S.Amdt. 1572

SA 1572. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1515 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. Shelby)) to the bill S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In division D, on page 164, after line 24, add the following:

“(9) Programs of projects with significant private funding.--For purposes of determining whether a group of projects is a program of interrelated projects under subsection (a)(5), the Secretary shall deem a project to be developed simultaneously with another project in the group if--

“(A) the project is funded primarily with private contributions;

“(B) the planning and project development process overlaps for all program elements; and

“(C) the significant private contributions have allowed the project to proceed more rapidly and reach a more advanced phase than the other project at the time of submission under paragraph (1).