[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2381 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2381
To complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian development
highway system, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2003
Mr. Rahall (for himself, Mr. Mollohan, and Mr. Strickland) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To complete construction of the 13-State Appalachian development
highway system, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Appalachian Development Highway
System Completion Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for the Appalachian development highway system program under
section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, $840,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
(b) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion funds made
available by subsection (a) for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 among
the States based on the latest available cost-to-complete estimate for
the Appalachian development highway system under section 14501 of title
40, United States Code, prepared by the Appalachian Regional
Commission.
(c) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds made available by subsection
(a) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
except that--
(1) the Federal share of the cost of any project carried
out using the funds shall be determined in accordance with
section 14501 of title 40, United States Code; and
(2) the funds shall remain available until expended.
(d) Availability of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, any
obligation limitation enacted for any of fiscal years 2004 through 2009
shall not apply to obligations authorized for the Appalachian
development highway system program under section 14501 of title 40,
United States Code.
(e) Loans Between States.--
(1) In general.--On notice to the Secretary of
Transportation, a State that receives an apportionment under
subsection (b) may lend any amount of contract authority or
obligation authority available to the State pursuant to the
apportionment to any other State that is eligible for such an
apportionment for use by the borrowing State for activities
eligible under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code.
(2) Repayment.--Any loan under paragraph (1) shall be
repaid not later than September 30, 2009.
(f) Administrative Expenses.--Section 104(a) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``the Federal lands highway program
under section 204, or the Appalachian development
highway system program under section 201 of the
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C.
App.),'' and inserting ``or the Federal lands highway
program under section 204,''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``necessary--'' and all
that follows through ``to administer'' and
inserting ``necessary to administer''; and
(ii) by striking clause (ii);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Appalachian development highway system.--Whenever an
apportionment is made of the sums made available for
expenditure on the Appalachian development highway system
program under section 14501 of title 40, the Secretary shall
deduct such a sum, in an amount not to exceed \2/5\ of 1
percent of the sums made available, as the Secretary determines
to be appropriate--
``(A) to administer that section; and
``(B) to make transfers to the Appalachian Regional
Commission to pay the costs of administrative
activities associated with the Appalachian development
highway system.''.
(g) Minimum Guarantee.--Section 105 of title 23, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking
``Appalachian development highway system,''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Appalachian
development highway system,'' each place it appears.
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