S.Amdt. 2323

SA 2323. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema

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(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title I of division A, add the
following:

SEC. 115__. HOV FACILITIES EXCEPTION FOR ACTIVE TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.

Section 166(b) of title 23, United States Code (as amended
by section 11527), is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``through (5)'' and
inserting ``through (7)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Active traffic management strategies.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Active traffic management.--The term `active traffic
management' means the ability--

``(I) dynamically to manage traffic congestion based on
prevailing and predicted traffic conditions; and
``(II) to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of a
HOV facility with respect to trip reliability.

``(ii) Active traffic management strategy.--The term
`active traffic management strategy' means a strategy
implemented for purposes of active traffic management,
including--

``(I) speed advisory controls;
``(II) dynamic lane assignment;
``(III) dynamic hard shoulder running; and
``(IV) adaptive ramp metering.

``(B) Exception.--A public authority operating a HOV
facility may implement 1 or more active traffic management
strategies to replace the HOV facility in any case in which,
as determined by the public authority, research and analysis
demonstrate that the active traffic management strategy will
result in--
``(i) an improvement in overall safety; and
``(ii) reduction in traffic congestion.''.
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