FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM.

SEC. 1032. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM. (a) Allocations.— Section 202 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively; (3) by inserting after “allocate” in subsection (b), as so redesignated, “34 percent of’; and (4) by striking the period at the end of subsection (b), as so redesignated, and inserting the following: “which are proposed by a State which contains at least 3 percent of the total public lands in the Nation. The Secretary shall allocate 66 percent of the remainder of the authorization for public lands highways for each fiscal year as is provided in section 134 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, and with respect to these allocations the Secretary shall give equal consideration to projects that provide access to and within the National Forest System, as identified by the Secretary of Agriculture through renewable resources and land use planning and the impact of such planning on existing transportation facilities.”. (b) Projects.— Section 204 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “forest highways,” and by adding at the end of such subsection the following new sentences: “The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall develop appropriate transportation planning procedures and safety, bridge, and pavement management systems for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no public lands highway project may be undertaken in any State pursuant to this section unless the State concurs in the selection and planning of the project.”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “construction and improvements thereof” and inserting “planning, research, engineering and construction thereof”; (B) by striking “forest highways and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Funds available for each class of Federal lands highways shall be available for any kind of transportation project eligible for assistance under this title that is within or adjacent to or provides access to the areas served by the particular class of Federal lands highways.”; (3) in subsection (c) by striking “on a Federal-aid system” and inserting “eligible for funds apportioned under section 104 or section 144 of this title”; and (4) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following new subsections: “(h) Eligible Projects.— Funds available for each class of Federal lands highways may be available for the following: “(1) Transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel including the National Forest Scenic Byways Program, Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways Program, National Trail System Program, and other similar Federal programs that benefit recreational development. “(2) Adjacent vehicular parking areas. “(3) Interpretive signage. 105 STAT. 1975 “(4) Acquisition of necessary scenic easements and scenic or historic sites. “(5) Provision for pedestrians and bicycles. “(6) Construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas including sanitary and water facilities. “(7) Other appropriate public road facilities such as visitor centers as determined by the Secretary. “(i) Transfers to Secretary of the Interior.— The Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior from the appropriation for public land highways amounts as may be needed to cover necessary administrative costs of the Bureau of Land Management in connection with public lands highways. “(j) Indian Reservation Roads Planning.— Up to 2 percent of funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year shall be allocated to those Indian tribal governments applying for transportation planning pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The Indian tribal government, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, and, as may be appropriate, with a State, local government, or metropolitan planning organization, shall develop a transportation improvement program, that includes all Indian reservation road projects proposed for funding. Projects shall be selected by the Indian tribal government from the transportation improvement program and shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary.”. (c) Forest Development Roads and Trails.— Section 205(c) of such title is amended by striking “$15,000” each place it appears and inserting “$50,000”. (d) Indian Reservation Roads.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds allocated for Indian reservation roads may be used for the purpose of funding road projects on roads of tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions. (e) Report.— The Secretary shall undertake a study to determine if the method for allocating funds authorized for Federal lands highways is adequate to meet the relative transportation needs of the Federal lands served. The report shall be submitted within 2 years of the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Conforming Amendments.— Section 203 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “forest highways” each place it appears.