S.Amdt. 2373

SA 2373. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (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:

On page 203, strike line 17 and insert the following:

the project is located on a Federal-aid highway.
``(t) State of Good Repair.--
``(1) In general.--Before the Secretary approves any
project funded, in whole or in part, with funds apportioned
pursuant to section 104(b) that will result in new through
travel lanes for single occupancy vehicles, excluding
auxiliary lanes and high occupancy vehicle toll lanes
pursuant to section 166, the State or project sponsor shall--
``(A) demonstrate progress in achieving a state of good
repair as required by the State's asset management plan under
section 119(e) of this title;
``(B) demonstrate that the project--
``(i) supports the achievement of performance targets of
the State established under section 150; and
``(ii) is more cost effective, as determined by benefit-
cost analysis, than--

``(I) an operational improvement to the facility or
corridor;
``(II) the construction of a public transportation project
eligible for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49; and
``(III) the construction of a non-single occupancy
passenger vehicle project that improves freight movement; and

``(C) have a public plan for maintaining and operating the
new asset while continuing progress of the State or project
sponsor in achieving a state of good repair under
subparagraph (A).
``(2) Benefit-cost analysis.--In carrying out paragraph
(1)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall establish a process for
analyzing the cost and benefits of projects under that
paragraph, ensuring that--
``(A) the benefit-cost analysis includes a calculation of
all the benefits addressed in the performance measures
established under section 150;
``(B) the benefit-cost analysis includes a consideration of
the total maintenance cost of an asset over the lifecycle of
the asset; and
``(C) the State demonstrates that any transportation demand
modeling used to calculate the benefit-cost analysis is based
on retrospective analysis of the accuracy of past forecasting
and calibration to real-word conditions or has a documented
record of accuracy.
``(3) Savings clause.--The provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to any project that is fully funded in an
adopted State transportation improvement program as of the
date of enactment of this subsection.''.
______