[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 528
To reauthorize funding for maintenance of public roads used by school
buses serving certain Indian reservations.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2003
Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Bennett) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment
and Public Works
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A BILL
To reauthorize funding for maintenance of public roads used by school
buses serving certain Indian reservations.
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 ``Indian School Bus Route Safety
Reauthorization Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR STATES
WITH INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
(a) Availability to States.--Not later than October 1 of each
fiscal year, funds made available under subsection (e) for the fiscal
year shall be made available by the Secretary of Transportation, in
equal amounts, to each State that has within the boundaries of the
State all or part of an Indian reservation having a land area of
10,000,000 acres or more.
(b) Availability to Eligible Counties.--
(1) In general.--Each fiscal year, each county that is
located in a State to which funds are made available under
subsection (a), and that has in the county a public road
described in paragraph (2), shall be eligible to apply to the
State for all or a portion of the funds made available to the
State under this section to be used by the county to maintain
such public roads.
(2) Roads.--A public road referred to in paragraph (1) is a
public road that--
(A) is within, is adjacent to, or provides access
to an Indian reservation described in subsection (a);
(B) is used by a school bus to transport children
to or from a school or Headstart program carried out
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and
(C) is maintained by the county in which the public
road is located.
(3) Allocation among eligible counties.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), each State that receives funds under subsection
(a) shall provide directly to each county that applies
for funds the amount that the county requests in the
application.
(B) Allocation among eligible counties.--If the
total amount of funds applied for under this section by
eligible counties in a State exceeds the amount of
funds available to the State, the State shall equitably
allocate the funds among the eligible counties that
apply for funds.
(c) Supplementary Funding.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary of
Transportation shall ensure that funding made available under this
section supplements (and does not supplant)--
(1) any obligation of funds by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for road maintenance programs on Indian reservations; and
(2) any funding provided by a State to a county for road
maintenance programs in the county.
(d) Use of Unallocated Funds.--Any portion of the funds made
available to a State under this section that is not made available to
counties within 1 year after the funds are made available to the State
shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with section 104(b)
of title 23, United States Code.
(e) Funding.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) to carry out this section--
(A) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and
2005;
(B) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and
2007; and
(C) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and
2009.
(2) Contract authority.--Funds made available to carry out
this section shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code.
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