Pub. L. 110-244, tit. I, sec. 101
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
SEC. 101. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.(a) Correction of Internal References in Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.—Paragraphs (3)(A) and (5) of section 1101(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1156) are amended by striking “paragraph (1)” each place it appears and inserting “paragraph (2)”.(b) Correction of Distribution of Obligation Authority.—Section 1102(c)(5) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1158) is amended by striking “among the States”.(c) Correction of Federal Lands Highways.—Section 1119 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1190) is amended by striking subsection (m) and inserting the following:“(m) Forest Highways.—Of the amounts made available for public lands highways under section 1101—“(1) not more than $20,000,000 for each fiscal year may be used for the maintenance of forest highways;“(2) not more than $1,000,000 for each fiscal year may be used for signage identifying public hunting and fishing access; and“(3) not more than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of facilitating the passage of aquatic species beneath forest roads (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code), including the costs of constructing, maintaining, replacing, and removing culverts and bridges, as appropriate.”.(d) Correction of Description of National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Project.—Item number 1 of the table contained in section 1302(e) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1205) is amended in the State column by inserting “LA,” after “TX,”.(e) Correction of High Priority Designations.—(1) Kentucky high priority corridor designation.—Section 1105(c)(18)(E) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 189; 115 Stat. 872) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, follow Interstate Route 24 to the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, then utilize the existing Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway to Henderson”.(2) Interstate route 376 high priority designation.—(A) In general.—Section 1105(c)(79) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking “and on United States Route 422”.122 STAT. 1574(B) Conforming amendment.—Section 1105(e)(5)(B)(i)(I) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by striking “and United States Route 422”.(f) Correction of Infrastructure Finance Section.—Section 1602(d)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1247) is amended by striking “through 189 as sections 601 through 609, respectively” and inserting “through 190 as sections 601 through 610, respectively”.(g) Correction of Project Federal Share.—Section 1964(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1519) is amended—(1) by striking “only for the States of Alaska, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and South Dakota,”; and(2) by striking “section 120(b)” and inserting “section 120”.(h) Transportation Systems Management and Operations Defined.—Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:“(39) Transportation systems management and operations.—“(A) In general.—The term ‘transportation systems management and operations’ means an integrated program to optimize the performance of existing infrastructure through the implementation of multimodal and intermodal, cross-jurisdictional systems, services, and projects designed to preserve capacity and improve security, safety, and reliability of the transportation system.“(B) Inclusions.—The term ‘transportation systems management and operations’ includes—“(i) regional operations collaboration and coordination activities between transportation and public safety agencies; and“(ii) improvements to the transportation system, such as traffic detection and surveillance, arterial management, freeway management, demand management, work zone management, emergency management, electronic toll collection, automated enforcement, traffic incident management, roadway weather management, traveler information services, commercial vehicle operations, traffic control, freight management, and coordination of highway, rail, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian operations.”.(i) Correction of Reference in Apportionment of Highway Safety Improvement Program Funds.—Effective October 1, 2007, section 104(b)(5)(A)(iii) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “the Federal-aid system” each place it appears and inserting “Federal-aid highways”.(j) Correction of Amendment To Advance Construction.—Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).(k) Correction of High Priority Projects.—Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively;(2) by redesignating the second subsection (c) (relating to Federal share) as subsection (d);122 STAT. 1575(3) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting “(112 Stat. 257)” after “21st Century”; and(4) in subsection (a)(2)(B)—(A) by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and(B) by striking “SAFETEA–LU” and inserting “Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256)”.(l) Correction of Transfer of Unused Protective-Device Funds to Other Highway Safety Improvement Program Projects.—Section 130(e)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “purposes under this subsection” and inserting “highway safety improvement program purposes”.(m) Correction of Highway Bridge Program.—(1) In general.—Section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—(A) in the section heading by striking “replacement and rehabilitation”;(B) in subsections (b), (c)(1), and (e) by striking “Federal-aid system” each place it appears and inserting “Federal-aid highway”;(C) in subsections (c)(2) and (o) by striking “the Federal-aid system” each place it appears and inserting “Federal-aid highways”;(D) in the heading to paragraph (4) of subsection (d) by inserting “systematic” before “preventive”;(E) in subsection (e) by striking “off-system bridges” each place it appears and inserting “bridges not on Federal-aid highways”;(F) by striking subsection (f);(G) by redesignating subsections (g) through (s) as subsections (f) through (r), respectively;(H) in paragraph (1)(A)(vi) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by inserting “and the removal of the Missisquoi Bay causeway” after “Bridge”;(I) in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting “Bridges not on federal-aid highways”;(J) in subsection (m) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by striking the subsection heading and inserting “Program for Bridges Not on Federal-Aid Highways”; and(K) in subsection (n)(4)(B) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by striking “State highway agency” and inserting “State transportation department”.(2) Special conditions.—Section 1114 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1172) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(h) Special Conditions.—Any unobligated or unexpended funds remaining on completion of the project carried out under section 144(f)(1)(A)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, shall be made available to carry out the project described in section 144(f)(1)(A)(vii) of that title after the date on which the Vermont 122 STAT. 1576 Agency of Transportation certifies to the Federal Highway Administration the final determination of the agency regarding the removal of the Missisquoi Bay causeway.”.(3) Conforming amendments.—(A) Metropolitan planning.—Section 104(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “replacement and rehabilitation”.(B) Equity bonus program.—Subsections (a)(2)(C) and (b)(2)(C) of section 105 of such title are amended by striking “replacement and rehabilitation” each place it appears.(C) Analysis.—The analysis for chapter 1 of such title is amended in the item relating to section 144 by striking “replacement and rehabilitation”.(n) Metropolitan Transportation Planning.—Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (f)(3)(C)(ii) by striking subclause (II) and inserting the following:“(II) Funding.—For fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, in addition to other funds made available to the metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region under this title and chapter 53 of title 49, prior to any allocation under section 202 of this title and notwithstanding the allocation provisions of section 202, the Secretary shall set aside ½ of 1 percent of all funds authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year to carry out section 204 and shall make such funds available to the metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region to carry out the transportation planning process, environmental reviews, preliminary engineering, and design to complete environmental documentation for transportation projects for the Lake Tahoe region under the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact as consented to in Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233) and this paragraph.”;(2) in subsection (j)(3)(D) by inserting “or the identified phase” after “the project” each place it appears; and(3) in subsection (k)(2) by striking “a metropolitan planning area serving”.(o) Correction of National Scenic Byways Program Coverage.—Section 162 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by striking “a National Scenic Byway under subparagraph (A)” and inserting “a National Scenic Byway, an All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways under paragraph (1)”; and(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking “or All-American Road” each place it appears and inserting “All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways”.(p) Correction of Reference in Toll Provision.—Section 166(b)(5)(C) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”.(q) Correction of Recreational Trails Program Apportionment Exceptions.—Section 206(d)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “(B), (C), and (D)” and inserting “(B) and (C)”.122 STAT. 1577(r) Correction of Infrastructure Finance.—Section 601(a)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting “bbb minus, BBB (low),” after “Baa3,”.(s) Correction of Miscellaneous Typographical Errors.—(1) Section 1401 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1226) is amended by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.(2) Section 1404(e) of such Act (119 Stat. 1229) is amended by inserting “tribal,” after “local,”.(3) Section 10211(b)(2) of such Act (119 Stat. 1937) is amended by striking “plan administer” and inserting “plan and administer”.(4) Section 10212(a) of such Act (119 Stat. 1937) is amended—(A) by inserting “equity bonus,” after “minimum guarantee,”;(B) by striking “freight intermodal connectors” and inserting “railway-highway crossings”;(C) by striking “high risk rural road,”; and(D) by inserting after “highway safety improvement programs” the following: “(and separately the set aside for the high risk rural road program)”.