HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING.

SEC. 111. HIGHWAY RESEARCH FUNDING.(a) F–SHRP Funding.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, at any time at which an apportionment is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, or the highway safety improvement program, the Secretary of Transportation shall—(1) deduct from each apportionment an amount not to exceed 0.205 percent of the apportionment; and(2) transfer or otherwise make that amount available to carry out section 510 of title 23, United States Code.(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Funding.—Section 5101 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779) is amended—(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking “509, and 510” and inserting “and 509”;(B) in subsection (a)(4) by striking “$69,700,000” and all that follows through “2009” and inserting “$40,400,000 for fiscal year 2005, $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, $76,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008, and $78,900,000 for fiscal year 2009”; and(C) in subsection (b) by inserting after “50 percent” the following “or, in the case of funds appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out section 5201, 5202, or 5203 of this Act, 80 percent”.122 STAT. 1605(2) Future strategic highway research program.—Section 5210 of such Act (119 Stat. 1804) is amended—(A) by striking subsection (c); and(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).(c) Contract Authority.—Funds made available under this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share shall be determined under section 510(f) of that title.(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitation.—Funds made available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs under section 1102 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 119 Stat. 1157) or any other Act.(e) Equity Bonus Formula.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in allocating funds for the equity bonus program under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Transportation shall make the required calculations under that section as if this section had not been enacted.(f) Funding for Research Activities.—Of the amount made available by section 5101(a)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1779)—(1) at least $1,000,000 shall be made available for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(h) of title 23, United States Code; and(2) at least $4,900,000 shall be made available for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out section 502(i) of that title.(g) Technical Amendments.—(1) Surface transportation research.—Section 502 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the first subsection (h), relating to infrastructure investment needs reports beginning with the report for January 31, 1999.(2) Advanced travel forecasting procedures program.—Section 5512(a)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1829) is amended by striking “Program appreciation.—” and inserting “Program application.—”.(3) University transportation research.—Section 5506 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(A) in subsection (c)(2)(B) by striking “tier” and inserting “Tier”;(B) in subsection (i)—(i) by striking “In order to” and inserting the following:“(1) In general.—In order to”; and(ii) by adding at the end the following:“(2) Special rule.—Nothing in paragraph (1) requires a nonprofit institution of higher learning designated as a Tier II university transportation center to maintain total expenditures as described in paragraph (1) in excess of the amount of the grant awarded to the institution.”; and(C) in subsection (k)(3) by striking “The Secretary” and all that follows through “to carry out this section” 122 STAT. 1606 and inserting “For each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary shall expend not more than 1.5 percent of amounts made available to carry out this section”.