CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 4409. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a) by striking “prior to the date of the enactment of the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century”; and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Alaska Marine Highway System’ includes all existing or planned transportation facilities and equipment in Alaska, including the lease, purchase, or construction of vessels, terminals, docks, floats, ramps, staging areas, parking lots, bridges and approaches thereto, and necessary roads.”.