S.Amdt. 1601

SA 1601. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Lee) 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:

At the appropriate place in division D, insert the following:

SEC. __. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR STREETCAR PROJECTS.

Section 5323(r) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended--

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “streetcar, bus rapid transit,” and inserting “bus rapid transit”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) Streetcars.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012, the Secretary shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend section 771.117 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, to add streetcar projects to the list of actions under subsection (c) of such section 771.117 that meet the criteria for categorical exclusions.”.