BRIDGE PROGRAM.

SEC. 1028. BRIDGE PROGRAM. (a) Inventory of Indian Reservation and Park Bridges.— Section 144(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) Inventory of Indian reservation and park bridges.— As part of the activities carried out under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall (A) inventory all those highway bridges on Indian reservation roads and park roads which are bridges over waterways, other topographical barriers, other highways, and railroads, (B) classify them according to serviceability, safety, and essentiality for public use, (C) based on the classification, assign each a priority for replacement or rehabilitation, and (D) determine the cost of replacing each such bridge with a comparable facility or of rehabilitating such bridge.”. (b) Bridge Structure Painting and Acetate Application.— Section 144(d) of such title is amended— (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “Whenever any State makes application to the Secretary for assistance in painting and seismic retrofit, or applying calcium magnesium acetate to, the structure of a highway bridge, the Secretary may approve Federal participation in the painting or seismic retrofit of, or application of such acetate to, such structure.”; and (2) by inserting after “projects” the first place it appears in the last sentence the following: “(other than projects for bridge structure painting or seismic retrofit or application of such acetate)”. (c) Federal Share.— Section 144(f) of such title is amended by striking “highway bridge replaced or rehabilitated” and inserting “project”. (d) Discretionary Bridge Program.— Section 144(g)(1) of such title is amended to read as follows: “(1) Discretionary bridge program.— Of the amounts authorized for each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 by section 103 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, all but $57,000,000 in the case of fiscal year 1992, $68,000,000 in the case of fiscal years 1993 and 1994, and $69,000,000 in the case of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 shall be apportioned as provided in subsection (e) of this section. $49,000,000 in the case of fiscal year 1992, $59,500,000 in the case of fiscal years 1993 and 1994, and $60,500,000 in the case of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 of the amount authorized for each of such fiscal years shall be available for obligation on the date of each such apportionment in the same manner and to the same extent as the sums apportioned on such date, except that the obligation of $49,000,000 in the case of fiscal year 1992, $59,500,000 in the case of fiscal years 1993 and 1994, and $60,500,000 in the case of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 shall be at the discretion of the Secretary, and $8,500,000 per fiscal year ($8,000,000 in the case of fiscal year 1992) of the amount authorized for each of such fiscal years shall be available in accordance with section 1039 of the Intermodal Surface 105 STAT. 1968Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, relating to highway timber bridges.”. (e) Off-System Bridges.— (1) Allocation of funds.— Section 144(g)(3) of such title is amended— (A) by striking “and 1991” and inserting “1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997”; and (B) by striking “or rehabilitate” and inserting “, rehabilitate, paint or seismic retrofit, or apply calcium magnesium acetate to”. (2) Applicability of state standards for projects.— Section 144 of such title is amended by redesignating subsection (p) as subsection (q) and by inserting after subsection (o) the following new subsection: “(p) Applicability of State Standards for Projects.— A project not on a Federal-aid highway under this section shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, safety standards, design standards, and construction standards.”. (f) Set-Aside for Indian Reservation Bridges.— Section 144(g) of this title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) Indian reservation bridges.— Not less than 1 percent of the amount apportioned to each State which has an Indian reservation within its boundaries for each fiscal year shall be expended for projects to replace, rehabilitate, paint, or apply calcium magnesium acetate to highway bridges located on Indian reservation roads. Upon determining a State bridge apportionment and before transferring funds to the States, the Secretary shall transfer the Indian reservation bridge allocation under this paragraph to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditure pursuant to this paragraph. The Secretary, after consultation with State and Indian tribal government officials and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, may, with respect to such State, reduce the requirement for expenditure for bridges under this paragraph when the Secretary determines that there are inadequate needs to justify such expenditure. The non-Federal share payable on account of such a project may be provided from funds made available for Indian reservation roads under chapter 2 of this title.”. (g) Transferability of Bridge Apportionments.— Section 104(g) of such title is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following new sentence: “A State may transfer not to exceed 40 percent of the State’s apportionment under section 144 in any fiscal year to the apportionment of such State under subsection (b)(1) or subsection (b)(3) of this section. Any transfer to subsection (b)(3) shall not be subject to section 133(d).”.