S.Amdt. 4114

SA 4114. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. EXPANSION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY
SYSTEM.

Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking
``three thousand and ninety miles'' and inserting ``the total
number of miles established by the Secretary under subsection
(h)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Expansion of the Appalachian Development Highway
System.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment
of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish the total
number of miles that is authorized to be constructed for the
Appalachian development highway system under subsection (a)
based on--
``(1) a report prepared by the Secretary before the date of
enactment of this subsection in which the Secretary describes
the total number of miles that should be authorized to be
constructed for the Appalachian development highway system
under subsection (a); or
``(2) if the Secretary determines that there is not an
existing report that addresses the matters described in
paragraph (1), a report prepared by the Secretary, in
consultation with the Appalachian Regional Commission and
applicable State departments of transportation, as soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection,
that describes the total number of miles that should be
authorized to be constructed for the Appalachian development
highway system under subsection (a).''.
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