To modify the section relating to National Scenic Byways to provide for the designation of Indian scenic byways.

SA 572. Mr. THUNE proposed an amendment to amendment SA 567 proposed
by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, Reserved; as follows:

Strike section 1602(a) and insert the following:
(a) In General.--Section 162 of title 23, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the roads as'' and all
that follows and inserting ``the roads as--
``(A) National Scenic Byways;
``(B) All-American Roads; or
``(C) America's Byways.'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``To be considered'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--To be considered'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by clause (i))--

(I) by inserting ``, an Indian tribe, '' after ``nominated
by a State''; and
(II) by inserting ``, an Indian scenic byway,'' after
``designated as a State scenic byway''; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Nomination by indian tribes.--An Indian tribe may
nominate a road as a National Scenic Byway under subparagraph
(A) only if a Federal land management agency (other than the
Bureau of Indian Affairs), a State, or a political
subdivision of a State does not have--
``(i) jurisdiction over the road; or
``(ii) responsibility for managing the road.
``(C) Safety.--Indian tribes shall maintain the safety and
quality of roads nominated by the Indian tribe under
subparagraph (A).''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Reciprocal notification.--States, Federal land
management agencies, and Indian tribes shall notify each
other regarding nominations under this subsection for roads
that--
``(A) are within the jurisdictional boundary of the State,
Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe; or
``(B) directly connect to roads for which the State,
Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe is
responsible.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``and Indian tribes'' after ``provide
technical assistance to States'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``designated as'' and
all that follows and inserting ``designated as--
``(i) National Scenic Byways;
``(ii) All-American Roads;
``(iii) America's Byways;
``(iv) State scenic byways; or
``(v) Indian scenic byways; and''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or Indian'' after
``State'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Byway or All-
American Road'' and inserting ``Byway, All-American Road, or
1 of America's Byways'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--

(I) by striking ``State-designated'' and inserting ``State
or Indian''; and
(II) by striking ``designation as a'' and all that follows
and inserting ``designation as--

``(i) a National Scenic Byway;
``(ii) an All-American Road; or
``(iii) 1 of America's Byways; and''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or Indian'' after
``State'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or Indian'' after
``State'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting ``Indian scenic byway,'' after
``improvements to a State scenic byway,''; and
(ii) by inserting ``Indian scenic byway,'' after
``designation as a State scenic byway,''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``passing lane,''; and
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ``or Indian tribe''
after ``State''.
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