INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SEC. 1009. INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. (a) Limitation on New Capacity.— Section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) Limitation on New Capacity.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the portion of the cost of any project undertaken pursuant to this section that is attributable to the expansion of the capacity of any Interstate highway or bridge, where such new capacity consists of one or more new travel lanes that are not high-occupancy vehicle lanes or auxiliary lanes, shall not be eligible for funding under this section.”. (b) Adequate Maintenance of the Interstate System.— Section 119(f) of such title is amended by inserting after “Interstate System routes and” the following: “the State is adequately maintaining the Interstate System and”. (c) Guidance to the States.— The Secretary shall develop and make available to the States criteria for determining— 105 STAT. 1934 (1) what share of any project funded under section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is attributable to the expansion of the capacity of an Interstate highway or bridge; and (2) what constitutes adequate maintenance of the Interstate System for the purposes of section 119(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code. (d) Nonchargeable Segments.— Section 104(b)(5)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting “and routes on the Interstate System designated under section 139(a) of this title before March 9, 1984,” after “under sections 103 and 139(c) of this title” each place it appears. (e) Conforming Amendments.— (1) New heading.— The heading for section 119 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§ 119. Interstate maintenance program”. (2) Analysis.— The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended by striking “119. Interstate System resurfacing.” and inserting “119. Interstate maintenance program.”. (3) Eligible activities.— Section 119(c) of such title is amended to read as follows: “(c) Eligible Activities.— Activities authorized in subsection (a) may include the reconstruction of bridges, interchanges, and over crossings along existing Interstate routes, including the acquisition of right-of-way where necessary, but shall not include the construction of new travel lanes other than high occupancy vehicle lanes or auxiliary lanes.”. (4) Preventive maintenance.— Section 119(e) of such title is amended to read as follows: “(e) Preventive Maintenance.— Preventive maintenance activities shall be eligible under this section when a State can demonstrate, through its pavement management system, that such activities are a cost-effective means of extending Interstate pavement life.”. (5) Miscellaneous.— Section 119 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a) by striking “, rehabilitating, and reconstructing” and inserting “and rehabilitating”; (B) in subsection (a) by striking the last sentence; (C) in the heading for subsection (f) by striking “Primary System” and inserting “Surface Transportation Program”; (D) in subsection (f)(1) by striking “rehabilitating, or reconstructing” and inserting “or rehabilitating”; and (E) in subsection (f) by striking “section 104(b)(1)” each place it appears and inserting “sections 104(b)(1) and 104(b)(3)”.