Pub. L. 105-206, tit. IX, sec. 9002
AUTHORIZATION AND PROGRAM SUBTITLE.
SEC. 9002. AUTHORIZATION AND PROGRAM SUBTITLE. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— Section 1101(a) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended— (1) in paragraph (13)— (A) by striking “$1,025,695,000” and inserting “$1,029,583,500”; (B) by striking “$1,398,675,000” and inserting “$1,403,977,500”; (C) by striking “$1,678,410,000” the first place it appears and inserting “$1,684,773,000”; (D) by striking “$1,678,410,000” the second place it appears and inserting “$1,684,773,000”; (F) by striking “$1,771,655,000” the first place it appears and inserting “$1,778,371,500”; and (E) by striking “$1,771,655,000” the second place it appears and inserting “$1,778,371,500”; and (2) in paragraph (14)— (A) by striking “1998” and inserting “1999”; and (A) by inserting before “$5,000,000” the following: “$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and”. (b) Obligation Limitations.— (1) General limitation.— Section 1102(a) of such Act is amended— (A) in paragraph (2) by striking “$25,431,000,000” and inserting “$25,511,000,000”; (B) in paragraph (3) by striking “$26,155,000,000” and inserting “$26,245,000,000”; (C) in paragraph (4) by striking “$26,651,000,000” and inserting “$26,761,000,000”; (D) in paragraph (5) by striking “$27,235,000,000” and inserting “$27,355,000,000”; and (E) in paragraph (6) by striking “$27,681,000,000” and inserting “$27,811,000,000”. (2) Transportation research programs.— Section 1102(e) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking “3” and inserting “5”; (B) by striking “VI” and inserting “V”; and (C) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “; except that obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitations shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years”. (3) Redistribution of certain authorized funds.— Section 1102(f) of such Act is amended by striking “(other than the program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code)”. (c) Apportionments.— Section 1103 of such Act is amended— (1) in subsection (1) by adding at the end the following:112 STAT. 835 “(5) Section 150 of such title, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 1 of such title, are repealed.”; (2) in subsection (n) by inserting “of title 23, United States Code“ after “206”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(o) Technical Adjustments.— Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— “(1) in subsection (a)(1) (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) by striking ‘under section 103’; “(2) in subsection (b) (as amended by subsection (b) of this section)— “(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘1999 through 2003’ and inserting ‘1998 through 2002’; and “(B) in paragraph (4)(B)(i) by striking ‘on lanes on Interstate System’ and all that follows through ‘in each State’ and inserting ‘on Interstate System routes open to traffic in each State‘; and “(3) in subsection (e)(2) (as added by subsection (d)(6) of this section) by striking ‘104, 144, or 157’ and inserting ‘104,105, or 144’.”. (d) Minimum Guarantee.— Section 1104 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Technical Adjustments.— Section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), is amended— “(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: ‘The minimum amount allocated to a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be $1,000,000.’; “(2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘50 percent of’; “(3) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by inserting ‘(other than metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, high priority projects, Appalachian development highway system, and recreational trails programs)’ after ‘subsection (a)’; “(4) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘all States’ and inserting ‘each State’; “(5) in subsection (c)(2)— “(A) by striking ‘apportion’ and inserting ‘administer’; and “(B) by striking ‘apportioned’ and inserting ‘administered’; and “(6) in subsection (f)— —(A) by inserting ‘percentage’ before ‘return’ each place it appears; “(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘for the preceding fiscal year was equal to or less than’ and inserting ‘in the table in subsection (b) was equal to’; and “(C) in paragraph (3)— “(i) by inserting ‘proportionately’ before ‘adjust’; “(ii) by striking ‘set forth’; and “(iii) by striking ‘do not exceed’ and inserting ‘is equal to’.”. (e) Revenue Aligned Budget Authority.— Section 1105 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Technical Corrections.— Section 110 of such title (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended— “(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:112 STAT. 836 ‘(a) In General.— ‘(1) Allocation.— On October 15 of fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate for such fiscal year an amount of funds equal to the amount determined pursuant to section 251(b)(1)(B)(ii)(I)(cc) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2U.S.C 901(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)(cc)) if the amount determined pursuant to such section for such fiscal year is greater than zero. ‘(2) Reduction.— If the amount determined pursuant to section 251(b)(1)(B)(ii)(I)(cc) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C 901(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)(cc))for fiscal year 2000 or any fiscal year thereafter is less than zero, the Secretary on October 1 of the succeeding fiscal year shall reduce proportionately the amount of sums authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out each of the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than emergency relief) by an aggregate amount equal to the amount determined pursuant to such section.’; “(2) in subsections (b)(2) and (b)(4) by striking ‘subsection(a)’ and inserting ‘subsection (a)(1)’; and “(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘Maintenance program, the’ and inserting ‘and’.”. (f) Interstate Maintenance Program.— Section 1107 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Technical Amendments.— Section 119 of such title (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended— “(1) in subsection (b)— “(A) by striking ‘104(b)(5)(B)’ and inserting ‘104(b)(4)’; and “(B) by striking ‘104(b)(5)(A)’ each place it appears and inserting ‘104(b)(5)(A) (as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century)’; and “(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘104(b)(5)(B)’ each place it appears and inserting ‘104(b)(4)’.”. (g) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.— Section 1110(d)(2) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking “149(c)” and inserting “149(e)”; and (2) by striking “that reduce” and inserting “reduce”. (h) Highway Use Tax Evasion Projects.— Section 1114 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Technical Adjustments.— Section 143 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), is amended— “(1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘April 1’ and inserting ‘August 1’; “(2) in subsection (c)(3) by inserting ‘priority’ after ‘Funding’; and “(3) in subsection (c)(3) by inserting ‘and prior to funding any other activity under this section,’ after ‘2003,’.”. (i) Federal Lands Highways Program.— Section 1115 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by adding at the end the following: “(f) Conforming Amendments.— “(1) .— Subsections (j) and (k) of section 120 of title 23, United States Code (as added by subsection 112 STAT. 837(a) of this section), are redesignated as subsections (k) and (1), respectively. “(2) Reservation of funds.— Section 202(d)(4)(B) of such title (as added by subsection (b)(4) of this section) is amended by striking ‘to, apply sodium acetate/formate de-icer to,’ and inserting ‘, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and de-icing compositions’. “(3) Elimination of duplicative provision.— Section144(g) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (4).”. (j) Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Correction.— Section1116 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) Technical Correction.— Sections 404(5) and 407(c)(2)(C)(iii) of such Act (as amended by subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2), respectively) are amended by striking ‘the record of decision’ each place it appears and inserting ‘a record of decision’.”. (k) Technical Correction.— Section 1117 of such Act is amended in subsections (a) and (b) by striking “section 102” each place it appears and inserting “section 1101(a)(6)”.