S.Amdt. 3860

SA 3860. Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. DeMint, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Kyl) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2764, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

Sec. __. (a) This section may be cited as the “Safe Roads and Bridges Act of 2007”.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may reprogram any funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act for the Department of Transportation that are intended to be used for any congressionally directed spending item, as defined in section 521 of Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-81), for the purpose of improving roads or bridges that have been classified as “structurally deficient” or “functionally obsolete”.

(c) Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a report that contains a summary of the any reprogramming of congressionally directed spending items under subsection (b) and a description of how such reprogrammed funds were utilized to improve structurally deficient or functionally obsolete roads and bridges. Such report shall be made publicly available on the Internet website of the Department of Transportation.