25531F724D28BC2CB30628C05E0B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H58FF4F68980946B5A97DCCBFE0A4073B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the project is maintained to the level of utility that is necessary to support the benefits approved under subparagraph (B)(iii) for a period of 20 years from the date on which the useable segment, transportation facility, or equipment described in subparagraph (B)(ii) is placed in service.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7D00A3EA63EF4346838A8A5222F3396F" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>If the project property is not maintained as required under clause (i) for a 12-month period, the grant recipient shall refund a pro-rata share of the Federal contribution, based upon the percentage remaining of the 20-year period that commenced when the project property was placed in service.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FC5CB14FB3B463984E612E04BA605E1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Early work</header>
<text>The Secretary may allow a grantee subject to this subsection to engage in at-risk work activities subsequent to the conclusion of final design if the Secretary determines that such work activities are reasonable and necessary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H8E96B91ADFE24DBA8BE17524BE0D1601">
<enum>11310.</enum>
<header>Small business participation study</header>
<subsection id="HF5C8D3B4206F4AF9BD4317C318BDDECC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct a nationwide disparity and availability study on the availability and use of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and veteran-owned small businesses in publicly funded intercity rail passenger transportation projects.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4CB88E40A6C3448D895C1EEA78CE3F02">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H338650E328D646B29B4ABEE020A12214">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HE4275E9CF53A4F0B8D66D03CBE71FFAE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Small business concern</header>
<text>The term <term>small business concern</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), except that the term does not include any concern or group of concerns controlled by the same socially and economically disadvantaged individual or individuals that have average annual gross receipts during the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess of $22,410,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for inflation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H753D435E5729447889E9498058DF79E9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Socially and economically disadvantaged individual</header>
<text>The term <term>socially and economically disadvantaged individual</term> has the meaning given such term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and relevant subcontracting regulations issued pursuant to such Act, except that women shall be presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC671A800E66D4073BC1749E226978150">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Veteran-owned small business</header>
<text>The term <term>veteran-owned small business</term> has the meaning given the term <term>small business concern owned and controlled by veterans</term> in section 3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)), except that the term does not include any concern or group of concerns controlled by the same veterans that have average annual gross receipts during the preceding 3 fiscal years in excess of $22,410,000, as adjusted annually by the Secretary for inflation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H48F8172740E94D6F867722D241DC11D6">
<enum>11311.</enum>
<header>Shared-use study</header>
<subsection id="H5D503368AB3A4666BEAF71290D325B7A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with Amtrak, commuter rail passenger transportation authorities, other railroad carriers, railroad carriers that own rail infrastructure over which both passenger and freight trains operate, States, the Surface Transportation Board, the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code, the State-Supported Route Committee established under section 24712 of such title, and groups representing rail passengers and customers, as appropriate, shall complete a study that evaluates—</text>
<paragraph id="H772BDC87350745C0A49C9E2EC64DF96B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the shared use of right-of-way by passenger and freight rail systems; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11419877BDC74A1B88DD7735DAA0921A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the operational, institutional, and legal structures that would best support improvements to the systems referred to in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9B9619F305F44F459095E603EF1C54DD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Areas of study</header>
<text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="HE45DA89D1BCE4D848C0EE84C2DF97CE9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the access and use of railroad right-of-way by a rail carrier that does not own the right-of-way, such as passenger rail services that operate over privately-owned right-of-way, including an analysis of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE16D706447A943F08FB6230BF23139C9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>access agreements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F8BC1D81BDE4CF2B209C07377010295">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>costs of access; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA1AFA6F11A84EC38F1CA744C4BE403D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the resolution of disputes relating to such access or costs;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0D2879A48E04E34A36785915E020533">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the effectiveness of existing contractual, statutory, and regulatory mechanisms for establishing, measuring, and enforcing train performance standards, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0A4B52090C740088D8B73971DECEA79">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the manner in which passenger train delays are recorded;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB2FED1EEE5DD4A52AED02014F505FEA7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the assignment of responsibility for such delays; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E7AEB8712504F64AFEAEE8447CA2B95">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the use of incentives and penalties for performance;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF74295CA82F43BF9FC6DBCEBF46045C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the strengths and weaknesses of the existing mechanisms described in paragraph (2) and possible approaches to address the weaknesses;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A96F20DF880422A94D7CF2260310FF7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>mechanisms for measuring and maintaining public benefits resulting from publicly funded freight or passenger rail improvements, including improvements directed towards shared-use right-of-way by passenger and freight rail;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE14FF5A7274E4B1A9D673D3E06C18055">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>approaches to operations, capacity, and cost estimation modeling that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31686ECF3E2F48EDA0808311090E45F5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>allow for transparent decisionmaking; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64A5A5221CF34209BB24FD09D790EB9B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>protect the proprietary interests of all parties;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82518BC5C7704FE882CC9D03BD1DC868">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>liability requirements and arrangements, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H897D33ADE82B4C939F22E5CF0E3F7D8F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether to expand statutory liability limits to additional parties;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8606FBA98C524ED99B3D5768B2C22E96">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether to revise the current statutory liability limits;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E3423BB02674C00936626A81FC18E19">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>whether current insurance levels of passenger rail operators are adequate and whether to establish minimum insurance requirements for such passenger rail operators; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB412AF4C891F44A89A27B8D39C2A79F4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>whether to establish alternative insurance models, including other models administered by the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H129A9E10BF0A4C69ACF459A9D4EE9ECF">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the effect on rail passenger services, operations, liability limits, and insurance levels of the assertion of sovereign immunity by a State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE37C90D0C5E54815AF781BBB8B603862">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>other issues identified by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4C143D9E150743E7A9E81903EA8139F5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the study under subsection (a) is complete, the Secretary shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HD05F2B9D2C3A4E489F4F440CE5DB64D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the results of the study; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C2BC0F5CCE94EE0ABDB57A1B58AE16B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any recommendations for further action, including any legislative proposals consistent with such recommendations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H28DA965DEDF64535B952D50733F9011E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall integrate, as appropriate, the recommendations submitted under subsection (c) into the financial assistance programs under subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, and section 502 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBF5CF0A5589A4EB597723A2D3EA16404">
<enum>11312.</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor through-ticketing and procurement efficiencies</header>
<subsection id="HEBA916E27DAB4E8AB9C9FFFE674FCF98">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Through-Ticketing Study</header>
<paragraph id="HAD8417A20783407CA59959625BC6C0F1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905(a) of title 49, United States Code (referred to in this section as the <quote>Commission</quote>), in consultation with Amtrak and the commuter rail passenger transportation providers along the Northeast Corridor, shall complete a study on the feasibility of and options for permitting through-ticketing between Amtrak service and commuter rail services on the Northeast Corridor.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62F95A47540749B49F91DBF9E4CD6AD0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In completing the study under paragraph (1), the Northeast Corridor Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB4BF53E9A114348B5F23F377890D81A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>examine the current state of intercity and commuter rail ticketing technologies, policies, and other relevant aspects on the Northeast Corridor;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F6A49B8FBFA485584C6AE646444A1B3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>consider and recommend technology, process, policy, or other options that would permit through-ticketing to allow intercity and commuter rail passengers to purchase, in a single transaction, travel that utilizes Amtrak and connecting commuter rail services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BD15827DAC241EC80FC84AECA675F3C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>consider options to expand through-ticketing to include local transit services;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50957083D94F4E0994483391ED31D079">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>summarize costs, benefits, opportunities, and impediments to developing such through-ticketing options; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06C32E3FAFD342478F03837A4D311BA9">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>develop a proposed methodology, including cost and schedule estimates, for carrying out a pilot program on through-ticketing on the Northeast Corridor.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91BFBB19B0DC41AD883065E7803FD78C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date the study under paragraph (1) is complete, the Commission shall submit to the Secretary, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate,</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD104A5EF2A044D90AC255F0A807172B8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the results of the study; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FD68239D7D04D979F35F7CA3335D04E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any recommendations for further action.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H647DCEC8DE074355BFDC6573909969E5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receipt of the report under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall review the report and recommend best practices in developing through ticketing for other areas outside of the Northeast Corridor. The Secretary shall transmit the best practices to the State-Supported Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6E8B5FA18CA04EEDB0F6E7854BA9B49E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Joint procurement study</header>
<paragraph id="H21F99409FF9640E49569D32D444728B0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Commission, Amtrak, and commuter rail transportation authorities on the Northeast Corridor, shall complete a study of the potential benefits resulting from Amtrak and such authorities undertaking select joint procurements for common materials, assets, and equipment when expending Federal funds for such joint procurements.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDCC60769D474A1FB55C7B8BED7C5466">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>In completing the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B5DC734EADA43D68546022DC1DCE088">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the types of materials, assets, and equipment that are regularly purchased by Amtrak and such authorities that are similar and could be jointly procured;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H390921F7EB0144C98FF019248C9D0185">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the potential benefits of such joint procurements, including lower procurement costs, better pricing, greater market relevancy, and other efficiencies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61BF772AC6E14CB09093F525351A20A5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the potential costs of such joint procurements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB64D50F5A2D4388BEB69C6DF303AD41">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any significant impediments to undertaking joint procurements, including any necessary harmonization and reconciliation of Federal and State procurement or safety regulations or standards and other requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45EBED9886B246ACB5E810B64142639E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>whether to create Federal incentives or requirements relating to considering or carrying out joint procurements when expending Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84260984063E449ABA3CB6EBB58555CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transmission</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after completing the study required under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B887919FFE841E3A8C1F68491D9CC74">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the results of the study; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53807E16E15348AAB6BD556132E6472C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any recommendations for further action.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5773EEE294D04414A0FB395A574D52B0">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Northeast Corridor</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>Northeast Corridor</term> means the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and the Northeast Corridor branch lines connecting to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Spuyten Duyvil, New York, including the facilities and services used to operate and maintain those lines.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3EF14FA3365840FE8AAE2EB11EF961A1">
<enum>11313.</enum>
<header>Data and analysis</header>
<subsection id="HFD824D9A2A3F4A76BE5F3D49ADEC2E19">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Data</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Surface Transportation Board, Amtrak, freight railroads, State and local governments, and regional business, tourism, and economic development agencies shall conduct a data needs assessment to—</text>
<paragraph id="H87F1730EEB5F45A3AC9F71F21ED188A6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>support the development of an efficient and effective intercity passenger rail network;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B1495926F4E4154A2A930E3E7B60EDB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identify the data needed to conduct cost-effective modeling and analysis for intercity passenger rail development programs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08BFF606F2AB4E449BAB5CC204E8A0AE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>determine limitations to the data used for inputs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC265B1FFDE954F0486DD9C1BE303EFAC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>develop a strategy to address such limitations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8F3D2E5BA774289835501C11BD3F46E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>identify barriers to accessing existing data;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82B3B59B3B4146E8A2E36192A31E9CB4">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>develop recommendations regarding whether the authorization of additional data collection for intercity passenger rail travel is warranted; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H211DF38560F543AFA8C26F0FE6A2BDBD">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>determine which entities should be responsible for generating or collecting needed data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDE610921223D4CB3B6768CBEAA60DF1E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Benefit-Cost Analysis</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enhance the usefulness of assessments of benefits and costs for intercity passenger rail and freight rail projects by—</text>
<paragraph id="H8765C4AC7E2B4B63A984E4E23D6EF995">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>providing ongoing guidance and training on developing benefit and cost information for rail projects;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5534E4C4B444586BDFF52238A12FEAD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>providing more direct and consistent requirements for assessing benefits and costs across transportation funding programs, including the appropriate use of discount rates;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF030D58A1DB64A2FAB508BE5876DDE85">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>requiring applicants to clearly communicate the methodology used to calculate the project benefits and costs, including non-proprietary information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1E79ACC20344B12A59D06DCBDAED6E7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>assumptions underlying calculations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C0702A7C08A40B7AFED10D7C6A30152">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>strengths and limitations of data used; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EB3A661EDAF4BCBB1BB9BCDCBAB5515">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the level of uncertainty in estimates of project benefits and costs; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H249B4374D6EA4444B096310891CBA5D6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>ensuring that applicants receive clear and consistent guidance on values to apply for key assumptions used to estimate potential project benefits and costs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H91BFBA8095D342BCA8670801CD31EF1B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Confidential data</header>
<text>The Secretary shall protect all sensitive and confidential information to the greatest extent permitted by law. Nothing in this section shall require any entity to provide information to the Secretary in the absence of a voluntary agreement.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5B83A819C52E421D9B2EF9D04580A8AE" commented="no">
<enum>11314.</enum>
<header>Amtrak Inspector General</header>
<subsection id="H547B6B68F5E54AAEAFE9E15937C1F1DB" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="H473F42C30AD64401AAD05777DBD75E77" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Inspector General of Amtrak shall have the authority available to other Inspectors General, as necessary in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate any alleged violation of sections 286, 287, 371, 641, 1001, 1002 and 1516 of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD60D5D76950F4E7C91AA95BF0D4C3396" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agency</header>
<text>For purposes of sections 286, 287, 371, 641, 1001, 1002, and 1516 of title 18, United States Code, Amtrak and the Amtrak Office of Inspector General, shall be considered a corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest as set forth in section 6 of such title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2574D1AB02949A0A69F170061ED3475" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Assessment</header>
<text>The Inspector General of Amtrak shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5413B60301984CDC982AFF7E8701FCEF" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, initiate an assessment to determine whether current expenditures or procurements involving Amtrak’s fulfillment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) utilize competitive, market-driven provisions that are applicable throughout the entire term of such related expenditures or procurements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DB67DFEE9A04E5C8CA205A1E9EFFBE7" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the assessment under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA9AB30CDB6654F2FABE20CED1DD6144C" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be effective only with respect to a fiscal year for which Amtrak receives a Federal subsidy.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB6C1D60656604B11A005E89BCFD6935E">
<enum>11315.</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<subsection id="H9F35DB875BA84E649B0904D1A7BBCD98">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 49 amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H58D4253A039A47B6A3724B7866B04481">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22702(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>5 years for reapproval by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>4 years for acceptance by the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9816D81A11A4358817A708096ED9FA3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents of State rail plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22705(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (12).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB833EAA28F064A4A8A61DCD52E3FC4F1" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act amendments</header>
<text>Section 305 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9E775C3A32B4E9FA11F98CA97CCF54E" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by inserting after <quote>equipment manufacturers,</quote> the following: <quote>nonprofit organizations representing employees who perform overhaul and maintenance of passenger railroad equipment,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6643F4A6CF004D0CB08A912683B11C14" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>, and may establish a corporation, which may be owned or jointly-owned by Amtrak, participating States, or other entities, to perform these functions</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA679DF472A4640FF9A95554286BAAB14" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e) by striking <quote>and establishing a jointly-owned corporation to manage that equipment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFAFD4C09C5214441BC9D92E619FFC130" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Certain projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project described in 1307(a)(3) of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59) may be eligible for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing program if the Secretary determines such project meets the requirements of sections 502 and 503 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF3C2A0EB1FF740C9BA8BAAD8C2A0573C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Clarification</header>
<paragraph id="H3846CDDE529D41A4A4FBB97B85F45CBB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text>Section 20157(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HABFB75292B1C4A11AB5CCF2B05079BD8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H35B41CE04DC142BE9A19FD5ED4A535E8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Clarification</header>
<subparagraph id="HA59935B3A9A5413CA01E2222E8ACCAB0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Prohibitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is prohibited from—</text>
<clause id="H129FF747010A4A3CA7A687E85A1D05AC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approving or disapproving a revised plan submitted under subsection (a)(1);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7D581D1BB71C483CA27F17CE82847CBA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">considering a revised plan under subsection (a)(1) as a request for amendment under section 236.1021 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H425031753FBE49A2BFFF8F9BCC33DB45">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requiring the submission, as part of the revised plan under subsection (a)(1), of—</text>
<subclause id="HF73CB38E23E14B25A105E484D1C8701F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only a schedule and sequence under subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)(VII); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H29783D8EF21B411D9723BDA3479627EF">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">both a schedule and sequence under subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)(VII) and an alternative schedule and sequence under subsection (a)(2)(B).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13FE7DCE14154F6CA1B5FC175985F0DC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Civil penalty authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2) and this paragraph, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the Secretary’s authority to assess civil penalties pursuant to subsection (e), consistent with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2660E3775DD64243A3F3F5410A865F81">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Retained review authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary retains the authority to review revised plans submitted under subsection (a)(1) and is authorized to require modifications of those plans to the extent necessary to ensure that such plans include the descriptions under subsection (a)(2)(A)(i), the contents under subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), and the year or years, totals, and summary under subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)(I) through (VI).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC5AC7F202494BB1B5F99CE3ACD23C8A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20157(g)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>by paragraph (2) and subsection (k)</quote> and inserting <quote>to conform with this section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF516595BEA89442A82B370EE26C270F3">
<enum>11316.</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="HCAC4EAD1B63F4B0F84CD3371548E56BB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents</header>
<text>Section 1139 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H99259B8579F1440F8B930EE77E4174F2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>phone number</quote> and inserting <quote>telephone number</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H422100EFEDDD4D09A9B56B49925C8422">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>post trauma communication with families</quote> and inserting <quote>post-trauma communication with families</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7F583897C584020978DD0BCAA4EFA7E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (j), by striking <quote>railroad passenger accident</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>rail passenger accident</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H722FC7E93C994145A16606AE4F1B3928">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facility Land-Use Exemption</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10909 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEAE000EF347C49F0911E36384D2089B5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Clean Railroad Act of 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>Clean Railroads Act of 2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC30CC0C805F543658FEC59F88237C8A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>Upon the granting of petition from the State</quote> and inserting <quote>Upon the granting of a petition from the State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8B909AB0AEF44FACBA799A56AEC7C8A5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB99EC31C264E4D4F853766D08407E66D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(2)</quote> before <quote>the code, rule, standard, requirement, or practice has been subject to notice and comment under a rule or order issued under this part.</quote> and indenting accordingly;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H412FD7A69B024B1AB5511DAA07768C73">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>unless</quote> and indenting accordingly;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63B421E2DF024263A545E8A3A01D1AEF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking <quote>order, or </quote> and inserting <quote>order; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38C659EFD4304AE7AE23CA128FD2FB4B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking <quote>unless</quote> and inserting <quote>unless—</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H29C00935C0764BFE9FCF866245946F49">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Enforcement report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20120(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H745ADFFC38CD4F888A43DD43E195B921">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>website</quote> and inserting <quote>Web site</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D224C0E42E0428EA1362B202B9D03D0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>accident and incidence reporting</quote> and inserting <quote>accident and incident reporting</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5298EE5A167A41039C35908AC70C25CD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(G), by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26DF10B132A44E499DDBE32474CD4056">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)(B), by striking <quote>Administrative Hearing Officer or Administrative Law Judge</quote> and inserting <quote>administrative hearing officer or administrative law judge</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H56B5D3706B694D1B9E0B82899E6BFE7C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Railroad safety risk reduction program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20156 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00AA299DAC0A4F46921AD39A5EBBB148">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after <quote>In developing its railroad safety risk reduction program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA753C37B19B447DCA647EBDF9959A5F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB081BC288ABE4D9187AC93C3DF3DA166">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting a comma after <quote>good faith</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D6B4FB81CDE4147B307765D1CC27DEE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>non-profit</quote> and inserting <quote>nonprofit</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H47DBC45CC50B415BB2A061A677437093">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Roadway User Sight Distance at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20159 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Transportation</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H84ED9109AC5F4579ABDA1DE937A4899F">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>National crossing inventory</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20160 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H525D3AFC5F99482788066961B7987DC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>concerning each previously unreported crossing through which it operates or with respect to the trackage over which it operates</quote> and inserting <quote>concerning each previously unreported crossing through which it operates with respect to the trackage over which it operates</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA04283EAEEC8453AB496C142A3712566">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking <quote>concerning each crossing through which it operates or with respect to the trackage over which it operates</quote> and inserting <quote>concerning each crossing through which it operates with respect to the trackage over which it operates</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC1A775935E2249C381C326D009C89286">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Minimum training standards and plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20162(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>railroad compliance with Federal standards</quote> and inserting <quote>railroad carrier compliance with Federal standards</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAB19B92945DE4F2891620E68A8B78F4B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Development and use of rail safety technology</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 20164(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>after enactment of the Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>after the date of enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H26450B4D1EB245A5B67C425004D2AB79">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008</header>
<paragraph id="H52D2A691269C4E67AC1EDF7B8209BD39">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Table of contents</header>
<text>Section 1(b) of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432; 122 Stat. 4848) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H032449C09891466DBE0A1489C8FE6AA7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the item relating to section 307 by striking <quote>website</quote> and inserting <quote>Web site</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0144C08C10CE4AE499FAEC6A3CB1BED0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the item relating to title VI by striking <quote>solid waste facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>solid waste rail transfer facilities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H178C1BBF6ACB47E69808EF3D30CE1543">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in the item relating to section 602 by striking <quote>solid waste transfer facilities</quote> and inserting <quote>solid waste rail transfer facilities</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4515788ECB6F4FD7832083A6BD1148C5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>Section 2(a)(1) of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432; 122 Stat. 4849) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting a comma after <quote>at grade</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F56CB91D15A44BA808FA1A3D48FE513">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Railroad safety strategy</header>
<text>Section 102(a)(6) of title I of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20101 note) is amended by striking <quote>Improving the safety of railroad bridges, tunnels, and related infrastructure to prevent accidents, incidents, injuries, and fatalities caused by catastrophic failures and other bridge and tunnel failures.</quote> and inserting <quote>Improving the safety of railroad bridges, tunnels, and related infrastructure to prevent accidents, incidents, injuries, and fatalities caused by catastrophic and other failures of such infrastructure.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AA95762FA0B46AC88677E34DFA30BFC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Operation Lifesaver</header>
<text>Section 206(a) of title II of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 22501 note) is amended by striking <quote>Public Service Announcements</quote> and inserting <quote>public service announcements</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB88B3A1DCD2540D6A0BEEA493DC5584E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Update of Federal Railroad Administration's Web Site</header>
<text>Section 307 of title III of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 103 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FBBDA6D9F674D5F9740B59985658F2A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Federal Railroad Administration's website</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Federal Railroad Administration Web site</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB556B508E4BD4F9BB7BE32E2822137FE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>website</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Web site</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8222BFAA022B4ABA97F3D18B5CCCBCD5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>website's</quote> and inserting <quote>Web site's</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DE08D2A7A1A4ED7AD5AA52B87D3E23F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Alcohol and controlled substance testing for maintenance-of-way employees</header>
<text>Section 412 of title IV of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20140 note) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E404F1221D04D1CA4B995C925BA81B5">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Tunnel information</header>
<text>Section 414 of title IV of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20103 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15A3174AA2AF4C12B7057F5A09DA3919">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>parts 171.8, 173.115</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 171.8, 173.115</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A62190BAEAD4F9EA488E7B224AB4D87">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>part 1520.5</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1520.5</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B45FD057A304B86809B7A7F638E88E1">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Safety inspections in Mexico</header>
<text>Section 416 of title IV of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20107 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D02EC5B831C41F0B923E925512A48DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96F25D405DE04D83B9DBED8090059210">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BCB25DE6A204280B575ABA807EA52C7">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Heading of title VI</header>
<text>The heading of title VI of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 4900) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">solid waste facilities</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">solid waste rail transfer facilities</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE62470294094E91929F8120885993BB">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Heading of section 602</header>
<text>The heading of section 602 of title VI of division A of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 4900) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">solid waste transfer facilities</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">solid waste rail transfer facilities</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6879639766954732920D8CEBEFF18A98">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Contingent interest recoveries</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>interest thereof</quote> and inserting <quote>interest thereon</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H83DFC204267145DA8BBC8F6FA2C93776">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Mission</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24101(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>of subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>set forth in subsection (c)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H343BAB25AE9D4EE38BD3EC9EE0B344CF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 24316 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8FE6C34C2C864D9F9107BB876FFC193B" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">24316. Plans to address the needs of families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H340185BD30CF4D9FA6153DEC9571D1DC">
<enum>(n)</enum>
<header>Amtrak</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 247 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA89A895089740E99C5A744A20B2CF7F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 24706—</text>
<subparagraph id="H601B7C63EF2944D5911E249016445545">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="HB2E87C0B3680498EA94A0AF55EAC7B98">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>a discontinuance under section 24704 or or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H837EC1F20FC74BBF92CC9AAA2DCB8330">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>section 24704 or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB3B52632D7E4D58848A844549CC662C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>section 24704 or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37F77A10A93A445FA04285F2BC82E86B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in section 24709 by striking <quote>The Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General,</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary of Homeland Security,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC33F68C39A6B46D1A203E4AF3B1BBB29">
<enum>(o)</enum>
<header>Rail cooperative research program</header>
<text>Section 24910(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A662C44400E4096A8E2855CA2C179D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (12) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54CDEECB432440A0B90B73AD840DA570">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (13) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H112B7C00BE0D4AA5829B4DB36D87B7DD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD2C9DA21A87B4E758A553E86F072D3F2" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HC6CE83A8E3BD41F6A69D137E003915F4">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve overall safety of intercity passenger and freight rail operations.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H715D3957261B47DDB36522314DB3935A">
<enum>(p)</enum>
<header>Secretarial oversight</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24403 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H5E66856567634A31AFDD7AF6467B3DB4">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Safety</header>
<section id="HBB34C2DCFB1D4D08A04E08F0CFCF5D93">
<enum>11401.</enum>
<header>Highway-rail grade crossing safety</header>
<subsection id="HC7FE1FF6FC3A48AEAF14214963B961C0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Model State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plan</header>
<paragraph id="H67766A9B666547D49A6CA27346559F2A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration shall develop a model of a State-specific highway-rail grade crossing action plan and distribute the plan to each State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A360A0C926940F283C49F14209C13C8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB91B86DD45AD4F219BB88D248CAA78DE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>methodologies, tools, and data sources for identifying and evaluating highway-rail grade crossing safety risks, including the public safety risks posed by blocked highway-rail grade crossings due to idling trains;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5C058F552E84594901F488F2584BBCE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>best practices to reduce the risk of highway-rail grade crossing accidents or incidents and to alleviate the blockage of highway-rail grade crossings due to idling trains, including strategies for—</text>
<clause id="H67B0301B650341889E88D26B5F4D399B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>education, including model stakeholder engagement plans or tools;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBA602D6F7BAC46B89617C4B6F59877E0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>engineering, including the benefits and costs of different designs and technologies used to mitigate highway-rail grade crossing safety risks; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E7B7200EEDE49A88281864021D398EC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>enforcement, including the strengths and weaknesses associated with different enforcement methods;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFDB213560604154BB93D23552CA50CE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>for each State, a customized list and data set of the highway-rail grade crossing accidents or incidents in that State over the past 3 years, including the location, number of deaths, and number of injuries for each accident or incident, and a list of highway-rail grade crossings in that State that have experienced multiple accidents or incidents over the past 3 years; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4818322DBBE74B169321BC502297D78D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>contact information of a Department of Transportation safety official available to assist the State in adapting the model plan to satisfy the requirements under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6DFE8B4E47EE477094BC050845E2FA51">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans</header>
<paragraph id="HA0D0C7230F444C5D97E7E262E244D04D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the Administrator develops and distributes the model plan under subsection (a), the Administrator shall promulgate a rule that requires—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4C81CCAF43B64BC7B76515F4FD4D41EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each State, except the 10 States identified under section 202 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 22501 note), to develop and implement a State highway-rail grade crossing action plan; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H857C15E9D4EB46039DE5A16EF83B4964">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each State identified under section 202 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 22501 note) to—</text>
<clause id="H2D5E4A762F3448CF9E077E3DE35C7E1B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>update the State action plan under such section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7930537A5454442E883A729F3E8AAC1B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>submit to the Administrator—</text>
<subclause id="HC9B547F035CC4A98ADF9DF0FA1AF0985">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the updated State action plan; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H218A702FA0E341FB83FAD70FBF92035B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a report describing what the State did to implement its previous State action plan under such section and how the State will continue to reduce highway-rail grade crossing safety risks.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13EA9827BFE54E64B1EB213483698EA8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>Each State plan required under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F57E1C197C243C3B19DB4250BBB66FB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify highway-rail grade crossings that have experienced recent highway-rail grade crossing accidents or incidents or multiple highway-rail grade crossing accidents or incidents, or are at high-risk for accidents or incidents;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEDBE4A75613047728A67717D1E417518">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identify specific strategies for improving safety at highway-rail grade crossings, including highway-rail grade crossing closures or grade separations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A7EDE9F452E4724B43AB2BCEB1A8C71">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>designate a State official responsible for managing implementation of the State action plan under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89A2CB1DB80046FCAA83E51DD0C35DB4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall provide assistance to each State in developing and carrying out, as appropriate, the State action plan under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB81883EF611C43FBAD2991A1EE2BD20D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall submit a final State plan under this subsection to the Administrator for publication. The Administrator shall make each approved State plan publicly available on an official Internet Web site.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE5A1A08FCC846418FF064E51DDFEE75">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Conditions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may condition the awarding of a grant to a State under chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, on that State submitting an acceptable State action plan under this subsection. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2E78E261ADD4EACBBDC0314B0B5732B">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Review of action plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of a State action plan under this subsection, the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3AF8B35320E4BFB824EC2647325CBB7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>if the State action plan is approved, notify the State and publish the State action plan under paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB187AC378E34BE3AD03CDCEA6C278C9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>if the State action plan is incomplete or deficient, notify the State of the specific areas in which the plan is deficient and allow the State to complete the plan or correct the deficiencies and resubmit the plan under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E08916FA4834303B85C1D827EC50E6A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of a notice under paragraph (6)(B), a State shall complete the plan or correct the deficiencies and resubmit the plan.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7278CC3E194540F588DA3479F07C1F2A">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Failure to complete or correct plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State fails to meet the deadline under paragraph (7), the Administrator shall post on the Web site under paragraph (4) a notice that the State has an incomplete or deficient highway-rail grade crossing action plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1039D5EFB4164065876B65B0EDB15C43" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 3 years after the Administrator publishes the final rule under subsection (b)(1), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on—</text>
<paragraph id="H78DC9AC74D3D4DA1909DA294A5411185">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the specific strategies identified by States to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings, including crossings with multiple accidents or incidents; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B5DF83D38FF40D693460B91ED84BDDE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the progress each State described under subsection (b)(1)(B) has made in implementing its action plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0637CB2DD392409DB3D9287EED0A4FBE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Railway-Highway Crossings Funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out section 130 of title 23, United States Code, to provide States with funds to develop a State highway-rail grade crossing action plan under subsection (b)(1)(A) or to update a State action plan under subsection (b)(1)(B). </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC287582D24BC4C359610957E978F5AA2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HC2B2C789CD6341C8976D79405454D7F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Highway-rail grade crossing</header>
<text>The term <term>highway-rail grade crossing</term> means a location within a State, other than a location where 1 or more railroad tracks cross 1 or more railroad tracks at grade, where—</text>
<subparagraph id="H144A59B037FC4163884D2542026B0A55">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a public highway, road, or street, or a private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses 1 or more railroad tracks either at grade or grade-separated; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6F21FA7D35F4485978C6ADA6183791D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a pathway explicitly authorized by a public authority or a railroad carrier that is dedicated for the use of non-vehicular traffic, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and others, that is not associated with a public highway, road, or street, or a private roadway, crosses 1 or more railroad tracks either at grade or grade-separated.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA205A5BEA1174C2DB41F77024A2DD632">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> means a State of the United States or the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H4C6C211B0AAF425B9AD13805EF073B84">
<enum>11402.</enum>
<header>Private highway-rail grade crossings</header>
<subsection id="H05D84E88AF1C43E0B894E57A7270CD8E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, in consultation with railroad carriers, shall conduct a study to—</text>
<paragraph id="H48A44707D93248CD9284245B554F7840">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>determine whether limitations or weaknesses exist regarding the availability and usefulness for safety purposes of data on private highway-rail grade crossings; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99AAFAB6FE774BFAA8C6899DE805AB05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>evaluate existing engineering practices on private highway-rail grade crossings.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB1C5B2C32D6E422FA1AF9FE81C29AD62">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make recommendations as necessary to improve—</text>
<paragraph id="H1EA6BA6F7040415288A844D55DC3C819">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the utility of the data on private highway-rail grade crossings; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8875055D38424BB3A6E81D6119C67538">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the implementation of private highway-rail crossing safety measures, including signage and warning systems.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2B984B9C2969443B8250924DFDECEF48">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report of the findings of the study and any recommendations for further action.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17984754CC4A4D1A86AF44B0F4E57890" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11403.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study on use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings</header>
<subsection id="H5C1617A722AA4CDE9F63DA02AF8DB031">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress containing the results of a study evaluating the final rule issued on August 17, 2006, entitled <quote>Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings</quote> (71 Fed. Reg. 47614), including—</text>
<paragraph id="H3016C84961BC4170A06CB4644AA89E61">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the effectiveness of such final rule;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13E52101133D4F8EBC20E91BF265C312">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the benefits and costs of establishing quiet zones; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD2A3A139EDA43B0A17E1CAC7F75EAD9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any barriers to establishing quiet zones.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4BC896BBF12B4F36BC49FAFED7E66EF0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or preclude any planned retrospective review by the Secretary of the final rule described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H416FA2FC28624F28A7BF26582C94D3AA">
<enum>11404.</enum>
<header>Positive train control at grade crossings effectiveness study</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Secretary certifies that each Class I railroad carrier and each entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation is in compliance with the positive train control requirements under section 20157(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA171F4B1B30A412FA1DC91AE30B43E68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>conduct a study of the possible effectiveness of positive train control and related technologies on reducing collisions at highway-rail grade crossings; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74201CA553404E72A3A4E6227B11CCA1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>submit a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H3CF04A9BE3EE4C278385A5ECF1BBDFB2">
<enum>11405.</enum>
<header>Bridge inspection reports</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 417(d) of the <short-title>Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008</short-title> (49 U.S.C. 20103 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C6DE4710E414C2F857FA64B6F8F90E4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F6A9C3CC4F54CC3B10D75BD3BBCBBF3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9D065929AC0B4942B8EAB19F9DF4FBCC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA9E8CE5A7604D688996533C64D71E30">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23752740900A4AC998A897D10FDF8803" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBEA2D696D8EF4CD4A2E639897896DC62">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability of bridge condition</header>
<subparagraph id="H29C379A17DFF4392A0935D6B7123D73C" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State or political subdivision of a State may file a request with the Secretary for a public version of a bridge inspection report generated under subsection (b)(5) for a bridge located in such State or political subdivision’s jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93D8AF2470AF4D31B79BDA9D62576DFA" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Public version of report</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that the request is reasonable, the Secretary shall require a railroad to submit a public version of the most recent bridge inspection report, such as a summary form, for a bridge subject to a request under subparagraph (A). The public version of a bridge inspection report shall include the date of last inspection, length of bridge, location of bridge, type of bridge, type of structure, feature crossed by bridge, and railroad contact information, along with a general statement on the condition of the bridge.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H845F026A72314776BE3778DABEE02376" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Provision of report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide to a State or political subdivision of a State a public version of a bridge inspection report submitted under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0208692F335142DE98C0832DD0A7BC22" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, upon the reasonable request of State or political subdivision of a State, shall provide technical assistance to such State or political subdivision of a State to facilitate the understanding of a bridge inspection report.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H84A7040D1A934FFDA15CC07B50F963C0">
<enum>11406.</enum>
<header>Speed limit action plans</header>
<subsection id="HBA4AE86728604ADFAEBEBC7A8E55A12E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each railroad carrier providing intercity rail passenger transportation or commuter rail passenger transportation, in consultation with any applicable host railroad carrier, shall survey its entire system and identify each main track location where there is a reduction of more than 20 miles per hour from the approach speed to a curve, bridge, or tunnel and the maximum authorized operating speed for passenger trains at that curve, bridge, or tunnel.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8FD645B420DB4A88B4958532A1FDFBB1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Action plans</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date that the survey under subsection (a) is complete, a railroad carrier described in subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary an action plan that—</text>
<paragraph id="H58C1EBE69A4745328644DB49BA46D682">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identifies each main track location where there is a reduction of more than 20 miles per hour from the approach speed to a curve, bridge, or tunnel and the maximum authorized operating speed for passenger trains at that curve, bridge, or tunnel;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D2B2809C6AB45999439100B9DDCE731">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes appropriate actions to enable warning and enforcement of the maximum authorized speed for passenger trains at each location identified under paragraph (1), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H30B514D1E1D04B5EBD15D251EA659392">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>modification to automatic train control systems, if applicable, or other signal systems;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA14EED3672841039D1A33A4E6660612">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>increased crew size; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFDBD7DB0B7B4F0D9F94AD739D330AFA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>installation of signage alerting train crews of the maximum authorized speed for passenger trains in each location identified under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53F9E8446D5B4E56A3FC47EE11FFCA29">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>installation of alerters;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3688862929FB47D7847887619649AA54">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>increased crew communication; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94B724A22F08487BA8D56CE2E18111C0">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>other practices;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB0E3B6EA3514DF08D7E9A963A2DC189">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>contains milestones and target dates for implementing each appropriate action described under paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8676B1069D03430D93453490D47A87EF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>ensures compliance with the maximum authorized speed at each location identified under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H305E7E3240674920A3A6AE8EC9BF8970">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Approval</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which an action plan is submitted under subsection (b), the Secretary shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the action plan.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8EC4854FAA84ACABFE134813DBE716C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Alternative safety measures</header>
<text>The Secretary may exempt from the requirements of this section each segment of track for which operations are governed by a positive train control system certified under section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, or any other safety technology or practice that would achieve an equivalent or greater level of safety in reducing derailment risk.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC54BFC59D8C94C119FA06CBF27AA92A7">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2BF7AFE49D94FC6A13DA4053A718B4E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the actions railroad carriers have taken in response to Safety Advisory 2013–08, entitled <quote>Operational Tests and Inspections for Compliance With Maximum Authorized Train Speeds and Other Speed Restrictions</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED5EEF4C99014305B22C279BB8C74CF7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the actions railroad carriers have taken in response to Safety Advisory 2015–03, entitled <quote>Operational and Signal Modifications for Compliance with Maximum Authorized Passenger Train Speeds and Other Speed Restrictions</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BAEC98514394196A37C82FCE34DEE34">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the actions the Federal Railroad Administration has taken to evaluate or incorporate the information and findings arising from the safety advisories referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) into the development of regulatory action and oversight activities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2B917219566E440081BBF63E25DE2B59">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from applying the requirements of this section to other segments of track at high risk of overspeed derailment.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC591F6D4327E40A9A26E407A3365D8D2">
<enum>11407.</enum>
<header>Alerters</header>
<subsection id="HBDCE563B358546C4AA9A0A3A4A4801BC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall promulgate a rule to require a working alerter in the controlling locomotive of each passenger train in intercity rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) or commuter rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H860E4309A0A44834A97BA2C472BFB504">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="H10A505A1354E4A6391FD2B26E54018CA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may promulgate a rule to specify the essential functionalities of a working alerter, including the manner in which the alerter can be reset.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E5B09A830604A7E99619C979448D75C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Alternate practice or technology</header>
<text>The Secretary may require or allow a technology or practice in lieu of a working alerter if the Secretary determines that the technology or practice would achieve an equivalent or greater level of safety in enhancing or ensuring appropriate locomotive control.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H89025AB453ED48FE82CAEF9D07F77DF1">
<enum>11408.</enum>
<header>Signal protection</header>
<subsection id="HC9121FA81F1A4F96B94B2A12F2FA664B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to require that on-track safety regulations, whenever practicable and consistent with other safety requirements and operational considerations, include requiring implementation of redundant signal protection for maintenance-of-way work crews who depend on a train dispatcher to provide signal protection.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H743C4578B14D4B3DBD6882AC838B7BD8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Alternative safety measures</header>
<text>The Secretary shall consider exempting from any final requirements of this section each segment of track for which operations are governed by a positive train control system certified under section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, or any other safety technology or practice that would achieve an equivalent or greater level of safety in providing additional signal protection.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD2AE34644A904A57BCBE9A8FD01BF8FB">
<enum>11409.</enum>
<header>Commuter rail track inspections</header>
<subsection id="H96E69522DF1546B4BCEB01FC14839EEF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall evaluate track inspection regulations to determine if a railroad carrier providing commuter rail passenger transportation on high density commuter railroad lines should be required to inspect the lines in the same manner as is required for other commuter railroad lines.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2EAAE7227CE14CDAA034F40604D08AE8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<text>Considering safety, including railroad carrier employee and contractor safety, system capacity, and other relevant factors, the Secretary may promulgate a rule for high density commuter railroad lines. If, after the evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary determines that it is necessary to promulgate a rule, the Secretary shall specifically consider the following regulatory requirements for high density commuter railroad lines:</text>
<paragraph id="HB0D89625B8D84B7BA8D9E0923659CAF6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once every 2 weeks—</text>
<subparagraph id="H82136AFBA8FD41F994157640F1BAF48B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">traverse each main line by vehicle; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC4526296D2D43479BCD38F1B742E696">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inspect each main line on foot.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA0BEFB0A364439197790128AB458688">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once each month, traverse and inspect each siding by vehicle or by foot.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2258E5461E0B4D7FBDF4F83EB05CA33E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>If, after the evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary determines it is not necessary to revise the regulations under this section, the Secretary, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report explaining the reasons for not revising the regulations.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEBE03E43802A45EABF82E0932E71466B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to promulgate regulations or issue orders under any other law.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H68A9355C51054F8A88A919D16FDABB35" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11410.</enum>
<header>Post-accident assessment</header>
<subsection id="H51D7BE6892044D65A438E610875D2E35">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with the National Transportation Safety Board and Amtrak, shall conduct a post-accident assessment of the Amtrak Northeast Regional Train #188 crash on May 12, 2015.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H335322CE7CD84B6897C8146C706EEBE7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Elements</header>
<text>The assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE3BCAC51841483FA58D6A0FB5C14D6F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a review of Amtrak’s compliance with the plan for addressing the needs of the families of passengers involved in any rail passenger accident, which was submitted pursuant to section 24316 of title 49, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B0E59A5A7834A7A98E742BD9D65F355">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a review of Amtrak’s compliance with the emergency preparedness plan required under section 239.101(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDCE3C2851C84F1A9F8D8A1AD9B0D30B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a determination of any additional action items that should be included in the plans referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) to meet the needs of the passengers involved in the crash and their families, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B03D14B69AC4C53A3F34A14C1085DFD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>notification of emergency contacts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCED991A0E0DB4310AA7E2202C0F86621">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>dedicated and trained staff to manage family assistance;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F64CCE7D2254EA1A04C002E0B788F3A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the establishment of a family assistance center at the accident locale or other appropriate location;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4701757F91E41D791598426A647D6FE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a system for identifying and recovering items belonging to passengers that were lost in the crash; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF9752A4136549E192B9522F9BBBFDE6">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the establishment of a single customer service entity within Amtrak to coordinate the response to the needs of the passengers involved in the crash and their families; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E2709816078477F8966B614BF7D10B4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>recommendations for any additional training needed by Amtrak staff to better implement the plans referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), including the establishment of a regular schedule for training drills and exercises.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB0F347E5ACDE4C27A0C5B2A7F2C49284">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F54E3B7BAE0499A917FF2AF1EEE94BD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Amtrak’s plan to achieve the recommendations referred to in subsection (b)(4); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F809B7933324A55822CC5A96C0E59B2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any steps that have been taken to address any deficiencies identified through the assessment.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB852A476685D49E4AF53CCB33556F8C5">
<enum>11411.</enum>
<header>Recording devices</header>
<subsection id="H9B24E196630E4E19B74A3D62583F70C6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08B0687139844E2BB4543339679B0E14" style="USC">
<section id="H83D505BCD1D04EDFB99E17C5ACB4BE36">
<enum>20168.</enum>
<header>Installation of audio and image recording devices</header>
<subsection id="H62123E056686474282CD313025DB3CCB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate regulations to require each railroad carrier that provides regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to the public to install inward- and outward-facing image recording devices in all controlling locomotive cabs and cab car operating compartments in such passenger trains.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8FB6BCA23574C82A8E814E8142638BF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Device standards</header>
<text>Each inward- and outward-facing image recording device shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H78ACBAC240AB432A9DB0EFF6DD74B318">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>have a minimum 12-hour continuous recording capability;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DDC5314846241E1A3D1699EFEE0CB6D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>have crash and fire protections for any in-cab image recordings that are stored only within a controlling locomotive cab or cab car operating compartment; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE839EC9BEAFA498EA0D8EEE780156F55">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>have recordings accessible for review during an accident or incident investigation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCACF6D46C19E4273A628997F4914A89E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a process to review and approve or disapprove an inward- or outward-facing image recording device for compliance with the standards described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4E7AE73D849947B4B5A827859206D77E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Uses</header>
<text>A railroad carrier subject to the requirements of subsection (a) that has installed an inward- or outward-facing image recording device approved under subsection (c) may use recordings from that inward- or outward-facing image recording device for the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="HA1216347CA6F4CEDADC907427C8FB2B0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Verifying that train crew actions are in accordance with applicable safety laws and the railroad carrier's operating rules and procedures, including a system-wide program for such verification.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA188668FC04F4798857A0BB0DD67DEF6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Assisting in an investigation into the causation of a reportable accident or incident.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6D5A1629CEE434C90FE76C5CFA8A508">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Documenting a criminal act or monitoring unauthorized occupancy of the controlling locomotive cab or car operating compartment.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD721C7EEF6F4701817DAAF4F683236D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Other purposes that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8B0ABBD32DC94DF5800B9E6F628D0A95">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Discretion</header>
<paragraph id="H3243659363D349A7AC198AB429E5642C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F4FC5EF773F4385A6B0F15374B78F83">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>require in-cab audio recording devices for the purposes described in subsection (d); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE7AB4FF2B8C4FE6A3E0AB2521231F12">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>define in appropriate technical detail the essential features of the devices required under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B60E27112C4404F94A2FB9F9CC5B85A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exemptions</header>
<text>The Secretary may exempt any railroad carrier subject to the requirements of subsection (a) or any part of the carrier’s operations from the requirements under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the carrier has implemented an alternative technology or practice that provides an equivalent or greater safety benefit or that is better suited to the risks of the operation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA5FB93786F3648FF8EB1BD86A2DD9B13">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Tampering</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A railroad carrier subject to the requirements of subsection (a) may take appropriate enforcement or administrative action against any employee that tampers with or disables an audio or inward- or outward-facing image recording device installed by the railroad carrier.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1A402C2155ED4B0887D37E020A760B6A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Preservation of data</header>
<text>Each railroad carrier subject to the requirements of subsection (a) shall preserve recording device data for 1 year after the date of a reportable accident or incident.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF3036AAA11E946B0940B0B4A3F15BEFF">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Information protections</header>
<text>The Secretary may not disclose publicly any part of an in-cab audio or image recording or transcript of oral communications by or among train employees or other operating employees responsible for the movement and direction of the train, or between such operating employees and company communication centers, related to an accident or incident investigated by the Secretary. The Secretary may make public any part of a transcript or any written depiction of visual information that the Secretary determines is relevant to the accident at the time a majority of the other factual reports on the accident or incident are released to the public.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F83B5014BFC48889C24657FEBB5CAFC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Prohibited use</header>
<text>An in-cab audio or image recording obtained by a railroad carrier under this section may not be used to retaliate against an employee.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7EC6F9AF78FA42BAA726E5B7C611A778">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring a railroad carrier to cease or restrict operations upon a technical failure of an inward- or outward-facing image recording device or in-cab audio device. Such railroad carrier shall repair or replace the failed inward- or outward-facing image recording device as soon as practicable.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H833B49E692E4485EAA25C7F58B61E74F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for subchapter II of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE2650C79DD04844A1E30784E43B92FC" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">20168. Installation of audio and image recording devices.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HAAFEE96266E84E5B897A87CCDC30EFBF">
<enum>11412.</enum>
<header>Railroad police officers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H81221A202DFB4492B1C703972A515936">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 28101 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6422995B9A9C4F72BBC014340F873134">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>employed by</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>directly employed by or contracted by</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB06F5F57B05E4E22AD2BFB407DA7652E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>or agent, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>an employee</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA1487C39DDFE48BD902B27217DCB4CF4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29BDAEE58C1B4E4A9C2701CD44E2A02D" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H4BADDDD1660B4F28A9FCE17986127C99">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Transfers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9560C6ACF84440B89911C05353E7EED6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If a railroad police officer directly employed by or contracted by a rail carrier and certified or commissioned as a police officer under the laws of a State transfers primary employment or residence from the certifying or commissioning State to another State or jurisdiction, the railroad police officer, not later than 1 year after the date of transfer, shall apply to be certified or commissioned as a police office under the laws of the State of new primary employment or residence.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6B2F8607A61B4C09A63CA17F117550B5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Interim period</header>
<text>During the period beginning on the date of transfer and ending 1 year after the date of transfer, a railroad police officer directly employed by or contracted by a rail carrier and certified or commissioned as a police officer under the laws of a State may enforce the laws of the new jurisdiction in which the railroad police officer resides, to the same extent as provided in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB286D00959E04A258874D5B84B40C426">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Training</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H525C19355CF7454A9A0C580C56EFB8F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A State may recognize as meeting that State's basic police officer certification or commissioning requirements for qualification as a rail police officer under this section any individual who successfully completes a program at a State-recognized police training academy in another State or at a Federal law enforcement training center and who is certified or commissioned as a police officer by that other State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D8D4A14230A4A87A9B015A672F47475">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as superseding or affecting any State training requirements related to criminal law, criminal procedure, motor vehicle code, any other State law, or State-mandated comparative or annual in-service training academy or Federal law enforcement training center.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H052DE6F4DFA1414D815C2E94AA21E092">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the regulations in part 207 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to railroad police officers), to permit a railroad to designate an individual, who is commissioned in the individual's State of legal residence or State of primary employment and directly employed by or contracted by a railroad to enforce State laws for the protection of railroad property, personnel, passengers, and cargo, to serve in the States in which the railroad owns property.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD0E01C54C7924B9992F94F1D0773F350">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEE6557CC397F4F7791CAED44FD3B8131">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Amtrak rail police</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24305(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D69DB26419A4327AC1EBD00ACA68C6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>may employ</quote> and inserting <quote>may directly employ or contract with</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H532F4CE75AF647A9BA8579FA98666181">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>employed by</quote> and inserting <quote>directly employed by or contracted by</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H154D9721B35041FCA4D6A04CC12E053F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>employed without</quote> and inserting <quote>directly employed or contracted without</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H50C91B0E1DD44F18A27C62BB205D6C1C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>Section 922(z)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>employed by</quote> and inserting <quote>directly employed by or contracted by</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE1D25AC22DAB40C983638BFCB5881E80">
<enum>11413.</enum>
<header>Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment</header>
<subsection id="H73C495D4F4D3402F979897CE768E6009">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter I of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9BDA9C689C64AED82FF2B32ECD5A1FF" style="USC">
<section id="H634AD60C317D4FEFAE354683B95BDB26">
<enum>20121.</enum>
<header>Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation may receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United States Government-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Railroad Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation, and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program.</text>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H798BE9ED309C46FD82CFAF2C0AE83B83">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for subchapter I of chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0600B7DF5E664D4EB3C8CE8D4A3FAA4C" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">20121. Repair and replacement of damaged track inspection equipment.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBA31AD926A734F1B9D5E52CE6AE776C6" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no">
<enum>11414.</enum>
<header>Report on vertical track deflection</header>
<subsection id="H70C57627ADC5498DA13CB68D76DF135B" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report detailing research conducted or procured by the Federal Railroad Administration on developing a system that measures vertical track deflection (in this section referred to as <quote>VTD</quote>) from a moving rail car, including the ability of such system to identify poor track support from fouled ballast, deteriorated cross ties, or other conditions.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H54F96AF40E8C43E48435967A5DDB329F" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4CA8386286C34152A7910CFD05E651DE" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings and results of testing of VTD instrumentation during field trials on revenue service track;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5BC6213B2ACC4311A52022AD80070953" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings and results of subsequent testing of VTD instrumentation on a Federal Railroad Administration automated track inspection program geometry car;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE271B80349154A849EDD496BD2791244" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>if considered appropriate by the Secretary based on the report and related research, a plan for developing quantitative inspection criteria for poor track support using existing VTD instrumentation on Federal Railroad Administration automated track inspection program geometry cars; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8851B068B98E4125BCD8CC0FDD8BBA74" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if considered appropriate by the Secretary based on the report and related research, a plan for installing VTD instrumentation on all remaining Federal Railroad Administration automated track inspection program geometry cars not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD34388C195A9422A9EBEFDF0F1F89C15" commented="no">
<enum>11415.</enum>
<header>Rail passenger liability</header>
<subsection id="H05AE9F5D01614EAF962F16D4129A7806" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amtrak incident</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the aggregate allowable awards to all rail passengers, against all defendants, for all claims, including claims for punitive damages, arising from a single accident or incident involving Amtrak occurring on May 12, 2015, shall not exceed $295,000,000. </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2818A399274C446793E8F26D55074DDF" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Adjustment based on Consumer Price Index</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The liability cap under section 28103(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall be adjusted on the date of enactment of this Act to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers between such date and December 2, 1997, and the Secretary shall provide appropriate public notice of such adjustment. The adjustment of the liability cap shall be effective 30 days after such notice. Every fifth year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall adjust such liability cap to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers since the last adjustment. The Secretary shall provide appropriate public notice of each such adjustment, and the adjustment shall become effective 30 days after such notice.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HD7C2A8C91B0C4FA8914CC0287D43D1E8">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>Project Delivery</header>
<section id="H2EB82142D28C4BF18E153B16169CF61E">
<enum>11501.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote>Track, Railroad, and Infrastructure Network Act</quote> or the <quote>TRAIN Act</quote>. </text>
</section>
<section id="H6ABDDB42208042E3A5A2DFDE10142668">
<enum>11502.</enum>
<header>Treatment of improvements to rail and transit under preservation requirements</header>
<subsection id="HF3E01119E4BB4A1B9063D5B1C4E738A8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 23 amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 138 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HDED73A45E1174114A5C0FF76A86AC313" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H08BCB5BF611D409682E4272FFE68BE93">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Rail and transit</header>
<paragraph id="H027F7F902B6F4496A82B13A0B1F4F7CF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvements to, or the maintenance, rehabilitation, or operation of, railroad or rail transit lines or elements thereof that are in use or were historically used for the transportation of goods or passengers shall not be considered a use of a historic site under subsection (a), regardless of whether the railroad or rail transit line or element thereof is listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A913FD8C0414EEA9E46AFBB800B1B29">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<subparagraph id="H7B1F22A2B75E459880FC8ACF5C5C2409">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—</text>
<clause id="H9BECBFA25E7A4A6F884BABD9BEE34C60">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>stations; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F587F95B93845FEBBA0139D7D330D2C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>bridges or tunnels located on—</text>
<subclause id="H138007447CFB44138DE1F010A7D111C4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>railroad lines that have been abandoned; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB4E21782FF86440A8753F6A630C14DC9">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>transit lines that are not in use.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30CCB481F4E140F49D146A566224BCFE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Clarification with respect to certain bridges and tunnels</header>
<text>The bridges and tunnels referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) do not include bridges or tunnels located on railroad or transit lines—</text>
<clause id="H28763DEE02CC420FB5F9E6FE71A18934">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">over which service has been discontinued; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H16A46D05B0B6416BA007DF447B7EE498">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that have been railbanked or otherwise reserved for the transportation of goods or passengers.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DFF60BDCF964236ABCB5D1398337729">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Title 49 amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD86201A4F419411EA4A6AAF0FF4E4AAE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (d) and (h)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91A594332CA74B44AB89033C08E27A26">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E1693445BCE4CCDBB8F04B116FF4122" style="USC">
<subsection id="H1B0E0D4BB3A74E82AA06A080665219A9">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Rail and transit</header>
<paragraph id="HAD1F913244184E11B30866747C67D881">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Improvements to, or the maintenance, rehabilitation, or operation of, railroad or rail transit lines or elements thereof that are in use or were historically used for the transportation of goods or passengers shall not be considered a use of a historic site under subsection (c), regardless of whether the railroad or rail transit line or element thereof is listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA928430F4434545910B16841F0793AB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<subparagraph id="HF4B65A78CE3343309ED4720E29CC0FB4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—</text>
<clause id="H6E7B37DB685A43A7870C0690689C9622">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>stations; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H04AC05F5FE4C4CA7B0EF528F08E2C479">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bridges or tunnels located on—</text>
<subclause id="H694EA2650EBF491B8D5B0D304FB9B599">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>railroad lines that have been abandoned; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2872152BA9A84AD1B7866B7904EE4C46">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>transit lines that are not in use.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CDB76D11AD84FB58AB6A42F243687D8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Clarification with respect to certain bridges and tunnels</header>
<text>The bridges and tunnels referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) do not include bridges or tunnels located on railroad or transit lines—</text>
<clause id="HE9F59928A97644A89B85BFF30E65F910">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>over which service has been discontinued; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6D3F445B078F4CB3AE9061AD607C7096">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that have been railbanked or otherwise reserved for the transportation of goods or passengers.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBD136091DEA2484AA2766D7E62314D1B" commented="no">
<enum>11503.</enum>
<header>Efficient environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="H23CF0566B36D4924900BF3EEAE4B5AC0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 241 the following new chapter: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HE05D1CCBC89345DE93131265D2F73905" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<chapter id="H69693FE641CA4CACB46F456F8E57A8EB" commented="no">
<enum>242</enum>
<header>Project delivery</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H69693FE641CA4CACB46F456F8E57A8EB" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded">
<toc-entry idref="HD72362FCBE94422D94B4AB6AFA3E5D96" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD72362FCBE94422D94B4AB6AFA3E5D96" level="section">24201. Efficient environmental reviews.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="HD72362FCBE94422D94B4AB6AFA3E5D96" commented="no">
<enum>24201.</enum>
<header>Efficient environmental reviews</header>
<subsection id="HA71E8C8EE7D744BB9E9C0854F25D6781" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Efficient environmental reviews</header>
<paragraph id="HC22D0F130482405CA77D23A49122B322" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation shall apply the project development procedures, to the greatest extent feasible, described in section 139 of title 23 to any railroad project that requires the approval of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC95CE0459AD74F7284B70CCCCF0BE141" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Regulations and procedures</header>
<text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall incorporate into agency regulations and procedures pertaining to railroad projects described in paragraph (1) aspects of such project development procedures, or portions thereof, determined appropriate by the Secretary in a manner consistent with this section, that increase the efficiency of the review of railroad projects.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30BB4683989C4491BF4DD88595E9BF67" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Discretion</header>
<text>The Secretary may choose not to incorporate into agency regulations and procedures pertaining to railroad projects described in paragraph (1) such project development procedures that could only feasibly apply to highway projects, public transportation capital projects, and multimodal projects.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8B65F35175B461FA440AC3DB25F80A2" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (l) of section 139 of title 23 shall apply to railroad projects described in paragraph (1), except that the limitation on claims of 150 days shall be 2 years.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC5AFF7B02D144B6985BD200BB6177DAA" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Additional categorical exclusions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H168DE23230724A30B60ECA8A99BDE527" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>survey the use by the Federal Railroad Administration of categorical exclusions in transportation projects since 2005; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2ABC9BCE64CD4A3F9E5B0D3DFF44269E" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>publish in the Federal Register for notice and public comment a review of the survey that includes a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0ADDE3EA8AF148AF8EFF794CF8FFA3A4" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the types of actions categorically excluded; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C89BF26261E49308545E5D615809ECF" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any actions the Secretary is considering for new categorical exclusions, including those that would conform to those of other modal administrations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFEFACB8B8F7F4D96B1BB59A9B0668EC2" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>New categorical exclusions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to propose new and existing categorical exclusions for railroad projects that require the approval of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including those identified under subsection (b), and develop a process for considering new categorical exclusions to the extent that the categorical exclusions meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H45492D1D347F4A519D23D43BD4D2D94E" commented="no">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Transparency</header>
<text>The Secretary shall maintain and make publicly available, including on the Internet, a database that identifies project-specific information on the use of a categorical exclusion on any railroad project carried out under this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H15EAB101A3DB40DB981ACF0411EAF37A">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Protections for existing agreements and NEPA</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in subtitle E of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, or any amendment made by such subtitle, shall affect any existing environmental review process, program, agreement, or funding arrangement approved by the Secretary under title 49, as that title was in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of such subtitle.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HACD71D5D58EE495BA93DE3764C79E81B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as expressly provided in section 41003(f) and subsection (o) of section 139 of title 23, United States Code, the requirements and other provisions of title 41 of this Act shall not apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B4536BA793A48A6ACEE4F3ECAED8B9C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs administered now and in the future by the Department of Transportation or its operating administrations under title 23, 46, or 49, United States Code, including direct loan and loan guarantee programs, or other Federal statutes or programs or projects administered by an agency pursuant to their authority under title 49, United States Code; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F0FC0CDC5914D179EC3040C15CEA974">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any project subject to section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2348).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H709558CD622C4EEF9324BA987A6B4C6B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Table of chapters amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of chapters of subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 241 the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB5006D54AB494800BF7FAA2FC2550D06" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter" bold="off">
<toc-enum>242.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="chapter" bold="off">Project delivery</level-header>
<target>24201</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H882D3AB1340D45BA9957708F89B01C4B">
<enum>11504.</enum>
<header>Railroad rights-of-way</header>
<subsection id="H3A68890F6DA64E59BA8EC9D1ED2FA4C4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 242 of title 49, United States Code, (as added by this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HE7AE507912364C44891CC04390F879BF" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="H7EF7CD2F628843358772139DF9BB4FC6">
<enum>24202.</enum>
<header>Railroad rights-of-way</header>
<subsection id="H54C6A7ADBAAD486A93D38F1253120985">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit a proposed exemption of railroad rights-of-way from the review under section 306108 of title 54 to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for consideration, consistent with the exemption for interstate highways approved on March 10, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 11,928).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFB9EA223CEFD4E4A98D14859FF0A1470">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Final exemption</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the proposed exemption under subsection (a) to the Council, the Council shall issue a final exemption of railroad rights-of-way from review under chapter 3061 of title 54 consistent with the exemption for interstate highways approved on March 10, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 11,928).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H201A11802BFF49B6BE084A352CEF01AF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for chapter 242 of title 49, United States Code, (as added by this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF19F85CF9D18446CBDF1E5526C0DA5B9">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section" bold="off">24202. Railroad rights-of-way.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HEE75E2FFA8B841728B80C5046B12EAB1">
<enum>F</enum>
<header>Financing</header>
<section id="H98E2AA3C098048BEBF358792E802C97D">
<enum>11601.</enum>
<header>Short title; references</header>
<subsection id="HA6BDFE7694AA4DA1854B93F356672261">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Railroad Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7AB648048ACE4D19AD358B4821C051E8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>References to the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H346E01403B544A8192294F241675DEC0">
<enum>11602.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 (45 U.S.C. 821) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC68E65C88CB344949D837DB2DFA68BE9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60B6E757181640EE94853895B3553AC0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA8F26B6ABD64D2F9730F81ECE761FC5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A53732CA12D470C9C1111793F52F50D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H73F9DEC6E8D244598C7BDE1FD5891B3E">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>The term <term>investment-grade rating</term> means a rating of BBB minus, Baa 3, bbb minus, BBB(low), or higher assigned by a rating agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D6134B6B7014E52A5ED2EA5E73F44DD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (8), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80DA7623085C49C886B4DC2887B9CEE6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1EFC3595FACC40A893434E46C42C7D64">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>The term <term>master credit agreement</term> means an agreement to make 1 or more direct loans or loan guarantees at future dates for a program of related projects on terms acceptable to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF93471478DAA41E897D4037AB1FC0E44">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB313463FE78941E8BF87819F0C30D678" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD095B130B9741C1B3635C6CAAFFCAC4">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>The term <term>project obligation</term> means a note, bond, debenture, or other debt obligation issued by a borrower in connection with the financing of a project, other than a direct loan or loan guarantee under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5ABC451515EE465A813F202285922C14">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>The term <term>railroad</term> has the meaning given the term <term>railroad carrier</term> in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H457F444D4DFE40CBBF8FED7778222BE9">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>The term <term>rating agency</term> means a credit rating agency registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a))).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EF8A4AE44B949688F933D019526F215">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>The term <term>substantial completion</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HACE5D584D442478489A51C5F2FB2D245">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the opening of a project to passenger or freight traffic; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C5E82268DEF4C88B780F1F97D3EEE76">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a comparable event, as determined by the Secretary and specified in the terms of the direct loan or loan guarantee provided by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD1BCC2CB9CC14FB099422D0C1FEBAD9D">
<enum>11603.</enum>
<header>Eligible applicants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502(a) (45 U.S.C. 822(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1413DAABD1854B3B8B8DD596063CFB55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>one railroad</quote> and inserting <quote>1 of the entities described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (6)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86C88AC16D354E638A84F50F99547294">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ACE1CD759454B0787F54683B07E4406" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8BF72A0A27264DCB99EEC5D9C1EF8020">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>solely for the purpose of constructing a rail connection between a plant or facility and a railroad, limited option freight shippers that own or operate a plant or other facility.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF182CE7789AC4F39A8CF11060713F729">
<enum>11604.</enum>
<header>Eligible purposes</header>
<subsection id="H6213D0C4C1504E11BDA435D914F2F1F9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(b)(1) (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H51C455D06CD546A3BD0374598CDF7AC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, and costs related to these activities, including pre-construction costs</quote> after <quote>shops</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AEB48D6EA154B6F9A6A86896153DDB5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A); or</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A) or (C);</quote>; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A61D54E8B1541598B5D005F4030B455" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C69630E6A2D44F3B7216232AA168FE0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H394EE99A7E354CCF8D5A8AC292EA656D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H236FB7D7D63C4F79864928C26736F261">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reimburse planning and design expenses relating to activities described in subparagraph (A) or (C); or </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5AC0E582CA94FC8BFEB246602AA5424">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>finance economic development, including commercial and residential development, and related infrastructure and activities, that—</text>
<clause id="HBAC62C8F3A354E9085B269E98A691BE5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>incorporates private investment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H81FEFE1DA6454F7BB14A036862A3D99B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is physically or functionally related to a passenger rail station or multimodal station that includes rail service;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0F568B5F0AC6450A9BB0226EC530272C">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>has a high probability of the applicant commencing the contracting process for construction not later than 90 days after the date on which the direct loan or loan guarantee is obligated for the project under this title; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD726A711354246F49F3EAF31FC83C4B4">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>has a high probability of reducing the need for financial assistance under any other Federal program for the relevant passenger rail station or service by increasing ridership, tenant lease payments, or other activities that generate revenue exceeding costs.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC6B46309BFB645E99AC1595573226A57">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Required non-Federal match for transit-oriented development projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(h) (45 U.S.C. 822(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H865587E6D6CB448090259E193047D09F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H62E922455F20421E892BFFE4CB837538" indent="up1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall require each recipient of a direct loan or loan guarantee under this section for a project described in subsection (b)(1)(E) to provide a non-Federal match of not less than 25 percent of the total amount expended by the recipient for such project.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H530754B9DCC0471488AD2FC4230404EE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(b) (45 U.S.C. 822(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDC2ADF76932745D7BCEE22D7CE481028" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H5EADA94B6CE04664AFA51CE3FEE57D49">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide a direct loan or loan guarantee under this section for a project described in paragraph (1)(E) only during the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC3E14A0580804A7493FA2E81CE9BA050">
<enum>11605.</enum>
<header>Program administration</header>
<subsection id="HE49D4534A29245B79D48AAADF1089946">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Application processing procedures</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(i) (45 U.S.C. 822(i)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8293909CAE3549B19A662FBD71ABA1ED" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5BC4FBD1A72343ABA63FB59C6CA48B3D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Application processing procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H7352062E235D492E82ACDBD5C163B4D4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Application status notices</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date that the Secretary receives an application under this section, or additional information and material under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall provide the applicant written notice as to whether the application is complete or incomplete.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CB53ED2FFE3429381651EA8887BDC18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Incomplete applications</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that an application is incomplete, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBA9C39BCA9734F4091F0D40939B0EC61">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>provide the applicant with a description of all of the specific information or material that is needed to complete the application, including any information required by an independent financial analyst; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF5D29359ADF4071917D36144AD46ED7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>allow the applicant to resubmit the application with the information and material described under subparagraph (A) to complete the application.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H923818B66CF6401C8B46DEBEE23451D8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Application approvals and disapprovals</header>
<subparagraph id="HA3B88AFAA72E49ADAB8C1F1ABC925FD3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date the Secretary notifies an applicant that an application is complete under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide the applicant written notice as to whether the Secretary has approved or disapproved the application.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3541ABD55A8404585F2581FD6E482F6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Actions by the Office of Management and Budget</header>
<text>In order to enable compliance with the time limit under subparagraph (A), the Office of Management and Budget shall take any action required with respect to the application within that 60-day period.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8BD830DF4644315BD97D7CE8AB2D535">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Expedited processing</header>
<text>The Secretary shall implement procedures and measures to economize the time and cost involved in obtaining an approval or a disapproval of an application for a direct loan or loan guarantee under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9947DB6B591740319AC909882BCE0183">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Dashboard</header>
<text>The Secretary shall post on the Department of Transportation's Internet Web site a monthly report that includes, for each application—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA36105A0E2C4F71A4B22361B552862F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the applicant type;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H176AB2917D6A487A9E7EEE64710EB7F9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the location of the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96CDA56BABF14BA193813E2B94F5E807">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a brief description of the project, including its purpose;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE61877B7901C42068D8EA3624644F4BE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the requested direct loan or loan guarantee amount;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12D8970C022D48EA91F3478726AA4D6C">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the date on which the Secretary provided application status notice under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71477BE9B0C24D9DA982EBC6C7624A41">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the date that the Secretary provided notice of approval or disapproval under paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3791CB4BFFC34889AAF56FFD39686FE8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administration of direct loans and loan guarantees</header>
<text>Section 503 (45 U.S.C. 823) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FDCCE0F99F24CAB97C9A68463094244">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, including a program guide, a standard term sheet, and specific timetables.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52C919BA2090414181879927443EEC88">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) through (l) as subsections (d) through (m), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBEB59E7BBD684055BED5059DDEA6B9E0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Assignment of loan guarantees</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote>(c) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Assignment of loan guarantees</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42FA2E94EBCD48CB94580A397786F458">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5955B4DED97476994BF5A7A82C7384E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD53F1ED8F34C443E85EBFCBF1949ADB7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H694220B52BA342BCB7748947ABDD1603">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42A9F684B37D4CD9A956F01238239CA2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA3C8AC6CCA3842C4ADF0F8B0FA7F6236">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the modification cost has been covered under section 502(f).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D11F4EE8A0A4C4AAFC867233BF9F55A">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (l), as so redesignated, and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05AD843F36EA42AAA4E5E035B9381834" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0FF7CD7ACDA940E883C69902ACAD8DBC">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Charges and loan servicing</header>
<paragraph id="HC56679B58C4E4ADC867FF81E6B4FAC35">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The Secretary may collect from each applicant, obligor, or loan party a reasonable charge for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8113177A3AEE41BEAAC5B5EAB200658F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cost of evaluating the application, amendments, modifications, and waivers, including for evaluating project viability, applicant creditworthiness, and the appraisal of the value of the equipment or facilities for which the direct loan or loan guarantee is sought, and for making necessary determinations and findings;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H80F4A494462A4DE6BE9EF9AD8D0AB468">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the cost of award management and project management oversight;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H405000252D294D65BCAEE940CA0FED89">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the cost of services from expert firms, including counsel, and independent financial advisors to assist in the underwriting, auditing, servicing, and exercise of rights with respect to direct loans and loan guarantees; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6149D67933E040079734E582B38EC275">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the cost of all other expenses incurred as a result of a breach of any term or condition or any event of default on a direct loan or loan guarantee.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53B4CAF3795B4A859A34ABCA8AE51534">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Standards</header>
<text>The Secretary may charge different amounts under this subsection based on the different costs incurred under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0B182CE79B8462EA4CCCB9F713148CF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Servicer</header>
<subparagraph id="H3729C962AC734683A3F9E0780178F3C4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may appoint a financial entity to assist the Secretary in servicing a direct loan or loan guarantee under this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA69D104E5D224C75AA908CA1C07BEB21">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>A servicer appointed under subparagraph (A) shall act as the agent of the Secretary in serving a direct loan or loan guarantee under this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E5296ECE70D452AA52A92726DB8C448">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Fees</header>
<text>A servicer appointed under subparagraph (A) shall receive a servicing fee from the obligor or other loan party, subject to approval by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4900C86BA2A49D98E67DFDDADA0E270">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Safety and operations account</header>
<text>Amounts collected under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FAABB7EF23A47189CE71EE0BD7E39E0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30346BD367FD421F8B79F8E1294D0CD0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>remain available until expended to pay for the costs described in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H311B3F772CDA48249D4F25D57A9B8724">
<enum>11606.</enum>
<header>Loan terms and repayment</header>
<subsection id="HED34AE57481A4CCFAE037128AF3854C3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prerequisites for assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(g)(1) (45 U.S.C. 822(g)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>35 years from the date of its execution</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8CF26686A34D4058A7BAD86F45A5E888" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD56D994FF5B54963B10A914160F9A6B1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">35 years after the date of substantial completion of the project; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB7E1E350B5146E0AA7B99C8CD4487E8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated useful life of the rail equipment or facilities to be acquired, rehabilitated, improved, developed, or established</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H46CDD996EA944792B554E255218EC4CA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repayment schedules</header>
<text>Section 502(j) (45 U.S.C. 822(j)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7ED1402AE35C42FF9E27BD9BB150A3F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>the sixth anniversary date of the original loan disbursement</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years after the date of substantial completion</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81460BE6BC614BBBA135AA375D080F15">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0715E9D6890D4146BD918BE7F4446AF3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEB8CC65163D64FD4855CA601FB17EE8E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Deferred payments</header>
<subparagraph id="HB94C2C852D504B8A8D6355C6DD28E9AF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If at any time after the date of substantial completion the obligor is unable to pay the scheduled loan repayments of principal and interest on a direct loan provided under this section, the Secretary, subject to subparagraph (B), may allow, for a maximum aggregate time of 1 year over the duration of the direct loan, the obligor to add unpaid principal and interest to the outstanding balance of the direct loan.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H632FC12DCADB4D8480B508841B0AD3DA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Interest</header>
<text>A payment deferred under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="H2F731E31B0884C9FAC3265E2D855B7B7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>continue to accrue interest under paragraph (2) until the loan is fully repaid; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H011B95574D5F455E92612DC73A679D8C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be scheduled to be amortized over the remaining term of the loan.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9495FE3E12DE4000B6AFCC151A8BEF92">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Prepayments</header>
<subparagraph id="HCE0FEDF834B3443FB437DBC081B5D50D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Use of excess revenues</header>
<text>With respect to a direct loan provided by the Secretary under this section, any excess revenues that remain after satisfying scheduled debt service requirements on the project obligations and direct loan and all deposit requirements under the terms of any trust agreement, bond resolution, or similar agreement securing project obligations may be applied annually to prepay the direct loan without penalty.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63897AECCE224A6BBB32E1125599CE3A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of proceeds of refinancing</header>
<text>The direct loan may be prepaid at any time without penalty from the proceeds of refinancing from non-Federal funding sources.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEA6A296A57D64F2191E5AD822FA7FB6B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Sale of direct loans</header>
<text>Section 502 (45 U.S.C. 822) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3288F9457054284BF5CCB95E1B89DD5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB5B12CCDEF0A4D03978D4FD2B16B29A7">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Sale of direct loans</header>
<paragraph id="H5C5F0D63752D46F0BFB4F51C063188F3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2) and as soon as practicable after substantial completion of a project, the Secretary, after notifying the obligor, may sell to another entity or reoffer into the capital markets a direct loan for the project if the Secretary determines that the sale or reoffering has a high probability of being made on favorable terms.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40678C62069A4751A04BD1986AD15D63">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consent of obligor</header>
<text>In making a sale or reoffering under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not change the original terms and conditions of the secured loan without the prior written consent of the obligor.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCE44CE43840D4835BDF8D1528F980B2C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Nonsubordination</header>
<text>Section 502 (45 U.S.C. 822) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0ABB01FFF7C4B238629EB1D3595C473" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7C4AA24EE6154FDAAEDF50170E93E451">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Nonsubordination</header>
<paragraph id="H1583EAD4C9974F73A1719F7B6321591A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a direct loan provided by the Secretary under this section shall not be subordinated to the claims of any holder of project obligations in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency, or liquidation of the obligor.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED28FA0C1037412E9B91FA5B1252CB0B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Preexisting indentures</header>
<subparagraph id="HA04432FE80994CA69AAACD449B4656CF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) for a public agency borrower that is financing ongoing capital programs and has outstanding senior bonds under a preexisting indenture if—</text>
<clause id="HE2C965ACF3234E2EB7AEEC92934BA8A0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the direct loan is rated in the A category or higher;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1FA9A3D02AA849BDB5D6D6B6CDD27299">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the direct loan is secured and payable from pledged revenues not affected by project performance, such as a tax-based revenue pledge or a system-backed pledge of project revenues; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H46CDD5D029094040AE7E3FD8BF6D1D4E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the program share, under this title, of eligible project costs is 50 percent or less.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H92EC5F535AE047B087EB9AAA8EDDF229">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary may impose limitations for the waiver of the nonsubordination requirement under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that such limitations would be in the financial interest of the Federal Government. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB9AF126922A845208DC3670282F833E9">
<enum>11607.</enum>
<header>Credit risk premiums</header>
<subsection id="HAAC1742D08FB429DB1DA7E85935FF7D6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Infrastructure Partners</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(f) (45 U.S.C. 822(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1E09F45A9FD4AB7B384CE975A3BC58B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>In lieu of or in combination with appropriations of budget authority to cover the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees as required under section 504(b)(1) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c(b)(1)), including the cost of a modification thereof, the Secretary may accept on behalf of an applicant for assistance under this section a commitment from a non-Federal source, including a State or local government or agency or public benefit corporation or public authority thereof, to fund in whole or in part credit risk premiums and modification costs with respect to the loan that is the subject of the application or modification.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD112AB86BB374213AD63B1883D28BBBD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62FAEBA392FB416BBC50383495199CA5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21FE9D0155E4456A8F949C7936AB1718">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6D5B4BFC25C40EDB985DC1A1D3AEAAB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (E);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62D1BDE7FB834B2D806F8EA151A259AB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BFBAA68D5924FEFAC86FA251EADB18F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFA1DB4BF544476A98801D26AACA709E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77F9CC61B2E8469590AAA93331365ACD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1F36C913778B4DAD936BF17B6FDEED68">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Creditworthiness</header>
<text>An applicant may propose and the Secretary shall accept as a basis for determining the amount of the credit risk premium under paragraph (2) any of the following in addition to the value of any tangible asset:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD120243C8D5E4CC198B600C1F4B58004">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The net present value of a future stream of State or local subsidy income or other dedicated revenues to secure the direct loan or loan guarantee.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1DB29941844445D8A2727EB70CC64834">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Adequate coverage requirements to ensure repayment, on a non-recourse basis, from cash flows generated by the project or any other dedicated revenue source, including—</text>
<clause id="H25CB5D28634045CDAC4CFD40B3710A2F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>tolls;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCB7AD510CF65479DA824E3C67AA9150D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>user fees; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H43CABCF10BAB402196E4E99DDD64AEB0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>payments owing to the obligor under a public-private partnership.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34F1505D2AD04B9792B1893882C0E77F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>An investment-grade rating on the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, except that if the total amount of the direct loan or loan guarantee is greater than $75,000,000, the applicant shall have an investment-grade rating from at least 2 rating agencies on the direct loan or loan guarantee.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F0E9348B80C4609BF1315A840E5DAEE">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking <quote>amounts</quote> and inserting <quote>amounts (and in the case of a modification, before the modification is executed), to the extent appropriations are not available to the Secretary to meet the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, including costs of modifications thereof</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H307E17293A7047C1B14587C71E00E914" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Savings Clause</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All provisions under sections 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) as they existed on the day before enactment of this Act shall apply to direct loans provided by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and nothing in this title may be construed to limit the payback of a credit risk premium, with interest accrued thereon, if a direct loan provided by the Secretary under such sections has been paid back in full, prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2DB5B753A2014B3DAB9A63A363DD5663">
<enum>11608.</enum>
<header>Master credit agreements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502 (45 U.S.C. 822) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7BF319C8A874409B7038362AEF6D0AA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H35E1B3284C714BF8AED6A1DC08CBEC82">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Master credit agreements</header>
<paragraph id="HF51D376E2CAC46718D46EC85B7CA610B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (d) and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary may enter into a master credit agreement that is contingent on all of the conditions for the provision of a direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, under this title and other applicable requirements being satisfied prior to the issuance of the direct loan or loan guarantee.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2890BA21B1042C896437A677E0D6D80">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conditions</header>
<text>Each master credit agreement shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA28793C4D5E4A53B492CAA5F2E3769F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>establish the maximum amount and general terms and conditions of each applicable direct loan or loan guarantee;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H640F8B02A8334931B67AD052FE2A18BD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identify 1 or more dedicated non-Federal revenue sources that will secure the repayment of each applicable direct loan or loan guarantee;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB4B69D49B814F3C8A02568756402B57">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provide for the obligation of funds for the direct loans or loan guarantees contingent on and after all requirements have been met for the projects subject to the master credit agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC11977B679F45C691B569208AA71164">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>provide 1 or more dates, as determined by the Secretary, before which the master credit agreement results in each of the direct loans or loan guarantees or in the release of the master credit agreement.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HC13CF842AE2A4E6888D2EEE428E97969">
<enum>11609.</enum>
<header>Priorities and conditions</header>
<subsection id="HB4B661D31D614207B5D9D544EF4EF130">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Priority projects</header>
<text>Section 502(c) (45 U.S.C. 822(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H141B47A7D13144E893EE3F81FCE657A3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, including projects for the installation of a positive train control system (as defined in section 20157(i) of title 49, United States Code)</quote> after <quote>public safety</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A68E931F563441DA12989E80EC640B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by moving paragraph (3) to appear before paragraph (2), and redesignating those paragraphs accordingly;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17A42667C4784DFCAF2B9853D61ED2E1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>or chapter 227 of title 49</quote> after <quote>section 135 of title 23</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2137FDEE6914C06BFC8A4D387F8C6C1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7BE16BA7167249DDB2897F76AFF3BFD2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AE567C5D63F4FC3BE7A927978ABFE8A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDD3C0DCFBB984E6BB681E8F26EE57312">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>improve railroad stations and passenger facilities and increase transit-oriented development;</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H457E308C0C704BFFA1D09F06BEE94910">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conditions of assistance</header>
<text>Section 502(h)(2) (45 U.S.C. 822(h)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>, if applicable</quote> after <quote>project</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE4E16AE6D594CEC9269371C354B056D" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11610.</enum>
<header>Savings provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AD354010EA54C69B6BD4568754E4607">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 11607(b), this subtitle, and the amendments made by this subtitle, shall not affect any direct loan (or direct loan obligation) or an outstanding loan guarantee (or loan guarantee commitment) that was in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Any such transaction entered into before the date of enactment of this Act shall be administered until completion under its terms as if this Act were not enacted.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA916CDD170854EC19B6C455694728CA7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Modification costs</header>
<text>At the discretion of the Secretary, the authority to accept modification costs on behalf of an applicant under section 502(f) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(f)), as amended by section 11607 of this Act, may apply with respect to any direct loan (or direct loan obligation) or an outstanding loan guarantee (or loan guarantee commitment) that was in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H598BD3BE1AA644D0A8298F0DB98A3131" commented="no">
<enum>11611.</enum>
<header>Report on leveraging RRIF</header>
<subsection id="HA2AE618E856C47ABA084DB46BED1E841" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that analyzes how the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program can be used to improve passenger rail infrastructure.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DD50D854BC84EA881FB80176ACB116A" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report Contents</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H57B758B3E960450FA415812EE6F7CA1B" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>illustrative examples of projects that could be financed under such Program;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC84B01A4BB445EA98A5DD3477B82AE2" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>potential repayment sources for such projects, including tax-increment financing, user fees, tolls, and other dedicated revenue sources; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE53E968CB6A34F168F6846B6DEE686CB" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>estimated costs and benefits of using the Program relative to other options, including a comparison of the length of time such projects would likely be completed without Federal credit assistance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
B
Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015
<enum>XXIV</enum>
<header>Motor Vehicle Safety</header>
<subtitle id="H4A26C9A75E9949F6A48B04A46B563DED">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Vehicle Safety</header>
<section id="H08A4B44C9AE940B5B4EFFFB437397DD0">
<enum>24101.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H986564187D4342C9A394A57E64CE143D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out chapter 301 of title 49, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HBA37D8289E9D4B9084A42F654836AB58">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$132,730,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD855725B3DE54CB3963EB8D93CCD041A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$135,517,330 for fiscal year 2017.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6555470C1C3A43D4A25726E3D4574AD4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>$138,363,194 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2B58EFB6E3140808872ED392E050A2D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>$141,268,821 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5208F797C1643A7B81F9D34BAF3E18E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$144,235,466 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H312AD27D816C4EEAA9E8FA1527C5C7C2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Additional authorization of appropriations if a certification is made</header>
<paragraph id="H4E4C7E877C3A4EDC8D673F6A0CF5ED10">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) to carry out chapter 301 of title 49, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, if the certification described in paragraph (2) is made during a fiscal year there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for that purpose for that fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years an additional amount as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H821EE27E453D4B48987A9FD2BAC533C2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$46,270,000 for fiscal year 2016.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51C138148E7E4771BF909A382B74AF4C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$51,537,670 for fiscal year 2017.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4008D8702CA94EE1926E13AC695BABA0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$57,296,336 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF231A1AA42ED4C74850D0EFD1949E30F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$62,999,728 for fiscal year 2019.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD37E1EC0E8BA4B00A74A257EA5F50687">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$69,837,974 for fiscal year 2020.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC4D0A4713A943FE886ECB3214A3CF70">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Certification described</header>
<text>The certification described in this paragraph is a certification made by the Secretary and submitted to Congress that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has implemented all of the recommendations in the Office of Inspector General Audit Report issued June 18, 2015 (ST–2015–063). As part of the certification, the Secretary shall review the actions the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken to implement the recommendations and issue a report to Congress detailing how the recommendations were implemented. The Secretary shall not delegate or assign the responsibility under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H33BCF0AB3B4948A28FAC7BE9C8FD4853">
<enum>24102.</enum>
<header>Inspector general recommendations</header>
<subsection id="H1AE86AF3737A44068DF35103A8E9D0E6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter until the completion date, the Department of Transportation Inspector General shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress on whether and what progress has been made to implement the recommendations in the Office of Inspector General Audit Report issued June 18, 2015 (ST–2015–063).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFD40E6061BA6451A829159E964CD40A8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Implementation progress</header>
<text>The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H69B886C171944D9E88D6C5DB17BFD7A5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter until the completion date, provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the actions the Administrator has taken to implement the recommendations in the audit report described in subsection (a), including a plan for implementing any remaining recommendations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95AAE709844949338CA497181D6B63B5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a final report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the implementation of all of the recommendations in the audit report described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02786BEE41804B32A4956FBF01550C49">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H4B24AAFEA1C2441BA3A7A6C02D916E51">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Appropriate committees of congress</header>
<text>The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B21EECD97574B14A15EA259A880F407">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Completion date</header>
<text>The term <term>completion date</term> means the date that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has implemented all of the recommendations in the Office of Inspector General Audit Report issued June 18, 2015 (ST–2015–063).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H987100E14EB540A088F5AA49D736F995">
<enum>24103.</enum>
<header>Improvements in availability of recall information</header>
<subsection id="H62A30F0A083E4A29B95EB83CC92E72EF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Vehicle recall information</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement current information technology, web design trends, and best practices that will help ensure that motor vehicle safety recall information available to the public on the Federal website is readily accessible and easy to use, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H942CA1B6AB764C94853F2A6CF8AE090B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by improving the organization, availability, readability, and functionality of the website;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD07D5F14C3B41D9BB6128E68A1C980F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by accommodating high-traffic volume; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD817252112F643B68FC5B8C62EFF835A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by establishing best practices for scheduling routine website maintenance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H35B57958008044FC8DF1D65C6DF39357">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Government accountability office public awareness report</header>
<paragraph id="H090BC819393E46378B99EA3EC6B24F29">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Comptroller General shall study the current use by consumers, dealers, and manufacturers of the safety recall information made available to the public, including the usability and content of the Federal and manufacturers’ websites and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s efforts to publicize and educate consumers about safety recall information.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9729211257C420EB89AA5142A315991">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall issue a report with the findings of the study under paragraph (1), including recommending any actions the Secretary can take to improve public awareness and use of the websites for safety recall information.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H541559C01F6547588D10248A1BA915ED">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Promotion of public awareness</header>
<text>Section 31301(c) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (49 U.S.C. 30166 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8930DE4B484440A1B947EC7322134215" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H200CAFB574D3481EA2BBBAA39B333F99">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Promotion of public awareness</header>
<text>The Secretary shall improve public awareness of safety recall information made publicly available by periodically updating the method of conveying that information to consumers, dealers, and manufacturers, such as through public service announcements.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC5DD494AC2774679A87B8678AFCCBDEB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consumer guidance</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available to the public on the Internet detailed guidance for consumers submitting safety complaints, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H71110194C9AD46B0AEA75A9388D5F6BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a detailed explanation of what information a consumer should include in a complaint; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60F7B4C31ADC40889B976A9A43B4C879">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a detailed explanation of the possible actions the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration can take to address a complaint and respond to the consumer, including information on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD794D2CA221B42EBA3316124C4F1D86F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the consumer records, such as photographs and police reports, that could assist with an investigation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCC698D18D784D90B16A9402259A14F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the length of time a consumer should retain the records described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDFA523E3827F4DE6AE7C56E1D662153D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Vin search</header>
<paragraph id="HA4085E90206348639F2E68C9A00C73A8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, in coordination with industry, including manufacturers and dealers, shall study—</text>
<subparagraph id="H603A3B69CAF84D98A187AB82B6D77A3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the feasibility of searching multiple vehicle identification numbers at a time to retrieve motor vehicle safety recall information; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE78E848C90243DFB5CF649A11EB2F0D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the feasibility of making the search mechanism described under subparagraph (A) publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38F37C18A1E64DF3A75B1985350ED0BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the potential costs, and potential risks to privacy and security in implementing such a search mechanism.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2B38944169F64660B7B032F6A4963DA7">
<enum>24104.</enum>
<header>Recall process</header>
<subsection id="H258DD6D8CA504658BF1DE1571A605763">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Notification improvement</header>
<paragraph id="HD8F3BBF68D9B4B5FAF5B0ED812961863">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe a final rule revising the regulations under section 577.7 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to include notification by electronic means in addition to notification by first class mail.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37D9CAEEC89243C2AF893CCFD9E5836B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definition of electronic means</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>electronic means</term> includes electronic mail and may include such other means of electronic notification, such as social media or targeted online campaigns, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64E224C23646473E99779908A9C89360">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Notification by manufacturer</header>
<text>Section 30118(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or electronic mail</quote> after <quote>certified mail</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5617AC010CCF46128301C1712D2A03AB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recall completion rates report</header>
<paragraph id="HE9C037442E3D4A2C9667A41BD655372D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter for 4 years, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC23DBC4DC7A04384A09C45D3830408B5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>conduct an analysis of vehicle safety recall completion rates to assess potential actions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to improve vehicle safety recall completion rates; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38B023E97E894137A3F80943BDDE9106">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the analysis.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E9B5B5B7EFD404E98A99AA9EF489A95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>Each report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF68B9C2225014360A0135D00E9402006">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the annual recall completion rate by manufacturer, model year, component (such as brakes, fuel systems, and air bags), and vehicle type (passenger car, sport utility vehicle, passenger van, and pick-up truck) for each of the 5 years before the year the report is submitted;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3093355C881249FAB5493D7DCA53AE2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the methods by which the Secretary has conducted analyses of these recall completion rates to determine trends and identify risk factors associated with lower recall rates; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DD2CEF0BC004579B2221B83CF16DE8E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the actions the Secretary has planned to improve recall completion rates based on the results of this data analysis.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB4EFDC7DD0F34EB2ABA2ACB4F1D4EDFA">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Inspector general audit of vehicle recalls</header>
<paragraph id="HB6835D7131744ED58EDFA34D9FF4B591">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Department of Transportation Inspector General shall conduct an audit of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s management of vehicle safety recalls.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FA48DC427714122BBD28A08E4BA9461">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The audit shall include a determination of whether the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C6B7064BBD149FABB787B166E020EC8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>appropriately monitors recalls to ensure the appropriateness of scope and adequacy of recall completion rates and remedies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00E1A19AFD244CAFAF024F177F31D67C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ensures manufacturers provide safe remedies, at no cost to consumers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44E99A5BA67248EFA8F082BD0E1B94A2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>is capable of coordinating recall remedies and processes; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FDB4BE92BEE44EC896CDF7F25EACD11">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>can improve its policy on consumer notice to combat effects of recall fatigue.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H182C1FCD34C54FBBB302C0E3277BFDEF">
<enum>24105.</enum>
<header>Pilot grant program for state notification to consumers of motor vehicle recall status</header>
<subsection id="H2AF2690321FF46B3A8716D38F09FDBBA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than October 1, 2016, the Secretary shall implement a 2-year pilot program to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a State process for informing consumers of open motor vehicle recalls at the time of motor vehicle registration in the State.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4F9FFA18FFED41CBA67925E27A24872A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<text>To carry out this program, the Secretary may make a grant to each eligible State, but not more than 6 eligible States in total, that agrees to comply with the requirements under subsection (c). Funds made available to a State under this section shall be used by the State for the pilot program described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H71FDD01FE2104859A9E99C7815D060AF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>To be eligible for a grant, a State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H41FC981815D84A22BF491E03D5EF9ABE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>submit an application in such form and manner as the Secretary prescribes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13D00952079A4584AB775A230B3B03E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>agree to notify, at the time of registration, each owner or lessee of a motor vehicle presented for registration in the State of any open recall on that vehicle;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24EA171435E34FC2A085FE8613B10733">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>provide the open motor vehicle recall information at no cost to each owner or lessee of a motor vehicle presented for registration in the State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA6776F197D54601B0712D6A74C75647">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>provide such other information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HECF59B01DF0041DA99ABF5909075AC54">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Awards</header>
<text>In selecting an applicant for an award under this section, the Secretary shall consider the State’s methodology for determining open recalls on a motor vehicle, for informing consumers of the open recalls, and for determining performance.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8582AFF4A1434794A51DCAE779A46B03">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Performance period</header>
<text>Each grant awarded under this section shall require a 2-year performance period.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEEFF54F48C1C4646A45D15582DADD2D1">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the completion of the performance period under subsection (e), a grantee shall provide to the Secretary a report of performance containing such information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate the extent to which open recalls have been remedied.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B2DA1BF753A445EB45018DBE7D743BF">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Evaluation</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall evaluate the extent to which open recalls identified have been remedied.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB0FF6E988B7C45C09C9FE7C2AAB47B12">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H309DB6ECDEE54843B98BB6654F353BC3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Consumer</header>
<text>The term <term>consumer</term> includes owner and lessee.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEDFE0A8B43B4515A4E659D271EC7A89">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Motor vehicle</header>
<text>The term <term>motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given the term under section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBADC10FA2788416CB83A13C3C6A3B931">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Open recall</header>
<text>The term <term>open recall</term> means a recall for which a notification by a manufacturer has been provided under section 30119 of title 49, United States Code, and that has not been remedied under section 30120 of that title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2D835EE6ACD4F14B710041F58983957">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Registration</header>
<text>The term <term>registration</term> means the process for registering motor vehicles in the State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40FB16F0EA924D468C45040AD6C7B78C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> has the meaning given the term under section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H139984E9D3224EA796D86AC8328D8DBA">
<enum>24106.</enum>
<header>Recall obligations under bankruptcy</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30120A of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>chapter 11 of title 11,</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 7 or chapter 11 of title 11</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H5FF95F1907B8453FB73D83438BCC8A84">
<enum>24107.</enum>
<header>Dealer requirement to check for open recall</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30120(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H56B22713E7DF4CE0AE4A03D6235C7964">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="USC">(1) In general.</header-in-text> A manufacturer</quote> and indenting appropriately; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA48337C9930F4166B360A6F4CDCF4D83">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block id="H49A0ACB8B8D74853B8284E92D908AE40" style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC99E0CE6FE4947998E00461D0530A3BD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>at the time of providing service for each of the manufacturer’s motor vehicles it services, the dealer notifies the owner or the individual requesting the service of any open recall; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB376A7CA25CD424F9BB502D14D9A7980">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the notification requirement under subparagraph (A) is specified in a franchise, operating, or other agreement between the dealer and the manufacturer.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E408065D799468F8AB5AF9DAAEBFA28">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4936EC8A81434265A493EFF82EF8266F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF3F487764EF94E439F8A2092B5C7A7DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Definition of open recall</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>open recall</term> means a recall for which a notification by a manufacturer has been provided under section 30119 and that has not been remedied under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HEDEEA1161A674081A1676C4FFB2700EF">
<enum>24108.</enum>
<header>Extension of time period for remedy of tire defects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30120(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H086D3D252F2440979EB32D8A5FDA15BF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>60 days</quote> and inserting <quote>180 days</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF4E7345E87344659915151DBA8317CE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>60-day</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>180-day</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H73EC7B62025C4542A477674DD7C31841">
<enum>24109.</enum>
<header>Rental car safety</header>
<subsection id="H5624870F2D464D1F864A84167E710DE6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text>This section may be cited as the <quote>Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDAACAF1D0CA9466FB6C85B6795867DF1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H92F4550BE4544202A17741954502A23C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (12) and (13), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB21D23CBEFBC4BAF8023A376BC91878A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8EF6163FA574C68B087F7B16ABA835D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8FA989931D2042D0B6E315445B52DC7F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7D35E93879D24936AEF7C1BC0016F301">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>
<quote>covered rental vehicle</quote> means a motor vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB92794FABF3498EB2C9B3D42095A488">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ED86D51CF984FAD9A6E94547FBF7959">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is rented without a driver for an initial term of less than 4 months; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2453158C29614B3D8BA38F45BDA07320">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 35 or more motor vehicles that are used for rental purposes by a rental company.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H340A620A459D4620A38F67C141760C4B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (10), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H73C71283F5D24357B6D85E7E9D07346D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7E026086B9E42A7A10523145B12FFF5">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>
<quote>rental company</quote> means a person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7D81C13B6154820A4D10A17118A1CEE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is engaged in the business of renting covered rental vehicles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B87DEEB739F4D3C8368119E4D51944E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses for rental purposes a motor vehicle fleet of 35 or more covered rental vehicles, on average, during the calendar year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H71A34075772F4EDC8D59143599C09FA8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Remedies for defects and noncompliance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30120(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5029D091DFE14388B2F97FC56A8B9B82">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading, by adding <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">, or rental</header-in-text></quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDC67A9177254D439DD657EF3C356831">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H994362FBB0144A398DA5E5168D9C5DFB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(1) If notification</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H613FA70B3AAD40939C9B9C1A364A98ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF0F874D6665B4A8D8D884BDAA5FE5649">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If notification</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA90BE6325CF94D499570789B1CDBF9FB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by indenting subparagraphs (A) and (B) four ems from the left margin;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7335199318C34F928B4D800E26157C3C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or the manufacturer has provided to a rental company notification about a covered rental vehicle in the company’s possession at the time of notification</quote> after <quote>time of notification</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24085F285BDD491EA3C68FC9DB7C835B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the dealer may sell or lease,</quote> and inserting <quote>the dealer or rental company may sell, lease, or rent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF675A5B7F0E146FFABAAC8FA2835AC36">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>sale or lease</quote> and inserting <quote>sale, lease, or rental agreement</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E2F78DFDF2640B29EF2CDB747226746">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9A47278E448C43CF8767D4B83BEEC0ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6874F8526E564B0B89DEC3664FF916A7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit a dealer or rental company from offering the vehicle or equipment for sale, lease, or rent.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8BEFA59D1734F46BD1E768F79FCFABE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE0AA2C5D337943E18A22E09B49F70839" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4AF1893BCED94D7B8812734F80D3D8D0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Specific rules for rental companies</header>
<subparagraph id="H334992ABD56D4827A004EB330E959FFE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided under this paragraph, a rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB8C474BE4CD4EBEA3B9D5C57BC3CCDD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Special rule for large vehicle fleets</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a rental company receives a notice to owner covering more than 5,000 motor vehicles in its fleet, the rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 48 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H809288220E08490990470EC63D589306">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Special rule for when remedies not immediately available</header>
<text>If a notification required under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 indicates that the remedy for the defect or noncompliance is not immediately available and specifies actions to temporarily alter the vehicle that eliminate the safety risk posed by the defect or noncompliance, the rental company, after causing the specified actions to be performed, may rent (but may not sell or lease) the motor vehicle. Once the remedy for the rental vehicle becomes available to the rental company, the rental company may not rent the vehicle until the vehicle has been remedied, as provided in subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD424FEF403204B1C9EB487C6B3B191EF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Inapplicability to junk automobiles</header>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this subsection does not prohibit a rental company from selling a covered rental vehicle if such vehicle—</text>
<clause id="H10CE01F71B5C4FE5966C1A7FBB62C3D5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>meets the definition of a junk automobile under section 201 of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992 (49 U.S.C. 30501);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9E7CB2A3BB6744AF8F92E1841D035DE5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is retitled as a junk automobile pursuant to applicable State law; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H44F3E8B62CC9434B9C65EE2ACA337449">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>is reported to the National Motor Vehicle Information System, if required under section 204 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 30504).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAED0EEEE47874C3BAB0C64E1F743D991">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Making safety devices and elements inoperative</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30122(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>rental company,</quote> after <quote>dealer,</quote> each place such term appears.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC9D157450B0741049E5062164AF1103E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Inspections, investigations, and records</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30166 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA34514EE8E5437EA2A0C37DD4BF06D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>or dealer</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>dealer, or rental company</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F53C1B47C7E4F69B99D00A6E1DE2552">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>or dealer</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>dealer, or rental company</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F68E9A08DD043459987DA178BB5984B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>or to owners</quote> and inserting <quote>, rental companies, or other owners</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3062E9CCAAD44983B4803621F20711A7">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Research authority</header>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation may conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8AA96006EE0E46A893EBBC5CFA9392CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the effectiveness of the amendments made by this section; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE90A8594EB3744A496831197C88D2D25">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>other activities of rental companies (as defined in section 30102(a)(11) of title 49, United States Code) related to their use and disposition of motor vehicles that are the subject of a notification required under section 30118 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3C4B1EFE6BEB48B3A53DE372D58F79B7">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="HA275E81676114D6DAA1F5B510085198B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Additional requirement</header>
<text>Section 32206(b)(2) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 785) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H346F16261447438BB4D4B35532568B41">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H579475722FAD4E168C765D9187B22979">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB07AF99E14E2428691058F066A391D86">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5B09DC1E7C334C0AB97701595EEF9F58" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H599B34C51920474BA18876D7F490146A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>evaluate the completion of safety recall remedies on rental trucks; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73FEEDD0B50E45CBABDB840DED647677" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Section 32206(c) of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD960BAAF5FE7438DB28DD3D0CDC4BF89" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) through (E) and (G) of subsection (b)(2)</quote>; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H854C551526474C9ABF7A0FEC9C1486F3" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7794F635F0F44CFDB7D38440069B250D" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report.</header-in-text> Not later</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1A9555D71FD1400B97DB7D9E13E2150C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4195DB1AD22D416BBC14ADA1FABBCA63" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HB7B55547943F4211A8887EA2F9C8F849" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Initial report</header>
<text>Not later</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H002F02F0A3BC4A7CA7A474F52C5E48A9" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H74E93A3421BA4944AFAF2E1227009B6E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFCFFD04581794FB293553E87B3108E6E" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Safety recall remedy report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <quote>Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015</quote>, the Secretary shall submit a report to the congressional committees set forth in paragraph (1) that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14707F6325A341BCA92EBD661DA8EC00" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(F); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C1CC67D6D074430A2D3E4C78B469164" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H79C261B7BB2A4C7EA179981416D601BF">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Public comments</header>
<text>The Secretary shall solicit comments regarding the implementation of this section from members of the public, including rental companies, consumer organizations, automobile manufacturers, and automobile dealers.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2302149A91BC44E3882A1549327666C1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H1220BEBB8345440CBFB87D9658F1553C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>may be construed to create or increase any liability, including for loss of use, for a manufacturer as a result of having manufactured or imported a motor vehicle subject to a notification of defect or noncompliance under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 of title 49, United States Code; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2767D52D8DAB4E4A845F1398EA5E04F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall supersede or otherwise affect the contractual obligations, if any, between such a manufacturer and a rental company (as defined in section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H20CB694EA34A479AB3BE29FCA1BAADAA">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<text>The Secretary may promulgate rules, as appropriate, to implement this section and the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7770489700F34B42887BE7D5E1209C6C">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF25CC85FC0AF43DF9DF1409CD28F07DE">
<enum>24110.</enum>
<header>Increase in civil penalties for violations of motor vehicle safety</header>
<subsection id="H39F840711A42419AB3DBA7A7C1440D3B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Increase in civil penalties</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30165(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02CAFE0943714A7A9F02A88B808B8164">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB457CA4C84B94EA4BDCC6575CC8245B3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$21,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H734FF868D5154B8182F113D7263342C0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$105,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC86948B439A042B59B6AC4E146811CE4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCE43DA0B69043FEADB75DF3CA3679B2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$21,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4E7AB7FC5BB41C8A53F9E33FED953AB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$105,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2B138FDFD56A42CEAD5EBB1B7CC690BC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section take effect on the date that the Secretary certifies to Congress that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued the final rule required by section 31203(b) of the Moving Ahead for Progress In the 21st Century Act (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 758; 49 U.S.C. 30165 note).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H173F51255D4746BAA94F742EF97FE140">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Publication of effective date</header>
<text>The Secretary shall publish notice of the effective date under subsection (b) of this section in the Federal Register.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H37F0C5D9798F4A5894B830FA1EC75316">
<enum>24111.</enum>
<header>Electronic odometer disclosures</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32705(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7AD37D82E8C54C8F98C1FC43703629B0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>Not later than</quote> and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H841C6C983D5D425EBA075DBCA5EA997B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD458434ED6C941AA9AC18C9C2E7CD64D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0B17D3A9FE724A7CAE6E53972EEC2A25">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and subject to paragraph (3), a State, without approval from the Secretary under subsection (d), may allow for written disclosures or notices and related matters to be provided electronically if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H519CB7D748D84DE4BACCD7FB0DDD89C2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in compliance with—</text>
<clause id="H8A64754B304345B7B3338D2E77BA8AC4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the requirements of subchapter 1 of chapter 96 of title 15; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7143882E27C94A18889A22370BC41992">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the requirements of a State law under section 7002(a) of title 15; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8B1FC86625B499FBFFB566B765556CE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the disclosures or notices otherwise meet the requirements under this section, including appropriate authentication and security measures.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC837799CFA424B0A8801DA6B839AA436">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (2) ceases to be effective on the date the regulations under paragraph (1) become effective.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H93D147F8FBFA461AB8CDCA00249CB9FB">
<enum>24112.</enum>
<header>Corporate responsibility for NHTSA reports</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30166(o) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44FE93B93F474D9397FE065E8D71DC60">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF83CD2C78D3C464586153B9FF0B436BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4842F85B10B44DC789A70BB642FA1B88" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF65ADEC7E2DD412F950B80D9E99F2751">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015, the Secretary shall issue a final rule under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H1FA8C8DDCB184D2E8FF9CEC80D0FD31E">
<enum>24113.</enum>
<header>Direct vehicle notification of recalls</header>
<subsection id="H37BCCC6DA38E44EEAFE494DEE552C01A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Recall notification report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a report on the feasibility of a technical system that would operate in each new motor vehicle to indicate when the vehicle is subject to an open recall.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7C62902D0C79467B9E98890923C479FF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition of open recall</header>
<text>In this section the term <term>open recall</term> means a recall for which a notification by a manufacturer has been provided under section 30119 of title 49, United States Code, and that has not been remedied under section 30120 of that title.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H51929C3519244500900AC3F37C50DE63">
<enum>24114.</enum>
<header>Unattended children warning</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31504(a) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (49 U.S.C. 30111 note) is amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HD62841EB1C1449C6A5FDE21F3A972BB8">
<enum>24115.</enum>
<header>Tire pressure monitoring system</header>
<subsection id="HAF70C8DF929D44D089E9742FB85DAE83">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Proposed rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a proposed rule that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C0607DEBF0A49189BB3B51C8A444228">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>updates the standards pertaining to tire pressure monitoring systems to ensure that a tire pressure monitoring system that is installed in a new motor vehicle after the effective date of such updated standards cannot be overridden, reset, or recalibrated in such a way that the system will no longer detect when the inflation pressure in one or more of the vehicle’s tires has fallen to or below a significantly underinflated pressure level; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D04F1835154467EB0655C6EC0889F7A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>does not contain any provision that has the effect of prohibiting the availability of direct or indirect tire pressure monitoring systems that meet the requirements of the standards updated pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAFFB506C4E2145078F7A358835174B20">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Final rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, after providing the public with sufficient opportunity for notice and comment on the proposed rule published pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue a final rule based on the proposed rule described in subsection (a) that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C5CF51A0213453C98076065DC98FF3C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>allows a manufacturer to install a tire pressure monitoring system that can be reset or recalibrated to accommodate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B72342E6D2147FE93014CA0DF89322E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the repositioning of tire sensor locations on vehicles with split inflation pressure recommendations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4E30C6410074B0C874ADDC6F59F0699">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>tire rotation; or </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC3133E78BD2427BB94AC8B3E3B97ACB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>replacement tires or wheels of a different size than the original equipment tires or wheels; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0162E2A69824F90AAC4CE6F21F9E111">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to address the accommodations described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), ensures that a tire pressure monitoring system that is reset or recalibrated according to the manufacturer’s instructions would illuminate the low tire pressure warning telltale when a tire is significantly underinflated until the tire is no longer significantly underinflated. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H317D4488187F4941AB8B567E97CA1CD7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Significantly underinflated pressure level defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>significantly underinflated pressure level</term> means a pressure level that is—</text>
<paragraph id="H908A99DBFE0A425FBCC146401E65858D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">below the level at which the low tire pressure warning telltale must illuminate, consistent with the TPMS detection requirements contained in S4.2(a) of section 571.138 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any corresponding similar or successor regulation or ruling (as determined by the Secretary); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68E9EEF5DDF4433BB4F7E0B06A30AFCB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the case of a replacement wheel or tire, below the recommended cold inflation pressure of the wheel or tire manufacturer.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5F4FDBC289994EEBA5C9E53AD43A9D4F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>24116.</enum>
<header>Information regarding components involved in recall</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30119 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9618140F2DCD438CAFC44CB03B56A722" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H00507B2E6ACB473B9C786665F79C71F0">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Information regarding components involved in recall</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A manufacturer that is required to furnish a report under section 573.6 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) for a defect or noncompliance in a motor vehicle or in an item of original or replacement equipment shall, if such defect or noncompliance involves a specific component or components, include in such report, with respect to such component or components, the following information:</text>
<paragraph id="H53F5E8A1B4BB45D4A1195CAB47358016">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The name of the component or components.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DB00B24D8E7497E8FD60279F0C6037F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>A description of the component or components.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85ADE3A8E7B347159ACB353D031F3916">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The part number of the component or components, if any.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H230EE6230E8D4ADCBEE99E7DB24FFEBF">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Research And Development And Vehicle Electronics</header>
<section id="HEA8066E711954E8FAA940E5144F9CE1D">
<enum>24201.</enum>
<header>Report on operations of the council for vehicle electronics, vehicle software, and emerging technologies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report regarding the operations of the Council for Vehicle Electronics, Vehicle Software, and Emerging Technologies established under section 31401 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (49 U.S.C. 105 note). The report shall include information about the accomplishments of the Council, the role of the Council in integrating and aggregating electronic and emerging technologies expertise across the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the role of the Council in coordinating with other Federal agencies, and the priorities of the Council over the next 5 years.</text>
</section>
<section id="H13F793EAB7604339B9F4CC03CD100C8C">
<enum>24202.</enum>
<header>Cooperation with foreign governments</header>
<subsection id="H7AC5999D8722468581F2DD9C508BE8D7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Title 49 amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 30182(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF524E648FD24FBE914AED446EB9814C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F34D7D7451C488EBB9946E69E15FD82">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF969A45A56E849EC9789F4FFCEDFF9F2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6F7D07EA064647288789ECB9C2C8977C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8696173F3DE44FBD942673C4774F5BC7">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in coordination with Department of State, enter into cooperative agreements and collaborative research and development agreements with foreign governments.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H405EA0912A854EEFAE2F4B40FC2C8E0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Title 23 amendment</header>
<text>Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD8990BB90DE405390465363C15D8EA0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting <quote>foreign government (in coordination with the Department of State)</quote> after <quote>institution,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9624FF30DED468AA4A298E5E9DF0C86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting <quote>foreign governments,</quote> after <quote>local governments,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDD484F427C4D4CD4BD32AA92464564AB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Audit</header>
<text>The Department of Transportation Inspector General shall conduct an audit of the Secretary of Transportation’s management and oversight of cooperative agreements and collaborative research and development agreements, including any cooperative agreements between the Secretary of Transportation and foreign governments under section 30182(b)(6) of title 49, United States Code, and subsections (b)(2)(C) and (c)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H21ADE95857584B629C1D304966258533">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<part id="H0E3A2A400AEA4C4F9BB36402A203081D">
<enum>I</enum>
<header>DRIVER PRIVACY ACT OF 2015</header>
<section id="HC9BFD72461094812A8D1C511360F7091">
<enum>24301.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the <quote>Driver Privacy Act of 2015</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H64878B931C7340F3ADDF53297EAA4A65">
<enum>24302.</enum>
<header>Limitations on data retrieval from vehicle event data recorders</header>
<subsection id="H1424A53F619C4D969B44BAB42B551E0B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Ownership of data</header>
<text>Any data retained by an event data recorder (as defined in section 563.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations), regardless of when the motor vehicle in which it is installed was manufactured, is the property of the owner, or, in the case of a leased vehicle, the lessee of the motor vehicle in which the event data recorder is installed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8EFB76FDAB24083B515ACF2E54B9FAE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Privacy</header>
<text>Data recorded or transmitted by an event data recorder described in subsection (a) may not be accessed by a person other than an owner or a lessee of the motor vehicle in which the event data recorder is installed unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HABD8738E6B774CDAA5F9701D3092CE9A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a court or other judicial or administrative authority having jurisdiction—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1D4EA29275B4CD09ED4BA75B7A1E3F8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>authorizes the retrieval of the data; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85BE979DE42D4F3D90CA5647C3C99735">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to the extent that there is retrieved data, the data is subject to the standards for admission into evidence required by that court or other administrative authority;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F97A316A61C4B579C4358712FF49D9E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an owner or a lessee of the motor vehicle provides written, electronic, or recorded audio consent to the retrieval of the data for any purpose, including the purpose of diagnosing, servicing, or repairing the motor vehicle, or by agreeing to a subscription that describes how data will be retrieved and used;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H838AB0494182451E8530838EEE97EFE1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the data is retrieved pursuant to an investigation or inspection authorized under section 1131(a) or 30166 of title 49, United States Code, and the personally identifiable information of an owner or a lessee of the vehicle and the vehicle identification number is not disclosed in connection with the retrieved data, except that the vehicle identification number may be disclosed to the certifying manufacturer;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0F8ECF066344875857DD7043ADCAF75">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the data is retrieved for the purpose of determining the need for, or facilitating, emergency medical response in response to a motor vehicle crash; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C7A2ABB56B0488BBA6BAF8DAF31D517">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the data is retrieved for traffic safety research, and the personally identifiable information of an owner or a lessee of the vehicle and the vehicle identification number is not disclosed in connection with the retrieved data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE582EECDAFDB4F0484218C9192808E2E">
<enum>24303.</enum>
<header>Vehicle event data recorder study</header>
<subsection id="H554CCCE7847F43C7B7BDF7819AC52439">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall submit to Congress a report that contains the results of a study conducted by the Administrator to determine the amount of time event data recorders installed in passenger motor vehicles should capture and record for retrieval vehicle-related data in conjunction with an event in order to provide sufficient information to investigate the cause of motor vehicle crashes.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0B0445DE47AF4E03A00EB3C22B9B4460">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after submitting the report required under subsection (a), the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall promulgate regulations to establish the appropriate period during which event data recorders installed in passenger motor vehicles may capture and record for retrieval vehicle-related data to the time necessary to provide accident investigators with vehicle-related information pertinent to crashes involving such motor vehicles.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
<part id="H6FFDB54CB06A471EA4ABB72226003AF7">
<enum>II</enum>
<header>SAFETY THROUGH INFORMED CONSUMERS ACT OF 2015</header>
<section id="H47BF93AF9C2D4DF582E467E6E7002AE3">
<enum>24321.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the <quote>Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H81FF00CCCE8F41439B9175794327A79B">
<enum>24322.</enum>
<header>Passenger motor vehicle information</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H85BC19463427435C832AE2DFE9EE8F4F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFE2CD9FB7A5E439393AB5EE17354A424">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Crash avoidance</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015, the Secretary shall promulgate a rule to ensure that crash avoidance information is indicated next to crashworthiness information on stickers placed on motor vehicles by their manufacturers.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
</part>
<part id="HE803115497834B7C9362A7890E50A1EF">
<enum>III</enum>
<header>TIRE EFFICIENCY, SAFETY, AND REGISTRATION ACT OF 2015</header>
<section id="H5E167DECA7404B41B0495A8EAE6DD2D0">
<enum>24331.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the <quote>Tire Efficiency, Safety, and Registration Act of 2015</quote> or the <quote>TESR Act</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H7349560CF41C4932A6AD97860E10699E">
<enum>24332.</enum>
<header>Tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32304A of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBB2ADE01E0DB45FCAAF6C6D553B3617E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote>AND STANDARDS</quote> after <quote>CONSUMER TIRE INFORMATION</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FDC61730DBD4825A4673101D36F58B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A30DFA15F51486E85040C10EAC4636D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote>Rulemaking</quote> and inserting <quote>Consumer Tire Information</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4688F53B52B54A319AB91CC4585DC93B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</quote> after <quote>Secretary of Transportation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3CF01D824C740DFBFDF82FA5CB725A0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (e) though (h), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13A097B02B9848098DA3FBEECB78266B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H683774A3221748FC81B0E0AFEE54AE60" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H716AF6BA7E9540D093DB78A9B076C434">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Promulgation of regulations for tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards</header>
<paragraph id="HC087C01267024B7AA9B2F44D76C1B359">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall promulgate regulations for tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA22426874C24D38B15469855F9C655F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>passenger car tires with a maximum speed capability equal to or less than 149 miles per hour or 240 kilometers per hour; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81EAB9825D234C26BD8218EC8D56F5B3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>passenger car tires with a maximum speed capability greater than 149 miles per hour or 240 kilometers per hour.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9941CA6F1AAA466BBCAECC7DC3E7FC46">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H2DABB33718AD4EC18875756B18ED577D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Standard basis and test procedures</header>
<text>The minimum performance standards promulgated under paragraph (1) shall be expressed in terms of the rolling resistance coefficient measured using the test procedure specified in section 575.106 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FDDA49320FA472BA0C02AD5A8A985DF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>No disparate effect on high performance tires</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the minimum performance standards promulgated under paragraph (1) will not have a disproportionate effect on passenger car high performance tires with a maximum speed capability greater than 149 miles per hour or 240 kilometers per hour.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1219284843E4438090A444437C1A0ADB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<clause id="H708CB50E8BF8454A884CABE7772B9E3D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>This subsection applies to new pneumatic tires for use on passenger cars.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC53B852837D54791B62BB3E4C1AC6CC2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>This subsection does not apply to light truck tires, deep tread tires, winter-type snow tires, space-saver or temporary use spare tires, or tires with nominal rim diameters of 12 inches or less.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDB8DFB0F296649329C213DFB69B56B73">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Promulgation of regulations for tire wet traction minimum performance standards</header>
<paragraph id="H2D5A0382E6CE4D57B8AD088648C3E2C1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations for tire wet traction minimum performance standards to ensure that passenger tire wet traction capability is not reduced to achieve improved tire fuel efficiency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9C37EB506E3439D902CBF31B0421FBD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Tire wet traction minimum performance standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H52ED638BB2E94E9C9EDD41C6BAC5B85B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Basis of standard</header>
<text>The minimum performance standards promulgated under paragraph (1) shall be expressed in terms of peak coefficient of friction.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9022A079D6F446B284B8E92595299CE9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Test procedures</header>
<text>Any test procedure promulgated under this subsection shall be consistent with any test procedure promulgated under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5513A6B4200541F298B2C52AF05ECC26">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Benchmarking</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct testing to benchmark the wet traction performance of tire models available for sale in the United States as of the date of enactment of this Act to ensure that the minimum performance standards promulgated under paragraph (1) are tailored to—</text>
<clause id="H33ECC4EEF9394A8F911E09809E6820FD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>tires sold in the United States; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H04FCB332B6E94A1CBC8B6F85B7CC7EB9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the needs of consumers in the United States.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9CABBC58BFB4298B90597B6232C2EB6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<clause id="HC891545BB20045FA9F4135BCB74176C1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>This subsection applies to new pneumatic tires for use on passenger cars.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBFF37AAB815A4648BE0D3704AE7F9A0C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>This subsection does not apply to light truck tires, deep tread tires, winter-type snow tires, space-saver or temporary use spare tires, or tires with nominal rim diameters of 12 inches or less.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFE2BCDAA89A141CD9F65C486B4FDBB13">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Coordination among regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HDC08D4846392485C96DA1F41728F0E8F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compatibility</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the test procedures and requirements promulgated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) are compatible and consistent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF423251690E54751898FD89B7014C27B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Combined effect of rules</header>
<text>The Secretary shall evaluate the regulations promulgated under subsections (b) and (c) to ensure that compliance with the minimum performance standards promulgated under subsection (b) will not diminish wet traction performance of affected tires.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74C2CE92F6C242F586905569731A07BA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking deadlines</header>
<text>The Secretary shall promulgate—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC413BD812F1745C0AE7A9F5D4A8324F1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the regulations under subsections (b) and (c) not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEE1CAA37DB141F092A07BC5E0FCE8EC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the regulations under subsection (c) not later than the date of promulgation of the regulations under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H671F1E01666E4CFA9231D17C150EF932" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>24333.</enum>
<header>Tire registration by independent sellers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 30117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H4948A853E029423CBCEC462402AD2602" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HB3CB8029872B4F259434292EE7B1392D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<subparagraph id="HF9D848A049794D70AA9C22251C5C1047">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to require a distributor or dealer of tires that is not owned or controlled by a manufacturer of tires to maintain records of—</text>
<clause id="H7F7792EB722D4B53953D482C181FAF4B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the name and address of tire purchasers and lessors;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H018FE872C2CA4408BDBC1CB86DA1E579">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>information identifying the tire that was purchased or leased; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H91A3ED21D51E47D28E2E9DECB385825D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>any additional records the Secretary considers appropriate. </text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA0DD63548D54478A4DB42EB6FBC1A79">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Electronic transmission</header>
<text>The rulemaking carried out under subparagraph (A) shall require a distributor or dealer of tires that is not owned or controlled by a manufacturer of tires to electronically transmit the records described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) to the manufacturer of the tires or the designee of the manufacturer by secure means at no cost to tire purchasers or lessors. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7343BABE8A2949E4B809EC50854B93C8" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Satisfaction of requirements</header>
<text>A regulation promulgated under subparagraph (A) may be considered to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (2)(B). </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H011ADB369A544F0D9C80EAF66E3C855D">
<enum>24334.</enum>
<header>Tire identification study and report</header>
<subsection id="HFE5ADF928A4F4DBC9B111CAE6E636706">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to examine the feasibility of requiring all manufacturers of tires subject to section 30117(b) of title 49, United States Code, to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB91A7CFB1C174E15A3028B2EE6DA8265">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>include electronic identification on every tire that reflects all of the information currently required in the tire identification number; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8060678A446A495C8FE50E337DE2FA85">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>ensure that the same type and format of electronic information technology is used on all tires. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H07CA8897BEAF4ADE8FC629FDE2C17854">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study required by paragraph (1).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD8CB932FA6454DF3B45B00ED87AFAAF1" commented="no">
<enum>24335.</enum>
<header>Tire recall database</header>
<subsection id="HEBE0B651D6924D36928ECC9AB3DB23B7" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a publicly available and searchable electronic database of tire recall information that is reported to the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H79C512100E304B68A2F8F3602F63AFBA" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Tire identification number</header>
<text>The database established under subsection (a) shall be searchable by Tire Identification Number (TIN) and any other criteria that assists consumers in determining whether a tire is subject to a recall.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
<part id="H0BA80DCB81C54E2D97476D3D9985484B">
<enum>IV</enum>
<header>ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES</header>
<section id="H43370B43C6B5443AB524A95078175A1A" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>24341.</enum>
<header>Regulatory parity for natural gas vehicles</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the regulations issued in sections 600.510-12(c)(2)(vi) and 600.510-12(c)(2) (vii)(A) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to replace references to the year <quote>2019</quote> with the year <quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</section>
</part>
<part id="H1D455142C0A347D58DC7D7CA3E297C80">
<enum>V</enum>
<header>MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY WHISTLEBLOWER ACT</header>
<section id="H48E075CD8A284D369045EFA2C1F3DF91">
<enum>24351.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HD3CE4E88AE5E414CA0DF50E2BA63CF20">
<enum>24352.</enum>
<header>Motor vehicle safety whistleblower incentives and protections</header>
<subsection id="H46CD229C7B874AC5865662B2CE0A84DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subchapter IV of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H5E35B296147142A2914155CBB6361596" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="HB79B9EED5B71477E84563A4A322FAA13">
<enum>30172.</enum>
<header>Whistleblower incentives and protections</header>
<subsection id="H1550ABD5B8F14AB2AAD4D7A2A90087BF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H7BE920CF88ED4FFBAEF4E6BFD8C2C7C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Covered action</header>
<text>The term <term>covered action</term> means any administrative or judicial action, including any related administrative or judicial action, brought by the Secretary or the Attorney General under this chapter that in the aggregate results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4775FC9B930842319F9F8F381B279D3F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Monetary sanctions</header>
<text>The term <term>monetary sanctions</term> means monies, including penalties and interest, ordered or agreed to be paid.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC36D157A631462381701C0AC7AEC613">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Original information</header>
<text>The term <term>original information</term> means information that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H495679EA8F224E9E92BC54AE52550E9A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of an individual;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE1421FAD8524175B965F06D44D991B4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is not known to the Secretary from any other source, unless the individual is the original source of the information; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H420446FE8140436F9AA66C08B9520A33">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or an administrative action, in a governmental report, a hearing, an audit, or an investigation, or from the news media, unless the individual is a source of the information.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25EE506BCECB4FB5B51D77E860481019">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Part supplier</header>
<text>The term <term>part supplier</term> means a manufacturer of motor vehicle equipment.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EC2D01E13C246F0BB5CAA6FA11D6A6E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Successful resolution</header>
<text>The term <term>successful resolution</term>, with respect to a covered action, includes any settlement or adjudication of the covered action.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A13DA09F47B4DE6A1D6E3F056ACB2A2">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Whistleblower</header>
<text>The term <term>whistleblower</term> means any employee or contractor of a motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership who voluntarily provides to the Secretary original information relating to any motor vehicle defect, noncompliance, or any violation or alleged violation of any notification or reporting requirement of this chapter, which is likely to cause unreasonable risk of death or serious physical injury.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6F3C5B90184847A59D2A159660BE27BB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Awards</header>
<paragraph id="HECAA560099684DEC84B50D6D8B3C52B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the original information that a whistleblower provided to the Secretary leads to the successful resolution of a covered action, the Secretary, subject to subsection (c), may pay an award or awards to one or more whistleblowers in an aggregate amount of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCBB194DDDA244AABF84F3335037E3A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not less than 10 percent, in total, of collected monetary sanctions; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H991C4B61FCA247779A89C895BD6C1475">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>not more than 30 percent, in total, of collected monetary sanctions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06A5711888364D2AABE78F561D14B55C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payment of awards</header>
<text>Any amount payable under paragraph (1) shall be paid from the monetary sanctions collected, and any monetary sanctions so collected shall be available for such payment.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H719F62D8363A45BEA6142FDB65AF5ABB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Determination of awards; denial of awards</header>
<paragraph id="H8C2756560DB444898117E08310D05569">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Determination of awards</header>
<subparagraph id="H50B745D2ECDF4EE0BEE38306D8E71CDD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Discretion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The determination of whether, to whom, or in what amount to make an award shall be in the discretion of the Secretary subject to the provisions in subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99CFAFA4694543AB811A44ED585E33BF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>In determining an award made under subsection (b), the Secretary shall take into consideration—</text>
<clause id="HBBBC0B07CD084ACA8E6D098857B2DF18">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>if appropriate, whether a whistleblower reported or attempted to report the information internally to an applicable motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7043BE5DD7E64DA4A7C7FF48C35CB524">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the significance of the original information provided by the whistleblower to the successful resolution of the covered action;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDF72BE2BEEBA40449E92830D619667EC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the degree of assistance provided by the whistleblower and any legal representative of the whistleblower in the covered action; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H52FAB9A0A5FC442C9C77E21354F61538">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>such additional factors as the Secretary considers relevant.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA04B5871B11141C0B4E35B8250AC93DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Denial of awards</header>
<text>No award under subsection (b) shall be made—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5890C4B3156F4468BC1211B70FE09EE1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to any whistleblower who is convicted of a criminal violation related to the covered action for which the whistleblower otherwise could receive an award under this section;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H822697070A66403C8BC30910B931106C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to any whistleblower who, acting without direction from an applicable motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership, or agent thereof, deliberately causes or substantially contributes to the alleged violation of a requirement of this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB28C297FEB224A3CAB03D9514808E053">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to any whistleblower who submits information to the Secretary that is based on the facts underlying the covered action submitted previously by another whistleblower;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AB560B2692B44EB9FDB5C59BD34632C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to any whistleblower who fails to provide the original information to the Secretary in such form as the Secretary may require by regulation; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FA2B7992D4947E9BF180A02663DBF7B">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>if the applicable motor vehicle manufacturer, parts supplier, or dealership has an internal reporting mechanism in place to protect employees from retaliation, to any whistleblower who fails to report or attempt to report the information internally through such mechanism, unless—</text>
<clause id="HF564089ED6284FDE96260E1451BE0FA3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the whistleblower reasonably believed that such an internal report would have resulted in retaliation, notwithstanding section 30171(a);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFEF5724D388540548FA6753AA86CC0A7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the whistleblower reasonably believed that the information—</text>
<subclause id="HBD1A98792C8F4C11B3545D334D443D35">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>was already internally reported;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4C0F75FE1F8F4493AA45BE55B2F5F835">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>was already subject to or part of an internal inquiry or investigation; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2259BEE11EED40CD9C53BE1ED4403B6C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>was otherwise already known to the motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, or dealership; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HA787AFFDEDE54E95B4A9DD890A597D66">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary has good cause to waive this requirement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFBBA76F1DC9042AAA739BAB86DF8BB54">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Representation</header>
<text>A whistleblower may be represented by counsel.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA274C17A59D04856BE5451A75992C3AD">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>No contract necessary</header>
<text>No contract with the Secretary is necessary for any whistleblower to receive an award under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H249A2B47E1394A05B54C062BE493AD35">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Protection of whistleblowers; confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="HB4741E3EBF4D4897BC25DFB9A0D7EFA3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 30167, and except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection, the Secretary, and any officer or employee of the Department of Transportation, shall not disclose any information, including information provided by a whistleblower to the Secretary, which could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of a whistleblower, except in accordance with the provisions of section 552a of title 5, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H584310A585914FD7B99E153E49A96A72">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>required to be disclosed to a defendant or respondent in connection with a public proceeding instituted by the Secretary or any entity described in paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28B45CC43A884664AF87039B0B7E39EC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the whistleblower provides prior written consent for the information to be disclosed; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32C00AD4542C4C33BCD968D2CC4D59BA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Secretary, or other officer or employee of the Department of Transportation, receives the information through another source, such as during an inspection or investigation under section 30166, and has authority under other law to release the information.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0038B97773FE4765A1B7B28098E53303">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Redaction</header>
<text>The Secretary, and any officer or employee of the Department of Transportation, shall take reasonable measures to not reveal the identity of the whistleblower when disclosing any information under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44E43B37BCC849B6A478852426E83DA7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Section 552(b)(3)(b)</header>
<text>For purposes of section 552 of title 5, paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be considered a statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of that section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB3AA58905A047CE97ED0F79809F32ED">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Effect</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the ability of the Attorney General to present such evidence to a grand jury or to share such evidence with potential witnesses or defendants in the course of an ongoing criminal investigation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03EBB404607C44CAA3902865B0D56CBB">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Availability to government agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H03E218311F654AEE8353CA37525AA2E9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Without the loss of its status as confidential in the hands of the Secretary, all information referred to in paragraph (1) may, in the discretion of the Secretary, when determined by the Secretary to be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and in accordance with subparagraph (B), be made available to the following:</text>
<clause id="H50F8D0CE022544E99F8B36E8DACB6235">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The Department of Justice.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4BDABF5A2D9B441082D54392971719A6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>An appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government, acting within the scope of its jurisdiction.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEAF90571DCA42BB9511A94CB7B4EE5F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of information</header>
<text>Each entity described in subparagraph (A) shall maintain information described in that subparagraph as confidential, in accordance with the requirements in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H849A2DF9F5624F47A00C0078A9F1F098">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Provision of false information</header>
<text>A whistleblower who knowingly and intentionally makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or who makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, shall not be entitled to an award under this section and shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of title 18.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD23CB29822554F12B33D62BE8383052E">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Appeals</header>
<paragraph id="H2F6009050A464ED99D6207DE6A65A639">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any determination made under this section, including whether, to whom, or in what amount to make an award, shall be in the discretion of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC780C63619E435C98E1F25F968603C8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Appeals</header>
<text>Any determination made by the Secretary under this section may be appealed by a whistleblower to the appropriate court of appeals of the United States not later than 30 days after the determination is issued by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4A71625DCF344F509FB2720F04CDAE65">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text>The court shall review the determination made by the Secretary in accordance with section 706 of title 5.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4DC3688618114F6E9FC14C7F25D4CEEE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Regulation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations on the requirements of this section, consistent with this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H81DA4A1080C74CFF861EAD08D21A2635">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<paragraph id="H23C8A33193484C8AABC30979BBDC1332">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Original information</header>
<text>Information submitted to the Secretary of Transportation by a whistleblower in accordance with the requirements of section 30172 of title 49, United States Code, shall not lose its status as original information solely because the whistleblower submitted the information prior to the effective date of the regulations issued under subsection (i) of that section if that information was submitted after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF34643A9FD14F9691B0F3CC5177C70B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Awards</header>
<text>A whistleblower may receive an award under section 30172 of title 49, United States Code, regardless of whether the violation underlying the covered action occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and may receive an award prior to the Secretary of Transportation promulgating the regulations under subsection (i) of that section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8C51F1BE28314C8CB61B8C2C8B85D6BA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>The table of contents of subchapter IV of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2A9FE65E784843A195D5BD4300333D04" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">30172. Whistleblower incentives and protections.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H7435CD8B198F4B9888F1E73C654CC8AA">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Additional Motor Vehicle Provisions</header>
<section id="H45415EAEA9A545FEBAB98349D3115AFB">
<enum>24401.</enum>
<header>Required reporting of NHTSA agenda</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than December 1 of the year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall publish on the public website of the Administration, and file with the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an annual plan for the following calendar year detailing the Administration’s projected activities, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H63A95786655B46FD9AE49B06951C8DD0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Administrator’s policy priorities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H163F06FC23624A04849DD44FB8954835">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any rulemakings projected to be commenced;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB1BF7C1C8F445ECB9E17C19C403AA45">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any plans to develop guidelines;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07CEACDBCCE24665BC0B9C6EB4D6A8E5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any plans to restructure the Administration or to establish or alter working groups;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H307F98C75F974828A82771579BD8C528">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>any planned projects or initiatives of the Administration, including the working groups and advisory committees of the Administration; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01CAF1DCC55F463DA2FD10C3B63C0C91">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>any projected dates or timetables associated with any of the items described in paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HCF2B0FC7896144719376CC64273B25DE">
<enum>24402.</enum>
<header>Application of remedies for defects and noncompliance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30120(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>10 calendar years</quote> and inserting <quote>15 calendar years</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HCB2AB5598A7C413BB12D588DB13DD448">
<enum>24403.</enum>
<header>Retention of safety records by manufacturers</header>
<subsection id="H603377DB60CC42ADAF2DD7A78DE5AC7D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Rule</header>
<text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule pursuant to section 30117 of title 49, United States Code, requiring each manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to retain all motor vehicle safety records required to be maintained by manufacturers under section 576.6 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for a period of not less than 10 calendar years from the date on which they were generated or acquired by the manufacturer.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H49EC688E5C6B437690DE7918AA22E82A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>The rule required by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any record described in such subsection that is in the possession of a manufacturer on the effective date of such rule.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDED1E0BB268C4182BDA30CB1D869D0E7">
<enum>24404.</enum>
<header>Nonapplication of prohibitions relating to noncomplying motor vehicles to vehicles used for testing or evaluation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30112(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H75D608399AFD431286821E63A3D29D70">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFC1FCEF33BB4EA38B27E148AC9CD5DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE54D6EF9FED44B4BA496AA9692CD87CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7C8BC0F1594645F58F7CFAA2C6AF0EA6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6B34F80B2CC14A4DBAFFA9AF81E07073">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the introduction of a motor vehicle in interstate commerce solely for purposes of testing or evaluation by a manufacturer that agrees not to sell or offer for sale the motor vehicle at the conclusion of the testing or evaluation and that prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DB4D12F46CC41ECA7A1F8CD762325DC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>has manufactured and distributed motor vehicles into the United States that are certified to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56760FEDD25F4551B62BA702B923A671">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has submitted to the Secretary appropriate manufacturer identification information under part 566 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CB88BFD9BB04D7483E94E49CCB9E190">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>if applicable, has identified an agent for service of process in accordance with part 551 of such title.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HCBD578DA152244D0BDEC7EF1C42D030B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>24405.</enum>
<header>Treatment of low-volume manufacturers</header>
<subsection id="H96F412DE867B4FABBB687394558BD775" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Exemption from vehicle safety standards for low-volume manufacturers</header>
<text>Section 30114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H906AD1132F8C4B96AE7CD0493D4BAA50">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">(a) Vehicles used for particular purposes.</header-in-text> The</quote>; and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9698C58618F4C06848BE834249063D5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE2B0E075DAF845DF9D8060DB30ED819C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0540DE2799C445E0B955DD8F890999BC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exemption for low-volume manufacturers</header>
<paragraph id="HFBDCE1825B6B4700A1296B2DE03B02EE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A7296206146437F88C8752595461FC0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>exempt from section 30112(a) of this title not more than 325 replica motor vehicles per year that are manufactured or imported by a low-volume manufacturer; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8E4BE6DF0914A3B9F8CDF93E5548675">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, limit any such exemption to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to motor vehicles and not motor vehicle equipment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H614E7417BE224F8FA775B41A3B32717B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Registration requirement</header>
<text>To qualify for an exemption under paragraph (1), a low-volume manufacturer shall register with the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and under such terms that the Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary shall establish terms that ensure that no person may register as a low-volume manufacturer if the person is registered as an importer under section 30141 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HABC856FA5DA44B8F91421030AF579566">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Permanent label requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H3DA27C48B5F542BCA05A8B9CD1849FCC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require a low-volume manufacturer to affix a permanent label to a motor vehicle exempted under paragraph (1) that identifies the specified standards and regulations for which such vehicle is exempt from section 30112(a), states that the vehicle is a replica, and designates the model year such vehicle replicates.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H465A21D9A4F943CCABDA915556D81FEF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Written notice</header>
<text>The Secretary may require a low-volume manufacturer of a motor vehicle exempted under paragraph (1) to deliver written notice of the exemption to—</text>
<clause id="HF106376A4E9D4B7BBDA8780BE86E17DA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the dealer; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1AC27A727A124EAE905A4898FE6E292E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the first purchaser of the motor vehicle, if the first purchaser is not an individual that purchases the motor vehicle for resale.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7BF0C5F64A34D2DAC9736BB7890F1C4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Reporting requirement</header>
<text>A low-volume manufacturer shall annually submit a report to the Secretary including the number and description of the motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (1) and a list of the exemptions described on the label affixed under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51C28DC8AB0D4023A33A621707F6EDDA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Effect on other provisions</header>
<text>Any motor vehicle exempted under this subsection shall also be exempted from sections 32304, 32502, and 32902 of this title and from section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1232).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H234C689740AD44408756B049B875E7EE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Limitation and public notice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall have 90 days to review and approve or deny a registration submitted under paragraph (2). If the Secretary determines that any such registration submitted is incomplete, the Secretary shall have an additional 30 days for review. Any registration not approved or denied within 90 days after initial submission, or 120 days if the registration submitted is incomplete, shall be deemed approved. The Secretary shall have the authority to revoke an existing registration based on a failure to comply with requirements set forth in this subsection or a finding by the Secretary of a safety-related defect or unlawful conduct under this chapter that poses a significant safety risk. The registrant shall be provided a reasonable opportunity to correct all deficiencies, if such are correctable based on the sole discretion of the Secretary. An exemption granted by the Secretary to a low-volume manufacturer under this subsection may not be transferred to any other person, and shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which it was granted with respect to any volume authorized by the exemption that was not applied by the low-volume manufacturer to vehicles built during that calendar year. The Secretary shall maintain an up-to-date list of registrants and a list of the make and model of motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (1) on at least an annual basis and publish such list in the Federal Register or on a website operated by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2124270771E47FC8AB3887F996270A7">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Limitation of liability for original manufacturers, licensors or owners of product configuration, trade dress, or design patents</header>
<text>The original manufacturer, its successor or assignee, or current owner, who grants a license or otherwise transfers rights to a low-volume manufacturer shall incur no liability to any person or entity under Federal or State statute, regulation, local ordinance, or under any Federal or State common law for such license or assignment to a low-volume manufacturer.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3377529BF0544DB99EC78ADDEE2E9FAC">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF457BA2C18AC47A7BA498190C383ABF3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Low-volume manufacturer</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>low-volume manufacturer</term> means a motor vehicle manufacturer, other than a person who is registered as an importer under section 30141 of this title, whose annual worldwide production, including by a parent or subsidiary of the manufacturer, if applicable, is not more than 5,000 motor vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02400D6310CA4C7D871465BB9B22DA7C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Replica motor vehicle</header>
<text>The term <term>replica motor vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle produced by a low-volume manufacturer and that—</text>
<clause id="H651DF2F927BC4BEEB3604AD2BA920254">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is intended to resemble the body of another motor vehicle that was manufactured not less than 25 years before the manufacture of the replica motor vehicle; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2BB0135FD1F4FAB9BDE7C8457C44EAE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is manufactured under a license for the product configuration, trade dress, trademark, or patent, for the motor vehicle that is intended to be replicated from the original manufacturer, its successors or assignees, or current owner of such product configuration, trade dress, trademark, or patent rights.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BEA9D0E150A446D996EF7377B5CF695" commented="no">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (4), a registrant shall be considered a motor vehicle manufacturer for purposes of parts A and C of subtitle VI of this title. Nothing shall be construed to exempt a registrant from complying with the requirements under sections 30116 through 30120A of this title if the motor vehicle excepted under paragraph (1) contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H758027E1C70746B889CD2BE78FD02FA6" commented="no">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>State registration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preempt, affect, or supersede any State titling or registration law or regulation for a replica motor vehicle, or exempt a person from complying with such law or regulation. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9AC1FB2A056145189956BB461944771A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Vehicle emission compliance standards for low-volume motor vehicle manufacturers</header>
<text>Section 206(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7525(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0D1694A6805D4F3C8D57AA62C4825724" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HABB86D91C2924B0AB728D9D286573380">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<subparagraph id="H0A154CCA650841C7BAEFADE062933E58" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A motor vehicle engine (including all engine emission controls) may be installed in an exempted specially produced motor vehicle if the motor vehicle engine is from a motor vehicle that is covered by a certificate of conformity issued by the Administrator for the model year in which the exempted specially produced motor vehicle is produced, or the motor vehicle engine is covered by an Executive order subject to regulations promulgated by the California Air Resources Board for the model year in which the exempted specially produced motor vehicle is produced, and—</text>
<clause id="HB85C0D7DD74E48029B96708E44344382">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the manufacturer of the engine supplies written instructions to the Administrator and the manufacturer of the exempted specially produced motor vehicle explaining how to install the engine and maintain functionality of the engine’s emission control system and the on-board diagnostic system (commonly known as <quote>OBD</quote>), except with respect to evaporative emissions;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA09C7EC117444207B76940AECF11B086">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the manufacturer of the exempted specially produced motor vehicle installs the engine in accordance with such instructions and certifies such installation in accordance with subparagraph (E);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB96FCDF6EFCF410B8FE2CAADA6A5F249">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the installation instructions include emission control warranty information from the engine manufacturer in compliance with section 207, including where warranty repairs can be made, emission control labels to be affixed to the vehicle, and the certificate of conformity number for the applicable vehicle in which the engine was originally intended or the applicable Executive order number for the engine; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5584D2C17C824E7EB88E7A861F7D1DDA">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the manufacturer of the exempted specially produced motor vehicle does not produce more than 325 such vehicles in the calendar year in which the vehicle is produced.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H490D508D8DD144DA8FF2085E63D7B850">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A motor vehicle containing an engine compliant with the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as meeting the requirements of section 202 applicable to new vehicles produced or imported in the model year in which the exempted specially produced motor vehicle is produced or imported.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1B85DBF5FCF461ABBAF15B52BBB49B2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Engine installations that are not performed in accordance with installation instructions provided by the manufacturer and alterations to the engine not in accordance with the installation instructions shall—</text>
<clause id="HF475C91322D64436AB0AF4758A402879">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be treated as prohibited acts by the installer under section 203 and any applicable regulations; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5154EE0E1B944EA482130DCDA349810C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>subject to civil penalties under section 205(a), civil actions under section 205(b), and administrative assessment of penalties under section 205(c).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66269DE85CF3411AA21F84745FC923EF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The manufacturer of an exempted specially produced motor vehicle that has an engine compliant with the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall provide to the purchaser of such vehicle all information received by the manufacturer from the engine manufacturer, including information regarding emissions warranties from the engine manufacturer and all emissions-related recalls by the engine manufacturer.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4872426A7CF4F74822C1E8441DE3327">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>To qualify to install an engine under this paragraph, and sell, offer for sale, introduce into commerce, deliver for introduction into commerce or import an exempted specially produced motor vehicle, a manufacturer of exempted specially produced motor vehicles shall register with the Administrator at such time and in such manner as the Administrator determines appropriate. The manufacturer shall submit an annual report to the Administrator that includes—</text>
<clause id="H954AA2F8E58949EFA0A83C3B87E06BD1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a description of the exempted specially produced motor vehicles and engines installed in such vehicles;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE4EC973F590B46369392D3933130C9ED">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the certificate of conformity number issued to the motor vehicle in which the engine was originally intended or the applicable Executive order number for the engine; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H95847E428D2941C4A8917A75E40FA86E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a certification that it produced all exempted specially produced motor vehicles according to the written instructions from the engine manufacturer, and otherwise that the engine conforms in all material respects to the description in the application for the applicable certificate of conformity or Executive order.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB37133190D524F598B55BF6B918ACAC2">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Exempted specially produced motor vehicles compliant with this paragraph shall be exempted from—</text>
<clause id="H9003203DCB1B4BB0B41BFA7EF0F261E5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>motor vehicle certification testing under this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC7B609AB7E57494CA634F42C6E29EDF8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance programs required under section 110.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34FA82E3A5F8491695E2AE53B77BFF18">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<clause id="HC08A7A91098D4D5EB96739FDAB7DC125" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (A) through (F), a person engaged in the manufacturing or assembling of exempted specially produced motor vehicles shall be considered a manufacturer for purposes of this Act.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6C1008CD640E4DE79F94EC4D5D8FDF82" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to exempt any person from the prohibitions in section 203(a)(3) or the requirements in sections 208, 206(c), or 202(m)(5).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC448D343E15A4B93818D9806CE4164D2">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>In this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="HFC4A64EFFC8A418CBE0C89A20A5B2F5C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The term <quote>exempted specially produced motor vehicle</quote> means a light-duty vehicle or light-duty truck produced by a low-volume manufacturer and that—</text>
<subclause id="H6C50D075F2B14D98ACCAF433D4EB27D0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is intended to resemble the body of another motor vehicle that was manufactured not less than 25 years before the manufacture of the exempted specially produced motor vehicle; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2FE209C9DD994CD9894C066332FF1E35">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is manufactured under a license for the product configuration, trade dress, trademark, or patent, for the motor vehicle that is intended to be replicated from the original manufacturer, its successors or assignees, or current owner of such product configuration, trade dress, trademark, or patent rights.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H0AED26A233604464AC229ADBDCA6BF74">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The term <quote>low-volume manufacturer</quote> means a motor vehicle manufacturer, other than a person who is registered as an importer under section 30141 of title 49, United States Code, whose annual worldwide production, including by a parent or subsidiary of the manufacturer, if applicable, is not more than 5,000 motor vehicles.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7A9453F775E24A29925354EAED2C3E80">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to implement the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), respectively.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBBD91C62E8304326B0D09307EFD83BF1" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>24406.</enum>
<header>Motor vehicle safety guidelines</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HB8A17D79B9CD4098905EF6EBFAFC36F0" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H8D51C38FBB14432AA614C6F839F034BC">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Motor vehicle safety guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="H4031922FBCF54CDC83A34F260AA2EDD9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No guidelines issued by the Secretary with respect to motor vehicle safety shall confer any rights on any person, State, or locality, nor shall operate to bind the Secretary or any person to the approach recommended in such guidelines. In any enforcement action with respect to motor vehicle safety, the Secretary shall allege a violation of a provision of this subtitle, a motor vehicle safety standard issued under this subtitle, or another relevant statute or regulation. The Secretary may not base an enforcement action on, or execute a consent order based on, practices that are alleged to be inconsistent with any such guidelines, unless the practices allegedly violate a provision of this subtitle, a motor vehicle safety standard issued under this subtitle, or another relevant statute or regulation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12DC04DAAC464204B064159D568BFAE5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to confer any authority upon or negate any authority of the Secretary to issue guidelines under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H329BBC7F17E6486BA87A83570FD21B26">
<enum>24407.</enum>
<header>Improvement of data collection on child occupants in vehicle crashes</header>
<subsection id="HE98A6B890944423DAC463E0FB8B7CF80">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the crash investigation data collection system of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include the collection of the following data in connection with vehicle crashes whenever a child restraint system was in use in a vehicle involved in a crash:</text>
<paragraph id="HCE5D5509B26B45DC9C46964A80CA874F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The type or types of child restraint systems in use during the crash in any vehicle involved in the crash, including whether a five-point harness or belt-positioning booster.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42986A69747A4515A17A4B0B9F6FC366">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>If a five-point harness child restraint system was in use during the crash, whether the child restraint system was forward-facing or rear-facing in the vehicle concerned.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4795A9B7B9744305A412AC868F3123D1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In implementing subsection (a), the Secretary shall work with law enforcement officials, safety advocates, the medical community, and research organizations to improve the recordation of data described in subsection (a) in police and other applicable incident reports.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE893CD8FCBD242B79E7CB88C58F44424">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on child occupant crash data collection in the crash investigation data collection system of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pursuant to the revision required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
C
<enum>XXXI</enum>
<header>Highway trust fund and related taxes</header>
<subtitle id="HDD1B2400D02D444191BB9442086253C3" style="OLC">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Extension of trust fund expenditure authority and related taxes</header>
<section commented="no" id="HCFBF3AF72B744C3D9D875961E8CA8F1E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>31101.</enum>
<header>Extension of Highway Trust Fund expenditure authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD7F3D746F41342E592AAC8CBFB4AF2AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Highway Trust Fund</header>
<text>Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDB9A811A57484DC58B27E265B4805F55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>December 5, 2015</quote> in subsections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting <quote>October 1, 2020</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6B82E32B11754D6F80002240E096D201">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II</quote> in subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting <quote><short-title>FAST Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1556B1B26A86415F8553515C50497541">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund</header>
<text>Section 9504 of such Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0898B1F1388945B3B481EA20ACD512B7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II</quote> each place it appears in subsection (b)(2) and inserting <quote><short-title>FAST Act</short-title></quote>, and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDC17F7E67A8D4B0EA6C7310168E05EB3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>December 5, 2015</quote> in subsection (d)(2) and inserting <quote>October 1, 2020</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H20861035F4814C0BA347C63B6160D6F3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9508(e)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>December 5, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2020</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC48861938D64E58AE7C8FFDDA49A09B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>31102.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of highway-related taxes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CB2BC1FC6C6495F8ED6B55C1A359EB6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B05A3985F484DEFAFD945F59DE61C0D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2022</quote>:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40F6AFAFB74F43E9B9AF2A7FA8B9FEFF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(I).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24CA2EC1425545E7815494BEC1EE49CC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4041(m)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H886C9687844D4098BE76EA6F1465CA0C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4081(d)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67262CC7C83D4C83A43BDAB35512BC95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the following provisions of such Code is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31372A1A825241CB9D95C410315F171C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4041(m)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8591EE54C1754D78A5801E4CEC1C4FC7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4051(c).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBBC64F97D0C4A1483E6B9AFFAD5CD66">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4071(d).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AE1B3D621064BFA977AEF4E8612E047">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4081(d)(3).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB80CE33442D40B5A496E6DCAC5ADD19">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of tax, Etc., on use of certain heavy vehicles</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>2017</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC009FD31DB0E482486811D67F4EAC338">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4481(f).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28D09D730B1748F8800FDDDAE70BE558">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Subsections (c)(4) and (d) of section 4482.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8092BA80BA048558BF2F9CCA9CF5C4E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Floor stocks refunds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6412(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54DC6E821DF44A55B80C6FFD0D7CA8F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18E4DEC91A6E448FB9619DE918EEA6D7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>March 31, 2017</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>March 31, 2023</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F612EFA9FFF4DACBE5176F356D575E1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>January 1, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58A319F319C445519749410FB55116F9">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of certain exemptions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DF34DE95EB4C7A8A34714D00AFEC98">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4221(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86EBDDA5353F4F7F81AC4445CC7887F7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4483(i) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E9E9B80DFCC4FFDA7F1FA75E1C2156F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of transfers of certain taxes</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0479C8325D5E4D65A2AFCAD7FC2C12D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AE2E7C3124844428674AA1282FE162B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FD1E2ABFD334411A9D7E0C1025C90E6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H274B6325A544436499FB579976EADFE6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">October 1, 2016</header-in-text></quote> in the heading of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">October 1, 2022</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54FBF08A37E543BB959C9D9285100A66">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>September 30, 2016</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>September 30, 2022</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89DA530401434313B1D8EB52E54D953B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>July 1, 2017</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>July 1, 2023</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB251A2509ACD4C0B94D08BF93AD2D8BE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>July 1, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>July 1, 2023</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E41536085148E59D084D8CCE679A1C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motorboat and small-engine fuel tax transfers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FEE68312524431FB0C5CFD8AEA6785E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (3)(A)(i) and (4)(A) of section 9503(c) of such Code are each amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H377F03115FCA4E12B250E7935CC494C3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments to land and water conservation fund</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 200310 of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C38E7EAAFFA4E60B0D795D5803289F9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>October 1, 2017</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>October 1, 2023</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC53370B54A2147429113897E8ECFD172">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2022</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A5702F931448FA80E92CB5D1689D5C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2016.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H2D0711CAFA3347B490DBEE14F0FDD35D" style="OLC">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Additional transfers to Highway Trust Fund</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB26EBC42E8A3400EA0E3153DC14CB0FB">
<enum>31201.</enum>
<header>Further additional transfers to trust fund</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10) and inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F6CB09EC4A24CE5800AD5CF11599DE7" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB978F23D72A549D486C38FF19CE48643">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Further transfers to trust fund</header>
<text>Out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC10805D5BAF45E5A8C9A81BDBBC05D5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$51,900,000,000 to the Highway Account (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H635549CEB04543E38647FEF119106CBF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$18,100,000,000 to the Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H635ACE344A5A480B904F274A22A1DE2D" commented="no">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Additional increase in fund balance</header>
<text>There is hereby transferred to the Highway Account (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund amounts appropriated from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund under section 9508(c)(4).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H6FCBD53F75BB449EA7BFFB82765C9DE9" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>31202.</enum>
<header>Transfer to Highway Trust Fund of certain motor vehicle safety penalties</header>
<subsection id="H129B35185F634813B083795C6E46CC90">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Paragraph (5) of section 9503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2CF0D975BF8F4A56A65C3EBECE58C05F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>There are hereby</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3454EBC1CB3436D98C0738B8A2B4C27" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H034CDBC4BEB7487ABD41AD55E368EE53">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are hereby</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC97EDE21F11E4305B20833DB3E68D8C6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02E424EB2DFE4B8BA3D8DD81BF776278" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5169D8A08324429DADD40AA378481FAB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Penalties related to motor vehicle safety</header>
<clause id="H917CAAC1A4D04BA69B23207FF28AEF00">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There are hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to covered motor vehicle safety penalty collections.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6AB6789805FD4E42AE5E802BA8A55B69">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Covered motor vehicle safety penalty collections</header>
<text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term <term>covered motor vehicle safety penalty collections</term> means any amount collected in connection with a civil penalty under section 30165 of title 49, United States Code, reduced by any award authorized by the Secretary of Transportation to be paid to any person in connection with information provided by such person related to a violation of chapter 301 of such title which is a predicate to such civil penalty.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD01FCAE9526D419A9A4D0D98797F597D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts collected after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H499D12A110944869804AB57963AA7B9B">
<enum>31203.</enum>
<header>Appropriation from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC604DE3C1C448C6A43E095A3A3E158F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subsection (c) of section 9508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC46072D28E848BE8B063F8D94E8C14B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BACAB54F42248F3A2EAC6F856D2E266">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Additional transfer to highway trust fund</header>
<text>Out of amounts in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund there is hereby appropriated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EEB40BEBBC04B258648A2192672F9F4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>, $100,000,000,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA66EA677ADEA407CB26281F1E42BE37C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>on October 1, 2016, $100,000,000, and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68B88E0F2BB24FCC9CDADC04605D2621">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>on October 1, 2017, $100,000,000,</text>
</subparagraph>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" commented="no">to be transferred under section 9503(f)(9) to the Highway Account (as defined in section 9503(e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund.</continuation-text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2F4B23DF11EF4F249BED77FD87A65178" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 9508(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>XXXII</enum>
<header>Offsets</header>
<subtitle id="HC52BBB233587416A8772727CBFAD3652" style="OLC">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Tax provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CF4616D4F424B4B81C5648416B6BE36" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>32101.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D128AA25AB4688B5730C2C6671CA89">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF2EEF08A010D4BC1BFBD67943D124F5E" style="OLC">
<section id="H9DA2254DE48C4601B886D22B89AAA820" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7345.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain tax delinquencies</header>
<subsection id="H5B559396C2D84F4CB52C501FFE3951E5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary receives certification by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that an individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt, the Secretary shall transmit such certification to the Secretary of State for action with respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport pursuant to section 32101 of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9052B6EAB3874831AF0EF13009332B15" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seriously delinquent tax debt</header>
<paragraph id="H865196DA160F4693B9B4AE516D948645">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>seriously delinquent tax debt</term> means an unpaid, legally enforceable Federal tax liability of an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD84ED1B252B748F0AEA322294C5F5FAD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>which has been assessed,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9B0DB57004746F59CBE89CBFF376DC0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>which is greater than $50,000, and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC4E8D5A880F4B9ABD5492B109F51A43">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>with respect to which—</text>
<clause id="HF9D4841DC489464EBB9E549EFA96A2B6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a notice of lien has been filed pursuant to section 6323 and the administrative rights under section 6320 with respect to such filing have been exhausted or have lapsed, or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7DCBDFE14BF14601A964A29C6BC833BF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a levy is made pursuant to section 6331.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5CE2F4C06A844F68F25E8AF2891A6E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>Such term shall not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H461641C80A1F44E792DBDA66FC72549C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a debt that is being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement to which the individual is party under section 6159 or 7122, and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82C52D0BFE5E4A1095895A2BD4D6EB69" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a debt with respect to which collection is suspended with respect to the individual—</text>
<clause id="H674F93D979CE476D94E7025AADCFFA0F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>because a due process hearing under section 6330 is requested or pending, or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCAAFFF99321F4146ADDF51FE47535884">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>because an election under subsection (b) or (c) of section 6015 is made or relief under subsection (f) of such section is requested.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8C056FF681684ADEB8A5F3D049B9CC09">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reversal of certification</header>
<paragraph id="H10435FBA336F4B12AF96C34DA447CD4F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In the case of an individual with respect to whom the Commissioner makes a certification under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall notify the Secretary (and the Secretary shall subsequently notify the Secretary of State) if such certification is found to be erroneous or if the debt with respect to such certification is fully satisfied or ceases to be a seriously delinquent tax debt by reason of subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB72EABFCAF6B452EA824C828CCFF32A5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Timing of notice</header>
<subparagraph id="H519EF1955C9F483C84CFC30D04F7F654">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Full satisfaction of debt</header>
<text>In the case of a debt that has been fully satisfied or has become legally unenforceable, such notification shall be made not later than the date required for issuing the certificate of release of lien with respect to such debt under section 6325(a).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3CFA4AA186244A286AA0E273094473F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Innocent spouse relief</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an individual who makes an election under subsection (b) or (c) of section 6015, or requests relief under subsection (f) of such section, such notification shall be made not later than 30 days after any such election or request.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H694DF133FC0349EA837504CC34FB1A94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Installment agreement or offer-in-compromise</header>
<text>In the case of an installment agreement under section 6159 or an offer-in-compromise under section 7122, such notification shall be made not later than 30 days after such agreement is entered into or such offer is accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44BA208513DF44F4ACDD2C278EEB3E92" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Erroneous certification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a certification found to be erroneous, such notification shall be made as soon as practicable after such finding.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H98D9B4F6AA074D4CB55ECC53821B9E9B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Contemporaneous notice to individual</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall contemporaneously notify an individual of any certification under subsection (a), or any reversal of certification under subsection (c), with respect to such individual. Such notice shall include a description in simple and nontechnical terms of the right to bring a civil action under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2914351E7CFB4A6F8520B8B321D8BE15">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Judicial review of certification</header>
<paragraph id="H6892851D70864B3FA5699ED72F22259B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the Commissioner notifies an individual under subsection (d), the taxpayer may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States or the Tax Court to determine whether the certification was erroneous or whether the Commissioner has failed to reverse the certification.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H767AEB8BF4354D1D9034B48F7F486EF0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<text>If the court determines that such certification was erroneous, then the court may order the Secretary to notify the Secretary of State that such certification was erroneous.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA76C8A7E7A844C62A685497979DE4BF3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment for inflation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a calendar year beginning after 2016, the dollar amount in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text>
<paragraph id="H5CB88E1C9AB34F0B9E14F2268AACE9F5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such dollar amount, multiplied by</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AB9D87AE4DA4A33A8BD00676170B1CA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2015</quote> for <quote>calendar year 1992</quote> in subparagraph (B) thereof.</text>
</paragraph>
<continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000.</continuation-text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB4F1EB2F1C4145498FA64196A87FD78E">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Delegation of certification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification under subsection (a) or reversal of certification under subsection (c) may only be delegated by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement, or the Commissioner of an operating division, of the Internal Revenue Service.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H708B80C6B0B7407FA9EDBD15334D0D1D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Information included in notice of lien and levy</header>
<paragraph id="HA57DC347CAD44E6AAF4A92CED2F910B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Notice of lien</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6320(a)(3) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H997CC331B60D45BCA00F6535EA32293C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H4EE88223D52043229B64C27E872CF2C1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provisions of section 7345 relating to the certification of seriously delinquent tax debts and the denial, revocation, or limitation of passports of individuals with such debts pursuant to section 32101 of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05800C3A46884A8CA203FC54270898C9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Notice of levy</header>
<text>Section 6331(d)(4) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC87AFA0104E842949C834605F7FD4787" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H13AF89F42E624C299CAA43D1D4B29F82">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provisions of section 7345 relating to the certification of seriously delinquent tax debts and the denial, revocation, or limitation of passports of individuals with such debts pursuant to section 32101 of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC54AB168F06F4984B293D83BD74F5073" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority for information sharing</header>
<paragraph id="H6F79853477374E288269E0A763841BAD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6103(k) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D89B062731449EAB0383D5E48FC23A0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE7677565053C467D93B9572AF23AB57D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of return information to Department of State for purposes of passport revocation under section <enum-in-header>7345</enum-in-header></header>
<subparagraph id="H4167B43F3E6E4F0299A098A3D6644C2E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, upon receiving a certification described in section 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State return information with respect to a taxpayer who has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in such section. Such return information shall be limited to—</text>
<clause id="HB7DBD637872B4E589CDFAF74767DAB81" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the taxpayer identity information with respect to such taxpayer, and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H03899DD83D9B43209291593ACE6E1ED3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of such seriously delinquent tax debt.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AD9CA0B0DD84F0E8D50DE7F52F5227B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction on disclosure</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Return information disclosed under subparagraph (A) may be used by officers and employees of the Department of State for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the requirements of section 32101 of the <short-title>FAST Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H526CBBF82A324D54B5A685388B6A92AC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or (10)</quote> each place it appears in subparagraph (F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>, (10), or (11)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2F75CFF5756400BBC4DB437094226DB">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Time for certification of seriously delinquent tax debt postponed by reason of service in combat zone</header>
<text>Section 7508(a) of such Code is amended by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote> and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6B7D39B924A945D9927378355A6A39F5" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H99E2AF8585F348FFA6FB54BA3A653737">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any certification of a seriously delinquent tax debt under section 7345.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H144FE5E3414649569BA3B1442E43BBDA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority to deny or revoke passport</header>
<paragraph id="HBAE40D0C5AC14988A2606C02F3A13A49" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denial</header>
<subparagraph id="H4FF494D300094672AB6C3795A62CC590" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under subparagraph (B), upon receiving a certification described in section 7345 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State shall not issue a passport to any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in such section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A7BDDE4D87240A2B0D206B5EFE921A3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency and humanitarian situations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99001633C525405392996D002635C74A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="HE8D9AA05E6F04B6CB9E585A74BD28A84" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State may revoke a passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2436DCA84F2140648C1C1D09EB13BE27" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation for return to united states</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of State decides to revoke a passport under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State, before revocation, may—</text>
<clause id="H98ABF1B94C2B4B539CA0597FF8F08B95" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit a previously issued passport only for return travel to the United States; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7DF9B7C2CAD347A2BE2DFB117092DC1F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a limited passport that only permits return travel to the United States.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H683727041E23420AB09B6FB032B75065" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hold harmless</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and any of their designees shall not be liable to an individual for any action with respect to a certification by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under section 7345 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC9A35DF19C554856862205642B68A4BA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation or denial of passport in case of individual without social security account number</header>
<paragraph id="HE4830359F1E44F8CAC6913DE82004362" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Denial</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B3E976645C84D28830821AB8D6169FB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under subparagraph (B), upon receiving an application for a passport from an individual that either—</text>
<clause id="H4CF055FE33564621B96F22840B8A0E9D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include the social security account number issued to that individual, or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1F1B0F53C76642A1AFF018B9D2EE387C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an incorrect or invalid social security number willfully, intentionally, negligently, or recklessly provided by such individual,</text>
</clause>
<continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the Secretary of State is authorized to deny such application and is authorized to not issue a passport to the individual.</continuation-text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3C4A640DB8C40C6BC13C919B1D8FE2E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency and humanitarian situations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC069F5040B2248E8A667F102295C1EE8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="H94437E5089F743D694A60D31060BFA8B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State may revoke a passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4484E33893544676BBBCAC93C45BEAE0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation for return to United States</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of State decides to revoke a passport under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State, before revocation, may—</text>
<clause id="HF90DB965F8E94F9995EC87029917DA5F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit a previously issued passport only for return travel to the United States; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB6EA9C99025F4ACD8E7CAFB8F57192FB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a limited passport that only permits return travel to the United States.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD645CED1116846B2B948DB24E8B87468">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Removal of certification from record when debt ceases to be seriously delinquent</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of section 7345 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 the Secretary of State receives from the Secretary of the Treasury a notice that an individual ceases to have a seriously delinquent tax debt, the Secretary of State shall remove from the individual’s record the certification with respect to such debt.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H052DA8DD69544E3ABD38E5C971B9E63C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H59E7C88326BF4C7E83C410546FC77DDB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain tax delinquencies.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5CBEFB0532A5419984885CB697ED94A9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of, and amendments made by, this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H89B889C76102430693FCFE9EC9E7671A" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>32102.</enum>
<header>Reform of rules relating to qualified tax collection contracts</header>
<subsection id="HF15D8AF864BB409CA235187F58FCA369">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement To collect certain inactive tax receivables under qualified tax collection contracts</header>
<text>Section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD045C081BC7146C5AC692C8D3255DFF9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9CC340C4A27B4835ACEAD7FCAF658B73">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Collection of inactive tax receivables</header>
<paragraph id="H67580DACCEEC4BF2A033BEE65F1BEEDF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall enter into one or more qualified tax collection contracts for the collection of all outstanding inactive tax receivables.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55935A2852B1445D9ADB3F28C1993EED">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Inactive tax receivables</header>
<text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE62BFCC80604CD5A0F1FBC6D3EE94A1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>inactive tax receivable</term> means any tax receivable if—</text>
<clause id="HC3D9603DA4BE475B8A34CEACFD746DA3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>at any time after assessment, the Internal Revenue Service removes such receivable from the active inventory for lack of resources or inability to locate the taxpayer,</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF4CC3F36198440FC8558281B4BBF87BB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>more than <fraction>1⁄3</fraction> of the period of the applicable statute of limitation has lapsed and such receivable has not been assigned for collection to any employee of the Internal Revenue Service, or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1701B999E328433BB103404E8BBD242E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a receivable which has been assigned for collection, more than 365 days have passed without interaction with the taxpayer or a third party for purposes of furthering the collection of such receivable.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD53328B16C15405BB4955870F15C4982">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Tax receivable</header>
<text>The term <term>tax receivable</term> means any outstanding assessment which the Internal Revenue Service includes in potentially collectible inventory.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB29B052D285443FB94F9905CBB39DA6B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Certain tax receivables not eligible for collection under qualified tax collection contracts</header>
<text>Section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23AD9E9714DE418BAD8E44557D1BCFA9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H41592B1026534E66988ABF87A8129265">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Certain tax receivables not eligible for collection under qualified tax collections contracts</header>
<text>A tax receivable shall not be eligible for collection pursuant to a qualified tax collection contract if such receivable—</text>
<paragraph id="HF36D18E6CF4346B58DB4F7F1DE84741E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>is subject to a pending or active offer-in-compromise or installment agreement,</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C61BB904ADE4D08A187FA96E9833C09">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is classified as an innocent spouse case,</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D64B78E089443D7846E3F27CFAFEE6C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>involves a taxpayer identified by the Secretary as being—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52A712934E35492B9681B892722D3D5A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>deceased,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0C2F4E5CB2F46669D6F0F6C2EAD64E5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>under the age of 18,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H881ECE04623849DD9142CDEDB1D6DD72">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in a designated combat zone, or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4C5B2539B47436C89630461230598AD">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a victim of tax-related identity theft,</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA21C97F1A3E4424B9131C7F619C3DC73">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>is currently under examination, litigation, criminal investigation, or levy, or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H983131A8A30A4BA29ABFCF6B1F546D20">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>is currently subject to a proper exercise of a right of appeal under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H34E4F768D5D74D099ABD77ED31B45C58">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Contracting priority</header>
<text>Section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this section, is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9857E5F7E2445DEBEA73A15CE6968D2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H29A6549C860B4C32BAFE70FA2A1A9566">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Contracting priority</header>
<text>In contracting for the services of any person under this section, the Secretary shall utilize private collection contractors and debt collection centers on the schedule required under section 3711(g) of title 31, United States Code, including the technology and communications infrastructure established therein, to the extent such private collection contractors and debt collection centers are appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H94BDA3121D594D9AA0D1085409ED5CB3">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Disclosure of return information</header>
<text>Section 6103(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 32101, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2992BAE468534A2CAE91CFB2FA8B62F0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCFF2EDD149BA41BF83A57D9EA69910C6">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Qualified tax collection contractors</header>
<text>Persons providing services pursuant to a qualified tax collection contract under section 6306 may, if speaking to a person who has identified himself or herself as having the name of the taxpayer to which a tax receivable (within the meaning of such section) relates, identify themselves as contractors of the Internal Revenue Service and disclose the business name of the contractor, and the nature, subject, and reason for the contact. Disclosures under this paragraph shall be made only in such situations and under such conditions as have been approved by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H09ABE909E29E4B2E9DFD6B1426106997">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Taxpayers affected by federally declared disasters</header>
<text>Section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this section, is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CA659AA824B4973934D624186DCC538" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA4F374C17C8D499499BBC4D8AA8DB2CA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Taxpayers in presidentially declared disaster areas</header>
<text>The Secretary may prescribe procedures under which a taxpayer determined to be affected by a Federally declared disaster (as defined by section 165(i)(5)) may request—</text>
<paragraph id="H88382DB7F4984F418D452CFA0C0ADD22">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>relief from immediate collection measures by contractors under this section, and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21F7D92803434E9F90FC16D40CB839E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a return of the inactive tax receivable to the inventory of the Internal Revenue Service to be collected by an employee thereof.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H41F3DEFCB85041EEBC58B6A20F0B7D8B">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HEACCFAE1F22745089D2EAAF31D0B5690">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this section, is amended by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k) and by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92439DC0106A4C129A79C008C3AE12D9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H70C59528C2A440E6A4D7B56428563D92">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year (beginning with the first such fiscal year ending after the date of the enactment of this subsection), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report with respect to qualified tax collection contracts under this section which shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB33959A9E63A460480600DC88297D141">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>annually, with respect to such fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23E5175A914B4E888EC7641D47364B48">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the total number and amount of tax receivables provided to each contractor for collection under this section,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AC7FE5EBE5041099175B0E310FF1D3D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the total amounts collected (and amounts of installment agreements entered into under subsection (b)(1)(B)) with respect to each contractor and the collection costs incurred (directly and indirectly) by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such amounts,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F02B86754604F1C8F7296437B228D29">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the impact of such contracts on the total number and amount of unpaid assessments, and on the number and amount of assessments collected by Internal Revenue Service personnel after initial contact by a contractor,</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11478A8250604E90BD4EA0176F0742B2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the amount of fees retained by the Secretary under subsection (e) and a description of the use of such funds, and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE638759A6F474AAA8E95072CFB93EF3E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a disclosure safeguard report in a form similar to that required under section 6103(p)(5), and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4E42873A57C4282869F2C29E2304D5F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>biannually (beginning with the second report submitted under this subsection)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDF7E70939FF428EA4E733C251F3C9A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an independent evaluation of contractor performance, and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE28B994C9066494AA57719572F5973DB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a measurement plan that includes a comparison of the best practices used by the private collectors to the collection techniques used by the Internal Revenue Service and mechanisms to identify and capture information on successful collection techniques used by the contractors that could be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F412B1502504E4CBC2574D9B450D52B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Repeal of existing reporting requirements with respect to qualified tax collection contracts</header>
<text>Section 881 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 is amended by striking subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDF95694A73394BC7BBA890C9C9A6610A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="HA9B3372811B94A6AAD801450100EBE1E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to tax receivables identified by the Secretary after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA8C1483434E4B9FAAE6000B11B6FA92">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contracting priority</header>
<text>The Secretary shall begin entering into contracts and agreements as described in the amendment made by subsection (c) within 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D3DE4D1F21E41728EEBA5ACF4628F4F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Disclosures</header>
<text>The amendment made by subsection (d) shall apply to disclosures made after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AAB45E792374157867DB9C8B67FC88A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Procedures; report to congress</header>
<text>The amendments made by subsections (e) and (f) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4F42AD9CBFB14E679F16D5AB0E32A250">
<enum>32103.</enum>
<header>Special compliance personnel program</header>
<subsection id="H718105DEF1F741DF9FE64FBFC1F845DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subsection (e) of section 6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by section 52106, is amended by striking <quote>for collection enforcement activities of the Internal Revenue Service</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>to fund the special compliance personnel program account under section 6307</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H21A9991A7E204CBC99F1CE8FBB3508FA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Special compliance personnel program account</header>
<text>Subchapter A of chapter 64 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A330012E8984AF0B26AA05F73BFE1B9" style="OLC">
<section id="HED5AF2924CBF42378914C07DF1813696">
<enum>6307.</enum>
<header>Special compliance personnel program account</header>
<subsection id="H4AD737B6E49D4127AFAF2DAA1CE8A167">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment of a special compliance personnel program account</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish an account within the Department for carrying out a program consisting of the hiring, training, and employment of special compliance personnel, and shall transfer to such account from time to time amounts retained by the Secretary under section 6306(e)(2).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB3A035B2AD384D3CA85BAE9A642FC1D0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Restrictions</header>
<text>The program described in subsection (a) shall be subject to the following restrictions:</text>
<paragraph id="HA8C2109E7DD14BCD9AE2184425F3DB2E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>No funds shall be transferred to such account except as described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CE5A15FA46E4D0C83CDD708754D8D45">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>No other funds from any other source shall be expended for special compliance personnel employed under such program, and no funds from such account shall be expended for the hiring of any personnel other than special compliance personnel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H275311B540A947C4822DE58CFCE9B3D6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding any other authority, the Secretary is prohibited from spending funds out of such account for any purpose other than for costs under such program associated with the employment of special compliance personnel and the retraining and reassignment of current noncollections personnel as special compliance personnel, and to reimburse the Internal Revenue Service or other government agencies for the cost of administering qualified tax collection contracts under section 6306.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAEE24CAD096D4F56BCE2552F9DB3DF02">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>Not later than March of each year, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall submit a report to the Committees on Finance and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means and Appropriations of the House of Representatives consisting of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H0B91EB0C3A3544D391D865523448504D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>For the preceding fiscal year, all funds received in the account established under subsection (a), administrative and program costs for the program described in such subsection, the number of special compliance personnel hired and employed under the program, and the amount of revenue actually collected by such personnel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8C2C430900E48D690D61F888288722D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>For the current fiscal year, all actual and estimated funds received or to be received in the account, all actual and estimated administrative and program costs, the number of all actual and estimated special compliance personnel hired and employed under the program, and the actual and estimated revenue actually collected or to be collected by such personnel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7116341EBC18435CBCDF16F002CE3F9D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>For the following fiscal year, an estimate of all funds to be received in the account, all estimated administrative and program costs, the estimated number of special compliance personnel hired and employed under the program, and the estimated revenue to be collected by such personnel.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9B0A081BBD0741DBB7E403E3F689499B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H84C2BF283C694A8EA93B91C9DD59E4EF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Special compliance personnel</header>
<text>The term <term>special compliance personnel</term> means individuals employed by the Internal Revenue Service as field function collection officers or in a similar position, or employed to collect taxes using the automated collection system or an equivalent replacement system.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE93BBA7737B4FD8B7474C85E7A5208E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program costs</header>
<text>The term <term>program costs</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H518D4299936F4935A6218098861A4C1F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>total salaries (including locality pay and bonuses), benefits, and employment taxes for special compliance personnel employed or trained under the program described in subsection (a), and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC37196375C49415CBF77D489457E4DDC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>direct overhead costs, salaries, benefits, and employment taxes relating to support staff, rental payments, office equipment and furniture, travel, data processing services, vehicle costs, utilities, telecommunications, postage, printing and reproduction, supplies and materials, lands and structures, insurance claims, and indemnities for special compliance personnel hired and employed under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">For purposes of subparagraph (B), the cost of management and supervision of special compliance personnel shall be taken into account as direct overhead costs to the extent such costs, when included in total program costs under this paragraph, do not represent more than 10 percent of such total costs.</continuation-text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAE98FFC0F5A8452CAD139300B46D3010">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 64 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6306 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H528BD7F3BE1B46B6A9421D7C3B289C34" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="HED5AF2924CBF42378914C07DF1813696" level="section">Sec. 6307. Special compliance personnel program account.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56E5FB41C19F4AF9A639BABCDAC26295">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to amounts collected and retained by the Secretary after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H26980C6CCE7E4FBA999CE0478C8F7A89" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no">
<enum>32104.</enum>
<header>Repeal of modification of automatic extension of return due date for certain employee benefit plans</header>
<subsection id="H0A6E905A085348D2B4A126A4510BD2D8" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2006(b) of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A1AC843A06E46AD8CDD3AF1C258125D" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H7EBF7DFC05FC4348950581FA912D4895" style="OLC">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Fees and receipts</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71EBAC0B33D34051BE8761D73A27155F">
<enum>32201.</enum>
<header>Adjustment for inflation of fees for certain customs services</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA48EB8EC33814F2A91D7B742A9C1E16C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C8040D2774A4465859863A512C9553B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8D58AE8AF3D64F31B706956AC0546D84">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Adjustment of fees for inflation</header>
<paragraph id="H9B24FF5ED8C5460D99D5837FFC2F0A92">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall adjust the fees established under subsection (a), and the limitations on such fees under paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), and (9) of subsection (b), on April 1, 2016, and at the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, to reflect the percentage (if any) of the increase in the average of the Consumer Price Index for the preceding 12-month period compared to the Consumer Price Index for fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H856C3F357F1A4F1B9CC8F68A1F9E713D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special rules for calculation of adjustment</header>
<text>In adjusting under paragraph (1) the amount of the fees established under subsection (a), and the limitations on such fees under paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), and (9) of subsection (b), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F32A84D1CF546CDB687BDE610D24885">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall round the amount of any increase in the Consumer Price Index to the nearest dollar; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03C3F5A6E2014373A423BF25A52C9763">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may ignore any such increase of less than 1 percent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83B441C987C14B2DACDA1A30222CD98B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consumer Price Index defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>Consumer Price Index</term> means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5E832EB77E294F57A1D2560CE9A62FB9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of fees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fees collected as a result of the amendments made by this section shall be deposited in the Customs User Fee Account, shall be available for reimbursement of customs services and inspections costs, and shall be available only to the extent provided in appropriations Acts.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7225DBCA8B7C474E99412BBC4439BBAF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FA3B52EB4DD4DC6B1490945C86EB92D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>following fees</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H528931A0377B45B5AF5BB0BC0D6F92D4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67BC90771682471AB28DBAAF0C12E943">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>in fees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBFFDA0A789F4CC8BDB30826963A95D5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>in fees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85866B477F8E4A94A79CA6E253E8B468">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>in fees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD50656CF0CF43049F9117ED946CE95D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>in fees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B77918EB7CA40929D449757391F9B61">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H09164B034BAB4F90A8D04CE1B2F87ACE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or (l)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)(9)(B)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H03370C0A88CF486AA4D98C4C3C155AFF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>$3</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B13679EB4A04E3CAF38A6A5BD157D28">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="H3E9FE36B2C6A45EDB82C024BCBBA23E9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H1EAF7B64EB9346038675BF75EACF37D3">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>and subject to adjustment under subsection (l)</quote> after <quote>Tariff Act of 1930</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H89813F6AD5B848848BE4399AFD9EE35D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii)(I), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>bill of lading</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H6E4F0976D5C5419FBF81D04542A8A6F0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting <quote>(subject to adjustment under subsection (l))</quote> after <quote>bill of lading</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7E6C352A688B4264B32888D993D49924" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>32202.</enum>
<header>Limitation on surplus funds of Federal reserve banks</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 289(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H08CFD44137EB444796E15338ED29C780" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H2351B16801BB4BC48267B7A3A8BE71E4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Limitation on surplus funds</header>
<subparagraph id="HC40B50A8AD9542C593B961F1920E8D0D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The aggregate amount of the surplus funds of the Federal reserve banks may not exceed $10,000,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H375827FBFA2A4223BF25CC4EDBD29DDA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Transfer to the general fund</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts of the surplus funds of the Federal reserve banks that exceed, or would exceed, the limitation under subparagraph (A) shall be transferred to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H5B630317398F485FAF7632C70F456314" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>32203.</enum>
<header>Dividends of Federal reserve banks</header>
<subsection id="H67367DD45B7448B0BA91F38381478EC9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(a)(1) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 15 U.S.C. 289(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD0819DAB843F41D88EC82ED3D3DA426A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA619D85D05A34ED0892AB438439613D8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H69B0B94271F6435E8C1CB78225A543C0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Dividend amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After all necessary expenses of a Federal reserve bank have been paid or provided for, the stockholders of the bank shall be entitled to receive an annual dividend on paid-in capital stock of—</text>
<clause id="HA06D9EDA5428409AB87AAF2064B27815">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a stockholder with total consolidated assets of more than $10,000,000,000, the smaller of—</text>
<subclause id="HE12FF80067B34877A1996688B0F5C5B6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the rate equal to the high yield of the 10-year Treasury note auctioned at the last auction held prior to the payment of such dividend; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD3A031BA68C24F73BF0EB34863E827CF">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>6 percent; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H9786196ED4074670A4147968E681C47C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a stockholder with total consolidated assets of $10,000,000,000 or less, 6 percent.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0E780BDF50B4C70A782C677A592B51C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H316642A699A04DB2A903C98CAC5CEF91" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H4E77B7566807493E9C1F3E15EAA6811B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Inflation adjustment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall annually adjust the dollar amounts of total consolidated assets specified under subparagraph (A) to reflect the change in the Gross Domestic Product Price Index, published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H71706BB81EE6452FB58D38B85CC92D59">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2016.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8B027E8213E04B8B87A9AA9D4206BD50">
<enum>32204.</enum>
<header>Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale</header>
<subsection id="HB60755A9C55D4B879D449943157ABEF5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Drawdown and sale</header>
<paragraph id="HBE91F60BE81D4BD28C22C2727847496C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Energy shall drawdown and sell from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE73140887C524269BBBB62F3E7FF592B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the quantity of barrels of crude oil that the Secretary of Energy determines to be appropriate to maximize the financial return to United States taxpayers for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71D60E92B8C34D07ACC976D747E452ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>16,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2023;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12C6DB2BFD704BE1A5F85DC4D8E3EBD5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>25,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2024; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE547E42C7134DC88DB37BF70F124B5F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>25,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2025.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC6073120DD94CFCBC7CE9708EBD0304">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deposit of amounts received from sale</header>
<text>Amounts received from a sale under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury during the fiscal year in which the sale occurs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H743F0266584946EE998298D889595EE4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Emergency protection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not draw down and sell crude oil under this section in quantities that would limit the authority to sell petroleum products under section 161(h) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(h)) in the full quantity authorized by that subsection.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1E1CD5A3EE4F4A16B91013D4C0AB64F1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Increase; limitation</header>
<paragraph id="HA71CE5A7736146F99C126A7DBD03FF3C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Increase</header>
<text>The Secretary of Energy may increase the drawdown and sales under subparagraphs (A) through (I) of subsection (a)(1) as the Secretary of Energy determines to be appropriate to maximize the financial return to United States taxpayers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF96C42ECA5F4591954A783B45F4686D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary of Energy shall not drawdown or conduct sales of crude oil under this section after the date on which a total of $6,200,000,000 has been deposited in the general fund of the Treasury from sales authorized under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H53C2983E1CDB42ED8CF1F063D7EA8BAD" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>32205.</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective as of November 2, 2015, the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74), section 201 of such Act and the amendments made by such section are repealed, and the provisions of law amended by such section are hereby restored to appear as if such section had not been enacted into law.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H52CD0FEFDB2C4311AED83508CA387E53">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Outlays</header>
<section id="H53D717B46B5F449A90BB1C916A995388" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>32301.</enum>
<header>Interest on overpayment</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1721) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2420A6994EA84C4D8A8189C01C0778A3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (h) and (i);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FCA9F69A7EC49D792A1BCDA56A9B899">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (j) through (l) as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72286E1BB72A497E9CB88300168AB2D9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking the fourth sentence.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H4DBA8A2CF7E647EE84C0AEB105D238B4">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Budgetary effects</header>
<section id="H6BBBAE4626384B92AD1FBDA2799354AA">
<enum>32401.</enum>
<header>Budgetary effects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
D
<enum>XLI</enum>
<header>Federal Permitting Improvement</header>
<section id="HA1EE1DE5920141038902B12D4C7F1F33">
<enum>41001.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H9A22008AFAAD4F97ADAAC7343D2694CA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Agency</header>
<text>The term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8F60709CE604704B57F13873544F322">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agency CERPO</header>
<text>The term <term>agency CERPO</term> means the chief environmental review and permitting officer of an agency, as designated by the head of the agency under section 41002(b)(2)(A)(iii)(I).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FD295F26D584E0783C45C31598F375E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text>The term <term>authorization</term> means any license, permit, approval, finding, determination, or other administrative decision issued by an agency that is required or authorized under Federal law in order to site, construct, reconstruct, or commence operations of a covered project administered by a Federal agency or, in the case of a State that chooses to participate in the environmental review and authorization process in accordance with section 41003(c)(3)(A), a State agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7DF8C195A034D72A4663C116F729BF2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Cooperating agency</header>
<text>The term <term>cooperating agency</term> means any agency with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4164B1F0FE6940F5B5B0F82BBA177D76">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>jurisdiction under Federal law; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7D861A97FB448A98E7141180C23910C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>special expertise as described in section 1501.6 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99286D57353E48A8963ADA9B6FB8A467">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Council</header>
<text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Federal Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Steering Council established under section 41002(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA54D13F5D4A46C8B824F58D4A58503A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Covered project</header>
<subparagraph id="H711E13FBBC6D47339605AD7A507D415D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>covered project</term> means any activity in the United States that requires authorization or environmental review by a Federal agency involving construction of infrastructure for renewable or conventional energy production, electricity transmission, surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water resource projects, broadband, pipelines, manufacturing, or any other sector as determined by a majority vote of the Council that—</text>
<clause id="H4B8957915FC4477197AA9279EFC82B7D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE464C8FFA5604D67AFF562C43E39D091">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is subject to NEPA;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H70786BD4A7244E91851DF4FCCEA29D31" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is likely to require a total investment of more than $200,000,000; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDCCBF573D2174B20B39A83FC783F978D" indent="up1">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>does not qualify for abbreviated authorization or environmental review processes under any applicable law; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H0E505B45664A484E80CCB5BAB7E43C1A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is subject to NEPA and the size and complexity of which, in the opinion of the Council, make the project likely to benefit from enhanced oversight and coordination, including a project likely to require—</text>
<subclause id="H65687813920B4BB6B12601887B303001">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>authorization from or environmental review involving more than 2 Federal agencies; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H199A0A031082418C89CC50C3244CA682">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the preparation of an environmental impact statement under NEPA.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B684135A76A498198F12DA43A2800D7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text>The term <term>covered project</term> does not include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A3DACDD01B849089FB8573FF322042D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>any project subject to section 139 of title 23, United States Code; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H382B01CDF569436FB8BAE1C04246A48C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any project subject to section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2348).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0AD3378A23C45AC82D68EDA81304126">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Dashboard</header>
<text>The term <term>Dashboard</term> means the Permitting Dashboard required under section 41003(b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0AC04713B68482A8D2E4AED71B9167D">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Environmental assessment</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental assessment</term> means a concise public document for which a Federal agency is responsible under section 1508.9 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5845B028D6724883AFFECC450B0B8543">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Environmental document</header>
<subparagraph id="HA0D951DB163742EBB643F37F40191915">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental document</term> means an environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, notice of intent, environmental impact statement, or record of decision.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H451C54CC1CB54432B193BB8DCB2AFDA7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental document</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="HC743249FEF9D459680C9B13FCD34BF3E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>any document that is a supplement to a document described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H04F0D55E24764820B74362C8E8192505">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a document prepared pursuant to a court order.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B7D783CFA89455DB6524F2AE7CBA285">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Environmental impact statement</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental impact statement</term> means the detailed written statement required under section 102(2)(C) of NEPA.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBD2AC81EF254E7F99A4B513A33B8FAD">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Environmental review</header>
<text>The term <term>environmental review</term> means the agency procedures and processes for applying a categorical exclusion or for preparing an environmental assessment, an environmental impact statement, or other document required under NEPA.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DEDBE46967D48518AA01BEAF45562CC">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Executive Director</header>
<text>The term <term>Executive Director</term> means the Executive Director appointed by the President under section 41002(b)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB5F8A866B8E4F009BBD64C86EDB7CD1">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<header>Facilitating agency</header>
<text>The term <term>facilitating agency</term> means the agency that receives the initial notification from the project sponsor required under section 41003(a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AC4B49E77434C68978916BA93AF1BDD">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<header>Inventory</header>
<text>The term <term>inventory</term> means the inventory of covered projects established by the Executive Director under section 41002(c)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47CFB5F51B214620A7B02420B3F88CA0">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<header>Lead agency</header>
<text>The term <term>lead agency</term> means the agency with principal responsibility for an environmental review of a covered project under NEPA and parts 1500 through 1508 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H697A786B88D740FCB68CDF44F3D35E48">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<header>NEPA</header>
<text>The term <term>NEPA</term> means the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6809C79CC2F48A09F997C7B491FD7E6">
<enum>(17)</enum>
<header>Participating agency</header>
<text>The term <term>participating agency</term> means an agency participating in an environmental review or authorization for a covered project in accordance with section 41003.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77CB90186F02490B87D8896FB6A8DD2E">
<enum>(18)</enum>
<header>Project sponsor</header>
<text>The term <term>project sponsor</term> means an entity, including any private, public, or public-private entity, seeking an authorization for a covered project.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H7E4986D46268486F9DFF09D4CF8A1563">
<enum>41002.</enum>
<header>Federal Permitting Improvement Council</header>
<subsection id="H6F64F2B6DF0D40A29D07255E35C379CD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>There is established the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7D1392BF09C44A2380098761F2C56AA6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<paragraph id="H49BF3BD00FA646739400A0C4268E6F7A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Chair</header>
<text>The Executive Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE28E0F5F32134D4D81B419E3712B5D0E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>be appointed by the President; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF5DA92CE803470FAEA11C8EBDCB0340">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>serve as Chair of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DB1F7AFFFF64307BCDF21546F7B32A1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Council members</header>
<subparagraph id="HD4C2691EB64D4EB6BE4BB27933469D60">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<clause id="HD3B458BFCEC543F294D3EE4D0F44FB10">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Designation by head of agency</header>
<text>Each individual listed in subparagraph (B) shall designate a member of the agency in which the individual serves to serve on the Council.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEAA62E91D1874F64BD87D31A55D221B6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Qualifications</header>
<text>A councilmem-ber described in clause (i) shall hold a position in the agency of deputy secretary (or the equivalent) or higher.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3A0482E5B4024B78B0CF001B6ADF973F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Support</header>
<subclause id="H5D221366F7514C7F94C4CAB04A462265">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Consistent with guidance provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, each individual listed in subparagraph (B) shall designate 1 or more appropriate members of the agency in which the individual serves to serve as an agency CERPO.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1EFE2BE9BF394C599E3A652DA3555503">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>In carrying out the duties of the agency CERPO under this title, an agency CERPO shall report directly to a deputy secretary (or the equivalent) or higher.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7D60866CD6D4CB6A52A1E508E7E185D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Heads of agencies</header>
<text>The individuals that shall each designate a councilmember under this subparagraph are as follows:</text>
<clause id="HC642AAA3A2BF4FF5956FE0A9C7A34889">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1453DD26829B435988E76C24D1B25E71">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of the Army.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H89694B6A22394E31A5AFE23B0A9E4246">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Commerce.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5CBE432AEA71467A99D4FB217C723108">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H31EC2504A57C49F7BF579D562FA53669">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Energy.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFAEE948F87F54178BF97677C88D6D14D">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Transportation.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA5E2FDAF62674788B497BDA6CAA4AE60">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Defense.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6D0836570C3A4B328EA3B73EB5733AD6">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD4539C60427B4DB9B7F9BC440DC48F31">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>The Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6C500EF575DB4BCC82FD56BDFE63F7A5">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFAA22BDB8995400CAFE769F1A36F8AB3">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDB9B1D3A74654456A6E039100A42B994">
<enum>(xii)</enum>
<text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2040D5BD90FF45949F2BF268EB341D45">
<enum>(xiii)</enum>
<text>The Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC516B3D8800D478799D8C98AC8E5EF41">
<enum>(xiv)</enum>
<text>Any other head of a Federal agency that the Executive Director may invite to participate as a member of the Council.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H096F1F3FA68647809699BE89BE662FAC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Additional members</header>
<text>In addition to the members listed in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall also be members of the Council.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H51AC402C2ABF4B1A828F5C2F8146FEF1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<paragraph id="H319DFF0E8961459DA1429DDA389140E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Executive Director</header>
<subparagraph id="H712FA8E23E134DF9895ED93D70D4108B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Inventory development</header>
<text>The Executive Director, in consultation with the Council, shall—</text>
<clause id="H879F5F2B13984A6C9148807AC01D512B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, establish an inventory of covered projects that are pending the environmental review or authorization of the head of any Federal agency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6C1A6C4F17304C63BBB90BAEA1095AF6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDD1EB3D28B2C4759AEB7CC5A0949DF91">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>categorize the projects in the inventory as appropriate, based on sector and project type; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H33A0BF1BBAF1430E818D89704F00F815" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>for each category, identify the types of environmental reviews and authorizations most commonly involved; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H092C5BA63006427EBA3D0C5AB9A27CEF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>add a covered project to the inventory after receiving a notice described in section 41003(a)(1).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H541CA9B36BEE4B29999AD5CBBEC707B8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Facilitating agency designation</header>
<text>The Executive Director, in consultation with the Council, shall—</text>
<clause id="H0DC448BF74E34C918988F796057B9233">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>designate a facilitating agency for each category of covered projects described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H257CB214A5104A10AD1EE32569D38317">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>publish the list of designated facilitating agencies for each category of projects in the inventory on the Dashboard in an easily accessible format.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8663B89AC2B84D09860E0763850115F1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Performance schedules</header>
<clause id="HC16A39BCA9CC4EF99E580CABE8668805">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director, in consultation with the Council, shall develop recommended performance schedules, including intermediate and final completion dates, for environmental reviews and authorizations most commonly required for each category of covered projects described in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6A9E9B8B46FB4099A72EC8EFEB6C57B1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<subclause id="H93B35BBDAE2D4AFA98E4FF2425437930">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The performance schedules shall reflect employment of the use of the most efficient applicable processes, including the alignment of Federal reviews of projects and reduction of permitting and project delivery time.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H226A5DB0F0344BB2B32299A2C5FCCA3D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Limit</header>
<item id="HA5D34D3445384AA6B98DB23CCB4EBF89">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The final completion dates in any performance schedule for the completion of an environmental review or authorization under clause (i) shall not exceed the average time to complete an environmental review or authorization for a project within that category.</text>
</item>
<item id="H0A62246C9DD14C6EA8F9D7DBFFDB433A">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<header>Calculation of average time</header>
<text>The average time referred to in item (aa) shall be calculated on the basis of data from the preceding 2 calendar years and shall run from the period beginning on the date on which the Executive Director must make a specific entry for the project on the Dashboard under section 41003(b)(2) (except that, for projects initiated before that duty takes effect, the period beginning on the date of filing of a completed application), and ending on the date of the issuance of a record of decision or other final agency action on the review or authorization.</text>
</item>
<item id="HA191E6AF3FB04A9C9C9F2B762FDAE06E">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<header>Completion date</header>
<text>Each performance schedule shall specify that any decision by an agency on an environmental review or authorization must be issued not later than 180 days after the date on which all information needed to complete the review or authorization (including any hearing that an agency holds on the matter) is in the possession of the agency.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H7C64276C61D6492A8A1EB05227305A33">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Review and revision</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the performance schedules are established under this subparagraph, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Executive Director, in consultation with the Council, shall review and revise the performance schedules.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB038667B48C4401AA0FBE6F071B9C81D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Guidance</header>
<text>The Executive Director, in consultation with the Council, may recommend to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or to the Council on Environmental Quality, as appropriate, that guidance be issued as necessary for agencies—</text>
<clause id="H0FE2B52AA34A4E3CB6C2B8E6816D7BEA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to carry out responsibilities under this title; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H34B28FCAF1F24169A79A54154E7E3987">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to effectuate the adoption by agencies of the best practices and recommendations of the Council described in paragraph (2).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7011A11AFA4C44A1AB77EACB126BA216">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Council</header>
<subparagraph id="H53809780DFB04D3595F41C45F9C7E751">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<clause id="HECAB07DB84EC4D4CBF45B771A2FF42DB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Council shall make recommendations to the Executive Director with respect to the designations under paragraph (1)(B) and the performance schedules under paragraph (1)(C).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC4D7EFA370D1443CB47C205ABFA89C6D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Update</header>
<text>The Council may update the recommendations described in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D4D21B0FE384EB699D0AA2C5D8687F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Best practices</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Council shall issue recommendations on the best practices for—</text>
<clause id="HADDA6EDC311B4F1CB7EE07C20C72BBCB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>enhancing early stakeholder engagement, including fully considering and, as appropriate, incorporating recommendations provided in public comments on any proposed covered project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H23D9521D559A45B8BE3D9F1056BBB528">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>ensuring timely decisions regarding environmental reviews and authorizations, including through the development of performance metrics;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8705641512564DAC9846F7A97461F59E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>improving coordination between Federal and non-Federal governmental entities, including through the development of common data standards and terminology across agencies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H50FFBC87050D4AFEB46808AC8FEF02D5">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>increasing transparency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H28E7AD2C8A7C4C48B6543C314AE56EEF">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>reducing information collection requirements and other administrative burdens on agencies, project sponsors, and other interested parties;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H41F431AF2E464631B63180FBBC23194C">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>developing and making available to applicants appropriate geographic information systems and other tools;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA0A6CEBF77434047986F5F97E5296E85">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>creating and distributing training materials useful to Federal, State, tribal, and local permitting officials; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2A29873EFE9F4249BEBCD8B36DDE4695">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>addressing other aspects of infrastructure permitting, as determined by the Council.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD63A42FB6036458DB7BE8A33B5A97285">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Meetings</header>
<text>The Council shall meet not less frequently than annually with groups or individuals representing State, tribal, and local governments that are engaged in the infrastructure permitting process.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72F01F57CAF24BEEACB1F918D2378499">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Agency CERPOs</header>
<text>An agency CERPO shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22DBCA4D983B4FE2A656ACB52B9C12F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>advise the respective agency councilmember on matters related to environmental reviews and authorizations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A89CCC869B84C7F8717DB788BEEB370">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>provide technical support, when requested to facilitate efficient and timely processes for environmental reviews and authorizations for covered projects under the jurisdictional responsibility of the agency, including supporting timely identification and resolution of potential disputes within the agency or between the agency and other Federal agencies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83A1949920D746A49CEB76ECD4863259">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>analyze agency environmental review and authorization processes, policies, and authorities and make recommendations to the respective agency councilmember for ways to standardize, simplify, and improve the efficiency of the processes, policies, and authorities, including by implementing guidance issued under paragraph (1)(D) and other best practices, including the use of information technology and geographic information system tools within the agency and across agencies, to the extent consistent with existing law; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62A54F3394344D99B1CCB2FEFDBDADDD">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>review and develop training programs for agency staff that support and conduct environmental reviews or authorizations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H56E31052EFF549279CEAA9C871007791">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Administrative support</header>
<text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall designate a Federal agency, other than an agency that carries out or provides support only for projects that are not covered projects, to provide administrative support for the Executive Director, and the designated agency shall, as reasonably necessary, provide support and staff to enable the Executive Director to fulfill the duties of the Executive Director under this title.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5D32E2CDF8734D3592062512CED519B3">
<enum>41003.</enum>
<header>Permitting process improvement</header>
<subsection id="HA29E38C3E419483EBD3C5F01E014580C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Project initiation and designation of participating agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H78A8AB88653844B2AE4C0AA9C6FFB3B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<subparagraph id="HE8C35967B9754768B9A21DD7DF5CDA3C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A project sponsor of a covered project shall submit to the Executive Director and the facilitating agency notice of the initiation of a proposed covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H539B50C90A7A42738D34E934C9918AF5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Default designation</header>
<text>If, at the time of submission of the notice under subparagraph (A), the Executive Director has not designated a facilitating agency under section 41002(c)(1)(B) for the categories of projects noticed, the agency that receives the notice under subparagraph (A) shall be designated as the facilitating agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1DEBE3F5C284F619F5A35D0B5060D64">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>Each notice described in subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause id="HA56402F88BE7452E92B784E72921359A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a statement of the purposes and objectives of the proposed project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8C6E011A779A43EAB666A4DCB647DAD4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a concise description, including the general location of the proposed project and a summary of geospatial information, if available, illustrating the project area and the locations, if any, of environmental, cultural, and historic resources;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2C29370140FB4B4ABBDE53F5E20A842A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a statement regarding the technical and financial ability of the project sponsor to construct the proposed project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H47FB21523F324A1195C1955182BD8B2A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a statement of any Federal financing, environmental reviews, and authorizations anticipated to be required to complete the proposed project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD2C54BAD73264D29884523DB6D60D980">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>an assessment that the proposed project meets the definition of a covered project under section 41001 and a statement of reasons supporting the assessment.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FEAA75D03014EC693BCCB4DF6B0F193">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Invitation</header>
<subparagraph id="H32BF6CC00FE54A3EA659EFDCCF1356BB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 45 days after the date on which the Executive Director must make a specific entry for the project on the Dashboard under subsection (b)(2)(A), the facilitating agency or lead agency, as applicable, shall—</text>
<clause id="HB135E5E671B74831851D4D295386CAF8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>identify all Federal and non-Federal agencies and governmental entities likely to have financing, environmental review, authorization, or other responsibilities with respect to the proposed project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0FAAD4E5E18143F49403B22A14A7392E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>invite all Federal agencies identified under clause (i) to become a participating agency or a cooperating agency, as appropriate, in the environmental review and authorization management process described in section 41005.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H150033F55012427C980580292E91B678">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadlines</header>
<text>Each invitation made under subparagraph (A) shall include a deadline for a response to be submitted to the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF06D9F3E3EA74E29AEB701794F76E065">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Participating and cooperating agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H736D08E2D28B4C06B043A125C8FC798B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An agency invited under paragraph (2) shall be designated as a participating or cooperating agency for a covered project, unless the agency informs the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, in writing before the deadline under paragraph (2)(B) that the agency—</text>
<clause id="H705BC02373644867A9305A1EAF2C5617">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>has no jurisdiction or authority with respect to the proposed project; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA6CD6C785B464E5196E3B5D7E5F24500">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>does not intend to exercise authority related to, or submit comments on, the proposed project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C3F303B5A16443898D3E8A7AA3C2F2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Changed circumstances</header>
<text>On request and a showing of changed circumstances, the Executive Director may designate an agency that has opted out under subparagraph (A)(ii) to be a participating or cooperating agency, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H038954FA31EA4348B72226F9E1638119">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Effect of designation</header>
<text>The designation described in paragraph (3) shall not—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF63E494025E84F96B5917E7638D6ED7F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>give the participating agency authority or jurisdiction over the covered project; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD90F1B54F1F0447DB637BAB3B6B92E20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>expand any jurisdiction or authority a cooperating agency may have over the proposed project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87C06027C40742318642B4310F609DB2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Lead agency designation</header>
<subparagraph id="H52EF5D9960944D899144A4ED9F5775BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On establishment of the lead agency, the lead agency shall assume the responsibilities of the facilitating agency under this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H364EE36623454CD780877C3F8DA08C48">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Redesignation of facilitating agency</header>
<text>If the lead agency assumes the responsibilities of the facilitating agency under subparagraph (A), the facilitating agency may be designated as a cooperative or participating agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E979C546D4D4D8FBBC2D05728A6FCCD">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Change of facilitating or lead agency</header>
<subparagraph id="HC4698056CAAF465BBD15196D92B35958">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On the request of a participating agency or project sponsor, the Executive Director may designate a different agency as the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, for a covered project, if the facilitating or lead agency or the Executive Director receives new information regarding the scope or nature of a covered project that indicates that the project should be placed in a different category under section 41002(c)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0511EEA0B67345D1BA1083849A343016">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Resolution of dispute</header>
<text>The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality shall resolve any dispute over designation of a facilitating or lead agency for a particular covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD7589B77D5A4239B1EEA59D74C8E9A0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Permitting Dashboard</header>
<paragraph id="HE5F3A043F9614D09A196558486E4AFFD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement to maintain</header>
<subparagraph id="HD534AC269558455B98CD40973A2B00FF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Executive Director, in coordination with the Administrator of General Services, shall maintain an online database to be known as the <quote>Permitting Dashboard</quote> to track the status of Federal environmental reviews and authorizations for any covered project in the inventory described in section 41002(c)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50E56173CA54476984E604E3408DF458">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Specific and searchable entry</header>
<text>The Dashboard shall include a specific and searchable entry for each covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6132C16E06CF4930A7AD2649B4CE940E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H68EF75D2F711400197D12D0B678AEA52">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H045369A50AD64C269CED80734445C045">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Existing projects</header>
<text>Not later than 14 days after the date on which the Executive Director adds a project to the inventory under section 41002(c)(1)(A), the Executive Director shall create a specific entry on the Dashboard for the covered project.</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7953FA8B71F644F6BCF473DA9EEDD167">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>New projects</header>
<text>Not later than 14 days after the date on which the Executive Director receives a notice under subsection (a)(1), the Executive Director shall create a specific entry on the Dashboard for the covered project, unless the Executive Director, facilitating agency, or lead agency, as applicable, determines that the project is not a covered project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A5C95768BA1478884E6BD54F0118A81">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Explanation</header>
<text>If the facilitating agency or lead agency, as applicable, determines that the project is not a covered project, the project sponsor may submit a further explanation as to why the project is a covered project not later than 14 days after the date of the determination under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAF6417D2EEB44E3BFABDEF5589E5F1B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Final determination</header>
<text>Not later than 14 days after receiving an explanation described in subparagraph (B), the Executive Director shall—</text>
<clause id="H2CAA879A1AEF45E5AC44BAADCA96A004">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>make a final and conclusive determination as to whether the project is a covered project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4333A7C7F7684144A60276F7873932F4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>if the Executive Director determines that the project is a covered project, create a specific entry on the Dashboard for the covered project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H840F3F5D5AB6421295A9EE2778EE53F0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Postings by agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="HDAC75F681805415EAA49D523C6BDF75F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For each covered project added to the Dashboard under paragraph (2), the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, and each cooperating and participating agency shall post to the Dashboard—</text>
<clause id="H439DB08FC769488985568A0D5F448E8C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a hyperlink that directs to a website that contains, to the extent consistent with applicable law—</text>
<subclause id="H76584B82114448009F6E20A1FB2E850A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the notification submitted under subsection (a)(1);</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE95383091D5A4029BFC081BCA80AC95D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3A8A14DE0CDA493290D1AD5247E178F9">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>where practicable, the application and supporting documents, if applicable, that have been submitted by a project sponsor for any required environmental review or authorization; or</text>
</item>
<item id="HA48A4D250C9040A4B82E748E516AC84A" indent="up1">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>a notice explaining how the public may obtain access to such documents;</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBD209990C51D4972BA7E153C852F552E">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a description of any Federal agency action taken or decision made that materially affects the status of a covered project;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3A0208AC7E8F4C41B13CFC952F2DAE1E">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>any significant document that supports the action or decision described in subclause (III); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFBD6CAFC71DA439A9788F79A29476A3B">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>a description of the status of any litigation to which the agency is a party that is directly related to the project, including, if practicable, any judicial document made available on an electronic docket maintained by a Federal, State, or local court; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HAEBA1058D35C449FA695EADDF0C7B957">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any document described in clause (i) that is not available by hyperlink on another website.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C58B842B3E5457BA9E798D6761DC874">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text>The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be posted to the website made available by hyperlink on the Dashboard not later than 5 business days after the date on which the Federal agency receives the information.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6429F335D8754DDBB8B46220A07A7688">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Postings by the Executive Director</header>
<text>The Executive Director shall publish to the Dashboard—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02DB1240A06243AE9900D97E03AC4A6A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the permitting timetable established under subparagraph (A) or (C) of subsection (c)(2);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67D7039207B145DAA47F13D71F7B0ED8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the status of the compliance of each agency with the permitting timetable;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA43D51F8297C4F37BDBC08390036D114">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>any modifications of the permitting timetable;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34D295AA7F2C46B7AEF0033BA236CAC6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>an explanation of each modification described in subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF52582FA7DA8408FBF7D59FA14611115">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>any memorandum of understanding established under subsection (c)(3)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5745C4C9FFE0462C819FB64C752EB010">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Coordination and timetables</header>
<paragraph id="HE87A73FA854E4BF48F9EABD37467085B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Coordinated project plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HE77012F915A242CA87A03DA020085849">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Executive Director must make a specific entry for the project on the Dashboard under subsection (b)(2)(A), the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, in consultation with each coordinating and participating agency, shall establish a concise plan for coordinating public and agency participation in, and completion of, any required Federal environmental review and authorization for the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0DF5D6F969F456195DF4E2E2FB24DC7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Required information</header>
<text>The Coordinated Project Plan shall include the following information and be updated by the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, at least once per quarter:</text>
<clause id="HA9B8A58895F94F39A21302EB95BCE4B2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>A list of, and roles and responsibilities for, all entities with environmental review or authorization responsibility for the project.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD642B3217C3D46FD9C796669D4799500">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>A permitting timetable, as described in paragraph (2), setting forth a comprehensive schedule of dates by which all environmental reviews and authorizations, and to the maximum extent practicable, State permits, reviews and approvals must be made.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H434144BC756E4F46A37FC4CA19726730">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>A discussion of potential avoidance, minimization, and mitigation strategies, if required by applicable law and known.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD716913FDA3F42868BE6E2BE92A1F521">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>Plans and a schedule for public and tribal outreach and coordination, to the extent required by applicable law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC15C7BC12CF14C05A3CCC7AF2F5D30AA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Memorandum of understanding</header>
<text>The coordinated project plan described in subparagraph (A) may be incorporated into a memorandum of understanding.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD8065E90DFD41608C09F78867F6C46F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Permitting timetable</header>
<subparagraph id="HEA1D64BDDA0B401EA0C1EC78D54C369F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>As part of the coordination project plan under paragraph (1), the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, in consultation with each cooperating and participating agency, the project sponsor, and any State in which the project is located, and, subject to subparagraph (C), with the concurrence of each cooperating agency, shall establish a permitting timetable that includes intermediate and final completion dates for action by each participating agency on any Federal environmental review or authorization required for the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8FFF664EF3941E4B9726A1DC03A1B23">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Factors for consideration</header>
<text>In establishing the permitting timetable under subparagraph (A), the facilitating or lead agency shall follow the performance schedules established under section 41002(c)(1)(C), but may vary the timetable based on relevant factors, including—</text>
<clause id="H5F0D9B7BB60F40A48EFB7316B229D1D6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the size and complexity of the covered project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H78CA7F70F0DA491DBFF81F837A9B8240">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the resources available to each participating agency;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC1221A2870424AED82A74A2283C18801">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the regional or national economic significance of the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA7CD61FD41544D1095DE79AFB282F932">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the sensitivity of the natural or historic resources that may be affected by the project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD508A1CAFF3343EDA90E040BDBF43052">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the financing plan for the project; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3AA9404D6DE54DBFA3A19A81ADDCB6EC">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the extent to which similar projects in geographic proximity to the project were recently subject to environmental review or similar procedures under State law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10D270690CFB472F84905F8AF9E6E7C2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Dispute resolution</header>
<clause id="HF345E89FA8774A04B421BE16E0E6E355">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Executive Director, in consultation with appropriate agency CERPOs and the project sponsor, shall, as necessary, mediate any disputes regarding the permitting timetable referred to under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H240020F2CFC842CB835F017B66189D15">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Disputes</header>
<text>If a dispute remains unresolved 30 days after the date on which the dispute was submitted to the Executive Director, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, shall facilitate a resolution of the dispute and direct the agencies party to the dispute to resolve the dispute by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of submission of the dispute to the Executive Director.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCB7712707BE740FB8F4AEA846E8469D4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Final resolution</header>
<text>Any action taken by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the resolution of a dispute under clause (ii) shall—</text>
<subclause id="H0CDA45DBDC7A440D994A312CEAD56918">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>be final and conclusive; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2463577922CA455D925E01BCBBF9ABF1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>not be subject to judicial review.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEC4895D08A384621A8137EFECB8691B3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Modification after approval</header>
<clause id="H1849D46B32F34A00A5DBC11204ADDD9A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, may modify a permitting timetable established under subparagraph (A) only if—</text>
<subclause id="HD6834EFCEA1345D68D08358A64E7001A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, and the affected cooperating agencies, after consultation with the participating agencies and the project sponsor, agree to a different completion date;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H274405CD4B114240956CDD7E9B5A88AC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the facilitating agency or lead agency, as applicable, or the affected cooperating agency provides a written justification for the modification; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0518421FEC38465E99422523CF36E7BC">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a modification that would necessitate an extension of a final completion date under a permitting timetable established under subparagraph (A) to a date more than 30 days after the final completion date originally established under subparagraph (A), the facilitating or lead agency submits a request to modify the permitting timetable to the Executive Director, who shall consult with the project sponsor and make a determination on the record, based on consideration of the relevant factors described under subparagraph (B), whether to grant the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, authority to make such modification.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H3CBABA733B7E488CBE0BCBE3FDC64A6B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Completion date</header>
<text>A completion date in the permitting timetable may not be modified within 30 days of the completion date.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA2ADD35166784D589C6E6203DF9327DA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Limitation on length of modifications</header>
<subclause id="H659F5C2BF82F42CB8AAC402D6C4C80A9">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subclause (II), the total length of all modifications to a permitting timetable authorized or made under this subparagraph, other than for reasons outside the control of Federal, State, local, or tribal governments, may not extend the permitting timetable for a period of time greater than half of the amount of time from the establishment of the permitting timetable under subparagraph (A) to the last final completion date originally established under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3BD0DDBF4A62487CB698A69DDE98580D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Additional extensions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after consultation with the project sponsor, may permit the Executive Director to authorize additional extensions of a permitting timetable beyond the limit prescribed by subclause (I). In such a case, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall transmit, not later than 5 days after making a determination to permit an authorization of extension under this subclause, a report to Congress explaining why such modification is required. Such report shall explain to Congress with specificity why the original permitting timetable and the modifications authorized by the Executive Director failed to be adequate. The lead or facilitating agency, as applicable, shall transmit to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Executive Director a supplemental report on progress toward the final completion date each year thereafter, until the permit review is completed or the project sponsor withdraws its notice or application or other request to which this title applies under section 41010.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HC265E8F345B54CCE8C32F2315B36B5B1">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Limitation on judicial review</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following shall not be subject to judicial review:</text>
<subclause id="H03494C653D974CB39939999CBA237ABC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>A determination by the Executive Director under clause (i)(III).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8CFF10B500E74D62AC9AE534CAA7A9D4">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>A determination under clause (iii)(II) by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to permit the Executive Director to authorize extensions of a permitting timetable.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47F8E82B9A3C4699B7C1F41E2B875906">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Consistency with other time periods</header>
<text>A permitting timetable established under subparagraph (A) shall be consistent with any other relevant time periods established under Federal law and shall not prevent any cooperating or participating agency from discharging any obligation under Federal law in connection with the project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DEEE79C568A456081C1448DF116EA9C">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Conforming to permitting timetables</header>
<clause id="H74F4B4FA41904574A370F902C2701C96">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each Federal agency shall conform to the completion dates set forth in the permitting timetable established under subparagraph (A), or with any completion date modified under subparagraph (D).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H94CC7BDE38AB45BA9025830B3051FAB7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Failure to conform</header>
<text>If a Federal agency fails to conform with a completion date for agency action on a covered project or is at significant risk of failing to conform with such a completion date, the agency shall—</text>
<subclause id="HC8255EAE13FA44739AD5503FF91CB43D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>promptly submit to the Executive Director for publication on the Dashboard an explanation of the specific reasons for failing or significantly risking failing to conform to the completion date and a proposal for an alternative completion date;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1B9276E1D580444EB4A48E5B989C6F78">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in consultation with the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, establish an alternative completion date; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4E7A6249EEF541DE9D4A5E1C2EA21560">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>each month thereafter until the agency has taken final action on the delayed authorization or review, submit to the Executive Director for posting on the Dashboard a status report describing any agency activity related to the project.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H679E0702928B439CAA92BE62C81AE244">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<header>Abandonment of covered project</header>
<clause id="HB18F124917434AEB97F834AED6909829">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, has a reasonable basis to doubt the continuing technical or financial ability of the project sponsor to construct the covered project, the facilitating or lead agency may request the project sponsor provide an updated statement regarding the ability of the project sponsor to complete the project.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H762D799B09DA4806A13DBC425546DDC4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Failure to respond</header>
<text>If the project sponsor fails to respond to a request described in clause (i) by the date that is 30 days after receiving the request, the lead or facilitating agency, as applicable, shall notify the Executive Director, who shall publish an appropriate notice on the Dashboard.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H228A97B4110248DABDBD25B4CBB657C9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Publication to Dashboard</header>
<text>On publication of a notice under clause (ii), the completion dates in the permitting timetable shall be tolled and agencies shall be relieved of the obligation to comply with subparagraph (F) until such time as the project sponsor submits to the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, an updated statement regarding the technical and financial ability of the project sponsor to construct the project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D35E5898C3D48B290F433602EFB8840">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Cooperating State, local, or tribal governments</header>
<subparagraph id="H362F6FA59DC54027B7BADE7DA26CDB1E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>State authority</header>
<text>If the Federal environmental review is being implemented within the boundaries of a State, the State, consistent with State law, may choose to participate in the environmental review and authorization process under this subsection and to make subject to the process all State agencies that—</text>
<clause id="H0DCF173F659D4D698B4473180C684B0B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>have jurisdiction over the covered project;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD45754CDBFE94E17B75CE43C1BFFECDB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>are required to conduct or issue a review, analysis, opinion, or statement for the covered project; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H50B653E547444659AA17F3E5D8ACC2E8">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>are required to make a determination on issuing a permit, license, or other approval or decision for the covered project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6421A5794DCE48A19ABEE89F53E5ABEC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Coordination</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable under applicable law, the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, shall coordinate the Federal environmental review and authorization processes under this subsection with any State, local, or tribal agency responsible for conducting any separate review or authorization of the covered project to ensure timely and efficient completion of environmental reviews and authorizations.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9000BFE5E78422C857EFC46648FFF94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Memorandum of understanding</header>
<clause id="H91C003D35F6F4A168BFFCE8BC6EE55CD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any coordination plan between the facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, and any State, local, or tribal agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be included in a memorandum of understanding.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H27D6DE1DAD0240C990B5DA8E87C72D17">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Submission to Executive Director</header>
<text>The facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, shall submit to the Executive Director each memorandum of understanding described in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8E01051C0A5474D95255418F691B9BA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>The requirements under this title shall only apply to a State or an authorization issued by a State if the State has chosen to participate in the environmental review and authorization process pursuant to this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCA455D70175043AF92F2ECCDFA5F1EAF">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Early consultation</header>
<text>The facilitating or lead agency, as applicable, shall provide an expeditious process for project sponsors to confer with each cooperating and participating agency involved and, not later than 60 days after the date on which the project sponsor submits a request under this subsection, to have each such agency provide to the project sponsor information concerning—</text>
<paragraph id="H698F777295C243E48A9F9F99EBCC23EA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the availability of information and tools, including pre-application toolkits, to facilitate early planning efforts;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDBFB9437BCB42ADACCA985FB53926D0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>key issues of concern to each agency and to the public; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A39BEBEF77B40C9A2B865E4AFE86BC0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>issues that must be addressed before an environmental review or authorization can be completed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCC129E924F234686A76AD2B5EDDFD127">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Cooperating agency</header>
<paragraph id="H477165CC2507496DB06CFCC8024D41BA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A lead agency may designate a participating agency as a cooperating agency in accordance with part 1501 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF03D10FA92314FDF868EB46DFCC0EC13">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effect on other designation</header>
<text>The designation described in paragraph (1) shall not affect any designation under subsection (a)(3).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4A16C34D266407694E8DACE280A8C32">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Limitation on designation</header>
<text>Any agency not designated as a participating agency under subsection (a)(3) shall not be designated as a cooperating agency under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H330A96E809EB4EC8AF74C9BF6925BB17">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Reporting status of other projects on Dashboard</header>
<paragraph id="HDE01FB91D9F64EB18EF9A29889C102B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On request of the Executive Director, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army shall use best efforts to provide information for inclusion on the Dashboard on projects subject to section 139 of title 23, United States Code, and section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2348) likely to require—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF010125240424F5A8D5A6FF866399D90">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a total investment of more than $200,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1722DA8CD1F4FFCBC1279177DE3D638">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an environmental impact statement under NEPA.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39252CA7AEBE47338723178317687944">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effect of inclusion on Dashboard</header>
<text>Inclusion on the Dashboard of information regarding projects subject to section 139 of title 23, United States Code, or section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2348) shall not subject those projects to any requirements of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCF8CF493897E4DF392B4CB65F9A54FE0">
<enum>41004.</enum>
<header>Interstate compacts</header>
<subsection id="H21CFA813F96D4DF8AF9A7687A0225CE3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The consent of Congress is given for 3 or more contiguous States to enter into an interstate compact establishing regional infrastructure development agencies to facilitate authorization and review of covered projects, under State law or in the exercise of delegated permitting authority described under section 41006, that will advance infrastructure development, production, and generation within the States that are parties to the compact.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H89059F8B8CC148D48836335D49C4009A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Regional infrastructure</header>
<text>For the purpose of this title, a regional infrastructure development agency referred to in subsection (a) shall have the same authorities and responsibilities of a State agency.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H30FDD43112F84925949E5FCFBE4AE7F9">
<enum>41005.</enum>
<header>Coordination of required reviews</header>
<subsection id="HE839315EDE954F2DA3F1AC009CDF6134">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Concurrent reviews</header>
<text>To integrate environmental reviews and authorizations, each agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3E4E03DB25F4AED89E4EE7C8667C799">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>carry out the obligations of the agency with respect to a covered project under any other applicable law concurrently, and in conjunction with, other environmental reviews and authorizations being conducted by other cooperating or participating agencies, including environmental reviews and authorizations required under NEPA, unless the agency determines that doing so would impair the ability of the agency to carry out the statutory obligations of the agency; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA73F1A75AE64D0792E7517FE6BC1024">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>formulate and implement administrative, policy, and procedural mechanisms to enable the agency to ensure completion of the environmental review process in a timely, coordinated, and environmentally responsible manner.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H82AE56D4F89647598D40A60763C1E18E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Adoption, incorporation by reference, and use of documents</header>
<paragraph id="H0F92345FD8054533B41799FBE9B00696">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>State environmental documents; supplemental documents</header>
<subparagraph id="H343E7903E3A948CBB85513B2D939849C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Use of existing documents</header>
<clause id="H6D5AF9A682B14CE0B1168DA255C1E7E8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On the request of a project sponsor, a lead agency shall consider and, as appropriate, adopt or incorporate by reference, the analysis and documentation that has been prepared for a covered project under State laws and procedures as the documentation, or part of the documentation, required to complete an environmental review for the covered project, if the analysis and documentation were, as determined by the lead agency in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, prepared under circumstances that allowed for opportunities for public participation and consideration of alternatives, environmental consequences, and other required analyses that are substantially equivalent to what would have been available had the documents and analysis been prepared by a Federal agency pursuant to NEPA.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H07DA8812387C4D35A3752E53069797D8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Guidance by CEQ</header>
<text>The Council on Environmental Quality may issue guidance to carry out this subsection.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFAB6D0D078B04539AC7327967AD9F396">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>NEPA obligations</header>
<text>An environmental document adopted under subparagraph (A) or a document that includes documentation incorporated under subparagraph (A) may serve as the documentation required for an environmental review or a supplemental environmental review required to be prepared by a lead agency under NEPA.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB61EB3177FFA4A3AA8F15F7F1BD03FF7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Supplementation of State documents</header>
<text>If the lead agency adopts or incorporates analysis and documentation described in subparagraph (A), the lead agency shall prepare and publish a supplemental document if the lead agency determines that during the period after preparation of the analysis and documentation and before the adoption or incorporation—</text>
<clause id="HB16F8AED28864AA1B2D03ACBC157FA95">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a significant change has been made to the covered project that is relevant for purposes of environmental review of the project; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA59D5B5383A54BFD9EDA319CF23C728F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>there has been a significant circumstance or new information has emerged that is relevant to the environmental review for the covered project.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41FA78F57CB74AAA8D3CB8FB66E8E2A7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Comments</header>
<text>If a lead agency prepares and publishes a supplemental document under subparagraph (C), the lead agency shall solicit comments from other agencies and the public on the supplemental document for a period of not more than 45 days, beginning on the date on which the supplemental document is published, unless—</text>
<clause id="H43F3ED90076848BD94C5952C03FCE36A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the lead agency, the project sponsor, and any cooperating agency agree to a longer deadline; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC9D0530E30CF4DC687E60C72B2833315">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the lead agency extends the deadline for good cause.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34751B731C8A47F9858FC10A8F4B8657">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Notice of outcome of environmental review</header>
<text>A lead agency shall issue a record of decision or finding of no significant impact, as appropriate, based on the document adopted under subparagraph (A) and any supplemental document prepared under subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE42DE1DB6E254E9B910A0F0A9221F96D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Alternatives analysis</header>
<paragraph id="H32BA5BABF10F4CCE8B79AD201E3B4D60">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Participation</header>
<subparagraph id="H33EFA320C644474A9EFA5A6270BE2674">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As early as practicable during the environmental review, but not later than the commencement of scoping for a project requiring the preparation of an environmental impact statement, the lead agency shall engage the cooperating agencies and the public to determine the range of reasonable alternatives to be considered for a covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DED83C7FBA64934BC57558FBC207847">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<text>The determination under subparagraph (A) shall be completed not later than the completion of scoping.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0691D24FB8C64FDF9810764C35D7A318">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Range of alternatives</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D6C41581F5D4B70B57646E3B381CCFA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Following participation under paragraph (1) and subject to subparagraph (B), the lead agency shall determine the range of reasonable alternatives for consideration in any document that the lead agency is responsible for preparing for the covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4F4298267BB4D12A881C170FA87CA9C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Alternatives required by law</header>
<text>In determining the range of alternatives under subparagraph (A), the lead agency shall include all alternatives required to be considered by law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DA863E86088409BA53ECDCE0D50DAC7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Methodologies</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5FB9F0D200B419681B2AB18B1C15A41">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The lead agency shall determine, in collaboration with each cooperating agency at appropriate times during the environmental review, the methodologies to be used and the level of detail required in the analysis of each alternative for a covered project.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A4E8BF530CA4CC7A5ABD3D21CE92B43">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Environmental review</header>
<text>A cooperating agency shall use the methodologies referred to in subparagraph (A) when conducting any required environmental review, to the extent consistent with existing law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3866FF02B38B4B4A8B1F3EE80BCFED1E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Preferred alternative</header>
<text>With the concurrence of the cooperating agencies with jurisdiction under Federal law and at the discretion of the lead agency, the preferred alternative for a project, after being identified, may be developed to a higher level of detail than other alternatives to facilitate the development of mitigation measures or concurrent compliance with other applicable laws if the lead agency determines that the development of the higher level of detail will not prevent—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47C8AF1CA5E44B5CAB57FCB64FD366B1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the lead agency from making an impartial decision as to whether to accept another alternative that is being considered in the environmental review; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFD219C1B06647C780AB19D620C55390">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the public from commenting on the preferred and other alternatives.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFDD96678E28B47C288BB62F1B783DB0B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Environmental review comments</header>
<paragraph id="H83AAF1CE34B84DACA1C7180DB9227CED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Comments on draft environmental impact statement</header>
<text>For comments by an agency or the public on a draft environmental impact statement, the lead agency shall establish a comment period of not less than 45 days and not more than 60 days after the date on which a notice announcing availability of the environmental impact statement is published in the Federal Register, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4099C41FC1D34340A33B57B8D684CBF5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the lead agency, the project sponsor, and any cooperating agency agree to a longer deadline; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C4BDEC335DD44EB9B08FFBFD4E35E74">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the lead agency, in consultation with each cooperating agency, extends the deadline for good cause.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B8ACC02DE5D495DAB320B9D52EA9696">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other review and comment periods</header>
<text>For all other review or comment periods in the environmental review process described in parts 1500 through 1508 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), the lead agency shall establish a comment period of not more than 45 days after the date on which the materials on which comment is requested are made available, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4BEFA10071844A5973241499D7E49BC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the lead agency, the project sponsor, and any cooperating agency agree to a longer deadline; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H602FF267F0604387B51515F491676A24">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the lead agency extends the deadline for good cause.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3E903736442C4646B7976919EECCBE1F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Issue identification and resolution</header>
<paragraph id="H3CC955C9095649DA9E67D90C6035944F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Cooperation</header>
<text>The lead agency and each cooperating and participating agency shall work cooperatively in accordance with this section to identify and resolve issues that could delay completion of an environmental review or an authorization required for the project under applicable law or result in the denial of any approval under applicable law.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD18E33CFA4C34ED7BE772B06F1F1D870">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Lead agency responsibilities</header>
<subparagraph id="HD37DA359D81D41DBAE56044725799963">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The lead agency shall make information available to each cooperating and participating agency and project sponsor as early as practicable in the environmental review regarding the environmental, historic, and socioeconomic resources located within the project area and the general locations of the alternatives under consideration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8EB6CCAD4B54987BC78C601326733AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Sources of information</header>
<text>The information described in subparagraph (A) may be based on existing data sources, including geographic information systems mapping.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8641C26141CA4B578C9EDFB8263C4862">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Cooperating and participating agency responsibilities</header>
<text>Each cooperating and participating agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB681DB8111004E559898927EDA50F891">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify, as early as practicable, any issues of concern regarding any potential environmental impacts of the covered project, including any issues that could substantially delay or prevent an agency from completing any environmental review or authorization required for the project; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD7E74282CB494F6F8B4AE2A5F1DC1D9C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>communicate any issues described in subparagraph (A) to the project sponsor.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H34C27269FE5141368292E54FAFBAAAF9">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Categories of projects</header>
<text>The authorities granted under this section may be exercised for an individual covered project or a category of covered projects.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4A1F022DFAA944118425E6AF7023C21A">
<enum>41006.</enum>
<header>Delegated State permitting programs</header>
<subsection id="HF10E263846764FDD9B2BA49F9CA5CF92">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If a Federal statute permits a Federal agency to delegate to or otherwise authorize a State to issue or otherwise administer a permit program in lieu of the Federal agency, the Federal agency with authority to carry out the statute shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB954E540786942CAA47327FF8913F243">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>on publication by the Council of best practices under section 41002(c)(2)(B), initiate a national process, with public participation, to determine whether and the extent to which any of the best practices are generally applicable on a delegation- or authorization-wide basis to permitting under the statute; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A175ACD24104095AFEB828360D77AAB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, make model recommendations for State modifications of the applicable permit program to reflect the best practices described in section 41002(c)(2)(B), as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H53B500D412A44316843DC5CD453B2391">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Best practices</header>
<text>Lead and cooperating agencies may share with State, tribal, and local authorities best practices involved in review of covered projects and invite input from State, tribal, and local authorities regarding best practices.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD7D442045D6442DA94A4151F45013AD7">
<enum>41007.</enum>
<header>Litigation, judicial review, and savings provision</header>
<subsection id="HCA0ABCA768934486A95DC1F79621D0FB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Limitations on claims</header>
<paragraph id="HA8B9A59A67C64557AF2163C8B0933FB1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review of any authorization issued by a Federal agency for a covered project shall be barred unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H87162ED3F6344FFFB72D873026433A6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the action is filed not later than 2 years after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final record of decision or approval or denial of a permit, unless a shorter time is specified in the Federal law under which judicial review is allowed; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H947865D0AC8E493284EE2BC5F7BDBD20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the case of an action pertaining to an environmental review conducted under NEPA—</text>
<clause id="H7474811F8EDD4B9795185633D008DB8B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the action is filed by a party that submitted a comment during the environmental review; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC0BE553E6A954DB68426B5156F7A45B6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any commenter filed a sufficiently detailed comment so as to put the lead agency on notice of the issue on which the party seeks judicial review, or the lead agency did not provide a reasonable opportunity for such a comment on that issue.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CAB07D739EB4CAA944D561714F60DE0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>New information</header>
<subparagraph id="H8BAB141869DA4948A538B82DDD2A7CED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The head of a lead agency or participating agency shall consider new information received after the close of a comment period if the information satisfies the requirements under regulations implementing NEPA.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA9D0FD0CBD1439C95CE9DC4435537E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Separate action</header>
<text>If Federal law requires the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement or other supplemental environmental document, the preparation of such document shall be considered a separate final agency action and the deadline for filing a claim for judicial review of the agency action shall be 2 years after the date on which a notice announcing the final agency action is published in the Federal Register, unless a shorter time is specified in the Federal law under which judicial review is allowed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCAF9B0FD4DEC44FCA49E66C637C62937">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection creates a right to judicial review or places any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of an authorization.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9B6442907070454DB82144FE0E785D2C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Preliminary injunctive relief</header>
<text>In addition to considering any other applicable equitable factors, in any action seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction against an agency or a project sponsor in connection with review or authorization of a covered project, the court shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H610A79CBC8944326B6400B1BCF0D79DD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>consider the potential effects on public health, safety, and the environment, and the potential for significant negative effects on jobs resulting from an order or injunction; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD31D3A544C8C4B488E21A1D6C38111E9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>not presume that the harms described in paragraph (1) are reparable.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H58C17E5C1BB44759A2ADCDDA7A25FA51">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Judicial review</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (a), nothing in this title affects the reviewability of any final Federal agency action in a court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H73AABF2AC5EE4E9EAE892EDC53812F60">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Savings clause</header>
<text>Nothing in this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H29B65BAD5AE34980933A087F7EDFFB55">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>supersedes, amends, or modifies any Federal statute or affects the responsibility of any Federal officer to comply with or enforce any statute; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14A10E24C1834118AF289934C6E32EC8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>creates a presumption that a covered project will be approved or favorably reviewed by any agency.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H26F693FD15464B76ABDACF3CFD81D717">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<text>Nothing in this section preempts, limits, or interferes with—</text>
<paragraph id="H67B518524FFA4593BADEDB215137DFDC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>any practice of seeking, considering, or responding to public comment; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H085F2E41214A4ECCA8711330F894C32F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority that a Federal, State, or local governmental agency, metropolitan planning organization, Indian tribe, or project sponsor has with respect to carrying out a project or any other provisions of law applicable to any project, plan, or program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H475B646BE35C4E278A1F01F7085E8568">
<enum>41008.</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="H0687E18ADF124C028620968E5698AE44">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H3A5206DA25A3493FA7AE794CEC472602">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than April 15 of each year for 10 years beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director shall submit to Congress a report detailing the progress accomplished under this title during the previous fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67603229C78E419CAA39C35F80153B40">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report described in paragraph (1) shall assess the performance of each participating agency and lead agency based on the best practices described in section 41002(c)(2)(B), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F2170BE3B1745A999B891EDFB0A5952">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>agency progress in making improvements consistent with those best practices; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C7E4E8CA23C468782DB3B9B25B65C36">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>agency compliance with the performance schedules established under section 41002(c)(1)(C).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7380943ACADA4ACE92016E2B716FDC10">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Opportunity To include comments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each councilmember, with input from the respective agency CERPO, shall have the opportunity to include comments concerning the performance of the agency in the report described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H78F034B7060E4449AA2FCC687051B4CD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Comptroller general report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="H93F9911535F94725A700DA0042D408FC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>agency progress in making improvements consistent with the best practices issued under section 41002(c)(2)(B); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09316482063F49BBAF4BCF33509BBCE6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>agency compliance with the performance schedules established under section 41002(c)(1)(C).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HEF79427CDBF0485E8CBECC1F96C782DD">
<enum>41009.</enum>
<header>Funding for governance, oversight, and processing of environmental reviews and permits</header>
<subsection id="H1BBA1AEA6FBF467EA3E3B9374450F3BB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The heads of agencies listed in section 41002(b)(2)(B), with the guidance of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and in consultation with the Executive Director, may, after public notice and opportunity for comment, issue regulations establishing a fee structure for project proponents to reimburse the United States for reasonable costs incurred in conducting environmental reviews and authorizations for covered projects.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H92C989264C6143D3867D4353B37227A9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reasonable costs</header>
<text>As used in this section, the term <quote>reasonable costs</quote> shall include costs to implement the requirements and authorities required under sections 41002 and 41003, including the costs to agencies and the costs of operating the Council.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7408E8036F3B4EAC96DA90FCA2EDFFE9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Fee structure</header>
<text>The fee structure established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H19538FB14DEE4AF49D6989ACFE0C776B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be developed in consultation with affected project proponents, industries, and other stakeholders;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE110D53C1F9468F8D5624E0B90539D9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>exclude parties for which the fee would impose an undue financial burden or is otherwise determined to be inappropriate; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC4328CCC27534885AC63973E123CD296">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>be established in a manner that ensures that the aggregate amount of fees collected for a fiscal year is estimated not to exceed 20 percent of the total estimated costs for the fiscal year for the resources allocated for the conduct of the environmental reviews and authorizations covered by this title, as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEADD263507FF46FD87A37405D3D1BBB2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Environmental review and permitting improvement fund</header>
<paragraph id="HAD96769B4C8841D889C65117F94F839E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>All amounts collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a separate fund in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the <quote>Environmental Review Improvement Fund</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFA858F67ABD4EE6A5A21E97DE2DB4F2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text>Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Executive Director, without appropriation or fiscal year limitation, solely for the purposes of administering, implementing, and enforcing this title, including the expenses of the Council.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D47EEE6E8ED4D52B0D97E24844F0F24">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transfer</header>
<text>The Executive Director, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may transfer amounts in the Fund to other agencies to facilitate timely and efficient environmental reviews and authorizations for proposed covered projects.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9B63B6C1B1664E6A9F76FF5A4C7FD161">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effect on permitting</header>
<text>The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) shall ensure that the use of funds accepted under subsection (d) will not impact impartial decision-making with respect to environmental reviews or authorizations, either substantively or procedurally.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD5D5255B5E284533B1588960CB6A0322">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Transfer of appropriated funds</header>
<paragraph id="H8709954ADCE148E2890676169F40FB4A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The heads of agencies listed in section 41002(b)(2)(B) shall have the authority to transfer, in accordance with section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, funds appropriated to those agencies and not otherwise obligated to other affected Federal agencies for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6ADB1449B4B84418860399CCE887C95E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Appropriations under title 23, United States Code and appropriations for the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers shall not be available for transfer under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA79F8BFA93DE40738FEE053142987EF5">
<enum>41010.</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title applies to any covered project for which—</text>
<paragraph id="H759CBB0DBD66488F8D816F3AC95233EA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice is filed under section 41003(a)(1); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FE8C8BCE80344C4813A855873C620E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an application or other request for a Federal authorization is pending before a Federal agency 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H4475F7D041824B24ABA84A56B5246316">
<enum>41011.</enum>
<header>GAO Report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes an analysis of whether the provisions of this title could be adapted to streamline the Federal permitting process for smaller projects that are not covered projects.</text>
</section>
<section id="H66D1E9C4C2AA402BBC14CC7A324D5A3B">
<enum>41012.</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</section>
<section id="H558CB767043C4ADD8087CE35E4AF9C76">
<enum>41013.</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall terminate 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9B301928977B48BA974E7EE515141534">
<enum>41014.</enum>
<header>Placement</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Office of the Law Revision Counsel is directed to place sections 41001 through 41013 of this title in chapter 55 of title 42, United States Code, as subchapter IV.</text>
</section>
<enum>XLII</enum>
<header>Additional provisions</header>
<section id="H43D87922F8054C52B080A600C93EE7A7" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>42001.</enum>
<header>GAO report on refunds to registered vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC5C6CDCC5B3F4072B51A7CB1F16D3E5D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>conduct a study regarding payments made to vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation under section 6427(l)(4)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77A756B1D93A496A967F77D84D86EC37">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the results of such study, which shall include estimates of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1A64D01EC7E427BBA953CCD6FAC6C23">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the number of vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation who are registered under section 4101 of such Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5F0CCD23EA34E5DBFA83364762E65CF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation who are not so registered;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE38642113052420480EEFC77EADA2DCC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the number of vendors described in subparagraph (A) who receive payments under section 6427(l)(4)(C)(ii) of such Code; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32B3E24D20614BCD8782583CAA45784A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the excess of—</text>
<clause id="HA4788E9EB6DB45719D6E2ED999C4B782">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of payments which would be made under section 6427(l)(4)(C)(ii) of such Code if all vendors of kerosene used in noncommercial aviation were registered and filed claims for such payments, over</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H25817E908753438FB27A3D90B053E416">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the amount of payments actually made under such section; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA360FA39935A4C0BB7AC7C189BCFE488">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the number of cases of diesel truck operators fraudulently using kerosene taxed for use in aviation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>XLIII</enum>
<header>Payments to certified States and Indian tribes</header>
<section id="H77FB5F4B215A44169C596FD0F0AC303A">
<enum>43001.</enum>
<header>Payments from Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 411(h) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC418CC046D8440B81116A6360626BCA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE8536103D144670AE5E72C13644B19E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Payments</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8F9D28737204BC98F8F4FE688907E71" style="OLC">
<clause id="H2E4BA3F1664E48FA849BBEE7D1463DED">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Payments</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54CD47FC3B564AD79E45DF815A29B41B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90EFB33475E3406DA5F3A11DBF43F2B5" style="OLC">
<clause id="H5AC8C014C7114994A0D1D29E500C20DC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Certain payments required</header>
<text>Not withstanding any other provision of this Act, as soon as practicable, but not later than December 10, 2015, of the 7 equal installments referred to in clause (i), the Secretary shall pay to any certified State or Indian tribe to which the total annual payment under this subsection was limited to $15,000,000 in 2013 and $28,000,000 in fiscal year 2014—</text>
<subclause id="H11392B15B33849879AF5A66C7A0DAA90">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the final 2 installments in 2 separate payments of $82,700,000 each; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4D7CE0E1DA03478CB83F05940DC93F64">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>2 separate payments of $38,250,000 each.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H278157F16F844DCDBD68FD0055CBB1B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (5) and (6).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
E
Export-Import Bank of the United States
50001.
This division may be cited as the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015
.
<enum>LI</enum>
<header>Taxpayer protection provisions and increased accountability</header>
<section id="H78FC1B4BB2DF42C690E3EF23A4664552">
<enum>51001.</enum>
<header>Reduction in authorized amount of outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4718683FD5C546F48144D89201932BBC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DC5509BA39A4DEDA46B6A6693B6DF56">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6A30C8B901B4EBC893414A1C91070BC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6E5DE774622A435E84878312EB856167">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applicable amount defined</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>applicable amount</term>, for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, means $135,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD550A6F8D4094395B0CEED8713B9C396">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Freezing of lending cap if default rate is 2 percent or more</header>
<text>If the rate calculated under section 8(g)(1) is 2 percent or more for a quarter, the Bank may not exceed the amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance outstanding on the last day of that quarter until the rate calculated under section 8(g)(1) is less than 2 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H82BFEF1667B54A359AE4158551EDB1CD">
<enum>51002.</enum>
<header>Increase in loss reserves</header>
<subsection id="H244193C02A464B53AC569AE17B4ABD85">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1C94DE4CA4E4BF8B97D5AEA1B39649A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7334B9BDC9544370AA29976BC4B46829">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87C4269691D14D50A18F40BA091262CF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H21D26C1DF9604842AF266DBCD6EC4658">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reserve requirement</header>
<text>The Bank shall build to and hold in reserve, to protect against future losses, an amount that is not less than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance of the Bank.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50287EEB35D44339BE97525FBE68D265">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0052E2AD3FFB4934AE6CF8479C4F4887">
<enum>51003.</enum>
<header>Review of fraud controls</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(b) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (12 U.S.C. 635a–6(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H523132A631924E9B8D8901F41EBC0C75" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H10D072A8EA5246BB974E5D0EA3AACB23">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Review of fraud controls</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, and every 4 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H90D59DA39922477D9585B787E32A35F7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of the controls used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to prevent, detect, and investigate fraudulent applications for loans and guarantees and the compliance by the Bank with the controls, including by auditing a sample of Bank transactions; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADAA2223A6C1445CB4DA10B5116A5293">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>submit a written report regarding the findings of the review and providing such recommendations with respect to the controls described in paragraph (1) as the Comptroller General deems appropriate to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF71BF2D08E4E4B92A8A7414171C01223">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9124AA1493B6423AA0220F563B360DD5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HED0328BA3EE149F2A73DC55256C2A0B7">
<enum>51004.</enum>
<header>Office of Ethics</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H237514F2AAB246119BD753316E5B5F5B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H862A5146CB6C457AA13B9B7978C053E6">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Office of Ethics</header>
<paragraph id="H8D9D627D28C144608736448DB8DFE2C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>There is established an Office of Ethics within the Bank, which shall oversee all ethics issues within the Bank.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D8627B1781C4B2D8882A9A867D10B23">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Head of office</header>
<subparagraph id="H29B67F7F7B8F4A8CB5CF0113D5DC7267">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the Office of Ethics shall be the Chief Ethics Officer, who shall report to the Board of Directors.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC066254F3217408985F0D02E687052B6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, the Chief Ethics Officer shall be—</text>
<clause id="H5F9DADD29D8345EDAB22E6FAEA765CCF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appointed by the President of the Bank from among persons—</text>
<subclause id="H758EB6C1AE0F4AA8A3144AD79BEE4522">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with a background in law who have experience in the fields of law and ethics; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5E9B8D9990F547C18B4DE2AD4B2C12DC">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>who are not serving in a position requiring appointment by the President of the United States before being appointed to be Chief Ethics Officer; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H47992AAC7AAD44C8BE5F4DD076CF82AF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approved by the Board.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6DF6691E2FE9489BAAB680F3C8250C3B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Designated agency ethics official</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Ethics Officer shall serve as the designated agency ethics official for the Bank pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C4B34DE32774C0F8CB2C3AC407FAE57">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Ethics has jurisdiction over all employees of, and ethics matters relating to, the Bank. With respect to employees of the Bank, the Office of Ethics shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F353C79E8A64E7ABD4E4B921203E3DA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H069B47846AA3409C89920CA0AAE5A851">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>refer to the Office of the Inspector General of the Bank alleged violations of—</text>
<clause id="H3FBAFD6D209747948073192433C4BCDE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the standards of ethical conduct applicable to employees of the Bank under parts 2635 and 6201 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H45B8DAE0F1CB4EB6AC7DBF0D0F5AB0BC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the standards of ethical conduct established by the Chief Ethics Officer; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF1B627CF738D45B6BB8D4AD6C504049D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>any other laws, rules, or regulations governing the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities that are applicable to employees of the Bank;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17DCFEFDFDAB4189A6FE165C738ED8B9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to appropriate Federal or State authorities substantial evidence of a violation of any law applicable to the performance of official duties that may have been disclosed to the Office of Ethics; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98DFCBA32F0E40AC9C9058DD698C78D2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>render advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of an employee or contractor of the Bank, and issue general guidance on such matters as necessary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H087B8A1E4F2F4C22A2603B7211205C18">
<enum>51005.</enum>
<header>Chief Risk Officer</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a), as amended by section 91004, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C2E8E2926CC4563A655559A3A590BB3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCD25E52E13AA4B6AA80A543BDEFA5F9A">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header>Chief Risk Officer</header>
<paragraph id="HD353BDE365C040F7A24B155A5DDBB893">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There shall be a Chief Risk Officer of the Bank, who shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84F30895FDFE4413BF6717F1158DB172">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>oversee all issues relating to risk within the Bank; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B70286435B542DA8AA1C02E505B73ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>report to the President of the Bank.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D007C1BAD4B456CA4D24E06C203C345">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, the Chief Risk Officer shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85C16CA91EC3492092127445E6CD73CD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>appointed by the President of the Bank from among persons—</text>
<clause id="HC6E8DB093CF34E86BC0CA310455AEA83">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>with a demonstrated ability in the general management of, and knowledge of and extensive practical experience in, financial risk evaluation practices in large governmental or business entities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2B08F24097047A492B4DEB681C92052">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>who are not serving in a position requiring appointment by the President of the United States before being appointed to be Chief Risk Officer; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81C0E5BFFF1242AAB5502595FCC4F694">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>approved by the Board.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF15E93DB313A4F42A9E1C4A770299F80">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The duties of the Chief Risk Officer are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A40927B2E0E45E5A821126035FF1AEC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to be responsible for all matters related to managing and mitigating all risk to which the Bank is exposed, including the programs and operations of the Bank;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H448F8B8B7D4840CE95142840F8C2DA50">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to establish policies and processes for risk oversight, the monitoring of management compliance with risk limits, and the management of risk exposures and risk controls across the Bank;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADC3CBC517124674A83754DA69933878">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to be responsible for the planning and execution of all Bank risk management activities, including policies, reporting, and systems to achieve strategic risk objectives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7143449124A54A70BB8FA4676542AE40">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to develop an integrated risk management program that includes identifying, prioritizing, measuring, monitoring, and managing internal control and operating risks and other identified risks;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7C5E9FDFBAA45C0A9E900B5F01D4B2A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>to ensure that the process for risk assessment and underwriting for individual transactions considers how each such transaction considers the effect of the transaction on the concentration of exposure in the overall portfolio of the Bank, taking into account fees, collateralization, and historic default rates; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0664905E5DDE4C3FBB4ECEEBDED44D50">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>to review the adequacy of the use by the Bank of qualitative metrics to assess the risk of default under various scenarios.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H4358C3C145B64A98B627F8ABE8FF7C44">
<enum>51006.</enum>
<header>Risk Management Committee</header>
<subsection id="HB7572A0C322F4C60A59F9F421257D29D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a), as amended by sections 91004 and 91005, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2146E1A8209146DAAE46517A7E904233" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA0D199522669477DAD7D4A40133A2875">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Risk management committee</header>
<paragraph id="H40D498DBE1EC4C51A5D72277E0DFE857">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>There is established a management committee to be known as the <quote>Risk Management Committee</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3998BDF12EF44F9922C15F5608A7DB8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<text>The membership of the Risk Management Committee shall be the members of the Board of Directors, with the President and First Vice President of the Bank serving as ex officio members.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3628AFA891A248FA89AFC4693D702ED7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The duties of the Risk Management Committee shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F777FED56F645B198E3A70C39517FE2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to oversee, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank—</text>
<clause id="H5203DA257B4C407EA068474031598A43">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>periodic stress testing on the entire Bank portfolio, reflecting different market, industry, and macroeconomic scenarios, and consistent with common practices of commercial and multilateral development banks; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD59CEF9E506541B7AE11906466DEC130">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the monitoring of industry, geographic, and obligor exposure levels; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD5CCDB83BED480CBC051B7204330FF6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to review all required reports on the default rate of the Bank before submission to Congress under section 8(g).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC52617DAA8154B858BF4D473C3C58326">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Termination of Audit Committee</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall revise the bylaws of the Bank to terminate the Audit Committee established by section 7 of the bylaws.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H44CD60345A9F42D1B70A56389383BCCC">
<enum>51007.</enum>
<header>Independent audit of bank portfolio</header>
<subsection id="HF31CEB6B335C4FB1BAA13E5E74F52424">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Audit</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall conduct an audit or evaluation of the portfolio risk management procedures of the Bank, including a review of the implementation by the Bank of the duties assigned to the Chief Risk Officer under section 3(l) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended by section 51005.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67F00F5F12AA4AED8DD740FB9928E11E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a written report containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H98F2998B59B24DEF9AB1D268A38E2F74">
<enum>51008.</enum>
<header>Pilot program for reinsurance</header>
<subsection id="H3AA650B7690F469A836D1E1037D195A6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any provision of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.), the Export-Import Bank of the United States (in this section referred to as the <quote>Bank</quote>) may establish a pilot program under which the Bank may enter into contracts and other arrangements to share risks associated with the provision of guarantees, insurance, or credit, or the participation in the extension of credit, by the Bank under that Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02C57CD81DA1447CBF1ECAE08C2C2D9C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitations on Amount of Risk-Sharing</header>
<paragraph id="H8B611D98E54A432A8EB61E9EF41DF5ED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Per contract or other arrangement</header>
<text>The aggregate amount of liability the Bank may transfer through risk-sharing pursuant to a contract or other arrangement entered into under subsection (a) may not exceed $1,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1207C1F75EC744E8AB7C7FCD5F1A4EE8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Per year</header>
<text>The aggregate amount of liability the Bank may transfer through risk-sharing during a fiscal year pursuant to contracts or other arrangements entered into under subsection (a) during that fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAEB8FE86E7F54C1A9A7E37A7AFEC23EC">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Annual reports</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2019, the Bank shall submit to Congress a written report that contains a detailed analysis of the use of the pilot program carried out under subsection (a) during the year preceding the submission of the report.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H782D8279C7D84C92BD5CCA81DCA0BF5A">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect, impede, or revoke any authority of the Bank.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAFDBF09D3A5B4DD88B02B56E32859C22">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text>The pilot program carried out under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2019.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LII</enum>
<header>Promotion of small business exports</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC79AFBCFE3E44A7BBDBEF9944F74772" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>52001.</enum>
<header>Increase in small business lending requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCC61CD380AA46A7ABF48A8E8F2ED053">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b)(1)(E)(v) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(E)(v)) is amended by striking <quote>20 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19B7920279F6407E88F6A00C33EC75A6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB1A2020F74394C6BA22EB0393C48ACA7">
<enum>52002.</enum>
<header>Report on programs for small- and medium-sized businesses</header>
<subsection id="HA8E41D53EC53421F9F4D875158E0E1F1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60A651F66B1343638DE1E9D1D8EE83E3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8BDD83A83EB4C1BA2DA457C68EFD92D">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Report on Programs for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses</header>
<text>The Bank shall include in its annual report to Congress under subsection (a) a report on the programs of the Bank for United States businesses with less than $250,000,000 in annual sales.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H974E2E2FB2C64FDEBF26741FA75CA8F8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the report of the Export-Import Bank of the United States submitted to Congress under section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g) for the first year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LIII</enum>
<header>Modernization of operations</header>
<section id="H54C8134A72954E0C966F4ED8834A22D2">
<enum>53001.</enum>
<header>Electronic payments and documents</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(b)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H130FF540D1FF4694BD4F07CBFFBC007B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H548366272C0D44A5A0D6811F0D472F44" indent="up2">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, the Bank shall implement policies—</text>
<clause id="H2CC9915E6BEF41E38DA82284C6BB585D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accept electronic documents with respect to transactions whenever possible, including copies of bills of lading, certifications, and compliance documents, in such manner so as not to undermine any potential civil or criminal enforcement related to the transactions; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04B447E800F34093AC0F498067B9C35F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accept electronic payments in all of its programs.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF93F0E63FD82422E9695659C4286FBF6">
<enum>53002.</enum>
<header>Reauthorization of information technology updating</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(j) of the Export-Import Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(j)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F95C310030C48D6AE1C1FA546357434">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2012, 2013, and 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2015 through 2019</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2181FB843F04FCE8BAF31647FB35047">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>(I) the funds</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) the funds</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H741D362B3147415ABE6659156D109F92">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>2012, 2013, and 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2015 through 2019</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LIV</enum>
<header>General provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81374AABFB3A4A69A7804980233FD24B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>54001.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE885A13AA83C40F2A25E65A790C4E11C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking <quote>2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H839A07D0E3FF4A7DB3552450E0B02341">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Dual-Use Exports</header>
<text>Section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428 (12 U.S.C. 635 note) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>the date on which the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States expires under section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H72E50C400E144AA7A57F1F56D66A211F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee</header>
<text>Section 2(b)(9)(B)(iii) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(9)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>the date on which the authority of the Bank expires under section 7</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6F971F545314472A88DF5E259C336D7">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of the date of the enactment of this Act or June 30, 2015.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HED41C6A3EC66400FB96A0031F8DFE89E">
<enum>54002.</enum>
<header>Certain updated loan terms and amounts</header>
<subsection id="H08642A74C75A419680EB1FACC12880F6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Loan Terms for Medium-Term Financing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(a)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA19087BA27740DE93BF20DABE370200">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FD7687BDD514D1F9765B582976A18FB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C7AF4C93C64491C80303327B1BF41B3" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1FAADEB2CBBA401AB87DA1307861E3C3" indent="up1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with principal amounts of not more than $25,000,000; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H77E5B258E6BC476987FD30B2172F5949">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Competitive opportunities relating to insurance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(d)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(d)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7088BC7415A4389AD9DC318C801C1AF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Export amounts for small business loans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(g)(3) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(g)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H953F75C1879041EDA6D04E155ECFEAEE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consideration of environmental effects</header>
<text>Section 11(a)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–5(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 or more</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>$25,000,000 (or, if less than $25,000,000, the threshold established pursuant to international agreements, including the Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence, as adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Council on June 28, 2012, and the risk-management framework adopted by financial institutions for determining, assessing, and managing environmental and social risk in projects (commonly referred to as the <quote>Equator Principles</quote>)) or more</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H729451A25FBE47B1AFD56597AB2AAA87">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LV</enum>
<header>Other matters</header>
<section id="HF42447F3AFFB48208C44C40E934B31F4">
<enum>55001.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on discrimination based on industry</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (6 U.S.C. 635 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB93CAFD89A564EF38FD7583E80C848C5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4B38C29CD74844AE985ED13885F17E75">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on discrimination based on industry</header>
<paragraph id="H02A92AC440D64A5BA2BD2113AA53F408">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in this Act, the Bank may not—</text>
<subparagraph id="H862999F5E3074D7DA6E844CAFBF59293">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>deny an application for financing based solely on the industry, sector, or business that the application concerns; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36CC577738454F0D8018DF31906AC8D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>promulgate or implement policies that discriminate against an application based solely on the industry, sector, or business that the application concerns.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA67FF57A07C4E49878226D013D618F7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>The prohibitions under paragraph (1) apply only to applications for financing by the Bank for projects concerning the exploration, development, production, or export of energy sources and the generation or transmission of electrical power, or combined heat and power, regardless of the energy source involved.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HC4CDBFE7BB01496AABF960C9DF4422B3">
<enum>55002.</enum>
<header>Negotiations to end export credit financing</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H574ADCEC20F3456FA94A1EF1CBB29A1A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11 of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (12 U.S.C. 635a–5) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE1306ECC126741B990296580F270B4B9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56C121601F20469989FD6CA3C0BC46E0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Secretary of the Treasury (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</quote> and inserting <quote>President</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97B520A882E34BE1827244DFF0DB5B1F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HB58CDB8B5BF6492CA0B9FCEE0CDC55F2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(OECD)</quote> and inserting <quote>(in this section referred to as the <quote>OECD</quote>)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB8F5B510987847FFB94F07FC8C523CDD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>ultimate goal of eliminating</quote> and inserting <quote>possible goal of eliminating, before the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>,</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EC8FC67BDFB45BABB9B2CBC0A4C7261">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>President</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B316E26ABE046C1AED1257208E6534E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA82CEC32CE32491C973CC0EE353C3C0D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAFE8DF57B5D340819CE0E7D2ABB35B13">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report on strategy</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, the President shall submit to Congress a proposal, and a strategy for achieving the proposal, that the United States Government will pursue with other major exporting countries, including OECD members and non-OECD members, to eliminate over a period of not more than 10 years subsidized export-financing programs, tied aid, export credits, and all other forms of government-supported export subsidies.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0557BA1833724D72974FFFA9A7BBB9D7">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Negotiations with non-OECD members</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall initiate and pursue negotiations with countries that are not OECD members to bring those countries into a multilateral agreement establishing rules and limitations on officially supported export credits.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FDF2F34CAAA4D0D8D941353BE118B07">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Annual reports on progress of negotiations</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015</short-title>, and annually thereafter through calendar year 2019, the President shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the progress of any negotiations described in subsection (d).</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8383FDC8B8C4B37963C602409486552">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 11(b) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (12 U.S.C. 635a–5(b)) after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5166B50FA9AF4037ADC91352D8EDEE86">
<enum>55003.</enum>
<header>Study of financing for information and communications technology systems</header>
<subsection id="HA71FE4FBCB79474392E3EF7A4A31A3FC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Analysis of information and communications technology industry use of bank products</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Export-Import Bank of the United States (in this section referred to as the <quote>Bank</quote>) shall conduct a study of the extent to which the products offered by the Bank are available and used by companies that export information and communications technology services and related goods.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFC4ED56DFC4842F2A6EAD622D47D69D2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Elements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Bank shall examine the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1F0CCFB381F74B968F7380CB8B990B20">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The number of jobs in the United States that are supported by the export of information and communications technology services and related goods, and the degree to which access to financing will increase exports of such services and related goods.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51D1E8BBB1464F63B95F5253584D8547">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The reduction in the financing by the Bank of exports of information and communications technology services from 2003 through 2014.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D6C8B52AAE14826BBE6371B539106FD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The activities of foreign export credit agencies to facilitate the export of information and communications technology services and related goods.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C8D881E2F3D496DBAA069F8B80D1848">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Specific proposals for how the Bank could provide additional financing for the exportation of information and communications technology services and related goods through risk-sharing with other export credit agencies and other third parties.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB66AEF34DCB74104A450C44D1A4D6F6A">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Proposals for new products the Bank could offer to provide financing for exports of information and communications technology services and related goods, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBA2F418F5383426EB8092934823895DB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the Bank is authorized to offer new products;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3457B659EED44A799D2528DE55A1DE12">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the Bank would need additional authority to offer new products to meet the needs of the information and communications technology industry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D71A9156F4D41AAA0CC78AC2BB77B5E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>specific proposals for changes in law that would enable the Bank to provide increased financing for exports of information and communications technology services and related goods in compliance with the credit and risk standards of the Bank;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD32F15F5783B49FBB9FA4C42BC9C339B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>specific proposals that would enable the Bank to provide increased outreach to the information and communications technology industry about the products the Bank offers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HECDB0AEF0BEA43D28A50BE58A40DF668">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>specific proposals for changes in law that would enable the Bank to provide the financing to build information and communications technology infrastructure, in compliance with the credit and risk standards of the Bank, to allow for market access opportunities for United States information and communications technology companies to provide services on the infrastructure being financed by the Bank.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B5EAB6A912B45C583D5C9C7784AA4F1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Bank shall submit to Congress a report that contains the results of the study required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
F
61001.
Emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions
(a)
Congress finds that recent natural disasters have underscored the importance of having resilient oil and natural gas infrastructure and effective ways for industry and government to communicate to address energy supply disruptions.
(b)
Authorization for activities to enhance emergency preparedness for natural disasters
The Secretary of Energy shall develop and adopt procedures to—
(1)
improve communication and coordination between the Department of Energy’s energy response team, Federal partners, and industry;
(2)
leverage the Energy Information Administration’s subject matter expertise within the Department’s energy response team to improve supply chain situation assessments;
(3)
establish company liaisons and direct communication with the Department’s energy response team to improve situation assessments;
(4)
streamline and enhance processes for obtaining temporary regulatory relief to speed up emergency response and recovery;
(5)
facilitate and increase engagement among States, the oil and natural gas industry, and the Department in developing State and local energy assurance plans;
(6)
establish routine education and training programs for key government emergency response positions with the Department and States; and
(7)
involve States and the oil and natural gas industry in comprehensive drill and exercise programs.
(c)
The activities carried out under subsection (b) shall include collaborative efforts with State and local government officials and the private sector.
(d)
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report describing the effectiveness of the activities authorized under this section.
61002.
Resolving environmental and grid reliability conflicts
(a)
Compliance with or violation of environmental laws while under emergency order
Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(c)) is amended—
(1)
by inserting (1)
after (c)
; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(2)
With respect to an order issued under this subsection that may result in a conflict with a requirement of any Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation, the Commission shall ensure that such order requires generation, delivery, interchange, or transmission of electric energy only during hours necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest, and, to the maximum extent practicable, is consistent with any applicable Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation and minimizes any adverse environmental impacts.
(3)
To the extent any omission or action taken by a party, that is necessary to comply with an order issued under this subsection, including any omission or action taken to voluntarily comply with such order, results in noncompliance with, or causes such party to not comply with, any Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation, such omission or action shall not be considered a violation of such environmental law or regulation, or subject such party to any requirement, civil or criminal liability, or a citizen suit under such environmental law or regulation.
(4)
(A)
An order issued under this subsection that may result in a conflict with a requirement of any Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation shall expire not later than 90 days after it is issued. The Commission may renew or reissue such order pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) for subsequent periods, not to exceed 90 days for each period, as the Commission determines necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest.
(B)
In renewing or reissuing an order under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall consult with the primary Federal agency with expertise in the environmental interest protected by such law or regulation, and shall include in any such renewed or reissued order such conditions as such Federal agency determines necessary to minimize any adverse environmental impacts to the extent practicable. The conditions, if any, submitted by such Federal agency shall be made available to the public. The Commission may exclude such a condition from the renewed or reissued order if it determines that such condition would prevent the order from adequately addressing the emergency necessitating such order and provides in the order, or otherwise makes publicly available, an explanation of such determination.
(5)
If an order issued under this subsection is subsequently stayed, modified, or set aside by a court pursuant to section 313 or any other provision of law, any omission or action previously taken by a party that was necessary to comply with the order while the order was in effect, including any omission or action taken to voluntarily comply with the order, shall remain subject to paragraph (3).
.
(b)
Temporary connection or construction by municipalities
Section 202(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(d)) is amended by inserting or municipality
before engaged in the transmission or sale of electric energy
.
61003.
Critical electric infrastructure security
(a)
Critical electric infrastructure security
Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 215 the following new section:
215A.
Critical electric infrastructure security
(a)
For purposes of this section:
(1)
Bulk-power system; electric reliability organization; regional entity
The terms bulk-power system
, Electric Reliability Organization
, and regional entity
have the meanings given such terms in paragraphs (1), (2), and (7) of section 215(a), respectively.
(2)
Critical electric infrastructure
The term critical electric infrastructure
means a system or asset of the bulk-power system, whether physical or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which would negatively affect national security, economic security, public health or safety, or any combination of such matters.
(3)
Critical electric infrastructure information
The term critical electric infrastructure information
means information related to critical electric infrastructure, or proposed critical electrical infrastructure, generated by or provided to the Commission or other Federal agency, other than classified national security information, that is designated as critical electric infrastructure information by the Commission or the Secretary pursuant to subsection (d). Such term includes information that qualifies as critical energy infrastructure information under the Commission’s regulations.
(4)
Defense critical electric infrastructure
The term defense critical electric infrastructure
means any electric infrastructure located in any of the 48 contiguous States or the District of Columbia that serves a facility designated by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c), but is not owned or operated by the owner or operator of such facility.
(5)
The term electromagnetic pulse
means 1 or more pulses of electromagnetic energy emitted by a device capable of disabling or disrupting operation of, or destroying, electronic devices or communications networks, including hardware, software, and data, by means of such a pulse.
(6)
The term geomagnetic storm
means a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetic field resulting from solar activity.
(7)
The term grid security emergency
means the occurrence or imminent danger of—
(A)
(i)
a malicious act using electronic communication or an electromagnetic pulse, or a geomagnetic storm event, that could disrupt the operation of those electronic devices or communications networks, including hardware, software, and data, that are essential to the reliability of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure; and
(ii)
disruption of the operation of such devices or networks, with significant adverse effects on the reliability of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure, as a result of such act or event; or
(B)
(i)
a direct physical attack on critical electric infrastructure or on defense critical electric infrastructure; and
(ii)
significant adverse effects on the reliability of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure as a result of such physical attack.
(8)
The term Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
(b)
Authority to address grid security emergency
(1)
Whenever the President issues and provides to the Secretary a written directive or determination identifying a grid security emergency, the Secretary may, with or without notice, hearing, or report, issue such orders for emergency measures as are necessary in the judgment of the Secretary to protect or restore the reliability of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure during such emergency. As soon as practicable but not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall, after notice and opportunity for comment, establish rules of procedure that ensure that such authority can be exercised expeditiously.
(2)
Whenever the President issues and provides to the Secretary a written directive or determination under paragraph (1), the President shall promptly notify congressional committees of relevant jurisdiction, including the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, of the contents of, and justification for, such directive or determination.
(3)
Before issuing an order for emergency measures under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable in light of the nature of the grid security emergency and the urgency of the need for action, consult with appropriate governmental authorities in Canada and Mexico, entities described in paragraph (4), the Electricity Sub-sector Coordinating Council, the Commission, and other appropriate Federal agencies regarding implementation of such emergency measures.
(4)
An order for emergency measures under this subsection may apply to—
(A)
the Electric Reliability Organization;
(B)
a regional entity; or
(C)
any owner, user, or operator of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure within the United States.
(5)
Expiration and reissuance
(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an order for emergency measures issued under paragraph (1) shall expire no later than 15 days after its issuance.
(B)
The Secretary may reissue an order for emergency measures issued under paragraph (1) for subsequent periods, not to exceed 15 days for each such period, provided that the President, for each such period, issues and provides to the Secretary a written directive or determination that the grid security emergency identified under paragraph (1) continues to exist or that the emergency measure continues to be required.
(6)
(A)
Critical electric infrastructure
If the Commission determines that owners, operators, or users of critical electric infrastructure have incurred substantial costs to comply with an order for emergency measures issued under this subsection and that such costs were prudently incurred and cannot reasonably be recovered through regulated rates or market prices for the electric energy or services sold by such owners, operators, or users, the Commission shall, consistent with the requirements of section 205, after notice and an opportunity for comment, establish a mechanism that permits such owners, operators, or users to recover such costs.
(B)
Defense critical electric infrastructure
To the extent the owner or operator of defense critical electric infrastructure is required to take emergency measures pursuant to an order issued under this subsection, the owners or operators of a critical defense facility or facilities designated by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c) that rely upon such infrastructure shall bear the full incremental costs of the measures.
(7)
Temporary access to classified information
The Secretary, and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with their obligations to protect classified information, provide temporary access to classified information related to a grid security emergency for which emergency measures are issued under paragraph (1) to key personnel of any entity subject to such emergency measures to enable optimum communication between the entity and the Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies regarding the grid security emergency.
(c)
Designation of critical defense facilities
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and appropriate owners, users, or operators of infrastructure that may be defense critical electric infrastructure, shall identify and designate facilities located in the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia that are—
(1)
critical to the defense of the United States; and
(2)
vulnerable to a disruption of the supply of electric energy provided to such facility by an external provider.
The Secretary may, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and appropriate owners, users, or operators of defense critical electric infrastructure, periodically revise the list of designated facilities as necessary.
(d)
Protection and sharing of critical electric infrastructure information
(1)
Protection of critical electric infrastructure information
Critical electric infrastructure information—
(A)
shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; and
(B)
shall not be made available by any Federal, State, political subdivision or tribal authority pursuant to any Federal, State, political subdivision or tribal law requiring public disclosure of information or records.
(2)
Designation and sharing of critical electric infrastructure information
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission, after consultation with the Secretary, shall promulgate such regulations as necessary to—
(A)
establish criteria and procedures to designate information as critical electric infrastructure information;
(B)
prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of critical electric infrastructure information;
(C)
ensure there are appropriate sanctions in place for Commissioners, officers, employees, or agents of the Commission or the Department of Energy who knowingly and willfully disclose critical electric infrastructure information in a manner that is not authorized under this section; and
(D)
taking into account standards of the Electric Reliability Organization, facilitate voluntary sharing of critical electric infrastructure information with, between, and by—
(i)
Federal, State, political subdivision, and tribal authorities;
(ii)
the Electric Reliability Organization;
(iii)
regional entities;
(iv)
information sharing and analysis centers established pursuant to Presidential Decision Directive 63;
(v)
owners, operators, and users of critical electric infrastructure in the United States; and
(vi)
other entities determined appropriate by the Commission.
(3)
Information may be designated by the Commission or the Secretary as critical electric infrastructure information pursuant to the criteria and procedures established by the Commission under paragraph (2)(A).
(4)
In exercising their respective authorities under this subsection, the Commission and the Secretary shall take into consideration the role of State commissions in reviewing the prudence and cost of investments, determining the rates and terms of conditions for electric services, and ensuring the safety and reliability of the bulk-power system and distribution facilities within their respective jurisdictions.
(5)
The Commission and the Secretary shall, in consultation with Canadian and Mexican authorities, develop protocols for the voluntary sharing of critical electric infrastructure information with Canadian and Mexican authorities and owners, operators, and users of the bulk-power system outside the United States.
(6)
No required sharing of information
Nothing in this section shall require a person or entity in possession of critical electric infrastructure information to share such information with Federal, State, political subdivision, or tribal authorities, or any other person or entity.
(7)
Submission of information to Congress
Nothing in this section shall permit or authorize the withholding of information from Congress, any committee or subcommittee thereof, or the Comptroller General.
(8)
Disclosure of nonprotected information
In implementing this section, the Commission and the Secretary shall segregate critical electric infrastructure information or information that reasonably could be expected to lead to the disclosure of the critical electric infrastructure information within documents and electronic communications, wherever feasible, to facilitate disclosure of information that is not designated as critical electric infrastructure information.
(9)
Information may not be designated as critical electric infrastructure information for longer than 5 years, unless specifically re-designated by the Commission or the Secretary, as appropriate.
(10)
The Commission or the Secretary, as appropriate, shall remove the designation of critical electric infrastructure information, in whole or in part, from a document or electronic communication if the Commission or the Secretary, as appropriate, determines that the unauthorized disclosure of such information could no longer be used to impair the security or reliability of the bulk-power system or distribution facilities.
(11)
Judicial review of designations
Notwithstanding section 313(b), with respect to a petition filed by a person to which an order under this section applies, any determination by the Commission or the Secretary concerning the designation of critical electric infrastructure information under this subsection shall be subject to review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, except that such review shall be brought in the district court of the United States in the district in which the complainant resides, or has his principal place of business, or in the District of Columbia. In such a case the court shall examine in camera the contents of documents or electronic communications that are the subject of the determination under review to determine whether such documents or any part thereof were improperly designated or not designated as critical electric infrastructure information.
(e)
The Secretary shall facilitate and, to the extent practicable, expedite the acquisition of adequate security clearances by key personnel of any entity subject to the requirements of this section, to enable optimum communication with Federal agencies regarding threats to the security of the critical electric infrastructure. The Secretary, the Commission, and other appropriate Federal agencies shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with their obligations to protect classified and critical electric infrastructure information, share timely actionable information regarding grid security with appropriate key personnel of owners, operators, and users of the critical electric infrastructure.
(f)
Clarifications of liability
(1)
Compliance with or violation of this Act
Except as provided in paragraph (4), to the extent any action or omission taken by an entity that is necessary to comply with an order for emergency measures issued under subsection (b)(1), including any action or omission taken to voluntarily comply with such order, results in noncompliance with, or causes such entity not to comply with any rule, order, regulation, or provision of this Act, including any reliability standard approved by the Commission pursuant to section 215, such action or omission shall not be considered a violation of such rule, order, regulation, or provision.
(2)
Relation to section 202(c)
Except as provided in paragraph (4), an action or omission taken by an owner, operator, or user of critical electric infrastructure or of defense critical electric infrastructure to comply with an order for emergency measures issued under subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as an action or omission taken to comply with an order issued under section 202(c) for purposes of such section.
(3)
Sharing or receipt of information
No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any Federal or State court for the sharing or receipt of information under, and that is conducted in accordance with, subsection (d).
(4)
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require dismissal of a cause of action against an entity that, in the course of complying with an order for emergency measures issued under subsection (b)(1) by taking an action or omission for which they would be liable but for paragraph (1) or (2 ), takes such action or omission in a grossly negligent manner.
.
(b)
(1)
Section 201(b)(2) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(b)(2)) is amended by inserting 215A,
after 215,
each place it appears.
(2)
Section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(e)) is amended by inserting 215A,
after 215,
.
(c)
(1)
In this subsection:
(A)
Critical electric infrastructure; critical electric infrastructure information
The terms critical electric infrastructure
and critical electric infrastructure information
have the meanings given those terms in section 215A of the Federal Power Act.
(B)
The term Sector-Specific Agency
has the meaning given that term in the Presidential Policy Directive entitled Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
, numbered 21, and dated February 12, 2013.
(2)
Sector-Specific Agency for Cybersecurity for the Energy Sector
(A)
The Department of Energy shall be the lead Sector-Specific Agency for cybersecurity for the energy sector.
(B)
As head of the designated Sector-Specific Agency for cybersecurity, the duties of the Secretary of Energy shall include—
(i)
coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security and other relevant Federal departments and agencies;
(ii)
collaborating with—
(I)
critical electric infrastructure owners and operators; and
(II)
as appropriate—
-
(aa)
independent regulatory agencies; and
-
(bb)
State, local, tribal, and territorial entities;
-
(cc)
serving as a day-to-day Federal interface for the dynamic prioritization and coordination of sector-specific activities;
-
(dd)
carrying out incident management responsibilities consistent with applicable law (including regulations) and other appropriate policies or directives;
-
(ee)
providing, supporting, or facilitating technical assistance and consultations for the energy sector to identify vulnerabilities and help mitigate incidents, as appropriate; and
-
(ff)
supporting the reporting requirements of the Department of Homeland Security under applicable law by providing, on an annual basis, sector-specific critical electric infrastructure information.
61004.
Strategic Transformer Reserve
(a)
Congress finds that the storage of strategically located spare large power transformers and emergency mobile substations will reduce the vulnerability of the United States to multiple risks facing electric grid reliability, including physical attack, cyber attack, electromagnetic pulse, geomagnetic disturbances, severe weather, and seismic events.
(b)
In this section:
(1)
The term bulk-power system
has the meaning given such term in section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)).
(2)
Critically damaged large power transformer
The term critically damaged large power transformer
means a large power transformer that—
(A)
has sustained extensive damage such that—
(i)
repair or refurbishment is not economically viable; or
(ii)
the extensive time to repair or refurbish the large power transformer would create an extended period of instability in the bulk-power system; and
(B)
prior to sustaining such damage, was part of the bulk-power system.
(3)
Critical electric infrastructure
The term critical electric infrastructure
has the meaning given that term in section 215A of the Federal Power Act.
(4)
Electric reliability organization
The term Electric Reliability Organization
has the meaning given such term in section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)).
(5)
Emergency mobile substation
The term emergency mobile substation
means a mobile substation or mobile transformer that is—
(A)
assembled and permanently mounted on a trailer that is capable of highway travel and meets relevant Department of Transportation regulations; and
(B)
intended for express deployment and capable of being rapidly placed into service.
(6)
The term large power transformer
means a power transformer with a maximum nameplate rating of 100 megavolt-amperes or higher, including related critical equipment, that is, or is intended to be, a part of the bulk-power system.
(7)
The term Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
(8)
Spare large power transformer
The term spare large power transformer
means a large power transformer that is stored within the Strategic Transformer Reserve to be available to temporarily replace a critically damaged large power transformer.
(c)
Strategic Transformer Reserve Plan
(1)
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, shall, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Electricity Sub-sector Coordinating Council, the Electric Reliability Organization, and owners and operators of critical electric infrastructure and defense and military installations, prepare and submit to Congress a plan to establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve for the storage, in strategically located facilities, of spare large power transformers and emergency mobile substations in sufficient numbers to temporarily replace critically damaged large power transformers and substations that are critical electric infrastructure or serve defense and military installations.
(2)
The Strategic Transformer Reserve plan shall include a description of—
(A)
the appropriate number and type of spare large power transformers necessary to provide or restore sufficient resiliency to the bulk-power system, critical electric infrastructure, and defense and military installations to mitigate significant impacts to the electric grid resulting from—
(i)
physical attack;
(ii)
cyber attack;
(iii)
electromagnetic pulse attack;
(iv)
geomagnetic disturbances;
(v)
severe weather; or
(vi)
seismic events;
(B)
other critical electric grid equipment for which an inventory of spare equipment, including emergency mobile substations, is necessary to provide or restore sufficient resiliency to the bulk-power system, critical electric infrastructure, and defense and military installations;
(C)
the degree to which utility sector actions or initiatives, including individual utility ownership of spare equipment, joint ownership of spare equipment inventory, sharing agreements, or other spare equipment reserves or arrangements, satisfy the needs identified under subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(D)
the potential locations for, and feasibility and appropriate number of, strategic storage locations for reserve equipment, including consideration of—
(i)
the physical security of such locations;
(ii)
the protection of the confidentiality of such locations; and
(iii)
the proximity of such locations to sites of potentially critically damaged large power transformers and substations that are critical electric infrastructure or serve defense and military installations, so as to enable efficient delivery of equipment to such sites;
(E)
the necessary degree of flexibility of spare large power transformers to be included in the Strategic Transformer Reserve to conform to different substation configurations, including consideration of transformer—
(i)
power and voltage rating for each winding;
(ii)
overload requirements;
(iii)
impedance between windings;
(iv)
configuration of windings; and
(v)
tap requirements;
(F)
an estimate of the direct cost of the Strategic Transformer Reserve, as proposed, including—
(i)
the cost of storage facilities;
(ii)
the cost of the equipment; and
(iii)
management, maintenance, and operation costs;
(G)
the funding options available to establish, stock, manage, and maintain the Strategic Transformer Reserve, including consideration of fees on owners and operators of bulk-power system facilities, critical electric infrastructure, and defense and military installations relying on the Strategic Transformer Reserve, use of Federal appropriations, and public-private cost-sharing options;
(H)
the ease and speed of transportation, installation, and energization of spare large power transformers to be included in the Strategic Transformer Reserve, including consideration of factors such as—
(i)
transformer transportation weight;
(ii)
transformer size;
(iii)
topology of critical substations;
(iv)
availability of appropriate transformer mounting pads;
(v)
flexibility of the spare large power transformers as described in subparagraph (E); and
(vi)
ability to rapidly transition a spare large power transformer from storage to energization;
(I)
eligibility criteria for withdrawal of equipment from the Strategic Transformer Reserve;
(J)
the process by which owners or operators of critically damaged large power transformers or substations that are critical electric infrastructure or serve defense and military installations may apply for a withdrawal from the Strategic Transformer Reserve;
(K)
the process by which equipment withdrawn from the Strategic Transformer Reserve is returned to the Strategic Transformer Reserve or is replaced;
(L)
possible fees to be paid by users of equipment withdrawn from the Strategic Transformer Reserve;
(M)
possible fees to be paid by owners and operators of large power transformers and substations that are critical electric infrastructure or serve defense and military installations to cover operating costs of the Strategic Transformer Reserve;
(N)
the domestic and international large power transformer supply chain;
(O)
the potential reliability, cost, and operational benefits of including emergency mobile substations in any Strategic Transformer Reserve established under this section; and
(P)
other considerations for designing, constructing, stocking, funding, and managing the Strategic Transformer Reserve.
(d)
Disclosure of information
Any information included in the Strategic Transformer Reserve plan, or shared in the preparation and development of such plan, the disclosure of which could cause harm to critical electric infrastructure, shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, and any State, tribal, or local law requiring disclosure of information or records.
61005.
Energy security valuation
(a)
Establishment of energy security valuation methods
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, shall develop and transmit, after public notice and comment, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that includes recommended United States energy security valuation methods. In developing the report, the Secretaries may consider the recommendations of the Administration’s Quadrennial Energy Review released on April 21, 2015. The report shall—
(1)
evaluate and define United States energy security to reflect modern domestic and global energy markets and the collective needs of the United States and its allies and partners;
(2)
identify transparent and uniform or coordinated procedures and criteria to ensure that energy-related actions that significantly affect the supply, distribution, or use of energy are evaluated with respect to their potential impact on energy security, including their impact on—
(A)
consumers and the economy;
(B)
energy supply diversity and resiliency;
(C)
well-functioning and competitive energy markets;
(D)
United States trade balance; and
(E)
national security objectives; and
(3)
include a recommended implementation strategy that identifies and aims to ensure that the procedures and criteria referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(A)
evaluated consistently across the Federal Government; and
(B)
weighed appropriately and balanced with environmental considerations required by Federal law.
(b)
In developing the report referred to in subsection (a), the Secretaries may consult with relevant Federal, State, private sector, and international participants, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
G
<enum>LXXI</enum>
<header>Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies</header>
<section id="H97661DD611094905A8ACC8F6A74177C2">
<enum>71001.</enum>
<header>Filing requirement for public filing prior to public offering</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(e)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(e)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>21 days</quote> and inserting <quote>15 days</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HA1E9F2EFDDF24522A723582480B30711">
<enum>71002.</enum>
<header>Grace period for change of status of emerging growth companies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(e)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(e)(1)) is further amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>An issuer that was an emerging growth company at the time it submitted a confidential registration statement or, in lieu thereof, a publicly filed registration statement for review under this subsection but ceases to be an emerging growth company thereafter shall continue to be treated as an emerging market growth company for the purposes of this subsection through the earlier of the date on which the issuer consummates its initial public offering pursuant to such registrations statement or the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date the company ceases to be an emerging growth company.</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4BC0CDB8F352417FBD6EF0C57A4CA9C1">
<enum>71003.</enum>
<header>Simplified disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (Public Law 112–106) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB112F9781E964D99AF673C761C18607C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H21FDD7EB6F0E4EF39CB3780D589924E2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Simplified disclosure requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an emerging growth company (as such term is defined under section 2 of the Securities Act of 1933):</text>
<paragraph id="H541A7900B11B45B1A00201DB3FDFFDC4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement to include notice on Forms S–1 and F–1</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise its general instructions on Forms S–1 and F–1 to indicate that a registration statement filed (or submitted for confidential review) by an issuer prior to an initial public offering may omit financial information for historical periods otherwise required by regulation S–X (17 CFR 210.1–01 et seq.) as of the time of filing (or confidential submission) of such registration statement, provided that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H226385FE97B9406CAB2BBB63FD81D4D8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the omitted financial information relates to a historical period that the issuer reasonably believes will not be required to be included in the Form S–1 or F–1 at the time of the contemplated offering; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17919DC543F84DA58FCFFE7FBF569D40">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>prior to the issuer distributing a preliminary prospectus to investors, such registration statement is amended to include all financial information required by such regulation S–X at the date of such amendment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BA68B9621BB401D8A5DEBF8E84E4687">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Reliance by issuers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, an issuer filing a registration statement (or submitting the statement for confidential review) on Form S–1 or Form F–1 may omit financial information for historical periods otherwise required by regulation S–X (17 CFR 210.1–01 et seq.) as of the time of filing (or confidential submission) of such registration statement, provided that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60089ED785574C67A16537BED0A274C0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the omitted financial information relates to a historical period that the issuer reasonably believes will not be required to be included in the Form S–1 or Form F–1 at the time of the contemplated offering; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C736AF1353B4F348FF1DD5066380716">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>prior to the issuer distributing a preliminary prospectus to investors, such registration statement is amended to include all financial information required by such regulation S–X at the date of such amendment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<enum>LXXII</enum>
<header>Disclosure Modernization and Simplification</header>
<section id="HAAD14E95A1DE490EAB2E0F4C1E54C9AE">
<enum>72001.</enum>
<header>Summary page for form 10–K</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall issue regulations to permit issuers to submit a summary page on form 10–K (17 CFR 249.310), but only if each item on such summary page includes a cross-reference (by electronic link or otherwise) to the material contained in form 10–K to which such item relates.</text>
</section>
<section id="HE45E7FBEFAD2473D9F1D980293A50658">
<enum>72002.</enum>
<header>Improvement of regulation S–K</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall take all such actions to revise regulation S–K (17 CFR 229.10 et seq.)—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0DEB1BF7184497F85A41CD26339BAA1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to further scale or eliminate requirements of regulation S–K, in order to reduce the burden on emerging growth companies, accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies, and other smaller issuers, while still providing all material information to investors;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA62EEDD8707F4B3186C0C31778818324">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to eliminate provisions of regulation S–K, required for all issuers, that are duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or unnecessary; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1A8368DC54B4493B8BC2E546562D1E3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the Commission determines that no further study under section 72203 is necessary to determine the efficacy of such revisions to regulation S–K.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H7164D705FF884694A6C9A8E911763EA4">
<enum>72003.</enum>
<header>Study on modernization and simplification of regulation S–K</header>
<subsection id="H28B2C07784144FB081A75C81C42053B5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Securities and Exchange Commission shall carry out a study of the requirements contained in regulation S–K (17 CFR 229.10 et seq.). Such study shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A84B18C33824F9DA4D84FDCAAE10B20">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>determine how best to modernize and simplify such requirements in a manner that reduces the costs and burdens on issuers while still providing all material information;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H844D36DF3C48492DAEE59872DDBAAB15">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emphasize a company by company approach that allows relevant and material information to be disseminated to investors without boilerplate language or static requirements while preserving completeness and comparability of information across registrants; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DD3FED44EA541E8A32937B6BED70E2E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate methods of information delivery and presentation and explore methods for discouraging repetition and the disclosure of immaterial information.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H32C23EFC0A4E431CA7AA6BB82FF516BF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the Commission shall consult with the Investor Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4EF08371F0694446A806E00165A3287F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than the end of the 360-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a report to the Congress containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H97EFB1D62D8E4176B8AFD338898154FF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC225F231C3B4B3891552E549A4BC6B9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific and detailed recommendations on modernizing and simplifying the requirements in regulation S–K in a manner that reduces the costs and burdens on companies while still providing all material information; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86EA0015FDAE44D7BD7C106D9E4DA395">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific and detailed recommendations on ways to improve the readability and navigability of disclosure documents and to discourage repetition and the disclosure of immaterial information.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HABCF0506B272449A8C43350383865765">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the end of the 360-day period beginning on the date that the report is issued to the Congress under subsection (c), the Commission shall issue a proposed rule to implement the recommendations of the report issued under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE45DBBF0C78E40D8A2DBBB18C053B787">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Revisions made to regulation S–K by the Commission under section 202 shall not be construed as satisfying the rulemaking requirements under this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LXXIII</enum>
<header>Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency and Cost Savings</header>
<section id="H5BD0DFD8AFB64D089CE0301B43D061B0">
<enum>73001.</enum>
<header>Technical corrections</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDAD60C94F88D4A8F82EF476DEDDFB4E5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 5112—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE01B5B3CE7E946239998D327B1770BB6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (q)—</text>
<clause id="H0DC066386C1D49139C1359893B7CB435">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (3) and (8); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H88169898B4E745778579880DD5BDB548">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C95E95C976E4942BB7A21313C5518F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (t)(6)(B), by striking <quote>90 percent silver and 10 percent copper</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 90 percent silver</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5917F0DDD8F4670937F194AE476B5E3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (v)—</text>
<clause id="HABB5F38DD6F8435AA698909518DBEA37">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Subject to</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary shall</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H793A83018F414ED6ABD30641315B560A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>To the greatest extent possible, the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE58778BDDDE34E4CB16AF58C0E0D85E0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), by inserting after <quote>may issue</quote> the following: <quote>collectible versions of</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC77004054891444A99264AE81110DFEC">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (8); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F524217147F4A8DB66E0125D19370B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 5132(a)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>90 percent silver and 10 percent copper</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 90 percent silver</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H57B58B5E48904F28B3F95462D3165FFF">
<enum>73002.</enum>
<header>American Eagle Silver Bullion 30th Anniversary</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Proof and uncirculated versions of coins issued by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (e) of section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, during calendar year 2016 shall have a smooth edge incused with a designation that notes the 30th anniversary of the first issue of coins under such subsection. </text>
</section>
<enum>LXXIV</enum>
<header>SBIC Advisers Relief</header>
<section commented="no" id="H848E3007B845467F991D514F3A1F5F03">
<enum>74001.</enum>
<header>Advisers of SBICs and venture capital funds</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(l) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–3(l)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E41F6D10DC14130A2EA68C589E71A6A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>No investment adviser</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE71EF3713D249EA9142E953D3FDDE94" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7856DF1FBC6B4B0D97F0A71D2217F54A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No investment adviser</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H165834DAA8EC40458B3E20A035FA80B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77D0565A7F684AEB8C2D89DEF982A189" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H45F4E784DE9746B5B2E3CCA66C283106">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Advisers of SBICs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, a venture capital fund includes an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(7) (other than an entity that has elected to be regulated or is regulated as a business development company pursuant to section 54 of the Investment Company Act of 1940).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H98FA2F8F0B6A4C43A6730D0C2E778957">
<enum>74002.</enum>
<header>Advisers of SBICs and private funds</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(m) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–3(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D2A0735CDD444609450AF084F7D5E67" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE77E037606E54E7A90B5BCC57CB2983F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Advisers of SBICs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the assets under management of a private fund that is an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(7) (other than an entity that has elected to be regulated or is regulated as a business development company pursuant to section 54 of the Investment Company Act of 1940) shall be excluded from the limit set forth in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H50B58D26DE6A4B269782DAC6C36A9F53">
<enum>74003.</enum>
<header>Relationship to State law</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203A(b)(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–3a(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8CFAB18FBD174D46ABBB387875F2DC75">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22B72E41738C46759F2DAFF94A98B6DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD38CB2DF7A424ABE960082C123B6F13C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD5731DC75BD429EB0F7CACBCE5FE978" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9D9083DC93ED44EFB9523E0973B091CE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is not registered under section 203 because that person is exempt from registration as provided in subsection (b)(7) of such section, or is a supervised person of such person.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXV</enum>
<header>Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion</header>
<section id="HFD2E1148A7BA4AB687A7C22B66EF60B8">
<enum>75001.</enum>
<header>Exception to annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6803) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE2D5C64BA66A43D296A9B27B9485AE90" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD898EAC9B1BE4706962C983314392B65">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Exception to annual notice requirement</header>
<text>A financial institution that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4BD2532A1144C8A885C1E95A191EF79">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)(2) or (e) of section 502 or regulations prescribed under section 504(b), and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE47389ECE9A496CB54CD011D4650AB9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from the policies and practices that were disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers in accordance with this section,</text>
</paragraph>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall not be required to provide an annual disclosure under this section until such time as the financial institution fails to comply with any criteria described in paragraph (1) or (2).</continuation-text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<enum>LXXVI</enum>
<header>Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises</header>
<section id="H288248FEB4D94D5D8D40101589808A60">
<enum>76001.</enum>
<header>Exempted transactions</header>
<subsection id="H0BAF1C05FBEE434AB0422CCEF187E215">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Exempted transactions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC32B4FAD179A4B868C6D27556CB8C317">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DE9D93F631844C59AC2CEB07D7C2108" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4122EC89FAC94518AB93F5DD69E48E7D">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transactions meeting the requirements of subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42221D000C494B8FA3D9AA6C7FF48EAE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second subsection (b) (relating to securities offered and sold in compliance with Rule 506 of Regulation D) as subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC75CC44C491414794955E52236DAA57">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDA0222BFC7F04BFB8177A8030F649DB2" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HFA7DC127B2B14AC998E0FB496158DC39">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Certain accredited investor transactions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transactions referred to in subsection (a)(7) are transactions meeting the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H4DF04243ACFD4236BAFF3B6692924217">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Accredited investor requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each purchaser is an accredited investor, as that term is defined in section 230.501(a) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CADE5B1150B475290AD2C6B93DA33E7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on general solicitation or advertising</header>
<text>Neither the seller, nor any person acting on the seller’s behalf, offers or sells securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE52B016AEA324315BF2CD6F3E622FE7C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Information requirement</header>
<text>In the case of a transaction involving the securities of an issuer that is neither subject to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m; 78o(d)), nor exempt from reporting pursuant to section 240.12g3–2(b) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, nor a foreign government (as defined in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) eligible to register securities under Schedule B, the seller and a prospective purchaser designated by the seller obtain from the issuer, upon request of the seller, and the seller in all cases makes available to a prospective purchaser, the following information (which shall be reasonably current in relation to the date of resale under this section):</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BF080B165594D1CB8824DBFE36AFADE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exact name of the issuer and the issuer’s predecessor (if any).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1289551FCF54D4F809CD922EEDE91B3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The address of the issuer’s principal executive offices.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H919EA48EEFA34F33BDF6BC6313D71ACE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The exact title and class of the security.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FF651C9A65C43E4B27E35531435A1CD">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The par or stated value of the security.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBBFB9A2D453458E9F3D4A3782435EAB">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>The number of shares or total amount of the securities outstanding as of the end of the issuer’s most recent fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09085FB80CBC46DC82ECFB9889724932">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>The name and address of the transfer agent, corporate secretary, or other person responsible for transferring shares and stock certificates.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H547A05B62D1445A790EBC66753B780A9">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the nature of the business of the issuer and the products and services it offers, which shall be presumed reasonably current if the statement is as of 12 months before the transaction date.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D06DE85A9454F418741F38DF162B7A8">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The names of the officers and directors of the issuer.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8692050BB65480985BF5D82F31D10D7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The names of any persons registered as a broker, dealer, or agent that shall be paid or given, directly or indirectly, any commission or remuneration for such person's participation in the offer or sale of the securities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D21CE763AD84891BECBFC870A5F9342">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The issuer’s most recent balance sheet and profit and loss statement and similar financial statements, which shall—</text>
<clause id="H5F9579800B6342FCADB0F413EC24B17B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be for such part of the 2 preceding fiscal years as the issuer has been in operation;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFE0537D5C6594DC297308469ABD9D14C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or, in the case of a foreign private issuer, be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0558A9DA39BC4C5B96DF2CED39D2E7EB">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>be presumed reasonably current if—</text>
<subclause id="HCEA163998A594FD4857F6ED9EB3579B0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>with respect to the balance sheet, the balance sheet is as of a date less than 16 months before the transaction date; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H075BE2AA62DB41679251C9AB5C83325E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>with respect to the profit and loss statement, such statement is for the 12 months preceding the date of the issuer’s balance sheet; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD0DF9D0C92734F10842F988DB07EBECF">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the balance sheet is not as of a date less than 6 months before the transaction date, be accompanied by additional statements of profit and loss for the period from the date of such balance sheet to a date less than 6 months before the transaction date.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83022908FB9F48ABB363B92284E7B544">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that the seller is a control person with respect to the issuer, a brief statement regarding the nature of the affiliation, and a statement certified by such seller that they have no reasonable grounds to believe that the issuer is in violation of the securities laws or regulations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B30B43672994788BCAAF1F2944BA6F0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Issuers disqualified</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transaction is not for the sale of a security where the seller is an issuer or a subsidiary, either directly or indirectly, of the issuer.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F2AAACFF24F49EEB998E30A04E3A296">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Bad actor prohibition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neither the seller, nor any person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration or a commission for their participation in the offer or sale of the securities, including solicitation of purchasers for the seller is subject to an event that would disqualify an issuer or other covered person under Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (17 CFR 230.506(d)(1)) or is subject to a statutory disqualification described under section 3(a)(39) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27B8C72C0F5846DBA2F4987C867AAFCA">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Business requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The issuer is engaged in business, is not in the organizational stage or in bankruptcy or receivership, and is not a blank check, blind pool, or shell company that has no specific business plan or purpose or has indicated that the issuer’s primary business plan is to engage in a merger or combination of the business with, or an acquisition of, an unidentified person.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75F57A48363E47F399768912C4A7131D">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Underwriter prohibition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transaction is not with respect to a security that constitutes the whole or part of an unsold allotment to, or a subscription or participation by, a broker or dealer as an underwriter of the security or a redistribution.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FA4F95F16EA42DF86FCDEF4E12B3C07">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Outstanding class requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transaction is with respect to a security of a class that has been authorized and outstanding for at least 90 days prior to the date of the transaction.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H43F2C6D7D9AE4E77AD27AA0C17094D5A">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Additional requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H39E0E7FF5ADB43CFA94E9F740CDEFD88">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>With respect to an exempted transaction described under subsection (a)(7):</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6AFFD6EF7404958B185C3A5E6C25CE6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Securities acquired in such transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired in a transaction not involving any public offering.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AC53ACC4ED14BFDB43C2BF9090EA0F9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Such transaction shall be deemed not to be a distribution for purposes of section 2(a)(11).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF68645A8EE8F4084AA064601918DD899">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Securities involved in such transaction shall be deemed to be restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 (17 CFR 230.144).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EC72B994CC444C6ADCA84434844467F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exemption provided by subsection (a)(7) shall not be the exclusive means for establishing an exemption from the registration requirements of section 5.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB74F4844D43F4B9EB12BA0C7C2CAB0EF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exemption in connection with certain exempt offerings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18(b)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77r(b)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H335A9584E71846F280237CE2B74A3FA2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating the second subparagraph (D) and subparagraph (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F283EF607E542FEB1E8491364346C67">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15336BBF49AE4763A86485F8341EE634">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H554D3D2D7EE94355A1552B87FC0F5624">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC43B5B418F504CB69F176AC640185122" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HA1DAB8E9D60C4596B900EC08111D3E96">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>section 4(a)(7).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LXXVII</enum>
<header>Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity</header>
<section id="HDA1C3517B68E4A30B7C0D15D97E336C3">
<enum>77001.</enum>
<header>Distributions and residual receipts</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4112) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFC088090E8E949379691565BA24BE7A2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H84D7A9A8BB2A47DBB9A34C3CEC95D5D2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Distribution and residual receipts</header>
<paragraph id="H5FD008BC33C147188AA9511E41CBED2B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text>After the date of the enactment of this subsection, the owner of a property subject to a plan of action or use agreement pursuant to this section shall be entitled to distribute—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1135788A0AA487F9F082BEC6C808708">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>annually, all surplus cash generated by the property, but only if the owner is in material compliance with such use agreement including compliance with prevailing physical condition standards established by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D6BC8A52CF9446C952DF8C85387F7CB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>notwithstanding any conflicting provision in such use agreement, any funds accumulated in a residual receipts account, but only if the owner is in material compliance with such use agreement and has completed, or set aside sufficient funds for completion of, any capital repairs identified by the most recent third party capital needs assessment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97F5E8C6DE2A4F3D9C9FA3E32D810CA7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Operation of property</header>
<text>An owner that distributes any amounts pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB47FDF3AC41E447B873740D53460DE89">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>continue to operate the property in accordance with the affordability provisions of the use agreement for the property for the remaining useful life of the property;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96F1B6B2ABA7479F9925BBCC730D6E72">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>as required by the plan of action for the property, continue to renew or extend any project-based rental assistance contract for a term of not less than 20 years; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD672514A97A4D71A802A37C2C14AF11">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>if the owner has an existing multi-year project-based rental assistance contract for less than 20 years, have the option to extend the contract to a 20-year term.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H87983DC4F4FF42538494B5E221D5966D">
<enum>77002.</enum>
<header>Future refinancings</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE766425FB7A64AAE8CC52DC913EDA281" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7C06E408D3784C6A9223FA01A1172143">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Future financing</header>
<text>Neither this section, nor any plan of action or use agreement implementing this section, shall restrict an owner from obtaining a new loan or refinancing an existing loan secured by the project, or from distributing the proceeds of such a loan; except that, in conjunction with such refinancing—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE4589FD9A874EF6B0EF2EE6438741B6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the owner shall provide for adequate rehabilitation pursuant to a capital needs assessment to ensure long-term sustainability of the property satisfactory to the lender or bond issuance agency;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H430BDC4C32754C4A9BE9C48BA87787B4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any resulting budget-based rent increase shall include debt service on the new financing, commercially reasonable debt service coverage, and replacement reserves as required by the lender; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F54EFFFEC5944FF919913B615B7D8AF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for tenants of dwelling units not covered by a project- or tenant-based rental subsidy, any rent increases resulting from the refinancing transaction may not exceed 10 percent per year, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H68AF7F7A8309438295B79E9CC054E8BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any tenant occupying a dwelling unit as of time of the refinancing may not be required to pay for rent and utilities, for the duration of such tenancy, an amount that exceeds the greater of—</text>
<clause id="HC060731A67E74E00BA14B79D1F3928F4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>30 percent of the tenant’s income; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2E47B70B7ED449AD85F775953A8D2A6E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the amount paid by the tenant for rent and utilities immediately before such refinancing; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41D724D98E304815AC73B4A39EC56BD4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>this paragraph shall not apply to any tenant who does not provide the owner with proof of income.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Paragraph (3) may not be construed to limit any rent increases resulting from increased operating costs for a project.</continuation-text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HD4A359319ADF4C4086A821B7B990C6D2">
<enum>77003.</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue any guidance that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the provisions added by the amendments made by this title not later than the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>
<enum>LXXVIII</enum>
<header>Tenant Income Verification Relief</header>
<section id="HCD3537584BAE4A2695B77E75CC586C34">
<enum>78001.</enum>
<header>Reviews of family incomes</header>
<subsection id="H99C4E2F52536470D97D1AA284B792E0A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The second sentence of paragraph (1) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>; except that, in the case of any family with a fixed income, as defined by the Secretary, after the initial review of the family’s income, the public housing agency or owner shall not be required to conduct a review of the family’s income for any year for which such family certifies, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, which shall include policies to adjust for inflation-based income changes, that 90 percent or more of the income of the family consists of fixed income, and that the sources of such income have not changed since the previous year, except that the public housing agency or owner shall conduct a review of each such family’s income not less than once every 3 years</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H955A98A67D63437D883F1297BBB3D906">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Housing choice voucher program</header>
<text>Subparagraph (A) of section 8(o)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(5)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>not less than annually</quote> and inserting <quote>as required by section 3(a)(1) of this Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LXXIX</enum>
<header>Housing Assistance Efficiency</header>
<section id="H0B427C7753944C69AD6CB6F556960F7F">
<enum>79001.</enum>
<header>Authority to administer rental assistance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)) is amended by inserting <quote>private nonprofit organization,</quote> after <quote>unit of general local government,</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H328622ED4F4D475CB353D0744B645DAF">
<enum>79002.</enum>
<header>Reallocation of funds</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>twice</quote> and inserting <quote>once</quote>.</text>
</section>
<enum>LXXX</enum>
<header>Child Support Assistance</header>
<section id="HE31CF8DCF07248D1BDE84684F127558B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>80001.</enum>
<header>Requests for consumer reports by State or local child support enforcement agencies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 604(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H53AA72AF062F4FFDB211B4D5B99EECA2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or determining the appropriate level of such payments</quote> and inserting <quote>, determining the appropriate level of such payments, or enforcing a child support order, award, agreement, or judgment</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11030E49B3F748798D4777FE31D464C2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB89210393A5B461C85BE87F113DB79F8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>paternity</quote> and inserting <quote>parentage</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDCB9129A3FF46A48D06EE64B72277FD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC59F002F39407091D25D0F89A2CAFF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD58B3DFC96A54406B6FC0C83F36C5CE5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXXI</enum>
<header>Private Investment in Housing</header>
<section id="H027E9079959A4F86B86F8F9235DF1A2B">
<enum>81001.</enum>
<header>Budget-neutral demonstration program for energy and water conservation improvements at multifamily residential units</header>
<subsection id="H2455B6A4DF9C4ED9BA07CEADEB2A03E0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the <term>Secretary</term>) shall establish a demonstration program under which the Secretary may execute budget-neutral, performance-based agreements in fiscal years 2016 through 2019 that result in a reduction in energy or water costs with such entities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate under which the entities shall carry out projects for energy or water conservation improvements at not more than 20,000 residential units in multifamily buildings participating in—</text>
<paragraph id="H31400A1A554B41E1994772F8E283B512">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the project-based rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), other than assistance provided under section 8(o) of that Act;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB253F421DA4E48E7A4668BAE5B8DEDA4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the supportive housing for the elderly program under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A6C51B7C6A14740B34F65FF9CBE08E1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD4AA35709F1A49F0B45D3450781F4E99">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H99DF1CD1043841E58D1D4CCD92F2D644">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Payments contingent on savings</header>
<subparagraph id="HF6DB935E62244FAF9DB2D2728630F962">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide to an entity a payment under an agreement under this section only during applicable years for which an energy or water cost savings is achieved with respect to the applicable multifamily portfolio of properties, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26D4CBAB88B140D1AB381FB7C00D10A7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Payment methodology</header>
<clause id="H4D7EDA83252A4E07ADE9F8FDE8EC3BEB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each agreement under this section shall include a pay-for-success provision that—</text>
<subclause id="H07C32C00CA6C4F64A14030F84FB7F212">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>shall serve as a payment threshold for the term of the agreement; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8C073953DA0A4D4FB8507741630E09DA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires that payments shall be contingent on realized cost savings associated with reduced utility consumption in the participating properties.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H4E772243C2974CEA92ABE48A0FEF422A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<text>A payment made by the Secretary under an agreement under this section—</text>
<subclause id="HE80040529E9F430B9EA9BC0A5C03899B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>shall be contingent on documented utility savings; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB6EFEA3327264CAA8D06ED8505CC75ED">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>shall not exceed the utility savings achieved by the date of the payment, and not previously paid, as a result of the improvements made under the agreement.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4AA5931F36B4847846578BA6038F069">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Third-party verification</header>
<text>Savings payments made by the Secretary under this section shall be based on a measurement and verification protocol that includes at least—</text>
<clause id="HC992A325D11C4AAAB686791060D5EACC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>establishment of a weather-normalized and occupancy-normalized utility consumption baseline established pre-retrofit;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1B3030FE92B34F17B61C17D2E1D44BC1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>annual third-party confirmation of actual utility consumption and cost for utilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HADEDC19B67364BB88AAFE33BC3023198">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>annual third-party validation of the tenant utility allowances in effect during the applicable year and vacancy rates for each unit type; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB2537A4C617945E395DB1EE6E47B812C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>annual third-party determination of savings to the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">An agreement under this section with an entity shall provide that the entity shall cover costs associated with third-party verification under this subparagraph.</continuation-text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H218C93FB061F4FB6A5F1D5BED88F918B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Terms of performance-based agreements</header>
<text>A performance-based agreement under this section shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29F565D1E81F4EE2AB159B3BC9BBE03C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the period that the agreement will be in effect and during which payments may be made, which may not be longer than 12 years;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB254ECE5CB2048BCBF04010154712D9B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the performance measures that will serve as payment thresholds during the term of the agreement;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90C677E445E84D3B86D0C3A23D22CD12">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>an audit protocol for the properties covered by the agreement;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8E83B27B6E7460FAD970FAC08FD06DA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a requirement that payments shall be contingent on realized cost savings associated with reduced utility consumption in the participating properties; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A328A1D4D3E4FA0B7DE58296E571E48">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>such other requirements and terms as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA970EBEFDFE14077953AC28E32C9F177">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Entity eligibility</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40AB337AD10543B686DF23AD67FF1752">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>establish a competitive process for entering into agreements under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H068EEB2CD4D94F9C92475DEF7EC0E2CD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into such agreements only with entities that, either jointly or individually, demonstrate significant experience relating to—</text>
<clause id="H67789527D567441982DA462AE20823FD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>financing or operating properties receiving assistance under a program identified in subsection (a);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBB1DCA044C224D0BB50BA8A81415561A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>oversight of energy or water conservation programs, including oversight of contractors; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB57A666BAA344328B52AB0D9489E95C3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>raising capital for energy or water conservation improvements from charitable organizations or private investors.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE26C2C842D184A33BDA381B73CA85194">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Geographical diversity</header>
<text>Each agreement entered into under this section shall provide for the inclusion of properties with the greatest feasible regional and State variance.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H938EA2301139489084218ECF1337B15E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Properties</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A property may only be included in the demonstration under this section only if the property is subject to affordability restrictions for at least 15 years after the date of the completion of any conservation improvements made to the property under the demonstration program. Such restrictions may be made through an extended affordability agreement for the property under a new housing assistance payments contract with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or through an enforceable covenant with the owner of the property.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5C0CDA1CCF8144B68032BBA104222BBE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Plan and reports</header>
<paragraph id="H7549BE72D84D4D1CA5EF567C9DE51F17">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Plan</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a detailed plan for the implementation of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H734658F142DF4F318A7F30EB702AEA1B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD03B56EAC264288BEFB64E992A0451D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>conduct an evaluation of the program under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFD14260A81B47AE9C4550BFE9B3DA5F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to Congress a report describing each evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE427C2BDA98346F19E629ED4EAB389C4">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>For each fiscal year during which an agreement under this section is in effect, the Secretary may use to carry out this section any funds appropriated to the Secretary for the renewal of contracts under a program described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LXXXII</enum>
<header>Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions</header>
<section id="H22DF0B4F7EB74B5B8EE265FD492F75AD">
<enum>82001.</enum>
<header>Privately insured credit unions authorized to become members of a Federal home loan bank</header>
<subsection id="H2FCF920E2D3A48FF803BF16F2712E9E5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 4(a) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1424(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA4C25B877891450C902BA2D672E57574" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBD66FC51BEFC4FEFA0401B6727C2B4FF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Certain privately insured credit unions</header>
<subparagraph id="H40A2F9796C7742AAB7104A20145AE832">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to the requirements of subparagraph (B), a credit union shall be treated as an insured depository institution for purposes of determining the eligibility of such credit union for membership in a Federal home loan bank under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BAD2BF0AD124403A35C17F8C64FCFD4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Certification by appropriate supervisor</header>
<clause id="HA0EACF05D25D450F9E0B5D240A3A0F5A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For purposes of this paragraph and subject to clause (ii), a credit union which lacks Federal deposit insurance and which has applied for membership in a Federal home loan bank may be treated as meeting all the eligibility requirements for Federal deposit insurance only if the appropriate supervisor of the State in which the credit union is chartered has determined that the credit union meets all the eligibility requirements for Federal deposit insurance as of the date of the application for membership.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF2A00546EEB6480781CA0E8E113AE143">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Certification deemed valid</header>
<text>If, in the case of any credit union to which clause (i) applies, the appropriate supervisor of the State in which such credit union is chartered fails to make a determination pursuant to such clause by the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the application, the credit union shall be deemed to have met the requirements of clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F8C3D15DC9A4458A3F901D041A05F82">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Security interests of federal home loan bank not avoidable</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any provision of State law authorizing a conservator or liquidating agent of a credit union to repudiate contracts, no such provision shall apply with respect to—</text>
<clause id="HC55DFDAA551842D0A0B005C1D3D06D2D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>any extension of credit from any Federal home loan bank to any credit union which is a member of any such bank pursuant to this paragraph; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1B886529ADCC43B899395AE7770FD853">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any security interest in the assets of such credit union securing any such extension of credit.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FB8370F944C4E4B931A6B71BF5DB8DB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Protection for certain Federal home loan bank advances</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any State law to the contrary, if a Bank makes an advance under section 10 to a State-chartered credit union that is not federally insured—</text>
<clause id="HF7A57E7AFE414BE79DDEE663B46B0519">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Bank’s interest in any collateral securing such advance has the same priority and is afforded the same standing and rights that the security interest would have had if the advance had been made to a federally insured credit union; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H70C0AC6ACA6E44CC9FFC358CA1504125">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Bank has the same right to access such collateral that the Bank would have had if the advance had been made to a federally insured credit union.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CA5B46B82E546DB8BBBD90C1BC23541">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Copies of audits of private insurers of certain depository institutions required To be provided to supervisory agencies</header>
<text>Section 43(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t(a)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0ACC1D120144755810BAE52E2A2AF3E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE4D46F787FB418F9F7AFE46B27EAD33">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H469D6BC1289442E288B30EA81855D041">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7CAFB94F0E8944F3A3336CCEE06D3486" style="OLC">
<clause id="HA0BE2646984B4F339D2ED63FC5122A87">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in the case of depository institutions described in subsection (e)(2)(A) the deposits of which are insured by the private insurer which are members of a Federal home loan bank, to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, not later than 7 days after the audit is completed.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD644748F8015424FA61368F340EFEA77">
<enum>82002.</enum>
<header>GAO Report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit a report to Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="H063E1F1299D54D8F8A06B24F17B1E5A8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>on the adequacy of insurance reserves held by a private deposit insurer that insures deposits in an entity described in section 43(e)(2)(A) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t(e)(2)(A)); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FD3F93623BC46208EF9FA13681A574E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for an entity described in paragraph (1) the deposits of which are insured by a private deposit insurer, information on the level of compliance with Federal regulations relating to the disclosure of a lack of Federal deposit insurance.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXXIII</enum>
<header>Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform</header>
<section id="H709CCC20C2644D29809457CE18FE65F8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>83001.</enum>
<header>Smaller institutions qualifying for 18-month examination cycle</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1820(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6ACBA94EE1434CA9975E2DFC4D6E04CC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB33415D01B1D4B7287D4A7D68FABD895">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C2EC0CCE1E04096AAD096460C8B6A18">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E25107E3F3F49F9BA91AC23FA9BFF31">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H332D9AFBD0D745E6A1B171934E4C8ECB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30B5F0D5D3BC482EA642A754F61A107D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXXIV</enum>
<header>Small Company Simple Registration</header>
<section commented="no" id="H03E5F128D5CC4F088DCB1C5E80955361">
<enum>84001.</enum>
<header>Forward incorporation by reference for Form S–1</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise Form S–1 so as to permit a smaller reporting company (as defined in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) to incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on such form any documents that such company files with the Commission after the effective date of such registration statement.</text>
</section>
<enum>LXXXV</enum>
<header>Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization</header>
<section id="H82A5E53DB0454B4FBD0DD718B5B519A5">
<enum>85001.</enum>
<header>Registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E55ACDA7A044165837653DED5BBB5AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 12(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44A1C54B0D6B4F9092ACC6BBC8FA3F3E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting after <quote>is a bank</quote> the following: <quote>, a savings and loan holding company (as defined in section 10 of the Home Owners' Loan Act),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C6DEA5934BA4B6388B435340F39B844">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting after <quote>case of a bank</quote> the following: <quote>, a savings and loan holding company (as defined in section 10 of the Home Owners' Loan Act),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C1CD03D1AA94AEE8B51279DD871B8B9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 15(d), by striking <quote>case of bank</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>case of a bank, a savings and loan holding company (as defined in section 10 of the Home Owners' Loan Act),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXXVI</enum>
<header>Repeal of indemnification requirements</header>
<section id="HACC711D707474948905B7D435D1C0004">
<enum>86001.</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<subsection id="HE65D4510816D45208F2394C1D986160D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Derivatives clearing organizations</header>
<text>Section 5b(k)(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a–1(k)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4F534228837F460DA8F9E14FB059F713" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H09756ED4AA9440BFB68B9A47CFA6210D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Confidentiality agreement</header>
<text>Before the Commission may share information with any entity described in paragraph (4), the Commission shall receive a written agreement from each entity stating that the entity shall abide by the confidentiality requirements described in section 8 relating to the information on swap transactions that is provided.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H127964620D6D4392AA6ED893B65DDB15">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Swap data repositories</header>
<text>Section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 24a(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF6BE519AE96A491E87C0EFFD60F86CCD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6D1BDDE29E445E98DCDCD96F5A8C020">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>all</quote> and inserting <quote>swap</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C37A51884E64ACCB834F5E3E590D790">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<clause id="H59A43BAE90AB42F09A131329DB3909E6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA069F964D19740D29F17555C4C91E199">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H83C143392D0444B6A821B2349762D7F6" style="OLC">
<clause id="H93710D1E343D40709ECD7EAC1D254E35">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>other foreign authorities; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA38E75D32794786B7EAD7AD9EF24117">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H959CA304249C4939BC84AFDDDED7EA61" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEC19A71351774BD4B518AC8D112E3CED">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Confidentiality agreement</header>
<text>Before the swap data repository may share information with any entity described in subsection (c)(7), the swap data repository shall receive a written agreement from each entity stating that the entity shall abide by the confidentiality requirements described in section 8 relating to the information on swap transactions that is provided.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB50552AF9054453F942F1ACE399C66E6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Security-based swap data repositories</header>
<text>Section 13(n)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF7BE19D3EA504E46965062115A96144C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3EA533E8370429793610066877708C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>all</quote> and inserting <quote>security-based swap</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H06ACE73247BF497DAF63E0A29E148EE3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (v)—</text>
<clause id="HE8123A8E18424E7C96C0E3639B442B04">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB5DA50B36E3B4E438E7030BC26DC56A1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB50686404B00407E88CF8B65E9C85578">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H071177E29EA24B7E890D73D53F06AD0C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HF81333C3470D460985781092561D9D5A">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>other foreign authorities.</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED47B3AAAB9243D8ACE3C8A165E13EC3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (H) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAA7F49B137ED4747A8308B142F00E74A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD8763638F5DB4D7C8C20A941BF72B1A8">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<header>Confidentiality agreement</header>
<text>Before the security-based swap data repository may share information with any entity described in subparagraph (G), the security-based swap data repository shall receive a written agreement from each entity stating that the entity shall abide by the confidentiality requirements described in section 24 relating to the information on security-based swap transactions that is provided.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2620E7AFC345439FB5068F76760E09FC">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>LXXXVII</enum>
<header>Treatment of debt or equity instruments of smaller institutions</header>
<section id="HF524FD38E4F2470E832465F4B9CA6950">
<enum>87001.</enum>
<header>Date for determining consolidated assets</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 171(b)(4)(C) of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5371(b)(4)(C)) is amended by inserting <quote>or March 31, 2010,</quote> after <quote>December 31, 2009,</quote>.</text>
</section>
<enum>LXXXVIII</enum>
<header>State licensing efficiency</header>
<section id="H77E0BD855326498CA785922981E9850F" section-type="section-one">
<enum>88001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>State Licensing Efficiency Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HEBEEA63145724E449EB22E883D91EAD6" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>88002.</enum>
<header>Background checks</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1511(a) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5110(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5855C19776B49028435C433E943F726">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and other financial service providers</quote> after <quote>State-licensed loan originators</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4005BE2B35734DD5A6CC785C8D888C10">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or other financial service providers</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>LXXXIX</enum>
<header>Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities</header>
<section id="H190B509869D940D8B2800731FF6E6309" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>89001.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2015</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9C9A9BDE9CB54BF983C80CEB08025611">
<enum>89002.</enum>
<header>Designation of rural area</header>
<subsection id="H985842DD9ED0488CA0221C3D3B31AD21">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall establish an application process under which a person who lives or does business in a State may, with respect to an area identified by the person in such State that has not been designated by the Bureau as a rural area for purposes of a Federal consumer financial law (as defined under section 1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010), apply for such area to be so designated.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3CD6A1B2C4A24B77B8554DF1D5BA9E38">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Evaluation criteria</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When evaluating an application submitted under subsection (a), the Bureau shall take into consideration the following factors:</text>
<paragraph id="HEA991057C44E4C5B8267BC49AD06237C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Criteria used by the Director of the Bureau of the Census for classifying geographical areas as rural or urban.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA50912E1459B4C72A8CAB55307901A91">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Criteria used by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to designate counties as metropolitan or micropolitan or neither.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EE63C798E4C441EA39F1A22E41C112C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Criteria used by the Secretary of Agriculture to determine property eligibility for rural development programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BA0318331A64849912D181742FA2D84">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The Department of Agriculture rural-urban commuting area codes.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6CB6001358E4C0783B4DFB4544A8B07">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A written opinion provided by the State’s bank supervisor, as defined under section 3(r) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(r)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB543F78DA56499D8BE2A20F5399FE0C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Population density.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2077DFA266694259931465B1D98FB084">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>If, at any time prior to the submission of an application under subsection (a), the area subject to review has been designated as nonrural by any Federal agency described under subsection (b) using any of the criteria described under subsection (b), the Bureau shall not be required to consider such designation in its evaluation.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCE4AA2563D1B4C5584954F867BDC378B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Public comment period</header>
<paragraph id="H1252BFF54B9B44D9A553B935636FA9B4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after receiving an application submitted under subsection (a), the Bureau shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58A53CB5E7D84191904A706333451477">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>publish such application in the Federal Register; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3AA860E4FC641CFBF7F2F73B0E679F9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>make such application available for public comment for not fewer than 90 days.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12DE154E949441C8AC2C37E840205BEF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header> Limitation on additional applications</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Bureau, during the public comment period with respect to an application submitted under subsection (a), to accept an additional application with respect to the area that is the subject of the initial application.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A611EB9EE0A45CBAAC460E50532DB15">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Decision on designation</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the end of the public comment period under subsection (d)(1) for an application, the Bureau shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H89A91A797F524150BD1AF21E95BDC0F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>grant or deny such application, in whole or in part; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HECC72F57E07F47BAA132D085931FF958">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>publish such grant or denial in the Federal Register, along with an explanation of what factors the Bureau relied on in making such determination.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6C0EAA730E3C4D9B9F45C8E24188A166">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Subsequent applications</header>
<text>A decision by the Bureau under subsection (e) to deny an application for an area to be designated as a rural area shall not preclude the Bureau from accepting a subsequent application submitted under subsection (a) for such area to be so designated, so long as such subsequent application is made after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date that the Bureau denies the application under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1FD102CFB7DB4DCBB4DFEF05F180F23A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall cease to have any force or effect after the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF04852C90A1246FEAB7328A2BF271FC5">
<enum>89003.</enum>
<header>Operations in rural areas</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA46A1C100F54F268C0BB084CBC62569">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 129C(b)(2)(E)(iv)(I), by striking <quote>predominantly</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA730BAFC817543AFA33601F939FC1777">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in section 129D(c)(1), by striking <quote>predominantly</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>